systematic failures and egregiously poor decision-making resulted in more than an hour of confusion and chaos before police finally confronted and then killed the gunman who had murdered 19 children and 2 teachers. the victims family members got a copy of the report before it went public. vincent salazar, whose granddaughter, you probably remember her picture, was among those young children killed. he reacted with skepticism. we re not going to get the truth. because there is cover-up. everybody s throwing everybody under the bus. the only ones that ain t under the bus is because they re six feet in the ground now, and that s our children. and the two teachers. it is unimaginable heartbreak for these families. it goes on and on. also detailed in this report, major, major lapses in school security leading up to the shooting, including broken locks and a, quote, culture of noncompliance with safety policies. also even poor wi-fi that may have delayed the lockdown alert. we
worlds away from the fighting and the dying. vladimir putin would prefer that we pay less attention to it all tonight. instead, because of just how important it is, that is where we begin the broadcast, reminding you again, showing you again the moments of savage brutality and the moments of hope over the past six months. translator: we are all here. our military are here. citizens and society are here. we are all here defending our independence, our state, and it will remain so. glory to our defenders. glory to our women defenders. glory to ukraine. that, of course, is president volodymyr zelenskyy just hours into the invasion, not fleeing the country or evacuating to lviv or eastern poland as many expected and some had urged. standing firm as perhaps too few allies and adversaries alike expected. today the former actor and comedian spoke to the u.n. security council over the objections of the russian delegation, which tried to demand he appear in person. he began his re
this morning the wnba star brittney griner is in a moscow court for her first trial hearing, this after russian authorities accused her of smuggling drugs into the country. griner has already spent the last 130 days in a russian jail. officials have now extended her detention for six months pending the outcome of this trial. we should note the state department has said griner has been, quote, wrongfully detained. last night, cnn s abby phillip sat down with griner s wife for an exclusive interview. you ll hear part of that conversation in just a moment. back at home, though, new developments in the january 6th investigation. sources tell cnn that someone tried to influence the testimony of cassidy hutchinson, the former trump white house aide who shared damning details about what the former president was doing as the capitol attack unfolded. we ll have much more on that just ahead. we begin, though, this morning, in moscow. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik
his family says he s now paralyzed from the waist down. an eight-year-old boy, his brother, mom, all with the kind of wounds that men and women came home from afghanistan or iraq, signed up knowing it might happen, cooper, luke and keeley, they just went to a parade. friends of the family have set up a gofundme page to help cover ethical expenses and therapy. in the meantime the gunman s father is speaking out telling abc news, he has no regrets about helping his son in 2019 obtain the documentation needed to buy the weapons he did, despite his son suicide attempt , threats to kill his family and police confiscating 16 knives, a dagger and a sword from an earlier that year. filled out the consent form to allow my son to go through the process. whatever that entails. the killer s father told abc news he had no inkling his son would do this and said his threats against the family were taken out of context and that he can t understand why his son did what he did. could the g
didn t attempt to run. he just got arrested on the spot. several police officers on site were able to take the suspect into custody and he s now being questioned. police did retrieve a gun and the suspect, again, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. nhk reporters on the scene said they heard two shots while abe was delivering that stump speech. he was there to deliver a speech in support of liberal democratic party candidates ahead of the upper house election, which is set for this sunday. abe is japan s longest-serving prime minister, first elected in 2006 before serving multiple different terms over the years that had followed before stepping down in 2020 because of health concerns relating to a long-term debilitating disease. despite stepping down, abe remained a key player in japanese politics, speaking very candidly about taiwan, hinting even recently at japan s increased military role, possibly military role in taiwan. again, former prime minister shinzo