again. and jake, this is this video is coming just days before the texas house investigative committee was planning to have a private meeting with the families of the victims to share with them the full 77 minutes of the hallway video. and also a fact finding report, and also answer their questions about the investigation. so that s what the families were preparing themselves for, to have that conversation in private, to be able to express their frustrations, to ask questions. and here we are again, sharing this story of another yet piecemeal account of what happened that day. and rosa, as you and i have discussed for the last seven weeks, we need to remind our viewers that the very first thing the police and the politicians did after this horrifying massacre was praise themselves and how brave they were and how courageous the
after the shooting. it is leaving grieving community members wondering what actually happened on the day that gunman opened fire inside a classroom killing 19 children and two teachers. cnn s rosa flores is in uvalde. so, rosa, what is behind the delay? reporter: you know, dana, here is what we know, according to a source close to this committee, the investigation is expected to wrap up by the end of this month, and writing the report could take up to two weeks. now what could delay that is if some of the individuals who the committee wants to hear from do not voluntarily come to testify either here in uvalde or at the texas state capitol. now, if that happens, then the committee issues subpoenas, that, of course, takes more time, which could delay the issuance of this report. now, this is a fact-finding report, this is a fact-finding mission that this committee says
turns over the week. we all had the news on tuesday that the met will investigate this. goodness knows why it has taken so long to get to that point because this scenario, the knowledge of these parties has been with us for two months and many of us had asked them to look at this much earlier and one of the factors thatis much earlier and one of the factors that is significant here is that we were told on tuesday that the metropolitan police were comfortable with this report being released. much of what has happened here, perhaps not all but the fact that parties have been taking place in the borisjohnson was at some of them, i think the public want parliament to get on and do its job. we need this report published. we cannot have a situation that the salient facts are missing, it s like asking for a fact finding report and missing the facts. we need to be able to hold the prime minister to account and to do that we need sue
could be a whitewash so there will be pressure on the cabinet office to come up with an answer about what sue gray will do next. at the moment it doesn t seem clear. this took them unawares this morning, they didn t know the statement was coming and the ramifications of it are still being worked out which is why we cannot give you any firm answers at the moment on what happens next. definitely confusion over all of this. thank you, nick eardley. i m joined now by our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. when we watched cressida dick on tuesday talking to the london assembly and announcing the investigation of events in downing street there was no mention of sue gray being asked to make animal references to any part of her report, yet now a couple of days later that is what the met are asking her to do. it’s
there s confusion around the publication of the civil servant sue gray s report into lockdown parties in downing street this morning after the metropolitan police revealed they ve asked her to make minimal reference to events which they are investigating. her report had been due to be released this week, with many mps saying they were waiting for its contents before taking a firm position on the prime minister s future. now the met has asked ms gray to leave out key details to avoid prejudicing their investigation although they say they are not asking for its release to be delayed. our political correspondent nick eardley has the latest. getting answers around here isn t always straightforward. what went on in downing street? were covid rules broken? this woman, sue gray, had been expected to deliver her report this week but now it is unclear what happens next after the metropolitan police launched its own investigation and told sue gray to limit what she published. in a statement,