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than an hour passed between the first 911 call and when the shooter was killed. cnns shimon prokupecz pressed authorities for answers divergent a press conference friday. >> 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 effort were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door to get inside that classroom? >> none at that time. >> why? >> the on-scen...

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...

elementary school, could have, should have been confronted sooner. parents demanding answers. why? why were police reluctant to immediately engage with the gunman? one explanation the texas department of public safety initially gave to cnn is that the officers could have been shot or killed, but we now know the mind-set goes directly against texas protocol for school shooter situations, which uvalde police trained for just two months ago. the manual states as first responders, we must ...

teachers were slaughtered. they took no action to get into those classrooms as they waited for more equipment. we pressed for more of an explanation, and the response was devastating. listen. >> reporter: sir, you have people who are alive, children who are calling 9-1-1 saying please, send the please. they are alive in that classroom. there are lives that are at risk. thats not protocol, is it? >> were well aware of that. >> reporter: right, but why was this decision made not to go in...

what would make a difference to you? a vigil for the 19 children and two teachers killed in a school shooting in texas as the debate over gun control in the us re—ignites. victims of sexual offences are being promised less invasion into their private lives under changes to how evidence is gathered in england and wales. this is a real good step in the right direction but the trick will be how it is deployed across all of the police forces and that it is done sensitively, with the agre...

cost our— this government dither and delay has cost our country dearly. boris johnson faces fresh calls from mps to resign — a day after a damning report was released into lockdown parties across whitehall and downing street. a vigil for the 19 children and two teachers killed in a school shooting in texas as the debate over gun control in the us re—ignites. ukraine says russian forces have attacked more than a0 towns in the east, but the german chancellor insists russia will not...

for taking more than a0 minutes to enter the school and stop the government. 19—year—old boy described how he managed to survive. ——19—year—old boy. —— one, nine—year—old boy. and he said, "its time to die." when he shot, it was very loud and it hurt my ears, and when i saw the bullets on the floor it wasnt real. and the actor kevin spacey has been accused of three sexual offences against three men. the uk government has announced a huge financial support package to...

♪ again you can see senator ted cruz there at the memorial. you can hear the emotion in that room and, obviously, right there you can see family members wee weeping. >> when we come tonight, we come with broken hearts. we come in disbelief and we come with pain and anguish. >> reporter: the pain here in uvalde being felt all over the country. 21 people killed in this attack. 19 of them young children. 17 others injured and it comes ten days after the max shooting in buffalo. cnn has ...

communication in our drills to be able to communicate in classrooms administrators and key personnel use radios that allow us to communicate so these are all parts of those procedures. id add to that in a lockdown procedure that even those doors that lead to the interior of campus are locked at that moment. so the intention is to not only lock students and staff inside of classrooms, but to lockout anyone that is attempting to enter the building that is unauthorized. >> based on the lo...

the video shows frantic and frustrated parents demanding they be let into the school. police keeping the distraught family members behind a perimeter as the shooting unfolds inside. its still unclear when in the whole event cycle this video was shot. >> sandra: texas officials have yet to deliver a clear timeline of what exactly happened and when. we do know the gunman got into that school through an unlocked entrance, responding officers were met by heavy gunfire and the suspect barri...