to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu
westminster abbey so limited as heads of state from around the globe are going to want to pay their respects, and this could be an opportunity for the president to meet for the first time with uk s new prime minister liz truss in person and also meet with king charles, now that he is king. lindsey? a real changing of the guard, mary alice. thank you. we turn now to the russian administration and ukrainian forces appear to be turning the tide against russian troops in the northeast. ukraine claiming major victories in its counter effect. the speed of the ukrainian ass assault overwhelming them. reporter: tonight, a stunning victory. ukrainian forces flying their flag once again. after retaking a key city in the northeast. video circulating online showing areas littered with russian
president zelenskyy tonight accusing russia of trying to sabotage the mission, claiming russia is trying to turn it into a fruitless tour of the plant. and criticizing the u.n. watchdog for not calling for demilitarization. zelenskyy stressing the u.n. officials must draw objective conclusions. video broadcast on russian tv documents the presence of russian military vehicles as the u.n. officials inspect the plant. five of the inspectors staying on, but tonight, most of the delegation leaving, flanked by armed guards. we are not going anywhere. the iaea is now there, it is at the plant and it is not moving. it s going to stay there. reporter: well, a sense of relief tonight that independent experts are finally inside that ukrainian nuclear power plant. the inspectors are due to work there over the next few days. cecilia? okay, tom, thank you so much. we re going to turn next to
active front lines, where you ll see people swimming on the beach. so, that s pretty remarkable. another difference is we are seeing how the ukrainian military is getting new weapons. i ve seen combat units that are using refurbished, captured russian military vehicles, that even still say made in russia on them, that they ve painted ukrainian flags on and renovated to use to fight against the russi russians. i ve seen british military vehicles that have just been supplied. of course western shoulder mounted anti-tank weapons. and of course there are these u.s.-supplied himars, these kind of long-range rockets, which every ukrainian officer and politician i ve talked to says has changed the battleground to some degree because it lets the ukrainians strike russian targets deep behind enemy lines.
house? translator: yes, they looted. they destroyed everything. look inside. there s nothing. reporter: there s still a russian corpse rotting in the home next door. they destroyed your house, but then it was the ukrainians who bombed it. is that correct? translator: yes. when the ukrainians were trying to liberate this area, they also bombed my house. here were a lot of russian military vehicles, which is why the ukrainians shelled this area. the russians left their vehicles, tanks, near the houses they were hiding in. reporter: most of this destruction was caused by ukrainian counterattacks doesn t seem to bother christina or her grandmother. for a lot here, the loss of their homes was a price worth paying. translator: we didn t ask them to come. we didn t want them here. matt bradley reporting from ukraine. a french journalist has been killed in the crossfire in the war in ukraine.