was holed up frantically called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. have a listen. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? you know the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were no children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. parents of the victims obviously outraged at these missteps with one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had actually acted more quickly. and we now know the names and the faces of all 21 lives cut short with funerals set to begin next week. the texas governor says police have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story from here. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shooti
even though he was firing shots outside for some 12 minutes, there are so many unanswered questions. here is what we do know. 11:28 a.m. central time the suspect crashed his truck into a ditch near the school. he exited the vehicle, fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m. the gunman entered the school through an unlocked door on the west side of the building. four minutes later, officers entered the school, received gunfire then retreated from the building as they called for backup. it was not until an hour later, full hour, 12:44 p.m. local time that a tactical team made entry and killed the suspect. this morning we are learning more about just what was going on inside that classroom. mia got some blood and put it on herself to pretend she was dead. she had bullet fragments in her back. that poor little girl and so many stories just hike it. we ll have more on mia s story in a moment. let s begin though on the investigation. cnn crime and justice correspo
challenges that are now surfacing that this killer had in his life. that lead to someone doing what he did. and then there will be all other kinds of issues, but there will be committees formed. there will be meetings held. there will be proposals that will be derived, many of which will lead to laws which will be passed in the state of texas, because let me make one thing perfectly clear. the status quo is unacceptable. this crime is unacceptable. we re not going to be here talking about it and do nothing about it. we will be looking for the best laws that we can get passed to make our communities and schools safer. go ahead. [ inaudible question ] . let s be clear about a couple things. that show that these background checks, if everyone wants to seize upon a particular strategy, and just assume, well, that s the golden strategy right there, look at what happened in the santa fe shooting. a background check had no relevancy whatsoever, because the killer took the gun from
[cheers] greg: it is true, we re back! happy monday, everybody. so today s democrats are as confused as mulvaney s gynecologist. because what big name dames are realizing now, after all the posturing about standing with the oppressed and speaking truth to power the party is now officially in lead with rapists, murderers and anti-semites and they didn t even have to join a prison gang. let s watch a democrat talking head try to explain october 7 aw away. i have seenlot of women speak out against using rape as a weapon of war. but downright silent on what we saw on october 7 and what might be happening inside gaza right now to these hostages. why is that? i mean, i don t know that that s true. we always talk about the impact of war on women in particular, but i think we have to remember that israel is a democracy. that s why they are a strong ally of ours, and if they do not comply with international humanitarian law, they are bringing themselves to a place that makes it