we begin with uvalde, a conversation with the school s police chief, the state says made that decision not to storm the classroom when 19 students and two teachers were slaughtered. the chief tells cnn he is quote in contact with dps every day. that is contrary to what they said yesterday. the chief repeatedly declining to explain his action. what dpa calls his wrong decision and storm that classroom. cnn has spoke with the chief. shimone, critical important reporting. what did the chief say? yeah, john, it s really critical. we need to get his side of the story. we have been looking for him, trying to get his side of the story after it was revealed that he was the man who made the decision not to storm that room, that classroom where the gunman was and it took over an hour for the police to eventually take him out. we spotted him, we are found him going into work this morning. we asked him those questions. he obviously dodged this. he didn t want to answer any of those que
they are controlling the narrative for once. they can put their story forward. they can also say which stories weren t true. and i m comfortable in knowing that we did everything that we could to make it work. oh, my god, we just did everything we could to protect them. president joe biden says the american rescue plan will help the u.s. rebound from the covid-19 pandemic. everything in this package is designed to meet the most urgent needs of the nation. this was never about getting people back to work or kids back to school or the disease behind us. there is an incredibly transformational, frankly progressive piece of legislation. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john be berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day, monday, march 8th, 6:00 here in new york. and the stunning new claims this morning about the royal family by prince harry and meghan markle. in a bombshell two-hour i