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For more backup. critical moments pass by at a time children were still alive in the classroom. at one point, you can hear the sergeant asking for permission to open a door into the hallway where armed officers are already insided. >> officers inside the building. am i clear to open the door here on the south side of the building? >> it is after this moment we learn that uvalde police chief pete arredondo is inside the building, as other officers crowd around looking for guidance. arredondo has been a central figure in the state's investigation of the shooting. steve mccraw calling his actions...

Permission to open a door into the hallway where armed officers are already inside. >> officers inside the building. am i clear to open the door here on the south side of the building? >> reporter: it's after this moment that we learn that uvalde consolidated independent school district police chief pete arradondo is inside the building as other officers crowd around looking for guidance. arradondo has been a central figure in the state's investigation of the shooting. dps director steve mccraw calling his actions on the day of the massacre a, quote, abject failure. as more officers arrive and...

We still haven't gotten that that final 77th minute in uvalde. during the commercial break we know police chief arredondo was attempting to negotiate with the shooter. finally, and i mean finally, we're going watch this to its conclusion. first of all, one of the things to think about here, how they're standing around. they're almost getting caught flat-footed. if he were to come out, what was going to happen? >> if he was to break out of that room, they would all be dead. they would be shooting each other and he would be shooting them. they're standing around in a lackadaisical way. you still...

>> the guy in the black shirt with the stethoscope. >> he appears to be an emt. somehow he is the one that is commanding these officers where to go, where to stand. really bizarre. this is so bizarre and so painful. i know we keep saying this. but this is painful, painful to watch because we know the end result. >> and you were on the ground. and you were asking these questions immediately. they had this tape. they had the information. they knew what was going on. the emt is there presumably to prepare for those lives that they could actually save. and we know so many were lost even en route t...

Governor. he was speaking to the legislature and describing what he called, well, the response an abject failure. here he is. >> there's compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure. three minutes after the subject entered the west building, there was an sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject. >> now, we're hearing a lot about the name chief arredondo. his comment about abject failure seemed to be focused quite specifically on a certain agency, not the overall number ...