we re about connection. and all of a sudden, we re being targeted by virtue of who we are, our very identities, and what we stand for. i very much pray that this is not the case right now. but the community that is currently under threat was one filled with love and that lived out many of the best attributes of jewish life. as i understand it, they were a growing community, they had hired a beloved rabbi, they were joining together for worship but they were also a community that walked the walk of faith, and caring for neighbors, and doing justice, and doing what is righteous for the world. and so when the best of our people is attacked in this way, all of us feel wounded right now. none of us feel safe right now. all of us hope that more can be done. and i am optimistic that public leaders will rise to the occasion, and will stand against hate, if indeed this is an act
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
pictures now from colleyville, texas, where police, fbi, are trying to work through a hostage situation at the congregation beth israel there in colleyville, texas, synagogue there in colleyville, texas. according to local police, right now, the fbi is in communication with the person who is believed to be holding folks hostage inside that synagogue. and josh campbell, you were just saying a few moments ago that if you re looking for any good news, in any of this, it s the fact that they re in communication with this person right now. i guess the other obvious piece of good news here is that we re being told no injuries at this point, and so there is a glimmer of hope here that perhaps law enforcement can resolve this peacefully, and what are some of the things that they might be saying right now? might they be looking at already, looking at social media posts, if they know who this person is at this point? and so on? yeah, well, there are a
search and recovery teams are on the ground do you think the weather is poised to help them out and help the families who are recovering belongings and pets and all kinds of things from their homes whatever is left of them? as we speak there is not a whole lot of moisture but what we do know the winds really drove the fires up to 100 miles per hour currently the wing conditions are very low there is more humidity in the atmosphere all of these things suppress wildfires. it was a unique situation with a massive fire to breakout and despite the fact it is clear out there right now the weather conditions aren t what they were and it doesn t look as low they will be adding to the risk anytime in the near future. gillian: let s hope that holds, happy new year end thank you so much. one of the best parts of the holiday season is welcoming family members. coming up will learn about an organization that welcomes heroes back home with their
de-escalation of the law enforcement going in, and the reason why you want to do that is it looks like they can de-escalate the situation. if that s true, they re either in contact with the hostage taker, or he s known, so there is only two option, someone has come in who is a stranger, or known, and the police are at least at this stage not calling an active shooter, right now protocols for active shooter are you go in fast, this is the post-columbine world, whether it s a reconciliation use facility, or it s a school, you go in fast. due wait. there s no benefit to waiting anymore with active shooter cases. so the fact that they are specifically calling it a hostage situation is at least an inkling of good news right now, right? and none of this is good, in the world you and i live in, but this is an inkling of good news, which is they might be in contact with the person, or feel that they can de-escalate before there is any physical harm. yeah, let s hope that that is the case, ju