euro zone which is the highest its been since the creation of the eu in '99. >> well exactly. and that is what i was going to ask david ignatius about. you were talking about what a great job the white house and the administration had been doing, the coalition of the willing, we all know the historic gains that nato has made over the past several months. i am curious, though, based on your reporting, how was the euro zone, how were those individual european countries going to continue with inflation at record highs at 8.1%. obviously driven so much by this war. >> joe, i think they're getting nervous. i was worried that over this weekend we'd had a real crack in the nato alliance with the european summit taking place. and i think we've had some frig ilty, they are those at strong as they might have been. but the ban on purchases of

seaborne russian oil are significant. they underline the european chief said they will cut 90% of europe's russian oil imports by december. the discussion of some interim status for ukraine on the way to being a full member of the european union is important. i wish they would find some speedy transition plan but it is not there. so, they're trying to find ways to keep faith with ukraine and in a period where i think the pressure on ukraine is growing. i think your right to express some concern about europe. they've got their own economic troubles and political splits. but this last weekend that they held together more strongly than i might have feared. >> i was going to say, pretty remarkable that they held together even pulled hungary along when they had to know this inflation number was coming out. they have the same problem on the other side with nato.

but do you remain optimistic like so many observers that when it comes to nato, turkey, at the end, will back down -- and allow finland and sweden to become members. >> i can't predict erdo wan, in the end the turks will make the deal and bargain for whatever it is they want from the nordic countries. they'll get a sufficient promise that they'll do whatever they want with kurdish people who were hiding out there. and then the deal will be made and it will go forward. but the problem, i think, is that turkey might drag this out. we are now, the clock is running. the russians are beginning to make gains and it is important that there not be slippage in the fundamental in the key

succession of finland and norway. that rocks russia. that is a sign that putin's fundamental hopes have been unsuccessful. not splitting nato, not dividing them. if that begins to slip, because of turkish opposition, then i think there is a real problem. >> david ignatius, thank you very much. we have crossed the top of the hour, it is 3 minutes after the hour. 9:03 on the east coast, 6:03 out west and today marks one week since 19 children and two teachers were killed in an elementary school in uvalde, texas. joining us now from uvalde, morgan chesky. hey, morgan. >> reporter: willie, good morning. and hard to believe we're just hours away from the first of those 21 funerals happening here in this heartbroken community. and the pain of what happened inside robb elementary so great there are now discussions to potentially tear that school down and build an entirely new campus. and this comes as the man who

authorities say made the call to wait and not engage the gunman faced an uncertain political future in his very own home town. >> once we do get some information that we can release -- >> reporter: this morning uvalde school police chief peter arredondo would have been sworn in as a new city council member but city officials say that meeting has been canceled. the man investigators say made the call to wait before engaging the gunman staying silent. nbc news reached out for comment. but no response. the city's mayor maintaining arredondo is fit for office. >> he was elected. and there is nothing i can do to change that. that is something pete and i'm sure the people in his district will come to terms with. >> reporter: the highly criticized police response, the focus of a new justice department review. a senior official telling nbc news, the doj is expected to name the person who will lead that probe within days. meanwhile, president biden taking aim at assault weapons.

>> i know that it makes no sense to be able to purchase something that could fire up to 300 rounds. >> reporter: during the president's visit to texas on sunday, state senator roland guiterrez said they discussed the future of robb elementary. and the possibility of tearing it down and rebuilding a brand-new school. >> they don't want to go back in. they're traumatized. and little kids that come here and they're just balling when they come near the school. we can't let them do that kind of trauma. >> those lost now being remembered in this tight knit town. the first visitation services is taking place on monday as mourners paid respects to young lives cut short. like 10-year-old matta rodriguez, describesed a sweet soul. her name one of 21 on white crosses now covered in flowers, and notes of love. >> it hurts because, like i said, they were helping us,

calling out for help and nobody came. >> reporter: and in light of the shooting, there have been discussed about potential gun reform. president biden saying he is open to the idea of an assault weapons ban. it would he about the first of the kind since 2004 and no doubt face an uphill battle. both sides will discuss a framework on reform but for those here in uvalde, they say now is the time for action. willie. >> morgan chesky outside of robb elementary school in uvalde. thank you so much. president biden grieved with that community in texas on sunday. our next guest presided over the church service the president and first lady attended. the archbishop of san antonio, texas, is gustavo garcia-siller and he joins us now. mr. archbishop, thank you for your time this morning. what was that service like with you for that grieving community and how did you attempt to begin to offer some comfort?

>> well the celebration of the mass with the president and his wife, it was very heartfelt. the community experienced the presence of the care of the president. we were able to pray and celebrate those lives now that they are gone. and their families. at this point, what we are engaging is in the 11 funerals that we are going to celebrate at sacred heart parish. and we are in the planning because 11 funerals, as you could imagine, in this circumstances, are very -- very

painful. so it is not that easy, how to connect in the right way with families, with the community, and with the emotions and the reactions that are going to take place during these days. so we are ready and in the sense of we have offered to do all that we can to accompany the people and to move on their pace. >> it strikes me, archbishop, looking at clock right now, it is just after 8:00 and one week ago, 8:00 in uvalde, one week ago parents were other dropping off now or just dropped off their children. they never could have dreamed in their worst nightmares it would be the last time they saw them. what do you say to a family, a lot of us are struggling, we're talking to our own families children, but how you could possibly -- there is no sense to be made, but how you could possibly give peace and comfort to a family who has suffered something like this? >> well, the main venue for us,

for me, in the last week has been gestures. gestures of care. an embrace. the way i look at them, the way i listen to them. they have words or one word. another way is inviting them -- what is in your heart with your husband or with your wife and to start building some dialogues. because at least the first few days, there was a shock. then when they knew that their child of their spouse was killed, it was grieving. and then it was the gathering of families. there was a lot of silence.

a lot of crying. and that crying that you don't see not bursting in tears, but that cry that is tired, that is painful, that is difficult. the different ministers and lay people throughout the city have been very helpful and been present and foster moments of prayer. even if the people who are hurting, they cannot convey their thinking. so, another way that it was helpful to me in several occasions was to meet individually. so i met with five of the children who survived. i've been with them personally. little ones. they were able to say more. to express themselves and i know

that is hard for adults to comprehend. they prefer not to talk about it. i think it is much better in my little experience and in what i have learned these days is to let them express themselves. even if it is in a very down phase. whatever expression. also as a group, i met with the children of another school that we have close by to uvalde, and the children of the same age from 9 to 11, they were able to express how they feel about the children who passed away. so, we need to adapt, we are for them. they are not for us. we are for them. >> right. >> and then to slowly move,

slowly at their pace. >> i can only imagine, archbishop, those conversations with the children who survived who were in the classroom or in that school. joe scarborough is with us. and i'm looking at a line, the archbishop spoke outside of his church last week when he said we're supposed to promote life, the life of people. it is people's lives. we have to be consistent in our ethics talking about the measures that need to be taken to protect the lives of children like the ones who died in that school. joe. >> right. and we, again, unfortunately, we see the numbers and we see how many children die every year. it is shocking the conscience. i'm wondering, mr. archbishop, what words do you have for the elected leaders of the people of uvalde, the people of texas, the people of this country who right now are so discouraged and

they're so down trodden and so distressed that tragedies like the one that we saw a week ago continue in this country it seems endlessly. >> well, i think our leaders, they need to be in touch with reality. and not they're reality, the way they see it. the reality of the people. people are not being heard. people are not being touched. in the experience of the president, i accompanied him for three hours, as he was visiting with every person of the extended family, the family and the extended family. try to connect with them. you know, and if the person is not in the front of the

conversation, the individuals, the families, then it continues in this stuck market, guns, business, power, control. and we have been seeing more events that are leading to a very expression of tyrant leadership. and it is because people are not in touch with reality. when we're in touch with reality, there are always possibilities of building up a little bit more humane connection and relationship, and we don't hear that much in the last years when a person has been put down. people have become a number, have become a thing and not a

person. and it is a conversion. it is a conversion of hearts. and hearts in us in leadership. other wise, we continue finding our own way for our own agenda and our own prestige and that will not work. also, what i experienced is that the families are willing to do something for their beloved ones. are we willing to do something for them? now that this funerals are lining up and our parish community, we're going to have 11 of them. we cannot just plan 11 of them like that was a unit. we need to be adopted to each

family. when i met with the children of the teacher and the husband passed away, there were like 50 people in the family, extended family and i invited them, just the four of them to a room they wanted and we went and four of them, i asked them, i didn't know what to tell them. i was there for them with love. but i told them, you have talked about it, what is going on among yourself? no. what do you like to tell your sister? that is the only thing i said. and at the very end of an hour and a half, we prayed our father and then we went to join the rest of the extended family. so we need to let them to be at the center of what is happening.

and that is difficult. i believe with my whole heart that control has to take place in a more radical way. because we see the instruments of what is happening in the country regarding shootings, includes arms. and the people who use them are purposely or because of other factors like drugs or even mental health is the use of guns. and we have made gun an idol in this country. >> and there will be 11 funerals children this week. fourth graders. 11 funerals for fourth graders and one for a brave teacher this week. thank you, sir for your leadership and your grace, and for the comfort you're bringing

at least in some measure to that community. thank you so much for being here today. we appreciate it. >> thank you. we pray. still ahead this morning on "morning joe," we'll take you to the white house where president biden is facing growing pressure to take action on the issue of guns. ahead of a key senate meeting today, that potentially could lead to some progress on reform measures. we also will hear from the only pediatrician in uvalde who ran to the hospital to help as soon as he heard the news of shots being fired. plus, the latest from ukraine as russia advances in the east, what is it like right now for one village caught in the cross fire. "morning joe" is coming right back. more protection, more sun, more joy. beach defense® from neutrogena® the suncare brand used most by dermatologists and their families, neutrogena® for people with skin.

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welcome back to "morning joe." you're looking at a live shot of the capitol. and let's go to the other side

of pennsylvania avenue at 22 after 9:00. on the east coast. and talk to eugene daniels. eugene, a big day today. we've got republicans and democrats talking, getting together on the issue of guns. the question is, what can the president do, how involved can he be and in those discussions and moving those discussions along, and also talk about generally the optimism, the pessimism inside of the white house. do they think this time could possibly be any different? >> a lot of folks here that are working in the white house now, were also working the obama administration in some way, shape or form. so they remember after sandy hook where it felt like there was all of this momentum to do something after that horrific tragedy. and so this feels eerily similar. that there is at one point a lot of inertia for folks to do something about this. but congress is gone. congress is not here to work on

that issue in person. and when that happens, folks start to get worried as you know, joe, nothing will happen. but the task force in the senate on some kind of possible gun prevention legislation, gun control legislation, they are talking over the weekend, as you know, senator murphy said over the weekend they have been on the phones working on that. but there is a healthy dose, i think, of pessimism here in the white house and on the senate that something will get done based on past history. you also have this concern from the white house that president biden shouldn't be very involved in the negotiations, not this one, not on social spending bill that they were ever to do some kind of reconciliation package in the senate, because they don't want him to be seen at the 101st senator. they felt like they were burned when that happened in the negotiations fell through for the build back better agenda later last year. and so that is a thing president

biden and his aides are in constant contact but they don't want him leading on the negotiations working the phones as much as he was before. i will say that is concerning for advocates. they want to see the president doing more and they want to see him leading on the effort and things that we do without congress, why possibly opening and creating a white house office of gun prevention, doing a gun task force, like that was done during the obama administration. those are the things that they're pushing for the white house to do. there is an immense amount of pressure, not just for congress to do something but also for joe biden himself, the president of the united states, to do something. you saw some of the residents of uvalde, the president was there with his wife, dr. jill biden, calling out for him to do something. him making a promise that he would do that while he laid flowers and paid his respects to the victims and met with the families. so he promised to do something. what that is, it is hard to know.

we're do know they're looking at executive orders. they are very coy about what they are able to do. they don't want to make promises that don't come to fruition. >> all right. eugene daniels at the white house, thank you so much. as always. we greatly appreciate it. and we have the gun issue that democrats and republicans are looking at too. but if you take a step back and put it all in context, put this tragedy in context, this issue in context, with a lot of other things that are going on right now in washington, d.c., you see the republican party, if you just look at every public opinion poll radically out of step with americans. radically out of step with voters. i'm sure that is one reason why mitch mcconnell told john cornyn from texas, get over to chris murphy and at least start talking about this. because we may be one month away, maybe less than a month away from the united states supreme court overturning an

element half century precedent with roe v. wade. something that 70%, 71%, 72% of americans are against. and at that point, you have republican trigger laws going into effect in states where 12, 13, 14-year-old girls who were raped will not have the choice along with their families on what to do with her situation, her health, her mental health, her life and then you add this issue on top. where children, again, it bears repeating, i know we've said it quite a lot this morning, but more children are killed by guns in america every year than police officers are killed on duty. more children are killed by guns every year than u.s. troops are killed in action. more children are killed by guns every year than all americans

die by gunfire with police officers. now we cover all of those stories. it seems around the clock. and yet here we have the story that all too often is not covered on those weekends. we always talk about chicago, we always talk about some of the big cities and we don't talk about that but 88% of americans as you brought up earlier today, support universal background checks. at least 85% of americans. and in every poll i've seen support red flag laws. americans want actions on gun safety. and i just, again, i know the republican party and in washington has taught us all to be cynical. i just don't know how they don't act again when 85%, 86%, 88% of americans are demanding action and more little children are dead. >> well you've made this point many times, that it takes

exactly zero political courage in this climate when 88% of americans support universal background checks as a politician to support that idea. or when 84% support red flag laws. it takes zero political courage, some congressional districts of course, some states harder thanes to do that. but it is an easy issue. even in the politico poll we've been referenced from last week, 67%, two-thirds of americans, support a ban on assault-style weapons like the one used in uvalde. so, the numbers are there. it is up to the politicians to act. we'll see. in the town of uvalde, texas, there is one pediatrician. and he is sharing what it was like to treat those kids injured in last week's shooting. dr. roy guerrero was born and raised in uvalde and attended robb elementary school as a child. he was at lunch with his staff last week when he started receiving frantic texts about the shooting. he then raced to the hospital to

begin treating it injured. >> these were war wounds. these are blow outs. so, kiddos with parts of their body missing, one kiddo with part of their head missing. things that no one should ever have to see. and unfortunately, you know, in the midst of it, you're there and you have to treat whoever you see. and we had internal medicine doctors working as pediatricians and even me having to help with adults and i'm not an adult doctor. so it was all hands on deck. everybody did a fabulous job. and the medical staff of uvalde and the medical community really stepped up and i'm the only pediatrician in uvalde. there is no other. so there is family practice and other physicians but i'm the only pediatrician. so what we've counted from our charts is that five of the kiddos were directly or indirectly one of our patients at one point. and then two or three of them

off the bat just when i see they're name, i know i've seen them since they were born. and i think i have two or sto so in the hospital in san antonio. we're still trying to get clarification on that. >> dr. guerrero has five were patients. spoke to today.com about the severity of the injuries. it was awful. these are war wounds. it's at if things exploded once the bullets hit the bodies. the children were in haste erics at first but when they saw a familiar face because i've known them for so long, i was able to calm them down. i told them i would be here until it was over and that i was going to call their moms. that is the account from the only pediatrician in uvalde, texas. coming up next here this morning, the latest on the war in ukraine. the european union takes a major step overnight to increase pressure on russia. and nbc's richard engle has latest on the fighting in the east. "morning joe" is coming right

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>> reporter: for the first time in the war, russia seems to be winning. at least out in the east. here, russia's slow brutal artillery and rocket assaults are clawing away land from ukraine. russian troops now threaten to encircle ukraine's eastern cultural heartland known as the don bass. a village sited in russian cross-hairs. it is frequently hit by russian artillery and the fire is getting closer. the village has been without running water and power for weeks and half of the residents have left. the mayor does what he can to distribute food. they're trying to squeeze us out, but i'm confident our soldiers will keep us safe, he said. twice a week, there is enough fuel to run a generator for two hours so people could charge phones.

not that there is any cell service or wi-fi. volunteers hand out canvas to cover broken windows. freshwater is in short supply. across town, the village hospital is not a shelter. all 39 people living here had their homes destroyed. >> when i'm down here, i can't help but think what did these people do. these are elderly people, they weren't bothering anybody and now they're under attack and have to live like this in the darkness under the hospital. the hospital which can't provide them medical care. could only provide a little bit of shelter. for what? for what? >> reporter: but help may be coming. ukraine troops are rushing toward the village reinforcing the entire region. and more weapons supplied by the united states have already started to arrive on the front lines. >> nbc's richard engle taking us to the ground in ukraine. coming up up next, high gas

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a picture of los angeles at 6:43 in the morning. as you get moving out there. many americans headed back to work today. some still recovering from a rough holiday travel weekend as delays and cancellations piled up at airports across the country. and with gas prices at record highs, there is new concern about what that could mean for vacationers at the start of the summer travel season. correspondent tom costello has the latest from reagan national airport in washington.

>> the kickoff to the summer travel season started with a whole lot of meltdowns over the holiday weekend. >> just want to get home. >> reporter: more than a thousand domestic flights cancel add cross saturday and sunday. more than 400 memorial day. delta the most effected this weekend canceling more than 500 flights. american airline also impacted with more than 120 cancellations monday alone. >> airlines even though they paired back their schedules, they still found themselves with not enough pilots, not enough flight attendants and more flights than they could operate. >> grant and hallie holmes are newlyweds just returning from their honeymoon if bash bade os, but they were stuck in miami international, facing long lines like this. trying to get on a connected flight home to kansas city but that was delayed multiple times before being canceled. >> it is chaos. and hope people have a better time that we're having.

but some of it is just out of our control. >> some airlines are slashing schedules to avoid disripgss like these. but that could mean vacationers have fewer and pricier options. >> i'm really worried that the problems we're seeing in the u.s. and abroad are going to cause some people who were thinking about flying for their summer vacations to say, you know, we'll not take a trip. >> the national average for a gallon of regular now a whopping $4.62. even higher in some places like california, $6.17. and overall, more than $1.57 higher than last year. fuel impacting summer rec regation of all kinds, whether on the the road or on the water. >> we're going to stay much closer to shore, as opposed to

going any any long distance trips first people weren't stuck at airports, they were in the movie theater watching "top gun maverick" and raking in $156 million domestically and counting. jacob soberoff has detailed. >> above expectations. "top gun" blue away the competition over the weekend. becoming the top grossing memorial day picture in history. >> this is probably the most important memorial weekend in the history of the box office. given the past two years and how the pandemic really sidelined movie theaters in a very profound way. >> fueled by a full throttle marketing campaign and a production design for the ultimate big screen experience. >> like we're in the cockpit, in the mix.

everything with the sound and everything like we're there. >> reporter: maverick getting strong word of mouth, building momentum all weekend long. >> tom cruise is, there ain't nobody like him. that's why we're here. >> everyone here is the best there is. who the hell are they going to get to teach us. >> dr. pete maverick mitchell. >> tom cruise knows his star power was built on that 50 foot screen in the multi plex and he's paying that back every single day when he's hanging on the side of an airline. >> but will it be a phenomenon or the start of a blockbuster summer. theater owners and film lovers believe the lineup of films about to open should keep turnstiles turning. >> you have a new jurassic park and a new thor movie, you have elvis and nope, and a mignons film and a new pixar, light year. i don't think this is a oneoff like spiderman was in the holiday season last year.

>> cruise forcing paramount to hold maverick for two years insisting on a theatrical release so fans could enjoy the movie experience. a high stakes gamble now paying off. >> the popcorn smell and just relaxing and watching a movie with topnotch sound and a big screen, you can't beat that. >> jacob reporting there. i think we have two takers today. hot day in new york city, about 94 with the humidity, it is going to be 100. air conditions theater. and those matching talk to me goose t-shirts. >> we don't have the t-shirts. >> you buy the t-shirts and i'll find the matinee prices. >> i have seen the movie, it's as phenomenal as people say. >> come up next, other stories making front pages across country including one republican senator under fire for using taxpayer dollars to fly from his vacation home to washington. plus a staggering pay increase for the ceo's of some of america's biggest companies. we'll bring you that number and much more after a quick break.

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