there's the texas house investigative committee, this report that's being issued. now, we should be very clear. this is from the texas house, and the purpose of this report is fact-finding. it does not provide recommendations. it only provides the facts based on what they were able to gather from documents, video, and testimony from witnesses. now, that report, the report that the families are receiving today, will then be handed to two other committees within the texas house. it's those committees that are now tasked with making recommendations to the state and also legislations so this doesn't happen again. now, because this report isn't, quote, dedicated go to, for example, the district attorney, fred. that doesn't mean the district attorney can't pick up a copy of this report and take a look at it and see if any of the finding have criminal consequence. now, we do know that the texas rangers with assistance from the fbi are investigating, and they are in charge of the criminal investigation. that's what the district attorney has been waiting for. now, the distri

thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> up next, everybody, more breaking details from that texas house committeehe uvalde school shooting. we will be right back. systemic failures. that is when the damning report by texas house investigative committee is saying about the response the uvalde school shooting. i want to bring back with us cedric alexander. we don't have a lot of time together as we close up on these last few hours. a lot of things have been revealed over the last two hours with this report. i want to kind of hear your final thoughts on it all, cedric, but as you provide that to us, i want to leave you with this as a part of the report. the gunman fired approximately 142 rounds inside the building. it is almost certain that 100 shots came before any officer entered. that according to this report, cedric. >> well, the facts are with the facts are. if that truly is the case, then it just further, i think, is concerning and troubling for all of us. let me say this in closing. not too long ago you had on congresswoman jackson-lee, and she made a recommendation that i hope wholeheartedly

i talk to you about the release of this after report out of uvalde, by the texas investigative committee, texas houseve committee. another emotional day there for parents at robb elementary. nbc news confirming that parents have in fact received copies of this video, of the mass shooting on may 24th. surveillance video of the shooting was leaked last weekend published by the austin american-statesman. the ap reporting some details from this report that is currently being released, say nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to the mass shooting that left 21 people dead and devolve the elementary school. but, quote, systemic failures created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally confronted and killed. the nearly 80-page report is the first to criticize both state and federal law enforcement, not just local authorities and uvalde, for the bewildering inaction at robb elementary school. the report was written by an investigative committee from the texas house of representatives and released to family members today. two teachers, as you remember, 19 children were

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

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

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

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

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

about the massacre at the white house moments ago it also new this morning, texas state top law- enforcement official is testifying once again before the texas house committee the police response to the attack. our correspondent is live in uvalde what are you hearing about the testimony we>> reporter: i believe we are having some difficulties and i hope you can hear me. i am in austin at the state capital just outside of the hearing room where top brass from texas dps including colonel macgraw are testifying today here in the texas legislature. this is a texas legislative committee that is expected to release a report on the uvalde shooting within 10 days. this is the second time that colonel macgraw testifies. he just walked out of the room within the last half-hour and i will will try to catch up with him and asked him why he is testifying a second time. he did not answer and we know there are at least two other witnesses that are scheduled to testify today including the uvalde county sheriff and the assistant director of alert. that is the organization that released a review last week that raised a lot of red flags because the review included one police

brian, the texas house committees investigation found failures, almost like on every possible imaginablethrough those shocking findings and how it matched your reporting? i mean, i just can't get my head around the fact that there were 376 people there. >> right, and no one clearly meant out of all those officers who were there. to me, the most shocking, some of those officers knew that they were injured victims, and inside of those classrooms, trapped in those classrooms with the shooter. and still, they waited for more than an hour to go in, and confront him. and ultimately, kill him. and the report acknowledged some of the witnesses who were interviewed in the report acknowledge that the reason they did not go into that classroom was because they were waiting for better equipment, better shields. one officer asked for mirrors to look around corners, instead of just going in and ending the threat, and providing medical care to these children and teachers who were injured. >> meanwhile, if they allowed them, and one of those parents would have torn into that classroom with their bare ha

cnn's rosa flores is in austin at the texas state capitol for us where the house committee her testimonyluding the director of texas dps and the uvalde county sheriff. what do we know about the testimony today and when can we expect a report from the house committee that is investigating the shooting? >> you know, according to a source close to this committee, that report could be released within ten days. now, about the testimony and about this report, the texas house investigative committee has heard testimony from about 40 witnesses so far in the past few weeks. they reviewed evidence. and the goal, according to a source close to this investigation, is to be a fact-finding mission, and they're hoping this report clarifies some of the conflicting reports that we have heard from the beginning of this. there's been many. now, a key part of achieving that is the release of the hallway video. i want to be very clear here. the parents of the victims, the families of the victims, texas dps, texas lawmakers, the uvalde city mayor, they have been calling for the release of this video, but the

a texas house committee finds there were 376 officers on scene, local, state and federal.s a lack of leadership and "egregiously poor decision-making." surveillance video from inside the school shows officers waited 77 minutes before moving in to confront the shooter. the investigating committee provided their findings sunday to families of the victims. 19 students and 2 teachers. the shooter fired about 100 rounds in the first three minutes. so it's likely many victims died quickly, so hard to read there, but the report indicates some could have survived if they did not have to wait so long for rescue. the sentencing trial begins for the gunman in the 2018 shooting massacre at a parkland, florida, high school. a youry will decide whether nikolas cruz should be executed or receive life without parole. cruz pleaded guilty last october to first-degree murder. 17 people were killed and 17 others wounded. amanda? >>> justin, thank you. turning to our fire coverage, progress is being made on the marsh fire in pittsburg. these are pictures from contra costa fire. 20,000 gallons

officers, local, state, and federal arrived on the scene, according to a new report by the texas house committee investigating the shooting. the investigation found they waited 77 minutes before moving if to take out the shooter. lacking clear leadership, basic communications, and prioritizing their own safety over saving innocent lives. >> they should have done more, acted with urgency, tried the door handles, tried to go in through the windows, tried to distract him. >> reporter: the three members of investigating committee released their findings in a meeting with families of the victims. 19 students and two teachers. their 77-page report found the shooter fired 100 rounds in the first three minutes. the report suggests some could have survived if they had not had to wait so long for rescue. >> they're a joke. they got no business wearing a badge. >> reporter: vincent salazar, grandfather of laila salazar, obtained the report but did not stay at the meeting due to his distrust of local public officials and handling of the investigation. so far, much of the blame has been put on uvalde school

the texas house committee highlights faulty locks at the school communication issues and most notably a delayed, chaotic. and at times a quote. >> lax and a sickle response by law enforcement. alyssa donovan has more. >> we've got to get in to get in we're going to enter. >> police body camera footage released the same day as the report show officers running from the classrooms inside the school as shots are fired. the footage also displays moments of clear lack of leadership and the delay in action by law enforcement was like, yes, yes. >> gas mask this >> 7 to on may 24th 19, 4th grade students and 2 teachers were shot and killed in their classrooms at robb elementary school. and you've all day as students waited for help footage shows officers standing in the hallway. the 77 page report notes that nearly 400 law enforcement officers responded to the school, both state and federal. the report outlining the scene was chaotic without any person, obviously in charge. and despite the numbers present, there was an inconsistent flow of information between law enforcement inside and outsid

the velgs, conducted by a texas house committee, highlights a series of systemic failures and egs thnmamiland ro 77-pport and surveillance video was given to victims' families sunday morning. the report blames a lack of leadership that extended beyond local police saying, quote, hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies, many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police, quickly arrived on the scene. a longer version of the surveillance video was leaked by local media last week. it shows the gunman entering robb elementary and it is different from the edited version parents got today. you can see him firing over 100 rounds between the rooms he entered in two and a half minutes. after a small group of local officers approached the classrooms, were shot at through the walls and retreated, dozens of officers then gathered in the har, pacing, asking for equipment and ultimately killing the gunman. during that time, today's report states the void of leadership by chief arredono, who failed to take on his role as incident commander and others t

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

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

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

but, whatever the label, the new report from the texas house committee has this to say about his performance. i am quoting now, as of and -- folded he prefer -- he failed to perform or to transfer the role of instant commander. now, this was an essential duty he had assigned to himself, yet, it was not effectively performed by anyone. well, we'll go to uvalde and first i want to play you another moment that we've just gotten in from the school board meeting from the uvalde senior whose sister was murdered. >> how am i supposed to come back here? i'm going to be a senior, how my supposed to come back to the school? what are you guys going to do to make sure that i don't have to watch my friends die? what are you going to do to make sure i don't have to wait 77 minutes, bleeding out on my classroom for just like my little sister did? i know there's nothing you can do to bring my sister back, but maybe, just maybe if you do something to change this you can prevent the next family from losing their child. , well, more now on what we're worried about what went on inside the school from these, vid

now the families of the shooting victims are going to get that preliminary finding of the texas house committee investigation. >> 19 children and two teachers were killed in the massacre. the committee is also set to present the families with surveillance video of the school shooting which was leaked to a texas newspaper and published this week. let's take you now to uvalde, texas, and cnn's rosa flores. do we have any indication right now of what is going to be in the report? >> reporter: you know, boris, according to a source close to the committee, this source tells me this report is expected to be fact-finding in nature, is expected to have a chronological time line of events, a law enforcement manifest. it's supposed to quote directly from sworn testimony. it's supposed to clarify some of the previous accounts. but the bigger picture overall, according to this source, this report is expected to show that the law enforcement failure on that ill-fated day was much bigger than one person. it was much bigger than the school police chief. it's going to show, according to the source, that the la

i've got a response from the school district near the texas house investigative committee about your the texas house investigative committee issuing a statement to cnn saying that they stand by the report that it is based on multiple interviews with multiple entities. as for the school district, anderson, they responded to our request. but they said they are too busy right now because they've had too many media requests. >> and as the district attorney have any update on their investigation? >> you know, we got an update from her today. the da says the investigation is ongoing. she says that right now investigators are trying to sink all the videos, surveillance videos, body camera videos, to actual time and that that has not been completed yet. anderson, i asked her about seeking justice and she would actually charge won for some and. and he replied and said that she will not as a date to indict a law enforcement officer if the law allows. >> all right. or the floors, appreciated. thank you. coming up, on the day the federal reserve announced another major interest rate hike to tackl

all this as we learn more about how it's going to work on sunday when the texas house investigative committee issues a report to the families first. according to a source close to that committee, telling me that the families will get an opportunity to receive the report early in the morning. they will have several hours to review the report, process it, and then they will be meeting in private with lawmakers, with the individuals of this texas house committee who will be able to answer questions, ask questions, and after that, jake, is when this report will be presented in a press conference where reporters will be able to ask questions. >> rosa flores in uvalde, texas, thank you so much. >> president biden promised to turn saudi arabia into the, quote, pariah of the middle east, but he's visiting that country friday. coming up next, we'll talk to a 9/11 widow on president biden's trip. stay with us. . try dove dry spray. our weightless formula with 1/4 moisturizers is effective and kikind to skin. leaving you feeling instantly dry and confident.t. (vo) introducing welcome unlimited from veri

the 3 members of the bipartisan texas house committee held a news conference to discuss the report. it comes just a few days after this new security camera footage was released the sound to the children screaming on, edited out. but it shows local police arriving 2 minutes after the shooting started . as you approached the classroom door, but then retreat back down the corridor, all of the shots are fired. the report is adamant that during this time offices that the federal or state level should have taken over control from the school police chief and peter redondo who was supposedly in charge at the school. once we today to redondo has taken much of the blame, but sundays reports the responsibility for the lack of action should be shared by some of the 376 law enforcement officers who had arrived, as well as their superiors at the command level. at a minimum there is multiple opportunities depending on the relative training and experience of law enforcement officers to at least ask more questions or offer their guidance to try to remedy the chaotic situation and make sure there was

. >> reporter: in less than 24 hours, a texas house committee will release the most detailed accountf the police response yet. lawmakers have already corrected the false impression of officer ruben ruiz, who was mocked on social media for checking his phone. state representative joe moody said ruiz is the husband of murdered teacher eva mireles, who reached out from her classroom while he was on-scene to say that she'd been shot and was dying. moody said he could not allow someone who had lost everything to be maligned. now, whit, the committee report is going to incorporate accounts from three dozen witnesses. most of them have not spoken publicly. and while much of the blame has fallen on the shoulders of the chief of the tiny uvalde school police force, we're told the committee report is going to be far more sweeping. whit? >> we know family members are eager for details in that report. aaron, thank you. >>> tonight, the race is on to stop the global rise in monkeypox cases. here at home, frustration for thousands across the country seeking vaccines. the government promising to ra

texas. eric. eric: house committee in texas is expected to release preliminary report later today about the police response to last month's horrible school massacre in uvalde. the video we are about to show you was obtained by the austin american statesman in kuvtv and edited for shorter clip but the video shows police and some of them talking on their cell phones, standing in the hallways in the trying to stop the shooter. officials say the report will present a clear timeline of what happened when the officers finally entered the school and why they waited inside the hall, you can see for nearly an hour despite many 911 calls from students who were trapped with the gunman in their classroom, reports of them crying and screaming from their wounds. 19 students, two teachers were slaughtered in that shooting. senior correspondent casey s tegel. casey. eric: nearly 8 weeks since all of the horror that you just described unfolded in the hallways of robb elementary school of what was supposed to be the last week of school. the kids were in the joint fourth grade classroom watching a movie at the time.

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

this afternoon, the victim's families are to meet with the texas house committee investigating the incident and afterwards the lawmakers are going to release their report, and it is expected to focus on the delayed police response at the scene. surveillance video from inside of the school show the officers waited 77 minutes before moving to take the suspect out. >> basic law enforcement 101 is that you go to the threat. >> reporter: the head of the texas department public safety faulted the texas police chief arrendondo for his lack of law enforcement. >> the only thing that stopped the officers from entering room 111 and 112 is the commanding officer who decided to place the lives of officers ahead of children. >> reporter: and the officer has denied telling anyone to standdown and he never reported himself as the incident commander. the teacher who survived said that others bear some responsibility. >> there were tons of people in that hall waichlt i don't see how people can just blame one person. >> reporter: arrendondo is on administrative leave with his job on the school district. earl

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

karina: today, a texas house committee will release a report on the response to the robb elementary schoolvalde. 19 children and two teachers were killed. the report will include accounts from at least three dozen witnesses and is expected to spread blame beyond the uvalde school district police chief. >> this report might start to point them in the right direction. once we start to identify who specifically should be held accountable, i think you will see those folks face accountability for their decisions. karina: abc news confirmed uvalde leaders tried unsuccessfully to convince the head of the texas state police to paint a more positive picture of the police response. in a secret meeting first described by the new york times, law enforcement sources say you've all the officials gave the colonel a more positive narrative that contradicted what he had said publicly about officers' failure to confront the shooter. sources say he refused to change his account. surveillance video obtained by abc's affiliates shall police officers entering the school, standing near classrooms, then quickly r

. >> reporter: the videos released by the uvalde mayor just as the texas house committee released itshe law enforcement response, calling it chaotic, lackadaisical, without any person obviously in charge. in that report, arredondo offers this as part of an explanation to the committee. when there's a threat, you have to visibly be able to see the threat. you have to have a target before you engage your firearm. getting fired at through the wall, coming from a blind wall, i had no idea what was on the other side of that wall. i never got to physically see the threat or the shooter. >> they were cowards, not chickens. >> reporter: the report angering uvalde victims' families. an uncle releasing this video of the two while telling cnn he wants accountability at the top. >> they stood there as people bled out. they stood there as they took their final breath. >> reporter: uvalde's mayor announcing shortly after the report came out the acting chief of the uvalde police department was put on administrative leave. >> do i still think there's a cover-up? well, let me put it this way. this has

committee was looking for clarification in its prior statements. according to a source within texas dps, they were told that mccraw, excuse me, that the texas house committeemore questions for mccraw related to other testimony, other people who had been interviewed and it's important to note that according to the source post of the committee, this investigative report that will be released on sunday will show that the failure, that the magnitude of the failure here in uvalde is not boiled down to one person. but, it is a much bigger magnitude. >> rosa flores, thank you for your continued reporting. and joining us now is bill stanton, is a former new york city police officer. bill, when you when you watch this video and when you see what officers were doing and you think about the children, the teachers that will killed during that time i know i want to jump out of my seat. i was yelling at the tv trying to urge these officers into action. you have been in their shoes as an officer, what is your reaction, what do you see? >> well i am going to give the benefit of the doubt to the officers and say, this isn't so much a courage issue, because you have to thin

news sunday and have committee chairman rick scott and white house town of economic advisers member jared bernstein, fascinating show. that's coming up next hour. stay with us. a texas house committee is expected to release a preliminary report this afternoon with details from the investigation into the robb elementary school massacre in uvalde on may 24th, fox news senior correspondent casey casey stegiel. >> state law members that were tasked and the meeting began more than an hour from now. 2:30 eastern time with news conference to follow. although it was already released this week by the austin american statesmen newspapers and kuvtv the chilling surveillance video will be shown today with certain things redacted like sounds of gunfire and will release preliminary findings of what went wrong that day. the feelings here are very mixed this past week over whether the media should have published the video ahead of today before families have the chance to see it while others have called it necessary although it is difficult to see. >> maybe the parents should have seen it first but i don't see many people objecting to it. look at all the views it has. it has so many

the texas house investigative committee's preliminary report released today lays out the, quote, systemic failures and egregious poor decision making in the law enforcement response. we are ux inspeexpecting a pres conference any moment now. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it starts. but we begin this hour with cnn's rosa flores. she has been reading through the report. does the report cover why authorities waited more than an hour in a hallway before confronting and killing the gunman, and did that delay cost lives? >> reporter: ryan, in the report it does mention a few lines about why officer waited. it states they were waiting for the keys. they were waiting for more equipment. but let me take you through it because there are very telling details we did not know before reading this report. according to this report chief pete arredondo actually wrote the active shooter policy. he wrote in himself as the incident commander but, according to this report, he didn't take on that role on that ill-fated day. it says that he not only didn't take the role, he didn't transfer command of th

. >> let's talk also about the report issued today and lawmakers on the texas house committee that investigated said they believe the responding officers should be held accountable for the failures that day. what can be done to hold them accountable for what happened that day? >> i know this is frustrating to everyone, people in uvalde or anyone watching, before you hold officers accountable you have to go through a level of process with investigation and determine whether or not folks actually failed to live up to the responsibilities. it seems pretty clear here but you have to go through the process. nevertheless in a situation with a police officer in a large thriving police department you can hold that officer accountable by reassigning them or firing them. there's all kind of things you can do. you are talking about at least initially the uvalde police, the school police agency appears, it would appear that the most reasonable thing to do is obliterate it in its entirety. pete arredondo should never lead a police force again. the officers in that department, you need to start over and wipe

. >>> the texas house committee investigating the uvalde school massacre plans to officially releaseinute surveillance video that we showed you tonight on sunday along with a report to victims' families. as the community continues to grieve, it's also trying to figure out how to keep another tragedy like this from happening ever again. i want to bring in texas state senator roland gutierrez, whose district includes uvalde. i'm very glad you're here. i have to ask you, you and i have had a conversation in the past following what you have been doing, demanding the answers. this video, unbelievable to watch. you were a proponent of making sure people saw it in full, because you understood the need for people to fully understand just what happened here. what is your reaction to this video, these moments, 77 of them? >> well, like everybody that's seen this, it's just absolutely shocking and disgusting what we saw. however, there is still a lot that we haven't seen. this house committee interviewed 20 law enforcement witnesses, 17 civilian witnesses. that's it. there was 360 cops on the s

that's what cnn is learning from the preliminary report by the texas house committee looking into thevalde, texas. 19 children and two teachers were killed that day. this nearly two months after the horrific mass shooting took place. investigators are also

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