hoping to ease tensions, as china s foreign minister says relations between the superpowers are at their lowest point in years. key issues include taiwan, spying and the dangerous military encounters. will blinken meet with president xi? matt rivers in beijing. a weekend of deadly gun violence. 20 people shot, 1 killed at a juneteenth celebration outside of chicago. two dead when a gunman fires randomly at a music festival in washington state. and a teenager killed in st. louis. new details in the investigation into letters containing suspicious white powder sent to kansas lawmakers. more than 90 letters sent. lawmakers tell abc news, most were sent to republicans. the cryptic message in those letters and the hunt for a suspect. pope francis makes his first public address since undergoing abdominal surgery, thanking the faithful for their prayers. his doctor proclaiming he s better than before. ukraine s counteroffensive. explosions ripping through a dozen russian amm
the ukrainians. so far the ukrainians have not claimed responsibility. in fact, one senior adviser to the volodymyr zelenskiy, hinted he believes tf an inside job within the russian security services but unclear who is behind it. we can see on our screens that massive explosion that took place in the early morning hours. the russian investigative committee, the russians say is on the scene and has been working. they say that an explosion occurred at a truck, that a truck blew up and that that explosion sort of caused the chain reaction because there was a train carrying fuel going past that area of the bridge at that point in time. several fuel tanks catching fire, blowing up as well. that s what that big fire that we see now with that thick black smoke going out there for a very long period of time before the russians were able to put that out. the status right now seems to be it s quite interesting because you mentioned this, fredricka, that the russians are saying that t
evacuating students and teachers from other parts of the school. even negotiating with the suspect. but they didn t have enough information on his exact location for an immediate take down. video from the school from outside the school meantime shows parents screaming at police to storm the school. the wall street journal talked to one parent who says she was put in handcuffs. police tackled another parent and threw them to the ground. and a third was pepper sprayed. police insist their actions inside the school did save lives. the american people need to understand that officers are making entry into the building. they do not know where the gunman is. they re hearing gunshots, they re receiving gunshots. at that point, if they proceeded any further not knowing where this suspect was at, they could have been shot. they could have been killed. at that point that gunman would have the opportunity to kill other people inside the school. video posted oen facebook shows the
inside. matt gutman in texas tonight. meantime, the memorial growing for the 19 school children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed by republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight here, is there actual movement with the vast majority of americans wanting something done? rachel scott live on the hill. the other news this thursday night, as millions now prepare to travel for the weekend ahead, the severe
children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. mireya villarreal on the scene for us again. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed by republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight here, is there actual movement with the vast majority of americans wanting something done? rachel scott live on the hill. good evening. we are just back from texas tonight, and the pain in that community we carry with us. and i can tell you, it is as difficult and deva