everyone. this morning, there are now hard questions for authorities about the timeline of events and the police response, specifically why did they wait so long to go into the school? officials say the gunman was on school grounds for up to an hour before police were able to breach the classroom, stop the killing and neutralize, kill, the gunman. according to the washington post, parents who rushed to the scene heard gunfire inside the school, they begged officers to charge into the building. there was families trying to get in here, they were getting in here, they were getting into the school. fathers breaking out windows, pulling kids out of the windows. this morning, we have new video that shows the gunman entering a door at the school. authorities say the suspect was confronted by an officer as he made his way into the building. they say he dropped a bag full of ammunition before he got inside. also cnn has exclusively obtained a series of chilling text message
wounded. today would have been the last day of the school year. instead of making plans for vacations, camps and cookouts, these families, right there you see them, are making funeral arrangements. grief is immeasurable. listen here to angel and how he learned his little girl was gone. she was just trying to do the right thing. she was just trying to call the cops. she was so scared of just strangers and things like this. she would lock the door when i would step out to put gas in the car. like, she this is literally like her worst fear. and she was just trying to help everyone. one little girl is covered in blood head to toe, like, i thought she was injured. i asked her what was wrong. and she said she s okay. she was hysterical saying they killed her best friend and she s not breathing and she was trying to call the cops. i asked the little girl the name, and she and she told me she said amerie. unthinkable the pain there. unthink able the pain. let s get to the sce
shared his daughter s best friend says amerie was killed while calling 9-1-1 on her brand new cell phone. i just want people to know that she just died trying to save her classmates. she just wanted to save everyone. we have more video now that s tough to watch. it s from outside the school while the gunman was inside. these are the cries of grantic parents who heard the gunshots inside the school and are demanding the police storm it. despite the overwhelming police response, it may have taken as long as than hour for them to breach the classroom and take down the shooter. we re trying to establish every single timeline, as far as how long the shooter was inside the classroom. how long did the shooting take place. as of now, we have not been able to establish that. we want to provide facts as opposed to just providing timelines that are preliminary. we estimate anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. right now i want to bring in my colleague alisyn in uvalde. it is now
needed baby formula has landed in america with more on the way but, the problem is far from solved. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin in japan where u.s. president joe biden is making a hard push for strengthening economic alliances as he tackles the second leg of a high-stakes diplomatic tour in asia. earlier mister biden wrapped up a meeting with japanese prime minister, during their meeting, mister biden endorsed japan s plan to bolster its defense capabilities as it keeps a wary eye on china s growing military footprint. the two leaders also affirmed their commitment to the indo pacific economic framework, a plan mister biden is set to unveil in the next hour. this framework is a commitment to working with our close friends and partners in the region, on challenges that matter most to ensuring economic competitiveness in the 21st century. by improving security and trust in the digital economy. detect
People have been asked to move to from north gaza and thats the hospital and we are keeping an eye on what is happening there in these next pictures were going to so you are from southern israel. We have been seeing an intensification of air strikes been seeing an intensification of airstrikes in been seeing an intensification of air strikes in gaza and out of gaza to southern israel. We have heard the last couple of hours in the idf, the last couple of hours in the idf, the israeli spokesperson announcing and an expansion of their operations and an expansion of their operations and intensification of the Air Bombardment into gaza. Our correspondence have seen and heard the intensification of that bombing. Communications are down. And this will be keeping across the speed and this is the United Nations were expecting votes on resolutions and we will see whether they pass or not it will be back in new york a little later. These pictures and this is from earlier and these are the skyline