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police officials now say, i was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. >> i was misled. im livid about what happened. >> texas governor, aiming his iron at law enforcement. my >> expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations, which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> after a damning new admissions from texas authorities -- they incident commander making the decision not to i...

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...

entering the elementary school. and we know more than an hour passed between the first 911 call and when the shooter was killed. police now acknowledge that tragic mistakes were made. >> the decision was made that this is barricade the subject situation, there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point. that was the decision. it was the wrong decision, period. >> the incident comman...

911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnns shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. >> reporter: you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere. what efforts were made to try and break through that door you say was locked? what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? >> none at that time. >> reporter: why? >> the on-scene commander a...

trial between johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard. the vicious accusations during closing arguments. the case now in the hands of the jury. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. im tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we als...

maxwell frost, later on in the show. im looking forward to hear what he says. ayman, have a good weekend. >> thank you, my friend. well be watching. >> all right. >> it was the wrong decision. thats what the top law enforcement official in texas admitted today, as outrage grows over why it took police so long to stop the gunman at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. that gap and police intervention is even more glaring, after we learned new details about the timeline today. minute...

ayman, have a good weekend. >> thank you, my friend. well be watching. >> all right. >> it was the wrong decision. thats what the top law enforcement official in texas admitted today, as outrage grows over why it took police so long to stop the gunman at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. that gap and police intervention is even more glaring, after we learned new details about the timeline today. minutes after the gunman crashed his vehicle, he was already firing shots outside at...

this is according to two senior law enforcement officials. authorities say that students were trapped inside the classroom with the gunman and repeatedly called 9-1-1 as local officers waited in the hallway for nearly an hour to take action. following days of confusion and misinformation, we are getting the clearest timeline yet. around 11:30 am, the shooter crashed his car. a 9-1-1 car was placed. shooting began outside of the school. within minutes, the scooter entered the school and...

19 babies and two teachers were murdered on tuesday and yet another mass shooting in america. this time it was at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the latest accounts of law enforcements response pain to woeful portrait of a potentially deadly inuktitut. in the days since the massacre, we learned that officers waited for 45 minutes just outside the classroom where the shooter was barricaded. this despite active shooting trainer that these officers were trained to engage with th...