news the group had been praying when he heard a click that turned out to be the hostage taker s gun. here he is describing his escape. it didn t look good, it didn t sound good and we were very. we were terrified. and when i saw an opportunity where he wasn t in a good position i made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me, that they were ready to go, the exit wasn t too far away. i told them to go, i threw a chair at the government and i headed for the door and all three of us were able to get out with out even a shot being fired. the service was live streamed and captured the audio of the man demanding the release of a pakistani neuroscientist with suspected links to al-qaeda. he is currently serving an 86 year
i heard a click. and it could have been anything. it turned out that it was his gun. reporter: one hostage was released during the day and an hours-long standoff finally ended after the remaining hostages were able to escape. when i saw an opportunity, where he wasn t in a good position, i asked made sure that the two gentlemen who were still with me, that they were that i were ready to go. the exit wasn t too far away. i told them to go. i threw a chair at the gunman, and i headed for the door. and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired. reporter: an fbi rescue team then rushed the building. the suspect killed in the encounter. nearly 11 hours after he first entered the synagogue. the rabbi detailing how members of his synagogue have undergone courses from the fbi and other organizations to prepare for scenarios like this.
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statement to detail his escape. how this thing ended. i could read it but i think it s best heard from the rabbi himself. watch. the last hour or so of the standoff, he wasn t getting what he wanted. he was getting it didn t look good, it didn t sound good. we were terrified. and when i saw an opportunity, when he wasn t in a good position, i made sure that the two gentlemen that were still with me we re ready to go. the exit wasn t too far away. i told him to go. i threw a chair at the gunman. and i headed for the door. and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot
forceful defense of the withdrawal from afghanistan. the president presenting the choice as one between leaving and escalating and honoring a commitment. he s honoring a commitment made to the american people to the end, to end the 20-year war. joining me now senior political commentator david axelrod and former chief strategist for former president george w. bush matthew dowd is here as well. gentlemen, good evening to you. i m so happy to have both of you here. david, the president s speech was defiant. it probably was the most forceful we have seen him on afghanistan. he was trying to sell the decision to leave while defending how it was carried out. how do you think americans will see this? well, look, first of all, i d be the first thing i d always say is it s hard to judge anything in the moment, you know, and we tend to do that and say this is what is going to happen and this is how people are going to interpret it in the future. i think time will tell. my guess is that the de