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At least in retrospect, to have been specifically geared to shed the best light possible on the law enforcement response. so that makes it look even worse, whether its sheer incompetence or communication in messaging or an actual intentional cover-up, almost no way to know. i dont think you can have any confidence in them. i have greater hopes for what the justice department will do, to come in and mount their own investigation to determine the mistakes that were made in response to the tragedy....

Within three minutes, three uvalde police officers entered the building with rifles and so did two officers including chief arrendondo. he called the police from his cell phone saying we dont have enough fire prior, we only have piflts. that was directly contradictory. >> the only one stopping the haul way of dedicated officers from 111 and 112 was the on scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. the officers had weapons. the children had none. >> r...

>> minutes after the shooting, the police chief made a lot of assumptions that were completely wrong. the chief thought the gunman was in an office, not a classroom, that there were no students with him, that the door could not be opened without a key, and that officers needed to wait for shields and more fire power before moving in. according to the head of the department of public safety, those errors in judgment and the hour and 14 minute wait cost lives. >> the only thing stopping a hallway ...

And really offer a minute by minute account of the excruciating 77 minutes between the arrival of the gunman, and his being taken down. and of course, the nature of what happened during that 77 minutes, the decisions were made, the equipment that was available, but not used right away. thats all under investigation. >> the tribunes reporting is now raising it a question. its not even clear that the classroom doors were locked. is that true? >> yeah, its a crucial discrepancy. we interviewed the ...

Never happened here. >> the texas tribune released a time line based on footage not confirmed by nbc news. according to that report, the shooter opened fire on officers closest to room 111 and 112. several minutes later pete arredondo phoned into dispatch requesting more fire power. we all have pistols, he said, according to a transcript and this guy has a rifle. the question of why they were not directed to go in and who should have been giving that direction, i think those are questions that t...

To everything we learned over the last two decades since the columbine massacre. three minutes after the subject entered the west building, there was sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was the on scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children. the officers had weapons, the children had none. the off...

Showing armed officers with long rifles and at least one ballistic shield. >> investigators really believe at this point, based on my understanding that that was certainly enough fire power to try to take on the gunman. >> reporter: so why did officers wait nearly another hour to storm the classroom? >> whether you have the equipment or not, you just go in. and that never happened here. >> reporter: separately, the "texas tribune" released a detailed time line overnight based on footage and inve...

And antithetical to everything we learned over the last two decades since the columbine massacre. three minutes after the subject entered the west building, there was sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor, iso isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officer from entering room 111 and 112 was the on scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of the children. the officers had weapons, the child...

>> the officers had weapons. the children had none. the officers had body armor. the children had none. >> in addition, the texas tribune obtained this screen grab from a robb elementary school surveillance camera showing officers in the hallway at 12:04. according to documents obtained by the texas tribune, chief arredondo called at 11:40 a.m. saying we have him in the room. hes got an ar-15. hes shot a lot. they need to be outside the building prepared because we dont have firepower right now....

Said that inaction set the profession back a decade. he also said the school police chief put lives of officers over children. texas top trooper was blunt. >> theres compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure. >> reporter: colonel steven mccraw, head of the texas department of public safety, placed that blame solely at the boots of the uvalde school police chief, pete arredondo. >> the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated ...