in the hours ahead a bipartisan group of senators is set to meet virtually to discuss gun reform in the united states. the talks continue this week in the wake of the tragic shooting. republican senator john cornyn says that the group will try to see if they can agree on a basic framework on how to move forward. this as the first funeral is set to take place in the devastated community. more visitations and funerals are planned in the week ahead. for a number of families, it will be another gutwrenching week, the unimaginable he heartbreak is mixed with growing anger other the police response. and cnn has obtain the new video of an apparent radio call recorded on facebook live outside the elementary school during a shooting. take a listen. are you in there? although the voice sounds like a child, it was not clear who is speaking. the call came from a customs and border protection vehicle outside the school. it is unclear at what point during the shooting the video was tak
burnett, welcome to a special edition of outfront and tonight, growing outrage in uvalde texas, new footage appears to show police knew the children were still alive inside that classroom as they waited outside for back-up. listen. a child, she is in the room full of victims at this moment. cnn not able to independently confirm the source of that audio not when it was heard exactly but this adds so much to questions about why the gunman remained inside the classroom with students more than an hour before he was killed by a border patrol tactical response team. now the justice department is conducting their own independent review of the police response and president biden vowing to get something done after meeting with the families of the 19 students and two teachers killed in that mass shooting. most who are victimized, their families, they spent three hours and 40 minutes with me. the pain is palpable and i think a lot of it is unnecessary so i m going to continue to
united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m jim acosta and this is a the situation room special report. and we begin our coverage this evening in the town of uvalde, texas. still heartbroken and grasping for answers nearly a week after the robb elementary school massacre. let s get to lucy kafanov in uvalde. new audio and video evidence keeps pouring in from the crime scene. what else can you tell us? that s right, jim. official accounts of how police have responded to the shooting have changed wildly over the past few days. some of the new information includes dispatch audio informing officers on the scene of a child calling 911, saying they were in a room full of the victims. the police response now the subject of a justice department investigation. a chaotic scene as police rushed to evacuate children. dispatch audio revealing some police were aware at some point that kids were still trapped inside. he is in the room full of victims. more
mourning, beset by grief after the massacre that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead at an elementary school. amid the devastation we re also seeing an outpouring of support for the community. on saturday, you see them there, a long line of mourners waited to lay flowers at a memorial site that was set up outside the robb elementary school. 21 empty chairs placed outside a local business. one, of course, for each life lost during tuesday s deadly rampage. as the community and the nation reel from yet another mass shooting, outrage is growing over why a group of law enforcement officers waited so long to rush the gunman. cnn s adrienne broaddus is in uvalde with the latest. reporter: we have seen a mix of emotions. anger, frustration, and disappointment after that 911 call timeline became more clear. but folks have wrapped their arms around the folks of uvalde and its community. i ve seen lines like this. if you take a look, folks waiting to purchase concert tickets or rece
all right. breaking news overnight in ukraine, where a devastating months long battle in the key port city of mariupol, ukraine, has officially ceded control on russia. we ll have more on the deal that is right now allowing the city s final defenders to safely evacuate that steel plant. we ll also go live to buffalo this morning as president biden prepares to visit the grieving city in the wake of saturday s deadly mass shooting. it comes amid new reports about the suspect s alleged plan to turn the massacre into a spree. we will talk to a top member of the white house national security council on that. and it is primary day in pennsylvania. the senate race there has been rocked by twists and turns in the key final days. for the democrats, the leading candidate, john fetterman, is recovering from a stroke. on the republican side, an unexpected surge on the far right from kathy barnette. we ll be watching to see how trump-backed dr. oz performs tonight. good morning