Hello, everyone, im john berman. Michaela pereira is on assignment today and we have breaking news at this hour. A bloodbath at a school in pakistan. The taliban gunned down children, they murdered teachers, they killed at least 137 people. So many of them children. The armyrun school in peshawar was a scene of sheer terror. Pakistani troops launched a huge operation to try and rescue hundreds of students trapped inside. President obama has been quick to condemn this attack. The white house issued a statement saying by targeting students and teachers in this heinous attack, terrorists have once again shown their depravity. Mow knee that tank has the details of this attack. What are we learning . We are getting latest numbers, 137 dead. We also have more than 180 injured. And the really horrifying aspect of those numbers is that at one stage as we were beginning to get figures on the number of fatalities from this horrific attack, we also knew that between 300 and 400 students and teach
Cheneys definition of torture. Plus, we aint gonna stop til people are free. The black lives matter protest continues online in the streets and at sporting events. The Cleveland Police union calls this players protest, quote, pretty pathetic and that spokesperson joins me live when all in up all in starts right now. Im in for chris hayes. The 16hour siege of a cav any in downtown sids any, central, came to a dramatic clubs, commandos storming the cafe jusx after 2 00 a. M. Local time. [ gunshots ] you see the scene there. Police saying they decided to make that risky entrance to the building after gunshots were heard coming from inside the cafe. Moments before the raid several hostages were seen fleeing the scene, armed raised and in a panic. After it was over three people were dead, including two of the 17 hostages. A 34yearold man and a 38yearold woman and the gunman. Six other people, including a Police Officer, were injured. The gunman has been identified as 50yearold man hardon mo
Pay in dollars. Its scary. Pakistan is observing three days of mourning for an attack which the Prime Minister said was launched by savages. The death toll is up to 145, almost all of them students at a school in pashawar, which was overrun bial bant militants. According to officials all seven mill at that particular times who staged the attack are dead, and the government says it will now push ahead on its crackdown on extremism. Translator our prayers go out to the families whose children were killed in this tragedy. May god bles all those families. I think this struggle will continue until terrorism is completely rooted out of this country. O. The Afghan Taliban released a statement condemning the attack. Many will see this as being incredibly hypocritical, but this is what it said. Killing of innocent people, women and children is against the islamic principles. Every Muslim Organization and government should consider this. Good advice. Pakistans defense minister says there are no
The death toll rising in an attack so heinous its drawn the condemnation of the taliban in afghanistan and pakistans arch rival india. All across india schools will be observing two minutes of silence, solidarity with pakistan after the assault thats taken at least 140 lives. Most young lives. School kids ages 12 and up. It happened in peshmerga, the Pakistani Taliban was behind it and this is how the horror unfolded. First responders rushed children to the emergency room. The latest casualties in pakistans war with the taliban. The siege on the Army Public School begins around 10 00 pakistan time and militants set off a car bomb to distract Security Forces and scaled the walls. 1,000 children, many children of Army Personnel are inside. The men entered the rooms one by one, this Lab Assistant says and started indisdiscriminate nationally firing at staff and students. Pakistani force as rife on the scene, surround the school and take positions on rooftops. Inside, a massacre is under w
The Cleveland Police union calls this protest, pretty pathetic. And that spokes personal joins me live when all in starts right now. Good evening from washington. 16 hours away in a cafe in downtown sydney, australia came just after 2 00 a. M. Local time. [ gunfire ] the scene there, police saying they decided to make that risky entrance to the building after gunshots were heard coming from inside the cafe. Several officers were seen fleeing from the scene. After it was over, three people were dead, including two of the 17 hostages a 34yearold man and a 38yearold woman. Six other people, including a Police Officer, were injured. The gunman has been identified as a selfdeclared sheik from iran. He was granted political asylum back in 1996. And this was not his First Encounter with Law Enforcement. Monus was facing multiple accusations of assault and is being charged with accessory to murder of his exwife. His former lawyer describing monus to the Australian Broadcasting company. Monas s