a show of force by the police. but usually it s the gangs who call the shots. there are over 100 armed groups in the city instilling fear and silence. police are still searching the scene here. there s an ak lfl on the ground and some ammunition. there are also drops of blood. now, this is an armoured car. police say they were tracking it for about two weeks. they say it was being used by a kidnap gang. it s about eight in the morning here and morning and evening rush hours are peak time for the kidnappers. there was a battle with police officers and the bad guys. one of them died. and we got the vehicle and this is one of the weapons the bad guys had in their hands. do they have many armoured vehicles, the kidnappers? i don t know, there are plenty. i m sure there are plenty.
to account for that blast. here s how today s events unfolded. before midday local time, supporters of hezbollah and the amal movement gathered at the palace ofjustice, pressing for the removal ofjudge tarek bitar, who is leading the inquiry into port blast. they re chanting and burning pictures of him. this is the scene in one neighbourhood of beirut. two kilometres away, the situation had escalated significantly. you can hear gunfire and see bullets hitting buildings. hezbollah said they were fired on by snipers on rooftops. journalists on the ground said hezbollah supporters returned fire with ak lfl assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades. the army moved in to try and contain the situation. but the chaos continued. two loud explosions followed. the shooting continued, one woman was hit by a stray bullet inside her home. bullets also landed near a local school. this was the scene at around 2pm local, two hours after the violence started. residents are fleeing their homes, debr
of the story as the taliban took over. we decide to leave and head for our car. the fighter takes the safety off his ak lfl and pushes through the crowd. stay behind him, stay behind him! you can see that some of the taliban fighters are just. hopped up on adrenaline. i don t know why. it s a very dicey situation. suddenly, two other taliban charge towards us. you can see their rifle butt, raised to strike producer brent swales. when the fighters are told we have permission to report, they lower their weapons and let us pass. clarissa ward from cnn, thanks forjoining us on the media show. thanks so much for having me on. now, this is an extraordinary report, an extraordinary moment. many of our listeners will know it very well. just tell us about how you came to be in that position,
the relationship between the taliban and journalists. i also want to understand whether this has revealed structural problems in how news works. has there been enough space given to context and history as many of us watching what s been playing out have been asking, why is this happening? well, we ve a number of guests to help us, including cnn s chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, who, with this clip, became one of the faces of the story as the taliban took over. we decide to leave and head for our car. the fighter takes the safety off his ak lfl and pushes through the crowd. stay behind him, stay behind him! you can see that some of the taliban fighters arejust. hopped up on adrenaline. i don t know why. it s a very dicey situation. suddenly, two other taliban charge towards us. you can see their rifle butt, raised to strike producer brent swales.
we decide to leave and head for our car. the fighter takes the safety off his ak lfl and pushes through the crowd. stay behind him, stay behind him! you can see that some of the taliban fighters are just. hopped up on adrenaline. i don t know why. it s a very dicey situation. suddenly, two other taliban charge towards us. you can see their rifle butt raised to strike producer brent swales. when the fighters are told we have permission to report, they lower their weapons and let us pass. clarissa ward from cnn, thanks forjoining us on the media show. thanks so much for having me on. now, this is an extraordinary report, an extraordinary moment. many of our listeners will know it very well. just tell us about how you came to be in that position,