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New york city from a rabbi in texas who is believed to be one of the people being held hostage. we do not know if it is in fact rabbi walker but he is listed as the main and only rabbi of that synagogue. at this moment we know the white house is also monitoring the situation, our produce for producers saying the white house official telling fox they are monitoring the situation there referring all of the questions to the fbi and law enforcement. we are attempting, eric, to get up-to-date informa...

Department. as soon as we get more information we will let you know. eric: sometimes they can piece together reports the latest we been report he claims to be the brother of a convicted terrorist who is being held on life terms in the nearby air force base. also claims he has bombs located several different locations buried fox news is not confirmed that. but it certainly appears to be more complex situation than just someone trying to blow off some steam. with angry rants hopefully it will end ...

The standoff starting just before noon central time. it happened during the morning services there paid a man we are told could be heard ranting about religion, islam directly centered on live stream of that service. listen to about 8000 people at the time for the suspect thing he did not want to hurt anyone but he did mention a sister and that he has children but local fox affiliate fox for dallas telling us the swat team is there hostage negotiators talking with the suspect as it continues on ...

Years reportedly it is her brother holding these men hostage. he might not be taken alive. we are monitoring the situation. >> hostage negotiator. >> go ahead lucas. >> we also receiving word is rarely a prime minister tweeting i am closely monitoring the situation taking place at the and texas, we pray for the safety of the hostages and the rescuers. >> indeed we do. lucas thank you very much. eric. >> joining us now is former deputy assistant directory of counterterrorism division of the fbi. ...

This is a fairly new synagogue to the area. they moved into this building in 2005. this rabbi is married and has two daughters. from what we understand from k bf w, our affiliate source telling our fox affiliate in dallas-fort worth that a call came into new york city 911 with details from another rabbi located here in new york city who received a call from a rabbi in texas who is believed to be one of the people being held hostage. look we do not have confirmation this is charlie walker but we ...

Al qaeda who authorities said suspected had ties to al qaeda pretty goes into a synagogue ranting and raving about is long his sister theoretically is doing this to try to get his sister sprung from federal prison after she was convicted of trying to kill u.s. soldier, terry is back with this. this added complication maybe he is the brother of this convicted al qaeda terrorists, this woman who is being held for 86 years she received an 86 year terrorism sentence, your thoughts and how do authori...

And establish some kind of a rapport with him. so what is going on is theyre trying to wear him down, should we say. theyre trying to find out if theres some, something alternative to releasing his sister from prison that hes willing to take at this immediate time. youve said it very well, it may be that if hes very close to his brother, the one thats in houston, that they will try to put that person on the phone with this hostage taker. they, theyre trying to find out if theres some alternative...

Or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes it easy to switch and save hundreds. eric: breaking news in colleyville, texas that is where man is right holding worshipers and a rabbi hostage at the synagogue. right near dallas at 30 miles

Would perhaps it definitely be released under these circumstances. but the talking, the back and forth, rant. let him go on and on about what he believes he is therefore. that is going to be very instrumental in bringing this into a peaceful conclusion. that is what they are working towards, eric. eric: would you see potentially at some point covering hostage negotiating in the past. after a while you need a break. its very simple they want a cup of coffee. you try to wear them down, you just wa...

Times sounded angry on that live stream that began this morning for services at the synagogue and abruptly came to an end at about 2:00 p.m. witnesses listen to the live we have seen we heard a muffled sounds its hard to be clear whats being said. clearly its continues to be an ongoing situation there in texas, eric. eric: the hostage negotiating team still on the phone, brian thank you. arthel: are white house producer, pat moore by the way telling us the white house is closely monitoring the s...