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Their last assault. i spoke to a military official who told me these could go on the next couple of hours. there s no sign of it ending anytime soon. they re holding several hostages. we can t confirm. trying to avoid a situation where there will be an exchange of fire ending up killing some of the students who are being held by the gunmen. authorities in kenya are also saying that they managed to arrest one of the al shabaab gunman. we ve not been given a name yet, not told any details of the gunman who has been arrested and we are believing that this could shed more light on how the attack was carried out. there s a lot of there s a helicopter over my head that is just going around. from the vantage point what is going on on the ground because ....
They are going to have to lie in it, and it starts today. reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. and breaking news unfolding on the rundown. we re just minutes away from what could be a major update on the germanwings plane crash in the french alps. we ll be carrying that live for you, and the world remains on edge as a nuclear showdown with iran shows signs of possibly getting a breakthrough. also in kenya, at least 15 students killed at a university. more than 500 unaccounted for. in just minutes new information on one of the people officials are looking for in connection with this attack. plus new jersey senator bob menendez facing a 14-count federal indictment. all of these break events and news as we get it next on the rundown. audible safety beeping audible safety beeping ....
They are taking the injured to the air strip and back to nairobi so it s quite tense. they are trying to get a severance exactly what happened. dennis okari in garissa kenya, thank you so much for that live report and as you ve been hearing, right here on the rundown, situation appears to be very tense. explosions, heavy gunfire in the last half hour according to dennis okari, 22 people dead and at least 25 seriously injured. some are being transported from garissa to other parts of the country to receive medical attention. we re going to take a short break and be right back. audible safety beeping audible safety beeping ....
We have breaking news from all corners of the globe this morning. new developments on the plane crash in the alps a possible deal on iran nuclear negotiations, a senator under indictment, but we begin this hour with the breaking story out of east africa a hostage standoff and shooting that s left at least 15 people dead at a university there. this is the poster that the kenyan government is now circulating asking for the public s help in finding the man they describe as the mastermind of the attack. meanwhile, this is still an active hostage situation. got new pictures of tanks outside the university. the president of kenya says security forces have been sent in to help resolve the standoff. it all started early this morning when gunmen stormed the school and opened fire on students killing at least 15 but that that may be just the tip of the iceberg. as of right now, more than 500 students are still unaccounted for. it is not clear how many may be trapped inside. according to witnes ....