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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. that's not protocol, is it? >> we're well aware of that. >> reporter: right, but why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? >> again, the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject, that...

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, i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm 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 i'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there's no excuse for that, again, i wasn't there. i'm just telling you from what we know, we believe there should...

happened. he fired at people across the street and as he approached the school as he approached the unlocked wack door. >> carley: he walked in 11:40 a.m. and made his way toward the classroom and carried out his attack. four minutes later, officers arrived on the scene and were met with gunfire inside the school. they took cover to wait for backup and evacuate other rooms. an hour later a special unit entered by force and shot the suspect dead. ashley strohmier has more. ashley. >> ashley: a texas department of public safety rep said on tuesday the school resource officer had "engag...

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 protecting her students is dead. emma's husband suffered heart attack after placing flowers. family me...

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 gunman's 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 stormed the classroom to stop the carnage. >> uvalde mayor will join us in the next hour, but we have...