gunman fired more shots and children inside the classroom he was holed up in called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. listen. 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 there was time and no children at risk. of course it wasn t the wrright decision. it was wrong, period. one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had acted more quickly. i mean, how can you not think about that? we now know the names and faces of all 21 lives cut short. funerals sadly set to begin next week. the texas governor says miss have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story. i was misled. i am livid by what happened. reporter: scexplosive reacti from the texas governor. the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely livid about
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
crimes against humanity. cnn is at the scene of one of his alleged warcrimes. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, it was the wrong decision. that admission from the texas department of public safety who said today, the officers on the scene made major mistakes in their response to the mass shooting at rob elementary school, waiting more than an hour to enter the classroom where 18-year-old gunman was holed up with children and two teachers, some who had already been murdered, others injures, others playing dead. some desperately calling 911 for help. 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 there was time and children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. we now know there were 19 officers waiting in the hallway just feet from the classroom. they stood by as these y
meantime, at least 388 people have been killed in mass shootings in texas on governor abbott s watch, while he has rolled back gun restrictions. so, briefly back to that nearly half billion dollars diverted down to the border in texas, it was taken from various different government departments and they were essentially then reimbursed with surplus covid relief funds. now, the governor took more than $200 million from the department of health and human services. and that led some people to say, hang on, is he taking money away from health care? his office tells me that is, quote, completely inaccurate. the department itself tells me that all of their healthcare programs are fully funded. budgets for health care, men tal health care have shown a modest uptick over the past couple years. the governor s spokesperson also tells me he works hard to increase funding and access to
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