protection to defy those orders and went in. that s according to two senior federal law enforcement officials. but by that point, it had been so long, some of the families say their wounded kids bled out. leaving them forever asking the question, what if they went in sooner? was there still time? the chief was supposed to be sworn in to the city council today a. position he was just elected to hold. uvalde s mayor says he is free to assume his position on the council but that the ceremony to welcome him is postponed. joining me is nbc news koempt liz mclaughlin and nbc news tom winters. the funerals, liz, are starting today. what do we know? reporter: katy, exactly one week at 11 minutes ago, police finally confronted that gunman and stopped the massacre at robb elementary. an event that will forever change this community. so now the focus is really on honoring and remembering those 21 lives lost. the visitation started yesterday for those two girls who mentioned funerals
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it was an encouraging sight for american families who had been hard pressed to find infant formula for their babies pallets and pallets of formula, 35 tons, arriving in the u.s. from europe aboard a military transport plane, enough to feed 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week but the math doesn t yet add up to full store shelves. with 43% of formula supplies nationwide out of stock tonight the biden administration moving on several fronts, including another military shipment planned for later this week to try to ease the shortage but relief may still be some weeks away, leaving frustrated and anxious parents further on edge. jo ling kent has late details. reporter: when the first emergency aircraft for operation fly formula landed, it delivered a sign of hope, alongside growing nationwide panic. everything is empty. i don t know about y all, but this is scary. reporter: aboard
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south the idea is to create another global passageway through Eastern Europe and also to give better rules which is a landlocked Country Access to the sea. But environmental activists like Constantine Chicle of are up in arms saying the e 40 will impact 11 Nature Reserves in belarus and lead to the straightening of the Pripyat River described as one of europes last wild river. This might look like a casual boat trip
russia seems to be winning. at least out in the east here, russia s slow, brutal, artillery and rocket assaults are clawing away land from ukraine. russian troops now threaten to encircle ukraine s eastern agricultural and coal mining heartland known as the donbas. the village of severeoskq. they have been without running power and water for weeks and half of the residents have left. the mayor does what he can to distribute food. reporter: they are trying to squeeze us out, but i am confident our soldiers will keep us safe, he says. twice a week there is enough fuel for people to charge phones, not that there is cell service or wifi. volunteers hand out canvass to
countries have agreed to provide new military aid, this as the russian offensive makes gains in the east of the country. richard engel is there. reporter: out in ukraine s far east, russia s advance is gaining ground in a slow, destructive assault on the donbas. nothing seems to be off limits ukraine saying russia just bombed this music school russia controls areas on three sides of the donbas, a coal mining heartland, and is closing in on territory still held by ukraine at the center is kramatorsk, where the main trauma hospital is receiving wounded mostly from russian artillery. vera, 95 years old, was in her bedroom what happened to you? it was very quiet, and suddenly there was an explosion. i don t understand how i stayed alive, she says but reaching areas around kramatorsk to evacuate refugees and the wounded is