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Returning to our breaking news. at least two people dead and 30 hospitalized with gunshot wounds following an attack on a university in southeastern kenya. the red cross saying four of the victims are in serious condition. the u.s. embassy says al shabaab has taken responsibility and the militants have taken hostages. this is an active situation at the university. some five hours into the siege. joining us now is cnn's david mckenzie. i want to bring him in to bring context to the story. al shabaab claiming responsibility. al shabaab militants have been known to cross the border some 150 kilom...

Gunmen storming a university in kenya. students attacked. al shabaab claiming responsibility. "early start" continues now. >> announcer: this is cnn's breaking news. breaking news this morning. gunmen storm university in kenya. you have gunmen who say they are from al shabaab, from nearby somalia. storming university in kenya. attacks against students here shots fired. an active situation. welcome back. i'm christine romans. welcome back to "early start." welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. let's start with the breaking news. gunmen taking hostages in southeastern kenya....

Mind. when you said the five escaped, is that a fact? there was another report suggesting he allowed some of them to leave in order to deliver a message to police. do we know what the answer is? >> we don't. i mean, the assumption is from the look of the police that they seep to be surprised the hostages came out. so whether he would leak them as part of a negotiation whether they escaped we are not quite sure. bill: william bennett by telephone in sydney. thank you very much. martha: a lot of good information there and lots more coming out as we have continuing coming of the tense terror situ...

The plane landed somewhere. i think to begin grieving right now, is probably too early for most of these families. >> this is an odd question. i have to ask you, when we are talking about finality, is it worse? what's worse, holding out hope and not knowing or having some finality knowing there was a terror situation or that it crashed? >> people grieve in different ways for different lengths of time. once you get through the grieving process, the big healer is going to be time. others may hold the hope. it just extends the pain for a very long time.

Much, i thought. and some of those comments -- there was one point where the president -- look, i'm trying to give you an answer if you would just listen. by the way, i think the president handled him well, too. here is my problem with that interview. as a talk show host, he didn't make any news. i thought he wasted his time. i have a freshman member in the house in my show and i'm thinking ahead of on time, how can i make news with this guy? bill o'reiley didn't make news because he asked old, tired, stale questions. >> this is about benghazi. >> but he did make news and yet the washington pr...