we have a child on the line. he is in a room full of victims at this moment. cnn has not been able to independently confirm that video, but source of this video sun clear, and it s also not clear at what point in the incident that audio is heard. cnn has reached out to authorities. but we do know that texas authorities, what they said on friday that there were at least eight 911 calls that day from at least two separate callers inside the school over a span of 50 minutes. this all comes as the justice department announces it will investigate the police response to the shooting. and meantime the community will hold its first services for two victims of the tragedy later today. we ll have more on that in a moment but first let s get straight to cnn s paula reed live for more on this investigation and the new doj s role. what do you know with the doj s involvement? that s exactly the kind of evidence that the doj will want to examine as it conducts its review. this is not
chairman of the joint chiefs. together they will honor the fallen service members who have died serving the united states of america. the backdrop of a country paying tribute is a country in mourning. 19 children, two teachers killed in texas. the deadliest school shooting since newtown. families, students and an entire community seized by the visceral pain of an unthinkable tragedy. funeral services begin today for victims of the school shooting in uvalde. the funeral homes are so overwhelmed, it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims and now the justice department announced it will review law enforcement s response to that mass shooting. and we want to start in uvalde with adrian on the ground there. adrian, the funeral services are starting today for two ten-year-old victims. tell us about them and what you re seeing on the ground right now. well, i ll start with the victims. we are learning so much about them. we ve learn amerie had a heart of gold. his father knows she
pushing to when the gun debate. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. at the moment a 16th of y all in fair condition, a ten year old girl in serious condition, and a nine-year-old and condition. little else is known about those who were injured in the a 66 year woman in fair condition. a ten-year-old girl and serious condition. and a nine-year-old girl in good condition. little else is known about those who were injured in the shooting at this moment. meanwhile as parents and you all to begin making funeral arrangements for the 19 children who were killed in that massacre at robb elementary school. president biden and first lady joe biden visited a ski town today, getting thumbs up first responders. as he was performing as well consoler and chief of crowd called for action and demanded that he do something. this is how he responded. we will, we will. after meeting with the families of the victims president biden was seen wiping away tear. we ll have more on biden s vis
before moving in on the shooter. this despite records showing that the local police chief completed active shooter training in december that calls on police to do the exact opposite. meanwhile, president biden fresh from his visit to uvalde has promised action on gun reform. the question this morning, will congress follow through. and will this latest tragedy actually move republicans the president in the last hour seems to think so. i haven t spoken to them, i think they ll have to take a hard look. plus, more heartbreaking stories are emerging from the violence, including one from a teacher, who told her students to hit the floor, just seconds before bullets ripped through her classroom windows. i just kept hearing, boom, boom, boom. it kept going off, it felt like an eternity. and i just remember praying, please, god, please, god, keep us safe. and nbc s ken brock is here with me. nbc s julia ainsley will be here in a moment. sam, you ve been here the last couple
psychopath, which is what senator cruz called him, was able to legally buy an assault rifle more than 1600 rounds of ammunition, and then walk freely into an elementary school because he wanted to kill kids. there are two small funeral homes not enough to handle a massacre. that means funeral directors, morticians and volunteers from across texas are now there to help. among them are facial reconstructionists, because, yes, it was that bad. and making it even worse, just how long the cops waited to go in. they waited an hour outside that classroom before they finally confronted the gunman. more than an hour while some of those kids were still fighting for their lives. including the daughter of one family who spoke with state senator roland gutierrez. their little girl had been shot in the back with one bullet. through the kidney area, she likely bled out, according to the first responder. who should know what would have happened had officers showed up timely? had they gone