ever meet. and the fbi reveals new information about the suspected hostage taker. in the meantime, tough weeks ahead in the battle against omicron as post holiday cases spike. this is a very difficult time during this surge. we re seeing high case numbers and hospitalization rates. the good news is there are parts of the country where we re starting to see a plateau and in some cases, an early decline in cases. good evening. i m poppy harlow. we begin with severe weather, snow, freezing rain, tornados in the southwest and in florida particularly a massive storm has more than 80 million people under winter alerts. the storm will march to new england after battering the south across the southeast. 180,000 homes and businesses without power after the weight of freezing rain and high winds brought down big trees as you see and across the country, air traffic is snarled on this day before the martin luther king junior holiday. nearly 3,000 flights have been cancelled. foll
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 unharmed, d
on a prominent boulevard here in colleyville that s easy to see. you have to go looking for it and know it s there. what kind of calculations went into all of that for the suspect to find this particular synagogue and why? we don t know at this point. i don t know if hostage negotiators if that s the kind of details or information they have been able to garner in their conversation with the suspect throughout the day. all right, stick around as we continue to unpack what has unfolded, ed lavandera, thank you so much. this is cnn s breaking news. just past the top of the hour, welcome everyone, i am michael holmes. breaking news out of texas where all remaining hostages held at that fort worth area synagogue is now free. there was a loud bang out, ed lavandera heard it and gunfire that was heard there in colleyville in texas. just under an hour ago now. then minutes later the texas governor greg abbott tweeted out that the hostages were alive and they were safe. that host
breaking news out of texas where all hostages have been rescued after a standoff at a texas synagogue. this happened at the congregation beth israel in colleyville near fort worth. the hostages held for nearly half a day after an attacker stormed into a small worship service on saturday. late saturday, cnn crews on the scene heard a loud bang and then gunfire. the attacker was killed. all remaining hostages freed. moments later, governor greg abbott tweeting out, prayers have been answered, announcing all hostages were out alive and safe. here s how a police official described what led to the rescue. the fbi called out the hostage rescue team, which is an elite hostage rescue force out of quantico, virginia. they immediately when the s.a.c. called, they flew out here. i think they brought 60 or 70 people from washington, d.c. to come and help with this situation. sometime around 9:00 p.m. today, this evening, the hrt, hostage rescue team, breached the synagogue. they rescue
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, texas