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The initial reports we got this morning were there were around 13 hostages being held. that number has crept up very slightly. and we think the latest information we have is there might be around 15. in terms of the perpetrator here, i don't think it's too helpful to speculate at moment as to who he is or where he's actually from. we don't actually yet know his motives apart from the obvious banner that he has put in the cafe. that would hint at a sort of background as to where he's coming from. nevertheless, it pears he's acting alone and he is acting in terms of sort of his mental state perh...

By what he read and the writings confirm this was no act of work place violence has the government termed it. >> the government has tried too deny this is an act of terrorism. i think if -- i hope that if people hear the words from hassan's own mouth, that they'll understand this was an act of terrorism. >> in one type document, hassan writes: american democracy and sharia law are incompatable there is an irreconcilable conflict in american democracy, we the people govern according to what we the people think is right or wrong even itch it goes against what almighty god commands and america's ...

Major change in the american health system. which i'm sure newt would parse and say that's not an endorsement, that's just -- i don't know what that is. >> that's as close to aen dorisment as you're ever going to find. >> it pears mentioning the last as we tie up the 2012 race with a bow, rick perry out with a new ad calling again for a part-time congress. let's just check out that sound really fast. >> if washington's the problem, why trust a congressman to fix it? among them they've spent 63 years in congress, leaving us with debt, earmarks, and bailouts. congressmen get $174,000 a year, and...

Their core message of less government, less taxes, and not to be distracted by some of the other things that have gone on in the movement. it seems like over the past couple days down in nashville they were able to stick to those core values, do these training sessions about how to run primaries against other republicans, specifically, and some democrats as well. but if they get too distracted by some of the other things that go along around it such as whether sarah palin will get paid to speak down in nashville, then it's going to be problematic. >> and speaking of some other issues that we h...

Going forward? >> i think they're going to be very significant if they're able to continue to just talk about their core message of less government, less taxes, and not to be distracted by some of the other things that have gone on in the movement. it seems like over the past couple days down in nashville they were able to stick to those core values, do these training sessions about how to run primaries against other republicans, specifically, and some democrats as well. but if they get too distracted by some of the other things that go along around it such as whether sarah palin will get paid...