And we begin with the aftermath of a deadly day in pakistan. 142 people were killed when gunmen stormed a military school. 132 were children. 10 were Staff Members. You can see the mourning at the scene with children looking for their children. It happened in northwestern city peshawar. Its been the deadliest since 2007. The parents have now beentheyre taking the bodies to their residences, where theyll prepare for burial tomorrow morning. As you heard earlier the military finally coming out with a statement, coming out with the figures and the number of people killed. But there are a lot of people in pakistan who are asking as to how so many gunmen could get into a school in a secure area, the military, police, everybody present there, and yet cause mayhem by killing so many people. There will be many questions as far as Security Preparedness in this country is concerned. This is a city that has been hit hard, the complex that you see behind me has received many such victims, this is
And the view from the other angle, when citizens turn their cameras on the cops. Theyre going to do all they can to arrest us to prevent us from recording it. Is it really against the law . America tonights adam may on the record and the law. Later this hour saving our ship. The ss United States gets a lifeline that could get a plug. Good evening. In ferguson, staten island, cleveland and all the other cities where clashes between cops and their communities have ignited flash points over Excessive Police force, we wonder what would have made a difference . Could video recordings later answer questions about what really happened . President obama thinks so. He laid out awe a multimillion dlar plan and the lapd will do that. Michael oku begins our look at cameras, cops and communities in rialto, california. What youre about to see happens every day across the country, an officer in tense pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Two suspects inside showing few signs they intend to surrender. Get out
Seats and out of the building. Another Taliban Attack in afghanistan as Militants Attack a bank and kill at least six is. Soldiers are said to have are mistreated iraqi detainees in 2004. Why the new York Premiere of this film poking fun at north korea has been cancelled due to threats from a hacking group. Hello. Pakistans Prime Minister is meeting all main Political Parties to discuss how to respond to the Taliban Attack on a school in peshawar. More than 140 were killed, nearly all children. The Prime Minister lifted a moratorium on the Death Penalty on cases of terrorism. The first journalist to see the devastation in the school, there are disturbing details in her report. Reporter they were shooting from the stage . Yeah. They were shooting from the stage and then also came to the seat rows. You will see the students were trying to get out of the rows and come on the main aisle. Thats where you see most of the blood from. Reporter okay. So were walking toward an area now thats cle
Hello, and welcome to our special Coverage Today with events in pakistan dominating our news. Taliban gunmen have attacked a school in northwest pakistan, killing 126 people, most children. Alsharif has called it a national tragedy. Five or six gunned men opened fire and exploded a large bomb. In the last hour, weve been getting reports of explosions and gunfire being heard and that four of the attackers have been killed. The search is continuing for the remaining gunmen. Lets get the latest. Sharma khalil is on her way there. What are you hearing now . Reporter we are hearing of the explosions you just mentioned. Were getting reports that some of the children are still at the school. We heard earlier from the military that a security operation was under way and that many of the children and some of the teachers have been evacua evacuated. If some of them are still inside the school. As you were saying earlier, some very anxious parents were looking for their children, wanting to know
Speak the language in a statement and remove a considerable time frame. The statement and an updated forecast is due out at 2 00 p. M. Eastern today. A half hour later, chair janet yellen will field questions from the media. Beyond the fed, the ruble and oil. The russian currency dropping about 60 against the dollar this year. Cnbcs Geoff Cutmore has made its way to moscow and will join us there in just a minute. He is looking at russias move to sell the currency. As for oil, worries about a surprise pressure in prices, france is now down nearly 20 since opec decided to keep rates steady late last month. Add all these stories together and we have a very jittery market. The dow has shouldered triple gains and losses in the session. The blue chip index swinging 700 points yesterday alone. The dow, nasdaq and the s p closing at their lowest levels since the understand of october. Just a little after 6 00 a. M. Is how we stand right now. The futures look like they are headed up. But as we