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December 29th. rabbi charlie cytron-walker said he didnt notice anything suspicion until he heard a click during one of the prayers and turned to see a gun. he spoke to cbs. >> it was terrifying it was overwhelming. >> reporter: stacy silverman was watching the live stream on her computer. >> we heard this man ranting for three hours. >> reporter: a tense 11-hour standoff followed fbi negotiators establishing contact early. akrams only request, the release of a federal prisoner once known as lad...

Silverman, a member of the congregation beth israel. she was today watching the facebook live stream when all of this unfolded. i want you to listen to what she told me. >> my mother called and told me there was a hostage situation going on. i said, oh my god. it was almost unbelievable. so i dialled into the live stream and i heard the perpetrator speaking between english and his native tongue and very you know just hateful. he hates juice. you know for everything going on in the world. hateful...

Entire community tonight. stacy, thank you for calling in. >> thank you so much, poppy. >> of course. cnn, our teams are on the ground there at the scene of this hostage standoff in colleyville, texas, right near fort worth. an armed man holding several people hostage inside a synagogue. well have more details after the break. ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. thats why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-s...

We do not, have not yet, cnn has not yet confirmed or cooperated those comments that he made. obviously, were in the middle of fact checking all of that i appreciate you sharing that with us. i am so sorry. i know this has been your home for 13 years. so were wishing for the best for you and your entire community tonight. stacy, thank you for calling in. >> thank you so much, poppy. >> again, our thanks to stacy for that. the man holding these hostages as we mentioned has let one of them go. he ...

Imagine that this person is getting more emotionally stable as negotiations continue. i am actually losing hope that this person will do the right thing. im not saying people will get hurt. this person is getting more and more likely to release three other persons soon. >> you think more likely they are released or not? >> more likely the feds start to say, we have to take a different tact because this has been going on too long. >> which is what? how do you decide to go in. >> potentially sendi...

Two of his teenager sons were questioned at some point on saturday. theres no indication theyre being considered suspects. akram was in the u.s. legally. rabbi charles cytron-walker said he didnt notice anything suspicious until he heard a click during the prayers and turned to see a gun. stacy silverman was watching the livestream on her computer. a tense 11-hour standoff followed. fbi negotiators establishing contact early. akrams only request, the release of a female prisoner who was formerly...

Congregation, beth israel synagogue. the rabbi is believed to be among those still being held. the fbi is continuing to speak on the phone right now with the hostage taker. there are currently no injuries. the suspect is assumed to be motivated by a desire to free a woman by the name of aafia siddiqui. you see her on your screen. she is a prisoner being held in a prison in texas right now, linked to terrorism, who is currently serving an 86-year sentence. let me bring in on the phone stacy silve...