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let s start in the us, where there is growing footsteps. 0k. let s get started, shall we? the cameras do not want to play ball but i can walk back to this position. let s start in the us, where there is growing nervousness in financial markets over the possibility the us could default on its debt. a stand off in congress over plans to lift the federal debt ceiling which is currently at an eye watering $31.4 trillion has led to the cost of buying insurance against a us government default has moved to its highest level in more than a decade this month. so, later today, the republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy will give a speech at the new york stock exchange, where he s expected to lay out the conditions republicans want democrats to agree to in exchange for movement on the debt ceiling. it sounds like a stand off. scott anderson is chief economist at bank of the west in san francisco. welcome to the programme. what will kevin mccarthy say? what is he going to p
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
continues to press forward. and some of the harshest restrictions remain in china. why the brutal behavior of the workers enforcing it have many people concerned. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. the mass shooting at an elementary school in uvalde, texas, was an unthinkable tragedy. 19 young students, two teachers gunned down. but now we re hearing more chilling details about police failures on that terrible day. a state senator says the incident commander police chief pete arradondo did not have a police radio on him at the time of the shooting. we re also getting new information about a desperate 911 call made by a 10-year-old student while the shooter stalked the building. cnn s ed lavandera with the latest. reporter: new questions raised in the investigation of the deadly school shooting in uvalde. texas state senator says the school district police chief didn t have a radio with him at the scene, something that may have
with kim brunhuber. we begin in uvalde, texas, where frustration is growing as we learn more chilling details about the mass shooting at an elementary school. 19 young students and 2 teachers gunned down. we re getting more on 911 calls made from inside the classroom while the attack was under way and the pleas from a student as gunfire rang out. there s growing criticism of police actions and inactions and scrutiny of the company that made the murder weapon. and cnn is speaking with the attorney for a teacher s aide from robb elementary. she s sharing her side of the story after police falsely blamed her. omar jimenez begins our coverage. reporter: it was supposed to be an end of the year class party. before it became a nightmare. she saw everything from the time he recked to the time he was taken out of there. special education aide was meeting a co-worker with a food. she propped the door open, went back inside to get her phone and called 911. but to report the a