revelations. it has been like this from the start. as horrible as what happened, it could have been worse. the reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do. they showed amazing courage running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. that turned to out to be false. he later said he was misled. so did this. when the shooting began we had uvalde police officers arrive on scene along with the independent officers immediately breach. law enforcement was there. they did engage immediately. again, not true, as the body and security cameras clearly show, nobody immediately breached the classroom, nobody immediately engaged the shooter. the shooter was in the school for 77 minutes before the school was funinally breached and he w killed. not one of them did what officers around the country are routinely trained to do in these situations and have been trained for years in these situations to do. another misstatement re
democracy or whether we re going to head down a road towards authoritarianism. reporter: in one of america s most conservative states, mcmullen is going against the grain to challenge two-term republican senator mike lee and to take on the entrenched two-party system in washington. it s become one of the most unique senate races of the fall, after democrats here decided to stand down and not field a candidate. ben mcadams is a former democratic congressman and mayor of salt lake county who is supporting mcmullen. we ve been calling on republicans for many years to put their partisanship aside and do what s right for the country and i think this was a time for utah democrats to do the same. reporter: as he introduces himself to voters, mcmullen talks about his service as an undercover cia officer. my experience in the agency shaped the way i look at our country. reporter: and why he left the republican party in protest of donald trump, even announcing an independent presidenti