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on this tuesday, may 31st. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, a...

sweden also expected to announce its intention to join the alliance. the kremlin reacting this morning, by calling finland's joining nato a threat to russia. >> on the battlefield in ukraine, ukrainian armed forces have acknowledged russian advances in some areas of the east. their scale, however, difficult to measure. plus, ukraine is now offering exchange of russian prisoners of war for the safe evacuation of injured ukrainian soldiers from the surrounded azovstal steel plant in mariupol that has become their last holdout. for the first time, russian civilian has reportedly been ki...

breaking tonight, authorities in las vegas say the person who opened fire on the campus of university of nevada at las vegas unlv this afternoon is dead. police report multiple victims have been taken to area hospitals but they are not saying what their injuries are, at least not yet, nor are they talking about a motive for the shooter. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is following this story from los angeles. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, bret. we got the first word from las vegas police that there was an active shooter on the campus of the university of nevada las vegas...

>> hi, bret, how are you doing? >> bret: good. i appreciate it. good evening, welcome to washington. breaking tonight, actually moments ago, president biden telling democratic donors in boston, quote: if trump wasn't running, i'm not sure i would be running. insisting democrats cannot let the former president win. we'll talk more about the president's messaging later in the show. meantime today on capitol hill, jewish students at some of the top colleges and universities in the country said they are in fear for their lives on campus. those students and some top administrators appeare...

Along further. we had this eu oil ban that came down last night. it is not as strong as they initially hoped, but still a significant measure, one that should weaken putin's war funding. where do things stand right now in terms of the overall trajectory of the war? is there an end in sight? what would it look like? >> nobody knows. the ukrainians will tell you they plan to take back else, crimea, donbas. realistically, most diplomats, including the united states, think there will be a negotiated settlement. the strategy, as far as we can tell, is make sure russia doesn't get what it wants. mak...