terrorist suspect worthy enough to be monitored closely. he walked into a cafe with a shotgun, took 16 hostages, 17 hostages, two of which never made it out. chris? andrew, thank you very much for the reporting. part of moving forward will be understanding very well what happened and how it was handled. we will continue to find out more about who this man was. and were there opportunities that were missed? we re going to hear from christine forster, an elected official and the sister of australian prime minister tony abbott. let s get you to michaela for the headlines. we re watching a search under way for a man suspected of killing six family members in pennsylvania. authorities say 35-year-old bradley william stone killed his ex-wife, and five of his former in-laws, including a 14-year-old girl. police believe stone is armed and that he is dangerous. miguel marquez is live in
husband has been unfairly victimized by allegations of sexual assault and is really a kind man. she said a different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months, it s a portrait of a man i don t know and it s a portrait painted by individuals and organizations whom many in the media have given a pass. clearly we re going to talk more about that coming up in the show. so we have breaking news out of pakistan this morning, taliban suicide bombers and gunmen storming a school, killing 126 at least. most students, hundreds more people are trapped inside, the latest on the attack straight ahead. we have new details out of sydney, australia. who was this gunman? did he have help? could we have done more to stop him before this horrible result? questions that demand answers. we ll get them from christine forster, an elected official and sister of australian prime minister tony abbott. so my buddy here is going to help me find it.
in shock. trying to come to terms with this. but i do know that it will make us as, as sydney-siders more aware that we have to be vigilant, we have to be on the lookout. we know now that something dreadful like this can happen in our beautiful city, our free beautiful multicultural welcoming city where nothing like this has ever happened before. now it has. people will go back to their business, back to their order. narrator: ordinary lives to. it changes the idea of what normal is in daily life and our thoughts and prayer goes to the people in sydney. we hope that you re able to find a way forward as quickly as possible. ms. forster, thank you very much for joining us. good luck to you there. thank you, chris. alisyn, you can t change the fact that it happened. you can change policy, you can change law but something like
save others? and could more have been done to stop this before it happened? joining us is counselor christine forster, on the city council of sydney, she s also the sister of australian prime minister tony abbott. miss forster, it s very good to have you with us. our condolences to you and the community there. it s been a terrible 36 hours, chris and the people of sydney, i think are very much coming to terms with this i ve been down to have a look at the memorial site in martens place, there are hundreds of people milling around there. tens of people cueing up to lay flowers at the memorial site and people of this city are still in shock. it s a situation that s going to demand a lot of soul-searching about why it happened and how it happened and what it means going forward. so let s see what we can learn about these different aspects. in terms of how this happened, let s start with those who lost