handful of tactical response guys with night vision goggles stationed at corners of the cafe at the moment. it s the top of the hour. we re talking with chris reason of 7 news sidney covering this hostage entering its 14th hour in sidney, australia. it s happening at lindt cafe at the busiest shopping district in sidney. it broke at 9:45 a.m. sidney time. morning rush hour. people getting coffee and going to work. we heard at one point about 30 people were being held hostage. we know about five escaped randomly. and now you hear chris reason talking about at least 10 to 15 people inside. they ve been able to contact their families at times but sometimes we have the hostage taker, the gunman, inside armed telling the people to make demands. he s asking for an isis flag. he s also asking for a meeting with the prime minister and he s forcing the hostages to stand in