united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a search for answers in allen texas as investigators try to piece together a motive for saturday s mass shooting. we are learning new details about how the rampage unfolded. and explosions light up the skyline over gaza as israeli forces launch a wave of targeted airstrikes. we will have a live report from israel just ahead. plus, more rain on putin s victory day parade. as russia prepares to mark one of its most important holidays. signs of an actual victory on the battlefield are few and far between. thank you for being with us, here in the united states, a pair of tragedies has put a spotlight on two of the country s most divisive issues. guns and immigration. in allen texas, a mass shooting that killed eight people has devastated an entire community. and it has reignited the fierce debate about gun reform in america. to the south, the border town of brownsville is also coping with t
one year later. almost exactly a year ago missile attacks against the capital of ukraine, kyiv. to most this was a surprise attack and invasion. the ukrainians didn t see it coming, nor did the europeans. the one consistent voice cautioning that an invasion was likely, the u.s. intelligence community. another surprise for the world, the intense resolve about entertainer turned president volodymyr zelenskyy, unlike others in his position he didn t flee but only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year he s faced off from across the border with vladimir putin who has ruled russia for more than two de decades. the key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is the country that has organized the sanctions against russia, it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and nonmilitary assistance and tonight on this special program, you ll hear from two top officials on am
cathedral. this is as you say his first visit here as king. his 40th visit to northern ireland, and his car pulled up, his window was a little bit down, he was behind the barriers, a few feet away and i was so struck by the way that the way the king waved at the crowd before he was even out of the car and he was opened the door and was out and he waved. this is sort of not the way perhaps people have thought of the monarchy in the past, it is somewhat stuffy and a little bit aloof. this was a king connecting with the people of his country. he was met by the lord lieutenant on the steps of the cathedral here. introduced so some other local dignitaries. but even as he walked up those few steps into this old cathedral here, the cathedral that is known for being a cross community cathedral, even as he walked up the steps before he went in, he turned and his queen consort camilla waved again at the crowd before they went in. and it is expected, you are hearing the trumpets playing
see him use that justification. that he is used multiple times. that he believes this is of course not based in fact, that ukraine is being run by not, sees conflating that with a victory over nazi s and world war ii. look out for that in his speech, look up for any mention of terrorism in the context of these security incidents we have seen in russia. and the symbolism will also be important. take a look at this image, we ve seen the z symbol. this flattens-y. it s been so symbolic. support for russia s war in ukraine. in the colors of the st. george ribbon. so a sign of two things being conflated. the victory over nazi germany and russia s fight in ukraine. our thanks to clare sebastian joining us live from london. joining me now from berlin s polina a vanilla. a foreign correspondent with the financial times. covering russia, ukraine and central asia. thank you for being with us.
out the fact that this country is at war. of course, then there are the symbols that the war is there. there s z symbol, v symbol, the symbols of russia s invasion of ukraine. as far as the economy is concerned it s been hurt by the sanctions but not crippled by the sanctions so certainly economic pressure is not something that will cause vladimir putin to change course. thank you, fred. fred pleitgen from moscow. let me ask you about that, jake sullivan. the imf projects that the russian economy is actually going to do better this year than the british economy or the german economy. there are reports on how countries like china and india and turkey and iran are supplying all kinds of goods to the russians that perhaps, you know, they would they thought they wouldn t be able to get when western companies left. does this mean that the sanctions are really not working? no, it doesn t.