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synagogue live stream when a man took at least four people hostage. we do not know this hostage taker s name. what we do know is that he has demanded the release of a woman convicted in 2010 of triing to kill americans in afghanistan and a woman of extreme significance to terrorist groups. with that in mind law enforcement officials have stepped up surveillance at security at synagogues and jewish establishments tonight across the country. so that is where we begin this hour. let me bring in my colleague ed lavandera who s on the ground in colleyville. let s begin with the good news tonight, this one hostage, a man who s been released apparently physically unharmed. reporter: that is the news we re hearing from colleyville police this evening as we re approaching almost 9 hours of this hostage situation continuing to unfold here. it was just after 9:00 central time we were told one of it hostages was allowed to leave the synagogue. we were told that person is un unhar ....
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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 ....
we begin with an update on that breaking news from colleyville, texas, where a hostage situation has been unfolding for hours at a synagogue. colleyville police report the hostage-taker is communicating with fbi negotiators. they say no injuries have occurred inside the synagogue. the hostage-taker is demanding the release of terrorist aafia siddiqui, who s serving a life sentence in federal prison in fort worth and has tied to isis and al qaeda. let s bring in nbc news morgan chesky. morgan, what are you seeing on the ground? well, a wide perimeter has been set up around congregation beth israel synagogue in colleyville, that is 30 miles outside dallas, alicia. authorities have been on the scene for hours. we learned from colleyville police this call came in for them to respond at 10:41 local time this morning. that is when they found out that this hostage situation had developed and that a man believed to be armed had entered that building where they were holding s ....
where a hostage situation is still underway. police have confirmed that one of the hostages has been released and will be reunited with his family. we are going to bring you the very latest from the ground in just a minute. plus, how some in the grand ole party have become anti-reality. and you don t have to be a diplomat to get around visa laws any more. or do you? sydney, australia is trying to figure that out. we re going to explain how tennis star novak djokovic is involved. and the supreme court ruled this week the government has no business telling you what to do with your body except, of course, if you live in texas. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. let s start with the very latest on the breaking news out of texas. nbc s morgan chesky is on the ground for us. morgan, we know one of the hostages was released already. have we heard what led to that release? what s the situation looking like at this hour? reporter: yeah, ayman, the colleyville poli ....