course. saying the united states will in fact send advanced rocket systems to the war torn country. we will have more on what led to the presidents change of heart. good morning, welcome to way too early, on this wednesday june 1st. i m jonathan lemere, thank you for being with us. the official account has changed once again. concerning how the gunman who massacred 19 children and their teachers entered the texas school. last friday, the director of the texas department of safety, said a teacher propped open the door. in which of the gunman used to enter. now the agency says the teacher had come back to close the door, but had failed to locked. the new account comes after a attorney for the teacher told the san antonio express news, that the teacher did prop up an the door. using a rock, so she could carry food from her car into the school. once you saw the gunman crashes car into a ditch. she went back inside the school to get her phone to report to crush the police. t
especially in new york city, to have a wholistic view of crime. what we will start to see is democrats like me who have experience in law enforcement but also understand the problems with our criminal justice system all working together. you look at texas. texas passed a law over the objection of every single law enforcement body in texas. the democrats were against it. the republicans passed an even more lenient gun law. and law enforcement was against it. at some point that alliance is going to crack. we saw it on january 6th where people were hitting police officers with blue lives matter flags. the republican party is not the party of law and order. as democrats, we need to embrace law and order in a compassionate and empathetic way. daniel goldman, now officially a candidate for new york s newly formed tenth district. thanks for being here, dan. it is just past the hour now. it is 9:01 in the east, just after 8:00 a.m. in uvalde, texas, where we continue to learn new
the gas prices soaring another 5 cents overnight, adding to the strain on americans wallets. we ll talk about what the white house is doing about it. this morning in uvalde, texas, a grief-stricken community continues to lay loved ones to rest after last week s school shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers. today, seven separate services will be held for victims of this tragic shooting. next hour, a funeral for irma garcia, a teacher at robb elementary and her husband joe. irma was killed while protecting her students during the shooting. her grieving husband died thursday after delivering flowers to his wife s memorial. doctors describe his death as a possible example of broken heart syndrome. irma and joe were high school sweethearts. they would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary later this month. they leave behind four children. this afternoon 10-year-old jose manuel flores jr. will be laid to rest. he was honored for his good grades
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. for the first time we are hearing what appears to be dispatch audio about a child trapped in the room with the uvalde shooter during the attack. now, cnn has not been able to confirm this recording first reported by abc news. you have a child on the line. the child is in the room full of victims. it is unclear what time that audio came in, but the texas public safety director says there were at least eight 911 calls from two callers coming from inside robb elementary. we now know at least 19 officers were just on the other side of the door of the classroom where a student was calling from. a texas public safety official reported the first call from a child came in at 12:03 p.m. not until 12:50, 47 minutes later did officers break in and kill the gunman. the justice department is going to investigate the local law enforcement response. a local official believes o
the bidens attended mass at sacred heart catholic church where an influx of funerals is imnenlt. they are meeting privately with the victims families this afternoon. so many of them want an answer to an excruciating question, would their loved ones be here today if police had acted sooner? the justice department is stepping in saying it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response as a top texas official admits the decision not to breech the classroom even as the children were calling 911 begging for help was wrong, period. cnn s arlette saenz is in uvalde. the president visited the site of that school memorial today. reporter: yes, jim, certainly an incredibly emotional day for president biden and first lady jill biden as they are here on the ground in the community of uvalde, texas, grieving with the community in the wake of that horrific massacre at the elementary school right behind me. at this moment president biden is meeting privately with survivors and fam