going down south into florida for so many reasons. lara: everybody wants to come to florida i will welcome all of you to do it in person sometime. great to see you that will do it for us, the fox report with jon scott start right now. . jon: massive winter storms slamming the southeast and mid-atlantic impacting millions of americans across the region. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report . the storm system bringing snow, ice and freezing rain to several states as it moves up the eastern seaboard, team coverage on that coming up in just a few minutes. first the fbi identifies the suspect from yesterday s hostage
to put a fine point on it, i know the government has talked of sacrifice. for those of us with australian friends and relatives we know they have sacrificed a lot. thanks so much. we are a very hospitable people and we want to see you in australia. please come but get the jab first. thank you, peter. we are tracking another major story this hour. a hostage standoff at a texas synagogue is over. the assailant stormed the congregation at beth israel. it was a small service and four people taken hostage. local people surrounded the synagogue chblts as night fell an elite fbi team moved in. the police chief described what happened. last listen. the fbi called out an elite rescue force out of quantico,
ashley: what we just a heard was investigators and first responders in colleyville, texas in regard to the hostage standoff that is now over. whohostage taker is dead and for hostages that were taken were not hurt. they wouldn t say much about the individual the hostage taker himself as that will come out in, you know, coming days with this investigation as it unfolds. but four people were rescued and unharmed hostage taker did not harm them. specific demanding also wasn t directed toward the jewish community. which that was a big question that people have had throughout the day. amid this synagogue do we still have david katz live with us? still here. ashley: david i want your initial reaction to everything that came out of that news conference. well this is you know, i m really pleased that i now have this information
hour, pushing water inland. we could see severe coastal flooding in parts of new england, new jersey, long island. we ll continue to watch it for you. like you were doing all day yesterday as it was gearing up. thank you so much, michelle. breaking news from texas where we re learning a bit more about the suspect who was killed in a hostage standoff in a synagogue last night. that ten-hour standoff ended when an fbi team breached the synagogue and freed the hostages. 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,
we are praying for everyone and hoping the outcome in this situation will be a positive outcome, it seems to be a good response, conversations are ongoing but we will bring more details when we have that. that doesn t for us, we ll see you back here tomorrow 5:00 p.m. eastern for the big sunday shelf. fox report with jon scott starts right now. jon: hostage standoff continues right now at a synagogue in texas. good evening, i am jon scott and this is the fox report. jon: the situation still unfolding near fort worth. police say a man took multiple hostages during saturday s services at the israel synagogue. standoff began shortly before noon central time, 1:00 p.m. eastern. the synagogue was live streaming services on facebook earlier this afternoon. s.w.a.t. teams are on the scene