the 49-year-old is well-known. known as lady al qaeda. she s serving a sentence after being convicted for attempting to kill u.s. officers in afghanistan. she s being held in texas. joining me now is morgan chesky. morgan? reporter: good morning. the headline coming out of this community today is the four hostages safe and sound. we know they have been reunited with each of their family members after this incredibly tense ordeal that played out for the better part of yesterday not too far from where i m standing. this is still an active scene. authorities are gathering evidence. after the rescue of the hostages, they spoke with each of them for hours trying to learn more about what took place inside that place of worship, starting around 10:41 a.m. that s when the phone call first went out to the local police department saying that there was some sort of situation ongoing.