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a winter storm back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. im paula newton. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> we heard a bunch of shots, but we thought it was firecrackers at first. and then a lot of people just started running, like straight to our door, trying to come in and everything. >> eight people are dead after a gunman opens fire at a texas outlet mall. what were learning about the shooter and the weapon. the uk just crowned a new king and queen. what...

states, canada and around the world. im kim brunhuber in "cnn newsroom." eight people were killed after someone opened fire in an outlet mall in texas. this comes amid a week end of gun violence across texas. what the mayor is saying in response. ukraine says its used an american patriot missile to take down a target. >> announcer: live in atlanta this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> we begin in allen, texas, where at least eight people have been killed in a mass shooting....

activity, because the investigation of the shooter is in high gear right now, and you may see some of these police units, the unmarked ones, especially, leaving the scene so that they can assist in the other phase, which is basically writing a biography on this shooter to get to know everything they can about him as soon as they can. >> steve moore, thank you so much, appreciate that analysis. if you are just joining us, right now, we are following a shooting in allen, texas. we know f...

wanting to offer some type of solace, some type of comfort to the families who lost so many loved ones in that horrific massacre here at robb elementary school behind me earlier this week. now the president right now is privately meeting with survivors and the family members of victims. hes been meeting with them for almost two and a half hours. the white house really blocking off a significant amount of his time here on the ground in uvalde to hear directly from those family members w...

Assault weapons, more storage laws. he believes he has done all he can from an executive action standpoint, and that ultimately now, the burden rests on congress. we know, of course, that the dynamic in congress, though, remains unchanged. republicans control the house of representatives, and even in the senate, democrats have a slim majority, certainly not a filibuster-proof majority, to be able to move the kind of legislative solutions that they would like to see, so, we will wait and see whet...

That shooting in louisville, kentucky, last month. and we have seen president biden in the wake of these shootings quickly talk about the need for a ban on assault weapons, a ban on high-capacity magazines, safe storage laws. and what weve also heard from president biden more recently is that he believes he has done all that he can from an executive action standpoint and that ultimately now the burden rests on congress. we know, of course, that the dynamic in congress, though, remains unchanged....

Restrictions. so these guys are at some point going to run out of answers and eventually we will have society that reacts. >> and last time we spoke you were holding these daily protests outside the white house in order to get a meeting with president biden to talk about gun control. i know you were invited to the white house last month when the president discussed a crackdown on ghost guns, and you went to the event wearing the shoes your son joaquin would have worn to prom. i know that was ver...

Will be taken if you dont follow through on this. president obama has already said hes going to take executive action. hes done what he believes he can do when it comes to that. is there more from an executive action standpoint that can be done? >> i think there is. thats one of the things hillary clinton is bringing to the table. hillary clinton, unlike president obama, shes not nearly as cautious. she has no problem with putting forth an executive action and then just basically daring republic...