all four hostages were freed unharmed after a ten hour stand off between the assailant and police. this evening, the us president, joe biden, has called the siege an act of terror . let s hear what he had to say. i spoke this morning with the attorney general to get a rundown and he said there was overwhelming cooperation with local authorities and fbi, and they did one helluva job. this was an act of terror. it was an act of terror. not only was it related to someone who had been arrested, i might add, 15 years ago and been injailforten years, the ideas were something new. they did just a great job. i also told them we wanted to make sure we got the word out to synagogues and places of worship that we are not going to tolerate this. we have this capacity to deal with assaults on particularly the anti semitism that has grown up
any anyany given issue. there will be a formal press conference at the white house, but as you say, all eyes will be on what they can do on voting rights if these two bills fail as unfortunately for democrats it looks to be the case. the biden administration hits the mark on thursday. we ll have complete coverage all week on way too early. thank you so much. president biden is calling the hostage situation in a synagogue in the dallas area over the weekend an act of terror. the fbi yesterday identified the man who held the rabbi and several others hostage for ten hours before he was killed in a s.w.a.t. team raid. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky has more. reporter: the fbi combing the scene near congregation becht israel synagogue where authorities say a gunman held four people hostage for 12 hours before his death t president making his stance clear. this was an an act of terror.
enforcement officials, he was 44 and arrived in the us about two weeks ago. his family said they were devastated, didn t condone any of his actions and apologised to those involved. all four hostages were freed unharmed after a ten hour stand off between the assailant and police. here, counter terror policing north west has confirmed that it s helping the us authorities with the investigation. the us presidentjoe biden has called the siege an act of terror . let s hear what he had to say. i spoke this morning with the attorney general to get a rundown. he said there was overwhelming cooperation with the local authorities and fbi, and they did one hell of a job. this was an act of terror. this was an act of terror, and not only was it related to someone who had been arrested, i might add, 15 years ago and been injailfor ten years,
the show he called it an act of terror. we interviewed a top official with an organization around the country helping hundreds of communities of favorite to try to restrict access. that top adviser putt what happened here into the framework of what we have seen at synagogues for years now. our community has been targeted. yesterday was another example of that, why the jewish community needs to be prepared. we are targeted. we are in the position that anti-semitism is on the rise epa as that trajectory goes up we need to increase the
this was an act of terror. reporter: the suspect had been identified and police say he entered the synagogue and took four hostages, his voice heard on livestream on the sabbath service. his demands, the release of a federal prisoner some 20 miles away, aafia siddiqui accused of murdering. the fbi said the negotiators made contact and several hours in he released one hostage unharmed. another still trapped inside said the gunman became more belligerent and threatening as the hours went by. his brother alleging the remaining hoss tax were released by a fire door, not rescued.