benefits and why are they a threat to a sole opaque world starts june, 2nd on d, w ah ah, this is dw, the why from berlin, growing calls for gun control in the united states a day after the worst school shooting in a decade. president joe biden says he's sick and tired of the violence also on the show. russian move in on cities in eastern ukraine vero, don't ask is hit by intense felling as moscow looks to claim

a key victory in the don boss region. ah. hello, i'm claire richardson. thanks so much for joining us. president joe biden is leading calls for stricter gun control in the united states a day after it's deadly. a school shooting in a decade, a teenaged gunman barricaded himself inside a classroom at an elementary school in texas. before killing 19 children and 2 teachers, police later shot dead at the attacker. now as grief turns to anger, americans and the watching world are once again asking what must be done to stop gun violence. grieving family members, waiting to know if their kid survived. we can get anything we can get any anything as little as they're okay. they're not okay. or we're still waiting or you know,

no, no information has been released to any of the pastor. they have alyssa for her name in here. so she not here. so real it on down on her name's antonio. to work, we find her at least 19 children, and 2 teachers were killed in this texas elementary school. the death toll is expected to rise, residence in the small town of val, they are still trying to process the tragedy. britain, i heard, i just didn't ever expected things like that to happen hearing well. and then men, person that did is due to this movie, i mean it was one device. here it was a student here with more than 200 mass shootings in the u. s. so far this year, many americans asking themselves the same question over and over again, including and be a coach steve kerr, when are we gotta do something? i'm tired, i'm i'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to to the devastated

families that are out there. i'm so tired of. excuse me. i'm sorry i'm tired of moments with filess enough. is gun control is back in the political debate. the people who valdez gathered 2 more in after the deadly mass shooting something far too many families and friends have to go through in the u. s. and joining me from rob elementary school, the scene of the shooting involves a texas is dw correspondent stephanie simons. i stuff on the murder of these young children and their teachers is unspeakable, evolved a itself, just a small town of about 16000 people. how are people they're reacting to this attack? you know, we just heard about this, her gentlemen who is sick of the moment of silence, right? this whole town here feels like it fell into

a moment of silence. and this moment is not over yet. it's still ongoing, very sad, but certain amount of pain and hurt and frustration and, and, and, and, and, and pain and shock here in this community. this is, as you mentioned, a tightening community here around the school. ah, everybody knows that everybody, neighbors, no neighbors. and they're all deeply and shocked. still, as you can see behind me, this is still an active crime scene. law enforcement agencies are around here outside. and this is what you see. but what you don't see is, of course, the work of crime scene experts and investigators who are doing still investigative work inside the school. and it's a, apparently also not a very, pretty picture on. so yeah, that is, that's what it is. people are, are in a lot of pain here. stephens are having a bit of trouble hearing some of what you've been saying, but you did mention that investigation that is ongoing. can you give us the latest

on that? yeah, please just trying to really put a timeline together about the attack about this massacre about and get more information and specifically towards a motive for the person who the 18 year old to who did this, who went to this is what we know now on his birthday to purchase, to assault rifles and reminder, for obvious assault rifles are weapons, they are supposed to kill their used in the army in the military. and maybe it should not be carried around or used by 18 year olds with mental problem or not. and this is another point, law enforcement is making how they investigating if there was some thing on which triggered this action in this 18 year old young man, if there were mental problems, some and so on. we also learned that he,

when he shot his grandmother 1st before he took off and went to the school here, the grandmother actually alerted the authorities to what he did that she got shot. and then some kind of pursuit happened. and maybe that is why he crashed. his car in the ditch and ended up he in the school. on the other hand, there's a lot of social media stuff to go through for investigators. and this is what they're doing to try to really pinpoint and put a complete picture of who this person. well, what triggered him to do what he did off they put this together and they're still working on that. now in the mean time, u. s. president joe biden has spoke and following the shooting. i chef and i want to get your reaction, but 1st, let's hear his remarks. as a nation, i think we all must be there for them. every one. and i, we must ask when in god's name will we do what needs to be done to it, not completely stop, fundamentally change the amount of carnage that goes on in this country. the idea

19 year old can walk into a store and buy weapons, a war designed and marketed to kill is i think is wrong. just violet common sense, even the manufacture, the inventor of that weapon. thought that as well. you know, where's the backbone? where's the courage to stand up to a very powerful lobby and stuff and help us understand no other affluent country in the world has nearly as high a gun homicide rate as the united states does a bite in their calling for meaningful change. but why does that remain so difficult to get? yeah, that's a really good question, but it's highly complicated, really complex. and i would probably fail to answer this appropriately. so, but yes,

you're right. 500000000 weapons in private hands in the united states. one more time, 500000000 weapons in private hands in the united states, a lot more than any other country. by the way, however, i'm politicians on the progressive democratic side try for years and years and years to the the better a gun control loss. and the republican side will not have it. why is that good question? because it poll suggests it up to almost 90 percent of americans actually want some kind of better gun control and some restrictions a red flag, a loss. meaning that there is a system in place which flags up problems, possible problems with people who try to purchase a gun and, and so on. this many, many, many, many ways to get at it. but there is no way, apparently not all americans agree. they do not want anything with guns being touched, or for them it go straight on the constitution. and the 2nd amendment, which guarantees that every american can bear guns. and then don't forget,

you also have a very, very powerful with very deep pockets gun lobby which is active $365.00 days a year. around year he, in the united states to make sure that nobody touches or tries to touch too much of this. right to bear guns and to purchase guns for new 18 years old. goin a shop here in texas and buy whatever you want. and he doesn't correspond from simons for us in texas. thank you so much fare. pardon? let's go now to the latest on the war in ukraine. russia is stepping up. it's attacks on the eastern don bass region also has made the industrial zone its main objective. after failing to take control of the capital, keith, a heavy fighting is reported in and around the city of sarah sarah, don't ask. the regional governor there says at least 12 people have been killed by shelling. russia says a will continued the offensive until it achieves its kohl's battle

for silverado, next it's capture would allow russia to advance into the other half of the don bass region. when the shelling is constant, some 15000 people are believed to be hiding in shelters. help you know, is her 1st edition, 2nd level goes, it was a good minute area problems. the russians have reportedly surrounded. silverado nets on 3 sides. the governor of lou hands province has warned that evacuations are now too risky. still some are seizing what could be their last opportunity to escape while you're on the lake. now it seems like the font is all around. it's practically surrounded there. that we can see trucks from the all,

maybe being the fluids around the c to so it seems likely that for me is about before elsewhere. and don bass trains are filling up as people seek the relative safety of western ukraine. since the war broke out, ukraine has become a country synonymous with defiance. but russia's latest offensive is testing its limits. my country is dying, says this man. i am worried. but we will win each one. and he w correspondent rebecca readers is in the ukrainian capital keith with an update on the situation in the east. the situation in don bass is dire and it's getting worse because the governor of don yet saying that 3 cities in that region have now been taken by the russian forces and that they are advancing. the governor of lou hans square that sits ever done yet is situated and now where the fighting is centered

around. they're saying that the russians are just trying to destroy that city. it's just been completely shelled, constantly bombarded. and as you heard in that report, saying that citizens who haven't escaped yet who haven't been able to evacuate, it's probably too late to do so with many of the roads completely cut off. and those that are still available, still open, being continually shelves. the foreign ministers saying that this is the worst battle that europe has seen since world war 2, and he's really urgently calling for those foreign weapons that have been promised to ukraine to be delivered as swiftly as possible so that they're able to try and hold this current advance and even try and push back russians from these areas. and meanwhile, the european union wants to confiscate and sell assets belonging to russian oligarchy, rather than simply freezing them. brussels has frozen 10000000000 euros worth and says money from selling the assets could help to rebuild ukraine. but some member states, including germany,

are skeptical. the villa fresh and ali gar i'll share with man of being seized by italy's financial police on the island of said in yap. lisman off is a billionaire and close ally of freshman president vladimir putin. he's only one of hundreds of ali gars that the european union has slapped with sanctions since russia invaded ukraine. at the moment, it's difficult to confiscate luxury acid. select this in the you. but the ear commission, the executive farm, wants to change that. as us will be confiscated, if a link to criminal activity can be proven under the proposed legislation evading e u sanctions, for example, by transferring assets to family members could become illegal at some say, this won't hurt the russian economy. i think that this is done in morrow is symbolic her with a symbolic reason to try and explain that. you know?

no, you will be seized if you are outside your jurisdiction. the ears as the russian assets worth, 10000000000 euros have been frozen in the block. brussels wants to use this money to help to rebuild ukraine. but that's easier said than done in some countries like germany, this would collide with private property laws. there are a guarantees form private assets in our constitution in our own based order. and we have very, very precise to consider what we are doing when we are bullish. these guarantees for a private sector assets. if the lowest past ration oligarchy would have a much harder time getting their hands on their villas again. and before we go, let's get a reminder of the top story we're following for you. president joe biden is leading

calls for stricter gun control in the united states a day after its deadliest school shooting. and a decade. a teenaged gunman killed 19 children and 2 teachers at an elementary school in texas. police liter shopped at the attacker. and is your news update at this hour after the break? rob was, will be here with d. w business and he's teaching for that. and i forget you can always get news around the clock on d w dot com. thanks much for joining us. we got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, magic corner trip hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off. we go.