in texas, the entire police department in the uvalde school district has been suspended, following the 19 students and two teachers were killed at robb elementary school. the delayed police response has been widely criticised and is under investigation. well earlier i spoke to former fbi special agent tracy walder. i asked her to explain the significance of this suspension of uvalde's police officers. i think this is a really big deal. they are recognising that there were a lot of files in regards to the security of the school. at least here in texas, and this school present, this is a police department that is actually employed by the school district itself, not the uvalde police department and theirjob is to ensure the school stays safe, they follow protocol and that superintendent is aware of all of these protocols. as more information has come out as a result of the investigation into this, it has shown that has been a lackadaisical approach to a lot of these safety protocols and really everyone needs to be retrained and new protocols put into place. and new protocols put into lace

understanding how this works, this is a police department thatis this is a police department that is actually employed by the school district itself. this is not the uvaldeafe, teachers follow safety protocols, and that the superintendent is aware of all of these protocols. and since more and more information has come out as a result of the investigation into this, it really has shown that there is really has shown that there is really a lackadaisical approach to a lot of these safety protocols, and really everyone needs to be retrained and new protocols need to be put into place. ii protocols need to be put into lace. , ., place. if the division, if the olice place. if the division, if the police department - place. if the division, if the police department that - place. if the division, if the - police department that provides security for schools in that district has been suspended, who is now providing security for those schools?— for those schools? that is an excellent _ for those schools? that is an excellent question. - for those schools? that is an excellent question. right - for those schools? that is an | excellent question. right now it looks

. >> the other thing that's significant, so much focus has been on the local police, the uvalde police department and school police, clearly there's lack of training there. she was there within minutes. she had the training. she had the tools to go into that hallway and it j's just really unclear why she didn't do it, whether it was fear or other reasons. but her actions troubled investigators at the department of public safety. >> shimon prokupecz, thank you. joining us is the legal garden of isaiah, who was 10 years old when he was murdered. you heard shimon's reporting. i'm wondering what your reaction was, the fact that officer was hired by uvalde el men ementary school. >> i'm appalled. i asked the school board beforehand when they said we were getting more officers, if they were hiring and if there would be officers patrolling and being around here and they told me no. so i'm disgusted and honestly i'm pissed off at the remarks that she had to say, if her kids were in there, she wouldn't have stayed outside. so the rest of our kids didn't matter. >> it's been months and, you know, i think a

restricting all activities of the uvalde police department for a period of time. time. they said two offices were were placed on administrative leave and others were confined. district family members say it is a move they wanted. >> there are no winners. there is something called transparency transparency and accountability. so we are pleased with this but but it is not over yet. >> reporter: >> reporter: officers waited more than an hour to enter a classroom and take down the gun. the gunman. in august, the district fired peter redondo but but families have been demandin, demanding more, staging protests outside of the school administration building. outrage outrage grew after it was repord that the district hired a former former state trooper who responded to the shooting as a school resource officer. she was was fired on thursday. family members say they have questions. questions. >> i want to know when the officers got there. and how they they responded. there's a lot we we still have questions about. >> reporter: and investigation is ongoing. the district is askg i

they have better equipment than the uvalde police department, certainly the school police, and they're better trained. the active shooter training, that is one of the key elements of their training. >> shimon peres, appreciate it. thank you. >>> now some breaking news on the mar-a-lago documents. reporting in "the new york times" tonight, the headline reads "justice department is said to have told trump lawyers it believes he has more documents." still more documents. cnn political analyst maggie haberman shares the by-line, quoting the lead, a the justice department official told donald trump lawyers in recent weeks that he has not returned all the documents he took when he left the white house, according to two people briefed on the matter. the justice department had no comment. "the times" story then noted that dozens of empty folders found in the latest search in august, saying it raises further questions about whether all available documents had indeed been recovered. here that talk about it is laurence tribe, co-author of "to end a presidency: the power of impeachment." i'm wonde

and as a result, the the district has made the decision to suspend all activities with the uvalde police departmentof time. they said two officers were placed on administrative leave and others will find roles roles in the district. family members say it is a move they wanted. >> there are no winners. there is something called transparency transparency and accountability. accountability. we are pleased with this. >> reporter: during the mass shooting, officers waited more than an hour to go into the classroom and take down the gun. the gunman. in august, the district fired the police chieft chief but families have been demanding more, staging protests outside the school administration building. this w, outreach grew after a former state trooper was hired as a school resource officer. she was was fired thursday. family members say they still have ques have questions. >> i want to know what time the officers get there. what information where they told and how did they respond to that in? that information? >> reporter: an investigation is is ongoing and the district says says it is asking additional s

despite early efforts by state officials to blame the local police department in uvalde for the failed response, a timeline from body camera shows elizondo arrived on scene just two minutes after the shooting began. this new information now indicates she was among several dps officers on scene who potentially could have taken action to stop the gunman. >> subject with an era. footage shows her without a tactical bulletproof vest or long rifle. at a step with active shooter training. she spends most of the 77 minutes before the classroom was breached outside of the school. and according to sources familiar with the investigation told investigators that without her gear she was not comfortable joining the others inside. >> out of nearly 400 law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting, 91 were from the texas department of public safety. seven of those officers were referred for further investigations for their conduct that day. elizondo is one of them. the other six still work for dps. while the investigation into their actions continues. it is unclear if the uvalde school dist

uvalde district. the district announced it was suspending the entire police department.assacre. with us now to talk more is roland gutierrez. always good seeing you. i want to begin by the decision to retire and the suspension of the entire school district police department. >> yes. thank you, jose. certainly the decision needed to come. and hal has done good service for 30 years. at any point in our lives, we have to bring about change. this community is asking for change. there was a lot of failure here. and government failed at every level, as you know, jose. the school district failed. the local police failed, the sheriff failed. the state troopers failed and even to a certain degree, the federal government failed. most mass shootings last ten minutes. this one lasted 77 minutes. but even prior to that day, there were many things that had not been done at the school, things that needed to be corrected and changed. and so these families are going to continue to fight for that change. they've gotten some success here, jose, but there's much work yet to do. >> senator,

security that took place that day, not just on the part of the school district police but the uvalde police departmentthe department of public safety. so this isn't over. even though this is a decisive move, there's still an investigation taking place, and there needs to be more action taken in the future. in the meantime they need to look forward and think about building a new police force. that's not going to be something that's going to occur overnight. >> why don't you think this happened sooner? the district cited recent developments that were uncovered, gave them additional concerns with the department of operations. do you think the protests, that the protesters, family members camping out in front of the district offices played a huge role in this shakeup? >> i mean it may have played some role in it. but they've been camping out and protesting for some time. i think it was cnn's reporting of the one officer that made the difference and forced their hand to do something, but the bottom line is they've done it. and now they've got to move forward. it should have been done a while ago. obviously

. >>> a step toward accountability in texas after the uvalde police department suspended after the massacretate senator leading the push for accountability. >>> in venezuela, two dozens killed after landslides brought on by heavy rain. >>> and we begin this hour with breaking news out of ukraine. overnight, russia launched a series of deadly strikes across ukraine, including in

now we have come to this latest development, where the entire police department for the uvalde schooltrict has been suspended. it is indefinite. at the moment, what is going to happen, what has been a request, anay, the texas department of safety to provide extra state troopers to try to provide security for the schools, you meioned that the families have reacted to this -- to read a couple of tweets from brecht cross. his son was killed in the shoe day. -- killed in the shooting. heas been outside the school and he has released a statement on twitter and he has put -- "we did itnd we are going home." certainly he has welcomed that deci tod. samantha: ok, nomia, for now, thank u. across thailand, flags are flying at half-mast for the more than 30 children who were murdered in a nursery school yesterday. they were among at least 36 people who died when a former police officer went on a rampage with guns and a knife. the country's prime minister has joined grieving parents, placing flowers on the steps of the center where the attack took place. a report from thailand has distressing det

releasing in a statement, the district has made the decision to suspend all activities of the uvalde cisd police departmentiod of time. officers currently employed will fill other roles in the district. the policy to go in and go after a shooter has been in place since after columbine. they failed to follow that policy. this is the result. we will keep you up to speed on what happens next, sandra. >> sandra: feds have enough evidence to bring charges against hunter biden for tax violations and a false statement regarding a gun purchase. a source telling fox news the matter remains in a sensitive critical phase as u.s. attorney on the case weighs whether to charge the president's son. the cover of today's new york post with this headline, charge him already. fox news team coverage, miranda divine will join us in a moment, but david spunt is live at the justice department on this. david, what are you hearing about the people involved in the hunter biden investigation? >> sandra, i'm hearing there is a palpable sense of frustration from people who have been on this case for four years. the investigation began

police department has been suspended. the entire police department, for the school district in uvalde testers. was suspended today. ict put out a statement today which reads in part, recent developments have uncovered additional concerns with department operations. as a result, the district has made the decision to suspend all activities of the uvalde consolidated, independent school district police department for a period of time. officers currently employed will fill other royals in the district. officials have not said what the recent developments are that provoked this. the district placed lieutenant mike hernandez on administrative leave. he had taken over for the fired police chief. pete arredondo. yesterday, the school police fired -- who joined the department after the mass murder at robb elementary school. she was fired after a cnn report on wednesday revealed she was, not only on campus during the may attack as a texas state trooper. but under investigation over her actions while the gunman killed 19 students and teachers. and which she was recorded on body camera video saying if my son had been in there

police force in uvalde, texas, almost five months after a gunman killed 19 students and 2 teachers at robb elementary school. priscilla thompson has details. >> reporter: tonight, the uvalde school district is suspending its entire police department saying it made the decision after recent developments have uncovered additional concerns with department operations. >> they finally did the right thing. >> reporter: kimberly rubio has been fighting for accountability since her daughter lexi, 18 other children and 2 teachers were gunned down at school >> my children are still in the school district i want to feel safe. i want to feel heard, and i don't right now. >> reporter: the district did not cite a specific reason for today's suspension or say how long it will last it comes just days after the release of body camera footage obtained exclusively by cnn from the day of the massacre >> if my son had been in there. >> yeah. >> i would not have been outside >> reporter: showing then state trooper crimson elizondo with fellow officers. she resigned a few months after the shooting but was later hired by the school district outraging families >> this isn't her. >> reporter: the school district fired her yesterday. for five months there

. >> the entire uvalde school district police department was just suspended, what does that do? it was a step in the right direction, as far as accountability, stephanie, but we saw last week there is a story about the department of public safety, which is our state highway patrol, our state troopers, and their involvement, or a lack of involvement, or failure to act. i feel like that story, and others that have come out, i showing us exactly what i've been talking about. the dps certainly was in charge, but they failed to act. yet greg abbott doesn't even take back call for any accountability. remember steve growl, director of gps, reports to greg abbott, and he has done nothing to ask for accountability. i hope that the spending of those police was just a first step, and hopefully our governor, or our new governor will take the right actions after november 8th to make sure that we can get rid of these people, that were responsible for their inaction. >> accountability can happen in this country, it's called election day. state senator rolling gutierrez, thanks for joining us t

in texas, the entire police department in the uvalde school district has been suspended, following theents and two teachers were killed at robb elementary school. the delayed police response has been widely criticised and is under investigation. a trade minister in the british government, conor burns has been sacked after a "complaint of serious misconduct" against him. he has also been suspended from the conservative parliamentary party. the mp says he has not been given any information about the allegation and that he looks forward to clearing his name. in thailand, distraught families have been mourning the deaths of 36 people, including more than 20 children, murdered by a former police officer in their nursery school yesterday. the country's prime minister hasjoined grieving parents placing flowers on the steps of the centre in the town of uthai sawan, where the attack took place. jonathan head sent this report. how do you deal with a loss like this? in this temple, not far from the school where so many young lives were ended in the most brutal way imaginable... ..it was with hear

adding to friday after the uvalde school district suspended its entire police department. of [inaudible] uncovered by -- -- he's followed every development in uvalde since the shooting in may. tony, thank you for being with us. with the police department suspended, who's gonna be put in charge to patrol school campuses, how will these individuals then be vetted? >> we know the district has asked the texas department of public safety to ramp up the number of state troopers who are on the ground. that's something that actually started at the beginning of school this year. you need to keep in mind, in the minds of many parents, that's problematic as well. we know that 1991 troopers were on the ground that day. so, there is a feeling among -- that the state can also be trusted to ensure the safety and security of their children in the school buildings and on campuses. >> what are they demanding instead? >> basically, they won the entire police force gone. they won it rebooted. they want more vetting of law enforcement officers who are in charge of patrolling the school campuses

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. ♪ >>> the uvalde school district has suspended the entire police department. administrative roles. all this happening after our reporting that a newly-hired officer, who came from the dps. she resigned from the department of public safety and was hired by the school district, despite the fact that she was under investigation for her response while at the dps, to the robb elementary school. the school hired here, they knew, they were told by the dps she was under investigation. a school administrator by the name of ken miller was suspended. he retired because of that suspension. he decided he would retire. lieutenant miguel hernandez. he is the commanding officer of the police force. he was also placed on administrative leave and what our understanding is, this lieutenant is the one that is behind vetting that officer, officer elizondo, the newly hired officer by the school district. the school district responding in decisive form, taking all of the officers out, removing this administrator and also suspending this lieutenant. of course, this is all welcome new

despite early efforts by state officials to blame the local police department in uvalde for the failed response -- a timeline from body camera footage shows elizondo arriving on scene just two minutes after the shooting began. the new information now indicates she was among several dps officers on scene who potentially could have taken action to stop the gunmen. footage shows her without a tactical bulletproof vest or long rifle at a step with active shooter training. she spends most of the 77 minutes before the classroom was breached outside the school. according to sources familiar with the investigation, elizondo said that without her gear, she was not comfortable joining the others inside. out of nearly 400 law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting, 91 were from the texas department of public safety. 7 of those officers were referred for further investigation for their conduct that day. crimson elizondo is one of them. the other six still work for dps, while the investigation into their actions continues. it is unclear if the uvalde school district was aware of the inv

despite early efforts by state officials to blame the local police department in uvalde for the policetimeline from body camera footage shows elizondo arrived on scene just two minutes after the shooting began. this new information now indicates that she was among several dps officers on scene who potentially could have taken action to stop the gunman. >> subject with an a. our >> footage shows her without a tactical bulletproof vest or long rifle. i had a step with active shooter training. >> she spends most of the 77 minutes before the classroom was breached outside of the school. according to sources familiar with the investigation, she told investigators that without her gear she was not comfortable joining the others inside. >> out of nearly 400 law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting, 91 or from the texas department of public safety. seven of those officers were referred for further investigation for their conduct that day. elizondo is one of them. the other six still work for dps. while the investigation into their actions continues. it is unclear if the uvalde sc

despite early efforts by state officials to blame the local police department in uvalde for the failed response, a time line from body camera footage shows elizondo arrived on scene just two minutes after the shooting began. the new information now indicates she was among several dps officers on scene who potentially could have taken action to stop the gunman. >> subject with an ar. >> reporter: footage shows her without a bulletproof vest or long rifle at a step with active shooter training. she spends most of the 77 minutes before the class room was breached outside of the school. according to sources familiar with the investigation, elizondo told investigators that without her gear, she was not comfortable joining the others inside. out of nearly 400 law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting, 91 were from the texas department of public safety and seven were referred for further investigation for their conduct that day. crimson elizondo is one of them. the other six still work for dps. while the investigation into their actions continues. it is unclear if the uvalde scho

despite early efforts by state officials to blame the local police department in uvalde for the failed on scene just two minutes after the shooting began. the new information now indicates she was among several dps officers on scene who potentially could have taken action to stop the gunman. footage shows her without a tactical bullet proof vest or long rifle. out of step with active shooter training. she spends most of the 77 minutes before the classroom was breached outside of the school. according to sources familiar with the investigation, elizondo told investigators without her gear she was not comfortable joining those inside. out of nearly 400 officers that responded to the shooting, 91 were from the texas department of safety. 41 were referred for their conduct that day crimson elizondo was one of them. it is unclear if the uvalde school district was aware of the investigation at the time of her hiring. the school district has not responded to emails, calls, or direct questions from cnn. do you know this officer who you recently hired? are you aware she's under investigation fo

microbiome nutrient serum transforms the driest skin in 1 shower. 1 ♪ >>> the uvalde school district of texas suspended the police department two teachers dead. it comes after developments that, quote, uncovered additional concerns with department operations. now, officials didn't specify what those developments were. but it comes after cnn reported that the school's police department had hired an officer who didn't immediately go into the school as the shooting was happening, cnn's shimon propaganda has the details. >> reporter: uvalde school district announcing they have suspended all of their officers putting them on administrative leave. this comes after a reporting that one of the police officers, a newly hired police officer by the school district was under the investigation when she worked for the department of public safety. for her response to the school shooting on may 24th. somehow, the school district hired her, despite knowing this information. they were told by the department of public safety about this officer crimson elizondo was under investigation. despite that, they hired her anyway. we've also learned th

uvalde, texas. first an officer fired after a bombshell cnn report. now the school system is suspending its entire police department. >>> and a new strong jobs report showing more americans employed and earning more money. so might this set up another hike in your interest rates as the fed tries to tame rising inflation? welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. a bone chilling warning of armageddon tops our world lead. president biden made that assessment last night invoking the nuclear brinksmanship of the cuban missile crisis 60 years ago this month. as vladimir putin loses his grip on his bloody unprovoked war against ukraine and threatens to delay catastrophic weapons. senior u.s. officials were caught off guard they say. but by what some might characterize as inartful and perhaps in some views he is callatory comments they insist there is nothing that raises the threat level above where it is been but still president biden doesn't seem a clear off-ramp for putin and u.s. officials thinks even if he uses the smallest tactical nuke ever it could create consequences that could lead to a global nuclear disaster. an

in texas the entire police department in the good of all the school district has been suspended -- uvaldedistrict have been suspended following the mass soting in may. the delayed police response has been criticized and is under investigation. the supreme court in sri lanka has allowed legal proceedings to move forward against the former president, calling for accountability to the island nation's financial crisis. severe shortages of bac goods led to protests. today the u.n. human rights council called on sri lanka to prosecute corrupt officials. bank branches in lebanon will close indefinitely as a response to recent holdups. banks closed for a week last month after a previous wave of holdups. it lebanon is in the grips of a financial crisis, the currency has lost 90% of its value, inflation is in triple digits in the economy has contracted a massively. here in new york city the mayor is declared a state of emergency get a response to the influx of asylum-seekers being bused year by republican governors. mayor eric adams says the city is on track to spend $1 billion on the crisis. we ar

troubling about that, we learn today from the dps -- her former employer, the uvalde school district in the police department actually reach out to them to go back and check on her when she applied for the job. they told the school that she was under investigation. >> wow, that was a question we didn't have an answer to last night. did involve the school district now that she was under investigation? since they are citing that comment from her, i just wanna replay that again. >> an officer asked of her children attend robb elementary. alessandro's response. >> my son is in daycare. he is not old enough. no, if my son had been in there i would not have been outside, i promise you that. >> a new reporting last night, there had been reports -- you can see this because i'm not clear on it. she had been concerned about not having tactical gear, body armor in order to confront the gunman or be inside the school. she seems to be saying that that not of panic concern of hers on that day for travelers in the school. >> well, it seems that she would've treated the situation differently had her son been inside. the rea

. >> nearly five months after the horrific mass shooting and uvalde, texas the school districts entire police departmentdeclined to provide details on the decision but cited recent developments that uncovered additional concerns. a july report from the texas house committee slammed police in the school district for quote, systemic failures and egregiously portis is making. during the suspension, officers will continue to fuel other roles in the district. after the break -- >> the answer to why i wrote white lives matter on a shirt is because they do. that is the obvious thing. >> and next guest says the stunt proved how he invokes anti-blackness to get attention. the roots candace mcduffie joins me next. roots candace mcduffie joins me next. discover sound that can truly move you in the 2022 grand wagoneer. awarded best driver appeal by j.d. power. [coughing] hi, susan. honey. yeah. i respect that. but that cough looks pretty bad. try this robitussin honey. the real honey you love, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin. the only brand with real honeyand e

now let's get to bertha coombs >>> the uvalde school district has suspended the entire police department for a period of time. this comes nearly five months after the deadly elementary shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. officials say recent developments in their investigation led to that sus possession. >>> a coroner's report out of iran said 22-year-old mahsa amini died of organ failure due to underlying disease, and not due to physical blows. her family says they believe she wasbeaten while in the custody of iran's so called morality police after she defied the country's strict dress code. it has sparked widespread protests across the country, against the laws governing women. >>> a new report from the department of health and human services estimates that covid vaccines prevented over 300,000 deaths among seniors in 2021, and the reduction in hospitalizations likely saved more than $16 billion in medical costs. contessa, tyler, back to you. >>> thank you very much, bertha. >>> ahead on "power lunch" after a significantly rough september, it is no shock that october

uvalde, texas. the school system there already facing withering criticism over the school's own police department's failures during that deadly attack on robb elementary. tonight they have disbanded their entire police force at the school. four officers and a security guard have been reassigned. it comes 24 hours after a newly hired officer was fired after it was reported she was being investigated for her actions while responding to that shooting. >>> we turn to the economy and your money and the new report showing hiring is cooling some in this country, but remains strong. 263,000 jobs added last month. unemployment ticking down to 3.5%. but that strength is likely to keep the federal reserve now on track to raise interest rates next month in efforts to tame inflation. >>> when we come back, the purdue student accused of killing his roommate in the dorm room. >>> three separate attac >>> tonight, prosecutors revealing chilling new details about the purdue university student accused of killing his roommate. they say he repeatedly stabbed him in the neck and head. his body found in a dorm room chai

uvalde has just been ripped apart. there is no confidence in the police department, in the school district or the local police or in the sheriff's department, or for that matter, the department of public safety. let's be real clear, this woman, thanks to shimon's great reporting, this woman was a dps trooper, and yet we've seen no accountability on their part, no real accountability from the department of public safety. and from the various videos we've seen on your station before, we know that there was 12 dps troopers in that hallway. there's still a lot of work to get done here. >> so there were 12 dps troopers in the hallway. you heard shimon reporting that dps, the department of public safety, is going to continue to be in charge of protecting the students. they've been doing that since the shooting. do you have a message for parents who are worried about their kids' safety at school? >> the parents are very upset, as you know, jake. they've been upset. they want accountability from dps. i mean, obviously in this transitionary period, we're going to have to have somebody secure the schools. those dps troopers bett

police. the school district in uvalde, texas, has suspended its police force that provides security for schools, five months after a mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. the police departments response to the shooting, including delays by officers in reaching the gunman, while he was holed up in a classroom. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri has this report. as families try to make sense of the violent loss of their children, with the uvalde school shooting, there was something they couldn't make, the police district response. this was the cctv footage that showed a police force simply waiting in the wings as an 18 year gunman killed children and staff in the robb elementary school. it was over an hour before police confronted the shooter. in the meantime, they stood by and periodically used hand sanitiser. during that time, 19 students and two teachers were killed. now, after months of pressure from grieving families, the district has suspended their entire police force.— has suspended their entire police force. since more and more information _ police force. since more and more information has - police force. since more and more information has come | police force. since more an

in uvalde, texas has suspended its police force — that provides security for schools — five months after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers. the police departmentsponse to the shooting — including delays by officers in reaching the gunman while he was holed up in a classroom. north america correspondent, nomia iqbal explains how uvalde police has been facing continued criticisms over their response criticisms to the attack. this police force has faced escalated criticism from the parents, from the relatives of the victims of the school shooting. many of them have been gathering for weeks now outside the school's administrative admission building. to make their feelings heard about this. so this police department, which was responsible for school security, including the elementary school has really been at the centre of huge criticism over a slow response, the botched response. their officers were the first to respond on the day of the shooting. they were alerted to the teenager, salvador ramos, the gunman who was eventually killed by a border patrol agent. now, already, the head of that police department was fired back in august. he was largely

>>> we've got breaking news to get to out of uvalde, texas where the school district is suspending the entire police force today. the entire police department pointing to what they described as recent developments that they say have uncovered additional concerns. it's just the latest big fallout from the response to the mass shooting at rob elementary that killed 19 students and two teachers. i want to bring in now nbc's gabe guiterrez. a couple of questions here. logistically, what does suspending police activity look like for schools in uvalde and do we know anything else about the developments that the district is citing? >> reporter: there are several things. first, this is what many families in uvalde have been asking for. you will remember those dramatic school board meetings, where there was so much frustration pouring out, and not too long ago, the police chief of that school district, pete arredondo, had been fired. now the whole department is being suspended. we should note, it is not a very big department, of course, it is about five officers, and the security guard, and we do not know exactly what the developments were. it's not

police and school response to the uvalde massacre. >> from cnn -- >> reporter: as well as what role, if any, he had in hiring a former texas department of public safety trooper. under investigation for her response to the school's shooting, and has since been fired by the district. she has declined to speak with cnn. she evaded cnn questions about her hiring. >> i'm going to enjoy this right now. thank you. >> reporter: inside the board meeting he received a standing ovation from supporters who were mostly white. many came also to his defense. >> some of us understand why he failed and needs to step down. you trusted your staff and they failed you. they failed you this time. but like a good captain that goes down with his ship, you failed as well. >> reporter: racial divide. mostly hispanic families of victims heartbroken and outspoken. >> i will say this -- if it had been 17 white kids, all of those people out there would have been in here! all of our kids matter! >> reporter: addressing the board members family members cried and pleaded for accountability. >> how is it that you all are entitled to get a pass in the most violent mas

school terminate or suspend any police officer that had been at the scene, the uvalde school district hired elizondo to patrol the schools, after leaving the texas departmentblic safety. documents obtained by cbs news show, in late july, d.p.s. had notified the uvalde school district that elizondo was under investigation by the agency's office of the inspector general for "actions inconsistent with training requirements." the district hired her anyway, but the recent audio release prompted the uvalde school district to fire the officer this morning, saying, "we sincerely apologize to the victims' families and the greater uvalde community for the pain this revelation has caused." brett cross is about to reach his tenth day of protest outside of the school district offices, demanding that every one of the school resource officers be suspended until the end of the investigations. well, of the 90 or so d.p.s. officers who showed up on may 24, seven of them are under investigation. just two have been suspended. elizondo has not made any comments. jericka. >> duncan: lilia luciano, who has been covering this story from the beginning, thank you. as florida begins

uvalde get a least a little of both. first shimon revealed that the school district police department had hired a former state trooper undernvestigation for corrections during the massacre. i should say lack of actions during the massacre. and shimon unveiled this video of her outside the school on th day of the massacre, talking to other officers. listen. >> an officer asked if her children attend robb elementary and lozano's response: >> yeah, my son is in daycare. he's not old enough. no, is my son had been in there i would not have been outside, promise you that. she said if her son had been inside the school, local i woul not have been outside him i promise you that." so last night we learned that that officer has been fired by th e school district to be fired the day after shimon try to get answers about why she been hire in the first place, given she was under investigation by the state. shimon had tried to get answers from the uvalde school dist district's director of student services. >> circle do you know this officer? who you have recently hired? are you aware that she's an investigatioion for her ex on t day of

this hour a newly hired police officer for uvalde schools is fired after cnn uncovers that she's one of the texas departmentay's horrific school shooting. body cam video shows her arriving at the school and then waiting outside. now there are new questions about why she was hired to protect children who survived that shooting. >>> plus, republican georgia senate candidate herschel walker responding to the newest report that the woman he allegedly paid to have an abortion is also one of four mothers of his four known children. cnn is on the campaign trail in georgia. and leading this hour, gas supply is about to go down and gas prices are going up and democrats are pointing fingers at the white house. president biden calling the decision by the oil-producing opec states to cut production a, quote, disappointment. but he defended his meeting with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, or mbs, saying that was not just about oil. as some members of his own party suggest, the president perhaps got played. as cnn's kaitlan collins reports, the white house is now grappling with a complex and potentially damaging

district in uvalde, texas has suspended its police force that provides security for schools, five months after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 students and two teachers. the police departmentresponse to the shooting, including delays by officers in reaching the gunman while he was holed up in a classroom. i'm joined now from washington by our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal. nomia, what more can you tell us about this decision to suspend these officers? this about this decision to suspend these officers? , ,., . about this decision to suspend these officers? , . ., . officers? this police force has faced escalating _ officers? this police force has faced escalating criticism - officers? this police force has| faced escalating criticism from officers? this police force has - faced escalating criticism from the parents, from the relatives of the victims of the school shooting. many of them have been gathering for weeks now outside the school's administrative admission building to make theirfeelings hurt administrative admission building to make their feelings hurt about this. so, this police department, which was responsible for school security, including robb eleme

uvalde humane community. even though she is under investigation she is no longer subject to discipline within the department because she no longer works there. kumasi: in las vegas, policere investigating a stabbing on the famed strip. two people died, six other are hurt. three of them are in critical condition. it happened before noon outside the wind hotel. they suspect to used a large kitchen knife to stab visitors and residents at random. reggie: residents of sonoma county say vacation rentals of had a negative effect on their community. they launched a hotline for complaints. the line is available 20 47 and is dedicated to ensuring that rental operators comply with regulations. property managers are expected to resolve concerns within an hour otherwise complaints can be filed on the hotline. kumasi: in east paulo alto, the city has approved $8 million for infrastructure improvements. east palo alto says all the projects should be completed over the next couple of years in the master plan over the next few decades. kumasi: it is the end of an era for the talk radio station kgo 10. but what caused it is still unclear. it has been around for more than 80 years. the ra

uvalde school district announcing it has disbanded its entire police force. the district saying in a statement, recent developments have uncovered additional concerns with department operations. the news coming just a day after the district fired newly hired school police officer crimson elizondo, amid reports that elizondo, who had responded to the rampage at robb elementary as a state trooper, was now under investigation for her conduct during that massacre. her exit leaving just six officers on the force until friday. the news welcomed by the families of the 21 killed, including the father of murdered student jacqueline cazares. outside district headquarters families ending an 11-day sit-in calling for change. among them, vigil organizer brett cross, who lost his son uziyah garcia in the massacre. >> we're not done, but this is a good start. it's a good start. we got to come together and we got to make -- we got to right the wrongs that happened that caused may 24th to happen. hvr big announcement. the superintendent of schools of uvalde now says he plans to retire. as for security, the district is asking that state troopers be assigned to patrol uvalde schools

department of public safety did on the day of the shooting. much of the blame has been put on the local police there in uvalde for the actions that day. now we're going to have an opportunity for families to confront the state officials here. we're also expected to get an update on a timeline, an enhanced timeline that will tell us when different agencies arrived. we'll likely learn some information regarding the internal investigation. there's going to a lot of information. how satisfying that will be for families will be top of mind. it's so much about the families today who will have an opportunity to come here and face the officials who have been holding on to so much of this information. >> they deserve to know. we all deserve to know the lessons being learned. thank you as always for your excellent reporting on this. >>> this morning a second railroad union is rejecting a tentative labor deal with the major u.s. freight railroads over the lack of paid sick days. nearly 61% of the union workers voted against the five-year contract even though it included 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses. it raises the chance of a strike next mont