a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm max foster in london. just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> responsible gun owners are fed up with the second amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals. >> we're more than hurt. we're angry. we're mad as hell. >> it is devastating to the families who lived through this trauma to watch the united states senate do nothing. >> i think that there are

legitimate reasons why people would want to have them. >> why do you think people need to have ar-15s in this country? >> you are talking about a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. >> if we can introduce to them safely, they normally say that thing's not even scary. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> wednesday, june 8, 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where in the coming hours u.s. lawmakers will hear the testimonies from the families of mass shooting victims reflecting on the lives they have lost. while gun policy, talks on a bipartisan deal, carry on, many believe it is not enough for the families who have lost loved ones to gun violence. on tuesday, the u.s. senate heard from some of those families, they called on congress to take action on gun reform and hate crimes. one man's mother was killed when

a shooter opened fire at a grocery store in buffalo, new york last month. he remembered his mother as the heart of the family. >> what i loved most about her was the way she loved her family unconditionally. sacrificing everything for us. our lives are forever changed, forever damaged by an act of profound hate and evil, but we're more than hurt. we're angry. we're mad as hell because this should have never happened. my mother's life mattered. my mother's life mattered. and your actions here today will tell us how much it matters to you. >> meanwhile actor matthew mcconaughey who was born in uvalde, texas made a plea for gun control. he spent much of his past week in his hometown visiting the families of victims and in an emotional speech he showed

pictures, artwork and belongings from some of the victims. he said their stories need to be told and action is needed to honor the lives of the 19 children and two teachers killed at robb elementary. >> we also met anna and danila, the mom and stepdad of the 9-year-old maite. maite wanted to be a marine biologist. she was already in contact with corpus christi for future college enrollment. 9 years old. maite cared for the environment so strongly that when the mother asked the city if she could reduce the balloons in to the sky, her mom said no, maite wouldn't want to litter. she wore green high top converse with a heart she had hand drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature.

can you show these shoes, please? wore these every day. green converse with a heart on the right toe. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. we also met a cosmetologist, she was well versed in mortuary makeup, that is the task to make victims appear as peaceful and natural as possible for the open casket viewings. these bodies were very different. they needed much more than makeup to be presentable. they needed extensive restoration. why? due to the exceptionally large exit wounds of an ar-15 rifle. most of the bodies so mutilated

that only dna tests or green converse could identify them. we need responsible gun ownership, responsible gun ownership. we need background checks. we need to raise the minimum age to purchase an ar-15 rifle to 21. we need a waiting period for those rifles. we need red flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them. these are reasonable practical tactical regulations. >> u.s. senate republican says that she was taken by surprise by a flood of calls from her constituents on action on gun reform. cynthia loomis is now rethinking her position on new legislation. and a republican representing a very pro gun state is introducing a being paage that co package that could restrict some from buying guns.

but as manu raju reports, many conservatives remain resolute on gun reform. >> reporter: after his mother was murdered, whitfield said do something. >> because if there isrespectfuu should yield your position of authorities and influence to others that are willing to lead on this issue. the urgency of the moment demands no less. my mother's life mattered. >> reporter: but in the halls of the senate, a deal to help stop the rising of mass shootings is elusive. >> what are the sticking points right now? >> i think that it is just different people have different ideas and, you know, this is a big diverse country and so i think it just takes time to build consensus. >> reporter: a small bipartisan group of senators looking at

narrow changes to gun laws. including encouraging states to enact red flag laws allowing juvenile records to be reviewed during background checks and pumping money into school security and mental health programs. what is not on the table? banning semi automatic rifles used in many mass shootings and raising the age to 21 to purchase those weapons even though the killer in uvalde, texas was only 18 years old and wielded an ar-15-style rifle. >> why not raise the age to 21 for people buying semi automatic rifles? >> we're talking about a lot of things and what we're talking about most are background checks, juvenile records, areas where we can get consensus. >> why don't you have agreement on that? >> we have a lot of people in the discussion. we got to get 60 votes. hopefully we get 75 votes on this. >> why do people even need ar-15s? >> well, i mean, the challenge you have on that is there are 20

million in the country already. they are a sporting rifle. and it is something that lot of people for purposes of going out, target shooting, in my state they used them to shoot prairie dogs and other varmints. so i think that there are legitimate reasons. >> reporter: what else may not be included? expanding background checks on gun show sales and over the internet. why is it so hard to get republicans on board behind this? >> you should ask the republicans. >> but you've been working on this issue for a decade. you know. >> frustrating. >> reporter: as sources tell us, mitch mcconnell has expressed an openness to being bag an increase into the age of 21 to purchase those semi automatic rifles. current law is in the age of 18. but privately he has expressed an openness to backing that. but even so, that is unlikely to get into a final deal because republicans are opposed to this for the most part and mitch

mcconnell as the top republican in the senate often aligns himself with the rest of the members of his conference. so that key issue unlikely to get resolved. how will the other issues get resolved? major question as negotiator tos meet in the days ahead and try to get a deal on the floor as soon as next week. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. many republicans are opposed to raising the age limit to purchase semi automatic rifles to age 21, but we're learning that the top republican in the senate mitch mcconnell has privately said that he is open to that. but he doesn't seem optimistic that it will be part of a final deal. we're also not clear when that deal might happen or what it might include. both sides agree that there is much work to be done. >> it won't surprise you to know that i'm not going to sit here and try to negotiate the deal with all you guys. we're waiting to see if we can get an outcome that directly relates to the problem that brought this issue to the fore

and i hope that we'll have one sooner rather than later. >> i have a lot of faith in senator murphy and the other democrats negotiating. i don't think that they would bring to us a deal that had no teeth. >> and top senate democrat chuck schumer indicated he is hoping for a deal by the end of this week. all eyes will be on capitol hill thursday when the january 6 hearings begin. we now know that twives of plea police officers who died after the attack will be responding. this as details emerge about the secret service ways to get president biden to the capitol that day. ryan nobles has more. >> reporter: first public hearing of the january 6 select committee since last fall is scheduled for thursday night and we're still learning new information about this investigation and things that the committee and the department of justice are uncovering leading up to the days of january 6, including a back and forth between the trump white house and secret service.

it appears that the former president was trying to find a way to be able to go to the capitol on january 6 along with his supporters. you will remember on the day of january 6 during his speech he told his supporters that he was planning to march with him. he never ended up doing that and his former chief of staff mark meadows said in a book that he had written that he had never really planned to go to the capitol, that that was just him ad libbing at the time. but now we're learning something different, that there was actually an effort by members of the trump administration, the former president himself, to talk to secret service about trying to find a way to get him to the capitol and that secret service at one point was even trying to come up with a plan to motorcade the president to the capitol on that day. it was a plan that they ultimately scrapped. now, this is just an example of how the former president at that time was riling people up in and around washington, d.c. on january 6 with the goal of trying to put pressure on

members of congress that were certifying the election results on that day. now, this is a part of the january 6 select committee's investigation, we'll learn more about what they have uncovered at that first hearing thursday in primetime 8:00 eastern time, and we are now learning at least about some of the witnesses that will appear. and they will be people specifically connected to the proud boys including nick questen, he was embedded with the proud boys in a period of time leading up to january 6 and on the day itself. committee members view him as a firsthand fact witness, essentially a fly on the wall with the proud boys and one of the things that the committee is trying to establish is this idea that what happened here on january 6 was not necessarily organic, it didn't just pop out of the blue, a group of peaceful protestors that got out of control, that there was actually an attempt at some premeditation, that there were people who came here on that day with the specific goal of breaking into the capitol to put pressure on members of congress.

and then beyond that, was there coordination beyond just this low level, were there even programs connections between members of the trump campaign or even the former president himself. we'll start to see this evidence unveiled thursday night, most of this investigation has been conducted behind closed doors. committee members ready to bring it out into the public eye thursday night. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. u.n. official says more than 2,000 people are part of a migrant care van heading north from southern mexico. the group set out on foot on monday traveling towards the u.s. most are venezuelans but there are also from cuba, el salvador and honduras. and that is bringing pressure attention to the issue of immigration. and president biden will be heading west in the coming hours but the growing list of leaders who chosen not to attend that is

making headlines. kaitlan collins reports from washington. >> reporter: a presidential summit off to a rocky start before it is even under way. >> the president is looking forward to leaving tomorrow to head to the summit. >> reporter: president biden set to host the summit of the americas in los angeles and done screen t convene leaders but several declined his invitation. >> translator: there can not be a summit of the americas if all the american continent countries do not participate. >> reporter: mexican president lopez says that he is boycotting after his counterparts in cuba, nicaragua and venezuela weren't invited. >> translator: i believe in the need to change the policy that has been in place for centuries. exclusion, the desire to dominate. >> reporter: now the summit that is supposed to focus on tackling immigration and re-establishing u.s. leadership is becoming more about the guest list as the

white house defending its invitations. >> while the interim government was not invited to participate in the main summit, they are welcome to participate in all three stakeholder forums. >> reporter: white house aides also pressed to explain where biden draws the line as he refuses to extend invitations to those dictators while also planning a trip to oil rich saudi arabia which he once vowed to make a pariah for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> does he still seek to make sout saudi arabia a pariah state? >> as president he believes if there is anyway to get peace, he feels like he should take that direction. the president considers saudi arabia an important partner on a host of regional and global strategies. >> reporter: democratic lawmakers arguing that biden's hand was forced by russia's invasion of ukraine. >> the saudis are the sole country that has a significant amount of quickly readily deliverable oil and gas that can help address this.

this is the sort of compromise that makes politics painful. >> reporter: in the end when it comes to the summit of the americas, the white house says 23 heads of state will be attending with several other nations sending deputies in their place. one leader the president will be coming face-to-face with for the first time is the president of brazil, they will be meeting during the summit while the president is in los angeles. kaitlan collins, cnn, the white house. goldman sachs predicts global oil stocks will surge even higher forecasting an average of $140 a barrel. and the rise is evident in the u.s. with gas prices skyrocketing. aaa says that the national average for a gallon of gas is now $4.96, that is nearly $2 more than that this time last year. but gas isn't the only thing on the rise. u.s. treasury secretary says inflation is at unacceptable levels. janet yellen was grilled by u.s. lawmakers on tuesday about

rising costs and she said russia's invasion of ukraine is to blame. one senator posed another possible reason. >> does corporate greed explain the broad based price increases consumers are currently facing? >> i guess i see the bulk of inflation as reflecting demand and supply factors. >> inflation is even trick lick dow trickling down to retailers. target announced that they are looking to move out of some items. and they plan to make room for items that are in demand including more groceries a everyday items. target says the move will impact its profit estimates for this year. the economic woes may soon be in store for many parts of the world, some countries struggling to avoid inflation.

officials blame the pandemic, supply chain issues and russia's invasion of ukraine. the global food crisis could be looming as well. ahead, how russia's war in ukraine is putting millions at risk of famine and what is being done to fix it. plus a long time member of congress and billionaire real estate developer are battling to be the next mayor of los angeles. and record high temperatures put tens of millions of americans under high heat al alerts. pedram will tell us what to expect. >> the heatwave is building whereas many as 60 plus record temperatures pos possible the n several days. we'll break it down. and to help you get almost 30 minutes s more restful sleep per night. and now, save up to $700 on select sleep numbmber 360 smart beds. plus, 0% interest for 36 monont. only for a limited time.

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>> reporter: her name has been been a part of politics to decades. six term congress one karen ss now aims closer to home, running for los angeles mayor. the clear frontrunner when she launched, something happened along that journey. >> i think $40 million explains that. i mean, i actually think anybody that had $40 million would be close to me. >> reporter: she is talking about billionaire developer rick caruso. the first time candidate is smashing spending records by self-funding his nearly $40 million campaign blanketing all video screens. >> i'm running for mayor because the city we love is in a state of emergency. rampant homelessness, people

living in fear for their safety. >> reporter: the once registered republican and then independent who became a democrat just this year is running on a law and order message. caruso hones in on frustration over l.a.'s exploding homeless problem and rising crime rates. that message is resonating with democrats like nicole couch. >> we are totally fed up with gas prices, homelessness, like every block we go on, there is homelessness. >> reporter: they are looking for a change, they are tired of excuses. they are tired of having career politicians tell them we can't do anything about it. i think that everybody in this city and this country are looking for somebody to lead in the middle and the extreme right and can extreme left is just -- it has failed us. >> reporter: anger in the two largest cities is the political opening for caruso. who is better known for being the builder of sanitized outdoor malls in l.a. he now appears poised to advance in california's open primary system.

top two vote getters head to the general regardless of party. but one could win outright in the primary if either grabs more than 50% of the vote. why is a mall guy even a factor here? >> he does have a message that is tapping into the anxiety and frustrations that voters are feeling. it is clear that there is a slice of the electorate that want something different. they want an outsider. >> reporter: both the bass and caruso campaigns do not expect a final decision on primary day. they fully intend that the real battle for these two campaigns will be taking place in the runoff in the general election. while you are seeing people show up and voting and people here at least at this polling place appear to be quite engaged, turnout has been quite low so far. only about one out of five ballots that have gone out in los angeles have been returned. a rate of about 20%. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. still ahead, new report from

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welcome to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. let me bring you up-to-date. u.s. lawmakers are set to meet with families of gun violence victims on capitol hill just a day after senators heard their pleas for better policy measures. a bipartisan group is still working to reach a deal by the end of the week.

president biden will head to los angeles soon where he is hosting the summit of americas, but not everyone will be in attendance. several key leaders are boycotting the event after the biden administration excluded cuba and nicaragua and venezuela from the summit. in eastern ukraine, the bloody and brutal battle for severdonetsk is now being waged street to street. the city has been targeted by russian artillery for weeks now. part of a much larger russian push to seize control of the entire donbas. the satellite images show the devastation caused by the offensive to obliterate everything in its path. ukrainians are firing back with artillery of their own. despite weeks of intense fighting, the front lines have barely moved. in donetsk, ukrainian officials

say that their forces are under constant fire but have managed to hold the line. and in his nightly address the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said russia is now attempting to resupply and rearm forces near the donbas. meanwhile russian state media is reporting that more than 1,000 ukrainian soldiers from mariupol are being taken to russia for, quote, investigation. the soldiers were taken presumptive nominee per when the city fell under russian control last month. mr. zelenskyy said monday that there could be more than 2500 soldiers from mariupol being held as prisoners of war. russia's foreign minister is in talks for opening a sea corridor for agricultural exports. he arrived for a meeting with his turn kish counterpart. and this is as a blockade has left millions of tons of grain stuck inside ukraine. and let's begin with salma

abdelaziz in kyiv. bring us the latest movements on the ground. interesting that that line doesn't appear to have moved. >> reporter: absolutely. you are looking at a bloody stalemate essentially. neither side strong enough to win nor weak enough to lose. it is a veriky met tick stalstkinetic stalemate, there is a heavy amount of resources being used. but let's zero in on severdonetsk, a place that for weeks now has seen bloody battles, fierce street to street fighting, satellite images showing the city almost decimated. we heard from a regional official that says that yes the city is almost completely destroyed, but still ukrainian defenders are trying to hold their ground. why does this one city matter so m much? it is because of the symbolism of it. president putin's larger dole here is to take control of the

donbas region. severdonetsk is one of the last strongholds in the luhansk area. so gaining that would mean a major step towards that larger goal. but again, ukrainian forces taking major losses over it, but at the same time, president zelenskyy is saying that russian forces are using an incredible amount of resources to try to hold that long eastern front and it is costing them. take a listen. >> translator: more than 31,000 russian soldiers have already perished in ukraine. russia is paying with almost 300 lives every day for a completely senseless war against ukraine. there will come a day when the number of deaths will reach an unacceptable level even for russia. >> reporter: it is important to note here that this is an urban ba battlefield. there are thousands of civilians trapped here with no clear way out.

>> salma, thank you. y jomana, there are also the grain wars. there is some sort of negotiation around it? >> reporter: well, you know, max, both ukraine and russia have been blaming each other for that blockade. of course we've heard from countries including the united states and other western powers blaming russia for the blockade where you've got millions, more than 20 million tons of ukrainian grain that so many countries, dozens of countries rely on that is sitting there, they have been unable to export this, and this is where turkey comes in. what it is really trying to do here is to capitalize on this position of a mediator, it has emergeds as one of the key mediators in this war, it maintains close ties with both russia and ukraine. so they are trying to push forward this plan for a seat corridor through the black sea to resume the grain exports.

sergey lavrov arrived here with a military delegation, they have been holding talks with turkish officials. and the expectation is that this will lay the groundwork for more complex technical talks that the turkish officials are hoping that they would manage to push through in the coming days where they want to bring together ukrainian and russian officials under the auspices of the united nations, suggesting perhaps that it would happen in istanbul in the coming days to work on the complex issues, what the corridor will look like, who will do the de-mining of the coastal waters around the ukrainian ports, who is going to provide naval escort for these ships, the inspection mechanism and observation mechanism. so a complex situation that they are hoping to work through in the coming days. but then you've also got what both sides really want and we have had the indications from

the russians that they are not just going to do this, they will want something in return. and indicated that they will want some sort of sanction relief, something that won't be acceptable for the western countries that sanctioned russia in the first place and ukrainians saying that they are not going into any agreement without getting security guarantees to make sure that this will not allow russia to escalate attacks on its ports. >> jomana, thank you. clare, you've been looking at reports of ukrainian soldiers but also apparently some foreign fighters that may have been moved into russian territory. >> yes, what we're getting is from russian state media. they are citing a law enforcement source saying that more than 1,000 ukrainian soldiers, those who surrendered in mariupol during the surge of the azovstal steelworks, that they have been taken to russia for, quote, investigation. the source is telling us that law enforcement are working very

closely with them and that there may be more ukrainian soldiers who could subsequently be transported to russia. so this is a big issue because the fate of these soldiers and president zelenskyy estimated that there could be about 2500 of them held, and it is a major source of contention between the two sides. as ukraine tries to sort of complete what it says is the last phase of this operation in the defense of mariupol and bring these soldiers safely home, president zelenskyy said that he didn't think that they were necessarily being tortured, that it wouldn't be in russia's interests. russia has said that it would treat them in accordance with international law. amnesty has expressed concern about their potential treatment and called for they will to be given access to the red cross and for them to be treated under the geneva convention which of course has very clear rule on the conditions under which prisoners of war can be put to trial in some cases. >> clare, salma, jomana, thank

you all very much. the biden administration reached out to the north korean regime last month to discuss possible cooperation on humanitarian issues including covid-19. but got no response from pyongyang. that is according to the u.s. special representative for north korea policy. u.s. believes that north korea is preparing to conduct a seventh nuclear test. and north korea appears to be building more facilities to enrich uranium. still ahead -- >> what do you say to people who say why would somebody like you have to own an ar-15? >> any of those people can punch me once, i'll be lights out. but if i can defend myself and give me distance and time, then i have a fighting chance to live. >> gun owners tell cnn why they want an ar-15 as u.s. lawmakers consider raising the age to buy what some call a weapon of war.

u.s. lawmakers are set to meet for more talks on responsible gun reform. one proposal includes raising age to buy semi automatic weapons, although it is receiving staunch opposition from most republicans. many of their constituents believe in the right to own a semi automatic rifle. randi kaye spoke to some gun enthusiasts who explained why. >> reporter: anna thompson learned how to shoot an ar-15-style rifle back in 2015 after a battle with breast cancer sidelined her from running marathons. >> being a girl in my family, that is what the boys did. i had never learned how do that before. >> did it gives you confidence learning how to use it? >> incredible confidence. it is empowering. the energy coming off of that gun i feel like goes in to your body and you are not tired

again. >> reporter: it energized her so much she became an instructor. and along with her husband, brian, is now teaching others how to use it. we caught up with them at eagle gun range in farmers branch texas. does it fire differently when you use it compared to other rifles? >> it is softer shooting than most. doesn't have a lot of recoil. and it almost feels like shooting like an air gun. as opposed to something that is really heavy. >> reporter: brian also likes the ar-15-style because he says they are easier and safer to handle than handguns so you don't need to spend as much time and money on training. >> the thing about easy that matters is that when you defend yourself, it is more accurate. so if you are in a home and your family is all there, you will be more accurate with that. >> reporter: brian and anna use their ar-15-style rifles for

target practice but mainly for their own protection. what do you say to people who say why would somebody like you have to own an ar-15? >> because of this guy right here. he, he, he, he, any of those people can punch me once, i'm going to be lights out. but if i can defend myself and give me distance and time, then i have a fighting chance to live past today. >> i know some people are just afraid of them. if we can introduce to them safely, then they normally say that thing is not even scary. >> this is an ar-15 chambered in 556. with the red dot. >> reporter: ray rodriguez is also a big fan of the at 15 style rifle. >> i fell in love with it the first trigger pull. >> reporter: ray says he owns them for protection. >> i can clear my apartment if i need to. >> reporter: ray says the ar-15 style is especially popular because they are so

customizable. often described as legos for adults. anna personalized hers to fit her small frame. it weighs less than 5 pounds. >> we've had to find different components to make it as light as it can be. i would not be able to hold up a 20 pound gun and fire it where i needed to fire it. >> reporter: brian also had anna's rifle decorated with a pink hello kitty decal. others took to greater extremes. and then there is ray who tattooed a picture of his heavily modified rifle on his arm. when you add on to the real gun, you will add on to the arm? >> yes, i'll add it on to the art. yes. >> reporter: despite his loyalty to the ar-15-style rifle, there are still many who will question why anyone needs to own one. >> i would say give a proper gun range the ability to coach them through what an ar-15 is capable

of and what you can do through proper training and proper coaching. you can see that it can be a sport and it is a sport. >> reporter: after mass shootings we typically see a run on this type of weapon. people here, a lot of talk of gun rights, a lot of talk of banning this type of weapon so they tend to rush out and buy them. but we spoke to the eagle gun range where we did our story and they told me that they haven't seen any uptick in sales or demand for this style of weapon. and one other note, there are about 20 million ar-15-style weapons in the united states. that is a very small percentage of the total number of firearms in the united states. in fact there are 393 million privately owned firearms in the u.s. right now and about 20 million of those, once again, are these ar-15-style rifles. randi kaye, cnn, dallas. just ahead, down in the po polls, politically wounded by a

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fireworks at the british parliament as boris johnson is

facing questions, he is trying to shift focus from his closer than expected no confidence vote to reforms popular with the public. but reuters is saying that johnson saying on as prime minister would be like driving down the highway with two flat tires. as nina dos santos is live outside 10 downing street this hour, is did a test for boris johnson or was the test with the no-confidence vote?a test for b johnson or was the test with the no-confidence vote? >> reporter: he will facing down his mps who have no confidence in him, so will be really a big issue for him. he will face some difficult questions, not just from the leader of the opposition, but also thorny questions from his own benches behind him. so the spectacle of that again will draw more unpleasant headlines from a prime minister

who has generated so many unpleasant headlines that he has lost the confidence of 41% of his own elected members of parliament. you can expect leader of the labour party to drill that message home and also to continue to push this narrative that the current government in number 10 downing street under the steward ship of boris johnson is one that continues to suffer from the toxicity of the partygate scandal. remember boris johnson is still facing an ethics inquiry on that issue that continues, and this will be the narrative that you can expect the labour party to push forward. but in the meantime what boris johnson is trying to do to try to rally the forces around him in his own party and get some of those 41% of mps who voted no confidence in him just a couple of days ago back on board is to offer some red meat for the conservative voter if you like. and that is in the promise of potential tax cuts going forward.

but that plan has been shot down by another senior conservative writing also in the "times" that the earlier comments you are referring to come from lord william hague writing as well that what they are concerned about here is this flip-flop of policies if you like. the government here in downing street has introduced the last couple years the highest rate of taxation since the second world war, ostensibly to pay for the increased costs of the health care system after the pandemic but now boris johnson might say that what we need to do is cut taxes for business, cut taxes for ordinary people. and you've got concerns that that might be two populist a policy that could swing the pendulum between left and right about whether or not the government should be taxing so much or spending so much. and it might just be something that in the short time could keep boris johnson in office but in the long time won't necessarily convince his mps. they have also got two bi-elections coming up, and that will be difficult to navigate.

conservative party is projected to lose those two seats. >> nina, thanks very much. and a glimpse of what could be the future of drive-thru fast food, delivery from the sky. taco bell opened taco bell defy in a minneapolis suburb. the kitchen is on the top of the building and each lane has a specific focus. one is for customers who use the app, another is for delivery drivers and the others are for traditional driveup orders. >> once the order is signed to the lane, we just verify the customer's name, we lift up the top of the lift, put the food in, push the two buttons, and it is on its way. >> taco bell says the design is in response to the way fast food orders have changed since the pandemic began. thanks for joining me.

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welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, june 8, i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. we begin with hope for a bipartisan gun safety deal still alive in the u.s. senate. the key question remain what is are republicans willing to accept? still on the table boosting school security, more funding for a mental health including a juvenile record in background checks for 18 to 21-year-olds who want to bu