20-year-old martese johnson being arrested by alcohol control agents for public intoxication allegedly on wednesday. the arrest warrant for johnson describes him as acting agitated and belligerent. johnson suffered a head injury during that arrest prompting some university of virginia students to protest the incident. nick valencia joins us now in charlottesville, virginia. what did you learn from the news conference? reporter: earlier this evening, martese johnson did make an appearance with his attorney who said his client has been traumatized by this event, that he didn t deserve this treatment. he also highlighted the endless ties to the university from being on the honor committee to being on the orientation council. he s one of the most prominent students here on campus and people i spoke to say they re shocked this happened to this individual. while police say that he was being uncooperative during the arrest his attorney says that he was the victim of excessive fo
the pentagon confirms more than 100 so-called military advisers arrived in the north of iraq bringing the total of that country to 850. but don t let the hair splitting fool you at all. officials say that the u.s. advisers are u.s. troops and fully armed. the white house insists that the troops are not in combat roles, that they re there to help with the humanitarian crisis. according to senior u.s. officials troops are trying to figure out the best way to rescue tens of thousand religious minorities trapped and starving on a mountain surrounded by brutal terrorists. u.s. officials say such a mission could put american troops in direct contact with fighters for the islamic state, what s known as isis. today, the white house acknowledged american forces may have to protect themselves. absolutely, there are dangers involved with any military operation. we would absolutely acknowledge that. there s danger when pilots are flying. there are dangers when you re in a difficult sit
who have been killed as terrorists, but there are as many as 400 or so who are civilians who have been killed. in other words, ten times as many civilians killed in pakistan, according to reports, as the number of people who were harshly interrogated by the cia. yeah. it s going to become an increasing conversation and also what legal sort of guidelines there are going to be, david. right. what the president, the administration may be legally held responsible for down the road. thank you for coming on this evening. we appreciate it. thank you. good to see you again. all right. breaking news into cnn. we are receiving word of a possible hostage situation in sydney. take a look at this video. this is video from just moments ago outside after the lindt chocolate shop in martin place, a pedestrian mall in sydney s central district. looks normal, like nothing is going on. what authorities are concerned about is what may be going on inside that shop. very little informati
pakistan. a school. gunmen have stormed the school in peshawar. at least 20 people dead, including 17 children. this is according to the health minister of pakistan. let s get to amanisha with the story. reporter: this is turning out to be a horrific attack. taliban has claimed responsibility saying it sent in six attackers with suicide vests. those attackers were given orders to target anyone in that school who seemed like they might be, you know, reaching puberty and up. they were supposed to give minors safe passage and free range to target military personnel. horrendous details on this. anything between 500 and 700 students still stuck in the school. it is not clear if it is a hostage situation. to repeat the number of fatalities. the number just rose sharply. we initially heard 4 and now 20 of those now dead. two teachers and one attacker. police have confirmed to our office in islamabad, there is a military operation under way. gunfire was heard a short time ago. it h
this was an isolated incident. it is an isolated incident. do not let this sort of incident bring about any loss of confidence about working or visiting in our city. hello, i m joy reid and this is the reid report. we begin on this monday with breaking news. officials in sydney, australia, have wrapped up a news conference following the dramatic end to a 16-hour standoff. officials confirmed there were 17 hostages, 2 were killed, as a result of, quote, actions inside a cafe. officials confirmed the gunman was shot and killed when he stormed the lindt chocolate cafe in downtown sid sni. a number of hostages were taken out on stretches and transported to ambulances to a range of sydney hospitals. earlier as we watched the tense standoff play out on tv, several hostages were able to escape on foot. let s bring in qutd daily bea t contributor courtney who lives in sydney. yes, i m here. after how long did police finally go into that cafe which i understand is in the down