cnn's boris sanchez has their stories. >> reporter: three days after 21 nebt innocent lives were taken we're learning more about the loved ones this small town is grieving. >> don't forget them please. do something about it. >> reporter: mathias was 11 years old. miranda was a fun, spunky, bright little girl. 10-year-old torres, his aunt telling a cnn affiliate he was, quote, very intelligent, hardworking and helpful person. he'll be missed and never forget. also 10 years old, marie rodriguez dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. other victims' names have also been confirmed. salazar. in a tragic twist the husband of irma garcia one of the murdered teachers has also died. according to the archdiocese of san antonio, he suffered a heart attack and passed away on thursday. the couple married more than 24 years and were high school sweetheart and they came to mass every saturday. >> reporter: this man knew the family well. he said the couple were a fixture in the community and leave behind four children. >> i told my community in my own family when we have a death, that it's church and

cnn's boris sanchez now has their stories. >> reporter: three days after 21 innocent lives were taken learning more about the loved ones this small town is grieving. >> don't forget them, please! i beg you. >> reporter: miranda mathis was 11 years old. a friend of her mother's told the "washington post" miranda was a fun, spunky, bright little girl. 10-year-old rojelio torres, his aunt telling affiliate ksat he was a, quote, very intelligent, hard-working and helpful person. he'll be missed and never forgotten. maite rodriguez, also 10 years old. her mother anna says maite dreamed of becoming a marine biologist and wanted to attend college at texas a&m. in a touching facebook tribute anna calls her daughter "sweet, charismatic, loving, caring, loyal, free, ambitious, funny, silly, goal-driven, and her best friend." other victims' names have also been confirmed. layla salazar, 11 years old. makenna lee elrod. alithia ramirez. and jayce carmelo luevanos, all just 10 years old. and in a tragic twist the husband of irma garcia, one of the murdered teamers, has also died. according to the

more now from cnn's boris sanchez. >> reporter: 21 lives brutally cut short. 21 families now shatteredy an act of violence all too common in the united states. 19 children now gone just days before the start of summer break. none yet out of fourth grade. like 10-year-old uziyah garcia whose uncle calls him a great kid and full of life. he liked video games and anything with wheels. calling his grandson the sweetest little boy he's ever known. renfroe telling affiliate ksat he played football, could catch well and practiced all the routes they practiced. and just 10 years old, his father angel telling cnn he finally learned his daughter's fate from a classmate covered in blood. >> she was hysterical saying they shot her best friend, they killed her best friend, she was not breathing and trying to call the cops. and i asked the little girl the name, and she -- and she told me -- she said amerie. how do you look at this girl and shoot her? >> reporter: javier lopez also 10 was excited to start middle school. his mom felicia martinez, told "the washington post" he was recognized in an hono

boris sanchez, cnn, uvalde, texas. >>> so much pain and so much heartbreak. despite the shooting and tragic loss of life, the national rifle association says it plans to move ahead with a convention scheduled for this week end. and they are meeting in texas. and the nra spent, get this, $29 million in the 2020 election cycle. former president donald trump is among those scheduled to speak. texas governor abbott will send a pre-recorded video. he canceled his planned appearance. not everyone thinks that the timing of the event is a good idea. at least four high profile musicians including lee green wood have canceled their performances following tuesday's deadly shooting. >>> and the latest on the war in ukraine is just ahead with russians slowly getting around, the u.s. considering sending one of its most formidable weapons. >>> and a new report condemns russia for its violations of the convention. you are watching "cnn newsroom." >>> ukraine's military claims that it continues to block a russian ambudvance in on donbas but they do appear to be pushing toward

cnn's boris sanchez joins us now, boris, unbelievable what we're hearing.ou tell us about irma and joe garcia? >> reporter: well, laura, they were high school sweet hearts. we spoke to members of the community who have known them a very long time and said they were the light of each other's lives, irma in her biography on the school's websilent wrote about how much she enjoyed barbecuing with joe, her final moments spent lunging at the gunman trying to defend her students and the news was apparently too much for joe. family members say he suffered a fatal heart attack on thursday. they believe he died of a broken heart and as you noted, they leave behind four kids, two young men and two young women. laura. >> it's heartbreaking to hear what you describe, to see the pictures and hear about the idea of just two days after her own death, you spoke to people in the community who knew them so well, tell me more about what they're sharing with you. >> reporter: yeah, one of them was actually the priest of the church they attended. he said joe and irma were fixtur

boris sanchez tells us what we've learned about some of the victims. >> reporter: three days after 21 innocent lives were taken, we're learning more about the loved ones this small town is grieving. >> don't forget them, please. do something about it, i beg you. >> reporter: miranda mathis was 11 years old. a friend of her mother's told "the washington post" miranda was a fun, spunky, bright little girl. 10-year-old rojelio torres's family says he will be missed and never forgotten. maite rodriguez's mother calls her daughter, quote, sweet, charismatic, loving, care, loyal, free, ambitious, funny, silly, goal-driven, and her best friend. leyla salazar, 11 years old. mckenna lee elrod, aleithia, all just 10 years old. the husband of one of the murdered teachers has also died. cork to the archdiocese of san diego, joe garcia suffered a heart attack after news of his wife's death and passed away on thursday. the couple had been married more than 24 years and were high school sweethearts. >> they came to mass every sunday. >> reporter: father eduardo morales of sacred heart church knew th

boris sanchez, cnn, uvalde, texas. >> so sad, so much suffering here. community, laura, with a broken heart. and one thing to make clear today is or would have been the first day of summer vacation for all the kids in this school behind me. and now these families planning these funerals. >> just shows you the blast radius that sort of continues to reverberate throughout the community and of course the larger country. but the fact that the husband has now passed away just shows you the level of trauma and been. >>> president biden and the first lady will visit uvalde, texas on sunday to meet with the families who lost loved ones. jasmine wright is joining me from washington, d.c. jasmine, the president has a tall order here. he is obviously the consoler in chief, he's continue it too many times, but he is showing up with no plan on how to make sure it never happens again. >> reporter: that's right, but i think what he is bringing is really a message of support and that deep, deep well of empathy we now know from him. the president said on wednesday that

. >> i'm boris sanchez. thank you for starting your weekend with us.begin this morning with an efforts to ease the nationwide baby formula shortage that's left families scrambling to feed their children. >> throughout the pandemic, stores are trugling to keep the shelves stocked. the white house is considering several actions aimed at easing the critical shortage now that manufacturers say it may be weeks or months, before supply's at full capacity. >> potentially months. that's a scary thought for some parents that are going to extraordinary lengths just to get the food their babies need. >> if they have it in stock. >> it's another full-time job. >> i'm up with him and searching for formula. >> starting every week. >> i start with the similac website. after that i go to target. after that, i go to meijer, walmart. >> she is on a hunt for baby formula across the nation. >> this is thought-provoking and worrisome. when i get to work in the morning, i'm looking for formula. we're sitting on the couch, we're looking for formula. i haven't found any in ab

wolf. >> boris sanchez in uvalde for us. we'll stay in close touch with you. thank you very, very much. let's get more on the shooting investigation. joining us now, sergeant erick estrada, a public information officer with the texas department of public safety. thank you so much for joining us. first of all, just a day after this horrible, horrible massacre, how is the community, and you're there in uvalde right now, how is the community coping with this incredible loss? >> we're all very heartbroken. it's a very tragic, very sad incident. just for me coming into this incident itself, i'm a father of two children. and it took me a while to even step out of my vehicle and know what i was about to see inside that school. but you know, we're all mourning. we're all heartbroken. our condolences go out to the families of the victims. one of the newest updates we do have right now is now we know that the suspect did not have any criminal history. also, he did go into his social media and actually posted what he was about to do, so we have three different social med

i'm alec marquardt in for boris sanchez. >> i'm christi paul. this morning, dozens are feared dead after ukraine says russia bombed a school that is being used as a shelter. what we're learning about that this morning. and president zelenskyy's meeting with g7 leaders. >>> there's new details in the search for vicky white and casey white. police are detailing what they found inside of vicky white's abandoned patrol car and the thousands of dollars she withdrew leading up to the escape. >>> a very idaho way of thinking about things is to be loving and welcoming. then there's this fear of will they change what we have? >> boise is booming. and with it the local housing market, why some say the new recognition is actually bad for business. >> oh, my goodness! the longest shot has won the kentucky derby! >> and it was a stunning upset at churchill downs for a horse that just 48 hours ago was an alternate in the kentucky derby. "new day" starts right now . >>> it is sunday, may 8th. thank you very much for waking up with us. happ

pam. >> boris sanchez in uvalde, texas, thank you. >> and newmages from the uvalde leader newspaper show the immediate aftermath of tuesday's shooting and chilling first-hand accounts from children who survived are starting to emerge. children like 11-year-old mia sorrio, who spoke exclusively to a female cnn producer off camera, traumatized after watching the gunman shoot her teacher and classmates. maya smeared the blood of a dead class mate all over herself and played dead. now, even routine noises trigger pain. >> your alarm went off accidentally on your cell phone while you were talking to her. what happened? >> i felt so bad. i mean, it was just an accident, and she just kind of -- she clearly was kind of triggered by that. and her mom said, you know that's been happening a lot. they were at a car wash yesterday and went to vacuum out the car, and it completely set her off. she's not sleeping right now. she's in the whole interview, she brought a blanket with her, and the whole interview, she was covering herself in this blanket, and it was hot. it felt like she was trying to keep

i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm christi paul. thank you so much. we're always so grateful to have your company in the morning. there's a lot of sdesperation fr parents right now. and we're hearing now of some ideas, perhaps, and efforts, to ease the nationwide baby formula shortage. these parents are scrambling to feed their children because of it. the white house and private companies saying they're working to get more of that formula into the hands of the parents. >> yeah. throughout the pandemic, stores struggled to keep shelves stocked with popular brands. a recall in february and supply issues have pushed parents to the breaking point. the white house is considering several different actions aimed to ease the critical shortage. those include importing formula from overseas, giving flexibility to recipients over the government and cracking down on price gouging, as well. >> could you have done something quicker? >> if we were better mind readers, i guess we could have. we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us. we have to move wi

cnn's boris sanchez looks at the victims, and the lives that will be forever cherished. >> reporter:n is grieving. >> done forget them, please! i beg you! >> reporter: miranda was 11 years old. a friend of her mother's told "the washington post," mir an dda was a fun, spunky, bright litt girl. 10-year-old torres, his aunt telling ksat he was a helpful person. he will be missed and never forgotten. row dri grez, also 10 years old. her mother anna says they wanted to attend college at texas a&m. and a touching facebook tribute, anna calls her daughter, quote, sweet, charismatic, loving, caring, loyal, free, ambitious, funny, silly, goal-driven. and her best friend. other victims' names have, also, been confirmed. leyla salazar, 11 years old. mckenna lee elrod, alethia ramirez, and jace, all just 10 years old and in a tragic twist, the husband of irma garcia, one of the murdered teachers, has also died. according to the arch diocese of san antonio, joe garcia suffered a heart attack after news of his wife's death and passed away on thursday. the couple had been married more than 24 year

i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm amara walker in

. >> i am boris sanchez. >> i am christi paul.e want to give you that shooting in buffalo, new york. ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire. this was at a supermarket in a largely black neighborhood in buffalo. >> i have seen the guy go in. army style. bent over just shooting at people and i saw three people laying down. >> officials say that peyton gendron, a white 18-year-old man was wearing body armor and military-style clothing when he pulled up yesterday at the top's friendly market, and began shooting. he picked that spot specifically for its demographics, according to officials. they say he drove more than 200 mile ace way to carry out the attack in an area that had a significant black population. >> he was very heavily armed. he had tactical gear. he had a tactical helmet on. he had a camera live streaming what he was doing. >> the suspect was immediately arraigned on first-degree murder charges and more charges are expected to follow. federal agencies are now investigating the shooting as a potential hate crime

i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm amara walker in for christi paul. president biden meets with the president of south korea, to strengthen their alliance. back at home, his domestic challenges are mounting. >> one of them includes the baby formula shortage. we have parents this morning that share their story as they struggle to find a supply for their premature baby. >>> and the january 6th committee zeros in on a gop congressman over a tour he gave of the capital complex the day before the insurrection. >>> plus, a scorcher of a weekend. over 35 million people bracing for record hot temperatures. we're going to break down your forecast and tell you what you can expect. >>> we begin with a crucial overseas trip for president biden. the president in seoul, south korea, on a visit aimed at shoring up u.s. alliances and strengthening economic ties. >> mr. biden arrived at the state dinner in seoul just moments ago, giving a toast. this is his first trip to asia as president. he met with south korea's newly elected president yoon suk-yeol earlier today te

>>> good morning, and welcome to your new day, i am alex marquardt in this morning for boris sanchez. >> i'm christi paul, we're talking about president biden touting a red hot jobs report, admitting, however, that inflation is still top of mind for millions of us. we look at the soaring costs of buying a home and whether the market is starting to cool. >> there's also hope for evacuation efforts in mariupol, ukraine, that could resume today to rescue civilians trapped in underground bunkers in that besieged steel plant, azovstal. this comes amid heightened fears that russia could escalate their war against ukraine. >> as the country waits to see what is going to happen in the fight over abortion rights, we're going to look at the moves states are already making in anticipation of the ruling. >>> parents across the country are scrambling to find baby for formula. what's behind the shortage, and what's being done to replenish the supply. ♪ >>> and a good saturday morning to all of you. it is saturday, may 7th. christie, so nice to be back with you. thank you for having me. >> we apprec

boris sanchez in uvalde and evan perez in washington, d.c. good evening. boris, investigators say up to an hour passed between the time the shooter got to the school and when he was neutralized. what is the latest on this timeline? >> reporter: don, investigators are still trying to piece together exactly what happened throughout the 60 minutes on tuesday here at robb elementary school. what we learned a short time ago was that there was a lull in the action. apparently, when the shooter entered the school he immediately started shooting at students and teachers and then right after law enforcement arrived he engaged with them in a standoff. there was gunfire exchanged, but then officials say he stopped and barricaded himself. that allowed them to evacuate students from other parts of the school and slowly encircle him. according to an official, that lull in the action lasted roughly half an hour. soon after that officials were able to encircle the shooter and neutralize him. >> evan perez, do we know if they have surveillance footage from inside and outsid

cnn's boris sanchez is live there in uvalde this afternoon. boris, tell us more about the message the president is expected to deliver to these families tomorrow. >> reporter: jessica, tragically, it is a message that we have heard this president deliver far too often already. remember, we're just a fewdays removed in next following a mass shooting in buffalo. a racist massacre and trying to ensure the american people that something will be done to prevent those kind of tragedies from happening. we expect a similar message tomorrow in uvalde, texas, when he tries to console families here and again try to assure them that something will come from lawmakers in washington. that could perhaps prevent a similar atrocity in the future. meantime here on the ground, there is a sense of shock in this community. people are still processing everything that unfolded here on tuesday. not only the grief of losing 21 people, 19 of them small children, most of them no older than 10. and also this investigation, the response from law enforcement where investiga

i'm boris sanchez, live from uvalde, texas. >> i'm christi paul. here in uvalde, you've seen people just even last hour at 5:00 a.m. where you are come out to that memorial that is behind you. and you're probably standing in a place where you're soon going to see at some point today president biden. >> potentially, yeah. you're right. president biden headed to uvalde, texas, coming to comfort grief-stricken community following the latest mass shooting in the united states. just a few hours from now, president biden set to visit this area and a memorial at robb elementary school where 19 students and 2 teachers were killed. in a commencement address delivered yesterday, the president spoke of the grief that the families here are experiencing. here is some of what he said. >> we're heading to uvalde, texas, to meet with each of those families. and as i speak, those parents are literally preparing to bury their children in the united states of america, to bury their chi children. too much violence. too much fear. too much grief. >> over the last few da

cnn's boris sanchez has their stories. >> three days after the 21 innocent lives were taken, we're learningieving. >> don't forget them, please. i beg you. >> miranda mathis was 11 years old. a friend of her mother's told the washington post that miranda was a fun, spunky, bright little girl. ten year old -- telling ksat he was a, quote, very intelligent, hardworking and help proportion. he'll be missed and never forgotten. -- also ten years old. her mother anna says, he dreamed of becoming a marine biologist and wanted to attend college at texas a&m. and touching facebook tribute, anna calls her daughter, sweet charismatic, loving, caring, loyal, free, ambitious, funny, silly, gold driven and her best friend. other victims names have been confirmed. leyla salazar, 11 years old. alicia romero has, and -- all just ten years old. in a tragic twist, the husband of irma garcia. one of the murder teachers has also died. according to the archdiocese of san antonio, joe garcia suffered a heart attack, after news of his wife's death and passed away on thursday. the couple had been married more than

boris sanchez cnn uvalde, texas. >>> when it comes to mass shooting in the u.s., especially involvinghildren, the u.s. congress is a spectacular failure, marking the 3rdth mass shooting in elementary school in just this year. the road blocks to legislation is often the weapon responsible for the bloodshed. >> are assault rifles necessary for americans to own. >> i own one and never hurt anybody with it. the second amendment is part of our constitution and banning a particular set of guns would be -- you know, if democrats want to impose the assault weapon ban again bring it up let's vote. >> that rings hollow when the democrats thin majority in the senate know they don't have the votes to push through a weapons back or even background checks. >> i spent all of last year trying to find a compromise with republicans, i sat with one republican and another republican and could not get a compromise that could get more than two or three republicans. we don't need 50 republicans, we only need 10 or 12 republicans. >> u.s. president will soon head to texas and visit with the families of the s

i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm amara walker in for christi paul. the first u.s.u.s. right now. but how soon will supplies get to families? >> fierce fight taking place in

i'm boris sanchez live from uvalde, texas. >> i'm christi paul, 5:00 in the morning there for you, andd people who are coming to pay their respects this early in the morning there at that memorial behind you. is t

>>> good morning, thank you so much for joining us on "new day," it's saturday, may 21st, i'm boris sanchez i'm amara walker, thank you for starting your day with us. president biden shoring up u.s. alliances and promoting economic cooperation. he met with south korea's newl

i'm boris sanchez in uvalde, texas. >> and i'm christie paul.lde this morning. >> the memorial behind me, kristi at robb elementary school continues to grow. and barriers perput up as we believe this area is in preparation for a visit by president biden who's now made multiple visits to parts of this country where there have been mass shootings in the span of just days. we begin this hour, though, with anguish and anger from the parents who lost children at the mass shooting at this elementary school. they're now demanding answers. why did it take 77 minutes from the time that a gunman entered the school to the time that tactical officers confronted and ultimately neutralized him? what about the children inside the classroom who were calling 911, pleading for help while just outside their class 19 officers were waiting in the

i'm boris sanchez live in uvalde, texas. >> and i'm christi paul, boris, i look at what's behind you and i cannot imagine the atmosphere there in uvalde, and i feel like, i think a lot of people i talk to feel like the more information we get the more disturbed we are. >> reporter: that's right, christi, the anguish in this community has been exacerbated by the discrepancies that we've gotten from law enforcement, different angles of different stories and ultimately learning that mistakes were made in the law enforcement response here, and this morning we are learning new heart wrenching, minute by minute details of the tragedy that unfolded at robb elementary school with 21 dead, two te teachers and 19 children, most of them no older than 10. investigators admitting that officers made mistakes including that delay. they waited to confront the gunman who opened fire inside a fourth grade classroom. 80 minutes passed between the first 911 call reporting there was a man outside with a gun and the time a tactical unit finally entered that classroom where the gunman was holed up. listen

i'm amara walker in today for boris sanchez. >> the first day of may. at long last, i'm laura jarrett in for christi paul. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. and a high level show of support from the u.s. to ukraine. >> yeah, house speaker nancy pelosi led the first official u.s. delegation to ukraine since the war began. her visit makes -- marks the highest ranking u.s. official to go there since russia invaded. presiden

i'm boris sanchez, joining you this morning live from uvalde, texas. >> and i'm christi paul. d boris, i cannot get over the scene behind you and the conversations you are having with people as we just try to reconcile what's happened in the last ten days. >> it is incredibly heart breaking, christi. yet at this point, utterly predictable. we begin with the nation reeling from two mass shootings in just ten days. the nation coping with dual, senseless tragedies that defy reason and infuriate those pleadings with lawmakers to do anything to prevent them. today vice president kamala harris attending memorial service for one of the victims in the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. ruth whitfield was one of ten people gunned down at a supermarket. authorities say the gunman in that shooting was motivated by racial hatred. and just two weeks after visiting the site of that shooting in buffalo, president biden coming here tomorrow to robb elementary school in uvalde, to yet again console the family's of victims at the scene of the latest heart breaking mass shooting. this morning, w

i'm boris sanchez today. that was president biden honoring the nation's fallen heros at arlington national cemetery on memorial day. the president saying it is a sacred ritual that he's participating in and speaking from personal experience about the loss of his son, beau. remembering his military service, and sending a message to gold star families that the loss of their loved ones will never be forgotten, saying, quote, we live in the light of the flame that they kept burning. the president adding that freedom is worth the sacrifice, talking about democracy in the united states, and its defense across the world. also adding that the war in ukraine is an illustration of, quote, all that's at stake. later today the president and first lady are going to hold a tree planting ceremony at the white house with families of service members informal we'll keep track of all the the president is doing to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and we'll bring it to you as it unfolds. >>> as the nation comes togeth

. >> i am boris sanchez. >> i am christi paul.ple were killed when a gunman opened fire. this was at a supermarket in a largely black neighborhood in buffalo. >>

i'm alec marquardt in for boris sanchez. >> i'm christi paul.after ukraine says russia bombed a school that is being used as a shelter. what we're learning about that this morning. and president zelenskyy's meeting with g7 leaders. >>> there's new details in the search for vicky white and casey white. police are detailing what they found inside of vicky white's abandoned patrol car and the thousands of dollars she withdrew leading up to the

cnn's boris sanchez shares their stories. >> reporter: as the families of those killed at robb elementary school plan their final goodbyes -- >> our hearts are broken. we are devastated. >> reporter: cnn is learning about the victims lost. eliahana elie garcia in fourth grade, 9 years old. her grandparents telling "the l.a. times" she loved the movie "encanto," cheerleading and basketball. she dreamed of one day becoming a teacher. 10-year-old annabell guadalupe rodriguez was also killed. her family telling affiliate khou she shared a classroom with her cousin, jacklyn cazares, who was also murdered. her father says she touched a lot of people's lives and recently had her first communion. >> full of love and life. and to me she is a firecracker, man. comforts me a little bit to think she would be the one to help her friend in need. >> reporter: another 10-year-old, tess marie mata, the fourth grader loved tiktok and ar-15. her older sister faith says she was saving money to take the whole family to disney world. she posted on twitter, quote my precious angel, you are loved so deeply. in m

i am boris sanchez. we appreciate you starting your morning and your week with us.e begin with the tragic shooting in buffalo, new york. >> ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire that supermarket in largely black neighborhood in buffalo. >> i have seen the guy go in army style, bent over. just shooting at people and i heard him shooting at people and then i saw three people laying down. >> officials say that peyton gendrin, a white 18-year-old was wearing body armor and military-style clothing when he pulled up yesterday at the top's friendly market and started shooting. he picked that spot specifically for its demographics. officials say he drove for more than 200 miles to carry out that attack in an area with a significant black population. >> this is a community where people love each other. the shooter was not from this community. in fact, the shooter traveled hours from outside this community to perpetrate this crime on the people of buffalo. a day, when people were enjoying the sunshine, enjoying family, enjoying friends. all manner of happy activiti

. >>> cnn's boris sanchez joins me now from uvalde where the community is grieving the loss of the 19 children and two teachers. it is trauma that will never, ever go away. how are people doing there this morning? >> reporter: jessica, many people i speak to are still in shock. they're having a hard time processing that something to horrific could happen in their idealic small community. nobody ever imagined this would happen. and now people that you talk to are having a hard time figuring out next steps. remember, this happened just two days before the start of summer break. and instead of planning for summer school or camps or vacations, parents are now having to plan for the funerals of third and fourth graders. the community here has come out in force to show support from a distance. right off camera beside me there have been dozens of people streaming in throughout the day to pay respects from a distance. the memorial is in front of the elementary school behind us. and folks here are clearly emotional. as a matter of fact, a few moments ago we watched this scene as two crews of b

i'm boris sanchez. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." and we begin this saturday with new developments in the nationwide frenzy for baby formula and the efforts to ease a severe shortage. this is brand new video into cnn of the first batch of formula the biden administration has secured from europe. u.s. troops packed it up for a flight to the united states using a military plane to transport formula. just one of the latest and extreme and unusual measures by the white house in response to this crisis, which critics say the u.s. government should have seen coming much sooner. the fda is coming under fire for the four-month lag after a whistle-blower complaint of problems at a plant of formula maker abbott. >> those are extraordinary image. the shutdown of that facility exacerbated the shortage, and just this morning while in asia president biden signed a new bill into law to help deal with the lack of supply. last week 45% of formula products nationwide were out of stock, nearly half. the new law allows a waver of some requirements in th

i'm boris sanchez. you are live in the "cnn newsroom."de frenzy for baby formula and the efforts to ease a severe shortage. this is brand new video into cnn of the first batch of formula the biden administration has

i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm amara walker in for christi paul.amilies scrambling to find baby formula amid a shortage. >>> plus, president biden is making a critical trip overseas, meeting with his south korean counterpart amid tensions with north korea and china. we're going to take you live to se seoul next. >>> nearly two years after george floyd's death, we are learning new details about his life. ♪ >> welcome to "new day". it is saturday, may 21st. we're thrilled that you are starting your weekend with us. good morning, amara. >> good morning to you, boris. thank you, everyone, for joining us today. with he begin with the nationwide plight, testing the most basic function of parents. the ability to feed their child. the baby formula shortage is throwing the white house into crisis mode as parents face empty shelves. the situation is so severe, not only has the president invoked a war-time measure to increase production, but now a military plane will be used to carry formula from overseas. the defense department ordered the first flights to l

i'm alec marquardt in for boris sanchez.t's nice to be back with you on this sunday. >> good to have you. >> we begin in ukraine where 60 people are feared dead following a bombing on a school in the eastern luhansk region. local officials are saying 90 people were sheltering in that school when a russian plane bombed the building. there were rescued. we believe 60 were killed. a regional official says they are most likely dead. >> president biden is holding a virtual summit today with other g7 leaders and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. this meeting was deliberately scheduled ahead of russia's annual victory day celebrations which is tomorrow. it marks the nazi surrender in world war ii. president zelenskyy today marking a day of remembrance and celebration. it's marked every day on may 8th to honor the people who lost their lives during world war ii. >> translator: this year we say never again differently. we hear never again differently. it sounds painful, cruel, without an exclamation, but with a question mark,

i'm boris sanchez live from uvalde, texas. >> i'm christi paul, 5:00 in the morning there for you, and i believe i've already seen mourners and people who are coming to pay their respects this early in the morning there at that memorial behind you. is that right? >> that's correct, this is a memorial near the town square in uvalde, where people have gathered around a fountain. and as you can see, they have laid out candles and balloons and messages to those that were lost in last week's tragic shooting and to their families as well. we actually moved away from the elementary school in part because the president is visiting uvalde, today, and preparations are under way right now for his arrival. that's where we begin this morning. the president once again taking on the role of consoler in chief. in a few hours, president biden is set to visit this area and the memorial that has been set up at robb elementary school. the scene of only the latest mass shooting in the united states. president biden is scheduled to attend church here, and meet with family members of those who were killed. t

. >> i'm boris sanchez. thank you for starting your weekend with us.

>> i'm alex marquardt in this morning for boris sanchez. so great to be with you. >> good to have you here, as always. >> thank you. >>> well there is hope for evacuation efforts that could resume this morning for trapped civilians who are in those underground bunkers in the azovstal steel plant in mariupol in ukraine. that comes amid heightened tensions russia could formally soon declare war on ukraine. >> there's a new twist in the man hunt for an escaped alabama convict and the corrections officer who allegedly helped him get away. we're learning more about the relationship between the two. >>> the white house is warning of a new wave of coronavirus infections this fall. what officials say they need to combat a potential surge. >>> and then explosion rips through a havana hotel, killing and injuring dozens of people. what we know about that explosion and word that there may be survivors trapped under the rubble. ♪ >>> well, we hope that saturday may 7th so far has been good to you. i know it's early, but we're grateful you're waking up w

i'm amara walker in today for boris sanchez. >> the first day of may. at long last, i'm laura jarrett in for christi paul. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. and a high level show of support from the u.s. to ukraine. >> yeah, house speaker nancy pelosi led the first official u.s. delegation to ukraine since the war began. her visit makes -- marks the highest ranking u.s. official to go there since russia invaded. president volodymyr zelenskyy says the visit is an important sign of the u.s. commitment to ukraine. in a news conference, speaker pelosi underscored the message behind the visit. >> our discussion centered around the subjects at hand, as you would suspect. security, humanitarian assistance, economic assistance, and eventually rebuilding when victory is won. we're proud to convey to him a message of unity from the congress of the united states, a message of appreciation from the american people for his leadership and admiration to the people of ukraine. >> we're also following new de

. >> good morning, i'm boris sanchez joining you this morning live from uvalde, texas, the site of antrocity. robb elementary school where a gunman opened fire on tuesday killing 21 people. this morning we're learning new heart wrenching details, specific momentus in the time line of this massacre, decisions by law enforcement that officials now acknowledge were mistakes including 80 minutes. that's how much time passed between the gunman entering the school and the time a tactical unit entered the class room where he was holed up. for an hour and 20 minutes, as many as 19 officers were in a hallway outside the classroom as terrified students called 911 pleading for police to come inside, and yet, officers waited to breach the room. officials admit that delayed response was a mistake as cnn's shimon prokupecz pushed for answers. listen to this. >> why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? >> again, you know, the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and no more children at risk. of course it was not the right decision, it w

>>> good morning, and welcome to your new day, i am alex marquardt in this morning for boris sanchez. admitting, however, that inflation is still top of mind for millions of us. we look at the soaring costs of buying a home and whether the market is starting to cool. >> there's also hope for evacuation efforts in mariupol, ukraine, that could resume today to rescue civilians trapped in underground bunkers in that besi

i'm boris sanchez. >> i'm amara walker in for christi paul. the first u.s. military plane carrying baby formula from europe is in the air, headed to the u.s. right now. but how soon will supplies get to families? >> fierce fight taking place in georgia as there is a full court press to win over voters ahead of tuesday's primary. we have the latest on the race there. >> and cooler temperatures moving in after a wave of record highs. what to expect as we close out the weekend. >>> we're thrilled that you're starting your week with us. it is sunday, may 22nd, amara, great to be with you. >> it has been great to be with you this weekend. we begin with operation fly formula. the response to a nationwide shortage of infant formula right here in the u.s. >> the first military flight carrying an emergency baby formula shipment from overseas is headed to the united states right now. the master sergeant overseeing the shipment told his staff, we're literally saving babies. meantime, the ceo of a formula manufacturer is apologizing to, quote, every family we have let d

. >> i'm boris sanchez. thank you so much for starting your weekend with us.hristi, always great to be with you. >>> we begin with the effort to ease the nationwide baby formula shortage that's left parents scrambling to feed their kids. the white house and private companies say they are now working to get more of that formula into the hands of parents. >> yeah. throughout the pandemic you know stores struggled to keep shelves stocked with a lot of popular brands, but this recall in february and then continued supply issues had really pushed parents to the breaking point. manufacturers say it may be weeks, potentially even months before supply is at full capacity again. >> let's take you now to delaware, where president biden is spending the weekend. and we find cnn's white house reporter jasmine wright there. jasmine, the biden administration has gotten criticism of its handling of the shortage. how is the president addressing this issue? >> reporter: well, boris, the white house has taken a number of steps in days, but still it comes as questions continue to

. >> and i'm in more boris sanchez. are you in the "cnn newsroom." we are beginning with the race to rescue civilians from the battered steel plant in southeastern ukraine in the city of mariupol. we have learned that within the last half hour there have been evacuations resuming today. around 150 people were rescued from the city of mariupol. it's unclear how many of those 150 were actually from the steel plant itself where people have been sheltering for months. we're going to be having more details in a live report coming up from ukraine in just a moment. >>> that steel plant is the last stand for ukrainian troops in mariupol. president volodymyr zelenskyy says he's working on diplomatic efforts to save military forces that are still inside that complex. in the meantime, ukrainian forces say russia fired four cruise missiles at the key port city of odesa today. no reports of casualties thus far. >>> and president zelenskyy also accuses russia of using blockades as a form of torture, he says, with starvation. he says that organizations are not allo

. >> reporter: our thanks to boris is sanchez and our hearts go out to all of those affected by this back 2:00 p.m. eastern, erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, a haunting admission. texas law enforcement officials acknowledge it was the, quote, wrong decision to wait more than an hour to take out the gunman. a parent of one of the young victims joins me with his response. >>> plus, protests outside the nra convention taking place in texas tonight, former president trump and ted cruz among those rallying the crowd for broader guns rights, former nra member says that's exactly why he quit. and report on ukraine on a ruia

. >> reporter: our thanks to boris is sanchez and our hearts go out to all of those affected by this shooting. as said, don't forget them, please. i'll be back 2:00 p.m. eastern, erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, a haunting admission. texas law enforcement officials acknowledge it was the, quote, wrong decision to wait more than an hour to take out the gunman. a parent of one of the young victims joins me with his response. >>> plus, protests outside the nra convention taking place in texas tonight, former president trump and ted cruz among those rallying the crowd for broader guns rights, former nra member says that's exactly why he quit. and report on ukraine on a russian commander wanted for crimes against humanity. cnn is at the scene of one of his alleged warcrimes. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erica hill in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, it was the wrong decision. that admission from the texas department of public safety who said today, the officers on the scene made major mistakes in their response to the mass shooting at rob e