washington bureau chief for the texas tribune, abby livingston, thank you for being with us. texas officials is say it was the police chief of the uvalde school district who made the call for officers to wait to take down the gunman. according to the new timeline, the killer entered the school at 11:30 a.m. through a back door that had been propped up earlier in the day by a teacher. two minutes later, at least three officers followed the shooter in through the same door. 12:03, a student inside one of the classrooms made the first of several calls to 911 begging for help. at that time, as many as 19 officers were in the hallway just outside of the classroom. but officers were told not to breach the door because the commanding officer, the head of the school police, determined the active shooting situation had ended and believed that no more children were at risk.
president biden and the first lady are back in delaware this morning after visiting uvalde, texas, yesterday. the uvalde shooting came less than two weeks after a gunman killed ten people at a supermarket in buffalo, new york. over the weekend, the reverend al sharpton spoke to a congregation of mourners in that city. the reverend will join us in just a minute, but first, let s play a part of his emotional remarks. we went from the back of the bus to the front of the white house. she did not die in vain. in her name, we put on the armor of righteousness. we going to build a new buffalo in the name of these ten. we want economic development right here in buffalo. [ applause ]
done to save their daughter. we are one nation under god. really, we ain t no more. we re under guns. see? we are under guns. see, there s a lot of guns. they don t do nothing to stop it. they weren t going in. you don t think that if they would have charged in and took action, maybe she would have been alive? our hearts break for all of these families. still ahead on morning joe, we re going to go inside the weekend s nra convention in texas, where some attendees pushed conspiracy theories on the heels of the uvalde mass shooting. we re going to have that new reporting. plus, what democratic senator chris murphy is saying about bipartisan talks concerning new gun legislation. we re also following the latest from ukraine. president zelenskyy made a visit to a war-torn region amid increased russian shelling. we ll be right back with a lot more.
concern. sandra: greg abbott and dan patrick this week canceled there in person appearances at the nra convention in texas after the shooting. in doing so patrick said he did not want to bring any further pain or grief to these families in uvalde that are still suffering in this moment. several high profile republicans including former president trump did appear in person, is that insensitive? are you asking me sandra? yes brett. i suppose so. the truth is, if the thing had happened of the shooting had happened in washington d.c. and the convention were happening somewhere the same distance away in another state, i don t think it would have had the same causes a reaction. i suppose for appearances sake you could say it showing up the nra convention was insensitive to the people in uvalde.
welcome back to morning joe. it is 7:00 a.m. on the east coast on memorial day, monday. the federal government will investigate the response at the school shooting in uvalde, texas. there was a string of failures, including the decision by the police chief to wait at least an hour to confront the killing. i m jonathan lemire. mike barnicle, happy to say, is still with us. the president and first lady visited uvalde, texas, over the weekend to mourn with the grieving community. less than two weeks after traveling to buffalo following a mass shooting in that city, the president was back in an all-too-familiar role yesterday. in uvalde, the president visited a memorial outside of robb elementary school, where he could be seen wiping away a tear. he and the first lady spent much of the afternoon behind closed doors meeting with the families of the 21 victims.