their pain. today, big questions about the delayed police response. why didn t the school guard fire a shot? why was the school s door unlocked? why did it take an hour for a tactical team to break in? this new video shows parents outside the school while the gunman was still barricaded with the children and their teachers inside. the associated press reporting one parent who lost his daughter said authorities were unprepared and not moving quickly enough. law enforcement officials say they did engage immediately and that two of their officers were wounded. the investigation into the shooter s private facebook messages revealing he did plan to attack that elementary school. there s still no information on the motive. the nra convention in houston is scheduled to begin tomorrow. senator ted cruz is still attending and still defending his political stance in the wake of the tragedy. mr. cruz, why is america the only country that faces this kind of you know what? you can
of your constituents that want the laws to change instead of the very slim amount of your constituents who are standing with the do nothing gun lobby. you said the other day, as you came off the floor, you said to reporters, don t talk to me with this bs about mental health. i m paraphrasing you. what do you say to ted cruz, governor abbott, others who talk about arming schools? you addressed that. the mental health problems. we have mental health problems in this country. there s no doubt there s a lack of access to mental health resources. there s no more mental illness in the united states than in any other high income nation in the world. why do we have all the gun violence? the reason is in this country people who are having homicidal thoughts can easily walk to a store in their neighborhood and buy, without a background check, a weapon of mass destruction. you can t get your hands on those weapons in other