over. four who is tamings that were taken in that synagogue earlier this morning are safe and hostage taker is dead joining us once again is danny fbi hostage rescue team commander, danny haven t talked to you since that news conference. what do you have to say and what are your responses to what you heard? well, i m not surprised the way it has came down. everybody was euphoric when one hostage was released but that doesn t necessarily mean it will end with all being released clearly commanders there based on negotiators drm determine there was risk to hostage and most important they think is live of the hostages and they took action to neutralize subject and worked out the way it is supposed to. ashley: so during that news conference, it was a special agent in charge in dallas, it was the second gentlemen that spoke.
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 which is probably a combination of local police and
or outside the country. danny said earlier mentioned fact that nsa, cia might identify this person that makes me crazy. that s true why get a heads up prior to the distinct happening so i m not sure that s actually going to pan out unless they couldn t identify the sipght of the messages that s gong to certainly be you know, an avenue of investigation. so i think we ll know probable sooner rather than later whether this investigation broadened to being more conservatory in nature and more troublely if it turns out it was directed you know from outside the country. but my assessment is less likely because if you were going to do that, you would probably have multiple individuals, i mean, you know to be a little more graphic and a lot more violent on the scene if that was the case. so you know, still if you go
was heard and what we were told were flash bang and reporter saying they have to hit the ground is that what transpired that hostage taker was killed? i have no doubt. you know, danny describe it exactly way they do it prior to making entry deploy distraction device they re loud, bright that gives a couple of seconds advantage to the entry team. and you know, even if you have a gun within reach or in your hand, you would literally be frozen you know for one, two we three seconds before you can bring that weapon up, and that s what they did and use those devices. ashley: really quickly anyone who is just now joining us we are covering breaking news of colleyville, texas, hostage standoff in a synagogue is now over. hostage taker is dead. the four hostages that were taken they are safe no one was hurt and we are waiting for news conference right now we have david katz former federal agent