how do the police deal with that situation to make sure that there is no loss of life that can be possibly avoided? well, they re trying their best not to lose any hostages lives, clearly, toure. but it s a very difficult situation for them because the hostage taker has the power over the people he s holding. he has the power to kill them. that s basically all the power he has. he s trying to grab other power like, you know, news media, get out his word or through the internet. his real power and the power that s in the seesaw with the police is the power over the lives of the people present. so, the commander, the on-scene commander has to make a difficult decision. likely this. not sure absolutely, but likely this was an emergency assault decision after dynamics changed inside, when those five or six people ran out and they made a decision to make an emergency assault. they threw their flash bangs. gunfire exchange 37.
information and he s across the street somewhere and he s making that minute-by-minute decision. it if it was an emergency assault and people caped and the dynamics were challenging the on scene commander would order them to move forward. that s where they go in, the flashbangs deployed, they engage the gunman and try to stop him from killing the hostages. a number of things can trigger that assault. the escape of some, his intejs intention to harm. this is a mission if the guy was prepared to die. we thank you for your perspective there. courtney in sydney, australia, and jim kavanaugh. much more coverage of the breaking news from sydney that s next. i ll talk live about the suspect and more on his criminal background. well another great thing about all this walking i ve been doing is that it s given me time to reflect on some of life s biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call,