the fort worth star-telegram reporting authorities are negotiating with a man who has taken people hostage. we re learning the service was being livestreamed on facebook. the recording is continuing to capture muffled audio of what sounds like talks between police and the suspect. we re hearing from the colleyville police sergeant, darren nelson, that negotiators have, in fact, made contact with somebody inside of the synagogue who they believe is a suspect. we have heard reports of this hostage taker being armed, although those reports have not yet been confirmed. the man could be heard having a one-sided conversation in what appeared to be a phone call during a livestream of the reform jewish synagogue s shabbat service. the live stream cut off around 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time. by the way, this is a congregation that was established in 1999, the beth israel congregation, and again, in colleyville, texas, just a
just the innovation and courage to lead. join me. the fbi and department of homeland security are warning faith communities of potential more violence to come. they say they ll likely continue to be targeted, these faith communities, by domestic and foreign extremists. this disturbing report comes as the jewish community is reeling from a hostage standoff at a synagogue in colleyville, texas, outside dallas. the suspect in that incident, a british national, with extremist islamist views, is now dead. but as cnn s ed lavandera reports, investigators have now turned their attention to the uk to find out more about what the fbi is calling a terrorism-related attack.
realistic. with this latest information that the communications are ongoing, another good thing. it s hard to say be patient if you have a loved one in that building, but for the rest of us, we have to be patient. law enforcement working to try to bring this to a peaceful conclusion. all right, josh campbell, our security correspondent with the latest on this. we re going to take another break. the latest information coming in to cnn, a rabbi believed to be among four hostages at the synagogue in colleyville, texas, where a hostage taker, as josh was saying, is in control of this situation right now. but apparently in communication with the fbi. we ll have the latest in just a few moments after this quick break. t into everything you do, which is a lot. so take care of that heart with lipton. because sippin on unsweetened lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton. stop chuggin . start sippin . at fidelity, your dedicated advisor
ugh. unbelievable. we re still watching that breaking news coming out of colleyville, texas. this at the congregation beth israel. in a lye stream earlier, police now confirming one uninjured hostage was released but there potentially could be more inside. the hostage takers demanding release of a woman in federal prison for attempting to kill u.s. officers in afghanistan in 2010. we ll have more a little bit
we have a very busy show. we want to start with the developing situation outside the dallas-ft. worth area. authorities there are negotiating with a man who has now taken at least one hostage at a synagogue in colleyville, texas. he is demanding the release of a woman convicted of attempted murder in 2010. nbc news s morgan chesky joins us live. bring us up to speed on the latest, what we know about the attacker, the hostage taker, and what s going on inside. yeah. a very fluid situation. in colleyville, we are about a quarter mail away from congregation beth israel synagogue and we have some developments that have happened in the last half-hour or so. the colleyville police have said