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. we start with our nation s anthem. start with the fox news alert. breaking overnight, a man who held a handful of people hostage at a texas synagogue is dead. thes who tanks thankfully are safe and free. mike tobin following the developments. good morning. reporter: good morning. of a tense 11 hours standoff at the congregation beth israel in sin gone in texas the only casualty the apparent hostage-taker. 9:15 p.m. a hostage rescue team breached the building. officials are holding back some of the details saying the hostage-taker was killed by gunfire, not making public if he was killed by himself or the tactical team. the threat of having weapons is not known if it was real. four hostages freed early in the evening. the others freed by the tactical team. the four people rescued are not in need of medical attention. with fbi agents with their family unharmed. he did not harm them in any way. reporter: still unidentified, the man claimed to be a brother of aafia s ....
office because of the crime policy. plus shocking new evidence with anti-police protest with the rise in crime. lara: jackie. jackie: i just got word that woke software is not policing your writing. lara: first of fox news alert, new details about the hostage standoff at the synagogue in texas the terrorist who held a rabbi and three others hostage is identified as a british citizen named malika, he was shot dead after letting those he held hostage go, late last night the fbi says the standoff was not an attack on the jewish community even though it happened at a synagogue. we believe from our engagement with the suspect he was focused on one issue and not specifically related to the jewish community but we will work to find a motive and we will continue on that path. lara: during the standoff the terrorist called himself a brother of lady al-qaeda a convicted terrorist who is serving an 86 year prison sentence for trying to kill the u.s. military officers. today pres ....
voluntarily and turn over information. and we re awaiting a possible decision by the australian government on the fate of the tennis star novak djokovic. will he be able to stay in the country after he admitted to violating covid protocols. there is growing pressure for an answer as player match-ups before the australian open will be drawn just a few hours from now. we want to welcome our viewers hire in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the changing tone among u.s. health officials and covid experts. they re sounding more and more resigned to the idea that almost every american will be exposed to or infected with the omicron variant. cnn s nick watt has our report. omicron, when it is extraordinarily unprecedented degree of efficiency of transmissibility will ultimately find everybody. it is finding an infecting nearly three quarters of a million americans on average every day. we preparing ....
over safety concerns. another twist in the novak djokovic saga as he admits he didn t immediately isolate after testing positive for coronavirus. he s also blamed his agent for mistakes on his travel declaration form for entry to australia. mistakes on his travel declaration good mistakes on his travel declaration morning. we hai split good morning. we have a north south split in the weather today. in the south, frost and fog, but as that lifts we will see sunshine. in the north, more cloud, spots of rain and in the far north west, pretty windy. all the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 12th january. the prime minister is under intense pressure to explain why a bring your own booze party took place in the downing street garden on may 20th, 2020 at the height of the first lockdown in england. borisjohnson will face the house of commons later for the first time since the email inviting more than 100 staff was leaked. both conservative and opposition mp ....
his family hold a press conference. translation: | went to thank. everyone in the world who stood up and supported him. that s the energy that helped him to fight. the last seven years have been the hottest the world has ever seen according to new climate data and a four day uk bank holiday, street parties and a competition to invent a new pudding celebrations to mark the queen s 70 year reign are announced. the housing secretary, michael gove, has told mps he s prepared to use legislation to force builders to pay to remove unsafe cladding from mr gove said it had taken the tragedy of the grenfell tower fire injune 2017, in which 72 people died, to put building safety properly on the agenda. speaking in the commons, he added that developers should pick up a four billion pound bill forfixing problems, not residents. firms have until march to agree a plan to protect leaseholders trapped in unsellable homes . mr gove warned that those who profited from unsafe building ....