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we're talking the director of the texas department of public safety, jose, said the gunman was in that classroom for upwards of 40 minutes, possibly an hour. these parents are frustrated. why wasn't more of an effort made to burst into -- into the school? now, jose, you have to understand, you know, a gunman with an ar-15, there has to be considerations as well. we don't know, again, because we haven't gotten clarity, what the -- either the training or, you know, what the officers were doing. it could be, you know, extremely difficult to go in there, not having the adequate training to be able to confront this suspect. we do know it was a tactical team from u.s. customs and border protection that was organized and actually went in there. actually four members of this elite tactical team. one had a holding shield. the other three had -- you know, had weapons and they were able to shoot and kill the suspect. again, how long did it take initially from when he went in to how long he was in that classroom? you can only imagine how gut-wrenching for those parents to think their children were

the texas department of public safety says the incident commander made the decision to wait instead of going in immediately searched, sir, who was the incident commander and has that chief the consolidated been school. is the incident command and has that person been raised is a cool. he's the chief of police. okay. i think this is sped up. >> yeah. yeah. that's come back and discuss this. on what? from one, 30 hollers were clear that they should have gone right in with again, i you know, i'm not going dps says the chief believe the situation had transitioned from active shooter to a barricaded gunman. they say he was wrong and the waiting may have cost lives. texas governor greg abbott who praised the police response earlier this week was frustrated today. i was misled. >> in detail about what everybody in that room told me and sequential order about what happened. there are people who deserve answers the most. and those are the families whose lives have been destroyed. answers that. inexcusable. i have suffered from any inaccurate information whatsoever. >> that was brian entin repor

of the law enforcement agencies and groups involved and were involved in this process. the texas rangers are leading the investigation and are supported by the texas department of public safety, highway patrol, texas department of public safety criminal investigative division, dps aircraft, dps intelligence counter terrorism division, dps crime and victim support. they are also supported by the texas division of emergency management, the fbi, as well as multiple federal partners, including the dea, hss, and border patrol. and the valiant local officials. the uvalde sheriff's department, police department, independent school district police, uvalde county constables, county mayor, county judge, district attorney's office, local public works and surrounding police departments. and the san antonio police and fire department also. let me walk you through some of the facts of what has happened. there's been a lot of things said, some are correct, some are incorrect. let me tell you the best information we have at this time. understanding very importantly this is an ongoing investigation. ongoing investigations often reveal new information as those investigations progress. the fir

grace right now, the timeline of what happened during the shooting is a big focus, the texas department of public safety says the suspect was on the premises for about 40 minutes, and we have this new video of the scene outside that school, appearing to show people pleading with law enforcement officials. >> y'all can't be like that, man, there's people -- >> yes, i do! >> get across the street! >> i'm going to go into the gate and get them! >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> you know that there are kids, right? they don't know how to defend themselves! >> we should note it's unclear exactly at what point this video occurred, and what actions that law enforcement was taking at this moment. we have reached out to the department of safety and the director previously said the government was engaged immediately, and two officers were wounded, meanwhile, the suspects neighbor is sharing new details from before the rampage at the school. >> i heard two banks, two shots i looked around and i couldn't see nothing. all of a sudden the door opens, and he comes out. the next thing she was all bloodied. >> you are talking a

texas initially did not try to break down the classroom door were 19 children were killed because they believed the gunman was barricaded alone and that no one was at risk. the director of the texas department of public safety >> for the benefit of hindsight, what what we are saying now, of

the texas department of public safety says the incident commander made the decision to wait instead ofng in immediately searched, sir, who was the incident commander and has that chief consolidated school district is that he's good man and has that person been raised is a cool. he's the chief of police. okay. i think this is sped up. >> yeah. yeah. that's the record discussed this. won 30 were clear that they should have gone right again. you know, i'm not going dps says the chief believe the situation had transition from active shooter to a barricaded gunman. >> they say he was wrong and the waiting may have cost lives. forget how do without parents. we're me. >> officers and stuff like that. we take an too, hold a lot of the tech people when time something tragic like said, we want to know what happens if we can do better next time. bottom line, we call it like it is for this tragic. >> making that nightmare even worse. that was brian entin reporting for us tonight, texas law enforcement admitting that the lead officer mishandled the shooting is raising new questions tonight about tr

of texas. >> thank you. and now the director of the texas department of public safety, steve mccraw. >> thank you, governor. of the sheriff and chiefs of police and the departments been asked to go through a time line of the facts as we know, the investigation right now is preliminary. we'll provide out as much information as we can. first, as already reported, salvador ramos was responsible for the horrific attack and killing of 19 school-aged children and two adults. he was 18 years old as previously reported. he was a dropout of the school. he had no criminal history that we've been able to find or detect at this particular point. he lived with his grandmother, who is 66 years old. on march 17th, ramos purchased a semiautomatic rifle at a local sporting goods store. on march 18th he purchased 375 rounds of ammunition for that rifle. on march 20th he purchased another semiautomatic rifle at this same local store. the fbi has been able to find information on his facebook account that the governor provided you information on, that approximately 11:00 he announced, you know, on facebook, a post, a message tha

listen now to what the director of the texas department of public safety said today. however, the benefit of hi site where i'm sitting now, that of course it was another right decision the wrong this is very, there's no, no excuse for that. but again, i wasn't there, but i was telling you for what we know, we believe there should have minute an x ray that as soon as you can a when there's an active shooter that the rules change is no longer. okay. it's no longer barricaded. so if you have time, you don't worry about later. printers, there isn't steven mccaul, there, the director of the texas department of public safety. i want to go now to our correspondence. stephan simons, he's been covering the story forwards the entire week in texas. he's still in texas, which define, i want to get your reaction to what we discovered today at me. we are talking about a major, major error in judgement and a breakdown in communication with the police. i can tell you that there is a lot of people out there who, who don't have the kindest words for what they listen to and what they lea

texas is under way. the first report of that gunman approaching the school came around 11:30 a.m. local time on tuesday, but the gunman was not killed until just after 1 p.m. initially the texas department of public safety said the resource officer at the school fired at the gunman but steve mcgraw, director of the texas dps said he did not. >> it was a brave, independent school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him. at that time gun fire was not, changed. confronted him. he followed him right in immediately. >> so if this version of events is accurate, that means an armed school officer responsible for the safety of the children and teachers inside saw a man dressed in tactical gear carrying an assault rifle and did not use force to stop him from entering the school and killing 19 children and two of their teachers. nbc news reached out to texas dps for comment previously. the director said the gunman was engaged, quote, immediately and that two officers were wounded. inside the school a teacher heard gunshot as end of year celebrations were in full swing. speaking to nbc news on the condition of anonymity, she described what followed. she shouted for her kids to get under their de

a spokesman for the texas department of public safety is joining us right now. let chris olivarez. lieutenant, thank you so much for joining us. as you well know, officers were on the scene within minutes of the gunman entering that elementary school but it was another hour or so before the gunman was neutralized. can you walk us through what exactly law enforcement was doing for 60 minutes or so while the shooter remained in that classroom killing those kids and teachers? >> good evening, wolf. of course, that's something we want to clarify. there is a lot of conflicting statements and reports that are being shared. also on social media. that's why we want to provide factual information by corroborating that information through physical evidence. this is still early stages in the investigation. that's one thing we need to understand. we are trying to have a concrete timeline in place. of course, you heard earlier today when we held our press conference we were able to provide some of that information. one thing i want to stress s though is that officers were in the building within

given the clarity of the latest version of events as laid out by the texas department of public safety based on videos and calls from the scene. i want to start with that. at 11:27 a.m., somebody at robb elementary school props a door open. it was 11:28 when the shooter crashed his truck behind the elementary school. two minutes later the first 911 call is made. a minute after that the shooter fired outside the school in the parking lot. the suspect went into the building at 11:33, went into the classroom, fired a hundred rounds three officers entered the school as the shooter did. two minutes later the gunman fires 16 more rounds by 11:51 as many as 19 officers were in the school hallway. a student inside the class with the shooter calls 911, whispering on the phone. the tactical unit requested by those officers arrived. that's when the student called back and said there are kids still alive. 12:16, 911 operators know there are kids alive in the room. the shooter fires again. at one point 19 officers in the building according to dps. 20 minutes later, another 911 call begging police t

another key question now, chris, is what the director of the texas department of public safety said yesterday, upwards of 40 minutes, potentially up to an hour went by before the rest of the law enforcement officers, tactical teams from customs and border protection went inside the school and took the gunman down. we're hearing those harrowing stories about those children inside that classroom. 19 children and two teachers. now, new video is emerging as well from those moments where parents were outside this school and it was all captured on cell phone video, basically pleading with those officers, yelling at them to go inside. so that is fueling the anger and frustration among some of the parents of the children of this school. certainly we received new information over the last 48 hours since the initial reports of this rampage unfolded. why weren't officers inside that school quickly? of course, the texas department of public safety says these officers did everything they could. they're promising a complete investigation. this is still early on in that investigation. here in uvalde many pa

you confronted the director of texas public department of safety, or the department of public safety, rather, about this today. who was his answer enough to explain that gap? because, i also know that the border patrol agents were on-site between, by 12 pm and 12:10 pm, much, much earlier than previously known. why weren't they allowed to go in as well? >> well, according to what we heard from dps today, ayman, the initial responding agency was uvalde police department. so they became the point agency, so that when border patrol did arrive, they at least, initially, delivered to them. and that is why we heard whatever those tactical border patrol agents were here, they were told to, according to senior law enforcement officials, to stand down for the time being, and to not engage that shooter about 30 minutes transpired, upon which we learned that those federal agents went against that guidance. they took it upon themselves to align themselves, in what's known as a stack formation. that's where you are someone in the front, giving one of the shield, making their way inside, and engage

all of the law enforcement agencies and groups involved and were involved in this process, the texas rangers are leading the investigation and they're supported by the texas department of public safetypatrol, investigative division dps aircraft intelligence counterand terrorism division dps crime and victim support they're also supported by the texas division of emergency management the fbi as well as multiple federalal partners, including the eta and border patrol. and the valiant local officials. the uvalde sheriff's department, police department, uvalde independent school district police uvalde mayor, the county judge, district attorney's office, local public works and surrounding police department. and the san antonio police and fire department also let me walk you through some of the facts of what has happened there's been a lot of things that's been said some are correct, some incorrect. let me tell you the best information we have at this time, understanding importantly, that this is an ongoing investigate and they often reveal new informations as those investigations progresses. the first thing that happened was the gunman shot his grandmother in the face. she then contacted

i'm frank mallicoat, the director of the texas department of public safety, providing some new information today, different from that original timeline. fox's lauren blanchard reports from eovaldi, where frustrations with authorities is growing. police now admitting they were wrong for standing outside of texas classroom as a gunman shot children inside. yes 9112 police and the police now. students and teachers frantically called 911 as a gunman opened fire on rob elementary school tuesday, the 18 year old suspect crashed a vehicle then began shooting at classroom windows. the school resource officer drove right by him. the gunman then entered the building through a door that was propped open by a teacher inside , firing more than 100 rounds and locking himself in a classroom. that officer was not on scene, not on campus. but had heard the 911 call. so he drove right by the suspect who was hunkered down behind the vehicle where he began shooting at the school, texas department of public safety says as many as 19 officers were in the school hallway for at least an hour before border patrol

of the horrific shooting at an elementary school in texas. nbc's morgan chesky is in uvalde and spoke with chris --, lieutenant and spokesperson with the texas department of public safetye south texas region about today's tragic events. >> well we do know is, obviously, this took place i had initially a domestic disturbance, between his grandmother and the suspect. the grandmother is alive. at that point, localized enforcement, received -- an unarmed gunman nearby, in close proximity to the school. at that point the gunman made entry into the school. and had complete disregard for human life, just an evil person. he started shooting kids and anyone in his way. teachers. he had no regard for human life. >> just walking through the school opening fire? >> yes, we know he was armed with some type of long rifle. we are trying to determine exactly what type of rifle and how he obtained it. we do have atf on scene working with us, trying to make recommendations. but once he made recommend entry to the school, he continued shooting, people shooting children. at that point, brave law enforcement -- i want to praise the law enforcement of the small community and everyone that w

the texas department of public safety revealing a teacher propped open and exterior door moments before-old suspect entered the elementary school immediately unleashing on innocent students. twenty officers were said to be in a hallway outside of the classroom more than 45 minutes before border patrol agent used a master key to open the door and confront the gunman who barricaded himself inside the room full of children. texas dps acknowledging it was the wrong decision not to reach the classroom sooner. president biden but had to uvalde this weekend to meet with families and community leaders at the white house pushing for additional gun reform. julian turner is at the white house with the latest. >> president biden is in delaware right now but sunday he and the first lady will head to uvalde well they will meet with family members of the school shooting victims as well as local and community state leaders, they will meet with local officials on the ground. one person the of administration is not committing to engage with his border patrol agents injured while in the line of fire tuesd

the department of public safety there in texas as well as all of those agencies down there, they have zero credibility right now because the information keeps changing. that's why that independent investigation is going to be so critically important. the only way we're going to know what happened and when and how is when we have that investigation where we can verify facts and make that public so that we know and understand what actually took place. >> you're right. the department of justice here in washington has launched a full-scale independent investigation of what happened. shimon, the incident commander in this particular case, peelt arredondo, he was supposed to be sworn in today to the uvalde city council where he had won a seat. why haven't we heard from him directly to answer some of these really important questions? >> yeah, well, certainly, he has become the subject of a lot of inquiry now from the dps, and they have made him the scapegoat right now. as you can imagine, his folks are not happy about that. we have not been able to make contact with chief arredondo. we have

according to texas department of public safety, it was in fact true.sman told us that a school resource offer assigned to the elements or school exchanged gunfire with the suspect for the suspect entered the school. in an interview with cnn, estrada stated the gunman "engaged" the school resource officer and during that shoot outcome of the gunman dropped a black bag containing ammunition. the director of the texas department of public safety, steve mcgraw, confirms this happened. "the bottom line is law enforcement was there, they did engage immediately." so that was the story, and again, we were happy to believe it. but it doesn't seem to be true. a witness who lives next to the school said he saw everything that happened. he said to the associated press he had watched him crash his truck outside elementary school, take a rifle and shoot at two people at a funeral home nearby. he then began shooting at the school building before running inside of the school about 10 minutes later. according to him there were no police officers at the school to engage

>> that news conference was astounding, stephanie, now it only because the texas department of public safety substantially revised its account two days after the shooting -- including contradictory things at the head of that agency saying at a news conference, sitting next to the governor of the state. but the person -- the deputy regional director -- then failed to answer key, substantial questions. we are 48 hours after the incident at this point. the biggest one, really, stephanie, is why there was an hour delay. when this shooter made entry into the school, unimpeded we now understand, you've all the police officers did russian. and they were fired on by the shooter who had a weapon of war, an ar-15. and a couple of them were wounded and then they were treated. understandably so. so, they were following the doctrine of mass shootings that developed after columbine which is, you do not wait for the swat team. you russian and try to limit the shooter of. because most victims are killed at the very beginning in that shootings. most do not last longer than 12 minutes. so, they did that. but

of the horrific shooting at an elementary school in texas. nbc's morgan chesky is in uvalde and spoke with chris all of our as, lieutenant and spokesperson with the texas department of public safetyor the south texas region about today's tragic events. >> well we do know is, obviously, this took place i had initially a domestic disturbance, between his grandmother and the suspect. the grandmother is alive. at that point, localized enforcement, received -- an unarmed gunman nearby, in close proximity to the school. at that point the gunman made entry into the school. and had complete disregard for human life, just an evil person. he started shooting kids and anyone in his way. teachers. he had no regard for human life. >> just walking through the school opening fire? >> yes, we know he was armed with some type of long rifle. we are trying to determine exactly what type of rifle and how he obtained it. we do have atf on scene working with us, trying to make recommendations. but once he made recommend entry to the school, he continued shooting, people shooting children. at that point, brave law enforcement -- i want to praise the law enforcement of the small community and everyone t

investigations, which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> reporter: the texas department of public safetying today they are launching a review of law enforcement actions. >> they're going to take a hard look at the initial response. current protocols for active shooter responses call for the first officers on scene to immediately make entry to engage with the suspect and to neutralize the threat posed by that suspect. that did not occur in this situation. the families of the victims and the rest of the community, they deserve to know why it didn't occur. >> reporter: families like the parents of lexi ruglio. >> she's quiet, shy. when she had a point she wanted made, she made it. she was always right. >> would have made a good lawyer. >> yeah, she wanted to be a lawyer. >> reporter: felix and kimberly replay their last moments with their daughter, who received awards for good citizen and honor roll that very morning. >> i keep going over that. because we always pick up our kids after such ceremonies, they always want to leave early. if i could go back. if i could go back, we'd be telling a

here the officers did go into the school but they took fire and the texas department of public safety said today that ramos was shooting at them through the door. the rounds of his high powered rifle were coming through metal door itself or through a window in the door. that raises the question of if if there was a window in that door, why couldn't they see through the window where he was and try to engage him that way or tried to shoot at him through the exterior window after the classroom. >> i want to play for you what we heard from texas dps about that. >> the benefit of hindsight where i'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. period. there's no excuse for that. i wasn't there. from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry as soon as you can. when there's an active shooter, the rules change. it's no longer barricaded subject. you don't have time. you don't worry about outer perimeter. >> there was also a reference to the possibility, if you listen to the news conference, the phrase came out multiple times and pete has mad

initially. >> well, those reports of a school resource officer were from the head of the texas department of public safety. in fact, here's their spokesman on fox news yesterday. >> there was an encounter between the school resource officer as well as the shooter, but because of those heroic efforts and because of the encounter from that school resource officer, that gunman dropped a bag, a backpack full of ammunition prior to going into this school. >> not true. now they say there was no school resource officer on campus at all when the gunman showed up. and new just tonight, another major change texas investigators tell nbc news that victims were found in four different classrooms. previously, they told us, the victims were all in one double classroom. investigators now say they tried to negotiate with the gunman, and that there wasn't much gunfire as they attempted to talk to him. we are also now told some of the students inside that classroom made it out alive. cnbc's perry russham is live in uvalde and has been breaking down exactly what did happen and has a step by step reconstruction of how the mas

. >> reporter: texas department of public safety officials now backtracking saying there was no school officer on campus. was there a school officer on campus and was that school officer armed because that's what we've been told? >> no. no. there was not an officer readily available armed. >> reporter: saying the 18-year-old seen here armed with an ar style rifle entered through what appeared to be an unlocked door. >> from the grandmother's house to the school, into the school, he was not confronted by anybody. >> reporter: authorities also clarifying their timeline. at 11:28, the suspect crashed a truck near the school, then fired at two people outside a funeral home across the street before climbing the fence to robb elementary. at 11:30, the first 911 call came in. ten minutes later, the suspect entered the school. by 11:44, the first officers arrived. the suspect locking himself inside a classroom, firing numerous rounds. officials say those first responding officers couldn't get inside and called for back up, but tactical teams didn't arrive until about an hour later. that's when

texas department of public safety asked about it earlier. >> reporter: how it is the officers officersere for an hour but yet no one was able to get inside that room? >> we will circle back with you. we want to answer all your questions. we want to give you the why. that's our job. give us time. i'm taking all your questions. i'm taking them back to the team. >> harold: jeff paul is on the ground in texas and we've got a few questions for you. that may ask, is there a sense that there are things in this timeline that we still don't know? the things are going to come out that materially change the way we think about this has been the case in the last few hours as we heard that the texas department of public safety spokesperson there? >> i think absolutely. you bring it up. the hour between the first time officers and law enforcement make contact with the suspect and the hour that passed between them killing him. it is what took place in that hour, especially when we see these videos of parents who understandably are very emotional and want to get into the school and figure out if their

cleveland school security director, commissioner barksdale, the news we got tonight of the texas department of public safety says the school district police chief, the man who was in charge of everything that day, chief aradondo as incident commander has not responded to incident request for follow-up interview, that request made days ago. how can that happen? >> quell it happens when you've screwed up. it happens when you've let so many kids and teachers die because you did the wrong thing as the incident commander. you wanted to be incident commander, a lot of accountability comes with it. so i'm not surprised that he's in and out become silent or uncooperative. i would guess, based on my experience that he may have found a lawyer that told him to shut up and don't say anything. so it's disturbing, it's not right, it's not fair to those that lost their lives or their families. we need answers and i don't think we're going to get anything from him right now. >> you know, kenneth, you're nodding and one of the real concerns here is the information that keeps changing and directly contradicting what official

let's take a listen to the texas department of public safety director and what he said earlier. i'll get back to you. speak with the benefit of hindsight, where i am sitting now of course it wasn't the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. no excuse for it. i wasn't there but i'm telling you from what we know, we believe there should've been an entry as soon as you can. >> the chief of police, he was convinced. i want to go back and say he was convinced at the time that there was no more threat to the children and the subject was barricaded and they had time to organize with the proper equipment. >> texas embraces and teaches the active shooter doctrine as long as there's kids, as long as someone is firing, you go to the gun. find him and neutralize him. >> judge jeanine: the active shooter doctrine, harold. >> i want to give governor abbott a lot of credit. we are in a different party but for him to stand for the press and answer those questions, real leadership, accountable, shares credit with things go right and when things go wrong you're accountable and i give t

of the key things and re-reviewing the typeline that we received last week from the texas department of public safety's this question of the 911 calls from the very classroom where the shooter was in where we know there was some students that were already dead, and we know that people were calling 911 saying this is what's going on with the shooter. we have some people dead. we have people that are hurt here and we know in at least one instance that involved a kid, a student, so what did the incident command, the police chief, peter arredondo who received 32 hours over the last three years of objective shooter training, had an eight-hour course according to texas public records, deeks 17th of last year, a 28-year veteran of policing, what was the information that he was getting while he was leading this response? was he being told what the 911 callers were hearing from this classroom? what type of information was he receiving, and what type of flow was going on become and for the that could further inform him though we do know, at least according to the texas department of public safety's timeline th

texas department of public safety is on scene as are members of the border patrol just 60 miles or so east of the mexican border there as well as uvalde police and county police on scene university health in san antonio has just received those two parents and all the other kids in the school have been taken to a local civic center there where parents are allowed to come and pick them up the notification process we're told is still underway we're waiting to find out exactly what the motive might have been. if there was anything that led up to this why in the world an 18-year-old man would go to this school and murder so many innocent children we'll have all the details tonight on the news. 7:00 eastern as they come to us our correspondy correspondents . back to you. >> thank you heartbreaking news here. "fast money" will be right back. wow, we're crunching tons of polygons here! what's going on? where's regina? hi, i'm ladonna. i invest in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to the nasdaq-100 innovations, like real time cgi. okay... yeah... oh. don't worry i got it! become an agen

joining me now is lieutenant chris oliveras spokesman for the texas department of public safety. still looking to fill in some of the gaps here so i do appreciate your help. i do understand when the shooter arrived here you have said he was engaged by a school resource officer. engaged how? >> right. so good morning. so, yes, as you mentioned, of course, our main focus right now as the lead investigating agency is to provide factual information, gather the facts. right now what we're trying to establish an corroborate exactly what was that role for that initial school resource officer, was he responding in his vehicle? was he off his vehicle? what was the distance between him and the insure? we are trying to establish exactly what was his role and how did he encounter the shooter. so we spoke to that school resource officer yesterday evening, our texas rangers did an interview with him so i'm hoping to receive updated information today at some point in regards to what was his exact role when he initially saw the shooter prior to going into the school. >> was he armed? >> yeah, so

the texas department of public safety had this to say. >> law enforcement arrived on the scene, one of our officers was struck by the gunman. he is out of the hospital in stable, but it goes to show you the motive behind this, where he was not going to go down without a fight. anybody who was coming near him he would have shot and killed. maybe you can see the full interview on the today show, at seven a.m. >>> in the bay area, one lawmaker is sponsoring a bill on background checks, the congressman wants bill passed, vowing to bring it to a vote as other bay area lawmakers supported. we have more on the can in ewing growing call for change. >> the house passed an enhanced background check, to close loopholes in nonlicensed dealers. >> reporter: mike thompson wrote that bill, got bipartisan support in the house, and watched it die in the senate. >> reporter: republican senator chuck grassley says the bill will not stop crime and turn citizens into criminals. after what had happened in texas, congressman thomas ms. may see his bill back up vote very soon. >> i am calling on chuck schumer

and tonightsp more breaking news out of south texas where the director of the texas department of public safety is in . >> authorities made the wrongho decisiones m when waiting to breach the classroom door of robb elementary o as a gunman went on a deadly rampage. here with the latestt as fox's own jeff paul jeff tambe and the more we learn about this shooting,

your resiliency and let us know how we can help in the state of texas. >> you think that, now the director of the texas department of public safety, steve mcgraw. >> thank you, governor. on behalf of the sheriffs, the chiefs of police, asked to go through a timeline of the facts as we know the investigation right now. it's preliminary, the information, but we will provide as much as we can. first, as reported, salvador ramos was responsible for the horrific attack and killing of 19 school age children and two adults. 18 years old, drop out of school, no criminal history we have found to this particular point. lived with his grand mother, celia, who is 66 years old. on march 17 ramos purchased a semi-automatic rifle at a local sporting goods store. march 18, 375 rounds of ammunition for the rifle. march 20, purchased another semi-automatic rifle at the same local store. fbi has been able to find information on his facebook account the government provided you information on that approximately 11:00 announced on facebook, a post, mentioned that he was going to shoot his grandmother, he shot his grandmother, rereported that he had sh

during his news conference, colonel steve mccraw, the director of the texas department of public safetymitted local officers made the wrong decision to wait an hour to confront the gunman. in a moment, we will be joined by texas state senator roland terrace, a -- roland gutierrez, a democrat who represents uvalde. but first, i want to turn to the state senator interrupting texas governor greg abbott's news conference in uvalde on friday. >> mayors and city council people, i don't know how to express the loss of the families that i have talked to most of i know you feel it, too. we have to do something, man. colleagues are telling me, and 18 euros should not have a gun. -- an 18-year-old should not have a gun. amy: that was texas state senator roland gutierrez interrupting a news conference by texas governor greg abbot last week. he then walked out of the news conference. he joins us now on the phone as he drives back to uvalde. welcome to democracy now! we start with the 19 kids inside. a number are begging the police, calling 911, a few of them, lee's come, we need a policeman. 19 kids

hold up inside, there is another, another press conference scheduled with either the texas department of public safety basically in the next hour here local time. we're hoping for some more clarification. yesterday's press conference, got a little contentious and it absolutely made people have more questions despite all of their answers. so we are crossing our fingers that we get a little bit more clarification. the sad note here is this community is embarking on the 1st of 21 funerals. think about that number 21 next week. they are bearing 19 children and 2 aerobic teachers. this community has a whole and its heart that will forever be open. that's the latest here. live in the valley, texas. i'm wendy. will folks back to you, wendy? thanks very much indeed for that update. i. whitehouse correspondence. kimberly how could join just now and kimberly are the signs of any kind of legislative movement on this. there are some signs and this is a hopeful sign to many of the united states who have felt that past tragedies have really resulted in very little change. and so when this tragedy in texas occurred,

she with the texas department of public safety said as well with these two rifles the rifles were purchased within a few days after you turn 18 the minimum age for buying a rifle in texas and nationwide, one of them is a one he took it to the school both of them were in the car that crashed outside the school but it was found on the ground outside the car he then carried the other in, went into a classroom and began to shoot the students. these rifles that he bought we estimate the cost of the two would be $3500. the one he took it to the classroom was outfitted with a laser sight whether that was a factor

note, i want to show yo the viewers, your exchange, shimon, with the director of the texas department of public safety today. >> you have people who are alive, children who are calling 9-1-1 saying, please, send the police. they are alive in that class room. there are lives that are at risk. >> we are both well aware of that. >> right. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? >> again, you know, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and no children at risk. obviously -- obviously, you know, based upon the information we have, there were children in that class room that were at risk and it was, in fact, still an active shoot ever situation ask not a barricaded subject. >> shimon, have you learned anything more about whether weather these 9-1-1 calls from kids, still a live in the classroom, were communicated to the on-scene commander? >> it doesn't appear that that was the case 'cause we did ask the officials here at that press conference, you know, reporters were asking that question and we couldn't get an answer. it doesn't appear tha

especially with the two little kids >> reporter: over eagle pass, we're riding along with the texas department of public safety to see what it call as record-breaking influx. >> this is something you see day in, day out around the clock >> this is non-stop, yeah. we're sieg the most border crossings in 20 year what's different now more cuban migrants. you once or twice a day they'll push a big group like that >> reporter: lately the number of cubans trying to cross the border on foot has skyrocketed now more than 1300 a day eduardo tells us he was desperate to escape the conditions in cuba and it took him two months to get here what impact would title 42 have? >> it's going to increase the numbers much more. >> reporter: title 42 is a trump- trump-era policy that excluded many over covid concerns but it is facing growing bipartisan criticism, including 21 state attorneys general who say lifting title 42 will trigger an even bigger surge at the border >> is it working 100%? no >> reporter: a democrat agrees >> title 42 needs to remain as is we don't have the infrastructure we don't have the facilities >> report

the director of the texas department of public safety said police made the quote, a wrong decision by waiting to move in. >>> a powerful tribute to the 21 victims of the tragedy in uvalde, in other media -- alameda, they placed an empty chair for each of the children and teachers killed in texas. people have been coming to pay respects, many leaving flowers. >>> news of the latest mass shooting hit particularly hard in the south bay. an employee shooting and killing nine coworkers, community members came together to comfort the family and remember the life of one of the victims. as the country is facing a new mass shooting, as christie smith explains, a year has done very little to ease the pain. >> we are trying our best to keep his memory alive by sharing with others to express love. >> reporter: a year ago, he and eight coworkers were gunned down in san jose, and vta, saving lives by calling others to warn them to hide or stay away. family and friends say they are honoring him by sharing the values that he lived by. >> we are taught to protect others when needed. and treat everyone

of the information. it is going to be difficult for him to sell that in texas. it has been the tech texas department of public safety his agency, that has been leading the response to explain what has happened. the story changed three times in four days. for governor abbott. i think he's going to have a difficult time saying that he also comes on the heels of what texas views as other failures like the winter storm in early 2021 or the recently debacle at stopping illegal drugs at the u.s. mexico border. there is a fear developing around homeowners of credibility as well. it maybe he didn't know. it may also be the people feel like they did not get the facts before they went out there and got the statements that they made. >> you will continue with the politics all of this. this is how we come to a pace of policy and solution. jen, before i lose to, everyone who is watching wants to know how we make sure something like this never happens again we will talk to politicians, policymakers, but from your vantage point, why do we need to understand? >> you have the secretary sitting right there. he was the mayor of san an

texas dps official about what happened here. >> right. >> what went wrong? >> a whole host of things. first off, two things we need to stay off the bat, steven mcgraw heads the texas department of public safety. >> that's right. >> he was not in charge that day. he was not there that day. this is based on their investigation and what they've found so far. so, he's providing an overview of it. that's the first thing. the second thing is, no matter what, given the tremendous amount of ammunition that was fired here, this shooter, likely, did a lot of their damage very, very early. which is why the seconds count. obviously, the big question certainly remains could more lives have been saved. that's not to minimize that at all. we doll need to keep in mind, a significant happened right away. >> can i just stop you for a minute? >> yes. >> again, this is something that actually became the subject of lawsuits that yasmin just mentioned the golden hour. >> sure. >> maybe if all of the shooting happened then what we don't know and may never know, is if they came in more quickly. were there people who were shot? were there little kids, teachers who were shot, who may have survived if they were able t

that admission from the texas department of public safety who said today, the officers on the scene made major mistakes in their response to the mass shooting at rob elementary school, waiting more than an hour to enter the classroom where 18-year-old gunman was holed up with children and two teachers, some who had already been murdered, others injures, others playing dead. some desperately calling 911 for help. >> why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? >> again, you know, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and there was time and children at risk. >> of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. >> we now know there were 19 officers waiting in the hallway just feet from the classroom. they stood by as these young students made repeated calls to 911 asking for help. >> identified herself, whispered she's in room 112. at 12:10 p.m. she called back, adviser, multiple dead. approximately 12:43 p.m. asked 911 to please send police now. >> on one call, the girl said she could actually hear police outside the door yet

the texas department of public safety said that was the wrong decision. >> for the benefit of hindsight,