but then white house clarified by saying. there are no plans underway to establish a comp comprehensive research program. good. it is not just the sun, fireworks are under attack this weekend environmental party poopers in los angeless in got their way by instituting ins new regulations on firework shows over the water. w to getat a permit shows must demonstrate how they will keep pollutants out of the water, one company refused to comply, saying we cannot and will not risk safety of our staff and public to comply with restrictive regulations. if that is not enough, climate activists now suggest using less ice in your holiday c cocktai to help save the planet, a lot to unpack, raymond.ra ymi understand we have droughts and wildfires that gets never wracking there with the fireworks nerve-racking withrewo fireworks, i understand that. i point to 2020, last time you had l legislators in california saying you can t have fireworks this is what happened, people it not take n
along with harold ford and dana perino. the five. yeah, merry christmas, america! get ready because we have a santa size show ahead including our naughty and nice list. oh, they re filthy. buckle up to gift exchange, we ll melt your minds into a puddle of syrup. first, time for the fastest. a new survey says 48% of people have gone to a holiday party just for the treats. among the top flavors of this time of the year, ginger bread, salted caramel and peppermint. we have a holiday spread here, peppermint stick and chocolate world from the cheesecake factory. you know that s not a factory. i found it out when i went on the tour. candy cane blizzard from dairy queen, which is our royalty. harold, i don t understand how they make choices when it comes to holiday sweets. for example, no one likes fruit juice, right? no one bites into those chocolates. they just leave them there. why do they persist an including such terrible sweets? well, in the christmas spirit it i
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
why officers failed to enter the school while the attacker was still firing. those shots audible from the outside. here s what we do know at 11:8 a.m. central time, the suspect crashed into a ditch near the school. there is a picture there. he exited the vehicle and fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m., he entered through the west side of the building. there is the video there. two minutes later a teacher sent a text message saying there was an active shooter at the school. it was not until 11:43 that school officials announced they were under lockdown, one minute later, officers entered the school, were shot and and retreated as they called for further forces to join them. it was not until 12 n. 44, one hower later, a tactical team of border patrol uvalde police department made entry and finally shot the suspect. there are several questions, hard questions. understandable ones that have yet to be answered. this morning, inside the classroom with these chil
still chief among the questions out there and why is the police department now backtracking on some of their basic findings? officials are going to be holding a briefing in texas in the next hour. let s begin though at this hour with cnn s rosa flores live in uvalde. rosa, what are you hearing from some of these children who managed to survive? reporter: well, kate, we are hearing about those intense moments when the shooter was inside the classroom, those intense moments when children were trying to do everything they could to survive. they describe the gunfire at first. they thought it was fireworks. you mentioned a little girl who covered herself in blood and played dead to try to survive, to make sure that she could do what she could do at that point in time to survive this terrible tragedy. but here they are, children describing what they lived through in their own words. take a listen. it was very terrifying. that didn t stop one of my friends getting hurt. i got