morning long. what more do you know this morning? >> we have getting confirmation. this is a state run television saying 80 hostages have been freed. it has not explained how those hostages were released. was it through a military operation or the gunman. what we do know is there were three people killed and hostages were taken from a host of different countries have been taken inside that hotel. we have gotten confirmation that the foreigners inside the hotel include indians, chinese and tur kreb nationals. it has not been clear whether any of the hostages remain or not. what we have learned is an alert to all citizens to take shelter in place and wait for further updates. they did confirm 140 people were