we do know that they are within communication of each other. in the meantime, this all took place, alicia, with the services from the synagogue being broadcast on facebook live this morning. you could hear that suspect inside starting to make his demands known before that feed was cut off. this is now involving multiple agencies who are here on the scene. we know that atf, fbi is here as well. colleyville police still the lead agency at this point in time, but the governor has sent state authorities to assist as needed. we heard from jen psaki at the white house saying president biden has been briefed on this ongoing matter. we heard from the prime minister bennett in israel saying he s highly aware of the ongoing situation that is currently playing out as we speak about a quarter mile from where i m standing. so as it stands right now, a very tense situation. we believe hostages are still
just to break into that interview and take you to colleyville in texas. following the release of the four hostages. this being held by the local police. let s listen in. ., , . the local police. let s listen in. today s result which was four safe in. today s result which was four safe hostages - in. today s result which was four safe hostages in - in. today s result which was four safe hostages in the i four safe hostages in the situation resolved was really resolved after a long day of hard work by nearly 200 law enforcement officers from across this region, local officers from across this region. colleyville, obviously the fbi, atf, hsi, and texas dps who you see all over this town today. i would like to highlight a couple of things. we used the north tarrant regional swat team who started the engagement here in the morning. transition to dallas fbi swat team and then ultimately to the swat team holding the perimeter. the fbi
the release of terrorist aafia siddiqui, who s serving a life sentence in federal prison in fort worth and has tied to isis and al qaeda. let s bring in nbc news morgan chesky. and nbc chief investigator officer morgan dean. morgan, what are you seeing on the ground? well, a wide perimeter has been set up around congregation beth israel synagogue in colleyville, that is 30 miles outside dallas, alicia. authorities have been on the scene for hours. we learned from colleyville police this call came in for them to respond at 10:41 local time this morning. that is when they found out that this hostage situation had developed and that a man believed to be armed had entered that building where they were holding services at the time. that s what started this ongoing dialogue that is still happening as we speak. we do know that this man who is believed to have been taken at least a rabbi and three others hostage inside synagogue is in ongoing talks with federal authorities. fbi hostage nego
and then several seconds later hearing that rapid gunfire. i don t want to speculate as to exactly what those sounds were. i ll leave that to other people to do, but clearly it led to the beginning of the end of this hostage situation here at the synagogue in colleyville, texas, which has gone on for nearly 11 hours. and also the hostage-taker had specific demands. he was talking about a desire to free a prisoner convicted back in 2010 of attempted murder and armed assault on u.s. soldiers. tell us about that. reporter: yeah. we ve been hearing from federal law enforcement sources and law enforcement sources throughout the day that this suspect, this hostage-taker was inspired in part because of this jihadist who had been convicted of crimes and being held at a prison here
fbi, texas department of public safety, are assisting a hostage situation, at the congregation beth israel in colleyville, texas. this is according to the colleyville police department spokesperson there, talking to police, talking to reporters about the police situation there. at this point, we re told, julia, no injuries at this time. yes. that is good news. let s hope it stays that way. when you have a situation like this, and there aren t any injuries reported at this point, i suppose authorities there, the s.w.a.t. team there, has some hope that they can resolve this situation entirely without anybody being injured. it may be just somebody who has gone off. right, that is exactly right. so this is why you re seeing multiple, a variety of responses, so the first is of course that you are seeing the perimeter held back. you re also seeing, i think a