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gunman fired more shots and children inside the classroom he was holed up in called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. listen. >> why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? >> again, you know, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and there was time and no children at risk. of course it wasnt the wrright decision. it was wrong, period. >> one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and o...

The US on Friday sailed the ship again in the vicinity of the islands, which are occupied by China but also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam, as part of what it called a freedom of navigation operation

NATO members cannot afford to underestimate the threat thatal-Qaeda continues to pose to the West and its values of freedom,liberty, human rights, equality, and democracy. The war inAfghanistan is not yet won, and gains remain under threat so longas the region remains susceptible to al-Qaeda and Talibaninsurgencies. Now is the time for the NATO Alliance to defeat thescourge of al-Qaeda.

>> no, lawrence. we are trying to get the maximum amount of lethal assistance -- lethal and defense assistance -- to ukraine. what weve moved to ukraine is exceptional. look -- the ukrainians have defeated the second largest army in the world around the capital city. and in the northern part of the country. the number one reason they did that is because of their bravery and fighting spirit. but the number two reason why they did that is because of the extraordinary amount of military support tha...

Forward air controllers and spotters for the aircraft attacks. i think we need more flexibility for the use of special forces and i think we need to have embedded american trainers with the iraqi security forces, the anbar tribes and with the kurds down to at least the battalion level so that we can -- can help them be more successful. >> robert gates there. and for a closer look now at the u.s. strategy on isis, colonel peter mansoul joins us live from columbus, ohio. he is a former aide to gen...

Malky before we did anything. second i think hes right when it comes to boots on the ground they almost entirely have to be arab or kurd. but i think that they do need to at least revisit the rules of engagement for our troops. for the troops that we have there. i think that we need american guard air controllers and spotters for the aircraft attacks. i think we need more flexibility for the use of special forces. and i think we need to have embedded american trainers with the iraqi security for...

To disearn whether or not maliki has that ability. whether or not theres something that, you know, the kurds want specifically or the kurds feel they can trust maliki. all of those kinds of considerations are taking place. and im sure those are the kinds of judgments that the secretary is going have to make. >> thats a tough one history with maliki and the failures there. lets talk about new poll numbers this morning as far as this goes in foreign policy and the president. 57% say the situation ...

In this case. they have to investigate it as a possibility from the very beginning and have. so knowing that aircraft are a historic target for a variety of terrorist groups and they have never stopped putting out threat information regarding possible aircraft attacks, no one has ever ruled that out. nor in this case. and i think that what we have learned about the change of course, in a way, it raises as many or more questions as it answe answers. its an important piece of information, but it s...