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a local doctor who delivered two of the 19 murdered children spoke out reflecting on this profound loss. those lives are gone and we ll never know what they could have done for the world and their families. it will never be the same. you know, we re not innocent anymore. also this morning, in an exclusive interview with savannah guthrie, she spoke to an off duty border patrol agent who rushed to the scene with only his barber s shotgun to rescue his daughter trapped inside the school. what was that moment like when you saw your daughter? oh, when i saw my daughter, it was a big relief. yeah. and after she got to safety, you continued to help? oh, yeah. i saw all her friends. i coach little league baseball as well, always there helping out. all her friends, i could see their faces. half of them fine, the other ones panicking, crying, trying to make sure that they weren t falling and delaying the process. just trying to keep them as calm as i could. what a f ....
chairman of the joint chiefs. together they will honor the fallen service members who have died serving the united states of america. the backdrop of a country paying tribute is a country in mourning. 19 children, two teachers killed in texas. the deadliest school shooting since newtown. families, students and an entire community seized by the visceral pain of an unthinkable tragedy. funeral services begin today for victims of the school shooting in uvalde. the funeral homes are so overwhelmed, it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims and now the justice department announced it will review law enforcement s response to that mass shooting. and we want to start in uvalde with adrian on the ground there. adrian, the funeral services are starting today for two ten-year-old victims. tell us about them and what you re seeing on the ground right now. well, i ll start with the victims. we are learning so much about them. we ve learn amerie had a heart of gold. his father kno ....
you re driving. gas prices are ridiculous. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this memorial day. and we start with our national lead. and the first funeral services for the victims of the horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. today the families and communities honored the memory of 10-year-old amerie jo garza and mighty rodriguez. and amid the grief in uvalde, a demand for answers as to why police waited out in the hallway for more than an hour before breaking into the classroom where the killing was happening. now, the justice department says it will review the law enforcement respaonse to the shooting. adrian broaddus reports on a child s desperate 911 calls from inside the school. this is how those who love 10-year-old amerie jo garza will remember her. a decade of photos showing a happy girl with a sweet smile, described by family as sassy and funny and a diva who hated wearing dresses. memories of happier times as h ....
as a massacre was unfolding on the inside. abc news obtained a portion of video that appears to be audio from one 911 operator, relaying information from a child inside the classroom. you have a child on the line. he is in the room full of victims. cnn has not been able to independently confirm the audio or at what point in the incident it was heard. on friday, the texas public safety director said there were at least eight 911 calls from two callers in the school. pleading for help. investigators now say 19 officers waited outside the classroom where the gunman was for about 50 minutes until a customs and border patrol team decided to go in without direct orders. that s according to texas state senator roland gutierrez. what s been made clear to me is at that point, the cbp team that went in in frustration said, we re going in. the justice department now says it will review the law enforcement response, which texas officials say deviated from active shooter pro ....
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, dif ....