husband jose. he died of a heart attack days later after a memorial for her. there are virtual meetings tomorrow to try to find what leading senate republican john cornyn calls a basic framework for gun safety proposals that could become legislation in the coming weeks, although it s still a long shot. president biden is prioritizing inflation at the white house today, laying out his three-part plan to address the glowing problem in a wall street journal op-ed and promising he won t medal with the fed ahead of a key meeting with jerome powell. the president also sits down with new zealand s prime minister who led her country to crack down on guns after the christ church mass shooting in 2019. we ll bring you news from their white house meeting as we get it. european union commission president saying this package helps to finalize a ban on nearly 90% of all russian oil imports by the end of the year. we begin this hour with uvalde, with nbc s shaq brewster and nbc justice co
president in american history, unfortunately. so much of it is much of it is preventable. and the devastation is amazing. that was in a meeting with the new zealand prime minister. the united states has its first confirmed ambassador to ukraine in kyiv in three years. she arrives at a critical moment with president zelenskyy saying that russia achieved, quote, maximum combat power in the eastern donbas region. president biden has reaffirmed his support for federal reserve independence in fighting inflation in advance of a meeting today with fed chairman powell as the national frustration with rising inflation becomes a midterm threat for democrats. we begin in uvalde, texas, with nbc s sam brock, and tom winter and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. sam, while federal investigators are looking into the police response to this mass shooting, we are hearing stories about the day as the community attends services for loved ones. tell us what s going on down there. this is a
talk. [speaking spanish] joining me now is sam brock in uvalde with the latest on the shooting. also he s in houston where the show must go on for the nra. first use them, it s very hard to watch, to hear, and process what happened there. then we learned of the injured children calling 9-1-1 for help. didn t get there in time. it all feels impossible and we are not even there. here in the studio. but you there on scene? what are you learning sam? well certainly it s gut wrenching alex. you talk to parents here, and they say it feels like the floor falls from underneath them every time they hear these press conferences. the changing narratives. also that the help was there on. time there were 90 law enforcement officers inside at 12:03, that s the same time the 9-1-1 calls were coming from the classroom. the incident commander based on the volume of shots, and initially they re 100 shots fired in the first few minutes, and then slowed down, that incident commander made
to understand what is that the are selling their audience selling their potential voters here s the thing, american do need solutions, they just don t buy these same republica policies touted for decade that we know, we know do not work a poll last year in tennesse found that seven out of te people, they want to expan background checks. that is in tennessee as you know, the gop has lon held a fantasy of arming teachers with guns only a third of tennesse voters see that idea as a good idea, which brings us to the tennessee state legislature an the republican serving in. they were consolidating powe to silence the very dissen that our democracy demands specifically regarding sensibl , gun safety proposals and, of course, they re doing so i response to a mass shooting at an elementary school i nashville. this week, to tennesse democrats, justin pearson an justin jones were reinstated after republicans and the stat
specifically regarding sensible, gun safety proposals and, of course, they re doing so i response to a mass shooting at an elementary school i nashville. this week, to tennesse democrats, justin pearson an justin jones were reinstated after republicans and the stat legislature expelled them fo protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. consider the will of the peopl now restored as kathy gill incident write in politico magazine, this is version of something happening all over the country, at every level of government, in whic the preferences of voters ofte filter through representativ bodies who lopsided majorities don t really represent the electorate at the stay aroun them joining me now, reverend william barber, co-chair of th poor peoples campaign an president of the - next week, you re bringing you moral mandate movement t nashville to protest gun violence, attacks on democracy we ve seen from tennesse republicans. what is needed in this momen to hold those empowe