it's wednesday, june 1st, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." unanswered questions. as the first victims of the uvalde school shooting are laid to rest, a key figure in the investigation has gone silent about the deadly rampage. gun control in america. bipartisan lawmakers meet in hopes of finding common ground. three proposals currently under consideration. top economic priority. president biden lays out a plan to fight inflation as economists hint of a possible recession by the end of the year. good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. more funerals are scheduled today for the victims of the mass shooting at a texas elementary school. there are new questions about the investigation.

cbs news has learned the uvalde school police chief, pete arredondo, has not responded to a followup interview with the texas rangers that was made three days ago. under his direction, as many as 19 officers remained outside the classroom for nearly an hour before a border patrol team shot and killed the gunman. bradley blackburn is in new york with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the justice department has promised an independent review of the police response at robb elementary to get to the bottom of what happened. in uvalde yesterday, the focus was also on honoring the victims as the first funerals began. amerie jo garza and maite rodriguez were laid to rest yesterday. the funerals for the 10-year-old fourth graders were the first for the 21 killed in last week's school shooting. >> i would tell them i love them, and i'm going to miss them. >> reporter: khloe torres was their classmate. she recently dyed her hair purple, amerie's favorite color.

torres remembers how teachers irma garcia and eva mireles tried to protect the students from the 18-year-old gunman. >> he said, you will die. and he shot my friend. and she shot my teacher, ms. garcia. >> reporter: irma garcia's funeral is today. she'll be buried along with her husband, joe. he died of a heart attack days after the shooting. the family says it was a broken heart. the funeral for 10-year-old jose flores is also today. jose's family described him as a happy-go-lucky kid. >> he tried everything. just a little boy like growing up. >> reporter: his 9-year-old sister was hiding in a nearby classroom and made it out safely.asies move forwardatti including why w enforcement waited to enter the classroom. the texas department of public safety says school districts police chief pete arredondo has not responded to a request from investigators for a followup

interview. as you might imagine, arredondo has declined to speak to reporters. he was elected to uvalde's city council in early may and was supposed to be sworn in yesterday in a public ceremony. instead, it was done in private. the mayor said out of respect for the families. anne-marie? >> bradley blackburn in new york. thank you. president biden is promising to meet with congress on the issue of guns. he made the pledge yesterday at the start of a meeting with new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern. he praised ardern for successfully curbing domestic terrorism and guns in her country. she oversaw quick passage of new gun-control legislation after a mass shooting there killed more more than 50 people in 2019. >> in the aftermath of the new zealand public had an expectation that if we knew what the problem was that we do something about it. >> ardern said all but one of her country's 120 lawmakers voted in favor of banning military-style sutweons.

meanwhile, a bipartisan group of u.s. senators held a private virtual meeting yesterday to try and reach a compromise on gun legislation. they discussed closing loopholes in the national background check system, new red flag laws that would allow judges to take weapons from people considered dangerous, and more federal money for mental health programs and school security. ahead on "cbs mornings," we'll talk with arkansas governor asa hutchinson about the chances of a bipartisan deal on gun control. breaking overnight now, president biden says the u.s. will send high-tech medium-range missile systems to ukraine to help the country defend itself against russia. in an opinion piece in "the new york times," mr. biden said, quote, i've decided that we will provide ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in ukraine. mr. biden also said the u.s. is not encouraging or enabling ukraine to strike beyond its borders into russia.

ukraine has been pleading for advanced weapons systems to help battle russian forces from advancing in the donbas region. in the u.s., gas prices climbed once again. overnight gas prices jumped to a new record high 67 athis gas station in dow8 a gallon. natalie brand reports on white house efforts to address inflation frustrations. >> reporter: from the gas pump -- >> really ridiculous. >> reporter: -- to the airport, summer travelers cannot escape soaring inflation and higher prices. >> every time we look at the prices, they're getting higher by the day. >> reporter: president biden has made addressing inflation his top economic priority. underscored in his tuesday meeting with federal reserve chair jerome powell. >> my plan is to address inflation, starts with a simple proposition -- respect the fed. they have a laser focus on addressing inflation just like i

am. >> reporter: the fed chairman has signaled he will continue to support raising interest rates until prices fall to a stable level. the consumer price index hit 8.3% in april, while oil prices ticked up tuesday after the european union announced an embargo on most russian oil imports. in an op-ed, president biden also detailed his plan to curb inflation which includes fixing supply chains, improving infrastructure, and paying down the federal deficit. >> there isn't a pain-free way of addressing where we're at now. >> reporter: george washington university professor tara sinclair says right now economists are looking at two possible scenarios for what happens next. >> there's arguments that we might be concerned about inflation for some time to come, or that we might be facing a recession in the next six to 12 to 18 months. >> reporter: professor sinclair believes the picture will become clearer in the next few months, but the real economic impact may not be known until next year.

natalie brand, cbs news, the white house. at least 11 people are dead and 20 missing after hurricane agatha battered southern mexico. the category-two hurricane packed torrential rain and 105 mile-per-hour winds. it caused mudslides and heavy flooding that swept away homes. officials say the deaths appear to be concentrated in a small -- in small towns, rather, in the mountains near the coast. the u.s. national hurricane center says what's left of the storm is expected to bring heavy rain for several more days. and residents of china's largest city are celebrating after a two-month covid lockdown was lifted. life slowly started returning to normal in shanghai after midnight as people returned to the streets. officials said public transportation would resume along with train connections between the rest of china. residents no longer need passes to leave their homes. the lockdown was imposed during the worst wave of covid to hit the city since the start of the

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and countries around the world are using tourism to build back their economies amid the pandemic, but iceland is harnessing humor to attract visitors. ian lee reports. nothing ruins your vacation like work. >> reporter: iceland is trotting out a new ad for people saddled with too much work. >> a service when icelandic horses write real out of office supplies so you can relax. >> reporter: how did you come up with this ad? >> the last couple of years we have been trying to create campaigns for iceland which has humor in it. >> reporter: researchers at visit iceland found 55% of tourists check their work emails on vacation, while nearly 60% feel their bosses and clients expect quick replies. >> they are trained in corporate buzz words, your boss will never know the difference. >> reporter: you can select one of three specially trained

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as she reflects on 20 years since her kidnapping. and water conservation in the west. ben tracy takes us to las vegas to show us how the city is beating the odds when it comes to saving water. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪

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