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reveal, i don t think they have a good idea yet, of what they re dealing with. but given where this is happening, on a saturday, during the sabbath services, obviously very significant, and obviously very significant, because this is a synagogue, so there s a lot here that the fbi would be looking into, and certainly a lot for authorities there, the police, and for the fbi to be involved, so early, it tells you the significance of this, jim. absolutely, and the longer that this drags out, i guess that s more of an indication that the hostage taker is not hearing what he wants to hear, over the phone, in order to resolve this peacefully, which of course just ratchets up the level of anxiety about all of this. i want to bring in rabbi joshua stanton, a senior fellow for the national jewish center for learning and leadership to give us an idea of what would be going on at a congregation at the sabbath services on a saturday. rabbi, great to see you, of course you know this is
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington and we are following breaking news at the top of this hour. a hostage situation is unfolding right now on the sabbath at a texas synagogue. the fbi and texas department of public safety are conducting s.w.a.t. operations in colleyville texas at the congregation of beth israel there in colleyville, texas. police are evacuating the residents from the media. the white house is monitoring the situation. let s bring in shimon prokupecz, julia, josh campbell and rabbi joshua stanton, senior fellow at the national jewish center for learning and leadership who was so kind to stay with us. shimon, i understand you have new information. so, we believe, jim, according to authorities there, there are four hostages inside the synagogue that this man has taken hostage.