to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu
house? translator: yes, they looted. they destroyed everything. look inside. there s nothing. reporter: there s still a russian corpse rotting in the home next door. they destroyed your house, but then it was the ukrainians who bombed it. is that correct? translator: yes. when the ukrainians were trying to liberate this area, they also bombed my house. here were a lot of russian military vehicles, which is why the ukrainians shelled this area. the russians left their vehicles, tanks, near the houses they were hiding in. reporter: most of this destruction was caused by ukrainian counterattacks doesn t seem to bother christina or her grandmother. for a lot here, the loss of their homes was a price worth paying. translator: we didn t ask them to come. we didn t want them here. matt bradley reporting from ukraine. a french journalist has been killed in the crossfire in the war in ukraine.