was holed up frantically called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. have a listen. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? you know the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were no children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. parents of the victims obviously outraged at these missteps with one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had actually acted more quickly. and we now know the names and the faces of all 21 lives cut short with funerals set to begin next week. the texas governor says police have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story from here. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shooti
gunman fired more shots and children inside the classroom he was holed up in called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. listen. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, you know, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and there was time and no children at risk. of course it wasn t the wrright decision. it was wrong, period. one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had acted more quickly. i mean, how can you not think about that? we now know the names and faces of all 21 lives cut short. funerals sadly set to begin next week. the texas governor says miss have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story. i was misled. i am livid by what happened. reporter: scexplosive reacti from the texas governor. the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely livid about
crimes against humanity. cnn is at the scene of one of his alleged warcrimes. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, it was the wrong decision. that admission from the texas department of public safety who said today, the officers on the scene made major mistakes in their response to the mass shooting at rob elementary school, waiting more than an hour to enter the classroom where 18-year-old gunman was holed up with children and two teachers, some who had already been murdered, others injures, others playing dead. some desperately calling 911 for help. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, you know, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and there was time and children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. we now know there were 19 officers waiting in the hallway just feet from the classroom. they stood by as these y
story. i was misled. i am livid by what happened. reporter: scexplosive reacti from the texas governor. the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely livid about that. and it is imperative that the leaders of the investigations about exactly what happened get down to the very second of exactly what happened with 100% accuracy. reporter: the governor s press conference coming after the texas department of public safety said police were wrong in waiting to go in and eliminate an active shooter after he d started killing teachers and students. it was the absolute wrong decision. there s no excuse for that. texas embraces active shooter train, active shooter certification. every officer lives up, starcks
i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shootings. the information i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate, and i m absolutely livid about that. and it is imperative that the leaders of the investigations about exactly what happened get down to the very seconds of exactly what happened with 100% accuracy. reporter: the governor s press conference coming after the texas department of public safety said police were wrong in waiting to go in and eliminate an active shooter. after he started killing students and teachers. it was a wrong decision, very. there s no excuse for that. texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification. every officer lines up, stacks up, goes where those rounds are being fired at and keeps