reporter: when a texas house committee investigating the response asked the sheriff to appear for testimony, nolasco initially refused until the committee was forced to send him formal notice. six months later, it s clear he s still unwilling to face difficult questions. y all don t care about the families, you re here for your ra ratings, that s all y all are here for, okay? so that s really? is that what you think? you know, that s what you re here for too. for the ratings? uh-huh. what have you done for the family? shimon prokovich join us now. for him to say that is beneath contempt. it s unfortunate. let s talk about what he did and didn t do. this guy s a public elected official. is there any accountability he faces? it s not really clear. the thing that s going on, the county commission which kind of oversees him and maybe oversees the county, they have ordered an internal investigation. but it s not clear what that is going to result in.
in the moments after the room was finally breached and the horrors inside are revealed no nothing going on at reporter: nolasco speaks with a texas ranger who has been suspended pend investigation into his own actions. he still seems confused about what they should have done differently. the day after the shooting, nolasco, a republican and political ally of texas governor greg abbott, will play a key role in briefing lawmakers where incorrect information was provided. and in a combative interview with texas rangers nine days after the shooting, nolasco was emotional and belligerent, complaining about leaks, police being called cowards, and facing media scrutiny. it s been very traumatic for me as well. i understand. you know, not being able to get being called a [ bleep ] pussy [ bleep ] cowards that s it, guys. but what about the fact excuse me.
once on scene, the 30-year law enforcement veteran can be seen giving orders. okay, what we can do is move everybody reporter: he s just outside the school when a dispatch came over the police radio that should have changed everything. a 10-year-old girl called 911 and said she was in the room with the shooter. surrounded by bodies. speaking to investigators and to cnn, nolasco claimed the radios inside the school didn t work, so he didn t know there were any children trapped in the room. you were never told that there were 911 calls, you never heard the radio? the radios were not working in that area. they were working, sir. okay. you re wrong about that. reporter: the transmission can be heard over several police radios within earshot of nolasco. and then a uvalde police officer tells him a child on the line
reporter: according to training, nolasco should have immediately organized the officers to storm the room, to try and save the children. we re going to reporter: instead he leads a group in the wrong direction, to help clear children from other classrooms who weren t under immediate threat. in recorded interviews obtained by cnn, joe encore, a captain with the texas department of public safety, who is under internal investigation for his own response to the shooting, told investigators sheriff nolasco was, quote, running the show. i d spoken to the sheriff on the way up here. nolasco. what he had. said that it was a a student, a male, that was in there, in the school, with an ak-47. he was barricaded. the sheriff has operational control there. at the time. and you know, we re getting with the sheriff to get information,