hindsight, hay hey, standby, standby. hey, standby. standby. of got it. from the benefit of hindsight where we are sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. tonight s, hearts in uvalde raking all over again as we get a clearer picture of what happened before and during the horrific massacre at a texas elementary school. a public safety officials is a teacher propped open the locked door and later the commanding officer made a series of tragic makes calculations, desperate children called 91 went repeatedly and begged the polic to come help them. those revelations came on a stunning friday afternoon dues briefing detailing a number of decisions being seriously scrutinized tonight. jeff with the very latest tonight. tonight law enforcement admitting that mistakes were made in their response to the shooting that led to 19 student into teachers dying, the most glaring texas dps is while the clock was ticking 45 minutes went by with many
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again, as we do the investigation, we have all thes questions and we want to answer them. be three more questions than answers after officials at the texas department of safety hold a news conference on thursday regarding the shooting at the b elementary school. the officers on the scenery changing as the investigation i ongoing. the spokesperson is joining us in just minutes and we will ask them the questions on everyone mind tonight. let s go right to the scene where we are reporting live fro uvalde. good evening, shannon. so many questions right now. barry few answers to help this community that is becoming rowing lee frustrated what is happening right now. so many of these people are directly impacted by the shooting that unraveled just behind me at rob elementary school. a lot of frustration going back to videos like the ones you re watching right now. they showed shot up the bus dea during this mass shooting and were trying to not only can answers but figure out what
11:27 a.m. before the suspect entered the school, he immediately unleashed more than 100 rounds, shortly after that, three officers entered the school and two of them were immediately grazed by the gunman s bullets. john: according to texas dps, as many as 19 officer gathered in the hallway as of 12:03:00 p.m. no effort was made to breach the door of the classroom until 40 minutes later. law enforcement facing questions and criticism over the amount of time that passed before they stormed the classroom to stop the carnage. uvalde mayor will join us in the next hour, but we have team coverage this hour on all angles. karl rove will join us in moment. alicia is live in houston where the nra convention is being held. john: bill melugin, what a news conference that was. bill: yeah, john, that is an understatement. i think our jaws hit the floor as well, one of the big highlights we learned from the moment the shooter was first encountered by police in that school until th
[crying] i had to protect my children. spruance issued or shooter another classroom and launched a nearly 40 minute ambush that claimed all of those innocent lives before a member of the border patrol unit kicked him out. take a look at this photo showing that agents had to after the confrontation purity suffered a braced one to the head. look at to be alive this morning. carley: ashley strohmier with breaking details, ashley. such a tough interview. guys, good morning to you. the community together with a prayer vigil in the wake of the horrific shooting. some with a tribute with bible verses and as many of the people with their heads bowed, the governor abbott was also in attendance and we are now learning more about the victims of the senseless act. 19 of those lives lost were children between the ages of eight and ten. one of those children had just turned ten years old, 16 days ago. her father a first responder finding out his little girl was killed when he respond