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not engage the shooter, earlier. have a listen. why was this decision made, to not go in, and rescue these children? the on scene commander, considered a barricaded subject, there is time, and no more children at risk. of course, it was not the right decision, it was the wrong one, period. parents of the victims, outraged, understandably, at these missteps. with one father, telling cnn, he wonders if his daughter, and others, may have survived if authorities acted more quickly. we now know the names, and faces, of all 21 live shot to cut short, with funerals begun next week. this is going in and lavandera picking up the story. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. explosive reaction from the texas governor, to new reactions from law enforcement response in the days of the evolving shootings. the information i was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate. i am, absolutely, livid about that. it is imperative that they re trying to happen, and is getting d
called 911. jason carroll now reports top police officials say it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. texas governor greg abbott aiming his ire at law enforcement. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. reporter: after new damming n new admissions the incident commander making the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation, there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and the breach the door. take on the subject at that point. reporter: explained how the shooter got into the school. shooter entered, ramos, was propped up by a teacher. the three initial police officers that arrived went directly to the door and to
motivation, what was his connection to the school. i say his. i m assuming it s a male we re talking about. they ll go back first and speak to friends, relatives, family members, people who knew him in whatever school he s attended. they ll go back and look very closely at any sort of social media presence that the shooter maintained, whether he posted any statements about his intents, about his purpose and his motivation, and even if not about those things specifically, they ll try to come up with some sort of a character sketch, if you will, as to what was in this person s mind in the days and weeks leading up to this. they ll look at his browsing history, his contacts on email, text, social media, on his telephone if in fact he had one, which he probably does. so it is a massive effort to try to paint as rich a picture as you possibly can of this likely deeply disturbed person who committed a horrific act. it s important for us as a society to understand more and more abou
World. Nate foy in lewiston, maine, but we begin with mike tobin in tel aviv. Striking two bases in Eastern Syria near the border with iraq, bases used by the revolutionary corps for firing at u. S. Forces. We have seen 19 strikes against u. S. Forces, mostly drone and missile attacks. 21 Service Members had injuries. A u. S. Contractor was up in years and when he ran to shelter, he died from a heart attack. This is the u. S. Respondings to menacing attacks from iranian proxies. Not the iranians getting their hands dirty in the conflict. Secretary defense secretary lloyd austin thought was important to mention in the statement twice, this does not represent a shift in u. S. Policy toward support of israel in this war with hamas. The u. S. Has supplied israel with artillery, with interceptors for the iron dome battery and adding an additional one. U. S. Is bolstering numbers, providing iron dome missile and the thad missiles, as well. In addition to the u. S. Getting involved in the reg