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begging for help. this morning the justice department is stepping in at the request of the mayor to investigate the police response to this mass shooting. specifically why it took so long to take down that gunman. today we will see the first of several funeral services remembering the lives lost in this tragedy. over the weekend, president biden and the first lady met with the families of victims and with first responders in uvalde, the president vowed once again as we've heard so often in america, to do something about gun violence. it was the second time in less than two weeks that...

>> we have a child on the line. he is in a room full of victims at this moment. >> cnn has not been able to independently confirm that video, but source of this video sun clear, and it's also not clear at what point in the incident that audio is heard. cnn has reached out to authorities. but we do know that texas authorities, what they said on friday that there were at least eight 911 calls that day from at least two separate callers inside the school over a span of 50 minutes. this all comes as the justice department announces it will investigate the police response to the shooting....

chairman of the joint chiefs. together they will honor the fallen service members who have died serving the united states of america. the backdrop of a country paying tribute is a country in mourning. 19 children, two teachers killed in texas. the deadliest school shooting since newtown. families, students and an entire community seized by the visceral pain of an unthinkable tragedy. funeral services begin today for victims of the school shooting in uvalde. the funeral homes are so overwhelmed, it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims and now the justice department announced it will...

dispatch audio about a child trapped in the middle of the massacre in uvalde, texas. cnn has not been able to confirm this audio clip. it was first reported by abc news. >> it's unclear when the message was relayed, but according to the texas public safety director there were at least eight 911 calls from at least two callers inside robb elementary. >> we have a child on the line. >> he is in a room full of victims. >> at least 19 officers were just on the other side of the door of that classroom where the student was calling from. texas public safety officials reported the first cal...

memorial day. i'm julie banderas. glad to be with you today. griff? >> i'm griff jenkins. great to be with you. such a special honor to anchor on this day, memorial day, the day that we say never forget the sacrifice and valor of the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the name of freedom standing in the breach between tyranny and the cherished freedoms we have at home. arlington national cemetery a live look in the more than 400,000 tombstones in that hallowed ground of the sacrifice those heroes made. an important day as we reflect, honor and remember today, julie. but...