dangerous conditions while parts of europe setting scorching new records. in london where we are bracing for a record heat wave. on monday and tuesday, it is expected to be hotter here than in jamaica. > vicome. the number of cases in the u.s. surging once again. she had a true belief that she was equal to everyone else. and later, the extraordinary woman who is still breaking barriers, standing tall amid american giants. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening, everyone. jericka is off tonight. i m errol barnett. thanks for joining us this sunday. a newly released report reveals details about how a lone gunman was able to kill 21 people, mostly children, after walking into a texas elementary school almost two months ago. the extensive document chronicles leadership failures across multiple agencies, poor decision-making amid the chaos and the history of ignoring early clues about the troubled gunman. we re in uvalde
committee as it releases preliminary report on the mass shooting at robb elementary. nbc s priscilla thompson is there and covering it for us. priscilla, as always, good to talk to you. talk us through this, because this obviously has been, since it s incredibly tragic shooting happened, such an emotional time for these families. and, as the details have begun to trickle out more and more, even more so emotional. now, the release of this report to family members in the community there. talk us through what we may learn today. yeah, yasmin, another emotional day here with that meeting between committee members and the family set to get underway in just about a half hour here. an hour or so here. well we re learning, just from the spokesman a short while ago, was that that report was going to be 110 pages. he says that 18 to 20 family members have picked up a copy of the report, they re still working to get a copy to the family of the victim who is still hospitalized. he also
77-pport and surveillance video was given to victims families sunday morning. the report blames a lack of leadership that extended beyond local police saying, quote, hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies, many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police, quickly arrived on the scene. a longer version of the surveillance video was leaked by local media last week. it shows the gunman entering robb elementary and it is different from the edited version parents got today. you can see him firing over 100 rounds between the rooms he entered in two and a half minutes. after a small group of local officers approached the classrooms, were shot at through the walls and retreated, dozens of officers then gathered in the har, pacing, asking for equipment and ultimately killing the gunman. during that time, today s report states the void of leadership by chief arredono, who failed to
say, this void of leadership could have in fact contributed to the loss of life, as injured victims waited over now for help and the attacker continue to sporadically fire his weapon. they say, rather than isolate blame on local officers that some had since the shooting, this report has a broader net. hundreds of responders, from numerous law enforcement agencies, many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police, quickly arrived on the scene. those are the responders, who also had training an active shooter response and the inter relational enforcement agencies, could have helped to address the unfolding chaos. yet, in this chaos, no responder seized the initiative. there are so many more startling details coming out of this report. and i m sure, as we are all shocked to read, it you can only imagine what it s like to be a mother or father who has to go through this report as well, and no longer has their child with them, beside them. priscilla, stan
cnn s jen bryngrass introduces us to the officers who went beyond the call of duty to find him. reporter: deep in the swath of these pine trees, among the thorns and briars, a little boy was found. it took some force to get him out. i actually had to pull him out of the vegetation. reporter: against all odds, three-year-old casey holloway was rescued, 15 hours after he went missing from his great-grandmoth great-grandmother s north carolina home. it was a tip that led captain shane greer to this very spot at the edge of the woods. that s when we heard him say mama. clear as day? clear as day. reporter: greer is one of hundreds of responders who tirelessly searched for casey. casey was tired and cold efrcold, he was hungry.