want answers. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: 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 damning new admissions from texas authorities. it was the wrong decision. period. reporter: 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 breach the door and take on the subject at that point. reporter: officials explained how the shooter got into the school. where we knew the shooter entered, ramos, was propped open by a teacher. reporter: investigators clarifying the timeline as police arrived. the
heart wrenching details, specific momentus in the time line of this massacre, decisions by law enforcement that officials now acknowledge were mistakes including 80 minutes. that s how much time passed between the gunman entering the school and the time a tactical unit entered the class room where he was holed up. for an hour and 20 minutes, as many as 19 officers were in a hallway outside the classroom as terrified students called 911 pleading for police to come inside, and yet, officers waited to breach the room. officials admit that delayed response was a mistake as cnn s shimon prokupecz pushed for answers. listen to this. 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 that there was time and no more children at risk. of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision, period. reporter: that wrong decision is adding to the anguish of grief stricken parents
good morning and welcome to your new day. we appreciate you starting your weekend with us. it is saturday, may 28th. i m boris sanchez, joining you this morning live from uvalde, texas. and i m christi paul. and boris, i cannot get over the scene behind you and the conversations you are having with people as we just try to reconcile what s happened in the last ten days. it is incredibly heart breaking, christi. yet at this point, utterly predictable. we begin with the nation reeling from two mass shootings in just ten days. the nation coping with dual, senseless tragedies that defy reason and infuriate those pleadings with lawmakers to do anything to prevent them. today vice president kamala harris attending memorial service for one of the victims in the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. ruth whitfield was one of ten people gunned down at a supermarket. authorities say the gunman in that shooting was motivated by racial hatred. and just two weeks after visiting the site
hallway. and the haunting questions that are now presented by these it tails, by these revelations by law enforcement. could more children have been saved? two teachers and 19 children were killed in all. most no older than 10 years old. as the horror played out inside the school, frantic parents were rushing to the scene desperate to get to their children. watch this . investigators now admit it was the wrong decision for those 19 officers to stay waiting in that hallway and not breach the door of the classroom where the shooter was holed up immediately. meantime we re learning disturbing new details about posts made on social media by the gunman. according to users of the social media app the shooter threatened to rape women and shoot-up schools in the weeks leading up to the massacre. the admission by authorities they made the wrong response to the shooting only adding to the grief and sister-in-lawo of the parents who lost children. for more on the mistakes made and searc
president biden is calling on americans to make america safer as he prepares to travel to uvalde to honor the victims tomorrow. authorities are facing scrutiny over conflicting information as well as the response time. we now know the gunman was not confronted by police before entering the school. and more than an hour past between the first 911 call and when that shooter was killed. cnn s shimon prokupecz pressed authorities for answers on friday. you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere, what efforts were made to try and break through that door, you say it was locked. what efforts were the officers making to try to break through that door or another door to get inside of that classroom. none at that time. why? the on scene commander at the time believed that it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. sir, you have people who are alive, children who are calling 911 saying please, send the police. they are alive. i