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way too early on this martin luther king s day. morning joe starts now. we got some difficult days here, it does not matter to me now because i have been through the mountain tops. i don t mind like anybody i would like to live a long life, longevity has its place. i am not concerned about that now. i want to do god s will and he allowed me to go up to the mountain and i have looked over and i have seen the promise land. i mean i would get there with you. i want you to know the night that we ever, the people will get the the promise land so i am happy and i am not worried about anything. i am not feeling anything, my life have seen the glory of the coming of the law. what an extraordinary extraordinary speech of martin luther king jr. i have been to the mountain top speech, april 1968. it was delivered the day before he was assassinated. i remember seeing that very long time ago in church, not knowing the background of it. the fact is king didn t want to deliver ....
malik faisal akram identified as the hostage taker. mike tobin in chicago and dan springer on the ground in colleyville, texas. dan, let s start with you, good afternoon. the fbi released the name of the man who terrorized this synagogue behind me for 11 hours during this ordeal yesterday. he was as you said malik faisal akram, 44, citizen of england who according to president biden just arrived in the u.s. within the last couple of weeks and he bought a gun on the streets, he may have actually spent his first night in the u.s. in a homeless shelter. he used the gun that he bought on the street to disrupt the shabbat service yesterday at the congregation that israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas a suburb of dallas, fort worth, he took four people hostage saying that he had bombs and was demanding the release of convicted terrorist being held in a federal prison just about 20 miles away. that led to a massive police response, some 200 officers, multiple swat ....
governor roy cooper called on everyone to stay home today, calling it a menace and bringing in help. our forecasters expect significant impacts across our state. i ve also activated 200 national guard soldiers to assist in storm response. the national guard will work in western and central counties to help with transportation. they re equipped with emergency response vehicles that can move through the snow, such as hum-vees and four-wheel-drive ambulances. helping us cover the first big winter storm of 2022, nbc s kathy park in charlotte, north carolina, you look cold, my friend, and meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking the storm from indoors. kathy, we ll get this over with because it looks chilly, talk about what it s like there. reporter: yes, thanks for coming to me first, because it s freezing. snow has now switched to this wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain. a lot of that is now coating the sidewalks and roadways. and the roads are probably not ....
story, what are we learning at this hour? alex, we re learning more right now about the man who was at the center of this entire situation. the fbi dallas field office revealing his identity, malik faisal akram, 44 years old, a british citizen, the fbi saying they re not aware at this point of anyone else who was involved with the situation. the joint terrorism task force is continuing to follow up according to the fbi on all possible leads. that s what we know about the person at the center of this. president biden weighing in today and here is where it gets confusing, alex. think about how meticulous and careful the fbi has been with every single detail of what has unfolded and where they stand with the investigation, not wanting to jeopardize anything. president biden just moments ago describing what he said was what he believes are some of the facts at this point that akram had landed potentially from britain, not clear when in the united states, had acquired a we ....
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening just a minute past 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific. we have more breaking news related to that hostage standoff at a synagogue in texas. the fbi has released the identity. president biden is giving some new details after talking with attorney general merrick garland. and we are also hearing from the suspect s family. let s go to msnbc s sam brock. i think it was his brother that spoke, sam? reporter: that s correct, alex. the suspect s owner brother expressing heartache and also suggesting that mental health issues may have played a role here. now, there s been a lot of developments over the course of the afternoon, alex, including, as you said, the revealing of the identity of the suspect. that came from the fbi s dallas office here just within the last couple of hours. his name is malik faisal akram, 44 years old, a b ....