plus, buckle up. gas prices hitting a hideous high, but it s the prediction for the next ten days that may be even scarier. and a jury finds both johnny depp and amber heard liable for defamation, though let s be honest. depp won this trial. the significance of it all, beyond the gossip, spectacle, and social media snark. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and no clear answer in uvalde, texas, as to whether the chief who told cops to not storm the classroom where the shooter was during the massacre is actually cooperating with investigators. cnn s shimon prokupecz caught up with the police chief pete arredondo this morning. he insisted he s been in contact with the texas department of public safety every day, he says, but just last night, dps officials said arredondo had not responded to the request for a follow-up interview about his actions or lack thereof during last tuesday s massacre. today, uvalde is saying its final good-byes
adding, quote, fuel to the fire. this as russian forces have gained ground in eastern ukraine, leaving a key city on the brink. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. for the first time in a week, we re now hearing from the man who led the widely criticized police response to the texas school massacre. cnn confronting the uvalde school district police chief and pressing hip about his decision not to immediately engage the gunman. listen to cnn s exclusive one-on-one with that police chief, pete arredondo. i want to talk to you about just to let you know, i spoke with them. i know you did. just so you know, obviously, we re not going to release anything. we have people in our community being buried. so we re going to be respectful. i just want your reaction to the direction that you were responsible for the decision to go into that room. how do you explain yourself to pare
is a pan european problem. i, for instance, do not at all like going to games on the iberian peninsula with the way in which they are policed as well. you are dealing with a number of different police cultures. i mean, ours isn t fantastic at times but, you know, i feel safer going to turf moor then back to the stade de france. let me make that crystal clear. so, you know, i think that is a complex question and it will take some solving at this stage in proceedings. but first and foremost, i think there has got to be big questions into uefa s practices. uefa are the pan european body, and then within there, they are the ones who organised this event. they have put an event on an they have done it in on and they have done it in such a way that football supporters were left to feel unsafe en masse. this is not one or two instances, this is a huge number of liverpool supporters, whether they were caught up beforehand or after, almost everybody was caught up in one aspect of it,
shot dead by a teenage gunman. president zelensky visits his troops on the front line in eastern ukraine for the first time since the war started. another day of travel disruption waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover, and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died at the age of 86. now on bbc news, it s the film review. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i mjane hill, and taking us through this week s releases as ever is mark kermode. hi, mark. hello. we have quite the week. we have top gun: maverick. i know that you ve recently rewatched the original top gun. this is the sequel. we have the bobs burgers movie, and i confess, i had never heard of bob s burgers before the movie. and we have between two worlds, a drama starring juliette binoche. top gun. we ve already booked our tickets, you see. so, there s a lot riding on the next few minutes. ok, so, long awai
and we have between two worlds, a drama starring juliette binoche. top gun. we ve already booked our tickets, you see. so, there s a lot riding on the next few minutes. ok, so, long awaited sequel to the 80s hit directed by tony scott, the original. the sequel is byjoseph kosinski. tom cruise, who appears to have been sleeping in a fridge because he hasn t changed at all since his original incarnation, maverick, still has that rebellious streak. he s out in the mojave desert testing jets. at the very beginning, we see him doing mach ten against the advice of everybody else. he gets called back to the top gun academy in order to teach a bunch of freshfaced new recruits how to fly, to do a very, very dangerous mission which will be arrayed on a uranium enrichment plant, and only tom can teach them how. here s a clip. good morning, aviators. this is your captain speaking. welcome to basic fighting manoeuvres. as briefed, today s exercise is dog fighting, guns only, no missiles.