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 service
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. and nbc chief investigator officer morgan dean. 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 services at the time. that s what started this ongoing dialogue that is still happening as we speak. we do know that this man who is believed to have been taken at least a rabbi and three others hostage inside synagogue is in ongoing talks with federal authorities. fbi ho
in prison. travis mcmichael, his father gregory, and their neighbor roddy bryan, were convicted of felony murder. they had chased mr arbery while he was jogging, before he was shot to death. their defence had claimed they feared he was planning to commit a crime. the mcmichaels will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole. roddy bryan will serve life but does have the possibility of parole. here s georgia superior court judge timothy walmsley outlining some of the evidence from the trial. there s a frame where i believe ahmaud arbery, it looks to be if he s 20 yards out, that may be close 30 yards out. it s the frame of travis mcmichael lifting the shotgun to fire at ahmaud arbery. and you watch that with context and when i say context , after hearing the evidence in this case and thinking about a young man that had been running at that point for almost five minutes and it is a chilling, truly disturbing scene. that was the georgia superior courtjudge gi
president biden is urging americans not to overreact. and in particular pleading with the unvaccinated to go get their shots now to protect themselves and their families. president has also doubled the government s order of pfizer s antiviral pill, which reduces hospitalizations and severe illness for those infected. the cdc is attempting today to clarify new guidance after receiving criticism for cutting the recommended isolation time after a positive covid test, from ten days to five days. we ll have more on that in a moment, so you can have all your questions answered. the other story, of course, we re following this morning, tomorrow marks one year since trump supporters rushed the capitol, violently disrupting the peaceful transfer of power, following the 2020 election. lawmakers investigating the riot are encouraging former vice president mike pence to cooperate while revealing how top fox news personality sean hannity was sounding the alarm behind the scenes while push
president in wilmington, delaware. good evening, rich. richard: good evening, bret. following that call senior administration officials say they are now watching the russian ukrainian border to see what russia does from here. just heard from white house press secretary jen psaki on this 50-minute call. she says, quote: president biden urged russia to deescalate tensions with ukraine. he made clear that the united states and its allies and partner also respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. that decisive response, according to senior administration has been sanctioned and bolstering nato and ukrainian forces. in 2014, russia invaded and annexed part of u.k. did the same to neighboring georgia in 2008. ahead of this call it was unclear why the kremlin requested this conversation between the two presidents. still unclear. one former u.s. ambassador to russia says moscow asking for a call pretty unusual. i think it s a good sign. president putin rarely asks for