speak louder than words can that on tuesday at rob elementary school in uvalde texas, this first priority for every single law enforcement officer in the state did not come first. the awful truth which was confirmed today is that police officers waited to storm a classroom while children were hiding inside and calling 911 for help that would not come. for as long as an hour. now we often here police officers talk about split second decisions. this time, the decision to go into a classroom and confront the shooter took 3,600 of those seconds. a full hour. a bit of hindsight from where i m sitting now, of course it s not a right decision. it was a wrong decision. very. no excuse for that. but again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry there as soon as you can. that s steven mcgraw, director of the texas department public safety with the bottom line, different from what we ve been hearing all week long, different
911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnn s shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. reporter: you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere. what efforts were made to try and break through that door you say was locked? what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? none at that time. reporter: why? the on-scene commander at the time believed it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. reporter: you have people who are alive, children who are calling 911 saying, please send the police. they are alive in that classroom. there are lives that are at risk. that s not protocol, is it? we re well aware that. reporter: right. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were n
that said, we still, what we don t have is a full picture of why the response seemed to take so long that a number of anguished parents on the scene were reduced to begging police to take action while others demand they be allowed to go in themselves to rescue their children. earlier today, bodies of all 19 kids released to funeral homes and we learn more of their names so we want to start tonight telling you little bit about them. eliana garcia, known as ellie was about to turn 10, loved basketball and cheer leading, according to grandparents, dreamed of one day becoming a teacher herself. annabelle guadalupe rodriguez on the honor roll, ten years old, in the same classroom as her cousin jacqueline cazares, her father one trying to get into the school. her friend, also saving up for a trip to disney world, her sister said she loved tiktok dances, ariana grande and the houston astros, eliana also ten years old, was to play her last softball game tuesday and waiting to hear if
remains defiant amid russian advances. we ll show you how new vehicles are helping fight the war. and baby formula is now being flown to the u.s. from germany. mothers facing a shortage across the country. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden is set to land in japan soon after wrapping up a visit to south korea. he left seoul a short time ago and the visit marks police first trip to asia as commander in chief. before leaving, met with military families and american troops stationed there. and also with the chairman of hyundai where he toured their plant to build a new electric vehicle plant in the u.s. state of georgia and while he is trying to put the focus on bolstering america s economic and security ties in the region, a shadow of potential conflict is never far away. on saturday the u.s. and south korea announced plans to expand joint military drills in response to north korea s growing nuclear threat. u.s. offic
heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden s signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, radar and other e equipment headed to ukraine. and more than 1,000 cars have been blocked at a russian checkpoint for four days. the convoy is trying to reach ukrainian-held territory. with reports many making that journey are running low on food and water. in mariupol, more than 1,700 ukrainian troops have surrendered at the steel factory. cnn cannot verify that report, but an unknown number of sold