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♪ even amid the devastating tragedy in uvalde, the top gun lobby in the united states, the national rifle association, pushed ahead with its annual convention held in houston, just a few hundred miles away from here. texas governor greg abbott cancelled his in-person appearance and instead his remarks were prerecorded for the event. >> yeah. former president donald trump and other gop leaders that did attend rejected efforts to overhaul gun laws. actually mocking democrats along with activists who are calling for change. here is cnn's ryan young who is in houston with more. >> reporter: ye...

German lawmakers have agreed to strip former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of his office and staff after he maintained and defended his long-standing ties with Russia and its energy sector despite the invasion of Ukraine

With -- with we talk about social media, twitch? they took it down within two minutes, the company where he live-streamed this. is there any repercussion? or any sort of policy you see that can be crafted that could actually pass based on the fact that there were people sitting in front of a computer yesterday and were able to see this, live, as it happened? >> yeah, christi, i sure hope so. i sure hope that our lawmakers have the will and the courage to stand up to these social-media sites, and we know that social media can be both used for good and then can, also, be used for evil. and this ...

Really, returning to that as this nation mourns this tragic event. christi? boris? >> jasmine wright traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, thank you so much. let's get straight to some expert analysis now with cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem. juul yet, always great to have you. unfortunate it is under these circumstances. cnn has independently obtained these shooter's alleged writings much of it lifted from the darkest corners of the internet. the shooter describing himself as an anti-semite, exposing a fringe-conspiracy theory that white people are being system...

That congress has an appetite to approve additional funding? >> reporter: they definitely do, christi. this is just the latest example of a major disagreement between republicans and democrats that is stalling legislation that could help millions of americans. now the problem here, of course, is that they originally wanted -- they being democratic leadership, wanted to pass this covid-19 relief package, alongside a ukraine supplemental bill. eventually that bill was passed, the ukraine supplemental. but senate republicans didn't want those two pieces of legislation passed together because they...