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
the despair in this community and anger at the local officials for not running in. we should stress, tom, that this doj review, it s not a criminal review. it s an incident review. it could be long. that s correct. we will not get any answers today, tomorrow, next week. these typically take some time, several months at the earliest is what they will take here to investigate and look into this. i use the phrase investigate, because they will try to get the facts. they will talk to a lot of people involved. they will review the prior training of the police chief. over last three years, he has received active shooter training, according to texas public records, three times, 32 hours. he is a 28-year veteran of the law enforcement community. his most recent training in active shooter was on december 17th of last year. he is probably accredited. there s a guide in texas from the agency that oversees and