A number of hostages in a popular cafe. Bureau,our Bloomberg Paul allen is covering events for us. What more do we know . There have been a few developments since last we spoke. The police have pushed their street,ack to hunter the block our building is on. You can see the high shot taken out of the window of our building. Building, you can see, is not a cafe. The cafe it self is about a further 100 meters up the road to the left. This is right across the street from the reserve bank of australia and directly across the plaza from channel 7, which has also been evacuated. Hourer development at this is the number of people inside the building. We have been saying it is believed to be up to 20. We have since spoken to the ceo of lindt australia and he said there were 10 working at the time and could be up to 30 customers. There could be up to 40, but that has not been confirmed by the police or any other agency. We have seen pictures of people with their hands up against the window. Two
And this is draft day, for the nfl. An openly gay defense event is on the verge of making history. Nigerias president declared his country will win the war against terror. The fact that the president made those remarks protected by a massive security operation, underscores what they now face. The number of People Killed is now believed to exceed 300. The attack came near the boarder, and they targeted the village because forces were using it as a base to try and track the groups movements in the region. Boko haram has already taken responsibility for the kid p thatting last month. One of the first journalists who reached the town where that took place, he spoke with one of the girls who managed to escape. A fromtized mother, esther still hasnt come to terms with the abduction of her 15yearold daughter. She till thinks it is a bad dream eshe will awake from. Her daughter is among the over 270 girls taken by fighters. More than three weeks on, may remain missing. Break everything inside
Students. U. S. Air strikes have killed several isis leaders and an area once overrun by terrorists is now clear. Also ahead, some people support the man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon. But a bombing survivor had a few words for them. As he showed them his prosthetic leg. Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. And im Errol Barnett sneaking in to join you. Thank you. Another hour here on cnn. All of those stories coming up. But we are following an incredibly disturbing story coming to us out of australia. Police say they have not yet identified any suspects in the mysterious deaths of eight kids, children found inside a house in cairns, their deceased bodies, the ages range between 18 months and 15 years old. Officials say a 34yearold woman who is the mother of seven of the children is being treated for her injuries right now. We understand she is also assisting officials with the investigation, but at this early stage, poli
After a week of practice, meetings with NFL teams and media sessions, NFL draft prospects played the actual Senior Bowl game Saturday. In a game to showca