covid concerns on memorial day in the usa. why case counts are at least f five times higher? should we expect a summer surge? we ll take a look. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for joining us. for the second time, u.s. president biden and the first lady mourned alongside grieving and devastated families who lost their loved ones in a mass shooting in a texas town of uvalde. the bidens laid flowers outside robb elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed last week. mr. biden and the first lady also attended mass where jill biden could be seen reaching out and touching the hands of several people as they walk out the isle. outside the church, some gathered, urged the president to do something to which he responded, we will, take a listen . cnn is following development and has more now from uvalde. president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday trying to offer some s
territory in the east. and conflict erupts in jerusalem amid a controversial celebration. we will take you there for a live report. emotional day in texas as u.s. president joe biden and the first lady try to comfort the heartbroken community of uvalde. just days after a mass shooting inside an elementary school. the two met with families and local officials and laid flowers at a memorial outside robb elementary school, where 19 students and two teachers were killed. this is the second time in less than two weeks mr. biden traveled to the site of a mass shooting to meet with grieving families. cnn s arlette saenz is following developments and has more now from uvalde. reporter: president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday, trying to offer some sense of solace and comfort to the families grieving the loss of those 19 young children and two teachers gunned down here at robb elementary school just last tuesday. the president and fi
buy beer and cigarettes, but they can walk into a gun store and buy an ar-15. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, may 30th. memorial day in the u.s., when americans remember and honor the men as well as women who died serving the nation. but today in the city of uvalde in texas, families will be gagagaerg toemem lives lost in last week s mass shooting at robb elementary school. some services are set to begin in the coming hours with funeral homes committed to cover the costs of the families of the 21 victims, 19 students and two teachers. a choir paying their respects through song as the community of uvalde reels from the tragic shooting. u.s. president joe biden and the first lady traveled to texas to meet with grieving families, and also attended a mass as well met with first responders. there has also been an outpouring of support from the community as crowds brought flowers to a growing me
baltimore police commissioner. nice to have you with us. i know you have been following this from the very beginning. i want to start with d.o.j. said. quote, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare and to respond to active shooter events. we ve seen these types of reviews before in pulse, in san bernardino. where do they ultimately lead, though? they re going back and they re looking at the incident from beginning to end. but ultimately, we ve learned our lessons at columbine. we ve learned that you don t have time to waste, that you ve got to get in there. so with this investigation, i really don t know what will be gained. i feel that this is more of an effort to play hot potato with failure and stall. we know that there are answers that the public, these poor parents, everyone deserves right now. so the federal governm
good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is memorial day, monday, may 30th. i m brianna keilar with john avalon. john berman is off. on this day set aside to honor fallen members of the u.s. military the town of uvalde, texas, is preparing the first of many good-byes to the children and the teachers murdered last week inside of an elementary school there. this afternoon there will be visitation and rosary for 10-year-old amerie jo garza, her father told cnn that amerie died trying to call police and save her classmates. uvalde s funeral homes so overwhelmed that it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims. the president and first lady visited uvalde sunday to meet with the grieving families and comfort the grief-stricken community. president biden promised action on gun reform after the crowd pleaded with him to do something. the justice department is now planning to investigate how the police responded to this shooting. let s go now to cnn s ad