June 3, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

ROAD TO RECOVERY

Exactly 100 days ago, Russian soldiers launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, aiming to overthrow a democratically elected government. Ukraine won the battle for Kyiv and has achieved some military success. But the war has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and troops as well Russian soldiers. Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova joins Nick Schifrin to discuss.

Tragically, school shootings have become all too common in America. While the attack at a Uvalde elementary school is the deadliest in nearly a decade, it's also the 27th school shooting this year alone. Our national network of young reporters who are part of our Student Reporting Labs asked their fellow students ​​what adults should know about growing up in this era of gun violence in schools.

Gun violence and the lasting impacts of mass shootings in the U.S. have consumed much of the nation in recent weeks, after the massacres in New York, Texas, Oklahoma, and elsewhere. The New York Times' Elizabeth Williamson, author of “Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth," joins Amna Nawaz to discuss how these attacks affect communities for years afterward.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's plea for "common sense" gun reform amid a spate of mass shootings and the potential for legislation on Capitol Hill to address the issue.