On black drivers or the police . Is. And now, two plots to build and use a bomb in the u. S. And we will get to what that means for you and me and all americans. And the stunning things that we are learning about the copilot of german cowings. And we will go to miguel marquez, and bowing to a tremendous amount of are pressure, the governors of indiana and arkansas signed a fix into the law, but one local business is becoming the focal point of this business and what is going on . Well it is a pizza shop two hours from indianapolis and they were interviewed by a local station, and the young woman there, ms. Oconnor said that when asked if they would serve a gay wedding, and pizza for a gay wedding, and she said nope our religious beliefs would not allow that the, and so we want this bill to pass, and of course then the twitter storm, and the social media storm ensued. A young woman was actually the source of it and they had to shutdown because of the threats they were receiving, and the
Members and the clergy and also members of the Police Department at that Memorial Service this evening. Thats live pictures now from sydney. Joining me now from australia as well is anna coren along with vicky jarredin. Shes a reporter fon channel 9 news in sydney. Anna, to you first. We now have a picture and more information about the victims from this horrifying standoff. I want you to tell us what we know about the two people who lost their lives. Reporter yeah, tragic details emerging about those two victims. The first being katrina dawson, a 38yearold mother of three. She was a lawyer here in sydney, and she was one of the hostages killed during that siege. The other hostage was 34yearold tori johnson. He was the manager of that Lindt Chocolate cafe. There are reports that he tried to tackle the gunman and overcome him. Police say they heard gunshots just after 2 00 this morning. And that is when they decided to storm that cafe. That is what we are learning, don, about those two
National correspondent, joins us now from washington and there n london charlie winter is an expert on radical islam hes with a think tank focussed on counterterrorism. First you. Tell us about this group and how its been targeting the United States successfully as far as we know. Well, ttp is the acronym for its pakistani name. But the Pakistani Taliban, principle its principle target is the pakistani government but it has gone after the u. S. Most common way across the border in afghanistan against u. S. Forces in afghanistan. Thats been a target. But they carried their attacks in that attempt in 2010 radicalizing this attacker with the failed bomb attack in times square and theyve made other threats. After the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 they called for retaliation against the u. S. , including on u. S. Soil. In 2012 again they called on followers to carry out operations overseas not just against the u. S. But against european partners. Now intelligence officials i talk
They said it was a difficult operation, took some time because the taliban terrorists basically put ieds around the school to try and again wreak as much damage and havoc as they could. We have information from one of the hospitals where the dead and injured were taken we understand from the doctors 31 bodies were taken from there, all boys as well as 45 injured boys. Its understood that many of the injuries are just horrific because they were shot multiple times. This doctor says some of the students told them the gunman went into grades eight, nine and ten and began killing them at rand random. This is a horrific terrorist attack in pakistan unfortunately. These types of terrorist attacks by the taliban are nothing new but this attack on schoolchildren have shocked the children. Its the parents job to now identify the children in the hospital amongst the dead and injured. Michelle stockman reporting live this morning, thank you. Also this morning, malala, thats how we all know her, m
Anyone could give us. Sony pictures has decided to let more than 200 u. S. Theet theatres show its new comedy sbert view starting on Christmas Day. The studio says that number could grow but so far none of the may chu. S. Theatre chains a onboard. Reporter ashocking turn of events in the growing sony saga. Sony announcing it will roll out the limited Theatrical Release of the interview a comedy about the assassination of kim jong un. Sonys aboutface coming after a bash lash from celebrities like George Clooney and even president obama who criticized the decision to cancel the release. Now a growing number of independent theerts announcing theyll be showing the movie. First to announce, the Plaza Theatre in atlanta. I think now theyre seeing the right thing to do is to be bold, go forward and see what happens. Its starting on a small level. I think the larger theatre chains, which are very corporate and cautious are going to eventually see okay, it seems to be working all right and we c