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Joining me now on the phone from dhaka, an american citizen whos lived there since 2011. what do things like like at this hour? >> hi, chris. its early morning here in dhaka and things are relatively quiet on the street where i am, which is just a few blocks away from the location. theres a few policemen and a few plain clothed individual walking down the street, but nothing seems to be happening. >> muna, the neighborhood, people have described it as upscale, as perceived as quite secure. there...

Bakery. its an area filled with embassies and consulates. its popular with expats and diplomats. between 8 and 10, armed attackers charged into the restaurant, set of explosives and proceeded to take a number of hostages. were hearing there are something like 40 hostages inside. but that is not a number that we can confirm at this hour. so far, we know that at least two police officers were killed during the stand-off with attackers. we understand that another 26 people were wounded by the explo...

The government -- i mean we hear the government has been working with the other governments, but the hope is that this will convince the government that international groups, international terror groups are a force there and need to be focused on and not to see this solely as local groups wreaking havoc. >> and you certainly know the lay of the land of the government in bangladesh and in india much better than i do. but would you say that the government in bangladesh was aware or at least was tr...

They say glaswegians have more fun at a funeral than people in edinburgh have at a wedding. that does invite, from time to time admittedly, a fair amount of knuckleheaded behaviors. if youre looking for a beer and a beating, glasgow will happily provide it. the toughness thing is no joke. if youve ever tried to choke a small glaswegian into unconsciousness, as i have, long story, let me tell you, its like wrestling with an angry fireplug. its nearly impossible. also, it hurts. access to guns is ...

>> thats correct, chris. authorities are saying over the last couple of years, about 15 attacks that they can attribute to isis and their supporters. but let me say this, chris. theyve responded with 12,000 arrests. so if we were going to arrest our way out of this challenge, they would have done it already. as the previous commentator mentioned, theres a political oppression and rule of law problem. if youre arrested 12,000 people, petty criminals and political dissidents, that will create poli...

At 4:00 in the morning? >> so this is the situation right now. it had been quiet for several hours and then about ten minutes ago, its about 4:00 a.m. here, about 3:50, 3:53, three shots rang out. we have eyewitness reports that a young man was carried out. i have been told that he was believed to be a suspect in this hostage taking and thats the latest that we have. the government has been very quiet until a moment ago but the home minister has been contacted and he says that our prime minister...

They have so many western hostages in a live moment situation. what we have seen in the past is that they will storm a place and try to kill or be killed and they will continue to kill until they are killed. >> think about paris, for example. >> exactly. think about paris, think about brussels, there was a suicide attack. even in istanbulie sign that -- assign that to isis, it was a situation where they would kill or be killed. this seems early in the standoff. they have not gone out blazing yet...

Pakistan, right next door to bangladesh. can you hear me? >> i can hear you. >> its kate again. bring us up to speed. you have been talking to people on the front lines. last i checked in with you, it had quieted down and the authorities were outside the restaurant but had not made any move to go inside. is that still the case? >> that is the case, kate. we are being told that there is a process of biding time. thats essentially whats happening. no demands have been made by the suspects inside. ...

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Some research and investigation that has happened into those because it is now, it is now painfully obvious that they are, you know, that these attackers are able to operate and so that is really the big challenge facing turkish law enforcement and it is not going to be easy. >> yeah, it really, really is a difficult time for turkey right now. jared malsin with time magazine, we appreciate your perspective. thanks for that. >> thank you. turkey has seen a wave of terror attacks this year in ja...