timeline of attack is, frankly, confounding. initial reports suggested, when the shooter approached the school, an armed resource officer, a school resource officer, exchanged fire with him. but, the gunmen was able to get past him, and into the school. then, yesterday, the director of the texas department of public safety said in a briefing, the school resource officer had, quote, engaged the shooter in some way, but not fired his weapon, and the shooter then entered the school. today, a different official is telling the washington post, and it is going to interview the officer to find out. the just an hour after that report, a third dps official laying out the timeline, and at the very end and as of aside, this is what he said. going to mention, they want to clear up, they were coming out early on. they reported with the school district, the officer confronted the suspect that. it is inaccurate. nbc news. my question is, was there a school officer, on campus, and was th
school. with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. and special contributor mike barnicle. we begin this morning with the questions about the police response to the shooting in uvalde. some of the key details provided by texas officials in the first 48 hours after the attack have turned out to be inaccurate. here is what has changed. texas officials first said the attacker exchanged gunfire with a school resource officer before entering the school. then later said the school resource officer engaged with the attacker but did not exchange gunfire. well, yesterday, officials now said, in fact, there was no school resource officer there at all, and the killer walked into the school through an unlocked door, unobstructed, and began firing. the amount of time the gunman spent outside before entering the school also has changed. we initially were told after he shot his gra
i trust we ll have you back soon. thanks for being here. we are at the top of the hour now. it is 9:00 here on the east coast. 8:00 in uvalde, texas. let s get to several major discrepancies. let s go to morgan who is on the ground in uvalde. morgan? reporter: another tough morning here in uvalde as authorities are shifting what happened and when here inside robb elementary school. this is coming after we heard from parents who were just outside the school saying police were not acting fast enough when those gun shots rang out inside. now as authorities try to provide some clarity with answers, there are only new questions rising about why they didn t engage that gunman fast enough. this morning, growing confusion and outrage about why it took so long to take out that lone gunman. our job is to report the facts and have those answers. we re not there yet. reporter: police now say it took over an hour from the first 911 call to stop the massacre. in that time, 19 child
wounding several more. 11-year-old survivor says she s terrified of men after what she went through. she didn t want to speak on camera. we re going to play for you what the child explained what happened that day. we re going to tell you, it s going to be hard to hear. it s real, it s important. the 11-year-old miah was in the 4th grade classroom that was in the room, she said they were watching lilo and stitch. the end of the school year. they finished lessons and one of the teachers got an email there was a shooter in the building, and went to the door and he was right there, and they made eye contact the shooter made eye contact with the teacher? and he then shot out the window of the door, and it started so fast. he backed the teacher in the classroom, and he made eye contact with the teacher again. looked her right in the eye, and said, good night, and shot her and killed her. he went through the door to the adjoining classroom, and mia would hear screams. she he
weapons of war. i d like you to think about that because this whole conversation defies logic, and you know what, it s actually insulting. you know what, you know what, in fairness let s just take a moment to step back and think about each of their arguments and whether that is the environment that you want or that they want for their children. let s start with mental health. as far as we know there was no mental health issue with the individual who stole the futures of 19 children in uvalde, texas. governor greg abbott even said it himself before he contradicted himself. there was no known mental health history of the gunman. we would have a problem with mental health illness in this community. greg, you flipped it around. now you said mental health was the problem. okay. yet nbc news reports abbott slashed more than $200 million from the department overseeing mental health programs in a state that is already dead last in the country for access to mental health care. abb