year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine. plus, moscow getting a boost on the battlefield from china. it s an outfront investigation. and a big gamble, accused murderer alex murdaugh takes the stand, did his tears and his admissions win over the jury? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront on the front lines, just hours from the one-year mark of the start of russia s war in ukraine, cnn has exclusively access to one town not far from where the head of putin s private army, the wagner group made an appearance on the front lines as well. [ speaking non-english ] re . translator: here and now we can greet all men who are fighting who are in the hospital who are fighting for our motherland. volunteers who are making ammunition. translator: we have seized a five-story building close to downtown bakhmut. translator: how far from the enemy? translator: it s 400 meters. translator: okay, let s go. otherwis
as we wrap up a holiday week, the problems facing our nation sometimes might seem insurmountable, the divide over abortion rights, the unease over the economy, an election lie getting more entrenched. we ll talk about all of that, but i want to start today talking about gun violence. tomorrow will mark one week since the deadly mass shooting of the july 4th parade in highland park, illinois, outside of chicago. while shattered families are still grappling with all they lost in that senseless slaughter, cnn is learning more about the warning signs from the alleged shooter that despite illinois s red flag law did not prevent him from buying that semi-automatic rifle police say he used last week. the young man spent time at his father s highland park deli growing up, and police were often called to the home for domestic disturbances between the parents. in 2019 police came to briefly confiscate a collection of knives after the then 18-year-old threatened to, quote, kill everyone
straight ahead we ll get a reality check on where all this goes. we re also live in tulsa where the police revealed a gunman who shot four people bought his gun just four hours beforehand. in uvalde, texas, as more and more kids are being laid to rest today, a state senator revealing the officer in charge never got word that children were calling 911, basically calling for help. mike memoli is covering the white house, blaine alexander is in tulsa, oklahoma, thompson is in uvalde, texas and we re joined by security analyst clint watts, former head of the counterterrorist division. i think you can t technically call it an address from president biden. why now? we learned that the president would be taking to the white house and in prime time tonight, we noted it was a rare instance of him using the biggest stage a president has to use the bully pulpit to paint the case for gun action at a critical moment. when the white house made their announcement of making it official
just a few hours. his remarks coming after a harrowing 24 hours in america yesterday when one gunman shot and killed four people inside a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, before turning the gun on himself. the shooter whom officials say purchased his ar-15-style rifle just hours before he barged into the facility looking for a doctor he blamed for ongoing pain after back surgery. the tragic attack in tulsa was not the only one to take place. a prison inmate in dayton, ohio grabbed a security guard and fatally shot him. outside in los angeles, a student was shot outside a high school. that incident now among the two dozen acts of gun violence near schools that have taken place since the start of 2022. according to one count there have been 20 mass shootings just since the rampage in uvalde, texas, last week, which of course, became the country s deadliest mass shooting this year, just ten days after a white supremacist murdered ten people and wounded three others in a supermarket
just ten years old killed with her cousin in the same classroom. her father joins me. and canceling the nra, i ll speak to a musician coming up, who just pulled out of a performance at the nra s annual convention which kicks off in just hours. let s go outfront. i m pamela brown in for erin burnett, outfront tonight, confusion and anger as serious questions grow over the police response to the massacre inside rob elementary school in uvalde, texas, today, officials laying out a timeline of the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. government entered the school without any resistance and would take an hour before tactical teams arrived and killed the suspect. also a crucial detail from that press conference today was very different than what we were told yesterday and again this morning. there was a brave school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him, and at that time, there was not, gunfire was not exchanged but the subject was able