All. A gunman is holding more than 30 hostages at a high school. Eight people have been shot, including at least four students. We can only make an appeal to the gunman. Stop. Theres been enough already. An all white jury acquitted four White Police Officers of assault in the videotaped beating of black motorist rodney king. I was scared. I was scared for my life. Across the nation, people were paying attention to this. The officers struck him with batons between 53 and 56 times. It was one of the first cases where there was actual video of a case of alleged Police Brutality. For 13 months, the city of los angeles has been a pressure cooker, building up to the rodney king trial. We, the jury, in the above entitled action find the
from the intersex intersection. And they said, dont go down there. Dont go down there. And they said to dana, whos very blond, very white, dont go down there, and thats the worse thing you can say to a journalist is dont go down there. She turns around. Shes b
So theres no training behind this. Theres no standard attack in any of this. So, actually, we can see it going any way. But i think the i think the longer it goes on without violence the more likely there wont be any. Welcome back, everybody. Im john vause at the cnn center. Im natalie allen. Thank you for joining us. Weve been here several hours with this breaking news out of australia. And we will continue to bring you the latest now. And wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Wed like to give you the update now. A gunman is Still Holding an unknown number of people at a lindt coffee shop in sydneys Main Business district. Sky News Australia reports that the Hostage Taker, seen here, is calling himself the brother. He has forced hostages to speak with three Media Outlets over the phone. He apparently has two demands. He wants an isis flag. He also wants a conversation with australias Prime Minister. We also have video of five hostages who manag
Was shot and killed while riding his bike. He once treated former president george h. W. Bush. This evening, what authorities now revealed about the alleged motive. The concern at this hour in the east. Flash flooding already tonight. The new wave of blinding rains from Florida All The Way up to the northeast. The family of a grandfather and decorated army veteran calling police for help about an armed intruder. The grandfather killing him. But when police arrive, they accidentally kill the grandfather. And the Consumer Warning tonight about certain salads and wraps and a possible parasite. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. And we begin with the stunning new video from inside that Passenger Plane that crashed during takeoff. At least 65 americans onboard. A Passenger Recording as the plane gathers speed down the runway, taking off from durango for mexico city. You can see right there the
the scene, racing the injured to local hospitals