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welcome to "the whole story." im anderson cooper. on may 24th, 2002, a gunman walked into robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers before he was finally killed by police 77 minutes later. its one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. what makes it even harder to understand is that 376 law enforcement personnel responded to the scene, but it took them more than an hour before they actually moved to breach the classroom and confront the sh...

teachers weave he was finally killed by police 77 minutes later. its one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. 376 law enforcement personnel responded to the scene, but it took them more than an hour before they actually moved to breach the classroom and confront the shooter. they waited while children inside lay injured and dying. over the past year, cnns shimon prokupecz and his team have been digging for answers and through sources they have obtained the entire investigativ...

universally accepted active shooter protocols. they allowed the gunman to remain in the classroom for more than 70 minutes. there were children still alive inside, one of whom repeatedly called 911 for help. there were wounded teachers fighting for their lives. tonight we take a close look at the false and at times misleading information initially provided by texas law enforcement and public officials to families and reporters about the police response. throughout this hour, we are bei...

nationwide calling for tighter gun laws. march for your life rallies are scheduled for today. some locations underway right now like in d.c. rally-goers reknewing cries for addressing the gun violence epidemic after a series of mass shootings and cnn is covering events across the country and i want to begin with brian todd at the capitol. hi, brian. things are just kicking off where you are? >> reporter: that is right, amara. the crowd gathering, several hundred strong with the riser a...

>> eight or nine children. >> help is on the way. >> theyre inside of the building. okay? you need to stay quiet. >> theyre inside the building. we just need to stay quiet. >> knowing the police didnt do anything, its just crazy. it doesnt make any sense. >> does she ever ask you why the police took so long? >> she does. shes like, "mom, why did it take police so long to come in here?" i dont even know what to say to her. she dont trust any police now. >> can you go get a breaching tool? >> they...

FAIRMONT — Local law enforcement officers joined forces for a three day active shooter training focused on rural and suburban America.

FAIRMONT — Local law enforcement officers joined forces for a three day active shooter training focused on rural and suburban America.

Who are here waiting and asking the police to go in. >> there was 19. there was 19 officers in there. in fact, there was plenty of officers to do whatever needed to be done, with one exception, that the incident commander inside believed they needed more equipment and more officers to do a tactical breach at that point. because the chief of police of the consolidated school district, he was convinced, and again, i want to go back, he was convinced a the time there was no more threat to the child...