from washington, d.c. to come and help with the situation. the hostage rescue team breached the synagogue. they rescued the 3 hostages and the subject is deceased. arthel: michael miller crediting the fbi for safely rescuing the synagogue hostages after nearly 11-hour standoff. chief miller calling the operation a success saying things could have turned out much worse if not for the close cooperation between local, state and federal law enforcement. jack cambridge, police veteran retired of the nypd s longest standing hostage negotiator and team commander. good to have you with us. as we are listening to the chief there, the first of four hostages, they were released was released after almost 6 and a half hours into the standoff and then ten hours and 20 minutes it first started the
claim from al-qaeda being responsible or taking any kind of credit for this attack. of course, as we ve seen in past hostage situations or killing, attacks at fort hoard when nidal hasan ford fort hood, he was in communication with terrorists in the arabian peninsula are. right now the pentagon is not saying anything publicly, and the white house is pushing all comment down to the fbi. closely monitoring the situation. we have recently learned that the dallas police department, this synagogue being in the dallas/fort worth area, has stepped up police presence at all synagogues in the dallas area, so we ll continue to monitor the situation, joey. hey, lucas, lara trump. i just want to piggyback a little bit on what joey was asking is. how about the individual that is actually there in the synagogue? is in any indication that he was on some sort of a watch list or that he was at all being watched by law enforcement prior to today?
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
lady al-qaeda, siddiqui, serving her time in nearby federal prison and she apparently inspired this attack. dan springer, kicking things off with us, he s live at colleyville, texas. the mood in dallas, fort worth area is joy and relief. as you can see behind me, the fbi is still inside the congregation. beth israel synagogue processing evidence. it was tense for hours after a man with a gun started ranting during the shabbat service as you said right about this time yesterday which was being live streamed. he claimed that he had bombs and he believed he was going to die. he had four hostages including the rabbi. he said he was the brother of convicted terrorist who was in a federal prison about 20 miles away from is synagogue in fort
talked about, and this went on for more than an hour. she says they couldn t see individual people, but they could hear the suspect talking. at one time, hysterically screaming, she said, in multiple languages that he hates jews and that he picked this synagogue because it was the closest to the dfw international airport, but then would later dgo on to say that he wasn t a criminal. almost apologetic for the actions he was taking there. so it was that wild swing of emotions and swing of rhetoric that was just really terrifying for many of these congregants to hear. that is truly frightening, ed. i think it goes to why fbi, law enforcement, they ve been handling this so delicately throughout the afternoon. ed, great reporting. thanks for that. that s the latest information from ed lavandera on the scene