russian oil import. plus, a history making hurricane agatha slams into mexico as a category two storm. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you for being with us. today marks one week since 21 innocent lives were cut short by a gunman who opened fire inside an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the first funeral will be held in the devastated community one day after grieving families gathered for visitations. more visitations and funerals are planned in the week ahead. 19 students and two teachers killed in the horrific shooting. ? the unimaginable heartbreak and grieving now mixed with growing anger as new details continue to emerge. lucy kavanof has more. reporter: a chaotic scene as police rushed to evacuate children. dispatch audio were aware that kids were still trapped inside. i am here. he s in a room. more devastating details from officials of at least two children calling 911 multiple times, pleading for help as the gunman
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primary election that pits his candidate against donald trump s. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. president biden says the u.s. military will defend taiwan, if china invades its island neighbor. speaking in tokyo this morning at a joint news conference, with japan s new prime minister, the president addressed the growing tensions in eastern asia. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. shortly after that news conference, the white house seemingly tried to clarify the president s remarks. writing in a statement, quote, the president reiterated our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. and to provide taiwan with the military means to defend itself. different than military involvement perhaps. and on the island, we
closely watched primary race in georgia. amid reports that the republican governor s association hatched a plan months ago to spend millions to defend incumbents against what one former governor called trump s personal vendetta tour. and there are new developments on the war with ukraine as russia intensifies its bombardment in the eastern industrial heartland. fierce fighting in the donbas region is forcing a new round of ukrainians to flee their homes. as ukrainian and russian troops battle it out town by town, the battle for donetsk has become a major focus as russia seeks to capture one of the major cities still under ukrainian control after taking the southern port city of mariupol. the head of the luhansk region said russian bombardment in using scorched earth tactics. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said the fighting in the east has become increasingly bloody. with up to 100 ukrainian soldiers kill each day. meanwhile, ukraine is ruling out any cease-fire deal
that? yes. it is a commitment we made. back here in the u.s., voters head to the polls for election day. critical primary races in georgia. and the high stakes run-offs in texas. more shipments of bhaeb form la, after the first flight touched down in indiana yesterday. how soon could parents see it on shelves. and a federal judge has stopped the biden administration from lifting the bill. and still many make the journey. and a live report. we begin this hour with a fall-out from president biden s much stunning comments that u.s. would intervene if china invaded taiwan. taiwan thanked the president. the chinese foreign minister took a hard line. saying nobody should under estimate the chin neez people to defend. he made similar comments earlier. i don t want a cold war with china. you are saying that the united states would come to taiwan s aid? yes, we have a commitment to do that. washington post foreign columnist. david, also contributors. what are the