death of ray liotta, best known for his iconic role in goodfellas. the tributes pouring in tonight announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. good evening from uvalde where the memorial behind me is growing tonight and so are the questions. questions and anger over the response by law enforcement after a gunman walked in a school, locked himself inside a classroom, and carried out the unthinkable. today police confirm that the school door appears to have been unlocked, that there was no school safety officer present, and that it took a full hour for law enforcement tactical teams to arrive at the classroom to end the siege. parents and relatives like 10-year-old jackie cazares uncle outraged at the response he told me jackie s father tried to go into the school himself. there s all this police presence, but then he s saying, let me in, let me in he said there s 20 of them standing there. reporter: today was supposed
were ordered to put on life jackets at their muster stations. confusion but not chaos as word spread the hulking ship was in trouble. it was a big fire. and when you saw the panic from our sister ship, mardi gras, it was very frightening because you could see their faces. reporter: docked in the turks islands after departing port canaveral monday, the ship was tied down alongside another cruise liner when the blaze erupted. carnival freedom s response team quickly activated and extinguished the fire says the company. all guests and crew were safe. we continue to assess the situation. you honestly never think that you re going to have to be in an emergency situation on a cruise ship reporter: with no evacuations ordered the ship is now docked until another can pick up the passengers in a few days a frightening scene after a fire on the water. miguel almaguer, nbc news up next, from goodfellas to field