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there's active shooter. >> how an 18-year-old can get this militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me. please stay engaged. >> don't forget them, please. i beg you. >> show them to the world. when he died, i died with him. >> we cannot outlaw tragedy but can he can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and of our children. i'm pamela brown in washington. you are in "the cnn newsroom." it is member aerial day wee memorial day weekend, a time to honor and men and women who have served the military. and there is grief and shock o...

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. we now know the names, and faces, of all 21 live shot to cut short, with funerals begun next week....

good morning and welcome to your new day. we appreciate you starting your weekend with us. it is saturday, may 28th. i'm boris sanchez, joining you this morning live from uvalde, texas. >> and i'm christi paul. and boris, i cannot get over the scene behind you and the conversations you are having with people as we just try to reconcile what's happened in the last ten days. >> it is incredibly heart breaking, christi. yet at this point, utterly predictable. we begin with the nation reeling from two mass shootings in just ten days. the nation coping with dual, senseless tragedies that ...

911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnn's shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. >> reporter: 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 efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? >> none at that time. >> reporter: why? >> the on-scene commander at the time believed it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. >> reporter...

with gunshots going off. >> and the trauma this entire ordeal is leaving on such young children. their parents and a nation wishing to wipe away the pain. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start today with an absolutely devastating admission about the school shooting in uvalde, texas. >> for the benefit of hindsight, where i'm sitting now, of course, it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. >> that statement coming from the thead of the texas departmet of safety. he said officers on the scene should have breached the classroom ...