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colleyville, texas where a man interrupted services at the congregation israel and colleyville ended up taking four people hostage including the rabbi of that ticket synagogue. fox news particular, former deputy independent counsel, we believe media medications have been cut off to the synagogue so the hostage taker is not watching media right now so you say this is likely to be more than just a local case because he's committed federal crimes and there's likely to be a federal prosecution at the end of it? >> i think it's very likely, your previous guests before the break speculated about why the fbi is involved. the fbi is automatically involved under statute, they are allowed to be automatically involved in a kidnapping under the assumption or presumption that the victim or perpetrator traveled interstate commerce. if the victims are released within 24 hours, there is a brother presumption that they have been taken interstate conference. fbi always gets involved initially. as i said before, if he's using -- if the perpetrator here is using a phone or another instrumentality or fac

, texas, synagogue there in colleyville, texas. according to local police, right now, the fbi is in communication with the person who is believed to be holding folks hostage inside that synagogue. and josh campbell, you were just saying a few moments ago that if you're looking for any good news, in any of this, it's the fact that they're in communication with this person right now. i guess the other obvious piece of good news here is that we're being told no injuries at this point, and so there is a glimmer of hope here that perhaps law enforcement can resolve this peacefully, and what are some of the things that they might be saying right now? might they be looking at already, looking at social media posts, if they know who this person is at this point? and so on? >> yeah, well, there are a number of different resources that they will bring to bear. obviously that point to point communication between a hostage negotiator and a suspect, that is that direct line into what is happening, but as you mentioned, as they elicit informatio

following the story out of colleyville. morgan, recap for us what we just learned within the last 30 minutes about what happened on the ground during this hostage situation in texas. >> of course. well, an 1146 hour standoff has now come to a close in the quiet suburb of colleyville about 30 miles to the northwest of dallas, and we know that within the last 30 minutes, every hostage that was inside congregation beth israel synagogue was released and no one is believed to be injured. everyone will likely be reunited with their family members tonight. and it comes after an incredibly tense situation this morning when a man believed to be armed entered the synagogue and began making demands, some of which were caught on that place of worship's live stream during their saturday services. that live stream was then cut off. it was at that point fbi hostage negotiators began to have a dialogue with this man who expressed that they wanted a federal prisoner being held about 20 miles from where we are to be released. and this is the

operations in colleyville texas at the congregation of beth israel there in colleyville, texas. police are evacuating the residents from the media. the white house is monitoring the situation. let's bring in shimon prokupecz, julia, josh campbell and rabbi joshua stanton, senior fellow at the national jewish center for learning and leadership who was so kind to stay with us. shimon, i understand you have new information. >> so, we believe, jim, according to authorities there, there are four hostages inside the synagogue that this man has taken hostage. they are working through some information. they believe, the fbi and the police there, believe this is an individual. they have a name of this individual. the issue is that independently, so far, they have not been able to confirm this individual's identity. so what they're doing is, is before having us come out here and say who this individual is, authorities have asked us to sort of try and let them confirm exactly who this is before we go ahead and report the person's name. so that's what's going on right now. so they believe t

that's the latest information from ed lavandera on the scene in colleyville, texas. we're going to take another break. we'll be back on the other side in just a few moments on this unfolding hostage situation at the synagogue there in colleyville, texas. we'll be right back. now i'm running for me. i've always dreamed of seeing the world. but i'm not chasing my dream anymore. i made a financial plan to live it every day. ♪ at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com (vo) this year, t-mobile for business is here to help you hit the ground running. when you switch to t-mobile and bring your own device, we'll pay off your phone up to $800. you can keep your phone. keep your number. and get your employees connected on the largest and fastest 5g network. plus, we give you $200 in facebook ads on us! so you can reach more customers, create more opportunities, and make this the best year for your business yet. visit your local t-mobile store today. up at 2:00am again? tonight, try

the congregation is beth israel in colleyville, texas. a law official is very much ongoing, tell cnn there are believe to be four hostages currently. witnesses say they were watching a stream of services. the temple is believed to be among the hostages. the white house is monitoring as is merritt garland, the attorney general, two law officials tell us that investigators believe the hostage-taker may have been motivated by a desire to free a wo woman, a counter terrorism groups have dubbed her lady al qaeda. she is serving an 86-area sentence in texas. she was convicted over a decade ago on seven charges, including attempted murder and armed assault on u.s. officers in afghanistan. with me now is the ceo and the national director of the anti-deaf mission league jonathan green blat. thank you very much. i'm so sorry it is on this news, but thank you for taking the time this evening. >> i'm happy to be here. i wish the circumstance were different as well. >> there is so mitch we don't know. we don't have the name of the hostage-taker. we do

you've got armed police vehicles outside of this synagogue in colleyville. you have got law enforcement as well. you have an ongoing hostage situation. we don't know how many people are actually inside the synagogue. there are unconfirmed reports of the suspect being armed. we don't know what he is armed with, but of course, again, want to reiterate those are unconfirmed reports. and no indication as of yet of a motive. how do you see this thing, at this moment, playing out, especially when it comes to the role of hostage negotiators? >> well, yes, one thing is for certain, is this. that we don't know very much at this point. but you can be assured that police is going to continue to maintain their presence and the status in which they're operating right now, and as they learn more, hopefully at some point they're able to share it with us. we until then, it's just kind of wait and see, and i think anything we do at this point may be somewhat speculative, considering the fact, as your other guest has indicated, we're not really sure this is the hostage situat

jon: fox news will continue to monitor the situation in colleyville, texas. be right back with an update. fox news alert with continuing coverage of firefox dorey, hostage situation still unfolding in colleyville, texas near fort worth. police say men took the hostages during saturday services from of the congregation in israel synagogue. send up in shortly before noon central time, 1:00 p.m. eastern. law enforcement official tells fox news there are four hostages including one rabbi and the hostage taker claims to be armed. brian is live in our newsroom with more. >> good evening, law enforcement telling jake gibson producer for the justice department here at fox, there are four hostages taken including the rabbi, we know there's one rabbi, the main rabbi at the synagogue, charlie walker. again, the congregation israel, the hostage taker claims to be armed according to the law enforcement source. we know they continued to be in contact. this hostage taker is expressed interest in trent 13, she spent sentenced to 86 years in prison for killing americans so we

about 30 minutes north of dallas in colleyville. authorities announced a male hostage was released uninjured. my colleague richard lui is tracking the latest. richard? >> hey, alicia. the latest now we're hearing since the top of the hour throughout this afternoon from colleyville, texas, a hostage situation under way, about eight hours long right now. according to what we're hearing, 10:41 is when the police first got the call. just in from colleyville police, a male hostage released uninjured around 5:00 p.m. central time. so that's about an hour and a half, hour and 40 minutes ago. the man will be reunited with his family. he does not require medical attention. fbi negotiators still communicating with the hostage-taker. also on the scene, counterterrorism units from the nypd. authorities saying the suspect forced the colleyville rabbi to call a rabbi in new york city who alerted police earlier in the day. as a precaution, nypd is deploying extra police to synagogues in the city. he is demanding the release of aafia siddiqui who i

a rabbi and three others are being held hostage at a synagogue in colleyvilleing, texas. the suspect reportedly claims that he's the brother of a woman who is a convicted terrorist. bryan llenas is here with what we know so far. >> reporter: good evening. just about, at around 11 a.m. the s.w.a.t. team responded to congregation beth israel, the synagogue in colleyville about 17 miles northeast of fort worth. they responded to what is, what we now know, to a hostage situation. abc news is reporting there are four people being held hostage including the rabbi of that synagogue. the rabbi of that synagogue is named as rabbi charlie citron walker, known to be the full-time rabbi of congregation beth israel. right before 2:00 there was a live stream of services there this morning for the sabbath today, a religious day, obviously, for jews. and on this live stream it was cut right before people could kind of hear muffling in the synagogue. you couldn't really see much, but there was a fixed camera shot of the pulpit, you could hear the faint voice of a man heard in the backgrou

again the situation in colleyville texas. the synagogue hostage taking ongoing for four hours at this very moment. as long as i continues this is a hopeful sign as your reporting will have much more in the very latest on this as we continue our coverage right here on fox news for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience, banking feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire and there you have it. woah. matching your job description. wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. wow. big deal. we get unlimited for just 30 bucks. sweet, but mine has 5g included. relax people. my w

a possible hostage situation at a synagogue in the town of colleyville. police will only say right now that a s.w.a.t. team has been deployed to the situation. the fort worth "star-telegram" reports that authorities are negotiating with a man who has taken people hostage. we are learning the service was being live-streamed on facebook. the recording is continuing to capture muffled audio of what sounds like talks between police and the suspect. joining me now is msnbc law enforcement analyst cedric alexander. cedric, thanks for jumping on with us. we appreciate it. listen, talk to me about the situation. we don't know a lot here, so we should be completely frank with our audience as this thing is developing. it just popped up as i cam but this is a fairly precarious situation, considering the fact that this is a religious institution. this is a synagogue, and we have a possible hostage situation in which police are currently negotiating with those hostages with congregants inside. how does something like this go down? how do they work through this, law en

let me bring in my colleague ed lavandera who's on the ground in colleyville. let's begin with the good news tonight, this one hostage, a man who's been released apparently physically unharmed. >> reporter: that is the news we're hearing from colleyville police this evening as we're approaching almost 9 hours of this hostage situation continuing to unfold here. it was just after 9:00 central time we were told one of it hostages was allowed to leave the synagogue. we were told that person is un unharmed, does not need medical attention and the last statement said that gentleman was in the process of being renewitted with his family. that comes as incredibly welcome news because everything we're hearing from members of this congregation here in colleyville is that watching all of this unfold over the course of the day has been excruciating, painful and just harrowing to watch as they wait for any semblance of good news. so the welcome news one person has been released from the synagogue, but there are still three others including the rabbi of the synagogue that r

a very tense situation ongoing with this hostage situation playing out at this colleyville synagogue. >> in a little bit we'll be talking with a former hostage negotiator about how critical this period of time is. jonathan, our latest reporting on what led to this situation. >> our best information right now from numerous law enforcement sources is that the gunman went in and took hostages. we believe it's a rabbi and at least three others inside the synagogue. we believe this gunman went in there demanding the release of a convicted terrorist suspect that was convicted here in new york back in 2010. she has alleged ties to the mastermind of 9/11. when she was captured overseas, she had fired shots and injured some u.s. service members as she was taken into custody and being interrogated. she was sentenced to 86 years in prison. so it appears this hostage taker, this gunman who entered the synagogue in texas, is demanding her release, and he had said that he wants his sister released, and that led to some confusion as to whether this hostage taker is somehow related to the mit scienti

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we're continuing to follow breaking news tonight out of colleyville, texas. one hostage has been released uninjured. the other three are being held still inside of the congregation, beth israel synagogue. the rabbi is believed to be among those still being held. the fbi is continuing to speak on the phone right now with the hostage taker. there are currently no injuries. the suspect is assumed to be motivated by a desire to free a woman by the name of aafia siddiqui. you see her on your screen. she is a prisoner being held in a prison in texas right now, linked to terrorism, who is currently serving an 86-year sentence. let me bring in on the phone stacy silverman, she is a congregation member at beth israel. chef was actually watching the facebook live stream as this situation unfolded, as the hostage taker came in the building and took her fellow congregants hostage. stacy, i'm so, so sorry and thank you for calling in. >> thank you for having me. >> so, what did you hear? >> i joined the live stream because my mother called and told me that there was a hos

it was a tense situation this happened in colleyville, texas where a man was holding four people hostage that included a rabbi inside of a synagogue one person was released. one released around 5 p.m. today and he was not hurt he was able to be -- put back with his family, s.w.a.t. team was on the site all of the people and immediate area has been e evacuated fbi is working with this hostage negotiators, whole works for about 11 hours joining us now danny colton former fbi deputy assistant. danny can you hear me? >> oh, yes i hear you. ashley: so i'm going to hand this over to you for your first thoughts before we dive into this. what are your thoughts on greg abbott saying that the hostages weren't hurt and they were released? >> he's right. that's pretty simple, they were released and it was i heard one of your other guests and a lot of good points. i don't think this was luck. i think it is preparation. i commanded the fbi division here in texas. and commanded the fbi hostage rescue team i'm for familiar the way these things go and video respond and police officers and negotiators whi

give us a sense of the place, colleyville, where you are now. the police chief there, michael miller, he said one of safest cities in texas. this is just not the sort of thing you would expect to see. give us a sense of the place. >> reporter: you know, what strikes me is this a small synagogue, about 150 families are members of this church. this is not a prominent synagogue, you know, one of the more preeminent synagogues here in the dallas-fort worth area. and on top of that it is tucked away kind of hidden in a residential neighborhood surrounded by residential homes. it's not out on full display on a major boulevard here in the city of colleyville or anything like that. if you're not from here, you really have to go searching for this synagogue to find it. it's in very close proximity to dallas-fort worth international airport. as several congregation members described it to me today there are not a lot of members of the jewish faith here in this northeast tarrant county. but it was a synagogue that was really making its mark according to th

morgan chesky there live for us in colleyville, texas. we'll continue to monitor the situation. >>> there were major developments in the battle over democracy this week and it was a week on paper had some signs of progress. as the week draws to a close, it becomes impossible to ignore the big wins for anti-democratic forces in this country. after a year's worth of investigation, the justice department arrested, finally charged the leader of a far right militia group and ten others for the january 6th attack on the capitol. stewart rhodes, the founder of this group, the oath deeper, is now facing up to 20 years in prison after being charged with seditious conspiracy. on tuesday, president biden and vice president kamala harris traveled to atlanta to throw their weight behind efforts to protect the right to vote in this country. after republicans spent 2021 passing new laws across the country in state after state, the very foundations of our democracy, it now seems like democrats in washington were about to strike back. they were about to g

colleyville, obviously the fbi, atf, hsi, and texas dps who you see all over this town today. i would like to highlight a couple of things. we used the north tarrant regional swat team who started the engagement here in the morning. transition to dallas fbi swat team and then ultimately to the swat team holding the perimeter. the fbi hostage team i consider one of the crown jewels hostage team i consider one of the crownjewels of our organisation. their mission is to conduct and deliver hostage rescues when necessary, in this case we had a necessity for that and they were successful. very proud of them. i'm also extremely proud of the team and negotiators. fbi agents and local police officers who worked all day long engaging the subject and likely save lives and subjects just through their engagement. it is very likely the situation would have ended very badly early on in the day had we not had professional consistent negotiation with the subject. i do not have any information right now but in the case this is part of any ongoing threat, we are busily are investigating and we

the colleyville police department first tweeted about the situation at about 11:30 a.m. in fact at 11:30 local time central time that's 12:30 p.m. eastern time. the texas department of public safety says the fbi and state troopers are also on scene, no injuries are reported at this time. and according to the fort worth star-telegram, it says an angry man could be heard ranting on a live stream. the service was being a live streamed on facebook at the time. it has been taken down but he could be heard at times talking about religion and according to reporting by brian, the man didn't talk about his sister and his children pretty said he did not want to hurt anyone. he did mention islam but again we do not know the exact motive of this hostage standoff. and eric, what more can you tell us? >> there is the tidbit from a rabbi in new york the suspect may be middle eastern descent. but we don't know that we do not know if he is armed. if he is armed, seemingly one of the country within the anti-semitic attacks we have been reporting here at the fox news channel for quite some

the news from colleyville has been slow to come out. so i think that's why we haven't been getting the wealth of information we may be used to on purpose. to protect the three hostages that are inside right now. judge jeanine: very good purpose and very good reason. bryan llenas thank you so much. joining us now, walid phares. i can't imagine anyone with more knowledge about this kind of thing than you. we got this individual who is at best a comrade in arms and reportedly not a brother of this dr. aafia siddiqui. what does he gain by this? >> first of all, thank you for having me. let's begin from the tactical level to the more interesting level of strategic. why is this happening? we know his goal will not be attained. er in not going to release dr. siddiqui from jail. and he's not going to be free. the question for authorities, first of all the safety of the hostages. but once this is resolved, the question is why now? what inspired him? we know he's not the brother at this point in time. this increases the questioning. if he's the b

we have staff on the ground in colleyville at the command center. we are monitoring the situation very closely and poppy, i'll also tell you, i've got many calls this evening from jewish leaders around the country. people are scared k. people are very, very terrified. >> we know the government, federal government is deploying extra resources to synagogues and jewish centers across the country in response to this, jonathan green blat, we are all hoping for the best as we continue to monitor this. i appreciate you joining me tonight. >> thank you for having me. >>> the global jewish community i should say is expressing support. just an outpouring of support really from around the world tonight for the hostages. israeli prime minister bennett tweeted this, i am closely monitoring the congregations if colleyville, texas. we pray for the safety of the hostages and the rescuers. police are ramping up security at synagogues across the country tonight after what is ongoing. our coverage continues next. ♪ you pour your heart into everything you do, which i

local time, police in colleyville get a call for service at the synagogue. hours later, a surprise something happens, 5:00 p.m. local time, one uninjured hostage is released. now that we're in at least the 10th hour, and in the dark, law enforcement hoping for more surprises, they are still negotiating with the suspect. and, ayman, that's the time line so far. we're going to keep on watching it. >> all right. thank you very much for that, richard. keep us posted. >>> meanwhile, with the australian open just days away, its top ranked male player novak djokovic's participation remains uncertain. for more on all of it, let's bring back our panel. stephanie miller, josh johnson, and noah shackman. noah, i'll start with you. what do you make of the saga? how has the australian government handled it? what do you think the the significance of this will be? how do you think the australian tennis federation has handled it? >> i've got to say i'm no tennis expert, and i know that there's a hearing going on like literally as we speak about his immigration status. but i

not far from the colleyville synagogue that was attacked on saturday. when we come back, we look at the complex case of dr. aafia siddiqui, neuroscientists irving and 86 year sentence at a federal prison not far from the colleyville synagogue. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. as we continue our coverage of the 11 hour hostage standoff at a synagogue outside forward, texas, saturday, we turn to look at the complex case of an imprisoned pakistani neuroscientist dr. aafia siddiqui. during the standoff, the armed gunmen malik faisal akram repeatedly called for her release. she is curtly serving an 86 year sentence at federal medical center carswell prison in fort worth, which is like 20 miles from the beth israel synagogue in colleyville, texas. in pakistan, she is considered a political prisoner. in the united states, some call her lady al qaeda. in 2010, the mid brightness trained pakistani neuroscientist was convicted in manhattan on charges for

cnn's ed lavandera was there in colleyville when the hostage rescue began. he filed this report. >> reporter: nearly 11 hours after a suspect entered the beth israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas, we have learned that the suspect is dead and that all four of the hostages are alive and well. one of the hostages had been released earlier in the day around 5:00 central time, but law enforcement officials say they have identified the suspect, but they are not ready to announce who that person is as they continue their investigation into the motives behind this attack on this synagogue. it was a frightening and harrowing day for members of this synagogue, which is a small synagogue here in colleyville, about 150 members. they were watching desperately and frantically throughout the day waiting for and praying for this outcome that they saw unfold here this evening. many members of the congregation that we spoke with say that members had not been attending the services here at the synagogue because of covid pandemic restrictions, that it was -- most people

first spring is outside the synagogue in colleyville, texas, dan. brooks arthel we are learning more about the suspect we are learning the key information from the fbi with it now appears he acted alone the threat is over. he may have been inspired by others for the person in jail at 20 miles and react alone yesterday but we arty just travel to the u.s. from england initially stayed in a homeless shelter about the gun he is yesterday on the street. interrupted the service yesterday at what the rants in which he demanded the release of a female terrorist who was being held in a federal prison about 20 miles in the congregation beth israel synagogue. he claimed he had bombs and said he thought he was going to die. there is a massive police response as you might suspect over 200 officers later on a hostage rescue team from quantico virginia. one of the four hostage they were near constant contact of the 11th hour mark the remaining three hostages ran out of the synagogue. the fbi breached the building there was a loud bang some gunshots and the suspect

and colleyville, texas, dan springer fox news elected officials paying their respects at the funeral for victims of the fire at an apartment building in new york city. senate majority leader chuck schumer spoke with people at the islamic cultural center in the bronx, about two miles north of the building. where the fire broke out. new york city mayor eric adams also paying his respects. the islamic cultural center hosted the funeral today for 15 of the 17 victims. malfunctioning electric space heater caused that fire and officials say the victims died from smoke inhalation. they all had connections to the small west african country of gambia. an investigation is underway tonight after a fire at an apartment complex in fremont damaged four units and displaced 10 people. it happened just before six o'clock last night on san pedro drive. firefighters found heavy fire in the first floor unit, and he worked quickly to contain those flames . the fire was contained to that unit where it started and crews had the fire under control about 15 minutes after arriving at the scene. three other un

the man who held those hostages hostages in colleyville is dead. details of his death in the hostages is rescue or not being immediately released, but fbi agents on the scene don't think there's any additional threat. i do not have any information right now. that indicates that this is part of any kind of ongoing threat we obviously are investigating will continue to investigate. about this. the hostage taker will continue investigate his contacts. our investigation will have global reach. we have been in contact already with multiple fbi league acts to include televisa and london. we've been working closely with secure community network in the jewish federation and i want to continue to do that, and we will continue to do that throughout the country. reporter david said injury has a breakdown of what transpired over 12 hours at the synagogue. we are about a half a mile away from the scene right now is law enforcement is keeping everyone away. they had the streets coming in to the congregation blocked off. it's been that way for several hours now w

dan springer, kicking things off with us, he's live at colleyville, texas. the mood in dallas, fort worth area is joy and relief. as you can see behind me, the fbi is still inside the congregation. beth israel synagogue processing evidence. it was tense for hours after a man with a gun started ranting during the shabbat service as you said right about this time yesterday which was being live streamed. he claimed that he had bombs and he believed he was going to die. he had four hostages including the rabbi. he said he was the brother of convicted terrorist who was in a federal prison about 20 miles away from is synagogue in fort worth. he was demanded the release of that prisoner siddiqui. one of the hostages was released. fbi investigators was were in contact. the other hostages ran from the synagogue and fbi armored vehicle got up to the building, there was a loud boom and brief gunfire. all hostages were safe and unhurt. the hostage taker was dead. >> like many hostage situations, those -- the relationship between the negotiators and the hostage taker kin

authorities say there in colleyville, that's a suburb of dallas-fort worth, are working with federal authorities to respond to a hostage situation at the congregation beth israel synagogue. we have new information in just this hour. three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the situation telling nbc news a man is holding a rabbi and potentially others hostage. we heard some of that before, but he is demanding the release of a woman named aafia siddiqui. that's the new part we're just learning. a federal prisoner, aafia siddiqui is, convicted of attempting to kill u.s. officers in afghanistan. now, the fort worth star telegram reports also that authorities are negotiating with this suspect. we're learning the service was being live streamed on facebook and the recording tong capture muffled audio of what sounds like police and the suspect. this is, of course, before the video was taken down. residents in the immediate area are being evacuated. it's unclear how many people were inside the building at the time the incident started or whether anyone was armed. in the past hour, t

the crisis began when the assailant stormed the congregation beth israel in colleyville on saturday. it was during a small service, and four people were taken hostage. the event was being livestreamed, if you can believe it, as the attack began. people were listening to this for about an hour. here's how one synagogue member described what unfolded. >> my mother called and told me there was a hostage situation going on at our synagogue, which is almost unbelievable. so i dialed into the livestream. i heard the perpetrator speaking. he alternated between english and his native tongue. and very, you know -- just hateful. hateful rhetoric. you know, he hates the jews. he talked about israel and palestine. he blamed the jews, you know, for everything that's going on in the world. >> local and federal law enforcement surrounded the synagogue. one hostage was released but three remained in harm's way. as night fell, officials made the decision, they had to go in. loud bang and gunfire was heard as the final hostages were rescued alive and safe. cnn's ed lavandera was there as all of this u

police in texas say a hostage taker has been killed after a siege at a synagogue in the city of colleyville. four people who were held for ten hours are now free and safe. it happened as a service was being streamed live over the internet. the prime minister of new zealand says a tsunami has inflicted significant damage on the island of tonga. there are no known deaths, but communication with the island is difficult, and mobile networks are down. the headlines: judges in the australian federal court have retired to consider the arguments made by lawyers about the withdrawal of novak djokovic's visa on public health grounds. the number one men's tennis player is facing deportation and a three year ban on obtaining a visa if he loses the appeal. police in texas say a hostage taker has been killed after a siege at a synagogue in the city of colleyville. four people who were held for ten hours are now free and safe. it happened as a service was being streamed live over the internet. the prime minister of new zealand says a tsunami has inflicted significant damage on the island of tonga. there a

we're going to start first with the very latest with ed lavandera who is in colleyville, texas. ed, what more do we know about the suspect and also the motive for taking these hostages? >> reporter: well, right now the law enforcement agents continue to work at the crime scene here at the synagogue which we now have a much clearer vantage point of after this nearly 11-hour hostage situation that unfolded here yesterday afternoon. the four hostages released physically unharmed. we understand that they are spending the day with the family. we heard from the rabbi charlie cytron-walker who says he's been through quite the ordeal. in a facebook post he offered his thanks and appreciation to you will at prayers and vigils for him and the other hostages, also thanked direct lit law enforcement agents and first responders who saved them and he ended his facebook post by saying i'm grateful we made it out. i'm grateful to be alive so quite the ordeal especially when you consider that the first hour or so of this hostage situation was livestreamed so many of the members of this synagogue

this happened at the congregation beth israel in colleyville near fort worth. the hostages held for nearly half a day after an attacker stormed into a small worship service on saturday. late saturday, cnn crews on the scene heard a loud bang and then gunfire. the attacker was killed. all remaining hostages freed. moments later, governor greg abbott tweeting out, prayers have been answered, announcing all hostages were out alive and safe. here's how a police official described what led to the rescue. >> the fbi called out the hostage rescue team, which is an elite hostage rescue force out of quantico, virginia. they immediately when the s.a.c. called, they flew out here. i think they brought 60 or 70 people from washington, d.c. to come and help with this situation. sometime around 9:00 p.m. today, this evening, the hrt, hostage rescue team, breached the synagogue. they rescued the three hostages. and the subject is deceased. >> cnn's ed lavandera was standing about half a kilometer away while the standoff was playing out. he heard that explosion and he filed th

. >> at 11 o'clock this morning, colleyville police were called to congregation beth israel synagogue north of dallas. fort worth holding saturday morning. she bought service inside a lone suspect holding the congregation hostage. his hate filled rant live streamed through the synagogue's facebook he >> it is only bill. >> swat teams of fbi in a crisis negotiator quickly called in for backup area. neighborhoods evacuated out of safety at this time. authorities not revealing how or if the man is armed. he repeatedly warns the congregation he won't make it out so that it's very sad for us as a community. >> the entire jewish community is aware of the situation. i've had many calls from israel herald burns back or is the chairman of secure community network which oversees the physical security of more than 1500 jewish communities and locations across the country, including this one. we were physically trained in this building. august 22nd. >> about 25 people in the building including the rabbi. so they had at least some knowledge and training as to what potentially could happen in this t

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let's go to cnn's ed lavandera who is on the scene for us in colleyville, texas. we were just following it all day yesterday, we were just worried sick about that. but we now have audio from inside that building. ed, what more are we learning? >> reporter: hey, jim. we reported extensively on this yesterday what it was like for congregation members of the beth israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas, to watch the beginnings of this hostage situation unfold on the live stream of the sabbath services. several congregation members told us they were listening to the suspects screaming frantically on there, vacillating emotionally between being apologetic and angry. this is a sampling of what some of those synagogue members were listening to. >> you know, you can make out some of that -- how some of it is incoherent. that reference to his sister is not his biological sister, but it is someone who authorities told us is aafi siddiqui who is a jihadist imprisoned, and he was supposedly there due to get this prisoner free. in this statement, it does offer some new det

mike tobin in chicago and dan springer on the ground in colleyville, texas. dan, let's start with you, good afternoon. >> the fbi released the name of the man who terrorized this synagogue behind me for 11 hours during this ordeal yesterday. he was as you said malik faisal akram, 44, citizen of england who according to president biden just arrived in the u.s. within the last couple of weeks and he bought a gun on the streets, he may have actually spent his first night in the u.s. in a homeless shelter. he used the gun that he bought on the street to disrupt the shabbat service yesterday at the congregation that israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas a suburb of dallas, fort worth, he took four people hostage saying that he had bombs and was demanding the release of convicted terrorist being held in a federal prison just about 20 miles away. that led to a massive police response, some 200 officers, multiple swat team and hostage negotiators at 5:00 p.m. he released one of the hostages and four hours later the other hostages running from the sin going and

earlier, sophie long sent this report on the unfolding events from colleyville in texas. more than ten hours after their ordeal began, this is the moment you can see the three final hostages running for their lives. a successful, but nonetheless terrifying end to the delicate day—long operation. the man who claimed to have a gun and a bomb had disrupted a peaceful morning service being streamed from the congregation beth israel in dallas. you may be able to hear his british accent. indistinct speech. initially, four people were taken hostage, including the rabbi. six hours later, one was released unharmed. for the others, the ordeal would continue until the swat teams stormed the building. they rescued the three hostages and the subject is deceased. people came here, a place of worship, to pray — but once again in america, a moment of peace became a moment of profound pain, as people were trapped, terrified, tried to come to terms with what happened. the now deceased hostage taker was heard ranting about religion and demanding the release of a pakistani neuroscientist

but after traveling to the united states in late december, akram made his way into the colleyville synagogue with a handgun and held the rabbi charlie cytron-walker hostage. jeffrey cohen was one of the four hostages. he detailed the chilling account of the final hour of the hostage standoff. >> at one point he even said that, i'm going to put a bullet in each of you. get down on your knees, at which point i glared at him. i raised up in my seat like i'm doing now. i may have shaked my head like that but i glared at him and went, no. i want to make it clear. we were not released. we were not rescued, okay? we escaped. ♪ >> reporter: the congregation beth israel came together monday night for a healing service as the fbi and homeland security officials sent a letter warning faith-based communities have and will likely continue to be targets of violence by both domestic violent extremists and those inspired by foreign terrorists. >> thank god. thank god. >> reporter: in front of his congregation where hundreds turned out, rabbi charlie cytron-walker thanked the outpouring of support he's rec

sam, what are you hearing from the colleyville community? >> reporter: the community, like the rabbi right now, is in a state of shock. there's still a police presence outside of this congregation. anytime you're talking about a house of worship, places where people are coming to pray, there's a sense of protection that's absolutely punctured. and the people right now are trying to process that emotion. with respect to the interview with the rabbi this morning, a ton of information that was unveiled from his perspective on how this all happened. rabbi charlie describing observing an escalating tension, jose, in that tenth hour of standoffs. he feels like the suspect in this case was not getting what he wanted and that the rabbi had to act, so he says that he waited until akram was in a compromised position or a less-guarded position, ushered the other congregantcongregante the fire door, picked up a chair and threw it at akram without a single shot being fired. for a day plus we've been wondering, how did this all happen? that's a piece of t

a loud explosion was heard at the synagogue in the town of colleyville, followed by rapid gunfire. it marked the end of a stand—off that lasted almost 11 hours. we do believe from our engagement with this subject that he was singularly focused on one issue and it was not specifically related to thejewish community, but we are continuing to work to find motive and we will continue on that path. in terms of the resolution of the incident, the hostage taker is deceased. the governor of texas, greg abbott, tweeted... the police were alerted when the suspect was heard speaking on the live stream of a sabbath service. witnesses say he was ranting, at times apologising and talking about the pakistani neuroscientist aafia siddiqui, who is serving an 86 year prison sentence in texas for shooting at soldiers and fbi agents in afghanistan. aaifia siddiqui's family said the man was not related to the jailed scientist. the authorities say there is no evidence to suggest an ongoing threat, and that an investigation will continue to try to establish the suspect�*s motives. peter bowes, bbc ne

nbc's sam brock is joining me from colleyville, texas near that synagogue. sam, talk about what we know about the suspect and how this all played out, particularly at the end. >> reporter: alex, good afternoon, good to be with you. first, it's a much calmer scene today. over my shoulder you may be able to make out some law enforcement personnel dotting the street behind me. the evidence response team from the fbi is on scene. that is the congregation with the arced top to the building, that's congregation beth israel. the hostage taker, uk officials confirm a british man did die in texas and they are in contact right now with those officials. we also learned right now from the fbi special agent in charge that they have a global reach to their investigation from texas to london and tel aviv. but alex, in terms of who this hostage-taker was, what kind of weaponry or explosive he might have had on his person, specifically what was motivating him, federal officials right now are not delving into that. but senior law enforcement official do tell nbc news this all

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