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minutes. so when that statement comes, we ll, of course bring it to you. and of course all of this ongoing in sydney as it comes up on 6:00 local time. this siege going on now for more than eight hours. i m john vause at the cnn center in atlanta. and i m natalie allen. we have been with you for several hours, and we will push on as this situation in australia continues. it is breaking news of a siege there in a coffee shop that has been ongoing. a gunman holding people hostage at the lindt coffee shop in downtown sydney. sky news has just informed us that the gunman is calling himself the brother , and has contacted a radio station and two tv stations via hostages with demands, a conversation with the prime minister and an isil flag. we do know five people have managed to get out. three men were seen running out two hours ago. two of them were customers. the man in the blue jacket, the man in the white zirs and a few moments later there was a man wearing an apron who ....
casualties. there has, in fact, been a surge in reported civilian casualties in the u.s. air campaign against the so-called islamic state. and under trump, a massive increase in u.s. drone strikes, more broadly, almost one every two days according to the council on u.s. foreign relations. today, tragically, marked the third time this month a u.s.-led air strike may have killed civilians or even our allies, with 18 syrian fighters alied with the u.s. killed in a coalition air strike in syria. the pentagon blamed partner forces. that news comes on the heels of last week s air strike in syria and now today the decision to launch the mother of all bombs. and we are just 84 days into the trump administration. i m joined by steve schmidt larry corb. larry, i m going to go to you first because there is a very strange donald trump relationship to the military. he claimed during the came papa that you knew more about the generals, that he was smarter about isis, now he s in office he s ....
by his thinking, why deprive good friday visitors of a good visit to an iconic irish pub. submit ted without judgment. that is our program for a friday nig night. whatever your persuasion, we wish you a good weekend. good night from our headquarters here in new york. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. icing is in and public criticism of russia is still very much out. nbc news with extraordinary reporting about donald trump s quote, president donald trump s national security advisor spent months trying to convince him to sign off on a plan to supply new u.s. weapons to ukraine to aid in the country s fight against russian-backed separatists. when the president finally authorized the major policy shift, he told his aides not to publicly tell his decision because doing so might agitate russian president vladimir putin. quote, he doesn t want to bring it up, one white house official tells nbc news. it is not something he wants to talk about, this source says. this new report ....
post. this is david lee dude line from berlin and south africa the governing a ends the is the clear election winner but it is the party that has ruled the country since the end of apartheid losing its appeal after 6 election victories in a row we find out from our correspondent in cape town also coming up freed hostages are safe thanks to fallen heroes tourists rescued from captivity in burkina faso the tribute to the french commandos who were killed in the daring raid have 3. and washington ratcheted up the pressure on iran at the naval strike group heads to the persian gulf to back up a u.s. aircraft carrier and bombers already there washington says it s responding to threats from terror on. welcome to the show south africa s governing african national congress has secured a 6th straight term and power but with a diminished mandate with all votes counted the a.n.c. has been declared the winner with 57.5 percent but that s its lowest share since the end of white minority rul ....
Benjamin netanyahu said it s a nonstarter and about confusion because it doesn t bring peace to the region and israel and hamas, hamas is a tears organization they kidnapped and have 130 hostages, the deals call them to release 30 for hundreds of palestinian terrorist, that sends a bad message to hostage takers in the first place. that is an increase to the hostage taking 10 - 1 deal but that leaves 100 approximately 100 israeli hostages their bodies of their dead or alive, not to be pushed off to deal with later it removes israel from the population centers and hamas like baghdadi and isis were running and allowing them to run gaza. ....