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It possible to focus on the main of efforts of the main goal. >> reporter: we now have video from inside that theater in mariupol that was used as a bomb shelter and took a direct hit from a russian bomb. it is estimated 300 people were killed when a bomb shut that shelter filled mostly with women, children and elderly. the siege has resulted in thousands of civilian casualties and left behind a wasteland. 80-90% of the housing has been destroyed, and with a population of 450,000, 100,000 remain...

Ukraine has accused Russia of committing further atrocities in the besieged port city of Mariupol. Ukrainian officials say Russian forces bombed a theatre sheltering around 1,000 civilians, including children.

The world so we could have a fairly quick response. hopefully thats coming to bear here as intelligence is flowing in. >> you have got hostages being held. you have some people who have been shot. in terms of -- as you points out. one of the most difficult things about dealing with these terrorists is they are willing to die. that makes it pretty tough. where you can get people on the phone and talk them down off of the ledge so to speak. i dont know that that works with this cloud. >> we saw th...

>> joining me now is shane thomas mcmillen, an american freelance photographer and filmmaker who saw the theater attack as survivors streamed out into the street last night, right where we are. shane, i appreciate your joining us obviously so late tonight here in paris. for those that just saw that video, it was filmed directly behind me on the corner there. what did you see, shane? >> -- the building adjoined, and he could really only hear everything. after the shooting ended, we went downstair...

The new normal. we cant just shut down america. we carry on but we need to be very mindful of our surroundings as we do that. >> now, authorities are praising the responding officers for moving so quickly to confront the attacker. saying that reduced the chances of other people perhaps, being hurt or even killed. jose. >> mark potter thank you very much. i would like to bring in clint van zandt. clint, good morning. >> hi jose. >> this is the third theater attack in the headlines, lafayette two ...

Today. we need to see where he has been, who he may have been talking to. weve release ad photograph of the gun. as you all have seen, the gun is a very realistic gun that strongly resembles a semi-automatic pistol. it is in fact an air soft gun. >> an air soft gun. it is not a regular gun. that contradicting the information, at least the implication of information that we had earlier in the day that this suspect, this now dead suspect had engaged in an exchange of gunfire with police on the sce...

Been, who he may have been talking to. weve release ad photograph of the gun. as you all have seen, the gun is a very realistic gun that strongly resembles a semi-automatic pistol. it is in fact an air soft gun. >> an air soft gun. it is not a regular gun. that contradicting the information, at least the implication of information that we had earlier in the day that this suspect, this now dead suspect had engaged in an exchange of gunfire with police on the scene of that theater attack. he may h...

Great to see you. thank you so much. at trial of accused movie theater shooter, holmes witnesses are called to the stand to testify about the night of the shooting. the continued testimony of witnesses and first responders cried on the stand. the judge ruled the prosecution should establish points quickly and not draw on sympathies of juries. holmes pleaded not guilty in reason of insanity in the theater attack that killed 12 and wounded 70 others. moments ago the white house was in defensiv...

Have they gotten the training the worlds eyes will be on them with the olympics and they will be able to handle this? >> you have to say, that is a very important question. you have to say they learned their lesson from the theater attack. i was in moscow just before and just after that attack on government business and we wondered what chemical weapons the russian authorities had used there. they follow ad similar strategy at the beslan school hostage situation where relieving the siege in host...

Terrorist sounds strange or unlikely as peter and i were talking about this, there is precedence for it. they do exist. watch. before the white widow, there were the black widows, a name given to female chechen militants who were part of the struggle for chechen independents. were first seen as hostage takers in the moscow theater attack in 2002. black widows were seeking revenge for husbands lost in the war. they were dressed all in black and wore so-called martyr belts. they were involved in a...