heart wrenching details, specific momentus in the time line of this massacre, decisions by law enforcement that officials now acknowledge were mistakes including 80 minutes. that s how much time passed between the gunman entering the school and the time a tactical unit entered the class room where he was holed up. for an hour and 20 minutes, as many as 19 officers were in a hallway outside the classroom as terrified students called 911 pleading for police to come inside, and yet, officers waited to breach the room. officials admit that delayed response was a mistake as cnn s shimon prokupecz pushed for answers. listen to this. 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 more children at risk. of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision, period. reporter: that wrong decision is adding to the anguish of grief stricken parents
tonight at ten, police in texas admit failures in tackling the teenage gunman who killed 21 people in america s latest mass shooting. unbearable grief for relatives of the victims, after officers waited more than an hour before storming the classroom, where their loved ones died. for 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. america s biggest gun lobby, the national rifle association, is to go ahead with its annual convention this weekend, in texas. also tonight. major failings in maternity services force the regulator to intervene at an nhs trust in nottinghamshire. hundreds trust in nottinghamshire. of thousands displaced a 1 hundreds of thousands displaced and 1 million children face malnutrition after severe drought in somalia. more pressure on the scottish government over ferries, as the head of the network says services are deteriorating. and the slice of merse
a-plus. still got it. (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. top of the hour on cnn newsroom, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. there was a gut wrenching admission from texas officials about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde. in 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, again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you 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, okay, it s no longer a barricade, we don t have time. and by the way, texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification, and that doctrine requires officers, we don t care what agency you re from, you don t have to have a leader on the scene. every officer lines up, stacks up