president in american history, unfortunately. so much of it is much of it is preventable. and the devastation is amazing. that was in a meeting with the new zealand prime minister. the united states has its first confirmed ambassador to ukraine in kyiv in three years. she arrives at a critical moment with president zelenskyy saying that russia achieved, quote, maximum combat power in the eastern donbas region. president biden has reaffirmed his support for federal reserve independence in fighting inflation in advance of a meeting today with fed chairman powell as the national frustration with rising inflation becomes a midterm threat for democrats. we begin in uvalde, texas, with nbc s sam brock, and tom winter and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. sam, while federal investigators are looking into the police response to this mass shooting, we are hearing stories about the day as the community attends services for loved ones. tell us what s going on down there. this is a
russia connection evolved and whether or not it had the clinton campaign all over it, but now this lawyer has been acquitted of lying to the fbi. correct, andrea. two-week trial. the first trial in a case brought by special counsel john durham. the jury got the case around 12:50 friday. delivered a verdict around noon here today. approximately seven hours of deliberations, acquitting sus a sussmann of lying to the fbi. according to durham s team, he said he wasn t working on behalf of any entity or individual. at the time they allege he was working for the hillary clinton campaign. in fact, he should have disclosed thatasked. the information was a series of messages that went back and