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in the hours ahead a bipartisan group of senators is set to meet virtually to discuss gun reform in the united states. the talks continue this week in the wake of the tragic shooting. republican senator john cornyn says that the group will try to see if they can agree on a basic framework on how to move forward. this as the first funeral is set to take place in the devastated community. more visitations and funerals are planned in the week ahead. for a number of families, it will be an...

burnett, welcome to a special edition of "outfront" and tonight, growing outrage in uvalde texas, new footage appears to show police knew the children were still alive inside that classroom as they waited outside for back-up. listen. >> a child, she is in the room full of victims at this moment. >> cnn not able to independently confirm the source of that audio not when it was heard exactly but this adds so much to questions about why the gunman remained inside the classroom with studen...

just how expose donald trump could be. and later, for a moment of silence to boycotting the national anthem, at the sports world is stepping up to protest gun violence in the wake of the school school shooting. will it make a difference? ♪ ♪ ♪ good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. some people would have you believe that our two political parties are two sides of the same coin, and that both want the best for america. but they just are different views on what that looks lik...

speak louder than words can that on tuesday at rob elementary school in uvalde texas, this first priority for every single law enforcement officer in the state did not come first. the awful truth which was confirmed today is that police officers waited to storm a classroom while children were hiding inside and calling 911 for help that would not come. for as long as an hour. now we often here police officers talk about split second decisions. this time, the decision to go into a classr...

was holed up frantically called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. have a listen. >> why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? >> you know the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were no children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. >> parents of the victims obviously outraged at these missteps with one father telling cnn...

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...

we know what works on this. it includes lets have an assault weapons ban. >> vice president made the remarks before attending the funeral for one of the mass shooting victims in buffalo just a day before president biden travels to texas to mourn the lives of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas. theres growing outrage in that town about the police response at the shooting. that the police chief chose to wait to confront the gunman, a devastating explanation that shatters the n...

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said today. the admission of a string of police failures including driving right by the gunman, ever how one girl cowering inside the cool called 911 five times. 20 officers stood in the hallway outside of the classrooms but it wasnt until 12:50 that the classroom was breached using keys from a janitor. mcgraw said the on-seen commander believed that this was a barricaded subject situation and did not think that there were more children at risk. he was then overwhelmed with reporters d...

you want to do, then sandy hook happened and i cared. high school was bad enough. >> now this. >> when students are shooting students, you know, thats not understandable, its not forgivable, but how can somebody look at a nine-year-old and shoot them in the face? how can somebody do that? how can somebody have the capability to do that? it angers me beyond comprehension, and i have a lot of displaced anger right now, don, i really do. its just displaced so i should shut up, but its jus...