russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive, which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainian town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim to be in complete control, and that this town is the start of something bigger. the capture of soledar became possible due to the constant destruction of the enemy, says russia s defence ministry. by ground attack, aircraft, missiles, and
dispatch audio about a child trapped in the middle of the massacre in uvalde, texas. cnn has not been able to confirm this audio clip. it was first reported by abc news. it s unclear when the message was relayed, but according to the texas public safety director there were at least eight 911 calls from at least two callers inside robb elementary. we have a child on the line. he is in a room full of victims. at least 19 officers were just on the other side of the door of that classroom where the student was calling from. texas public safety officials reported the first call from a child came at 12:03 p.m. not until 12:50, 47 minutes later, would officers finally break in and kill the gunman. so the justice department will now investigate the local law enforcement response. one critic called it one of the worst police failures in modern u.s. history. in the meantime, democrats are trying to seize whatever momentum there is on capitol hill for gun reform. here is presi
Is youre not the subject of this. I mean it was just a search of every possible location hes connected to. He says youre not the subject to this and what do you know about donald trump . And then there is a ton of documents to suggest whats going on where hes trying to find out information. Then he says this could all go away in one week if you just give information, which we know that didnt happen. I mean to your point that he gives bad advice. And that is true that he said that. Thats not what happened. It didnt go away in one week. We have to leave it there. Thank you very much. We kept talking during the commercial break. Well try to post the commercial conversations online. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, dramatic moments as the defense will begin their case. Why the judge cleared the courtroom during the clash with the first witness. Plus, irans hard line president is confirmed dead in a helicopter crash. What it means in a region that is already on edge.
for cardinals. australian cardinal george pell was lying in state on friday with funeral preparations overshadowed by revelations that he was the author of an anonymous memo that branded pope francis pontificate a catastrophe . pell, who spent more than a year in jail before being acquitted of sexual abuse allegations in his native australia, died on tuesday of heart failure. let s now go live to sydney to speak to our correspondent phil mercer. so, what did the cardinal have to say about the pope? we don t know for sure to say about the pope? we don t know for sure but to say about the pope? we don t know for sure but what - to say about the pope? we don t know for sure but what we - to say about the pope? we don t know for sure but what we do . know for sure but what we do know for sure but what we do know is there are reports that under a pseudonym, cardinal george pell what a memo for a vatican blog site last year with a scathing assessment of the papacy of pope francis, sayi
reporter: well, doctors really hope so. the patients who have experienced this, it is certainly impacting them. we met one man, his name a lonzo comber, he s just 40 years old. he had been eligible to get vaccinated for covid-19, get a covid-19 vaccine months before he contracted covid-19. but he said he didn t do it when he was eligible because he didn t really feel like he needed it. he also had some concerns that he felt like the vaccines were just too new. but then he contracted covid-19 and spent nearly two months at this hospital, weeks in the icu, intubated on a ventilator. his family was told that they should start making funeral preparations. now he is trying to tell anyone who will listen that they should get vaccinated, because there is not a day that goes by that he doesn t wish he had gotten vaccinated when he had the chance. listen to what he told us and his message to other people. i would tell them go ahead