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shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain's defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the i...

with kim brunhuber. ♪ we begin in uvalde, texas, where frustration is growing as we learn more chilling details about the mass shooting at an elementary school. 19 young students and 2 teachers gunned down. we're getting more on 911 calls made from inside the classroom while the attack was under way and the pleas from a student as gunfire rang out. there's growing criticism of police actions and inactions and scrutiny of the company that made the murder weapon. and cnn is speaking with the attorney for a teacher's aide from robb elementary. she's sharing her side of the story aft...

then, i don't want to die, quote of a student who called 911 as a gunman was inside her cl classroom. did the police on the scene ever eve hear her plea for help? i'm erin burnett, 100 days of war, destruction and death, grim milestone in putin's invasion of ukraine. his blitzkrieg on kyiv failed but tonight, ukrainian military officials say once again putin is ramping up, flooding ukraine with more troops and reenforcements and artillery as i speak and they say he's said to have, quote, partial success in the east of ukraine in a key city of severodonetsk. but success in this horrif...

Weapons. now, those measures are getting a cool reception from republican lawmakers who remain opposed to gun control laws. as tom foreman reports, they're doubling down on mental illness as the root cause of gun violence. >> reporter: in the wake of mass shootings there appears to be a blueprint for some republican leaders. brush off talk of gun control. >> it's never been about guns. >> reporter: call the killers crazy. >> we need to make it far easier to confine the violent and mentally deranged into mental institutions. >> reporter: and insist mental health is what matters. >> we as a gove...