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Principal. at least 124 others were wounded. the seven gunmen who all wore explosive vests were also killed after the eight-hour siege. the associated press reports the gunmen entered the school at 10:00 a.m. local time and began shooting at random. more than 960 staff and students managed to flee. evacuated from the compound amid the panic. a spokesman from the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was retaliation for pakistans attack on taliban militants in that country. pre...

Most valuable parent was a no-brainer. >> your moms do so much for you, make it possible for you to do anything you want to do. >> cnns "extraordinary people" airs tonight, 9:00 eastern. all right. here we go. top of the hour, youre watching cnn, im brooke baldwin. want to begin with the horrifying attack today in pakistan. an hours long siege at a school ended with at least 141 people killed, 132 of them children. suicide attackers scaled the school security walls, roamed through the building...

>> we start with a fox news alert for you. breaking overnight more than 80 people killed in pakistan after a taliban attack on an army run school. about half a dozen gunmen stormed the school and began firing at random. most of the victims school children a teacher and security guard also killed. 500 people were in the school at the time. security forces are still there on the scene for the rescue operation. there are reports of people being held hostage. we are going to stay on top of the break...

The government, says pakistans prime minister, will continue the operation until it banishes terrorism. little comfort, no doubt, for the mothers and fathers who found their childrens names on the list at the hospitals. or for the ones still waiting for word. >> translator: so far they cant find my son, dead or alive. >> you heard one student say that the gunmen set a teacher on fire while the children were under their desks. they reportedly cut off the heads of some of the victims. according to...

Hoping there isnt going to be a copy cat situation or another lone wolf as was the case with man her roan man nice. everyone is deeply concerned about what happened. people here -- many of them know the two victims katrina dawson and tori johnson. ive spoken to friends of katrina today. shes remembered as a wonderful person. a bright, outstanding woman. johnson the same. and katrina was the mother of three young children. theyre being remembered tonight and throughout the day at a shrine that ...

Taliban entered the facility and began shooting at random. the pakistani military responded with gunfire of their own and there may have been as many as half a dozen gunmen because as the taliban was taking credit for this deadly attack today, their spokesman claimed six suicide bombers participated, and a quote -- "the government is targeting our families and females. we want them to feel the pain." the first account were hearing from inside the school are gruesome. one student says -- quote --...

To simply say, look, i dont believe in beheading hostages. people have to go further than that? >> yes. there was a twitter campaign off the back of this attack. australian non-muslims saying well ride with you and protect you. its a commendable thing. i often ask, if we expect non-muslims to speak out against anti-muslim bigotry and as evidence, the hashtag campaign on twitter. how many times are muslims saying we condemn the terrorism. >> his former attorney said this is a one-off random indiv...

Those people as they ran out of that building right there. we are getting lots of fast-breaking details in the siege in sydney. it is now over. david roe, defense and national security correspondent with the age and sydney morning herald. joins us from the capital of that country in australia. david, this is europe area where you cover. are you hearing anything about any possible ties to isis or are they thinking this guy is just a lone wolf? >> look, as appears to be increasingly the case with ...

Today. >> no -- >> yeah, thats what theyre saying. thats what joe bidens been saying. thats what barack obamas been saying. the drone program went into overdrive on january 21st, 2009. and when you talk about five years from now, ten years from now, the information comes out about this drone program, mike barnicle, and people actually report on this drone program, its going to look a hell of a lot worse, a hell of a lot deadlier, a hell of a lot more random and a hell of a lot more inhumane than...

Expect on the nomination process? >> its an interesting question. we have seen republicans use a lot of random and sometimes weird cases against eric holder. he has been as everyone knows a lightning rod. do they take that approach with an incoming attorney general or nominee like eric holder, the first african-american attorney general who could be the second and first african-american woman? the short answer is they may not be eager to take this up and a lot of conservatives, particularly libe...