to say that peter arredondo is squarely responsible is more than disingenuous. they have their own responsibility to bear. yet 91 dts officers there within 16 minutes, the first one of those was in the room and was at the direction of nobody, including peter arredondo. so we got a lot of finger pointing here. the people in my communed in uvalde, they want to see that stop. they want law enforcement to take responsibility for their actions and move on to get the clear picture of what happened here. >> in terms of getting that clear picture, the state senate has oversight over dps, yet you're now suing dps specifically for information related to the shooting. what do you believe that dps is holding back? >> well, i don't know, but we got a dog and pony show the other day with everybody's body cams but theirs. they hid their behind an exception. so i sued them. the colonel is willing to tell us where everybody else failed but not his own team members. the fact is there was a texas ranger in the hallway, 12 other officers in that hallway. they didn't stand down to m

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 that he had not responded to their requests for a second interview, this morning, he's saying the opposite. telling cnn, he's been in touch with dps every day. >> 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. >> they say you're not cooperating. two seconds. >> we've been talking to them every day. >> joining us now with more, nbc news correspondent kwauds very nay gas from uvalde, texas. also with us, julia ainsley, and frank served as assistant director for counter intelligence at the fbi, now an msnbc national security analyst. thanks to all o

some victims' families are calling for arredondo to be fired. >> we were failed by peter arredondo. he failed our kids, teachers, parents, and the city. >> colonel mcgraw says his top recommendation is for more training. >> well, the public safety chief also confirmed police chief arredondo did not have a radio with him, and that police and sheriff's radios did not work within the school. sara. >> shocking, liz. wow, what an update there. thank you. >>> the u.s. supreme court says taxpayer money can be used to fund private religious education in some cases. in a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled the state of maine could not exclude religious schools from a tuition assistance program. john roberts called that exclusion discrimination against religion. critic argue the decision further erodes the separation between church and state. the high court also ruled on a case that leaves intact a bay area man's $25 million award against monsanto, the maker of roundup, the weed killer. the man won a suit in 2019 claiming he developed cancer from using roundup for de today's ruling also ends the

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governor greg abbott is not demanding answers from peter arredondo. from anyone else and you all day. republican corman and rafael cruz are not demanding answers from the good guy with a guns, surrounded by 18 other good guys with guns, who stood in that school for over an hour and it absolutely nothing. senator cruz is okay with that. even though it destroys senator cruz's argument that the only thing you need to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun. there is obviously an attempted cover-up underway right now tonight, and you all uvalde. it may be that peter are arredondo is only trying to cover up temporarily. knowing that it will all eventually unravel. but that in the meantime, every day that he can continue the cover-up, he can continue to collect as many paychecks as possible. before being fired or forced to resign. what we are seeing in texas is a failure of government officials, and law enforcement officials, such as we have never seen in the aftermath of a shooting like this, anywhere in the country. the san antonio express new

. >>> te me que sus hijos y nietos vuelvan a clases y el jefe de la policÍa escolar peter arredondo sigueiÓ una conferencia de prensa. pero no respondieron las preguntas de los periodist sobre los cerrojos de las puertas de las escuelas y sobre arredondo. in cre mente rain la presencia de las escuelas. y aclarÓ que las instalaciones de la primaria rock no se volverÁn a utilizar. noticias telemundo un comentario de peter arredon no hemos recibido respuesta y en austin un comitÉ de la casa de representantes de texasomenzÓ su investigaciÓn sobre el tiroteo. agentes de la policÍa lÍderes de alto rango del departamento seguridad pÚblica de texas testificaron a puerta cerrada. en uval, tes, lourdes rtado noticias telemundo. >>> un nuevo tiroteo dejÓ al menos 3 personas muertas 4 heridos en maryland. este ataque ocurriÓ en una fabrica. una comunidad rurall noroeste de baltimore. el alguacil de washington los oficiales hirieron al hombre que abriÓ fuego. fue hospitalizado estÁ bajo custodia de la policÍa. y nosotros estamos aquÍ en washington, en la cumbre de las amÉricas y el presidente biden as

the other thing happening is there was no action taken against peter arredondo, who was the incident commander. state senator saying he did not have a radio. the question is did he know there were still children calling 911? according to a 911 transcript, one girl said she did not want to die. she saw bodies and her teacher shot. all of this is why parents and lawmakers are asking for accountability. here is the state senator roland gutierrez. >> i asked for a report of how many were in the hallway and at what time. i got an oral statement from law enforcement. there were between 2 and 13 officers in that hallway. why in the world did they kowtow to mr. arredondo or anybody else suggesting he is the incident commander? none of this makes sense to me. with all of that, little children died and could have been saved. >> reporter: in addition to all of that, you also have the trauma. cnn speaking to the attorney of the teacher accused of leaving that door open. amelia. authorities corrected themselves saying she closed the door, but did not lock. her attorney is saying she is still shak

this as mixed messages raise new questions about the shooting texas dps says police chief peter arredondo hasn't responded to texas rangers for a follow-up interview. but this morning he told cnn otherwise >> i have been on the phone with them every day. >> they're saying you're not cooperating. two seconds. >> just so you know we've been talking to them every day >> reporter: his first public comments in nearly a week after authorities say he ordered officers to wait instead of immediately charging the classroom with the gunman inside. texas law enforcement union strongly urging members to cooperate fully after a great deal of false and misleading information, some from the very highest levels of government and law enforcement. the uvalde mayor confirmed arredondo was among several people privately sworn in to city council last night he says he cancelled a public meeting out of respect for grieving families ♪ as the city turns to remembering those lost, a huge community turnout to honor teacher irma garcia and her high school sweetheart joe who now leave behind four children and friends

. >> mccraw was also highly critical of the on scene commander police chief peter arredondo for decisions he made on the day of the shooting. the uvalde city council has voted to dennard oig a leave of absence from future meetings. some would rather see him removed from office. >> plain speak like we speak, who was in charge? we still don't know. or at least nobody wants to claim the honor. but it is the consensus of the citizens of uvalde that pete arredondo was in charge that day and his failure do his job resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two of their teachers. >> you do what you have to do, but get him out of our faces. no, he does not deserve an administrative leave with pay by all means because half these families are taking fmla without pay. >> i'm hoping that you can get rid of mr. arredondo and everybody else that is involved with this, that let us down. because why are you here? why did i vote for you if you are not doing a damn thing? i'm going to make it short and sweet. do your job, mayor, please. >>> afghan state media is reporting that up to 280 people have been kil

the other notable thing is that peter arredondo, the police chief, there was no action taken againstschool district will decide to do despite the fact that we still don't know why he called the shots when it comes to not going inside of that classroom. it's been more than two weeks and we still don't know why and how that shooter was in that classroom for more than an hour before he was shot by authorities, so that's the problem that there are still so many questions and in addition to all the questions we have in terms of the investigation, there's the trauma, there's a community that is grieving. we have so many people here at this makeshift memorial paying their respects trying to honor and remember the victims and i want to highlight one of those victims. ellie garcia would have been 10 years old today. her favorite color was purple so there are many members of this community who are wearing purple today. we went to the local starbucks and they're all wearing purple and said her dad was a regular and that they just wanted to show him support so think about this family who would h

. >> there is also growing frustration and anger directed at this man, police chief peter arredondo. family members along with residents are calling for him to be fired. and in the hours ahead, we are expecting more testimony related to this school shooting. texas department of public safety steve mccraw is expected at a hearing in the state senate. and just hours away also from the fourth public hearing from the committee investigating the u.s. capitol riot. this time president trump's efforts to overturn the election are front and center. plus an election worker in the u.s. state of georgia is expected to testify about the death threats she and her mother received after trump accused them of election fraud. jessica schneider has the story for you. >> reporter: the january 6th committee getting ready to shift its focus to trump's role in a scheme to submit fake electors all in a bid to overturn the 2020 election. they will call three republicans on tuesday, all expected to testify about how 2ru6r78 pressured them to overturn trump's loss at the polls in their states. georgia secreta

. >>> new shocking comments from uvalde school police chief, peter arredondo.itten statements and through his attorney we reached out to arredondo for comment. his attorney tells cnn his client is not doing any interviews right now. cnn's camilla vernal joins me from uvalde, texas. this is interesting. what is the chief saying? >> reporter: yeah, jim, this is very interesting and the chief is saying that not only did he not consider himself to be the incident commander that day, but he also said he assumed someone else had taken on that role. he said he believed he was taking on the role of firsthand responder a front line responder. he told the tribune that he did not issue any orders that day, and yet the tribune is also reporting that he did tell other officers to begin breaking windows in order to get children and teachers out of the other rooms. so just a lot of different information, and still, a lot of questions. i want to read one direct quote from the tribune where he said not a single responding officer ever hesitated, even for a moment to put themsel

that's the case for a lot of witnesses, not just the police chief, peter arredondo.his has been behind closed doors. he said he would speak once all the funerals are over. he's yet to have a press conference since just the day of the shooting. has not taken questions from any sort of group of reporters. and in light of these revelations, certainly hasn't answered any further followup questions from us. i think glenn kind of alluded to it. the possibility, whether it be state or federal charges, state being much more likely here, that he could face some sort of criminal exposure. if i was his attorney, i wouldn't want him speaking either. it will be interesting to see what happens. as far as the parents go, they might want some answers to some of the questions that we've had. an important reminder here, chris. normally we would have had this information much sooner. normally we would have had images much sooner. certainly we wouldn't show images of the dead children here, but images that could help us piece this together, except for the public records request of this

is there any possibility that peter arredondo is going to continue in the role of chief of police for that school system? >> sure there is, i mean his boss is the superintendent of the school district there, as well as possibly the school board, certainly they have the ability as his employer to place him on some sort of administrative leave. i want to point out, as someone who has covered high profile incidents involving law enforcement officers, that is pretty standard. when they are the subject of an investigation, even if they are presumed to not have done anything wrong, oftentimes, in fact usually, employers will simply take that person out of the role, to give them time to not be doing their jobs, and giving investigators times to collect all of the information, and there has been no indication that the uvalde school district has any intention of doing that, right now. >> tony polanski and guillermo contrast, thanks very much for joining me on our program tonight, we are always appreciate it. >> you bet. >> coming, up exactly one week from tonight at this very hour, we will kno

. >>> for the first time, uvalde's school police chief peter arredondo is defending his delay in confrontinged 19 students and 2 teachers. arredondo told "the texas tribune" he ran towards danger with his glock service pistol and no body armor knowing he could die. he said he intentionally left behind not one, but two police radios, worried that they might slow him down. he said he didn't see himself as the incident commander, contradicting texas safety officials who said he made the stand to call down, prompting officers from moving to an active shooter protocol to a barricaded gunman. arredondo told the tribune he did not know who was making those critical calls. joining me now, texas tribune's zach despart. the heart of it is arredondo said he ran towards danger, and foremost in his mind, and i'm quoting him based on your story, was to eliminate threats. which would be, exactly what active shooter training would tell you to do, right? get there, take out the threat. but then you write this. that he spent more than an hour in the hallway of robb elementary school, he called for tactical ge

massacre, texas state senator roland gutierrez says investigators told him school police chief peter arredondo did not have his radio during the attack are redondo was in charge of the multi agency response. the texas department of public safety chief has said that are dondo believed it had turned into a hostage situation. and made a mistake in that ordering officers to confront the gunman , 19 children and two teachers killed in that mess shooting. a convicted murderer on the run since escaping from a prison bus last month, is dead following a shootout with law enforcement in texas escaped back in may on may 12th and while free the 46 year old is believed to have killed five members of the same family. including four children, boxes. actually strohmeyer has more on how the manhunt came to a violent end last night near san antonio. after roughly three weeks on the run law enforcement in east texas, announcing early friday morning, they convicted murderer gonzalo lopez is now deceased. he has a disregard for human life. the 46 year old was serving two life sentences for capital murder, attempte

right now are struggling to reconcile what they know about the well liked homegrown police chief peter arredondo, who was the commander outside the elementary school on the day of the shooting. the director of state police said arredondo made the wrong decision last week not to breach that classroom at rob elementary school. sooner people in your body are coming together to try to work through the grief as they mark one week since the deadly shooting at rob elementary. police waited more than an hour to confront and killed the gunman after he took the lives of 19 students and two teachers. that decision expected to be the focus of a justice department investigation into exactly what happened. arredondo made the initial decision to wait outside the classroom, but officials say he's not the only one who needs to be held accountable. he's taken a lot of heat for sure. but i think that every agency that was at that scene should be taking heat. ah, listen, active shooter protocol say you go in meantime, state democrats are asking governor greg abbott of texas for an emergency legislative session to p

hay mucha indignaciÓn por los errores de los agentes cuando respondieron al tiroteo se supo que peter arredondovestigadores de texas edgar estÁ con lo Último ¿quÉ se sabe de arredondo? >>> se sabe que acaba de jurÓ. >> todo en respeto por las vÍctimas >>> revelÓ que se ha requerido al jefe de la policÍa pero no han contestado no olvidemos que las acusaciones no es solamente de la autoridad si no de la comunidad que reclama una acciÓn tardÍa >>> la primera niÑa que se le dio el Último adiÓs de las 21 vÍctimas por la masacre en uvalde, lÁgrimas y llantos su abuelita dora llegÓ vestida de color pÚrpura con los colores que le gustaban a la niÑa dicen estar deonsolados >>> es muy triste nunca pensamos que pasarÍa algo asÍ >>> lalo franco vino a visitar a su hermana en donde ocurriÓ esta masae en su casa estÁn preocupados no se recupera del trauma >>> sÍ, estÁ en la casa y estÁ asustada >>> no la culpo que estÉ asustada >>> los familiares de las vÍctimas estÁn enojados por la tardÍa de la policÍa y exigen respuestas >>> yo creo que pudieron hacer algo y no lo hicieron >>> a un costado de la escuela e

le preguntÉ cuÁl era su opiniÓn sobre el jefe de la policÍa escolar peter arredondo y esto me dijo?spondiÓ preguntas >>> preguntÉ cÓmo estÁbamos cÓmo Íbamos a estar que era el responsable del condado por quÉ no diste la orden hay protocolos que seguir, hay leyes que seguir porque tÚ gente no entrÓ >>> no sÉ dice los tengo en averiguaciÓn >>> las familias les piden las autoridads transparencia >>> gracias lourdes. hoy estÁ la reuniÓn de las cumbres de las amÉricas bajo el lema construyendo un futuro y ausencia de cuba, venezuela y nicaragua lo que ha generado molestia entre otros. >>> quÉ tal vanessa buenos dÍas en los Ángeles se llevarÁ a cabo la cumbre de las amÉricas el evento mÁs importante del hemisferio donde se estarÁn tratando temas como la economÍa, el medio ambiente y obviamente el tema de inmigraciÓn pero la casa blanca anunciÓ hoy que 3 paÍses no estÁn invitados, estÁn hablando de venezuela, cuba y nicaragua y esto se debe a grandes diferencias en temas, de derechos humanos esta ausencia de los 3 paÍses causa gran ve revuelo y la reacciÓn del presidente de mÉxico llama la