struggle. the annual military parade noticeably scaled down. victory day celebrates the soviet union s triumph over nazi germany and russia usually flexes its military might. this year it was only one tank from world war ii and no flyovers of fighter jets, bombers in his speech, accuse the west of unleashi war agains the russian mother land. it comes days after a mysterious drone attack on the kremlin hours before putin s speech russia launched cruise missiles at ukraine s capital. let s bring in matthew chance to start us out. as someone who covered all things putin and moscow so closely, what was your take? well, i think you re right, poppy. definitely much smaller than we have seen in years past. i think 8,000 troops this year. 12,000 last year, for instance. there was no military flyover. usually that s a spectacular highlight of this kind of victory day parade. there was an intercontinental ballistic missile as the centerpiece of the parade. russia underlining it is
6-year-old boy is the only survivor of a family trip to the mall. william cho was wounded in saturday s mass shooting at allen premium outlets north of dallas. his baby brother james, mother cindy, and father were killed, murdered. a gofundme post written by friends said william had just celebrated his sixth birthday four days prior to the shooting. it is not a good evening when the only future for two little girls is in how they ll be remembered by those who loved them. daniela mendoza was in the fourth grade and her sister sophia a second grader. r rays of sunshine is how their school principal described them. their mom was critically wounded. it is not a good evening when this woman s family is making plans to return her body to india for a funeral. her name was a-that the canada. she came to pursue a masters how to grow delicious herbs: step one: use miracle-gro potting mix. that s it. miracle-gro. all you need to know to grow. our customers don t do what they do for like
the lead starts right now. allen, texas, joining the ranks of columbine, aurora, parkland, new town, another town whose name is synonymous with a mass shooting. two young sisters were just identified as victims as we re learning more about the gunman s extremist background into which authorities are looking. and new video obtained exclutively by cnn. bystanders trying to hold down the man accused of plowing his range rovers into a group of migrants. plus, just in time for summer travel, the new proposed rule to give you a refund if you re bumped from your next flight. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. another day. another deadly mass shooting in america. over the weekend a man gunned down several people at a mall in allen, texas. police are investigating whether a gunman killed by the cop at the scene was motivated by right wing extremism. this is not a monthly occurrence in the united states. it is not a weekly occurrence in the united states. this is now happening
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a search for answers in allen texas as investigators try to piece together a motive for saturday s mass shooting. we are learning new details about how the rampage unfolded. and explosions light up the skyline over gaza as israeli forces launch a wave of targeted airstrikes. we will have a live report from israel just ahead. plus, more rain on putin s victory day parade. as russia prepares to mark one of its most important holidays. signs of an actual victory on the battlefield are few and far between. thank you for being with us, here in the united states, a pair of tragedies has put a spotlight on two of the country s most divisive issues. guns and immigration. in allen texas, a mass shooting that killed eight people has devastated an entire community. and it has reignited the fierce debate about gun reform in america. to the south, the border town of brownsville is also coping with t
this? you see the sidewalk full of an encampment, different tents. reporter: we ve seen thousands flooding the streets in shelters of this mexican border town. this 22-year-old woman, her husband, and their 4-year-old little girl camped out here for three months already. she says they re going to cross but she doesn t want to do it illegally. she wants to do it the right way. you don t know when? reporter: in recent weeks the u.s. government rolled out an updated cbp-1 app allowing migrants north of mexico city to register digitally for a limited number of interview spots with asylum officers. no one we ve talked to has been able to secure an appointment yet. she is not sure she ll ever get one. she lost her phone in a fire a few weeks back. but she and others tell me they ve come too far to turn around. her young daughter carries the marks to prove it.