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Shooting in highland park, illinois, range from young children to grandparents. medical director with north shore medical group said yesterday they treated 25 people with gunshot wounds, 19 were released, but some who remain are in critical and serious condition. four or five of them were children. highland park's mayor saying this earlier on today. >> i never thought i would be one of those mayors. none of us think we would be one of those mayors. whether it's buffalo, new york, whether it's uvalde, texas, whether it's highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an accept...

Do so in a way that puts themselves at great risk, but has a high probability of saving lives. >> chain of command is a critical aspect of law enforcement, i know that you know that. well, mark, tell me what it is like for an officer who is there outside of the school in uvalde, outside of the costume where the shooter was located, the officer who wanted to, breach the one who wanted to go in, but is being ordered by someone else not to do so? >> katie, that is one of the things about this. i know the police mindset and mentality, there are times when the chain of command, you have to follow t...

School, when that psychopath arrived, the armed police officers could have taken him out, and we would have 19 children and two teachers still alive. >> mark, i was a prosecutor for half my career, i never prosecuted somebody for leaving a door open. how absurd is this proposal by ted cruz that the solution is to make sure that we don't have too many doors at our schools. >> ted cruz's statements were boldly and current, and dismissive of the clear obvious danger that is faced by so many people in society because of the prevalence of violence and gun violence in particular. it really shows jus...

Working on legislation that provides, or minimizes the risk of damage, and could quite possibly and probably save lives. that is some additional gun restrictions, some background checks, there are other things that are out there that will undoubtedly have the proven -- to be effective and save lives, and prevent this gun violence deaths. >> mark claxton, and retired and ypg, officer and law enforcement specialist, we thank you for being here this morning and your insights. >> thank you. >> and be sure to stay tuned to msnbc for more special coverage. alicia menendez host live from eovaldi toda...

The school, including the sounds of gunfire. then finally, more than an hour after the shooter went inside the building at 12:50, law enforcement using a key obtained from the school janitor opens the door to the classroom where the shooter has barricaded himself. he is then shot, and killed. as we told you earlier, nbc news can report that federal agents were instructed by federal police to stay outside, but then those federal officers defied those orders half an hour later and rushed inside the school. that is according to two senior federal law enforcement officials. all of us have question...