the room full of victims. what we ve now learned tonight. marcus moore standing by in uvalde. also tonight, a small group of democrats and republicans meeting on zoom today in the wake of the shooting. what s on the table now and would it stop a young person turning 18 buying an ar-15-style rifle the next day, like the suspect in texas? rachel scott with a rl tonight. the severe storm threat as we come on the air, from texas to michigan. damaging winds and the potentially dangerous system moving into the northeast overseas tonight, the fierce battle under way right now. the last key city in one part of the donbas, in luhansk. russian forces gaining ground. the white house pressed, will it send rockets, and if so, how far will they go? ian pannell in ukraine tonight. this evening, the pilots on a flight from jfk airport in new york to rome. did they both fall asleep? air traffic control saying it lost contact for ten minutes. fighter jets about to scramble what the a
domestic priority on the same day that gas prices hit a new record high. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates in yesterday s primaries. with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and the latest on the war in ukraine. u.s. officials say that vladimir putin is in it for the long haul. thinking he ll be able to wear down western support. we ll hear from the nation s top spy chief. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 11th. i m jonathan lemire. russia claims its forces have made significant gains in eastern ukraine, three weeks after moscow launched renewed offensive there. the russian defense ministry yesterday said its troops have advanced to the border between donetsk and luhansk the two russian-speaking provinces together known as the donbas. the ministry said it now controls more of the region than it did before the war started on f
wow. americans heard and responded with a resounding ew. bizarre. president biden whew. on defense. over high consumer prices. there you go, inflation in the morning. he says inflation is a top domestic priority. and, again, takes aim at maga republicans. we re going to play for you his new comments and have the new inflation report when it crosses later this morning. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates, with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. boy, that nebraska loss, statewide, it may show again, it may be easier for donald trump to win in smaller congressional races, much harder, statewide, in states like nebraska. maybe pennsylvania, we ll see. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and ukraine reports new gains in kharkiv, saying it has managed to recapture villages. and is pushing back russian forces. we ll have the latest on the counteroffensive in a region that has come un
some european governments say they are working harder to get their citizens out of niger. first off, the french, the french government said it would start its evacuations on tuesday afternoon. this is because it says that the airspace in niger have been closed, making it harderfor individual citizens to get themselves out of the country. italy and spain are following suit but the uk government says it is advising its citizens to stay indoors and to register. for the moment it will not be carrying out evacuation missions. this is all happening because there has been a growth of anti western sentiment in niger over the last three days since ake coup happened there on wednesday last week. anti western sentiment has been particularly focused towards france, which is the former colonial power of niger. the french embassy was recently attacked during protest in the
and spain are following suit but the k government says it is advising its citizens to stay indoors and to register for the citizens to stay indoors and to registerfor the moment, it will not be carrying out evacuation missions. this is all happening because there has been a growth of anti western sentiment in niger over the past few days since a who happened last wednesday. the anti western sentiment has been focused on france which is niger s former colonial power. the french embassy was recently attacked during protests in the country. niger matters for western governments because it has been a key ally in the fight against islamist groups in the region. groups that i live so called to the islamic state and al-qaeda. this is a region that has been fighting this insecurity and we have seen other countries such as burkina faso, mali where crews have also happened and so there is a worry that there will