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maxwell frost, later on in the show. i m looking forward to hear what he says. ayman, have a good weekend. thank you, my friend. we ll be watching. all right. it was the wrong decision. that s what the top law enforcement official in texas admitted today, as outrage grows over why it took police so long to stop the gunman at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. that gap and police intervention is even more glaring, after we learned new details about the timeline today. minutes after the gunman crashed his vehicle, he was already firing shots outside at the school. a school resource officer, who was not on the school grounds, heard the 9-1-1 call, and responded. but actually, he drove past the shooter, according to officials. at 11:33 am, the shooter enters the school, and fires more than 100 rounds in four minutes. two minutes after that, three officers arrived, and enter the school, exchanging gunfire with the shooter. by 12:03 pm, as many as 19 officers are in a h
ayman, have a good weekend. thank you, my friend. we ll be watching. all right. it was the wrong decision. that s what the top law enforcement official in texas admitted today, as outrage grows over why it took police so long to stop the gunman at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. that gap and police intervention is even more glaring, after we learned new details about the timeline today. minutes after the gunman crashed his vehicle, he was already firing shots outside at the school. a school resource officer, who was not on the school grounds, heard the 9-1-1 call, and responded. but actually, he drove past the shooter, according to officials. at 11:33 am, the shooter enters the school, and fires more than 100 rounds in four minutes. two minutes after that, three officers arrived, and enter the school, exchanging gunfire with the shooter. by 12:03 pm, as many as 19 officers are in a hallway inside the school at the same time, one student calls 9-1-1, and whisper
i am lived about what happened. when i came out here on this stage and told the public what happened, it was a recitation of what people in that room told me, whether it be law enforcement officials or non-law enforcement officials. whatever the case may be. and, as everybody has learned, the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely lived. about that. lawrence: yeah, me too, governor. i gave them the benefit of the doubt, too. the governor s statement comes just hours after today s press conference by the texas department of public safety. they gave us some answers starting with how the shooter was able to enter the school so easily. turned out the back door he used to get in wasn t only unlocked, it was wide open. we know from video evidence 11:27, the exterior door suspected of what the where we n.i.e. knew the shooter entered, ramos, was propped open by a teacher. 11:28 the suspect vehicle crashes into the ditch as previous
said today. the admission of a string of police failures including driving right by the gunman, ever how one girl cowering inside the cool called 911 five times. 20 officers stood in the hallway outside of the classrooms but it wasn t until 12:50 that the classroom was breached using keys from a janitor. mcgraw said the on-seen commander believed that this was a barricaded subject situation and did not think that there were more children at risk. he was then overwhelmed with reporters demanding an explanation into the time delay leading him to make this stunning admission. stand by. hey, stand by. from the benefit of hindsight where i m sitting now of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision period. there s no excuse for that. the press conference also failed to translate questions and answers into spanish despite earlier promises that they would. again, a lot of the folks in this town speak spanish as a primary language. in espanol. no spanis