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in the hours ahead a bipartisan group of senators is set to meet virtually to discuss gun reform in the united states. the talks continue this week in the wake of the tragic shooting. republican senator john cornyn says that the group will try to see if they can agree on a basic framework on how to move forward. this as the first funeral is set to take place in the devastated community. more visitations and funerals are planned in the week ahead. for a number of families, it will be an...

>> do you guys have a second for the city of toronto? were changing the cn tower to drake tower. >> hes proud to be from toronto and put the city on the map. a great ambassador for the city. would you agree? >> im listening right now. >> i listened to that album twice this morning. >> we love drake. >> thank you so much. >> what doesnt? >> of course im joking about changing the name of the building that identifies torontos skyline but drake is more globally recognized and the biggest c...

their culture theyre proud about. they call it the mighty mississippi for a reason. i think that goes beyond the current. its about the impact this river has had on what we become as a nation and what we decide to become as a nation. im carlton mccoy, raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master sommelier. im a nomad, driven to move in and out of different cultures, different worlds. to celebrate diversity by embracing what ma...

>> that was pretty aggressive. do you have a second for the city of toronto here? were changing the name of the cn tower to drake tower. can you get behind that, please? can you get behind that? >> a new album just dropped? >> well, no. hes so proud to be from toronto. i feel like he really put the city on the map, you know? hes a great ambassador for the city. would you agree? >> oh, yeah. im listening to him right now. >> i listened to that album twice already this morning. >> we lov...

operates. the concept of southern hospitality still exists here. no matter what color you are, what political party, there is a warmth here where people want you to come in. they want to show you a part of their culture theyre proud about. they call it the mighty mississippi for a reason. i think that goes beyond the current. its about the impact this river has had on what we become as a nation and what we decide to become as a nation. im carlton mccoy, raised in inner city d.c., educa...

united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. im jim acosta and this is a "the situation room" special report. >> and we begin our coverage this evening in the town of uvalde, texas. still heartbroken and grasping for answers nearly a week after the robb elementary school massacre. lets get to lucy kafanov in uvalde. new audio and video evidence keeps pouring in from the crime scene. what else can you tell us? >> thats right, jim. official accounts of how police have r...

dropped out of sight. >> did not take her car, did not take her purse. we realized something was wrong. >> they could not possibly have guessed how wrong. >> there is another level of evil here, the person who did this was trying to create a vanishing. >> good do such a thing? >> first thing you look is who is closest to her, romantic lee or geographically. >> the list was long. they boyfriend, an ex and fellow students. had somebody been studying more than textbooks? but >> he would a...

entering the elementary school. and we know more than an hour passed between the first 911 call and when the shooter was killed. police now acknowledge that tragic mistakes were made. >> the decision was made that this is barricade the subject situation, there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point. that was the decision. it was the wrong decision, period. >> the incident comman...

911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnns shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. >> reporter: you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere. what efforts were made to try and break through that door you say was locked? what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? >> none at that time. >> reporter: why? >> the on-scene commander a...

i was telling my friend to not talk. >> [speaking spanish] >> she cried a lot. according to the cdc, guns are now the leading cause of death among children than adolescents in america. it jumps a 30% between 2019 and 2020. according to the washington post, more than 311,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since columbine, in 1999. of course, republicans are suggesting to keep the schools as virtual prisons to deal with this problem. >> we need serious funding to upgrad...