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making >> reporter: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening it goes against every fiber in our being, having to bury our own children parents in uvalde, texas now facing that grim reality, beginning to lay their children to rest in a world no safer today than it was a week ago when their children became victims of mass murder this holiday weekend, nine people were killed and more than 60 hurt in mass shootings across the u.s. overall, at least 156 died by gun violence hundreds left wounded. but in the tiny texas town of uvalde, still mourning the 19 children and tw...

described frantic people running for cover, amid the gunfire. the shooter was a young man, and one of the people that he tragically shot was a 39 year old woman, she died as a result of those injuries, and that is what happened just this past sunday in taft, oklahoma, where a mass shooter started firing during a memorial day festival. seven people were injured, one woman lost her life. in chattanooga tennessee, it was six people. six people were shot in another mass shooting that took place on saturday. all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reporte...

all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reported over the weekend that four of those children were expected to survive, two of them sustained life-threatening injuries, we did not know what condition those two children are as of today. in benton harbor michigan, six people injured, 19-year-old, one of them was a 19-year-old, he was killed when gunfire erupted at a liquor store. now, in philadelphia, a 16 -year-old girl and a 21 -year-old woman were killed, and two others were injured in another mass shooting. in all, there were 16 mass shootings over...

welker and michael crowley and barry mccaffrey. thanks for joining us. molly, let me start with you. we see russians make key advances, especially as they are being more concentrated in the eastern part of ukraine. they are hammering the area of severodonetsk. talk me through what you are hearing when it comes to the battlefield in ukraine. >> reporter: that's exactly right. they are hammering severodonetsk and all of the villages surrounding it. there's been a pocket, a horseshoe-like area, a-in-law fighting area, but that's where all of the russian aggression for the last week has ...

yesterday. the fear for democrats, that voters frankly have had enough. >> the price of gas is just outrageous. >> these gas prices are crazy. luckily i'm close to my business, so i don't have to spend as much. i used to fill up with 60, and now it's like 100. >> we'll have fresh reporting from the white house in just moments. in uvalde, texas, we're hearing from the school district's police chief in several days. he says, in spite of reports to the contrary, he is in touch with state investigators. also live this hour, we are keeping tabs on a briefing at the pentagon. we will c...