she dropped the cash all right but who picked it up? that s where everything went wrong? that s where everything went wrong. a kidnapping case about to go way off script. her story did not make sense. what was really going on? i ve been a cup for 11 years and i blush when i listen to the tape. a story with more twists and turns in the florida roads, trying to find this missing mom. this case was not going to turn out like a lot of people assumed. thanks for joining us. i m lester holt. whenever someone is kidnapped it triggers a race against time as police often joined by the victims family begin a frantic search. that s what happened in the story, which begins with a young mom abducted at gunpoint. as you are about to, see her family and veteran investigators spent desperate days trying to find out where she was, they never could ve guest who had her and why. here is josh mankiewicz. this is the sheriff s office. my wife made a phone call to me a mi
all of the hostages, which may include the synagogue s rabbi, we re told, are at this point reported to be uninjured. two law enforcement officials are telling cnn that investigators believe the hostage taker may have been motivated by wishing to free aafia siddiqui, who is in prison in texas. out of abundance of caution tonight, law enforcement agencies across the country have stepped up synagogues and other jewish establishments. let s begin this hour with my colleague, think mon por cue pez. a lot of reporting over the last hour, some good news, that the individuals being held hassage are uninjured and that the fbi is still talking to the hostage taker. right, and that s certainly significant. that at least point seems that the fbi feels that the negotiations are going well and that they can continue to negotiate, because people, of course, naturally, are asking, well, why doesn t the fbi just go in and take this guy into custody, but there seems to be some good communic
on alert this morning. a powerful winter storm is bearing down. more than 80 million people are under winter weather alerts. we ll tell you when and where you can expect to see the effects. sunday, january 16th. we are so grateful to have you. thanks for waking up with us. great to see you as always. you too, boris, after your double duty yesterday. yeah. had to do an extra hour. no problem with that. i know. we start with this dramatic hostage stand offin texas. we re happy to report all four hostages are safe after nearly 11 tense hours at a synagogue near dallas. investigators say that suspect entered the congregation beth israel sin fa going to in colleyville, texas, during its sabbath morning service and took the rabbi and three others hostages. the services were being livestreamed at the time. one hostage was released several hours into the standoff. after hours of negotiations an fbi rescue team breached the synagogue freeing the remaining hostages and the
are being held hostage. two law enforcement officials are telling cnn investigators believe the hostage-taker may have been motivated by a desire to free a woman serving an 86-year sentence at a facility near this synagogue in texas. sedeki was convicted more than a decade ago in 2010 on attempted murder and armed assault on a u.s. officer, multiple u.s. officers in afghanistan. that is the latest developments. the white house is monitoring the situation in colleyville, texas. police there are asking the public to stay away from the area even as law enforcement agencies step up security at synagogues and jewish establishments all across the country. first let s begin with my colleague ed lavandara, you have been reporting on your drive there. you just arrived in the last hour, you can update us, are they making progress? do they know the state of the hostages? reporter: well, from our vantage point here, we re a little more than a quarter mile away from the synagogue. you m
know much about this active situation, the fbi is now assisting, it does appear at this point that this video that we re seeing right now coming into to cnn is outside of a synagogue, in colleyville texas. what do you make of the situation just based on what little we know right now? right, so we re going to be super careful at this stage. it s obviously significant enough, both for us to go on air and then secondly for there to be significant s.w.a.t. teams there. so the most important thing right now is to de-escalate whatever shooting or hostage situation this is. we haven t heard which specifically it is, which is just the surging of massive amounts of resources. and then the second is some kind of a particular type of hostage situation, obviously, it s a synagogue, so we don t have to be, we can put two and two together at this stage so you re going to be very cognizant of potential religious animus to protect the congregants. in this situation, we don t know if what w