talk. why this uvalde teacher now says he s angry at law enforcement who he heard in the hallway while 11 of his students were being killed. and office ultimatums. return to the office or lose urjob. the tough decision more workers are now facing. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead today. president biden now getting involved as a key democratic senator says negotiations with republicans on gun reform have reached a, quote, critical stage. that democrat, chris murphy of connecticut, visited the white house today to give president biden a rundown of where bipartisan negotiations stand. before murphy headed back to the hill for yet another meeting with his fellow lawmakers. they have expressed growing optimism a deal for a narrow targeted bill could potentially be reached as soon as the end of this week. so what remains on the table? well, incentivized states to pass red flag laws. potential waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds buying
in our world lead now, president volodymyr zelenskyy s forces in ukraine are holding on by a thread in the east. defending the last city under their control in luhansk. the military had severodonetsk says it s a, quote, consistently difficult situation as putin s army relenlttlessly bombs the town. matthew chance got exclusive access to another front line in the south, where ukraine says their forces are steadily pushing back on russia s advances. this is where the ukrainian military tells us they re seizing back their lands. but on the battered southern front with russia, the stalemate of trench warfare seems to be setting in. the commanders privately admit advances by either side here are