77-minute rampage as questions are being raised about their response, according to the texas department of publicety. at 11:33 a.m., the gunman entering, making his way through two connected classrooms, immediately firing over 100 round. one of those classrooms seen in a photo. 11:35, officers entered the school through the same entrance and took fire, but they did not breach the classroom or take the gunman down. in this video obtained by abc news, police were seeing rescuing children after breaking a window. >> kids running out, they're breaking window -- >> reporter: parents outside urging officers to go in and save the others. >> you know that there are kids, right? they're little kids, they don't know how to defend themselves! >> reporter: sources telling abc news the carnage only ended when border protection agents decided to use a custodian's key to breach the classroom door and kill the gunman at 12:50 p.m., an hour and 17 minutes after the shooter first entered the building. outside, a race to find the wounded. what sounded like radio dispatch -- >> let me see, are you in there? >> i got

but part of why that is significant, is the texas department of public safety says they have not heard from him in days, in response to their request for a follow-up interview in regards to what happened. and of course the texas department of public safety says that he was the one that made the decision not to initially breach that classroom. >> omar, thank you very much, let's continue on and discuss the story, going to bring in uvalde county commissioner. commissioner, appreciate you joining us this evening, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me on your network. >> you just heard omar's report, there the school district police chief not responding to investigators, this is a man who decided that officers should not immediately breached the classroom where the shooter was barricaded. why do you think he is not cooperating? >> i have no idea. i'm kind of like you, i don't know any details as to why chief our don though is not corroborating. >> your county commissioner is not updating you on the situation? >> no, i have not been updated as to any details or any breaking news. >>

several disastrous press conferences, full of unanswered questions and stonewalling, the texas department of public safety came out to set the record straight about the timeline of events last tuesday. this was the big like, here is the deal. no more messing, around getting giving tuesday, stephen mccraw directive this texas dps, laid out the details of the incomprehensible nearly 90 minute delay for the first 9-1-1 call to that when the police finally confronted the gunman, but the multiple calls in between while the children were in the classroom with the gunman. miss or mccaw place the blame for the gunman entering the school in the first, place on a teacher and a door. >> 11:27 we, know from video evidence, 11:27. the exterior door we -- suspected of what we knew the shoe the shooter entered, was propped open by a teacher. 11:20, a suspect vehicle crashes into addicts, that same teacher walks back to the exit door, the door remains propped open. bottom line is, we reported what happened, is that backdoor is propped open, it wasn't supposed we propped, open was supposed to be locked, and certain

texas military department. mccraw haslso reveal both local and state police faced a probm with police dios not working inside the school. on wednesday, texas state senator roland gutierrez sued texas' department of public safety for withholding documents related to the shooting. the lawsuit states -- "in the wake of the senseless tragedy, the people of uvalde and texas have demanded answers from their government. to date, they have been met with lies, misstatements, and shifts of blame." an advisor to ukraine's president has said the fight for severodonetsk and lysychansk in eastern ukraine is "entering a sort of fearsome climax." if russia succeeds in fully capturing the two cities, it would give russia control of the entire luhansk region. meanwhile, two drones reportedly struck an oil refinery in southwestern russia, sparking a large fire. russia has accused ukraine of carrying out the attack. in other news from the war, reporters without borders has accused russian forces of executing ukrainian photojournalist maks levin in march. levin's work had appeared in bbc, reuters, and other international outlets. president biden has called on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months in a bi

that tonight has parents of those 19 children who were killed in uvalde, texas, wondering could their child have been saved? that's because the head of the texas department of publicy blasted the police response, detailing how there were enough armed officers in the school hallway three minutes after the attack began, but instead, officers waited 74 minutes before breaching what we learned today was an unlocked door. texas' top cop, steven mccraw, testified today in austin that officers had the manpower. they had the equipment and the time to "neutralize the suspect." mccraw placed the blame squarely on police chief pete arredondo, who was inside the school but did not act. cbs' omar villafranca is going to start us off tonight from uvalde, texas. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. the head of d.p.s., said the fact that officers waited so long to react goes against everything they are taught and said that inaction set the profession back a decade. he also said the school police chief put lives of officers over children. texas' top trooper was blunt. >> there's compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an

the head of the texas department of public safety is blasting the police response to the uvalde mass shooting. colonel steven mccraw testified there were enough armed officers in the school hallway three minutes after the gunman walked into the school. police waited 74 minutes before breaching what is now said to be an unlocked door. >> i don't believe based on the information that we have now that that door was ever secured. in fact, i have great reason to believe it wasn't secured. how about trying the door and see if it's unlocked? >> reporter: he said officers had the manpower, equipment, and time to, quote, neutralize the suspect. >> the officers had weapons. the children had none. the officers had body armor. the children had none. >> reporter: mccraw placed blame on the uvalde police chief pete arredondo. >> the only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated from entering rooms 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. >> reporter: arredondo has said he didn't have initial firepower to take on the 18-year-old gu

if you remember last week, texas department of public safety investigators were saying an unidentified teacher had left that back door dropped hope and that's how the gunman got inside the school. well, now, that story has changed. texas department of public safety officials are now saying that that teacher once she realized that there was a gunman on the campus went back to the door and closed it, but it did not lock. anderson? >> ed, appreciate it. thank you. more now on chief arradondo and why he hasn't responded to texas rangers for two days who are investigating what went on. cnn's shimon prokupecz has more on that. do authorities know why the uvalde school district police chief is not responding? >> reporter: i think part of it is now he knows there's this scrutiny on, he perhaps has concerns legally for himself, and that's why he's not responding to their questions. but for all intents and purposes, he's not cooperating at this point with the texas rangers. they've asked him for information, for followup interviews and so far, that has not happened. we have been making every eff

public government. and now will go. a senior official overseen, the police and texas se officers response to the you've all they school shooting was an abject failure. the director of the texas department of public safety told state officials that the police could have stopped the shooting. within 3 minutes of the gunman, entering the building, armed police officers waited outside classrooms for over an hour. while the gunman carried out the massacre in which $900.00 children and 2 teachers were killed. 3 minutes after the subject entered west building. there was sufficient number of armed officers warring body army to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from any room, $111.11 was yawn, scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers for the lives of children. the authors had weapons, the children had none. the others had body armor. the children had none. jobs training the subject had none. all right, less crossed out of my cana, whose life rest in washington d. c. mike, the director of the texas department of public safety, told state officials that the police could have stopped the shooting. within 3 minute

that school police chief now telling cnn he's been in contact with the texas department of public safetyef is not following up with their requests. cnn's omar jimenez is in uvalde, texas, where investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of how this horrific shooting happened. >> facing cameras for the first time in nearly a week, uvalde school police chief pete arredondo greets officers standing guard outside his home. >> we're not going to reach anything. we have people in our community being buried. >> deflecting questions from cnn about decisions to delay entering the robb elementary classroom on the day of the shootings. >> how do you explain yourself to parents? >> but when, he was asked? >> we're going to do that eventually. >> when? >> whenever this is done, the families quit grieving, we'll do that obviously. >> you understand how the families feel? >> we have been in contact with dps every day, just so you know. every day. >> they say you're not cooperating. >> i have been on the phone with them every day. >> the embattled chief was quietly sworn in to the city council

the director of the texas department of public safety called the police response to the uvalde mass shooting at robb elementary school last month and abject failure. and said not enough training was done. colonel steve mccraw testified before the texas senate committee investigating the shooting. it was the first public hri

>> reporter: anderson you're right, if you remember last week, texas department of public safety investigators saying an unidentified teacher left that bookdoor propped open and that's how the gunman was able to get inside the school. now, that story has changed. texas department of public safety officials are now saying that teacher, once she realized that there was a gunman on the campus, went back to the door and closed it, but it did not lock. anderson. >> ed lavandera, appreciate it. more now on chief aradondo and why he hasn't responded to texas rangers two days investigating what was going on, shimon, do authorities know why the uvalde authority district chief of police is not responding? >> reporter: i think part of it is now he knows there's this scrutiny on him, he perhaps is a concern, has concern for his, legally, for himself and that's why he is not responding to their questions but for all intents and purposes, he is not cooperating at this point with the texas rangers. they've asked him for information, for follow-up interviews and so far, that has not happened. we have been mak

and tonight, the head of the texas department of public safety calling it an abject failure by police. abc's mireya villarreal from texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with the first surveillance images from inside robb elementary, a searing indictment of the police response. >> there's compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure. >> reporter: in fact, the director of the texas department of public safety, steven mccraw, testifying that police had the weapons and the equipment to storm the classroom three minutes after the gunman entered the school. >> three minutes after the subject entered the west building, there was sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract, and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was the onscene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. >> reporter: that onscene commander, the embattled school district police chief, spotted today after testifying in

. >>> right now the texas state senate is listening to testimony from the uvalde school shooting, moments ago colonel steve mccraw, the director of the texas department of publiccraw, director of texas department of public safety. as senator gutierrez noted, it has been 28 days since the senseless massacre at robb elementary school. much has been done, but much more needs to be done before this investigation is completed. and presented to the district attorney. christina mitchell, for her review. we do know this, there is compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to everything we learned over the last two decades since the columbine massacre. three minutes after the subject entered the west building, there was sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was the on scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. the officers had weapons, the children had none. the officers had body armor, th

>> reporter: as we reported yesterday, the texas department of public safety says he has not responded to a request for a follow-up interview with investigators. obviously very different than what he is portraying there. in the eight days since the shooting, officials have faced withering criticism. over the information they released from the investigation and how they handled themselves of course that day but the information they put out a contract on them. for example, remember the claim that the school resource officer engaged the shooter outside, and then came out and said that never happened. yesterday they said there was not a door open, no door was propped open and the gunmen entered the building. they said there was a door open, that is how he got in. the false information that has been released has added to the incredible frustration and anger in uvalde. today, they said their final goodbyes to two more victims of the shooting. 10-year-old, josc florez junior and teacher garcia, we are outside in uvalde, texas. what is the latest tonight? >> reporter: among what we are hearing

the head of texas department of public safety placed that blame at the boots of the uvalde school policeef. >> the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from room 111 and room 112 was the on scene commander that put the lives of officers before the lives of children. >> he laid out multiple times that the police failed to engage sooner. armed officers, two with rifles were present, including aradando and at 11:52 a.m., 21 minutes in the first about a ballistic shield was inside the school, confirming security footage. by 12:21, officers with four ballistic shields heard more gun shots, yet police waited, as 9-1-1 calls were coming from students inside the classrooms. >> the officers have weapons, the children had non. the officers had body armor, the children had non. >> aradando claimed that officers were looking for keys to open the classroom door, but mccraw stunned lawmakers when he said that the door did not lock from the inside and nobody tried to open them. >> based on the information we have, i'm not sure the door was ever secured and i have great reason to believ

you have large, respectable institutions like the texas department of public safety involved investigating. and we still are getting c conflicting information every day, a week into this tragedy. it's really inexplicable. whether it's due to incompetence or lack of training or preparation or just poor leadership, it's really hard to say. but the end result is it's -- they're doing a disservice to their own community. and at the end of the day when they finally come out with their conclusions, i don't know how or why anyone would believe what they have to say. >> thank you. i appreciate it. so it just keeps happening over and over, the violence, the grief. will america continue to tolerate it? i'm going to talk to a former congressman who used to represent uvaldede. that's next. what is this nightm? it's how some people describe... shingleses. a painful, blistering rash that could interrupt your life for weeks. forget social events and weekend getaways. if you've had chickenpox, the virus that causes shingles is already inside of you. if you're 50 years or older ask your doctor or pharmacis

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overseeing the police in the us state of texas says officers response to the vault a school shooting was an abject failure. the director of the texas department of public safety told officials police could have stopped the shooting. within 3 minutes of the gunman, entering the building packet rob, 33 minutes after the subject 100 west building. there was sufficient number of armed officers warring body army to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from any room, $111.11 was yawn, scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers for the lives of children. the officers had weapons, the children had none. the others had body armor. the children had none. jobs at training the subject had none. security forces in ecuador have use tear gas and pellet shots against indigenous protesters converging on the capitol kito. they fought st battles with students and other protesters in the center of the city. a nation wide strike strike began 9 days ago, demanding lower prices for fuel and food, and an end to mining on indigenous land. one protest her has died and 3 are reported to be in critic

what we do know and what we've learned is that more than one member of the texas department of public safety will be testifying under oath. the members of this committee will also be examining evidence. now, that could be police reports, logs from first responders, or 911 calls, things like that. they will be reviewing evidence behind closed doors. so very similar to the u.s. doj investigation, not looking for criminality here, they are on a fact-finding mission. so if you're wondering why are all these bodies trying to figure out the facts? there is mistrust. because the public was provided misleading and conflicting information in the immediate aftermath of this shooting. so now different bodies are trying to figure out the facts including this investigative committee and their goal is to prepare a report that focuses on the facts and hand it over to two legislative committees here in the state of texas that will then recommend legislation and when are we expect thing report? according to a source close to this committee, don, they're expected to complete the preliminary report by t

the texas department of public safety, they stopped answering questions earlier this week. they put it in the hand of the district attorney here. when i reached her by phone, she hung up on me and said i'm not commenting. so this point it seems we're not getting answers any time soon. it's frustrating for community members that are left fractioned. i spoke to a city councilman that held the position by the disgraced school district police chief here. he says, yes, there were so many mistakes, human error and thinks local police are being thrown under the bus by the texas department of public safety. this is what he said to my by phone. ask yourself, dps responded fairly quickly, too. you have a local police force with four or five people. don't you think there is a hierarchy of command that happens when more experienced people show up. he made mistakes that day. he's not the only one. here we are, police have yet to offer a full explanation about their inaction that day. tomorrow secretary of state mayorkas is expected to visit uvalde. it's on wednesday we will hear from you

of emergency to deal with the unrest. a texas safety official says law enforcement response to the robb elementary shooting last month was an abject failure. the director of the texas department of public safety told them there were enough officers at the scene to deal with the suspect and many did not have adequate training. stephen says the on scene commander for the lives of officers ahead of the lives of children. >> there was a significant amount there. the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from getting into that room was the on scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. the officers had weapons. the children had none. the officers had body armor, the children had done. the officers had training. the subject had none. >> they are demanding better wages to cope with inflation on the u.k.. >> london's one of the station is one of britain's biggest and busiest. but not today, not this week. three alternate strike days on tuesday, thursday and saturday dispersed with three days of minimal service meaning travel misery for millions. >> this kind of disruption is ridiculous. >> how was the journey? >> horrible. quite the

you have large respectable institutions like -- like the texas department of public safety involved investigating, and we still are getting conflicting information every day we get into this tragedy. it's really -- it's inexplicable. and whether it's due to incompetence or lack of training or preparation or just poor leadership, it's really hard to say. but end result is it's -- they're doing a disservice to their own community. and at the end of the day when they finally come out with their conclusions i don't know how or why anyone would believe what they have to say. >> yeah, thank you. i appreciate it. >>> so it just keeps happening over and over, the violence, the grief. will america continue to tolerate it? i'm going to talk with a former republican congressman who used to represent uvalde. that's next. it's the modern way to transform fragrance infused with natural essential oils into a mist. air wick essential mist. connect to nature. it's time for our memorial day sale on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts so you both stay comfortable and ca

official overseeing the police in texas says officers response to the you've all the school shooting was an abject failure. the director of the texas department of public safety told state officials that the police could have stopped the shooting. within 3 minutes of the gunman entering the building of element, the police and army in ecuador, him use tear gas and pellet shots against indigenous protesters in the capital. quito. a nation wide strike began 9 days ago to demand lower prices for fuel and food. moscow says it will retaliate after lithuania stopped transit of some goods to colleen and grab. the russian escalade is locked between lithuania and poland. the restrictions are part of a range of e u sanctions. tunisian president clay science has confirmed that the new constitution will not enshrine islam as the religion of the state. the controversial draft text was handed to sa you'd on monday, a referendum on the new constitution is planned for next month. so i had dissolved parliament and assumed executive powers last year. the move has led to protest and unrest in the country firefighters are trying to put out a large wildfire on turkey, south

enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure. >> the director of texas department of publicven mccraw, passing judgment publicly before a texas senate special committee, one of the biggest failures, he said, waiting. >> while they waited, the on scene commander waited for radio and rifles. then he waited for shields. then he waited for s.w.a.t. lastly, he waited for a key that was never needed. >> despite earlier reports from the texas tribune, that school district police chief pete arredondo tried dozens of keys that failed to work, mccraw today confirming the door to the classroom was unlocked. the preliminary investigation suggests not one officer even attempted to open the door until it was breached at 12:50. >> the officers had weapons. the children had none. the officers had body armor. the children had none. >> in addition, the texas tribune obtained this screen grab from a robb elementary school surveillance camera showing officers in the hallway at 12:04. according to documents obtained by the texas tribune, chief arredondo called at 11:40 a.m. saying we have him in

now a state senator is suing the texas department of public safety after the agency denied his request records related to the shooting. the texas department of public safety did not immediately respond to the lawsuit. reggie: this morning prosecutors are asking for a minimum 30 year prison sentence for a british social -- for the british socialite elaine maxwell. she was indicted on prostituting charging's. prosecutors say that maxwell has shown no remorse. her defense team says she should serve no more than five years in prison and should not be punished for epstein's crimes. kumasi: we are learning new details about a suspect who went on a murder spree that stretched from san jose to modesto and back. we brought you the story yesterday. the first homicide happened around 7:00 tuesday night on mount shasta drive. a man was killed. and then about 2.5 hours later police believe the same suspect killed a woman in modesto. after those two murders the shooter led them on a chase back into san jose with a woman and two children in the car, firing several shots. he dropped off the passengers

he would be throwing people under the bus tonight and he came out swinging against the texas department of publicety. what happened? >> reporter: this was something, don, certainly. this was a city council hearing where people in the community were there. the mayor just from the beginning saying that he was fed up with what he was hearing from state officials, putting all the blame on the uvalde police, on the chief there, the chief aredando, the school police. he is just fed up. he started the meeting by telling people who were there and the media he was going to be throwing people under the bus tonight. and then he certainly did that. listen to some of what he said at the meeting. >> since that day the colonel has continued to, whether you want to call it a lie, leak, excuse me, lie, leak, mislead, or misstate information in order to distance his own troopers and rangers from the response. not one report, not one thing up there in the state today did you hear about what his dps officers were doing in that hallway or in that deal. not one. all you heard about was the local police department and

. >> our parents deserve answers and i trust the texas department of public safety, texas rangers, will leave no stone unturned. one answer that the parents deserve is where's peter arradondo? where is he? why is he not cooperating with the investigation of what he did? in that school? where those children were killed. the republican mayor of uvalde knew where our donna was at some point today. and did not help the authorities get in contact with him, so that he can answer that question that he is refusing to monitor. it is a stunning shocking performance. by all layers of government and texas. all players. from the city of you about, to the state house, to the governor. and tonight, exactly one week after the disastrous bad police work, at robb elementary school in uvalde texas, where 19 children were shot to death, and bled to death from the full lower their classroom. along with two of their teachers. no one involved and that disasters, disastrously bad police work, has been fired. no one. no one has resigned. no one. and the police chief in charge in the school that day, has gone a

uvalde later news says the people working for governor abbott, in the texas department of public safety, have been as incoherent as a quote, drunken sailor, drunken sailors. that's what the uvalde newspaper is calling the greg abbott investigative team. the head of the texas department of public safety, steve mcgraw, right there, delivered that one meandering press conference that you see him doing there, in which much of what he said then turned up to be false. greg abbott has not fired him. no one has been fired. no one has resigned, including pete arredondo, the chief of the uvalde school district police, who was reportedly in command inside the school, went according to the uvalde leader news editorial, quote, 19 officers from the uvalde pd, school district, department of public safety and border patrol waited, apparently frozen by orders or fear, in the hallway. frozen by orders or fear. while chief arredondo on those 19 officers where frozen for an hour, the frederica tauruses ten year old son, helio, bled to death on the floor of his classroom. on saturday, frederick torres said

of last week's school shooting in texas. and still a lot of questions about law enforcement's initial response, including why they waited to enter the classroom. the texas department of publicief is not responding to requests from investigators for a follow up interview. more on that on "cbs mornings" at 7:00. how is that commute look something. >> busy, especially if you're headed toward the bay bridge. we're not dealing with thea lot crashes. things are backed up and the barometer of what you can expect as you head out the door. the tower as you look toward the upper deck of the bay bridge. certainly crowded heading into the city. the slowest approach off the east shore freeway westbound. and pretty foggy for the marin county commute. you'll see issues as you work across the golden gate bridge. limited visibility, be extra careful as you head through there. jessica. >>> and that fog will continue to roll its way in this morning. this is another live look from the salesforce tower cam just overlooking the bay. we are dealing with partly cloudy skies for us today from our coast off into the bay. the fog is sticking around as we head into the afternoon hours. our inland area

you say you're expecting a full and final report from the texas department of public safety by this fridayot earlier. do you have any update right now, senator, on when that report will be released and what exactly it will reveal? >> i asked for a report, not just for ballistics. that's not quite as important to me, but a report that suggests to us exactly where each officer was situated because we can have that information now from each different law enforcement unit. i want to know where the dps officers were specifically because those folks are accountable to me. the federal police, the city police, and the county, as well as the school police. at what times. we need that detailed report to ascertain if there was a reasonable manpower to have gone in at 12:03 when there were 19 officers in the hallway. i would suggest to you that we did have enough people to be able to surge that room. that report, i asked for it. i was told i would get it on friday. earlier today, it was suggested to me that that may not happen, there might be a delay. and when i pushed back, i was told that they would

but enforcement sources say the decision was made and soon after the director of the texas department of public safety said the decision to delay entering the classroom was "the wrong decision. albina is tracking the bipartisan gun reform talks on capitol hill today. still that question of how much republican support there might be. jobina: the biden administration notices it will be an uphill battle, with many republicans continuing to argue restrictions don't work. a bipartisan group of senators met to discuss gun reform yesterday. meanwhile, house lawmakers could vote as early as tomorrow on a package of bills called the protecting our kids acts, which would include laws to raise the age to purchase certain types of guns, make it illegal to have large capacity magazines, with few exceptions, and establish regulations for strong firearms or storing firearms, rather. while proposals are expected to stall in congress, local leaders across the country are demanding action. >> i am mad about it, fed up. and i concur with many of our citizens here and across this country that enough is enough, and

another paper there, that state senator roland gutierrez, he is accusing -- he's sued the texas department of publicing records on the shooting. he's alleging the agency denied state open records laws by denying documents. the texas tribune has submitted 70 public information requests. first of all, have you gotten those requests answered and are they cooperating with what you need to do with the reporting and can you tell us about this reporting that there were many, many police officers from whichever department inside that school with long guns and shields? >> yeah. one answer at a time, joy. unfortunately, this is the government at all levels and state and local have been very, very opaque. of the 70 records only a small number have been fulfilled and all texas media are trying to get together right now to see if there's legal action that can be taken to get access to these records. i think the fact that i don't want to say death by a thousand leaks and there have been so many different revelations and news outlets and all of them interesting and promising that there has not been a comprehensive

to and our reporting here on the ground in texas is that much of the information was based on statements that the police chief gave the texas department of publicety. it's striking that in that room right before that news conference on the second day, the day after the shooting, that he and other officials who knew so much more about this response apparently did not say anything, did not pipe up based on a number of people inside that room that we had talked to. charitably you could say there was just confusion and this was the fog of war but on the other end of the spectrum, there is that very idea that there were forces working from the word go to try to bury this information, which we're now seeing seep out and painfully. >> i think what we're going to find out next is who exactly was trying to bury it. i don't know who the person was who was trying to keep everything under wraps, though looking at arendondo, there will be some attention there. there already is. i can't imagine the pain of the parent and the loved ones here knowing it could have been stopped in three lives would have likely been saved. thank you so much for being with us. i

cnn reached out to arredondo's attorney, the texas department of public safety, and the school districtm uvalde, texas. omar, one more twist here in what we were told was what happened there, turns out at least based on what arredondo is saying is not true. what do we know? >> reporter: yeah, jim, this is another narrative that has come through, and this is -- this comes from an interview with the texas tribune that they did in combination of phone calls, written statements, and even responses provided by arredondo's attorney. and they provide a whole lot of new details regarding the central question at the heart of what is now multiple overlapping investigations. what took so long? well, arredondo told the tribune that some of the shooter's bullets were piercing walls, the classroom door, injured officers, that they started breaking windows and evacuating other children and teachers. but also that the lockdown measures at the school worked against them, he told the tribune, mainly because it was hard to pinpoint the gunman's location because the classroom lights are off, as is typical,

here's the director of the texas department of public safety. >> the only thing stopping the hallway edicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. >> reporter: that on-scene commander is pete arradondo, the chief of the uvalde school district police. he says the classroom doors were locked and he didn't have the equipment to break them down, but video shows there was no attempt by any officer to open the doors and the director of the texas dps says the doors were unlocked. arradondo also claims he didn't have the tools or weapons to respond yet video shows just 19 minutes after police arrived while shots are being fired and kids are still calling 911, police had rifles, a halogen ax to break down the door and a ballistic shield but did knowing. it took another 50 minutes for border patrol agents to go in and kill the gunman. here, again, the dps director. >> one error, 14 minutes and 8 seconds! that's how long the children waited and the teachers waited in rooms 111 to be rescued. an

it was earlier that texas department of public safety stopped taking the media's questions while the community here is broken and fractured by what happened here. they have yet to get the answers they are looking for. i did speak by phone to a former city council man here munoz who said while there were mistakes made by the local police, he does believe the texas department of public safety has some blame to share in this. this is part of what he said to me in his phone call. ask yourself, dps responded fairly quickly, too. you have a local police force with four or five people. don't you think that there's a hierarchy of command that happens when more experienced people show up? arredondo made mistakes that day, but he is not the only one. on monday d.h.s. second mayorkas will visit uvalde. it is on wednesday where victims from uvalde as well as the shooting in buffalo will visit washington, d.c. where they are expected to testify in front of a house committee to underline the human cost of the epidemic of gun violence the country is going through. nick valencia, cnn, uvalde, texas.

them to come out publicly and say -- think about that, that's a big deal, the department of public safety for the state of texas says we have a chief that's not responsive to us, that takes a lot to say that publicly. i think he's lost credibility with them. i think they're wondering if the doj investigation, the review, is going come in and somehow do better and wrap this up, but i begin to wonder, is this chief of police going to cooperate with doj when they show up on the ground? >> let me ask you what you think might be going on on a federal level. we know there is going to be this doj investigation, but in terms of looking at, for example, police training, we've heard that the police chief, indeed, had been training. it's regulation, that if you work in a school, you are supposed to have regular active shooter training. is there potentially something wrong with the training? is it -- i remember one time a police investigator saying to me, look, most police officers will never just discharge their weapons in the line of duty and training for it being confronted with it are two different things. is there som

lines, and maps. >> you stop the killing, you stop the dying. >> reporter: the head of the texas department of public safety called the police response in uvalde an abject failure. >> the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from room 111 and 112 was the onscene commander who decided place the lives of officers ahead of children. >> reporter: he's singling out pete air aredondo. on tuesday he declined to answer questions after five hours of closed door testimony before the texas house. during an open senate session, fresh evidence from inside robb elementary hallways. cultivated from this surveillance footage, body camera and audio recordings appears to contradict concern of lack of fire power, armor or locked doors. at 11:33, the gunman begins shooting into the classrooms. by 11:35, three police officers enter with two rifles. followed by arredondo and three other officers. the chief calling for backup five minutes later. i need fire power in here because we have pistols and this guy has a pistol. at 11:52, the first ballistic shield arrives. none of the police radios worked inside

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>> the uvalde mayor, don mclaughlin, as he laid out the timeline of events, he accused texas department of publicout what happened that day. beyond that accusation, we had so many false stories presented and then knocked down by the facts. do you believe the public can be confident that at the end of the this investigation they will have the truth, they will have the facts? >> that's the real problem here. from steve mccraw's first press conference, he points the finger at one guy, immediately, three days after. then he points the finger at a teacher. for a week this poor teacher thinks she left this door open, knows she didn't, has to hire a lawyer to say she removed this rock that was impeding the door. we heard various other excuses and finger pointing from the department of public safety, and certainly the mayor is in part right. this is -- we don't need to be pointing fingers at each other. we need to be accepting blame, figuring out what happened in totality, and figure out how to solve this so no other community has to go through this, no other parent has to go through this. >> accountabil

the director of the texas department of public safety laid out today unflinching lie what he called an abject failure by police on the scene and a heroic response by the teachers. >> compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure since the columbine massacre. while they waited, the on-scene commander waited for a radio. he waited for shields. then he waited for swat. lastly, he waited for a key that was never needed. the officers had weapons. the children had none. the officers had body armor, the children had none. the officers had training. the subject had none. >> shocking testimony that we heard today. dan patrick helped form today's special committee and he joins me in moments. but first, let's get the background here. the time line is quite something from our correspondent garrett tenney. hi, garrett. >> we're learning a lot from this special hearing with state lawmakers today. the timeline was laid out that investigators pieced out using body camera and dispatch audio from may 24. a video obtained by local media shows