for the safe return of those he held hostage, officials say those demands sparked an international investigation, nearly 11 hours later the fbi says it authorized a team to go into the synagogue and use deadly force after akram s behavior became increasingly agitated. one hostage said he was terrified. we were constantly looking. we were constantly looking for an opportunity to leave and it was very, very hard to find an opportunity where we all could leave. charles: and the rabbi and other hostages luckily made it out safely. authorities say they are working with international partners to identify any one who was in contact with akram while he was in the colleyville area but at this hour, jacqui, it is not clear if any accomplices are or will face charges in the future, jacqui. jacqui: thank you so much.
suspect, updated statement read during the negotiations with law enforcement the hostage taker, akram, spoke about a terrorist serving an 86-year prison sentence in the u.s. on terrorism charges. this is a terrorism-related matter in which the jewish community was targeted and is being investigated by the joint terrorism task force. a lot of questions, bigger picture over the credibility of the fbi, looking at the messaging that happened here, chris. what questions do you have? yeah, he is a great agent, i served with his dad in the fbi and i would like to think he misspoke in the heat of the moment. may be the d.o.j. and justice department helped him craft that statement. it was clearly not accurate, and i think they very quickly retracted it. but one of my former colleagues made a good point this morning on fox, talked about the old fbi