on the work of the inspector general s office. also, the source says, the ig told the committee that the secret service had not been fully cooperative with his probe. the source said the inspector general s description left the impression that the secret service had been, quote, foot dragging. the inspector general told the committee, according to the source, that his office is not getting full access to personnel records. the source also said the ig told the committee he brought the issue more than once to the secretary of home land security, whole he said continued to try to get the information. according to the source, the inspector general said that is when he decided to go to congress because he was getting nowhere with his concerns. we want to point out that s just one side of the issue. department of homeland security did not comment on the matter to cnn, so there s a lot we don t know, starting with congressman jamie raskin telling cnn there are contradictory statemen
hallway. and the haunting questions that are now presented by these it tails, by these revelations by law enforcement. could more children have been saved? two teachers and 19 children were killed in all. most no older than 10 years old. as the horror played out inside the school, frantic parents were rushing to the scene desperate to get to their children. watch this . investigators now admit it was the wrong decision for those 19 officers to stay waiting in that hallway and not breach the door of the classroom where the shooter was holed up immediately. meantime we re learning disturbing new details about posts made on social media by the gunman. according to users of the social media app the shooter threatened to rape women and shoot-up schools in the weeks leading up to the massacre. the admission by authorities they made the wrong response to the shooting only adding to the grief and sister-in-lawo of the parents who lost children. for more on the mistakes made and searc
teachers were slaughtered. they took no action to get into those classrooms as they waited for more equipment. we pressed for more of an explanation, and the response was devastating. listen. reporter: sir, you have people who are alive, children who are calling 9-1-1 saying please, send the please. they are alive in that classroom. there are lives that are at risk. that s not protocol, is it? we re well aware of that. reporter: right, but why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject, that there was time and there were no more children at risk. reporter: and what time was that? based upon the information we have, there were children in the classroom that were at risk, and it was, in fact, still an active shooter situation, and not a barricaded subject. reporter: right. sir, if i can follow up. reporter: what can you tell parents who were asking to go in? there was 19. like i
Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez in washington. John bermen is live in lewiston, maine, where people are now entering their 17th hour sheltering in place as a manhunt for a mass killer intensifies. A short time ago, the governor updated the death toll in last nights shooting rampage to 18. This happened over two locations, about four miles apart. A Bowling Alley and a bar and grill in lewiston. We understand another 13 people were wounded. And now hundreds of officers are furiously searching for this 40yearold Army Reservist named robert card. We see him in these Images Released by the Sheriffs Office pointing an arstyle rifle. He should be considered Armed And Dangerous. Based on our investigation, we believe this is someone who should not be approached. This is someone, if you come in any contact with this individual or someone who looking like this individual, you are to call 911. Reporter yeah, Law Enforcement made clear they consider him Armed And Dangerous, card
i ve had hanako montgomery in tokyo and this is cnn you re on the cnn newsroom. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington, former president, and now convicted felon donald trump, saying he d be okay with serving prison time is coming just days after he was found guilty on all the charges in his criminal hush money trial but as he awaits his sentencing is set for july 11. the republican candidate for president warns a harsh punishment could lead to a breaking point among his supporters. this is what he said on fox news this morning judge, could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail it could face what i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers. he had the day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that to the i don t get a bag for anything you d just the way it is. i don t know that the public would stand it. you know, i don t i m not sure that the public would stand for it with a house arrest for i think i think it d be tough for the public to take