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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 6/1/22

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

Washington, Congress, Msnbc, Elections, Government, News, President, Politics, Versant, Ms Now, 2018, Issues, Versant Media, Analysis, Senate, Sunday

4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Texas officials: Teacher did not leave door propped open before massacre

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0:00.0

More than one week after the massacre in Uvalde and officials are once again offering a new account of the moments before the gunman entered the school.

0:10.6

We'll bring you the latest.

0:12.3

Plus, investigators looking into the police response to the shooting say they're having a hard time connecting with the commander who delayed efforts to kill the gunmen.

0:23.0

This, as that very same commander, quietly takes his place on the city council.

0:29.2

And new developments from Ukraine, as President Biden reverses course,

0:34.2

saying the United States will, in fact, send advanced rocket systems to the war-torn country.

0:39.8

We're going to have more on what led to the president's change of heart.

0:52.4

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, June 1st.

0:56.9

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for being with us.

0:59.4

The official account has changed once again concerning how the gunmen who massacred 19 children

1:04.8

and their two teachers entered the Texas school.

1:08.9

Last Friday, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety

1:12.4

said a teacher propped open the door in which the gunman used to enter. Now the agency says the

1:18.6

teacher had come back to close the door, but it failed to lock. The new account comes after

1:24.7

an attorney for the teacher told the San Antonio Express News

1:28.0

that the teacher did prop open the door using a rock so she could carry food from her car

1:33.7

into the school.

1:35.2

But when she saw the gunman crash his car into a ditch, she went back inside the school

1:40.1

to get her phone to report the crash to police.

1:43.6

The attorney says when she heard people

1:45.6

at the funeral home across the street yell that the 18-year-old seemed to have a gun,

1:50.1

she kicked the rock away from the door and then ran back inside the school. The attorney

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