i can t be sure of that. that s kind of the way they read it. since then, there s been no shooting of that intensity. zain, talk to us about this target, that being kenya. this is a beautiful country that is a big, attractive sight for so many tourists, a lot of commerce. people feel very relaxed and at ease in that country and especially at that mall. something like this to happen disrupts not just the way of life but commerce and it really does have a ripple effect around the world, doesn t it? reporter: it really does. you know, kenya masses, that s basically the bottom line. it matters. it s an economic powerhouse. it matters to the united states. it has a very close security and counterterrorism relationship. there s a lot of intelligence sharing and a lot of security information. there s training of the kenyan forces back and forth. the intelligence forces here are
the province here, we could still see quite a bit of flooding and mudslides. 25 people with a storm that could have been the largest in any ocean for 40 or 50 years, the loss of life of 25 is actually quite miraculous because the storm did die quite a bit before it moved on shore. had it came on shore, the numbers may have been 100 times that. i had friends in highrises in hong kong that were hiding. boy, that could have been a lot worse. you bet. chad, thanks so much. coming up syrian president bashar al assad says the united states is trying to find an excuse for a war. if the u.s. wants to find excuses for war, it will find them. there was a russian/syriani russian/syrianian agreement for from within the u.s. because there are no
to your perch, where you were. give us what happened in this moment. is that more gunfire? can we have the helmets? where is the helmet? [ shots ] you hear a distinct crack which is indicative of proximity. zain, what do you know happened at that time and i imagine you ducked down pretty quick? reporter: there was a gunfire exchange between the militants and the security forces in there. it was sporadic but it was intense. we all ran and took cover behind the cars here and a lot of people just fled in the opposite direction and ran. i talked to some security officials who said that sounded to them like clearing shots, the way that they would operate when they were to clear a room.
position at the community center area that s kind of been a base for a lot of the operations, especially for the medics. and they re planning to wrap up operations here in the next few hours. so i asked about casualties. no one had an answer for that. i asked about the gunmen, bodies, casualties, location. no answer to that. really, we re going to have to wait on the kenyan officials and military sources for government sources to come forward and give us a picture of what exactly the status is right now. the last official word was that hefrg is in control and most of the hostages have been released. michael? okay. so most of the hostages being released but not all of them. it remains a tenuous situation for those who were, of course, in the shopping mall and even those of you outside of the mall. zain earlier, what appeared to be close calls because of what sounded like gunfire very near
affected millions of people in southern china, taiwan the philippines. hong kong was in the firing line for a while. the brunt of the storm although they were still a lot of problems. here s anna carnes. it was billed as the most powerful storm on the planet this year. the typhoon unleashed its fury bringing death and destruction to southern china. at least 25 people were killed, tens of thousands evacuated as winds of up to 100 miles an hour lashed the coast. here in hong kong we were expecting a direct hit. but the city narrowly escaped. it did shut down hong kong s international airport closing businesses and schools as well as hong kong s stock exchange for part of the day. amazing stuff. very frightening stuff. let s bring in chad myers to look at this and what kind of season they re having in that side of the world. that was the biggest storm so far. anywhere in any ocean this year.