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CNN 5 Things

Sunday Edition: What Really Happened in Uvalde?

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

After months of waiting, families in Uvalde, Texas are finally getting answers about the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. We examine the findings of a Texas House committee report, whether any officers will be held accountable for their inaction, and what Uvalde residents are demanding before the new school year. Guest: Rosa Flores, CNN Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

May 24th started out like any other Tuesday.

0:05.0

We have some breaking news out of Texas for you now.

0:09.0

But around 1.30 in the afternoon, we started getting reports of a school shooting in the small West Texas city of Yvaldi.

0:18.8

At first we heard that at least two people were dead with more than a dozen injured.

0:23.6

Then the Texas governor said 14 children and a teacher had been killed.

0:28.4

Then it was 18 kids, one adult.

0:31.3

By the time the day was done, we had what would end up being the final toll.

0:35.6

19 students, two teachers, the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

0:41.3

19 children dead, 19 families who will never hold their children again, who will never

0:46.0

feel safe again.

0:48.8

And the community is in English.

0:51.0

Now if that was confusing to keep up with, imagine how horrific it was for families

0:55.8

who had kids at Rob Elementary that day. And then imagine how angry they were in the

1:00.9

days and weeks that followed when they could not get a straight answer

1:04.5

from officials about what exactly happened on the worst day of their lives, May 24th.

1:10.0

Today marks exactly two months since that terrible day.

1:16.0

And two months later, these families in Yevaldi are finally getting some official answers to their questions,

1:22.0

but most say it's too little and much too late.

1:26.7

My guest today is CNN's Rosa Flores. She's been trying to get answers too, from Yivaldi

1:32.2

all the way to the state capital in Austin.

1:34.8

We talk about what we learned from a Texas House Committee report, what accountability could

1:39.4

look like, and what parents are demanding before they send their kids back to school.

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