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Police response. they got there pretty quickly. according to the witnesses, they got there within two to five minutes of receiving the first 911 call. because of our new way of attacking these situations, our new protocol, all across the country, leland, police departments now are immediately respond i responding to these situations and then the uniformed officers from the street are the ones that actually go in and try to take -- or engage the active shooter. it used to be a time a long time ag...

We have victims -- >> reporter: the gunman came heavily armed to kill as many as possible. >> hes in the classrooms. >> reporter: investigators say the gunman brought a steel-plated flack jacket, multiple pistols and a rifle. >> six were recovered at the school. seven were recovered at the shooters residence, along with five magazines. >> reporter: the gunman entered the classroom and opened fire. her brother was in the next building. >> my sister is laying shot in a classroom. im stuck in this ...

Somebody who is also a friend and advisor. so today, the flack jacket is officially passed to a new generation, mr. josh hurst. josh is the coachs son from kansas city, he still roots for the royals, i guess. as you know, his name describes his demeanor. josh is an ernest guy, and you cant find just a nicer individual, even outside of washington. the country of course knows him for his golden voice and tones on west wing week and the biggest viral internet hit since between two ferns. but josh a...

And colleagues are drawing inspiration from that. her parents say anne smedinghoff was a natural for the foreign service. a modern diplomat, the kind that awears a helmet and a flack jacket, volunteering for dangerous assignments, convinced her parents tell cnn there was a lot of good she could do in the world. >> we would somewhat joke with her sometimes about how we just wanted to see her safe within the walls of the embassy compound, but that was not who anne was. >> in afghanistan, the 25-ye...

Giant refugee camp and i was going to go to mogadishu. i had a trip scheduled with a guy whos a very experienced somali hand and its better if i go alone on this one and i had brought the flack jacket and it stayed in the hotel an i did not cross in -- >> that tells you something of what its like over there if it wasnt safe enough for you to get in there. >> in the last six months its gotten a fair amount safer. it takes a bit to write it and somalia is better but kenyas a fascinating place and ...

Like west virginia, you know, throughout, made inroads in kentucky, tennessee, arkansas, missouri, those voters were turning on the democratic party because of guns and what youve seen over the last decade has been in polling, there has been a real dramatic rise in terms of how important blue collar white voters think the issue of gun ownership is to them. the democrats have to make a choice -- >> i understand the demographics on that but howard, im going to stop calling him your boss. >> he is ...

gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison? >> you must have been crush when they told you that you had to go back. >> revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with your host tonight brooke baldwin and dr. sanjay gupta. >> good evening. the bloody drug war in mexic...

about. twisted justice? >> i just saw him up with the bat and he started to swing and thats when i reached for the gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison? >> you must have been crush when they told you that you had to go back. >> revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is "cn...

>> can the violence be stopped? kaj larsen travels not front lines of a war few people know about. twisted justice? >> i just saw him up with the bat and he started to swing, and thats when i reached for the gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second-degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison. >> you must have been crushed? crushed when they told you you ha...

kaj larsen travels not front lines of a war few people know about. twisted justice? >> i just saw him up with the bat and he started to swing, and thats when i reached for the gun. >> this new york city cop says he fired to save his fathers life. >> i was convicted of second-degree murder. >> but he would walk free after that conviction was overturned. so how did he end up back in prison. >> you must have been crushed? crushed when they told you you had to go back. >> revealing inves...