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 international red cross said the scale of destruction defies comprehension. but ukraine claims its forces have progressed into the southern kherson region. as the conflict surpassed 100 days ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, remained confident of the outcome. translator: we have been dedefending ukraine for 100 days. victory shall be ours. glory to ukraine. now, the human toll in ukraine
my fellow americans, enough. enough. it is time for each of us to do our part. it is time to act for the children we lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. president issued several proposals including a ban on assault weapons, or at least raising the age to purchase them to 21. expanded background checks, new rules for safely storing weapons, new red flag laws, repealing the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability, and addressing mental health. his speech came at a night when democrats on the house committee passed a string of proposals that have little to no chance of getting passed republicans in the senate. this morning, the teacher falsely blamed for leaving a back door propped open ahead of the mass shooting at robb elementary school is speaking out. amelia marin says the accusations left her second guessing herself and feeling alone. cnn s omar jim
who will decide his fate, the judge who will sentence trump in just weeks. and tonight, president biden making his first comments on the verdict and what he said about those jurors. also, president biden saying it is time to end the war, revealing to the world today the offer that s been made to hamas to try to get a ceasefire, to try to get the hostages out, and what israel and hamas are now indicating. tonight, a retired four-star navy admiral charged with bribery. what he s accused of doing. that harrowing new body camera video just moments after a deadly explosion in a 13-story building with that bank and apartments. you will see firefighters carrying a woman up a ladder to get her out. the dramatic scene in court. the woman sentenced for helping her boyfriend kill his wife, a mother of four, and dispose of the evidence. the mother s children speaking out for the first time. their message to the woman who helped take their mother s life. the actor from general
americans dominating the competition. the bees first indian american champion who now leads an organization dedicated to getting students in that community to the top of that contest is with us. like if word of that all right. have a great show, victor. thank you very much. let s start right now well, first of all, you can cannot credibly campaign on law and order and claim the justice system is rigged because you don t agree with the jury s verdict. but ahead of his felony sentencing on july 11, former president donald trump is doing just that if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone these are bad people these are in many cases, i believe sick people where trump and his supporters wrongfully see persecution here. other see accountability. but my first guest today sees karma. raymond santana, along with korey wise and try and mccrae kevin richardson, and yusef salaam were teenagers when they were charged, tried, and convicted, or beating and raping a
scott, donald trump, all the way down to susan collins, who voted to impeach trump for january 6, kind of thing from the same song sheet. i think that says a lot about where the republican party writ large feels truly about this thing. it s great to see you guys. thank you so much. take care the next hour i ve seen a new central starts right now we are. standing by to hear from donald trump, the former president turned convicted felon, holds a news conference shortly. we ll his wife belongs one a b width and she skipped the entire trial. but she is here in new york and very shortly we get a new key reading on inflation. what will the data say? about where prices are heading and a new spelling bee champion has been crowned i before e, except after c. how important was that time honored advice and spelling 29 words you have never heard before? sara sayyed out today. i m john berman with kate bolduan and this is cnn news central donald trump is waking up today facing a v