good. you are hearing of the reality of gun violence. now, at least 17 dead, more than 80 shots all across the nation just since friday. you heard me right. since friday as in today is monday. unbelievable. it is on pace of its worst year ever according to gun violence archive. that means 246, since the beginning of the year. the three-year uptick began where they began. in to 2020, 110 and last year we were at 692. with all those numbers, it is really one number to keep focusing on. i mean that s what america wants to do about these are horrible numbers. that is a number 10. 10 republicans in the 50/50 senate to sign on legislation that could reduce the number of gun relate dd deaths in this country. i didn t say eliminate all gun violence. the lawyer in me have to manage all expectations. how about saving as many as innocent lives as possible as some kidney of action? a senator said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that ll prevent mass killings. a
ukraine says it s taken out a top russian general. so who is really winning the war tonight? and a game changer, 14 patients all with cancer given the same drug and every single one in remission. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, momentum, a very small group of senators, two democrats and two republicans are meeting tonight, and apparently are on the cusp of something when it comes to an agreement on gun laws, an agreement that can get 60 votes in the senate they say, news from senator john cornern the republican in the group, chris murphy who is also in tonight s meeting telling cbs news my goal is to have an agreement by the end of this week. look, it s been years of nothing, decades of nothing, but it appears that some sort of momentum may be building in washington. a key red state senator says he s open to a number of pro poepzales including raising the age to buy a semi automatic to 21 and what may surprise one opened to a ban on as
buy beer and cigarettes, but they can walk into a gun store and buy an ar-15. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, may 30th. memorial day in the u.s., when americans remember and honor the men as well as women who died serving the nation. but today in the city of uvalde in texas, families will be gagagaerg toemem lives lost in last week s mass shooting at robb elementary school. some services are set to begin in the coming hours with funeral homes committed to cover the costs of the families of the 21 victims, 19 students and two teachers. a choir paying their respects through song as the community of uvalde reels from the tragic shooting. u.s. president joe biden and the first lady traveled to texas to meet with grieving families, and also attended a mass as well met with first responders. there has also been an outpouring of support from the community as crowds brought flowers to a growing me
this as officials are investigating what went wrong in this response. we have learned now that up to 19 officers stood in the hallway of robb elementary school for more than 457 exdrushating minutes as the gunman killed children inside of those two classrooms. the justice department has announced it is launching its own revancouver all of this response at the request of the mayor. they will provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day and look into why it took so long to take that gunman down. president biden vowing once again to do something about gun violence in america as texas lawmakers are asking governor abbott to hold a special session. i ll speak to representative gutierrez in just a moment. abc news has appeared to obtain a dispatch news it with a child calling 911 from a classroom advising he s in a room full of victims. we should note that cnn has not been able to confirm this video and the audio. the source sun clear, and we don
children and their two teachers who were slaughtered inside their schools. the first lady reaching out to the images of the innocent, smiling. fourth graders who were murdered. the president caressing the face of one child s photo. just 12 days ago, mr. and mrs. biden were in buffalo, new york, to honor the 12 people murdered in a wasteless attack on a supermarket. yesterday, vice president horizon attended a gruesome funeral and across the country this weekend, there was an explosion of more gun violence. we need change! president biden accompanied by the republican governor of texas also faced frustration from people demanding gun reforms. one man explains why he was heckling. at a certain point in time it s going to be on us. because we vote these people in to represent us. they re not representing us. it s heart breaking. because things leak this happen. something needs to be done. we need change. we need help and my biggest fear is nothing is going to change. in si