absolutely catastrophic. russian gold. they re already having a dramatic effect. and capitol riot investigators building a blue print for the justice department no file trump. if you follow writ leads, you have a duty to prosecute. two members tell us what s next. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. . well, reversal and the ripple effect. we are seeing another day of demonstrations across the country after friday s supreme court decision to overturn abortion rights. [ screaming ] that was a grim place in south carolina, police tried to separate protesters with opposing points of view. meantime, the pushback, a coalition of 83 prosecutors nationwide representing 87 million people, publicly vowing not to prosecute people seeking or performing abortions. then there is a blunt memo from homeland security tonight. the department warning violent extremism is quote likely, smr i in states rushing to roll back abortion rights. cnn has r
we begin with uvalde, a conversation with the school s police chief, the state says made that decision not to storm the classroom when 19 students and two teachers were slaughtered. the chief tells cnn he is quote in contact with dps every day. that is contrary to what they said yesterday. the chief repeatedly declining to explain his action. what dpa calls his wrong decision and storm that classroom. cnn has spoke with the chief. shimone, critical important reporting. what did the chief say? yeah, john, it s really critical. we need to get his side of the story. we have been looking for him, trying to get his side of the story after it was revealed that he was the man who made the decision not to storm that room, that classroom where the gunman was and it took over an hour for the police to eventually take him out. we spotted him, we are found him going into work this morning. we asked him those questions. he obviously dodged this. he didn t want to answer any of those que
15,000 people and so many of the people we talked to have connections to the victims. tess maria mata was 10 years old, she was saving every dollar hoping to go to disney world. nevaeh bravo also 10 has been remembered as a young girl who put a smile on everyone s face. these are the stories that you will hear this morning. a fourth grade teacher who sacrificed herself protecting the children, a grieving father who found out his daughter died trying to save her classmates. we have learned that by tonight all of the victims their bodies will be released to funeral homes for arrangements. and some new reporting this morning about the excruciating moments outside of the school during the shooting. one parent telling the washington post, quote, there were five or six of us fathers hearing the gunshots and police officers were telling us to move back. we didn t care about us, we wanted to storm the building. we were saying let s go because that is how worried we were and we wa
overnight, the cross. one for each of the 19 children and two teachers who died here. this was the digital community last night. everyone came together. you can see the pain and the tears, which really does feel like a small town, 15,000 people. it s hard to find anyone that does not have a direct connection to one of the victims. she was 10-years-old. she want wanted go to disney world. maria bravo is remembered for a young girl who put a smile on everyone s face. we are telling their stories this morning. a 4th grade teacher who sacrificed herself trying to protect the children. a grieving father who find out his daughter died trying to save her classmates. we told yesterday then of the bodies were turned over to the families of the funeral homs. the rest will be turned over this morning so that the families can make arrangements. we do have if you details about how the mass shooting up f unfolded. the 18-year-old was on school grounds for up to an hour. moments before
communication in our drills to be able to communicate in classrooms administrators and key personnel use radios that allow us to communicate so these are all parts of those procedures. i d add to that in a lockdown procedure that even those doors that lead to the interior of campus are locked at that moment. so the intention is to not only lock students and staff inside of classrooms, but to lockout anyone that is attempting to enter the building that is unauthorized. based on the lockdown procedures, should there have been an announcement over the intercom that went through the entire building saying there is a threat, there is a shooter in the build something. again since i am not there, i hesitate to speculate on the procedures that are currently used by uvalde. i can share with you that on the campus that i am currently the principal of, that s precisely what we do. we use the p.a. system as the primary means to initiate a lockdown. when you were in there, last ques