well, this new body camera footage, what it shows is an officer walking towards the west entrance, that s the same entrance that the shooter entered, and there is a texas dps officer, and the time code is 11:37:51 that morning. that s four minutes and 51 seconds after the shooter entered and that trooper was already there. it is unclear exactly when he actually arrived on scene, but i did go back to the testimony by colonel mccraw that he gave the senate last month and he stated that that particular trooper drove the school police officer that was part of the initial response and if you look at the surveillance video, that school police officer first comes into that surveillance hallway video at 11:36:18. so clearly they re a lot earlier than we had previously known. and we asked texas dps about this and here is what they said. they sent us a statement saying,
days after launch. those are 5 things to know for your new day. don t forget to download the 5 things podcast every morning, go to cnn.com/5things and find it wherever you get your podcasts. this morning, new police body cam video reveals a texas state trooper was on the scene of the elementary school shooting in uvalde five minutes earlier than previously known. cnn s rosa flores live in san antonio with the latest on this. what is going on here, rosa? reporter: well, you know, john, this is significant because until now texas dps has really just pointed the finger at the locals saying that the law enforcement response was an abject failure. so let me take you through this, because according to the timelines released by texas dps and testimony by colonel mccraw, the shooter entered that school at 11:33 a.m. and that the first texas dps trooper entered the hallway at 11:42, that s nine minutes after that shooter entered.
save my daughter or any of the other kids. rosa flores joins us again this morning. rosa, did we learn anything about why higher ranking officers, right, we learned there were eight law enforcement agencies represented that day outside that school, and inside, do we know why higher ranking officers from other units did not at some point assume command? reporter: you know, senators asked colonel excuse me. sorry. we re having technical difficulties, poppy. senators asked colonel steven mccraw that very question because within those eight agencies was the texas department of public safety. which colonel mccraw leads and he was asked once his troopers arrived on scene, once other high ranking members arrived on
being uncovered during the investigation. have a listen. i m just as frustrated, maybe not as frustrated as the families that lost their loved ones, but it pisses me off that i can t get you answers. so like i said, i don t know owe any allegiance to anybody. i don t want to see political office again so i don t owe any of these elected officials not a [ bleep ] thing. so i m not covering up for anybody. the mayor directed his criticism at the texas department of public safety and its leader colonel mccraw on the same day that mccraw testified before a senate texas committee. it was then mccraw shared new details of how the tragedy unfolded and the police response which he blasted as a failure. we do know this, there is compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure and antithetical