being careful about what body camera and surveillance video w ws we show you. we want to be respectful of the grieving families. some videos are difficult to watch given knowing what is happening off screen. there is a lot to learn but worth mentioning had parents and families, reporters and others not demanded answers from law enforcement officials in the hours and days and months after this massacre, it s likely we wouldn t know as much as we do about what really happened in uvalde:breaking news out of texas police on the scene of a deadly shooting at an elementariry school. difficult images. for hours after the shootings in uvalde, there is chaos around the school and few details. we ve not been give b or heard reporting on a timeline. is it clear how quickly police were able to get on the scene. relatively quickly but not fast enough. i don t want to go beyond that because we don t know how quickly agents were able to respond to the scene. there s a lot of fac
universally accepted active shooter protocols. they allowed the gunman to remain in the classroom for more than 70 minutes. there were children still alive inside, one of whom repeatedly called 911 for help. there were wounded teachers fighting for their lives. tonight we take a close look at the false and at times misleading information initially provided by texas law enforcement and public officials to families and reporters about the police response. throughout this hour, we are being careful about what body camera and surveillance videos we show you. there will be no images of violence or sounds of gunfire. we want to be respectful of all those grieving in uvalde. some of the videos though are difficult to watch given what we know was happening elsewhere on screen. there s still a lot to learn, but it s worth mentioning had parents and families, reporters and others not demanded answered from law enforcement officials in the hours and the days and months after this massac
universally accepted active shooter protocols. they allowed the gunman to remain in the classroom for more than 70 minutes. there were children still alive inside, one of whom repeatedly called 911 for help. there were wounded teachers fighting for their lives. tonight we take a close look at the false and at times misleading information initially provided by texas law enforcement and public officials to families and reporters about the police response. throughout this hour, we are being careful about what body camera and surveillance videos we show you there will be no images of violence or sounds of gunfire. we want to be respectful of all those grieving in uvalde. some of the videos, though are, difficult to watch given what we know is happening elsewhere offscreen. there is still a lot to learn, but it s worth mentioning had parents and families, reporters and others not demanded answers from law enforcement officials in the hours, in the days and months after this massac
So why did officials from dps which is responsible for statewide law enforcement keep singling out uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo? you know, at this point i don t know what to believe or what not to believe. reporter: don mclaughlin is mayor of uvalde. he thinks the blame for the police response belongs to all the agencies who were there, not just the uvalde school district police. you re hearing all kinds of stories now coming from one place, dps. yeah. kind of controlling the narrative right now. how troubled are you by that? i m real troubled. i m not confident in 100% of dps because i think it s a cover-up. dps. they are covering up. mccraw is covering up. for who? for maybe his agencies, or maybe he told the story that he told, you know, that, you know what, do they say, it s always
The front door. a house committee agrees with his last statement. in their report, they say any of the state or federal law enforcement personnel on-site that day could have taken charge, writing, quote, these local officials were not the only ones expected to supply the leadership needed during this tragedy. hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies, many of whom were better trained and better equipped that the school district police quickly arrived on the scene. so why did officials from dps, which is responsible for statewide law enforcement, keep singling out uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo? you know, at this point, i don t know what to believe or what not 20 believe. don mclaughlin is mayor of uvalde. he thinks the blame for the police response belongs to all the agencies who were there, not just the uvalde school district police. you re hearing all kinds of stories now coming from one place, dps. yep. kind of controlling the narr