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rifle. that he was able to legally purchase, just like the gunman here and eovaldi. the vice president and the second gentleman will be in buffalo later today to attend the funeral of one of the victims of that massacre. meanwhile, as authorities we can continue to piece together the events of the tragedy here in uvalde, the nra is holding the second day of its annual convention in houston, just 270 miles east of here. joining me now, nbc news national security and intelligence corresp...

crimes against humanity. cnn is at the scene of one of his alleged warcrimes. lets go "outfront." good evening, im erica hill in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, it was the wrong decision. that admission from the texas department of public safety who said today, the officers on the scene made major mistakes in their response to the mass shooting at rob elementary school, waiting more than an hour to enter the classroom where 18-year-old gunman was holed up with children and two ...

that said, we still, what we dont have is a full picture of why the response seemed to take so long that a number of anguished parents on the scene were reduced to begging police to take action while others demand they be allowed to go in themselves to rescue their children. earlier today, bodies of all 19 kids released to funeral homes and we learn more of their names so we want to start tonight telling you little bit about them. eliana garcia, known as ellie was about to turn 10, lov...

evacuating students and teachers from other parts of the school. even negotiating with the suspect. but they didnt have enough information on his exact location for an immediate take down. video from the school from outside the school meantime shows parents screaming at police to storm the school. the "wall street journal" talked to one parent who says she was put in handcuffs. police tackled another parent and threw them to the ground. and a third was pepper sprayed. police insist the...

people outside 12 minutes before he went inside. we also have extremely emotional video of parents gathered outside robb elementary while the shooting was happening. some were screaming as you can hear at police to storm the building and save their children. vigils and memorials are giving families and the community a chance to grieve, but nothing will bring back the 21 people that they have lost. and were hearing now fror the first time from the mother of the gun man. >> translator: i...

elementary school. she saw her teacher killed. for the first time we learn what the killer said before he fired his gun in that classroom. we hear new details about what he did, this witness says he played music during the massacre. and we learn what this brave 11-year-old did to stay alive while it was all happening. all of this at the top of the next hour. in the meantime, the police response to the tragedy that took place here is facing intense scrutiny and there are new questions...

camera. she did agree to speak with my partner cnn producer nora. you were in with mia and her mother, i want to make clear her mother was there the whole time. what did she tell you? >> the 11-year-old mia was in that fourth grade classroom that we have heard so much about with ms. garcia and ms. morales. they were watching lilo and stitch, it was the end of the school year, and she said one of her teachers got the email that there was a shooter in the building and went to the door an...

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...

a-plus. still got it. (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. top of the hour on cnn newsroom, im victor blackwell. >> and im alisyn camerota. there was a gut wrenching admission from texas officials about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde. >> in the benefit of hindsight, where im sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. theres no excuse ...

challenges that are now surfacing that this killer had in his life. that lead to someone doing what he did. and then there will be all other kinds of issues, but there will be committees formed. there will be meetings held. there will be proposals that will be derived, many of which will lead to laws which will be passed in the state of texas, because let me make one thing perfectly clear. the status quo is unacceptable. this crime is unacceptable. were not going to be here talking abo...