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Deadly Day at Kenyan University

Kenyan officials say a day-long siege at a university east of Nairobi ended with 147 people dead, as well as four al-Shabab terrorists. The gunmen attacked in the early morning hours Thursday and started shooting indiscriminately. As the security forces surrounded the Garissa University College, the attackers held some students as hostages. Zlatica Hoke reports.

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