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WATCHING THIS AND TRYING TO PROCESS IT, THAT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DIGEST.

>> SAM BROCK LEADING US OFF HERE TONIGHT IN TOP STORIES.

THE FAMILIES OF UVALDE ARE SPEAKING OUT AND DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY.

TONIGHT WE ARE JOINED BY TWO FATHERS OF VICTIMS.

FATHER OF A 10-YEAR-OLD WHO PASSED AND ANOTHER OF AN NINE- YEAR-OLD.

THEY JOIN US NOW LIVE.

TO THE BOTH OF YOU I AM SO INCREDIBLY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AS A PARENT I CANT IMAGINE WHAT THAT THEY WAS LIKE AND WHAT THESE WEEKS HAVE BEEN LIKE AND WHAT TODAY IS LIKE.

BRETT, YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT VIDEO, WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON WHAT YOU SAW? ON WHAT YOU SAW? >> WE WERE NOT -- WE SAW IT AT THE SAME TIME THE REST OF THE WORLD SAW IT.

WE HAD ASKED FOR IT BEFORE FROM OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND TO NOT HAVE THE AUDIO THERE. WE DIDNT NEED TO HEAR OUR BABIES BEING MASSACRED.

IT WAS TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR.

>> JAVIER, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING TONIGHT AND HOW UPSET ARE YOU THAT THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN RELEASED IN THIS MANNER IF YOU WILL WITHOUT SORT OF THE FAMILIES SEEING IT FIRST.

>> WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE IT SOMEDAY, WITHOUT AUDIO AND SOMEDAY, WITHOUT AUDIO AND SOMEHOW IT GOT LEAKED AND -- >> I WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP THAT THEY SHOWED.

WE ALL HAVE.

AND ITS HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE WE RELIVE THIS EVERY DAY AND NOW WE WILL HEAR IT.

NOT JUST RELIVE IT.

ITS A CONTINUOUS THING THAT ALL THAT HAPPENED BY LEAKING IT OUT, IT WAS DEVASTATING FOR US.

WE ARE TIRED OF SEEING THINGS AFTER THE MEDIA GETS A HOLD OF THEM.

NOBODY IS TELLING US ANYTHING AND ITS DISRESPECTFUL.

ITS NOT JUST US BUT OUR KIDS MEMORIES.

>> COLLIER, I WAS COVERING THE UVALDE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WAS TRYING TO GET WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

TRYING TO GET TO THE TRUTH.

TONIGHT THERE IS A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.

HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING NEW FROM THIS? HAVE YOU GAINED ANY TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE? >> A LOT OF IT WAS EMBARRASSING TO SEE.

PEOPLE ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND TEXTING AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN PLAYING WITH HIS HANDS, PEOPLE FLEEING AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FLEEING AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GO FORWARD NOT BACKWARDS.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THOSE OFFICERS IF YOU CAN SEE THEM RETREATING IN FRONT OF YOU? WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THOSE OFFICERS TONIGHT? >> THAT THEY ARE COWARDS.

THEY NEED TO GIVE UP THEIR BADGE . WE DONT WANT THEM TO JUST QUIT FROM OUR DEPARTMENT AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND JEOPARDIZE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

WE KNOW WHO DID THE SHOOTING BUT WE ALSO KNOW THE OFFICERS THAT STAYED IN THE HALLWAY FOR OVER 50 MINUTES.

77 MINUTES OF JUST SITTING THERE IDLY BY.

>> YOU GUYS ARE IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW.

TELL ME SOME OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING THERE AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH LAWMAKERS BOTH THERE AND IN TEXAS.

>> WE ARE INVITED HERE BY A GROUP CALLED MARCH FORWARD.

THEY ARE FROM THE SURVIVORS OF THE ILLINOIS SHOOTING ON JULY 4th.

THEY WERE THE ONES THAT INVITED US DOWN HERE. WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOALS.

SAME GOALS.

>> OUR OWN COMMUNITY -- FOR US.

>> I HEAR YOU WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TONIGHT TO AMERICA? UNFORTUNATELY I WAS THERE IN UVALDE AND WE ENDED UP HAVING TO GO TO HIGHLAND PARK AS WELL THAT JULY 4th.

YOU JUST MENTIONED , WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO AMERICA TONIGHT BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH? HOW MANY MORE KIDS HAVE TO DIE? HOW MANY BEFORE PEOPLE START STANDING UP.

YOU THINK THAT THIS DOESNT HAPPEN TO ME OR IT ISNT HAPPENING HERE UNTIL IT DOES AND IT WILL.

ITS NOT A MATTER OF IF ITS A MATTER OF EN WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO GET -- TO STOP THESE KIDS DYING.

NOW, RED CROSS, FATHER OF 10 YEAR-OLD JAZMIN CAZARES,