welcome to new day. it is tuesday, december 16th, just before 8:00 in the east. chris cuomo and alisyn camerota here and right now a school in pakistan is still an active battle zone. gunfire, explosions, just rocking this army-run school in the pakistani city of peshawar. gunmen have been targeting students from grade one to grade ten. these are live pictures from the scene now somewhat under control. the death toll is high and will get higher. at least 125 people dead, many of them between 12 and 16 years of age. the numbers are so staggering. we ll bring you all of the breaking news as soon as we get it. there are more questions about another terror attack yesterday in sydney, s tl austr. could more lives somehow have been saved? could the gunman known to australian police somehow have been stopped sooner? our coverage begins with the breaking news from pakistan. let s go to cnn s atika shubert
on dates with. okay, my turn. and i have the most adorable pictures you have ever seen. yes, a sweet cutie patootie. it is prince george the royal baby. they released these pictures also as a favor to the media because they allowed the prince to live a rather unintrusive life. and they say he s energetic, just like his father, tearing around kensington palace all the teem. that s it for us, special report is coming up next. oh oo it is tuesday december 16th. a fox news alert. dozens dead as terrorists take children hospital in pakistan. the details just coming in.
this morning on world news now paying respects to the this morning on world news now paying respects to the victims of the siege in sydney. the grief and tough questions about the suspect killed in that standoff. pennsylvania rampage. six people killed in several locations near philadelphia. the intensifying manhunt and communities in disbelief. political hints from jeb bush. the big question, of course, will he run for president in 2016? his latest public event and why insiders say he s sounding like a candidate. the director of the disney movie frozen has an apology for parents and it has to do with the song let it go. that s in the skinny on this tuesday, december 16th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now.
been a pulse in the last three to four years that s increased about 20%. so the statistics simply don t lie. we do have many, many more incidents occurring in a concentrated period. now, however, mass shootings, home violence, person-to-person violence has been occurring, you know, time infinite. up next, a terror attack. some gruesome, top of the top terrorists in the world are condemning it. big 2016 news today. jeb is making moves and a prominent democrat gets senator al franken s stamp of approval. ari sat down with the progressive one-on-one. trust us, that s not the only interesting news he made. the cycle rolls on, tuesday, december 16th. o) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope.
this morning on world news now paying respects to the victims of the siege in sydney. the grief and tough questions about the suspect killed in that standoff. pennsylvania rampage. six people killed in several locations near philadelphia. the intensifying manhunt and communities in disbelief. political hints from jeb bush. the big question, of course, will he run for president in 2016? his latest public event and why insiders say he s sounding like a candidate. the director of the disney movie frozen has an apology for parents and it has to do with the song let it go. that s in the skinny on this tuesday, december 16th. announcer: from abc news,