everyone. this morning, there are now hard questions for authorities about the timeline of events and the police response, specifically why did they wait so long to go into the school? officials say the gunman was on school grounds for up to an hour before police were able to breach the classroom, stop the killing and neutralize, kill, the gunman. according to the washington post, parents who rushed to the scene heard gunfire inside the school, they begged officers to charge into the building. there was families trying to get in here, they were getting in here, they were getting into the school. fathers breaking out windows, pulling kids out of the windows. this morning, we have new video that shows the gunman entering a door at the school. authorities say the suspect was confronted by an officer as he made his way into the building. they say he dropped a bag full of ammunition before he got inside. also cnn has exclusively obtained a series of chilling text message
good thursday morning to you. i am jim shooter. and i m erica hill. the nation mourns the census loss of 19 children and two teachers. new questions are emerging about the timeline of events and how police responded. cnn say the killer was on school grounds for up to an hour before officers breached the classroom and killed him. why did it take as long as it did for the tactical team to go in? we know that several officers were off duty. they still responded to the scene. again, trying to establish exactly the timeline, as far as the response time, we know that officers were on scene, as i mentioned earlier. we had the school resource officer that was on scene. still again, they tried to establish his role. we had secondary officers that arrived on scene with gunfire upon entering the school. we know that law enforcement was there. there was immediate presence from law enforcement. again, trying to establish a timeline. we need to gather all the facts. we are trying to
wounded. today would have been the last day of the school year. instead of making plans for vacations, camps and cookouts, these families, right there you see them, are making funeral arrangements. grief is immeasurable. listen here to angel and how he learned his little girl was gone. she was just trying to do the right thing. she was just trying to call the cops. she was so scared of just strangers and things like this. she would lock the door when i would step out to put gas in the car. like, she this is literally like her worst fear. and she was just trying to help everyone. one little girl is covered in blood head to toe, like, i thought she was injured. i asked her what was wrong. and she said she s okay. she was hysterical saying they killed her best friend and she s not breathing and she was trying to call the cops. i asked the little girl the name, and she and she told me she said amerie. unthinkable the pain there. unthink able the pain. let s get to the sce
For america and for our allies thousands of miles away. Plus, a pair of Courtroom Dramas playing out right now, one in new york where Donald Trumps Are Fraud Trial is pushing ahead, albeit without the former president in attendance. And in georgia where his former Attorney Sidney Powell says theres proof she had nothing to do with breaching local elections equipment, accusing prosecutors of Holding Back Information this whole time. But theres yet another twist, and witnesses in oregon say they literally could not believe what they were seeing, a small plane making a deadly plunge into a home packed with people. Well explain what happened later in the show. But we begin with congress at a crossroads, testing the notion of whether a government created for and by the American People is truly up to the task, with the speakership vacant and no clear path forward, the basic functioning of government is now in question, whether we can pay our bills, avoid a Government Shutdown and support our
Could take 1a years to remove. The Un Mine Action Service says 37 Million Tonnes of debris would need to be cleared away. A spokesman said it wasnt possible to determine how much unexploded ordnance was in the rubble, but that typically at least 10 of Ground Ammunition thats fired fails to function. Also in gaza the bbc has learned that a baby who was rescued from her dying mothers womb following an israeli air strike in gaza has died. Sabreen was delivered by caesearean section in a Rafah Hospital shortly after midnight last sunday. Doctors resuscitated the baby but she passed away on thursday. Our special correspondent fergal keane followed the story of sabreen. And a warning you may find some of his report distressing. Well, we got the news late last night in a phone call from an uncle of baby sabreen, who said that she had died yesterday morning and the family had buried her by 1pm. Now, this story begins last Saturday Night with an israeli air strike on the family home. The Israel