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covid concerns on memorial day in the usa. why case counts are at least f five times higher? should we expect a summer surge? we'll take a look. ♪ live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for joining us. for the second time, u.s. president biden and the first lady mourned alongside grieving and devastated families who lost their loved ones in a mass shooting in a texas town of uvalde. the bidens laid flowers outside robb elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed last week. mr. biden and the first lady also attended mass whe...

continue this travesty and darkness and i want sunlight. that's a nice way of saying it. isn't that pretty. i want sunlight. i want everything exposed to the public. and let's let the public decide because i want cameras at every inch of that courthouse. >> careful what you wish for? >> no, he doesn't. >> we got a lot to cover from that speech on saturday, including some frightening comments from the front-runner in the republican primary. meanwhile, donald trump's defense team will present its case in the civil fraud trial. we'll tell you who is taking the stand later today in new...

Authorities that 40 civilians are believed to have been taken hostage by russian forces near the hostumal airbase, an airbase that russian and ukrainians have been fighting for control of ever since russian airborne troops parachuted in there back on february 24th and while the ukrainians have been able to take back some parts of that territory, apparently now the russians, this is according to ukrainian authorities, we cannot independently confirm it, but they are claiming that 40 civilians who were hiding out in a base tlmt have now ceased to be in communication and they believe to be in som...

Training? >> yes. >> and you did all that every year throughout that 26-year period, right? >> yes. >> sometimes multiple times a year, right? >> yes. >> and all of those requirements were in place to make sure that you continued work at the beginning of your career and continued to be, you know, competent and capable of performing the requirements of the job, right? >> yes. >> you mentioned on direct that you were also a hostage negotiator as part of your duties? >> crisis negotiator. >> crisis negotiator. did that involve some hostage type of situations? >> i've never had a hostage situation...

0 >> no, they are not. >> and where is nicholas? >> he is an active duty marine. >> and where is that at? >> he's currently stationed in florida. >> and your other son, where is he at? >> in college in north dakota. >> and are they going to be home for the holidays? >> yes, they will. >> is your mother in the courtroom? >> yes. >> and your sister? >> no, she's not. >> but is your brother in the courtroom? >> yes, he is. >> and besides your brother and your mother and your father is deceased? >> yes. >> and do you have any other siblings? >> i have another sister and a brother. >> do you know w...