and two more funerals in uvalde today. 10-year-old jose manuel flores jr. laid to rest. he wanted to be a police officer. and later, at that same church, a funeral for that hero teacher, irma garcia and her husband joe, who died of a heart attack just two days after his wife of 25 years was killed. they left behind four children. abc's marcus moore in uvalde tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the uvalde school police chief pete arredondo, who allegedly made the call for officers to wait outside those classrooms for more than an hour, tonight saying he is, in fact, talking with state investigators. this after the texas department of public safety said that though local police are cooperating with their probe, arredondo has not responded to requests for a followup interview for days. arredondo tracked down today by cnn. >> we've been in contact with dps every day, just so you all know. >> they say you're not cooperating. >> i've been on the phone with them every day. >> reporter: state investigators say arredondo told officers to wait in that school hallway for more than an ho

including 10-year-old jose manuel flores jr. whose funeral was held today.lde said good-bye today to fourth grade teacher irma garcia and husband joe, who died of a heart attack two days after her. the couple survived by their four children. services for eva mireles, the other teacher who died in the shooting, next friday. >> she's in heaven, so we know these happy and she's watching over her family and loved ones. >> our thanks to marcus. >>> next, the young actor making history in the hit broadway musical "dear evan hansen." my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. my a1c wasn't at goal, now i'm down with rybelsus®. mom's a1c is down with rybelsus®. (♪ ♪) in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you get a lump

and this afternoon, there will be the funeral for 10-year-old jose manuel flores jr. his father tells cnn he loved baseball, video games and always full of energy is how his dad puts it. there will also be a visitation and rosary services today for 10-year-old naveah bravo and all of them, you can see their faces. beginning those processes of grieving for their parents and family and friends. >>> a texas man by the named of trey ganum is donating caskets. he tells cnn he met with the family members to curate designs for each casket. the pictures of the process. the designs inspired by each of the victim's passions from softball to tiktok, and even to spider-man. let's get back to the investigation though at hand and continued scrutiny as we've been hearing this hour of the timeline of what happened that day. joining me now is cnn national security analyst, julia kayyem and cheryl dorsey, with the los angeles police department. julia, you saw this new video exclusive to cnn as we were talking to shimon. the police chief said he is cooperating, in touch with regard to t

today, uvalde is saying its final good-byes 2 too more victims, irma garcia, and jose manuel flores, jr. and in the state capital, texas governor greg abbott requested a special legislative session which his office says should focus on school safety, mental health, social media, police training, firearm safety, and more. cnn's shimon prokupecz starts off our coverage from uvalde. what else did chief arredondo tell you when you caught up with him earlier today? >> well, jake, as you know, we have been trying to make kakz with him for days. certainly after friday, when the state investigators revealed that he was the boss. he was the man that was running the show on the day of the shooting and made that wrong decision not to send those officers in. we simply just wanted him to respond to those allegations, take a listen to what he said. >> i just want your reaction -- >> we're going to be -- >> they're saying you were responsible for the decision. how do you explain yourself to parents? >> we're going to be respectful to the families. >> i understand that. you have an opportunity to ex

this afternoon 10-year-old jose manuel flores jr. will be laid to rest. he was honored for his good grades just hours before the shooting. his parents say he loved baseball, and he was always full of energy. his sister was able to escape the shooting through a window in a different classroom. on tuesday two 10-year-old girls, emerry joe garr ja and matia were tried rest. it's given for saving or attempting to save a life at the risk of the girl scout's own life. she tried to call 911 before being killed in the attack. the investigation. >> what happened that day including the law enforcement response continues. the texas department of public safety says the uvalde school police chief, peter arredondo, has not been responding to investigators seeking another interview. he and other recently elected council members were sworn in last night to the city council but there was no ceremony. the mayor said the customary ceremony was abandoned out of respect for bereaved families. arredondo has not responded to nbc news request for comment. after officials told us

today for irma garcia, the heroic teacher who died protecting her students and 10-year-old jose manuel floresds nevaeh bravo and jailah silguero. let's join shimon prokupecz in uvalde, texas. the fact that this chief is now not cooperating, what does that tell you? >> reporter: so, two things, certainly, you know, the fact he was called out and sort of singled out as the person responsible for why the police did not go in and burst through that door and stop the gunman certainly perhaps has irritated him and he's chosen not to cooperate now in the investigation. look, it is significant. the fact that the texas rangers and the dps, the department of public safety, were leading this investigation, have wanted to go back and ask him questions, follow-up and he has refused to answer those questions, that's pretty significant. but others are pointing to the fact that he wasn't only the senior level person on scene, you had the sheriff, the local

jose manuel flores. irma garcia. uziyah garcia. xavier lopez. jayce carmelo luevanos. annabell rodriguez. alexandria "lexi" rubio. these are the names of the 19 children and two teachers, innocent lives lost. children, now angels, watching us from above to see what we are doing. one young man pulled the trigger, but we all have failed them. america failed them. and the other thousands of children who died as result of gun violence. republicans are complicit in negligence and neglected to responsibly address comprehensive gun reform. republicans are complicit in the shooting in buffalo, for encouraging white supremacy and promoting replacement theory. the republicans are complicit in the lives lost in puls florida for their homophobice and anti-human rights narrative republicans are complicit in el paso for their anti-immigrant narrative and putting gun lobby interest over people's lives. house democrats stand with the victims and the love ones. we stand to act with the people, not gun interests. we have been consistent. we are not rushing. we have already passed some b

jose manuel flores. irma garcia. uziyah garcia. xavier lopez. jayce carmelo luevanos. annabell rodriguez. alexandria "lexi" rubio. these are the names of the 19 children and two teachers, innocent lives lost. children, now angels, watching us from above to see what we are doing. one young man pulled the trigger, but we all have failed them. america failed them. and the other thousands of children who died as result of gun violence. republicans are complicit in negligence and neglected to responsibly address comprehensive gun reform. republicans are complicit in the shooting in buffalo, for encouraging white supremacy and promoting replacement theory. the republicans are complicit in the lives lost in puls florida for their homophobice and anti-human rights narrative republicans are complicit in el paso for their anti-immigrant narrative and putting gun lobby interest over people's lives. house democrats stand with the victims and the love ones. we stand to act with the people, not gun interests. we have been consistent. we are not rushing. we have already passed some b

maÑana continÚa los servicios fÚnebres en uvalde, familiares y amigos dan el Último adiÓs a josÉ manuel flores de la casa. la comunidad tambiÉn despide a la maestra irma garcÍa, ella protegiÓ hasta el final a sus alumnos y luego su esposo muriÓ del sÍndrome de corazÓn roto. sobreviven cuatro hijos. vamos en vivo a uvalde con juan carlos gonzÁlez quien tiene mÁs detalles de los sentidos funerarios y no dice tambiÉn porque las autoridades locales ahora generar mucha polÉmica. juan carlos: muy buenos dÍas. asÍ es, ayer hubo funerales, hoy continÚan y asÍ serÁ la misma historia maÑana y pasado y la prÓxima semana, diciÉndole adiÓs a 19 niÑos, a dos maestras y al esposo de una de estas maestras precisamente. tambiÉn hay mÁs cosas sucediendo, por ejemplo ayer el gobernador en la tarde declarÓ a la ciudad de uvalde como zona de desastre, ahora tienen los recursos o que se utilizarÁn los recursos, la ayuda para esta comunidad para la gente que ha sido afectada, ayuda psicolÓgica, son recursos locales y tambiÉn el del estado. vamos a escuchar el siguiente reportaje que habla justamente de la controvers