to that day including all the violence and chaos that happened in this building behind me. the idea that all of this was just a demonstration that got a little bit out of control is absurd. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, june 7, boris johnson is clinging to his leadership after a closer than expected confidence vote in parliament. uk lawmakers are angry that the prime minister attended numerous parties while the rest of the country was under covid lockdown. mr. johnson will meet his cabinet today to lay out his vision, he says he wants to continue delivering on the issues that matter to british people. i m grateful to colleagues, i m grateful for the support they have given me. of course i understand what we need to do now is come together as a government, as a party, and that is exactly what we can now do. but it won t be that easy for the prime minister who only has a year to turn around his declining popularity, if that. do
used in the shooting from a federally authorized dealer on his 18th birthday. this photo of two ar style rifles was posted on an instagram account tied to the gunman. just three days before tuesday s shooting. authorities are still trying to identify the victims, parents waited late into the night at a civic center on tuesday hoping to be reunited with their children. cnn is in texas with more. reporter: late into the night, many family members were at a civic center in uvalde, texas. learning the grim news that their children didn t survive the shooting at rob elementary school in uvalde, texas, earlier on tuesday. a families were told to go to the civic ner where they could be reunited with their children. but as the hours have dragged on, many of the people left at the civic center are the parents and families of the at least 19 children that were murdered. senselessly on tuesday. we were told that authorities are using dna swabs of family members and parents to help ide
uvalde is about 50 miles from the southern u.s. border. police believe the 18-year-old gunman salvador romas acted alone. he was shot dead by officers and that is the last time that you will hear his name this hour. officials say he had attended the high school there, uvalde high school. we know the fourth grade teacher eva morale less, her death confirmed by her aunt. and the suspect s grandmother, police believe he shot her before headed to the school. she is now hospitalized in critical condition. and the suspect crashed his truck in a ditch near the school before trying to enter the building. law enforcement confronted the suspect but he was able to get inside anywhere where officials say he entered several classrooms and started shooting. border patrol agents were among those who responded. at least one was wounded by gunfire from the shooter. just three days before the shooting, a photo of who ar-15 style rifles appeared on his instagram account, or at least an accoun
u.s. president, joe biden, is on his way to south korea on his first asia trip as president. he will also be visiting japan and meet with leaders of india and australia as well. the asia trip comes later in biden s presidency than he may have liked. he wants to affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. kevin, we ll begin with you. joe biden has been focusing much on the war in ukraine. this an attempt that they can walk and talk and chew gum at the same time. it s meant to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to the key alliance in east asia with south korea and japan and demonstrate that president biden still has this focus on asia despite all of the time and attention he s been spending on the war in ukraine. you saw that play out in the near term when the president in the morning he met with the leaders in finland and sweden. they are trying to join nato and he pivoted and turned to asia. te took flight and still on it now on his way to asia an it s really sort of dem
heroic months long fight for mariupol appears to be over and it s a major win for russia and major twists in races, as five states go to the polls. good to have you with us, u.s. president joe biden will travel to buffalo new york in the hours ahead, where he will meet with families of the victims of saturday s racially motivated shooting. a white house official tells cnn, mr. biden will make remarks in buffalo and condemn the shooting as terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology, this comes as we learn new details about the 18-year-old accused in the attack. the gunman opening fire in the supermarket, traveled 200 miles to the predominantly black neighborhood two months ago and he was there this past friday. authorities believe, carrying out reconnaissance a day before the massacre. they are investigating the shooting as a hate crimes and a case of racially motivated violent extremism. the latest now from omar jimenez. reporter: new details show the gunm