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Somebody in who is an expert on that piece. >> how much of this investigation do you think is going to be focused on that hour-long period in which officers did not confront the shooter and why they didn't confront the shooter? >> i think that's going to be the major part of this investigation. that is the -- that is the tragedy. that is the crux of the issue. we have law enforcement officers around the country every single one of them know active shooter protocol and active shooter protocol, the best way i can explain it is like a lineman going to sack the quarterback. that lineman doesn't st...

What's going on, listening to the 911 calls coming in, and yet there's this inactivity for almost 48 minutes in that hallway. >> two quick questions -- two quick questions, senator, so you -- your understanding is that pete arrendondo did not have a radio on him? did not have any communications? >> that is what has been communicated to me. >> setting this aside, even if there is a massive communications breakdown as you seem to be concerned with there may have been, what -- do you think that they even needed 911 communications to know they needed to get into that classroom? >> no, ma'am. i've ...

The day after the shooting when i was down there and you were raising questions then about, you know, this response, which clearly, it was -- there was something that was not right, it was obvious that 40 minutes to an hour go by when there's an active shooter situation, that is a complete reversal and complete, you know, ignoring active shooter protocol. what do you make of the chief's responses here? >> well, i have to first say, anderson, as a member of the law enforcement community, as a leader in the law enforcement community, i have enormous pride in my own service to this country and fo...

Level. >> the texas department of public safety director told one child that a or nine students were still alive. audio from the unconfirmed source revealing that at some point law enforcement was aware that kids were inside the classroom. >> advising he is in a room full of victims. >> at one point to people not use common sense here, listen to 9-1-1 calls that are coming in, understand that kids are still alive inside and know that they have to go in, there do their jobs under the active shooter protocol. >> one teacher, who escaped the shooting, says that she wants the blame to focus on the...

Certainly there was an error there, but i think at every point along the way, you have superior forces coming in that should have said let's go in now. just like the cbp cop at one point says i'm done with this, i'm going in. and so at what point do people not use some common sense here, listen to 9-1-1 calls that are coming in, understand that kids are still alive inside, and know that they have to go in there, do their jobs under the active shooter protocol? just because one person makes a mistake, doesn't mean everybody else needs to compound on that. >> a couple questions i have on that. i...