crimes against humanity. cnn is at the scene of one of his alleged warcrimes. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, it was the wrong decision. that admission from the texas department of public safety who said today, the officers on the scene made major mistakes in their response to the mass shooting at rob elementary school, waiting more than an hour to enter the classroom where 18-year-old gunman was holed up with children and two teachers, some who had already been murdered, others injures, others playing dead. some desperately calling 911 for help. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, you know, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and there was time and children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. we now know there were 19 officers waiting in the hallway just feet from the classroom. they stood by as these y
world, i am jim acosta, wolf blitzer is off, you are in the situation room. the fallout is just beginning after the stunning admission by police in texas that a wrong decision was made in response of the school s massacre. governor abbott saying he was misled. our correspondent has our report from uvalde, texas. i was misled. i tonight, greg abbott aiming his anger at law enforcement. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. reporter: after damming new admissions from texas authorities surrounding the commander who made the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. the decision was made this was a barricaded subject. there was time to retrieve the key to wait for a tactical team to breach the door to take on the subject at that point. that was a wrong decision. reporter: officials exp
with him. reporter: our thanks to boris is sanchez and our hearts go out to all of those affected by this shooting. as said, don t forget them, please. i ll be back 2:00 p.m. eastern, erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, a haunting admission. texas law enforcement officials acknowledge it was the, quote, wrong decision to wait more than an hour to take out the gunman. a parent of one of the young victims joins me with his response. plus, protests outside the nra convention taking place in texas tonight, former president trump and ted cruz among those rallying the crowd for broader guns rights, former nra member says that s exactly why he quit. and report on ukraine on a
with him. reporter: our thanks to boris is sanchez and our hearts go out to all of those affected by this shooting. as said, don t forget them, please. i ll be back 2:00 p.m. eastern, erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, a haunting admission. texas law enforcement officials acknowledge it was the, quote, wrong decision to wait more than an hour to take out the gunman. a parent of one of the young victims joins me with his response. plus, protests outside the nra convention taking place in texas tonight, former president trump and ted cruz among those rallying the crowd for broader guns rights, former nra member says that s exactly why he quit. and report on ukraine on a russian commander wanted for