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
everyone. this morning, there are now hard questions for authorities about the timeline of events and the police response, specifically why did they wait so long to go into the school? officials say the gunman was on school grounds for up to an hour before police were able to breach the classroom, stop the killing and neutralize, kill, the gunman. according to the washington post, parents who rushed to the scene heard gunfire inside the school, they begged officers to charge into the building. there was families trying to get in here, they were getting in here, they were getting into the school. fathers breaking out windows, pulling kids out of the windows. this morning, we have new video that shows the gunman entering a door at the school. authorities say the suspect was confronted by an officer as he made his way into the building. they say he dropped a bag full of ammunition before he got inside. also cnn has exclusively obtained a series of chilling text message
saying that ultimately it will be republicans that have to move. take a listen. now it s time for the other side to move from their extreme positions because much of what they have already proposed is simply, quite frankly, unacceptable. and so let me be clear. i am not going to agree to a deal that protects, for example, $30 billion tax break for the oil industry, which made $200 billion last year. they don t need an incentive of another $30 billion. while putting health care of 21 million americans at risk by going after med aid. now, president biden made it clear in questioning during this press conference that there were significant disagreements between republicans negotiators and democratic negotiators when it comes to revenue. . he said that republicans wanted to take revenue off the table but from where he is coming from revenue is on the table especially when it comes to tax