the mentality of the shooter, the terrorists, is to shoot until they get killed. so the first fear is another other acts that can be committed. yes, that is certainly a fear indeed. deputy mayor of paris patrick klug man klugman, we thank you very much. we should also point out that we have received word that here in new york city that the nypd is adding extra officers at sensitive sites around new york city however they went on to reiterate that there is no known threat but they did want to let people know if that is happening here. that happened in sydney where there was the siege in the chocolate cafe. they re doing it here in new york. perfectly understandable. let s turn to christiane amanpour from london. so many of us struggling to understand what went on christiane here. i know that you have had a chance to speak with one of the magazine s chief cartoonists over the years and i imagine and
a sea of flowers, an ocean of tears. you re looking at the tribute outside of the lint cafe where gunman isis captive ts, two of the captives lost their lives. we learned one perhaps both died trying to save otherings. more on that now from our anna cork. reporter: desperate moments emerge, exact details about the final moments of the cdc are unknown. i feel like we ve lost our innocence. reporter: citizens of sydney tend to replace the grim scenes with bright memorials to those whose last hours were so dark. wasted two very precious lives and one of them was my friend. reporter: the gunman who traumatized so many here, the lint chocolate cafe, died with two of his hostages. tori johnson, age 34, was a beloved manager at the chocolate cafe. he was a really sweet,
monas seized the chocolate cafe right after rush hour on monday morning. hostages were forced to raise a islamic flag. it is not the same as the black flag of isis seen in those grizzly videos from iraq and syria. still, some initially feared there was a link to former paris groups. he sauought to clout his actions with the symbolism of the isil death cult. tragically, there are people in our community ready to engage in politically motivated violence. defense officials tell nbc news there is no evidence the gunman had any connection to isis. and they re so declined to characterize any part of this siege as an act of terror.
what we do know, as many as 20 hostages being held in a chocolate cafe. australian police and military special forces are on the scene. they re also at the city s opera house which was evacuated after a suspicious package was found. congress attending a $1.1 trillion spending bill to the president s desk. the senate approved the measure 56-40 in a late-night vote, this follows the budget cap set by last night s budget deal and will nearly fund the government until september of next year. the one exception, the department of homeland security is only funded through february 27. now back to huckabee , you re watching the most powerful names in news. the hacking of sony entertainment this week produced some embarrassing e-mails from company s executives. when discussing a quote, what to ask the president during a
we re just getting some new video. just to set it up, this was in the mid of the night. sidney, australia. 17 hostages held up in this chocolate cafe. the gunfire had begun. authorities entered. take a look.