weekend, right now president joe biden is in uvalde, texas. addressing privately those who ve lost loved ones and last week s horrific school shootings. at robb elementary school. all afternoon we ve watched the president, and first lady, a physical and emotional aftermath of that day. visiting, the towns memorial to the slain principle, and superintendent and attending catholic mass before sitting with the families of the two teachers that 19 students killed, and last wednesday s attack. america remains in shock as to what has been revealed about what happened in robb elementary. the growing firestorm over where, and how local police failed, corroborated by frantic emergency calls for children, literally trapped in a killing field. and the justice department just announcing today, a federal review of the law enforcement response. but that shot cannot take precedent over two things, remembrance which is the debt we owe the grieving. and the taking. and action which is the p
heart wrenching details, specific momentus in the time line of this massacre, decisions by law enforcement that officials now acknowledge were mistakes including 80 minutes. that s how much time passed between the gunman entering the school and the time a tactical unit entered the class room where he was holed up. for an hour and 20 minutes, as many as 19 officers were in a hallway outside the classroom as terrified students called 911 pleading for police to come inside, and yet, officers waited to breach the room. officials admit that delayed response was a mistake as cnn s shimon prokupecz pushed for answers. listen to this. 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 that there was time and no more children at risk. of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision, period. reporter: that wrong decision is adding to the anguish of grief stricken parents
buenos dias, good morning, and welcome to your new day. it is saturday, may 28th. i m boris sanchez live in uvalde, texas. and i m christi paul, boris, i look at what s behind you and i cannot imagine the atmosphere there in uvalde, and i feel like, i think a lot of people i talk to feel like the more information we get the more disturbed we are. reporter: that s right, christi, the anguish in this community has been exacerbated by the discrepancies that we ve gotten from law enforcement, different angles of different stories and ultimately learning that mistakes were made in the law enforcement response here, and this morning we are learning new heart wrenching, minute by minute details of the tragedy that unfolded at robb elementary school with 21 dead, two te teachers and 19 children, most of them no older than 10. investigators admitting that officers made mistakes including that delay. they waited to confront the gunman who opened fire inside a fourth grade classroom
good morning and welcome to your new day. we appreciate you starting your weekend with us. it is saturday, may 28th. i m boris sanchez, joining you this morning live from uvalde, texas. and i m christi paul. and boris, i cannot get over the scene behind you and the conversations you are having with people as we just try to reconcile what s happened in the last ten days. it is incredibly heart breaking, christi. yet at this point, utterly predictable. we begin with the nation reeling from two mass shootings in just ten days. the nation coping with dual, senseless tragedies that defy reason and infuriate those pleadings with lawmakers to do anything to prevent them. today vice president kamala harris attending memorial service for one of the victims in the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. ruth whitfield was one of ten people gunned down at a supermarket. authorities say the gunman in that shooting was motivated by racial hatred. and just two weeks after visiting the site
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