prime minister-and-a-half tally bennett, quote: i am closely monitoring the hostage situation taking place at beth israel in colleyville, texas. we pray for the safety of the hostages and rescuers. president biden is right now attending mass here in wilmington. we ll let you know when the service ends if he speaks to the press. jackie, guysesome. let me is can you this, because the hostage taker, from what we understand, claims to be the brother of this convicted terrorist. we re not necessarily sure, but one of the theories that s been posited over the last couple of hours is that potentially the situation that s unfolding is that he wants to see his sister or see her elited. her released. and some of the experts that we ve had on the air have essentially said that s a nonstarter. hostage negotiators are not going to give in to those kinds of demands. so i m just wondering as we watch go on into, essentially, the fifth hour now, you know, how do you think the white house
release. eric: we will have more on care support to try to get the lady al-qaeda out of prison in just a second, dan, in colleyville. arthel. arthel: a pakistani neuroscientist serving an 86-year prison sentence in fort worth for shooting at u.s. troops in afghanistan back in 2008. mike tobin, live now with more details. mike. mike: arthel, aafia siddiqui once dubbed as the most dangerous woman in the world. she s divorced, she s educated, in fact, educated in the u.s. and well educated at that. she earned her undergrad at mit and ph.d in neuroscience at brandeis university and after attacks of 911 she took her kids
yesterday in your home state of texas, where a gunman, an anti-semite apparently held four jews hostage as a synagogue in colleyville, texas. the fbi has not released the name of the suspect. he demanded the u.s. free aafia siddiqui, convicted of attacking american troops, in jail not far from ft. worth. that s a frequent call of islamists the freeing of this woman. have you seen any evidence that what happened at the synagogue in texas was part of any sort of larger international plot? well, you know, the hostage-taker first of all, this is a disturbing case that demonstrates anti-semitism is unfortunately alive and well. siddiqui, the lady al qaeda they call her, is being detained in a
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are being held hostage. texas governor greg abbott tweeted moments ago the texas department of public safety is on the scene at the tense hostage situation in colleyville, texas, adding that he is monitoring the situation. joining us mow, michael masters, he s the national director and ceo of the secure community network. michael, thanks for joining us. real quick, can you just tell us what your organization does. sure. the secure community network serves the official safety and security organization for the jewish community across north america. so we work with jewish communities across the country to include having worked with the synagogue in colleyville on their safety and security. we serve as the official liaison with the fbi and department of homeland security as well and coordinate with law enforcement around the country too. so in the situation in texas, do you have have you guys had any communication with anyone inside the synagogue there in colleyville? i don t know ex