ukraine. cortney kube covers the pentagon. msnbc international affairs analyst michael mcfaul is the former u.s. ambassador to russia. and i m joined by retired army lieutenant general steph twitty, an msnbc analyst. matt, bring us up to speed on the situation on the ground there. reporter: we re observing the law in most cities in ukraine that imposes a curfew and a blackout so we can t do outside to do this shot. we re in the city of zaporizhzhia, in the southeast corner of the country. not so far from the besieged city of mariupol, which is becoming more hellish by the day. i just spoke with a soldier fighting inside that azovstol steel plant. this siege is ongoing with what looks like could be hundreds of soldiers and hundreds of civilians including children. the russians have bombed what sounded like a field hospital in that facility. we spoke with the soldier, he said they have infinite amounts of ammunition. i m not sure if that was just bombast or if that was really
demands by the russians as they defy demands to surrender to putin. mariupol mayor s said if mariupol is hell, azovstal is worse. the u.n. secretary-general was in kyiv wrapping up a meeting with president zelenskyy when russian bombs fell on the capital. the strikes killed at least one person and shook the confidence of tens of thousands of others only just returning home. and we are learning more about a u.s. citizen killed in combat in ukraine. 22-year-old willie joseph died while working with a contract company. a former u.s. marine signed up to fight in ukraine shortly after the war broke out at the end of february. meanwhile, on the front lines of this war, russia is behind schedule in its campaign for the donbas. according to an assessment from u.s. officials. russian forces remain focused on that region where they are targeting infrastructure like railways, bridges, and townhouses. matt, i know you re under curfew right now. you re back inside. i m struck again by wha
shimon, you ve obtained the report and read it. tell us what you ve learned. reporter: the lackadaisical response, they talk about how there was no command, no control, no leadership essentially on the scene of the shooting. it was just truly chaos, every officer doing their own thing. we re also learning what the police chief, the school police chief, pete arredondo, told the committee. he appeared before the committee. he explained his thinking. he said at one point he didn t believe there were any kids inside the score because it was awards day. what he said was he looked at an adjacent room, room 110, and when he went in there, there was no one in there, and it made himly were no babies as he said inside the room. of course, we know that was not the case. he also describes how initially his thinking was that this was an active shooter situation, but then what happens is he starts to believe that the subject, the gunman, is barricaded, and that in order to rescue the oth
good morning, after the peak of the cross part of the world and central england. still hot and humid in the south, we could see thunderstorms in the evening. all of the details coming up on bbc breakfast. it s saturday, the 18th ofjune. our top story: some migrants who cross the channel in small boats are to be electronically tagged, in a 12 month pilot scheme run by the home office. ministers say it will help maintain contact with asylum claimants who reach the uk by what it calls dangerous routes. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel, more than 1000 migrants brought ashore after being picked up the sea. the government says it will seek to remove those who have passed through several safe countries before claiming asylum in the uk. and, as part of a year long pilot scheme, some of those awaiting deportation will be fitted with electronic tags. officials say
Different law enforcement agencies that responded. they did not respond among the 356 law enforcement officers there. the report also places some blame on the school for the lack of a lockdown. so much was learned in 1999 from columbine. you underscored that point earlier. you don t wait. you go in. what do you suppose will be learned from this debacle that every school, every jurisdiction is likely to adopt or would need to adopt? well, again, you know, i think the lessons have to go beyond just uvalde obviously. even needs to look at their protocols, look at their training, and make sure that, you know, not only is the training taking place, but that officers understand and can follow the training and they have the right equipment. they understand what it is they re expecting to do. that s not just the officers. that s leadership. those are supervisors.