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we begin with the war in ukraine. on the eve of the anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion, the united nations general assembly is preparing to vote on a resolution calling for russia to withdraw from ukraine immediately and unconditionally. more on the vote shortly. news from the us where in the past few moments, the white house has said it will announce sweeping new sanctions against russia. let's hearfrom will announce sweeping new sanctions against russia. let's hear from the press secretary. the against russia. let's hear from the press secretary-— press secretary. the ...

there's active shooter. >> how an 18-year-old can get this militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me. please stay engaged. >> don't forget them, please. i beg you. >> show them to the world. when he died, i died with him. >> we cannot outlaw tragedy but can he can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and of our children. i'm pamela brown in washington. you are in "the cnn newsroom." it is member aerial day wee memorial day weekend, a time to honor and men and women who have served the military. and there is grief and shock o...

hi, thank you for joining me. i'm jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. i'm joined by dana bash in uvalde, texas. president biden there to meet with the grieving community. dana, tell us what you're seeing there. >> reporter: well, president biden and first lady jill biden are here today. he's playing a role that he has played so many times before, comforting families following an unspeakable tragedy. right now the president and first lady are meeting with families at a community center in uvalde. this morning the bidens visited a memorial site at robb elementary that, of course, ...

wanting to offer some type of solace, some type of comfort to the families who lost so many loved ones in that horrific massacre here at robb elementary school behind me earlier this week. now the president right now is privately meeting with survivors and the family members of victims. he's been meeting with them for almost two and a half hours. the white house really blocking off a significant amount of his time here on the ground in uvalde to hear directly from those family members who lost loved ones. but first president biden stopped here at the memorial site at robb elementary....

911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnn's shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. >> reporter: you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere. what efforts were made to try and break through that door you say was locked? what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? >> none at that time. >> reporter: why? >> the on-scene commander at the time believed it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. >> reporter...