evacuate as a siege situation unfolds in martin place. we know that newsroom is also very close to the mall where this is all happening. again, let me bring up that video for you to show you, shot just moments ago there outside the mall. this all unfolding on a busy monday morning in the central business district of sydney. we re keeping a very close eye on this. the statement from the new south wales police, what they re saying at this time all we can confirm is there s a police operation taking place. we recommend that no one goes near the area as we re trying to establish exactly what happened. as soon as we have more information into cnn, we will bring it you. now let s move on to this. we re talking a lot about private armed security guards. they re everywhere. see them everywhere. shopping malls, sporting events, patrolling neighborshoods. unlike police officers, the training they government, government oversight, it s spotty at best. this leads sometimes to strategy as our