confronted and killed the gunman. as for how she viewed herb responsibilities that day, how she saw her duty to protect the children inside, listen to this moment from shimon s report, as captured on video of her outside the school that morning. reporter: an officer asked her children attend robb elementary. elizondo s response my son is in day care. he is not old enough. yeah, no. if my son had been in there, i would not have been outside, i promise you that. my son had been there, she said, i would not have been outside. i promise you that. we spoke about her employment by the school district by the guardian of a 10-year-old who was in the school and murdered that day. someone who has been holding a vigil outside uvalde school district offices, demanding answers. i ve been out here for 192 hours, eight days. and my ask is simple. it s to suspend any officers that were there until an investigation is completed. and i ve just gotten nothing but the runaround. so
aaa saying more americans are taking road trips this weekend than at any point during the covid-19 pandemic. so people are out and about, and cnn is checking in on the situation from the world s busiest airport in atlanta. nadia, how are things going today, and how does it compare to what you ve seen over the weekend? reporter: well, i ve got a secret for you that we re going to share with everybody. this is the perfect time to travel. in the middle of a holiday weekend, in the middle of the day. look behind me. you don t want to wait in lines. you re not a patient person? this is the time to come to the airport. people are just walking their way through the main security check point. this isn t clear or precheck. this is general boarding, and look how empty it is at the busiest airport. this is a far cry from what we saw yesterday. and what we saw definitely on friday. let s look at the numbers. this is july 2nd. over the past couple years. so back on july 2nd, july 4th we
reporter: this video shared with cnn by ukraine s defense ministry shows a mercenary desperately asking why there is no body armor for them. translator: there are no more flak jackets, no more helmets either. reporter: of the estimated 5,000 wagner mercenaries sent to ukraine, 1,500 have been killed according to intelligence sources in kyiv. in russia, that s meant recruitment drives. from front pages to billboards, the w orchestra is waiting for you, says this one, with a number to call and, no experience needed. a recruiter telling cnn through whatsapp that barring thug ri and terrorism, sexual impropriety, are all criminal offenses personally offering clemency to prisoners for six
may await if donald trump gets into the white house after 2024. a young, exwest wing aide, a capitol hill police officer, two former georgia election workers, and a republican scion who chose truth over her party are writing their names in history as they star in the house select committee s probe into the january 6th insurrection and lay bear the expresident s thug ri. here to talk more about this is barbara boxer. she served four terms as senator from california and is author of the art of tough . first, i want to get your reaction to the courage we ve seen from these women who have taken a stand to protect democracy. i m so grateful to them. i can t even tell you. forget about the fact that i served in the senate for so long and i revealed that place even
since january 6th, 2021. all downhill from there. election lies, vaccine misinformation making it harder to vote, excusing january 6th thug ri, conspiracy theories galore, i m tired. i tried, excuse me, i encouraged a reason. i urged a pivot from trump. i failed. i m out. #unaffiliated. that was cole wis, a former colorado house assistant minority leader and he joins me now. cole, good evening to you. very brave of you. . evening, don. that s very brave of you, where did you get the guts to do that? well, you know, i think i was raised in a family where we rise up and do the right thing, tell the truth. the republican party used to stand for telling the truth, and unfortunately we ve seen that it no longer does that. i m not sure how the party of ronald reagan, the man who became the party of matt gaetz,