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live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. its 6am in the morning in singapore and 5pm in texas, where the usjustice department is to investigate the police response to the mass shooting at a school in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. public anger has grown after it emerged that officers waited in the hallway as children remained trapped with the teenage gunman in a classroom. the announcement comes as president biden visited the town and met with ...

good morning. and welcome to your "new day." it is sunday, may 29th. were grateful that youre starting your week with us. im boris sanchez, live from uvalde, texas. >> im christi paul. boris, there in uvalde, youve seen people just even last hour at 5:00 a.m. where you are come out to that memorial that is behind you. and youre probably standing in a place where youre soon going to see at some point today president biden. >> potentially, yeah. youre right. president biden headed to uva...

police officials now say, i was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. >> i was misled. im livid about what happened. >> texas governor, aiming his iron at law enforcement. my >> expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations, which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> after a damning new admissions from texas authorities -- they incident commander making the decision not to i...

want answers. >> i was misled. i am livid about what happened. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott aiming his ire at law enforcement. >> my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations, which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> reporter: after damning new admissions from texas authorities. >> it was the wrong decision. period. >> reporter: the incident commander making the de...

maxwell frost, later on in the show. im looking forward to hear what he says. ayman, have a good weekend. >> thank you, my friend. well be watching. >> all right. >> it was the wrong decision. thats what the top law enforcement official in texas admitted today, as outrage grows over why it took police so long to stop the gunman at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. that gap and police intervention is even more glaring, after we learned new details about the timeline today. minute...

on our hands. what are we doing? >> the kids -- >> enough is enough. >> can anything be done to stop the next massacre? >> the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> the time for us to stop the next mass shooting in this country is right now. >> this is the moment to reform gun loss? >> it is easy to go to politics. >> we, as a society, need to do a better job with mental health. >> when in gods name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? >> not one more...

rifle. that he was able to legally purchase, just like the gunman here and eovaldi. the vice president and the second gentleman will be in buffalo later today to attend the funeral of one of the victims of that massacre. meanwhile, as authorities we can continue to piece together the events of the tragedy here in uvalde, the nra is holding the second day of its annual convention in houston, just 270 miles east of here. joining me now, nbc news national security and intelligence corresp...

what would make a difference to you? a vigil for the 19 children and two teachers killed in a school shooting in texas as the debate over gun control in the us re—ignites. victims of sexual offences are being promised less invasion into their private lives under changes to how evidence is gathered in england and wales. this is a real good step in the right direction but the trick will be how it is deployed across all of the police forces and that it is done sensitively, with the agre...

15,000 people and so many of the people we talked to have connections to the victims. tess maria mata was 10 years old, she was saving every dollar hoping to go to disney world. nevaeh bravo also 10 has been remembered as a young girl who put a smile on everyones face. these are the stories that you will hear this morning. a fourth grade teacher who sacrificed herself protecting the children, a grieving father who found out his daughter died trying to save her classmates. we have learn...

thats what beto overwork said today when he provided the only unpredictable moment in the unfolding story of mass murder at a texas elementary school. the mass murder that occurred yesterday was predictable. we just could not tell you the exact location that it was going to occur or the exact day that it was going to occur. it is now predictable that a virtually identical shooting will occur again in texas and in other states. what has been said in the aftermath has also been totally p...