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the fort worth star-telegram reporting authorities are negotiating with a man who has taken people hostage. we re learning the service was being livestreamed on facebook. the recording is continuing to capture muffled audio of what sounds like talks between police and the suspect. we re hearing from the colleyville police sergeant, darren nelson, that negotiators have, in fact, made contact with somebody inside of the synagogue who they believe is a suspect. we have heard reports of this hostage taker being armed, although those reports have not yet been confirmed. the man could be heard having a one-sided conversation in what appeared to be a phone call during a livestream of the reform jewish synagogue s shabbat service. the live stream cut off around 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time. by the way, this is a congregation that was established in 1999, the beth israel congregation, and again, in colleyville, texas, just a suburb of dallas-fort worth. i spoke to a local r ....
their own forces to justify an invasion of ukraine. one senior official saying the drum beat of roar is sounding louder. i m halle jackson in washington with you on the friday afternoon with pa lot going on. i want to start with morgan chesky who is outside the courthouse in texas. we have pete williams, our justice correspondent and paul butler. so morgan, talk to us about what we re expecting when stuart rhodes faces the judge in a half hour. if you are outside the courthouse, our extremely talented tv producer will be inside the courtroom to give us updates on what s going on. reporter: yeah, that s exactly right. this meeting before the young is set to take place at 2:30 local time. we cannot tell you definitively is he is in the building. we seen security increase somewhat in an hour or so. this is the first time he will face a judge that could bring potential prison time up to 20 years. this after he was taken into custody yesterday in little elm, texas. that is ....
arlington, virginia just outside of d.c. a few miles from the capitol. the doj is talking about those qrf teams in this from the indictment, i ll read it for you, while certain oathkeeper members and affiliates inside of washington, d.c. breached the capitol grounds and building, others remained stationed just outside of the city in qrf teams. the qrf teams were prepared to rapidly transport firearms and other weapons into washington, d.c. in support of operations aimed at using force to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. the dojjen kats here this plot continues. stewart rhodes who was arrested today allegedly bought almost $18,000 in weapons and ammunition leading up to january 20th. jake, he was calling for members of the oath keepers to form militias to stop and commit violence against the biden administration. ryan these right wing groups are also an important part of the investigation by the select committee investigating the january 6 attack. tell u ....
they don t understand, or are not focused on inflation. malarkey. malarkey? promises about inflation didn t age well. promises rocketing to the highest level in 48 years increasing to a whopping 7%. but joe claims it s a process and a food and gas prices and the cost of living is a global problem. it s not just that it s costing a lot more, it s whether or not you can find what you re looking for. they are self s problem is not going way a shoppers compare with going onto the soviet union. spike that, transportation secretary pete buttigieg is doing supply chain crisis victory lap. one of the reasons why christmas was not in fact cancel is that ports like l.a. and long beach moved record levels of goods allowing an all-time record high in terms of retail sales at this holiday season. considering the pressures that this country in this community, these community to have been under complacent extremity achievement. greg: he saved christmas. congratulations to judge ....
sweeping change on election rules. not all voting rights advocates welcome the presidential visit. some dismissing it as a photo op. they say they want action, not speeches. we have one here live in a second. it s all happening as on capitol hill we have just heard from senate majority leader chuck schumer who said he s ready to take action as soon as tomorrow to change that senate rule that requires 60 votes to move legislation forward. i m hallie jackson in washington along with our nbc news team. we have a busy one for you this afternoon. mike memoli is posted up in atlanta with the president. sahil kapur is on capitol hill, and we re joined by tia mitchell for the atlanta journal constitution. mike, let me start with you. a lot of optics here. president biden had a full day, a full afternoon meeting with the king family, visiting, as we expect, ebenezer church. to satisfy voting rights advocates, this has to be more about more than optics. that s the message his ....