the opaque world who's behind the benefits and why are they a threat to a sole opaque world start to june, 2nd on d w ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. pressure grows on police to explain their apparent inaction, while children were being shot in a texas elementary school, texas officials including the governor bloss of the police for failing to act fast enough to end the u. vault school massacre. also coming up on the show,

ukraine says it's forces may have to retreat from the eastern dawn bass. reject moscow is pounding the regions last for meeting cities in ukrainian hands. it's aiming to complete its advance through what was wants ukraine's industrial parks land. ah hello. i'm claire richardson. thanks so much for joining us. listen, you've all the taxes have admitted they made mistakes in their response to tuesday, school shooting, waiting instead of moving in against the gun man. 19 children and 2 teachers died. and just 3 days later, the biggest gun lobby in the west, the n r ray has begun its annual convention in the texas city of houston. there's been an outcry over the location and timing of the event despite the massacre this week here in texas, these gone on through siesta, say strict

a gun loss. i'm not beyond sir. very time, there's a bad guy with a gun and things are good guy with a gun to stop with. i'll that guns don't kill people. people kill people, grieving families of the murder children are angry. parents had gathered outside the school when the shooter was still at large. within about 40 offices, stood there and did nothing. parents pick them to see the children, but they were pushed back inside. people kept saying, go in there again and go in there, get him every minute. he kill somebody every moment mom, every mom and they're like, nobody want to get hurt. they don't want to get hurt. so they don't want to go in because they don't want to get hurt. the children didn't have to die. after 12 minutes, the 1st officers reached the scene but flit from the perpetrators shots. even police reinforcements were initially prevented from entering the school. only after 90 minutes. did the police finally take action?

the high side one study now the course of the right, the wrongs are no, no excuse for that. you don't see commander. consider a barricaded subject and that there was time when there were no job more children at risk. the police still have many questions to answer. and he doesn't correspondence. stephan simons has been reporting on the school shooting in texas. this week. he's always been out from houston where that an r a convention is taking place. chef on good to see you again before we get into the details of the convention. let me ask you about the new tale details that have emerged in, at the school shooting investigation. we've waited 3 days to get a clearer picture of what happened in evolving as or tell us more about how things went wrong. well oh, so 1st off, this was 3 days of waiting and trying to get answers and not getting any. and of course, you know, that never ended up. and when you do this

a little bit and work in this kind of feeling this reporting, you're kind of have a feeling, the smell, that things just didn't end up and they go for a day. ah, the police finally came clean and said off that they basically botched this operation and big time. first off, everything went well. 3 offices went into the school few minutes after they were called and reached the scene. then 20 minutes. 19 police officers in the hallway, kids fielding called to 911 saying i can hear police next door, send them in sentiment, begging for help and nothing happens. those 90 police office standing there. the incident leader, this is the chief of police in you've all the, there are off the school district there. he was in charge and he determined, nope, there is no need any more for treating this whole scene or incident as an active shooter as seen or incident, but

a barricade. and that was the big and bad mistake. it was the worst and them and a wrong call, and that is what they admitted. so yeah, nobody knew of all the is very happy. and of course the parents devastated devastating. absolutely. you can imagine why i want to ask you about this and our a convention taking place in houston. and anyway, of course, the most powerful gun lobby in the united states. and how can a gun exhibition take place? only 3 days after a school shooting in the same states. well, good question. in all fairness, of course, the n r a had planned this convention. he and used them before. they didn't me, they didn't have any convention for 2 years. this is the 1st time the and our end chrome and our a convenient members near 5000000 in america. so in are a 5000000 members strong, 1st time in 2 years, convention in used to now because it has, of course, to be cancelled through the pandemic. now, what do they promising here?

guns and gear on 14 acres. i'm actually just have to look up there and there's a big, big, big poster or a billboard saying, 14 acres of guns and gear. you're in a 2, not 2022. so it's a little surreal. why? because it is for many people in the united states, bad taste, it doesn't look good, it's bad optics. it just a few days ago, 19 children lost their lost their life, and 2 teachers mow down with to a sold lifeless. guess what you find on 14 acres of guns and gears, a lot of assault rifles. and so this leaves a bad taste for many, many, many fathers, not. right. liver appears to have purchased his gun legally at the age of 18. i'm now one of the speakers at the convention has been a former us president donald trump. i want to take a listen to some of his comments and then come back to your stuff on every time a disturbed or demented person. commit such a hideous crime. there's always

a grotesque effort by seminar society to use the suffering of others to advance their own extreme political agenda. but the existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law abiding citizens who know how to use their weapon and can protect a lot of people. the existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm law abiding citizens. what did you make of it from the speech at the enter a convention. your no surprises there from the former president, president trump are touring the same horny always did as did governor about here, the governor of texas sane and blaming mental health issues and mental health problems or a mental health pandemic group. demick he in the united states for, for example, what happened a few days in you've all day

a few days ago in your body butters. you see others say here's the thing. um, it is still the very, very, very, very easy access to guns. no, not enough background checks, not deep enough background checks, no red flag loss. is that right? that is what enables people, man with a mental illness or disability or not to do this to act like this to create carnage incidence like this. and so just to put it on mental health and then to give it a political spin, of course that the progressive democratic extremist laughed once to encroach on on the constitutional rights of every american to bear arms. second amendment, nobody wants to change that. there's not one american who wants to get rid of the constitution or the 2nd amendment. i am sure of it, but many americans now is especially now after this incident,

want change change meaning not touching the constitutional 2nd amendment, but better restrictions more control. so this happens what want at what happened now or what happened a few days ago is not going to happen anymore, or is made much hotter among those people is of course the current president joe biden, or he's made clear he's in favor of strict or gun laws, but he's also essentially admitted that he cannot act against the resistance and influence of the n r a. why is this gun lobby groups so powerful in the us? it has the pockets. and when i say that i, let's keep in mind that the, the n r a was almost almost bankrupt to just about a year ago. it was on the brink of being dissolved because their new york general attorney had asked for a development. because the n r a and the leadership, their former leadership broke some very, very important laws in how to use funds or charitable funds, but

a federal judge nicks that that's not the case anymore. they're not getting this all the n r a is rich, the n r a is powerful. the n r a is, is connected in the political system in the united states. um, so there is, if you want kind of a swamp, why? because the n r a lobbies and gives out a lot of money for politicians who in return make her untouchable or do not touch gun laws, gun restrictions, et cetera, et cetera. so that is why the n r a is very powerful, deep pockets and they are spending towards the right. politicians will return the favor money and politics or deed of you corresponding stuff in simon's in houston. thanks so much for reporting. well, ukraine is morning that its troops may have to pull out of the eastern don bass region to avoid being surrounded by russian forces pro russia separate as say they

have taken the strategic railway hub town of li mine. the russian forces are also advancing from 3 directions on the nearby twin cities of sierra donuts and the si, shanaski, ukrainian controlled cities in the lou han screech, and have come under relentless bombardments, seeking safety under ground. for though still in several, danielle basements like this are the best hope of escaping the relentless brush and shelling. oh, they try their best to go on is normal, but they moved here is desperate. whatever i was rove, i don't, some of those turbans hormones explosions. and so actually, i just, warmer i just have to order in most crucial or more. so ukraine says 90 percent of the housing in the city has already been damaged by shelling. russia

says it's a tillery has been pounding ukrainian military targets as part of its effort to risk control of the last part of the loo. hahn's creech and in ukrainian hands. moscow is also trying to cut off supplies to the ukranian, defend us, striking this warehouse in the east and town of buck mote were a critical supply route to the besieged cities begins. but while russian forces may be making advances, ukraine's determined drifts distance goes on with the ukrainian military release. this footage, it sat, shows us try go ne russian position in a village just outside several. don yeske, another sign that for moscow it's offensive is likely coming at a heavy cost. turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world environment and energy ministers from the group of 7 leading industrial nations. the g 7 have agreed to phase out coal to generate electricity

by 2035. a group also promised to double their financial support to developing countries about to cope with losses and damage caused by global warming. and hundreds of students have clash with the police in the chile and capital santiago, lease use tear gas and water cannons to put out fires and dispersed the crowds after molotov cocktails were thrown. the protesters are demanding food subsidies and more funding for public schools. football. now and there is less than 24 hours to go until the champions league final kicks off in paris. the reports taken round, the dread and a clash of european giants, led by york and clock. liverpool are in their 3rd final in the last 5 years. and the germans hoping, hoping to add another title to an already successful season, but domestic trophies already in a cabinet. at anfield. liverpool have already triumphed this season in both

domestic up competitions. they even came close to dethroning manchester city as premier league champions. back in 2019 your organ court one has made in champions league title at liverpool. but the year before in the final, the english side suffered a bitter defeat to re our madrid. in this season, reale have looked magical, or they're run to the final lead by striker kareem bins. emma, competing with this kind of calibus is the best thing you can do. but obviously we're not going there to us. we part of that's clear. but anyway, i do we one i was, i was i, i can't wait to go there and not because i think the odds are i'm a little bit, kick them or whatever, not at all. i know how difficult it will be. it's just having the chance to go again for it is really special. liverpool say this isn't going to be a grudge match despite losing to re al madrid in the 2018 champions league final.

for me, am you don't need any more motivation on chums with final hot over before this is on his is gone and performance. our motto dreamt of his kids to play in big games and it doesn't get much bigger than the chairman refine against madrid. and when all be really tough, all the european pitch. liverpool haven't been successful against real madrid since 2009. and if not, this time around. liverpool still consider this season a success that is in his update at this hour thanks much for joining us with. nico is in germany to learn german polish pinnacle why not learn with him online, on your mobile and free the chef form 3 dollies e learning course, nikos vague.