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Are following Breaking News from south florida. It is devastating really. Its deadly. Theres been a highrise building that has collapsed in the city of surf side. This is just north of miami beach for context there. And what youre looking at here are live aerial pictures from the scene. You see that Swimming Pool on the left . This part of the building that has fallen down stretched all the way alongside that Swimming Pool. So were talking about a very large chunk of this building that fell down overnight. There is a huge pile of debris, 12 stories in this apartment building. Balconies that ha...

Had the rabbi being held hostage call another rabbi in new york and now there are nypd counterterrorism personnel on the ground in texas at the scene of this crime, as it appears. the final piece this hour. the hostage taker is demanding the release of federal inmate siddiqui, who is serving an 86-year sentence for trying to kill americans in afghanistan. she is nick named lady al qaeda, and siddiqui also has ties to the islamic state. no apparent connections at this time, we're hearing, between the hostage taker and siddiqui. back to you. >> thank you. i want to bring in jim cavanaugh, former...

Troublemakers by al sharpton. that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern for another live hour of "politics nation." alicia mendez picks up our coverage now. >> thank you so much. this is "american voices". we continue to track the latest from texas where a hostage situation is under way at a synagogue in the city of colleyville, texas, about 30 minutes northwest of dallas. this hour, nbc news can confirm the fbi and atf are on the scene. a man is holding a rabbi and potentially others hostage. the suspect is demanded the release of a federal...

Negotiations? >> you've been a journalist too long. exactly. well, they're interviewing the female terrorist already, they've already interviewed her at the prison, i'm sure the fbi has been there and interviewed her or they're doing it now. she's unlikely to be of any help, but they'll be doing it. and to give you a peek of how this works, at the scene, as an on-scene commander, colleyville commander, lieutenant or commander, and it generally works like this, he works with a team of three other supervisors, a chief negotiator, chief tactical officer and a chief of intelligence. so those three...

Chesky live on the scene and chief investigative reporter jonathan dean. what is happening on the ground right now? >> reporter: very tense situation playing out as we speak. we are about a quarter mile from congregation beth israel's synagogue where this hostage situation is taking place. that's according to three senior law enforcement officials who say earlier this afternoon they were made aware that a man had entered the synagogue and took the rabbi and a potentially unknown number of others hostage and is asking for the release of a federal prisoner you mentioned. we have seen a large amo...