that's what cnn is learning from the preliminary report by the texas house committee looking into the massacre at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. 19 children and two teachers were killed that day. this nearly two months after the horrific mass shooting took place. investigators are also showing the family members the heartbreaking hallway surveillance video of the school shooting, which this surveillance video was leaked to a texas newspaper and published earlier in the week last week. cnn's shimon propose pez and rosa flores joining us now from uvalde, texas. shimon, you have obtained a copy of this report. tell us what you can so far. >> reporter: well, right off the top it's very clear that this committee found -- and i think this is significant -- that the blame as to what happened here in terms of the lack of law enforcement response, disorganized response, at one point quoting it as chaotic, the blame rests on almost every law enforcement agency that responded to the scene. you know, we've heard a lot from state officials essentially blaming everything on one person

now, what the texas house is going to do now with this report, the texas house investigative committee, they're going to hand it over to two other committees within the texas house that will then look through it, figure out if there are recommendations to be made to school districts across the state of texas, and also perhaps draft legislation. now, the building you see behind me is the sieving center in uvalde, and we're expecting a press conference at 4:00 local here where the press will also be able to answer questions. fred. >> wow, okay. i imagine their questions, you know, will be very pointed, and a lot of them are still incredibly frustrated that there aren't more answers. have people been sharing with you some of the questions that they still have? >> reporter: you know, some of the family members i have talked to really have lost hope to finding the truth. a lot of them are very frustrated because as you know, the narrative here has changed multiple times. there's been a lot of finger pointing between local officials and state officials, and the people caught in the middle ar

according to the texas house of representatives report. leading off our discussion tonight are tony plohetski, investigative reporter for the austin american-statesman, and edgar sandoval, reporter for the new york times, who has been covering this shooting. all right, tony, this has been a weekend where we have learned more in a short period of time than any other passage of time like this. what did we see tonight -- i've only been able to see some of what happened during that meeting tonight with the school board. and why does the school board remain protective of pete arredondo? >> well, that is certainly a question that remains unanswered by the school board, and by the superintendent. but lawrence, if you take into account what family members and community members were saying tonight, so vocally, and so strongly at the meeting, it's not going to work. if the school board listens to them at all, the community really turning out the call for answers, and to demand accountability. and so, over the past 24 hours, that this report has been

we are still following the breaking news out of uvalde texas. 100 or so page report released by the housevestigative committee there, looking into what took place, the failures of the response to the mass shooting. at robb elementary school. we will continue to follow this, but we also want to talk about the rip publicans pushing back on president trump's unfounded 2020 election claims of fraud, saying instead the election was lost but not stolen. eight prominent conservatives, including lawyers and former judges examined 64 court cases in which trump and his allies challenge the election and determined that team trump failed to produce substantive evidence to back their claims to 72-page report saying this, there is absolutely no evidence of fraud in the 2020 presidential election on the magnitude necessary to shift the result in any state, let alone the nation as a whole. joining us now is former missouri gop senator, john davenport. thanks so much for joining us, senator. talk to me first about why you felt it was important to sign on to this effort. >> this is called the big lie, the

this report is an investigative report by the texas house investigative committee.emic failures inside robb elementary school. we have all seen the video that was released last week. we are now learning that nearly 400 officers, both state and federal officers, were on hand at robb elementary school as 21 people lost their lives. 19 of them fourth graders in room 1:11 and 1:12. if you think about the timing of all of this, for when the shooter entered the school at 11:30 am to when he was neutralized at 12:15. an hour and 20 minutes past, as 400 officers stood by and did nothing. we want to bring in senator alexander who is standing by for us as we get more details from this report being released from texas, as the family is sifting through this unspeakable tragedy. cedric, it is every detail that comes out of what happened at robb elementary is astounding. it's a total breakdown it seems, up what should have been done. an hour and 20 minutes past, we are now learning 400 officers at the school. before we go and talk about that, i want to go first to uvalde, live, a

tonight we are following breaking news that texas house investigative committee a few hours ago releasing its preliminary report on the horrific shooting that claimed the lives of two teachers and 19 children at robb elementary school in uvalde texas. two months ago. the committees leaders are slated to beginning -- after meeting with victims families today to share the report's findings. of course, we will take you live to the press conference once it begins. but the report itself of which nbc has obtained a copy has already condemned systemic failures and egregious poor decision making on the part of nearly 400 local state and federal law enforcement officers on the scene. at robb elementary on may 4th. let's go to nbc news correspondent, priscilla thompson. priscilla, you've been in uvalde speaking with parents and anticipating where we may hear from this report that they just released. what are some of the big takeaway so far? one of the things that you already mentioned, the sheer amount of the police presence that was here on that day. we're talking about hundreds of officers from n

your reaction to this texas house report. >> sadly, fredricka, more of the same, right?his report we don't get any more finger pointing. we get an acknowledgement that everybody screwed up here, that every law enforcement agency acted inappropriately and didn't follow their protocols. what we've seen from the department of public safety since day one has just been pointing at cops, pointing at teachers, pointing at the police and never looking in the mirror and looking at themselves. and i think the state of texas has its own responsibility to bear including the policymakers even as high as the governor's office. >> does this make you more enraged, more upset, and i wonder if that question posed to the family members, too, what are you hearing from them? >> the family members are very upset. this has been something we're not here eight weeks now and beyond. we could have known all of this through briefings in about a week's time and yet through obfuscation, innuendo, finger pointing, because people don't want to acknowledge that we had systemic failure, that we had human

let's say you're a republican representative in the texas house and you get a well-funded challenger, these west texas billionaires and therefore you have a tough race. you'll adopt some positions that you might not otherwise have adopted. >> they force republicans to the right, whether they win or lose. >> that's right! when bob hall runs against you in 2014, did you know much about him? >> well, we did our research, but basically money from outside the district, all this west texas money made him into a viable kcandidate. >> bob bob dool turned his back on life and onto disabled patients. proudly paid for by texas right to life. >> texas right to life spent over $150,000 on mailers on bob hall who beat you back in 2014. >> pro-life issue is very important to r.n.s epublicans, all of a sudden one of the older established pro-life groups is saying i'm not pro-life, which is ridiculous. >> i just want to be clear of how conservative of a senator you were. you co-authored an abortion bill in 2013 that was considered among the strictest in the country. the bill became law. i think it clo

i have found it and currently share the texas house caucus on climate, invite men's and, industry, and we are determined to make it so you could say the word climate change in the texas legislature. [applause] i am also one of currently seven out members in the texas legislature, and one of the founding members [applause] one of the founding members of the texas house lgbtq caucus, and i'm excited to tell you all we had two out members in 2017, five out members in 2019, six in 2021, and we are looking at having eighth in 2023. [applause] >> okay, great. this first questions for all our panelists. one thing that we run into a lot is a lot of passion in people, which is important for running for office. we ask them, encourage them, so these issues that they're passionate about, this office that you see, are they congruent, what difference can you make in the office that you seek based on the issues that you champion. so, based on problems in your community that you've observed, solutions you thought that would help. how did that play in your decision to run for office? >> sure, i can go

there are only a handful of millionaires who really control a large number of the members of the texas house>> who are the people that you think have the biggest sway and control of the republican party in texas? >> tim dunn in midland. >> i'm going to talk a little about my background. i grew up in big spring. i worked in the refinery in the summer, going to skill. >> for 20 years, tim dunn in midland has been the leader of this oil team. >> conquest has now drilled about 800 wells. i've ended up making more money than i ever thought possible. >> then you have the wilks brothers in cisco. >> this is where i lived for the first six years of my life. >> you've come a long way? >> yeah, we have. >> they used to be in the fracking business. they've made billions. >> we didn't expect a lot of the good things that did happen. >> i can hear the critics already saying you can't expect me to believe that there is a handful of billionaires that can have this kind of influence on an entire state of nearly 30 million people. >> i don't think anybody can identify any other reason that that money is what

i did not decide to run for the texas house because of any particular policy area. my colleagues know that i have trouble not filling my plate with too many policies. it was also because my direct motivation was, i have been involved with indivisible and helping doing a town hall and texas legislature, i decided i did not like my current representative and got really angry at him. it was a backer step into it. i do not think i was going to run for the seat. i initially looked for who is going to go running and i help them. i discovered that i was sitting in a district and no democrat had one since the incumbent of 2012. because i went into that direction, and then i had to back up and do some of that work , why do i want to serve at this level? why would i do good at this level? i ended up having a fortune opportunity. our government called a special session that summer. i spent that 30 days bushel session at the capital with that because talking about the different bills wrapping my head around what is going on and able to come away with a understanding, not just t

that there are families missing their loved ones, every day. >> reporter: the texas house investigative committee is standing by their report that it is based on testimony from multiple individuals, from multiple agencies. as for the school district, a spokesperson did respond to a request for comment. they said, they are too swamped to answer questions. don? >> rosa, thank you very much. >>> up next, w kamal bell, taking on a different issue in this week's episode of united shades of america. i love saying it that way. he is talking about climate crisis. there he is. we will talk after the break . do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief. >>> this week, on a all you episode of united shades of america, w. kamau bell visits northern california to figure out why these catastrophic fires are happening . what, if anything, we can do to prevent them. here's a preview. >> they f

>> i disagree. >> according to the texas house investigative report, a coach that was someone school jumped this fence to use her radio to reported. report. the principal heard the call and try to initiate a lockdown using a software application. but the wi-fi was bad and she did not use the school intercom. >> it could potentially magnify the situation. >> that's the door the gunman used to enter the school, according to the report. the door was unlocked. had the door been locked, as the policy required, it would've likely slowed down the gunman. instead, surveillance video shows the gunman walked into the building through an unlocked door. why was that door unlocked that day? >> i am not sure. why that door was unlocked. >> so that is normal locked during the day? >> always locked. always, yes. >> and then walked into a classroom. the report also states the principal, teachers, and even many fourth grade students widely knew of the problem with the lock to room 111. but no one placed a work order to repair the law, not the principal, not anyone else. gutierrez said account. >> but

babin of texas, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady oklahoma seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gonzales of texas and mr. hern of oklahoma, i inform the house that they will vote aye on the motion to recommit. >> as the member designated by mr. wilson, i inform the house that mr. wilson will be voting yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. stewart, ms. letlow, mrs. mcmorris rodgers, owens, conaway, herrera beutler, curtis, i inform the house that they will all vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: mr. speaker, as the member designated by representatives lloyd doggett and ilhan omar, i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from califor

there are other committees in the texas house and texas senate that will look at this report, look at and debate the policy that needs to be changed to try to make texas children safer going forward in the future. i'm a policymaker. my colleagues up here are policymakers or have strong opinions about changes to policy that need to be done. today is not the day that we're going to share what our strong feelings and convictions are about that. that was not the task of finding the facts. after some period of time we will put our policymaker hats back on and share those opinions with the committee and others about what we think needs to change and what's done, but right now we're going to let the report speak for itself and focus on the facts found in there. the committee met with more than 35 witnesses. those were done in executive session. that is the precedent of the house in the past and will likely be the precedent of the house going forward. being in executive session meaning the people and witnesses who attended did not have the cameras on them and did not testify for the public at

those families that are missing their loved ones, every single day. >> the texas house investigativeeport, the chairman issuing a statement to cnn, saying, that that is based on testimony from multiple individuals, from multiple agencies. as for the school district, a spokes person did respond to our request for comment. but said that they are [inaudible] to answer questions. don? >> rosa, thank you very much. up next, w kamala bell taking on a different kind of issue in this week's episode of united shades of america. i love seeing it that way. -- climate crisis, there he is. we will talk right after the break. alexa, ask buick to start my enclave. starting your buick enclave. i just love our new alexexa. dad, it's a buick. i i love that new alexa smell. it's a buick. we need snacks for the team. alexa, take us to the nearest grocery store. getting directions. alexa will get us there in no time. it's a buick. let's be real. don't make me turn this alexa around. oh my. it's painful. the buick enclave, with available alexa built in. ask “alexa, tell me more about buick suvs.” hold on.

. >> reporter: the texas house investigative committee report revealed that robb elementary had a cultureiance with safety policies, requiring doors to be kept locked, which turned out to be fatal. gutierrez responding to that criticism. >> was there a culture of noncompliance at robb elementary? >> absolutely not. anytime that an alert went out, every single teacher on that campus took it to mean it could be a potential escalating situation and so every -- everybody follows protocol. >> so you disagree with the findings of the texas house investigative report? >> i disagree. >> reporter: according to the texas house investigative report, a coach that was somewhere on school property saw the gunman jump this fence, she used her radio to report it. the principal heard the call and tried to initiate a lockdown using a software application but the wifi was bad and she did not use the school intercom. >> it could potentially magnify a situation. >> reporter: that's the door that the gunman used to enter the school according to the report, the door was unlocked. had the door been locked as the

ethnics hayes, let's start with, you this texas house committees preliminary report really shows that, almost 400 law enforcement officers descended on the schools, which the texas tribune pointed out is a force larger than the garrison that defended the alamo. the group was devoid of clear leadership, basic communications, and sufficient urgency to take down the gunman. your reaction to this development today? >> yes, i looked through some of the main bullet points from this reporting. scathing is definitely the right term for it. i will caveat very quickly, to remind people that this was a republican-led committee investigation, in the texas house. some of the ideas within the report reflect that, and there's a large, focus for, example on the fact that the school, the doors were sometimes propped open, and a lot of focus on hardening in protecting the schools, as a way to prevent school shootings like this. we i will note that a lot of filler had to happen on multiple levels, including the police chief of the school district, his police work. it's a wild thing to actually say, but

and so everybody follows protocol. >> reporter: so you disagree with the findings of the texas house igative report? >> i disagree. >> reporter: according to the house investigative report, a coach that was somewhere on school property saw the gunman jump this fence, she used her radio to report it. the principal heard the call and tried to initiate a lockdown using a software application but the wi-fi was bad and she did not use the school intercom. >> it could magnify a situation. >> reporter: that is the door the gunman used to enter the school. according to the report the door was unlocked. had the door been locked as the policy required, would have likely slowed down the gunman. instead surveillance video showed the gunman walked into the building through an unlocked door. >> why was that door unlocked that day? >> i'm not sure why that door was unlocked. >> so that door was normally locked during the day? >> always locked. >> always. >> yes. >> reporter: then walked in to a classroom. the report also states that the principal, teachers and even many fourth grade students widely

>> you know, according to the texas house investigative report, there was a culture of noncompliance.ut that. and she said absolutely not. and then i asked her, you realize that some of the families of the victims do lay some blame on you, and they are actually asking for your removal. and here's what she said. >> i believe that everybody is at a different level in their grieving process. i believe they're entitled to their opinion. i feel that i followed the training that i was provided with to the best of my abilities. and i will second guess myself for the rest of my life. but again, there are things that could change that are not in my circle of control. >> do you feel you share some responsibility? >> i believe that there is always room for improvement. i believe that i did my job to the best of my abilities. i believe that as the campus principal, if i did the job to the best of my abilities, then i would hope that nobody says that i am fully responsible for what occurred that day. >> and wolf, she says that she hopes to keep her job, so i asked her if she feels the parents of t

the texas house investigative committee who is pushing for the release of this video issued statements they're asking for a waiver to their nda, asking the texas dps to release the video, and texas dps says the person who is objecting here is the d.a. >> let us remember the very first thing the police and politicians of uvalde did was praise their response and how great their behavior was. that's the story they wanted out there. rosa flores, thanks so much. appreciate it. >> today, president biden celebrating the passage of the safer communities act. this legislation was the very first bipartisan gun safety law to pass in decades in the united states. it provides funding for states to implement red flag laws and closes the so-called boyfriend loophole, which bars people convicted of domestic violence from purchasing a gun. joining us now to discuss is kansas city, missouri, mayor quinton lucas. he was at president biden's celebration today. he's also the chairman of the u.s. conference of mayors, criminal and social justice committee. thanks so much for being here, mr. mayor. good to h

tonight we are following breaking news that texas house investigative committee a few hours ago releasingthe horrific shooting that claimed the lives of two teachers and 19 children at robb elementary school in uvalde texas. two months ago. the committees leaders are slated to beginning -- after meeting with victims families today to share the report's findings. of course, we will take you live to the press conference once it begins. but the report it

. >> reporter: the texas house investigative committee report revealed that robb elementary had a cultureance with safety policies, requiring doors to be kept locked, which turned out to be fatal. gutierrez responding to that criticism. was there a culture of non-compliance at robb elementary? >> absolutely not. any time that an alert went out, every single teacher on that campus took it to mean it could be a potential escalating situation. and so every -- everybody follows protocol. >> reporter: so, you disagree with the findings of the texas house report. >> i disagree. >> reporter: according to the report, a coach that was somewhere on property saw the gunman jump this fence. she used her radio to report it. the principal tried to initiate a lockdown using a software application, but the wifi was bad, and she did not use the school intercom. >> it could potentially magnify the situation. >> reporter: that's the door the gunman used to enter the school. according to the report, the door was unlocked. had the door been locked, as the policy required, it would have slowed down the gunman.

and nothing i've heard since then in the state texas state house report has talked to me out of what it's time to start thinking about criminal charges. what might they be? i cite in the common to texas statutes that could apply, that both apply to children. one is abandonment and endangerment of a child under the age of 15. it includes reckless omission, meaning it's not just what you do, but it's what you choose not to do. second one is actual injury to the child, when you leave them and in an imminent place of danger, serious, bodily harm, death, or mental impairment. either one of those might apply here, and i think somber count ability and the consequences. i think a grand jury should be convened, and the talent already. we should consider whether the da, locally, is even qualify to do it, by that, i mean she works every day with those police officers. and a very small time, in a very small county. she may need to recuse herself, but it's time for accountability, and it starts with that school district police chief. >> brian chasnoff, frank figliuzzi, thank you for joining us ton

the report from an investigative committee of the texas house of representatives says, a lack of leadership may have contributed to the death of 19 children and 2 teachers at the, in the city of a valve. family members of accused authorities are trying to cover up police failures, mac, a diesel, and agree to sleep or this is how lawmakers in texas described the police response to the you body school shooting that claimed 21 lives security video footage short, heavily armed officers standing by for 77 minutes. ah, even i sought out the investigative report, released sunday, set close to $400.00 officials present field to prioritize rescue efforts over their own safety. moody, president, justices that day. several officers in the hallway are in that building, new, or should have known there was dying in that classroom. and they should have done more active with urgency. tried the door handles, try to go into the windows, trying to distract him. the report on so focused on poor security measures at the school, but the grieving families of the victims, reacting to the security video as an empha

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you for that. >>> joining me now for more on this, on this report is eva guzman, a member of the texas house of representatives investigative committee, which authored and released this uvalde report. she's also a former justice on the texas supreme court. justice guzman, thank you very much for being here. what is your biggest takeaway from everything that you heard, you learned, and you put in this report? >> good morning. our thoughts and prayers continue with the families in uvalde. the report that we put together outlines multiple systemic failures. and it outlines all of the ways that systems failed these citizens that are now in their graves. the focus has been on the communication and the law enforcement response. we have taken a look at those responses at the communication penned in this report. >> is there one thing that sticks out to you most, that is most striking in the 77 pages when you put it in, it was critically important to you? >> it's that. it's the multiple failures. it's law enforcement's response. it's the children that were in those classrooms. it's also them mental h

.>>> a preliminary report by the texas house investigative committee on the school shooting could be released within the next 10 days. a source close to the committee tell cnn. the chairman is pushing for a 77 minute hallway video of law enforcement response to be released with the report. more answers about the police response is what families of the school shooting victims and survivors continue to demand. on sunday many people rallied to remember the lives lost and support those still dealing with the traumatic aftermath. they marched from rob elementary to the city's downtown plaza. since the shooting on may 24, police and people said they have yet to receive clear answers about law enforcement response. one of the big controversies surrounds how long law enforcement officer stood before confronting the gunman. the request to include the video was denied by the department of public safety. dps sent a letter back to the chairman siding the county district attorney that her objection to the videos release. that letter reads in part. they believe this video is likely to bring clarit

the investigation conducted by a texas house committee highlights a series of systemic failures and egregious poor decision making by 376 officers, the gunman's family and robb elementary traitors. it was given to victim's families sunday morning. the report extends information from police. hundreds of law enforcement agents and many were better trained and better equipped quickly arrived on the scene. a longer version was released last week and it shows the gunman entering last week and different from the edited version. you can see him firing over 100 loupds in two minutes. local officers were reporting more. they were gathering for more than an hour, pacing, asking for equipment and ultimately killing the gunman. the void of leadership by the chief, who failed to take on his role as incident commander, and others who didn't step up could have contributed to the loss of life. the report adds those officers, quote, failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety. that finding is different from the officials' early accounts of the media and has caused anger and

after surveillance video and texas house report showed that he and hundreds of law enforcement officers responded to the scene with some waiting for 77 minutes to stop the shooter. arredondo told the texas tribune that he didn't instruct officers not to breach the classrooms. garcia was among the 19 students and two teachers massacred. >> spiderman was his favorite super hero. >> reporter: and his uncle bret cross who was raising him like a son carries his ashes on a bracelet. >> it is a part of him, but it is not his laugh, it is not his smile, it is not his energy. >> reporter: this photo of uzi was taken in room 111, the same classroom where he and his classmates were slaughtered. >> you miss the love, the interactions, the hugs. everything. >> how do you do it every day? >> i have to. i have kids. his brothers and sisters are devastated, are terrified too go to school, to go out and do things. >> those are our kids, those are our teachers and they are no longer here. >> reporter: with the new school year fast approaching, they gave the school board a deadline to fire arredondo. >> i

. >> the chairman of the texas house committee reviewing it also wants the video released. the delay is frustrating the people of uvalde. here's lilliana luciano. >> reporter: grief has grown to action in uvalde. more than a month after the massacre of 19 students and two teachers, hundreds marched nearly a mile from robb elementary to the town square. >> a month ago it was our children. the school's got to start doing for everyone. everyone's children is still in danger. >> reporter: in what they called the unheard voices march and rally, parents and others made sure their voices are heard. >> i challenge all of you cowards that were in that class, in that hallway to step down. >> reporter: at the state capitol the fight is inif othe as eillanceideo from inside g toern newspaper shows the gunman shooting into the classroom as he walks in. a hail of gunfire continues, and in between, screams. within the first half hour, dozens of officers were armed with at least 13 rifles and one shield. three more shields came later, but no one entered the classroom for over an hour. >> o

texas where hundreds of people took to the streets on sunday to demand answers about the elementary school massacre that killed 19 young students and two teachers. the president spoke about the massacre at the white houset also new this morning, texas state top law- enforcement official is testifying once again before the texas house committee investigating the police response to the attack. our correspondent is live in uvalde what are you hearing about the testimony we>> reporter: i believe we are having some difficulties and i hope you can hear me. i am in austin at the state capital just outside of the hearing room where top brass from texas dps including colonel macgraw are testifying today here in the texas legislature. this is a texas legislative committee that is expected to release a report on the uvalde shooting within 10 days. this is the second time that colonel macgraw testifies. he just walked out of the room within the last half-hour and i will will try to catch up with him and asked him why he is testifying a second time. he did not answer and we know there are at least two other witnesses that are scheduled to testify today including the uvalde county sheriff and the assistant director

. >> plus, we are waiting for new information as a texas house investigative committee is expected to release a preliminary report today on the school massacre in uvalde that killed 21 people. first, reporting for us this hour, with nbc's julia jester joining us from capitol hill, and laura barrett is standing by at the white house. ladies, welcome to you both. julia, let's go to you first. let's get a reaction today from another key member of the january six committee, for those missing secret service texts, what's the latest on the? >> the january 6th committee, and it told them about its cooperation, and interactions with the secret service. now, one of those members, representative so lofgren had a pretty strong reaction to what they found out about the secret services cooperation, or lack thereof, she says, with the investigation. take a listen to what she said. >> you can imagine how shocked we, were to get the letter from the inspector general, saying that he had been trying to get this information and that they had in fact been deleted, it was made by the spokesperson from the

and jake, this is -- this video is coming just days before the texas house investigative committee wasthe families of the victims to share with them the full 77 minutes of the hallway video. and also a fact finding report, and also answer their questions about the investigation. so that's what the families were preparing themselves for, to have that conversation in private, to be able to express their frustrations, to ask questions. and here we are again, sharing this story of another yet piecemeal account of what happened that day. >> and rosa, as you and i have discussed for the last seven weeks, we need to remind our viewers that the very first thing the police and the politicians did after this horrifying massacre was praise themselves and how brave they were and how courageous the response was. that was the first thing, and it's only because the families and journalists were asking questions that we now have an accurate picture of what happened. does the committee plan to release this video, the full 77 minutes, earlier now that the austin american statesman has published this edi

. >> reporter: now all this as we are learning more about the texas house investigative reporters it pected to be released on the family on sunday. the texas dps director, stephen mccraw was asked to testify a second time before the committee , because the committee was looking for clarification in its prior statements. according to a source within texas dps, they were told that mccraw, excuse me, that the texas house committee had more questions for mccraw related to other testimony, other people who had been interviewed and it's important to note that according to the source post of the committee, this investigative report that will be released on sunday will show that the failure, that the magnitude of the failure here in uvalde is not boiled down to one person. but, it is a much bigger magnitude. >> rosa flores, thank you for your continued reporting. and joining us now is bill stanton, is a former new york city police officer. bill, when you when you watch this video and when you see what officers were doing and you think about the children, the teachers that will killed during t

morgan norwood says the report by a special texas house committee into several agencies for failing to take action. qwest surveillance video showing the minute by minute spots inside of rob elementary and vivaldi, texas. more should have been done. >> if there was only one thing i can tell you, there were multiple systemic failures. >> the police unleashing another round of heartbreak. >> broken all over again like it just happened. >> new surveillance video released with a 77 page report, the detailed -- they detailed a marriott of failures. adding that the entirety of law enforcement and is training preparation and response chairs systemic response to buddy missed opportunities on that tragic day. >> several officers in the hallway or that building knew or should have known there was dying in their classroom. they should have done more and acted with urgency, tried the door handles or to go into the windows and tried to distract him. >> they failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety and larger state and federal agencies that arrive late or should

why did it take them that long go in. >> the texas house investigative committee released its 77 pageeport on sunday which shows 376 cops responded to the scene. the bloik were state police or federal agents. it contradicts texas dps spreading blame across all agencies present, not just the school police force and its chief pete arredondo. >> the officers that knew or should have known that this was an active shooter situation by their training, experience, should have done more. >> this new report is the most comprehensive to date on the attack. yet, much of the community still feels left in the dark. >> we need answers. that's what we need. we need answers. >> the committee also cited lax security here at the school, like unlocked doors and a short fence around the perimeter; however, today governor greg abbott responded to the findings calling them, quote, deeply disturbing and he vows to work with law enforcement to make that i think and address the issues. bret? >> >> bret: casey stegall live in uvalde. thank you. the penalty trial is underway for confessed school shooter nikolas

the report is by a texas house investigative committee, that outlines quote systemic failures by state and federal law enforcement as well as local police there that are shocking and heart breaking and exposing the fumbling and lack of action by police on that day. the community met with the victims -- the committee met with the victims' families earlier to discuss the findings before releasing the report. we will bring it to you when it begins. i'm eric shawn. >> arthel: i'm arthel neville. today's report comes days after the release of surveillance video from inside rob elementary school on the day of the shooting. we want to warn you that you may find this video disturbing. the video was obtained by the austin american statesman and [inaudible] tv and was edited into a shorter clip with some of the audio removed. it shows several officers standing in one of the school's hallways with while the shooter was still inside the building. it took 73 minutes to finally confront the shooter. today's report finds that nearly 400 officers were at the school. most of them state and federal law

this comes as the uvalde county sheriff gets ready to testify before a texas house committee invest getting the shooting at robb elementary. >>> this just in, sources say, the texas houston the skin of committee's pulmonary report into the massacre could be released within the next 10 days. let's bring in nadia romero, joining us. nadia, the source also says, the chairman of the committee is pushing for the report to include that local 77 minutes of hallway surveillance video. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: pamela, the shooting happened on may 24th. we're still looking for answers. the families will be gathering in about 20 minutes at robb elementary. 20 people were killed. you had two teachers and 19 elementary school kids that were killed that day, shot to death. their families and survivors are still asking for answers. you're taking a look at people gathering right now. they're still asking for answers as to what happened. we heard from the chairman of this texas house investigative middie looking into this shooting, and one of the things the chairman really wants is to include

from now the families of the shooting victims are going to get that preliminary finding of the texas house committee investigation. >> 19 children and two teachers were killed in the massacre. the committee is also set to present the families with surveillance video of the school shooting which was leaked to a texas newspaper and published this week. let's take you now to uvalde, texas, and cnn's rosa flores. do we have any indication right now of what is going to be in the report? >> reporter: you know, boris, according to a source close to the committee, this source tells me this report is expected to be fact-finding in nature, is expected to have a chronological time line of events, a law enforcement manifest. it's supposed to quote directly from sworn testimony. it's supposed to clarify some of the previous accounts. but the bigger picture overall, according to this source, this report is expected to show that the law enforcement failure on that ill-fated day was much bigger than one person. it was much bigger than the school police chief. it's going to show, according to the source, t