children and two teachers. today the first of many funeral services will begin. we ll have more on that and the president s visit ahead. people are on edge. in brooklyn an active shooter scare at a boxing match sent folks fleeing the stands and running for their lives. 18 people were injured at the barclays center. turns out, it was just a loud noise heard on the street. it sent crowds rushing to the exits. it s an indication of the anxiety out there. cnn has the latest. reporter: americans on edge once again. early sunday at the barclays center in new york city, people running for their lives. police say they mistook a loud noise for gunfire after a boxing match. one person writing on twitter, scary moment as crowds poured back into barclays center. my fear was a shooting, but those fears proved unfounded. another person adding, huge stampede near the exit. literally had to jump on the floor for cover. tennis star naomi osaka was there. she said on twitter she was also p
begging for help. this morning the justice department is stepping in at the request of the mayor to investigate the police response to this mass shooting. specifically why it took so long to take down that gunman. today we will see the first of several funeral services remembering the lives lost in this tragedy. over the weekend, president biden and the first lady met with the families of victims and with first responders in uvalde, the president vowed once again as we ve heard so often in america, to do something about gun violence. it was the second time in less than two weeks that the president mourned alongside families whose loved ones died in the mass shooting. we are covering this story, of course, from every angle. our reporters and corespondents are standing by. let s bring you our senior legal correspondent, paula reed. great to have you here. you broke this yesterday, that the justice department is going to step in. they will review all aspects of the law enforceme
sacred, the only truly sacred obligation we have is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home. and when they don t. this is an obligation that unites americans. and brings us together to make sure the women and men who are willing to lay down their lives for us get the very best from us in return. i want to acknowledge that we re making progress in key areas like bipartisan legislation advancing in congress that would deliver health care services and benefits to veterans and to survivors impacted by toxic exposures. you don t know how many americans and service members may have died because of what they re exposed to in the battle field. toxic smoke from burn pits near where they were based. burn pits that were incinerated from the hazardous material and jet fuel and so much more. we have a duty to do right by them. and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that
united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m jim acosta and this is a the situation room special report. and we begin our coverage this evening in the town of uvalde, texas. still heartbroken and grasping for answers nearly a week after the robb elementary school massacre. let s get to lucy kafanov in uvalde. new audio and video evidence keeps pouring in from the crime scene. what else can you tell us? that s right, jim. official accounts of how police have responded to the shooting have changed wildly over the past few days. some of the new information includes dispatch audio informing officers on the scene of a child calling 911, saying they were in a room full of the victims. the police response now the subject of a justice department investigation. a chaotic scene as police rushed to evacuate children. dispatch audio revealing some police were aware at some point that kids were still trapped inside. he is in the room full of victims. more
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