ballistic shields, they should have just gone in. that is what their protocol suggests and to yield to this notion of there was an incident commander or maybe there was, maybe there wasn t, it is just not good enough. for 48 minutes and beyond, children were left in a room scared to death, calling 911, and yet no one went in. what happened here was the worst tragedy in recent law enforcement history in this state. and this governor has failed in his leadership. he s failed in his leadership to demand answers. there is also growing frustration and anger directed at this man, police chief peter arredondo. family members along with residents are calling for him to be fired. and in the hours ahead, we are expecting more testimony related to this school shooting. texas department of public safety steve mccraw is expected at a hearing in the state
there appear to be at least two long guns there. it was from 11:52 a.m. just 19 minutes after the gunman first entered the school and 58 minutes before they took him down. another picture came by the texas tribune. showing officers armed with rifles, ballistic shields and axe-like tool most of which were reportedly never deployed. we do not know at what point in the standoff this particular image was taken but you see there, police were well equipped to storm the room. we ve also learned that some officers on the scene questioned the plan, with confusion to delay the breaching of the classroom with children still inside. here s cnn s rosa flores. i find it shameful that we had all of the officers on the scene and i had to leave work and save my own. reporter: outrage palpable in uvalde, texas, as the first image during the shooting is
he walks into a room is diametrically opposite to what i thought was a pretty descriptive article in the atlantic as well. al cardenas, great to see you this morning. thank you for being with us. my pleasure. and new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, june 21st. and i m brianna keilar with john berman. developing this morning, new details about the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, where 19 students and two teachers died. images we have not seen before, raising questions about whether police had the fire power to confront the shooter there, long before they did. this image obtained by the austin american-statesman shows an officer with a ballistic shield.
unless voters recognize, hey, this has gone way too far. really, go sell crazy some place else because we re all stocked up here. michael smerconish cthank yo az always for the jack nicholson quotes very helpful. we do have major developments from uvalde, texas. the austin american-statesman released this photo. if you look closely at this, what you can see, you can see a police officer inside the building with a ballistic shield. and if you look closely there are two others with rifles. this picture is time tamps at 11:52 a.m. 19 minutes after the shooter first entered the school. but a full 58 minutes before law enforcement ultimately breached the classroom door and took out the shooter. we have not seen an image like this before. joining me now is jose flores sr. his 10-year-old jose flores jr.
picture obtained by the texas tribune and it shows officers armed with long guns. they have rifles, they have ballistic shields, plural, and an ax-like tool, most of which were reportedly never deployed. we have to note we do not know at what point in the standoff this particular image was taken. but you can see that police were well equipped to storm that room where the gunman was. earlier on new day, jose flores sr., whose 10-year-old son was murdered that morning, had this reaction to the new reporting. i feel anger. i mean, that s not right. i mean, cowards. they let our kids down. they re supposed to be, i mean, trained professionals, vests, heavy automatic weapons and their cars, i don t understand the reason why they stood back that long for them to go back in. i mean, somebody has to pay for