down. video circulating online showing smoke rising near the plant, where authorities today confirmed a fire. president biden speaking to president zelenskyy, voicing concerns, and what experts fear about the possibility of a reactor meltdown. britt clennett on the ground in ukraine. the flash flood threat moves east. millions on alert in the deep south. from eastern texas to the florida panhandle. parts of mississippi and alabama seeing two to three inches of rain per hour. a day after record-breaking downpours turned roads into rivers. forcing evacuations from an assisted living facility in mississippi. trevor ault in the storm zone. rob marciano timing it all out. a major move on climate change by california. banning the sale of new cars powered only by gas by 2035. the first state in the nation to do so. is this the beginning of the end for the combustion engine? the fallout from the firing of the controversial uvalde school police chief. pete arredondo now fighting
what the president s role was in trying to get states to name alter n alter nat slates of electors. we ll hear about his pressure on the states to replace the electors chosen by the voters. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is tuesday, june 21, and we begin with unsettling new details about the police response to the school shooting in uvalde, texas nearly one month after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. the texas tribune revealed documents that described ongoing confusion at the scene and details of equipment that officers had access to including four ballistic shields with the first arriving nearly an hour before the officers stormed the classrooms. it is unclear at what point during the standoff this image was taken. you can see there. but the new images and information will only intensify questions. this image obtained shows at least three officers you can see there in the hallway of robb elementary school
discuss piece arrendondo, after we re hearing stunning reports of law enforcement just outside the classroom. and on nbc news, a top kremlin official broke russia s silence on the two u.s. veterans captured in ukraine. we ll get the latest from moscow. primary elections in virginia and washington, d.c. with runoffs in three other states. steve kornacki will break down what you need to know. and we are just three hours away from another key hearing by the house january 6th committee. the panel plans to lay out an elaborate effort by former president donald trump and his allies to pressure state lawmakers and election officials into defying the will of the voters. and overturning the election he lost. today, we ll be hearing from arizona house speaker rusty bowers who resisted the pressure from trump and his allies and georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger who trump tried to push to find votes just days after the attack on the capitol. moments ago nbc news learned
law enforcement closely watching a tense scene all day. a shooter trying to breach an fbi office in cincinnati. the suspect allegedly armed with an ar-15 style weapon and wearing body armor. a gun battle erupting. the chase. and tonight, what authorities have just revealed moments ago. trevor ault on the scene for us. the horrific aftermath after the house explosion in indiana. the new images tonight. at least three people killed. 39 nearby homes damaged, many of them destroyed. the war in ukraine tonight. and the very alarming development. the shelling at europe s largest nuclear power plant in ukraine. smoke now seen rising from the site. the historic heat wave across europe. and tonight, the emergency unfolding now in france. 10,000 people forced to evacuate. the horrific fires. 60% of europe having dealt with this heat and in a drought now. ginger zee is there tonight. this evening, nearly one year after that chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, our chief foreign corre
refining capacity. the administration estimates the moves could lower gas prices by at least $1 a gallon, if they can get it all through congress. i should say, this faces steep opposition from some on capitol hill, even from some of the president s own party, and members of the administration have even conceded there are significant downsides to do this, jim. plus, significant new evidence in the latest hearing from the january 6th committee, witnesses testify that former president trump and sitting gop lawmakers were directly involved in pushing fake slates of electors in multiple states to attempt to overturn the 2020 election while the president s personal attorney rudy giuliani admitted they had no evidence of widespread fraud to back up that plan. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors. did you also receive a call from u.s. representative andy biggs of