dehydration, but also by taking supplements. blood test results will be available today or tomorrow. police in the philippines are under fire this morning for the way they handled a fata stanff. eight hostages were killed at the end of a day-long siege. but there were earlier signs the uld ben peacefully nick rep reporter: the drama played out live on national television in the afternoon. children and the elderly were released. but as night fell, negotiations failed. somehow, the bus driver escaped. but 15 chinese tourists remained. the hostage-taker, a former policeman, armed with an m-16 assault rifle, demanding his old job back. police commandos surrounded the bus. they tried and failed numerous times to get inside. eventually, they made it. only to be pushed back by gunfire. after a 12-hour standoff and another burst of gunfire they stormed the vehicle. distraught survivors pulled to safety. a body hung from the door, apparently the hostage-taker