prime minister-and-a-half tally bennett, quote: i am closely monitoring the hostage situation taking place at beth israel in colleyville, texas. we pray for the safety of the hostages and rescuers. president biden is right now attending mass here in wilmington. we ll let you know when the service ends if he speaks to the press. jackie, guysesome. let me is can you this, because the hostage taker, from what we understand, claims to be the brother of this convicted terrorist. we re not necessarily sure, but one of the theories that s been posited over the last couple of hours is that potentially the situation that s unfolding is that he wants to see his sister or see her elited. her released. and some of the experts that we ve had on the air have essentially said that s a nonstarter. hostage negotiators are not going to give in to those kinds of demands. so i m just wondering as we watch go on into, essentially, the fifth hour now, you know, how do you think the white house
avaya saw dickey by those in pakistan and elsewhere world wild, even a protest here last fall in new york calling on her release. this could be a blood relation, it could be just anybody who is demanding for this person for this terrorist who is known as lady al-qaeda to be released. from what we now understand also, we are getting tweets from all over, the u.s. ambassador to israel, tom leads, is tweeting i am closely monitoring to having the hostage situation in texas where the community has gathered, playing if praying for an immediate and safe end. the prime minister of israel tweeted: i am closely monitoring the hostage situation taking place in congregation beth israel in colleyville, texas. we pray for the safety of the hostages and rescuers. our affiliate, kdfw, is reporting a 911 call was made to a rabbi in new york city from a rabbi in texas who is believed to be one of the people being
situation. he will continue to receive updates from his senior team as the situation develops. senior members of the national security team are in touch with federal law enforcement leadership. we are hearing from other senior members from the administration, the u.s. ambassador to israel saying i m closely monitoring reports of the hostage situation in texas, the communities gather for services, immediate and safe and. we are hearing from world leaders as well including israeli prime minister bennet saying i m closely monitoring the hostage situation taking place in congregation in texas, we pray for the safety of the hostages and rescuers. president biden left his church services, he s back at his residence, we will let you know if there s any breaking details. back to you. jon: lucas tomlinson, traveling
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as a case. they re not doing it because they don t care. thank you. thank you, sir. there s a hostage situation taking place at the nation s largest veterans home. police have locked down the facility. they re attempting to negotiate at this hour with the attacker. so far we don t know anything about the motive or the identity of the suspect. obviously, we ll follow this story as it continues to evolve and bring you details. president trump heading to unexpected summit with the leader of north korea. make that the dear leader. many in the press are racketing with consternation. hmm, does this deserve more credit than it s getting? the people criticizing it the same geniuses who made mistakes and never admitted it? interesting question. we ll get to it after we come back.