baltimore police commissioner. nice to have you with us. i know you have been following this from the very beginning. i want to start with d.o.j. said. quote, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare and to respond to active shooter events. we ve seen these types of reviews before in pulse, in san bernardino. where do they ultimately lead, though? they re going back and they re looking at the incident from beginning to end. but ultimately, we ve learned our lessons at columbine. we ve learned that you don t have time to waste, that you ve got to get in there. so with this investigation, i really don t know what will be gained. i feel that this is more of an effort to play hot potato with failure and stall. we know that there are answers that the public, these poor parents, everyone deserves right now. so the federal governm
it is monday, may 30th. it s 5:00 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an early start with me this memorial day. i m laura jarrett. christine has the day off. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we begin this morning with the u.s. justice department now conducting a review of the police response to the mass shooting at robb elementary school in texas. the big question still, why did 19 police officers stand in the hallway in that school for almost an hour choosing not to break into the classroom and take down the gunman? children had been calling 911 from inside that classroom, begging for help. i m glad that the justice department is listening and they re going to do a review of the law enforcement response. like i said, i think everybody was shocked that it took an hour for law enforcement to go in there and finally take out the shooter. let s bring in anthony ba barksdale, former acting