means. but officers resisted as the massacre played out. meantime, vigils and memorials are giving families and the community a chance to grieve and of course, begin healing. but nothing will bring back the 21 people they ve lost. and we re now hearing for the first time from the mother of the gunman, salvador ramos. translator: i have no words. i have no words to say. i don t know what he was thinking. he had his reasons for doing what did he and please don t judge him. i only want the innocent children who died to forgive me. what do you tell their families? translator: forgive me. forgive my son. i know he had his reasons. what reasons could he have had in. translator: to get closer to those children instead of paying attention to the other bad things. i have no words. i don t know. cnn s ed lavandera begins our coverage. reporter: two days after the mass shooting at robb elementary, the story of what happened when the gunman arrived on the campus has fundame
good to have you with us. right now the second in person summit of the quad is under way in tokyo. leaders of the informal alliance of the u.s., japan, australia and india are now holding talks one on one. u.s. president biden has been meeting with indian prime minister. also expected to speak with australia s new prime minister. one key focus of all these meetings, russia s war on ukraine. russia s assault on ukraine only heightens the importance of those goals. fundamental principles of international order. territorial integrity and sovereignty. international law, human rights, must always be defended. regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of work ahead of us. this caps off his trip to asia in attempt to bolster u.s. alliances in the region. and counter china s growing dominance. the visit hasn t been without controversy. the white house is walking back biden s comments that the u.s. would be willing to defend taiwan militarily if chi
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