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At waist level. >> chris, we believe what you are calling the flag is not supposedly a specific message but it's something we believe is called the shahada, a one statement lean of the muslim faith. he has asked for an isis flack. let me ask you, after the five people escaped, we believe they escaped because of the man's reaction afterwards, how did the situation inside change in terms of what you could see? is that when the hostages started being more up against the wall? were you able to see anything differently? >> reporter: no, pretty much since that time the gunman moved the hostages to o...

Let's get back to sydney, a correspondent with australia's 7 network. chris, 7 network is situated almost directly across from this cafe where the hostage standoff is ongoing. how did you learn about the situation? what do you know now? >> reporter: you are dead right. sydney 7 address is marketplace where this siege is ongoing martin place, this has been owned since fine 80 now. i was on the way to work, in the cafe just next door and gettingpy coffee when we noticed the composition outside the front of lindt cafe and the cafe fear the reserve bank. so everyone thought when we were told it wa...

Hostages are, we know four are bank ploy i don't see him we don't want to -- we've taken a decision not to name anybody. but it's, yeah, look, it's quite an official, a siege like this i have seen many sieges my time, a siege in social media where the hostages are allowed to tweet and update facebook status is quite bizarre. >> it is, chris, we thank you very much for your information and your very unique van tage point from where this is hang. we appreciate you sharing it with us. >> on your korean, right now in sydney, it is nighttime there. the standoff has been going on for about 12 hours....

For a mile, will you hit the sydney opera house. >> that area was evacuated. it was completely shut down. it turned out to be a false alarm, certainly, sydney very much on high alert. >> anna, i also want to read to you the latest tweet that came out from the journalist at channel 7:chris riesen. he is right across the street in the tv station. he just tweeted, very little movement at the lindt cafe. one person we believe to be the gunman, carrying an ipad. so to your point, that i are trying to get messages out through all of this sort of modern tech following and social media. anna, we shoul...

A closer look certainly than other colleagues in the media at what's happening now. >> joe? >> resetting the stage for people just tuning in in the united states. you are looking at scenes from sidney, australia. hostage crisis going on right now. we're talking to chris reason and, chris, you say again you are set up directly across the street from the cafe where the hostage situation is unfolding right now. can you tell us what the best estimate is for how many hostages are inside there? we heard anywhere from 10 to 50. what's the latest information you have and from what you have seen since ...