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normal. the family was nwas not interviewed. that is a key zudistinction. lie an laundrie has not been named a suspect. this is about criminality, okay? not cancelling someone. there is a burden of proof here. as we re going to show you, the investigation will not be as simple as it may seem. and, yet, the fiance is obviously someone who has to know something about gabby s last whereabouts despite leaving her and returning alone from a summer long road trip. so for now, he is a person of interest. now that designation doesn t allow police to limit someone s movements. which is why he was able to go wherever he wanted. now here is something else. there is a lot of hype surrounding the primed presser. do not expect a lot of new information. en that is not necessarily because the family doesn t know anything. they have been instructed to remain silent in the face of police questioning about petito by their counsel. why? we ll get into that in a second as well. but there is ....
congregation beth israel. one hostage was released. he was physically not injured. they are bringing the standoff to a peaceful end. we are working to confirm the stunning account from a kin going congre gant who says she was watching a live stream of today s sab bothd service when the suspect entered. with me now is ed lavandara, who has been on the ground covering this really since this happened. you have been there and you were there the moment that one of the hostages, a miami, was released. that is at least one piece of good news out of this tragic situation. what more can you tell us? well, it s been three hours since that hostage was able to get out of the synagogue, which sits just about a little more than a quarter of a mile down the road from where we are. and so, we presume hostage negotiators continue doing their work this evening, as you said. we are going into about ten hours that this hostage situation has been unfolding here in the town of colleyville, ....
very good thursday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. we are following breaking news this morning and it s some good news, a second pill to treat covid-19, a pill the food and drug administration announcing they gave merck s antiviral pill the green light just one day after the pfizer pill was given the okay as well. all of this as new studies are showing that the omicron variant may be less likely to send you to the hospital, also less likely to cause severe illness than previous strains of the virus. that s good news. despite that, it is still spreading fast across the country. as expected, omicron has been detected in all 50 u.s. states and accounts for at least 90% of new infections here. it happened very quickly. last night president biden responded to questions as to whether he was prepared enough for this new wave. if you go to the pharmacy, we hear this over and over again, empty shelves, no test kits. is that a failure? no, i don t think it s a failure. i thi ....
dole. president biden is expected to speak in honor of a man he called an american giant. we re going to bring you that memorial service live at the capitol when it begins. and later, the president will meet with his coronavirus response team to discuss the latest developments with the omicron variant promising developments. two new studies out of israel show that booster doses of pfizer s vaccine reduce deaths by some 90%. elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, promising in that the booster reduces the chances of severe cases of this and death. but also that folks who are fully vaccinated at this point also have a good amount of protection. that s right. i think one thing we want to be super clear about is that every expert, including the some of the folks who publish this data have said to me the first booster sorry, first set of vaccinations, that first and second shot that you get a few weeks apart, those are the most important ones. boosters, important. p ....
they were striking at the heart of the suburbs. the guy is dead, and there s a white man just went by. tomorrow i m going to my fourth funeral in four days. people were dying. they were dying right in front of us. we can t be everywhere all the time. this, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. it was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. the hunt for the d.c. snipers, next. it s known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our nation s capital. encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and small-sized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. for area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. we know the awful nature of war. but a very different war was about to erupt. i got a call from my de ....