shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain s defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the international red cross said the scale of destruction defies comprehension. but ukraine claims its forces have progressed into the southern kherson region. as the conflict surpassed 100 days ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, remained confident of the outcome. translator: we have been dedefending ukraine for 100 days. victory shall be ours. glory to ukraine. now, the human toll in ukraine
for instance, officials initially said an officer had engaged the gunman before he entered the school. but now we re being told that is not true. in fact, the shooter was outside the school for about 12 minutes before entering through an unlocked door. bill: all that adding to the confusion after police waited for about an hour before entering the classroom and killing the shooter. texas dps on the front lines of the investigation. the shifting timelines, the shifting facts were the focus of a contentious news conference that took place yesterday afternoon that went a bit like this. it was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect that was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. how did he get in? it was supposed to be locked during the school day. so right now during the investigation it appeared as unlocked. so we will look at that and try to corroborate that if that s what we can. wasn t there a school officer
plus, some real talk about my fellow republicans, why are you calling these people pushing racist replacement theory? what is up with? that time to speak up. what did rudy say? we have the latest on giuliani s hours with the january six committee. and to the panel could call next. i am michael, steele in for jonathan kaye part. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, we are counting down the tuesday primary elections. as republicans continue to fight for control of congress and dems fight for democracy. polls will close for georgia, alabama and arkansas as primary races this used it as well as polls in texas primary runoff election. early voting in georgia close friday, with a record of over 100,000 votes 212% increase from 2020. despite the states new voting restrictions. it is shaping up to be a tough battleground for donald trump. he denies that it s going up under the purdue, histories for governor and fellow election denier, but purdue is trailing far behind incumbent
o donnell: breaking news: a judge blocks president biden s plan to let migrants claim asylum at the border for the first time in two years. tonight s other top headlines: the u.s. says it will keep 100,000 troops in europe for the foreseeable future. secret service scandal: why two officers were sent home from president biden s asia trip. and, the w.h.o. confirms an outbreak around the globe of monkeypox, with 80 cases so far. tonight, the warning about the rare disease here in the u.s. and, on the road, with the story of one lucky cat, and the family that never gave up hope. this is the cbs eveng news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, you may have noticed that filling up your car or truck is especially painful right now. well, you re not alone, as gas prices are an all-time high. the national average for regular gas now stands at $4.
she didn t sleep at all. o donnell: breaking news: a judge blocks president biden s plan to let migrants claim asylum at the border for the first time in two years. tonight s other top headlines: the u.s. says it will keep 100,000 troops in europe for the foreseeable future. secret service scandal: why two officers were sent home from president biden s asia trip. and the white house who confirmf monkeypox, with 80 cases so far. tonight, the warning about the rare disease here in the u.s. and on the road, with the story of one lucky cat, and the family that never gave up ho o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, you may have noticed filling up your car or truck is especially painful right now. well, you re not alone as gas prices are an all-time high. the national average stands the $4.59, $1.55 more than it was a year ago. while gas prices are up, stocks are down. the weakenedded in the red after flirting with a bear market, despite spocks makin