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we begin with the war in ukraine. on the eve of the anniversary of russias full—scale invasion, the united nations general assembly is preparing to vote on a resolution calling for russia to withdraw from ukraine immediately and unconditionally. more on the vote shortly. news from the us where in the past few moments, the white house has said it will announce sweeping new sanctions against russia. lets hearfrom will announce sweeping new sanctions against russia. lets hear from the p...

theres active shooter. >> how an 18-year-old can get this militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me. please stay engaged. >> dont forget them, please. i beg you. >> show them to the world. when he died, i died with him. >> we cannot outlaw tragedy but can he can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and of our children. im pamela brown in washington. you are in "the cnn newsroom." it is member aerial day wee memorial day weeken...

hi, thank you for joining me. im jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. im joined by dana bash in uvalde, texas. president biden there to meet with the grieving community. dana, tell us what youre seeing there. >> reporter: well, president biden and first lady jill biden are here today. hes playing a role that he has played so many times before, comforting families following an unspeakable tragedy. right now the president and first lady are meeting with families at a community center...

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...

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...

purpose, to kill a lot of human beings quickly. an assault weapon is a weapon of war with no place, no place in a civil society. >> after back to back mass shootings, republicans are looking elsewhere for answers. just in the last two days, gop senators ted cruz and ron johnson and former president donald trump floated a laundry list of reasons for the countrys mass shooting epidemic. here they are, they include video games, social media, wokeness, critical race theory, absent fathers,...

that said, we still, what we dont have is a full picture of why the response seemed to take so long that a number of anguished parents on the scene were reduced to begging police to take action while others demand they be allowed to go in themselves to rescue their children. earlier today, bodies of all 19 kids released to funeral homes and we learn more of their names so we want to start tonight telling you little bit about them. eliana garcia, known as ellie was about to turn 10, lov...

Stirred by the story of how beloved Marshal ("Papa"') Joffre saved Paris with the aid of Galliéni's improvised ''Taxicab Army" and flung back the Germans…

David Fromkin on the legacy of T. E. Lawrence.

Inspiring tale of a lieutenant of Rani Jhansi Regiment under Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj, who also happens to be Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das’ grandniece