new york city from a rabbi in texas who is believed to be one of the people being held hostage. we do not know if it is in fact rabbi walker but he is listed as the main and only rabbi of that synagogue. at this moment we know the white house is also monitoring the situation, our produce for producers saying the white house official telling fox they are monitoring the situation there referring all of the questions to the fbi and law enforcement. we are attempting, eric, to get up-to-date information. obviously so are many other media outlets at this time. so information is trickling in. the good news is at the hour there are no reported injuries. we note negotiations are still ongoing. obviously the fbi seems to be leading this hand-in-hand with the colleyville police
and police have been tweeting updates on the situation asking residents to avoid the area. brian joins us live with the latest as the standoff has reached our five. good evening, rabbi reportedly three others held hostage by a man inside the congregation israel and colleyville texas. 17 miles northeast of downtown in fort worth texas a spokeswoman telling the associated press there are no injuries at this time describing this evolving situation. from our understanding, hostage negotiations are still very much ongoing. people arrived around noon today and evacuated the area among multiple agencies including the fbi are on scene assisting. greg abbott tweeting texas department of public safety at the scene of the intense hostage situation and colleyville, texas working with local and federal teams to achieve the best
here. you have the investigation, of who this individual is, and that s very significant. but then obviously getting these hostages released, jim. absolutely. and that s the most important thing and you know this all too well having covered these types of cases for so many years, they are going to go by a playbook here that has one thing in mind and one thing only and that is the safe release of these hostages who are being held right now. shimon prokupecz, thank you so much for that update and keep in mind for the folks who are watching at home, this is changing moment by moment on the scene there. we are getting the latest information that we can confirm at this point. obviously, as things develop, we re going to bring you the latest on all of this, but just to recap, the fbi assisting with a hostage situation at the congregation beth israel in colleyville, texas. police are assuring the public
that s one of the things we talked about in some of the others i ve talked about in the situation, hillary clinton s campaign office we talked about and he heard it look, he has a family there they want to go home. i think that s important. that s a very important consideration to let them know he is connected. hopefully connect with the negotiator i ve said my piece now let s go home danny thank you very much for your expert perspective that i have you back in the top of the hour. will can change that covering, arthel, the man holding worshipers and a rabbi hostage in the colleyville, texas. our reports he doesn t want anyone hurt talked about his
mentioning his sisters and islam. he said a few times he did not want anyone hurt. he hasn t mentioned he has a children. he also said repeatedly he believes he s going to die. right now we know the u.s. ambassador to israel tom has tweeted saying i am closely monitoring reports of the hostage situation at congregation beth israel and texas for the community has gathered for services praying for intermediate. we do not know how when people are held hostage inside we do know there s one main rabbi for the congregation in colleyville, texas this is about 70 miles northeast of texas his name is rabbi charlie walker. he s a full-time rabbi there since 2006. the center got on trent synagogue is been in the community since 1999. the new building built. kds wr affiliate is reporting a call came in to a rabbi in