speak louder than words can that on tuesday at rob elementary school in uvalde texas, this first priority for every single law enforcement officer in the state did not come first. the awful truth which was confirmed today is that police officers waited to storm a classroom while children were hiding inside and calling 911 for help that would not come. for as long as an hour. now we often here police officers talk about split second decisions. this time, the decision to go into a classroom and confront the shooter took 3,600 of those seconds. a full hour. a bit of hindsight from where i m sitting now, of course it s not a right decision. it was a wrong decision. very. no excuse for that. but again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry there as soon as you can. that s steven mcgraw, director of the texas department public safety with the bottom line, different from what we ve been hearing all week long, different
that said, we still, what we don t have is a full picture of why the response seemed to take so long that a number of anguished parents on the scene were reduced to begging police to take action while others demand they be allowed to go in themselves to rescue their children. earlier today, bodies of all 19 kids released to funeral homes and we learn more of their names so we want to start tonight telling you little bit about them. eliana garcia, known as ellie was about to turn 10, loved basketball and cheer leading, according to grandparents, dreamed of one day becoming a teacher herself. annabelle guadalupe rodriguez on the honor roll, ten years old, in the same classroom as her cousin jacqueline cazares, her father one trying to get into the school. her friend, also saving up for a trip to disney world, her sister said she loved tiktok dances, ariana grande and the houston astros, eliana also ten years old, was to play her last softball game tuesday and waiting to hear if
New u. S. Intel jligence and complex tunnel system under gaza. More lost and legal blows to come. Mark meadows has been granted immunity to testify in the federal subversion case. Meadows reported there was no evidence of fraud, telling prosecutors trump was dishonest. And theres more. Trumps former attorney is back on the stand soon. This is for the civil trial against him. Former president expected to be there again. Im kate baldwin with john be berman. This is cnn news central. This morning, is the fifth time a charm . Were seeing if mike johnson from louisiana will end up as speaker of the house in the next few hours. This could unfold before our eyes after a chaotic three weeks that saw Kevin Mccarthy booted from the speakers chair. Steve scalise get the no, maam nalgs and drop out before a full house vote. Jim jordan get the nomination but lose several house votes. Tom emmer, he got the nomination and lasted four hours. Its Mike Johnsons turn. He may be the last man standing. How
will the truce between israel and hamas be extended? and what could that mean for the hostages that are still waiting fob freed? tonight in the second hour of laura coates live. well, hamas has put out the list tonight of now the sixth group of hostages expected to be freed. that after 12 more were released today. they are 10 israelis and 2 thai citizens. no americans were in that group today, even though the white house previously said that two women were expected to be freed as part of the deal that was announced between israel and hamas last week. there are hopes that some americans may be released tomorrow, but we re only beginning to learn what the hostages have endured. the father of 9-year-old emily hand telling cnn this today. the most shocking, disturbing part of meeting her was she was just whispering. couldn t hear her. i had to put my ear on her lips, like this close and say, what did you say? i thought you were kidnapped . she said she thought you were k