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for the victims of the deadly mass shooting at robb elementary school. they also met with families as well as community and faith leaders. in the meantime the u.s. justice department announces it will conduct an independent review of the law enforcement response to the shooting. the d.o.j. says that review comes at the request of you alls mayor. jeff has the latest there. >> in this community, there very much in the beginning stages of grieving. they have come to terms with the unthink...

than an hour while children inside were calling 9-1-1, begging for help. waiting because they apparently believed it was a barricaded subject situation. the police, not an active shooter. that was the wrong decision. texas officials say. >> a bit of hindsight, where im sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. very wrong. theres no excuse for that. >> there are so many unanswered questions tonight. but lets not lose sight about what this is all ab...

>> reporter: in that crucial time, survivors inside both classrooms made desperate calls to 9-1-1. >> she identified herself and whispered she is in room 112. at 12:10, she called back and room 12 guised multiple are dead. 12:13, she called again on the phone. at 12:16, she called back and said there is eight to nine students alive. >> minutes later, a student called. >> reporter: student/child called back, was told to stay on the line and be very quiet. told 911 he shot the door. appr...

not engage the shooter, earlier. have a listen. >> why was this decision made, to not go in, and rescue these children? >> the on scene commander, considered a barricaded subject, there is time, and no more children at risk. of course, it was not the right decision, it was the wrong one, period. >> parents of the victims, outraged, understandably, at these missteps. with one father, telling cnn, he wonders if his daughter, and others, may have survived if authorities acted more quickly...

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...

tomorrow to meet with victims of this weeks mass school shooting part however along with the morning and anguish there are now angry mounting calls for action people want to know what in the world happened in the small community after we all learned that 19 police officers waited more than 45 minutes in a hallway outside the classroom. leaving students and teachers trapped inside with a gunman armed with an assault rifle. arthel: so many questions, jeff paul is live with more questions...

started stalking her. >> we were talking late at night. she got really panicked and said, i think theres someone outside. >> watching her every move. >> knowing where she is at her house, which lights were on. >> making disturbing calls with a disguised voice. >> suddenly, rachael disappeared and a desperate search began. >> you can see the vastness and all the various places that you can conceal a body. >> months went by. the case stalled. and then, the case became darker and bigger t...

world, i am jim acosta, wolf blitzer is off, you are in "the situation room." >> the fallout is just beginning after the stunning admission by police in texas that a wrong decision was made in response of the schools massacre. governor abbott saying he was misled. our correspondent has our report from uvalde, texas. >> i was misled. i >> tonight, greg abbott aiming his anger at law enforcement. >> my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations wh...

gunman walked into robb elementary unobstructed and in the building for approximately an hour. >> katie: it started 11:28 a.m. when he crashed his car and shot at onlookers across the street. 11:40 he entered the campus. 40 minutes later they entered confronted backed up. an hour later border patrol entered shot dead. >> brian: wow, is that different than what we heard yesterday. one girl spread blood on herself and went to survival mode friend of hers who had been shot. one student pr...

11:27 a.m. before the suspect entered the school, he immediately unleashed more than 100 rounds, shortly after that, three officers entered the school and two of them were immediately grazed by the gunmans bullets. >> john: according to texas dps, as many as 19 officer gathered in the hallway as of 12:03:00 p.m. no effort was made to breach the door of the classroom until 40 minutes later. law enforcement facing questions and criticism over the amount of time that passed before they st...