fbi investigators was were in contact. the other hostages ran from the synagogue and fbi armored vehicle got up to the building, there was a loud boom and brief gunfire. all hostages were safe and unhurt. the hostage taker was dead. >> like many hostage situations, those -- the relationship between the negotiators and the hostage taker kind of had flowed and got intense but these negotiators i'm telling you, i'm so proud of them, unbelievable work. >> president biden released a statement saying in part let me be clear to anyone who attends to spread hate, we will stand against anti-semitism and against the rise of extremism in this country. israeli prime minister netalib bennett put a tweet, i want to thank the law enforcement agencies for their swift reand craigous action that brought the hostages home safely to their loved ones and he also condemned anti-semitism. the fbi knows the identity of the man who took the hostages but they are not releasing it. they are still doing follow-up investigation trying to find out exac

when did you feel like you had to reach out to the fbi? >> it was kind of like, okay, i'm doing this, like i have to do this. if something is to really happen, i don't want this on my shoulders as the only one who sees what he's doing right now. >> reporter: according to court documents, when he returned from washington, he started making threats to his children. >> if anyone turns me in, what happens to traitors, traitors get shot. that spooked me and my sister. >> reporter: were you ever afraid that your dad was going to harm you or jackson? >> no, i was never afraid of that. it's bizarre to me to hear that. because he has said so many ridiculous things. >> i have 21 years of telling guy you can't say stuff like that. >> i definitely sent the tip-in. >> reporter: jackson became an fbi informant, handing over recordings he taped of his father. days later, he was arrested with his family watching. the family says it has been an emotional rollercoaster. >> he definitely kept it together. but there's those moments, oh, yeah. actually, i work

the fbi has evolved. to a certain extent but unfortunately one of the things that made me realize that when i was writing this book that i was on the right path was i saw in the new york times where there were 15 or 16 women who had filed a lawsuit. this was in 2019 had filed a lawsuit against the fbi because their firearms instructors at quantico were trying to sabotage their training. 2019 so i thought to myself has it changed really i mean has it. yes, there are more women in leadership positions, but i think that there's in the fbi. it's it's still inherently male-dominated. and you know, i think that unfortunately a lot of the negative media that the fbi is getting is warranted, especially when it comes to those young women those young gymnasts who went to the fbi to talk about their sexual assault and they were ignored. i personally think and this is just my opinion. it's not the opinion of the fbi. they were ignored because they were young women. so what i do now, i have gotten so many emails from

to the fbi. so, the fbi here obviously very concerned. authorities all across the country very concerned with this possible link to terrorism, so, that's why we're seeing all the stepped up security. but this certainly for the fbi takes this investigation in a different direction, because they're trying to figure out exactly what his connection is to this woman, to siddiqui. that's going to be something that needs to be figured out and they don't know. but it certainly escalates this, because now you have this link to terrorism here. we don't know how he got to the synagogue, we don't know how he got inside, so, there's still a lot of questions and i think it's really interesting that from everything we can tell, poppy, both evan perez and i, doesn't seem like the fbi has identified him yet and they're still trying to -- >> that's interesting. >> does not seem. i've been asking, evan's been asking, so, we still seem to think -- there's still some believe that they're having a hard time identifyin

for the fbi. thank you for joining us. i have a couple questions for you. it seems we have not identified yet the hostage taker. i don't how many hours it has been since we have taken into custody. but do you think that is the right amount of time? should we know by now? is there a reason why we don't know yet? >> it's hard to say, rachel, i'm a little surprised of not release his identity yet. once you release the person's identity a lot of people start calling. one of the things you want to know is what did he do before he went into the synagogue? people might see on television his face and call from a local restaurant or whatever and have things to offer. i'm a little surprise on the other hand is still relatively early in the investigation. maybe they decided for a number of reasons i like to wait until later today or later this morning or something like that. but the sooner people know who he is and see his face and know his name, the more people will start calling and it will save a lot of t

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friday the fbi revealed that answer is yes. the new information was released and what the fbi calls the final investigative update on the gabby bertino case. the statement reads, investigators found human remains confirmed to be brian laundrie along with a backpack, notebook the notebook had written statements like claiming responsibility of her death. the fbi revealed there were several messages identified between laundries and petito's cell phone and the timing of the messages shows laundries was attempting to visit law enforcement by giving the impression that gabby was still alive. attorneys for both family sample work on their property. the petito's tell fox while this wraps up the criminal part of the case, it's not the conclusion for them. at the fbi field office in tampa florida, laura ingle, fox news. >> coming up, a man fights off a bear to defend his family and it's all on video. explains how it all went down, next. ♪♪ a bit of history from woman is now the uss constitution. for the first time in the ships to 24

on friday the fbi revealed that answer is yes. this new information was released with the fbi called its final investigative update on the gabrielle petito case for the statement reads in part, investigators found human remains, later confirmed to beat mr. laundrie along with a backpack, notebook and a revolver. a review of the notebook revealed written statements by mr. laundrie claiming responsibility for mrs. petito death for the fa also revealing there were several text messages identified between laundrie and petito cell phone after the days of death the time and content of these messages shows laundrie was trying to deceive law enforcement giving the impression that gabby was still alive. of the attorneys for both families will work on dividing gabby and brian's property. the petito tell fox well this wraps up the criminal part of this case, it is not the conclusion for them. at the fbi field office in tampa, florida, laura ingle fox news. arthel: thanks lower the fbi with an update on last saturday's hostage situation at a

first the fbi identifies the suspect from yesterday's hostage standoff at a texas synagogue. investigators say 44-year-old british citizen trend eight held the rabbi and three others against their will for hours yesterday in the synagogue in colleyville texas as he called for convict known as lady al-qaeda to be released from a nearby prison. president biden is condemning the incident as an act of terror. the stand offended last night when a team of fbi hostage rescuers stormed the synagogue and led the hostages to freedom very policing the suspect is dead and none of the hostages were hurt. former homeland security advisor charles marino is standing by with his insight with fox team coverage mike pilgrim with more the fbi since the suspect wanted the u.s. to release first outside the synagogue in texas. >> the fbi has been incited around the synagogue all day long processing the scene, the evidence and we saw them on top of the roof a short time ago but a little while ago they came out with important information they believe strongly the suspect acted alone and it's not part

, the fbi saying they're not aware at this point of anyone else who was involved with the situation. the joint terrorism task force is continuing to follow up according to the fbi on all possible leads. that's what we know about the person at the center of this. president biden weighing in today and here is where it gets confusing, alex. think about how meticulous and careful the fbi has been with every single detail of what has unfolded and where they stand with the investigation, not wanting to jeopardize anything. president biden just moments ago describing what he said was what he believes are some of the facts at this point that akram had landed potentially from britain, not clear when in the united states, had acquired a weapon somewhere along the way on the streets in the words of the president. he said he stayed at a homeless shelter and got that weapon from someone at the shelter or in the community, somewhere nearby and then committed this act yesterday. all of that sequencing still leaves a lot of information that needs to still be filled in. the president saying he's not

the fbi wanted lust and that was removed from that list without being charged. the committee has interviewed mr. epps cup. he informed us he was not employed by or working with or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency on january 5 or 6 or at any other time and at that he hasn't neve been an informant for the fbi o any other law enforcement agencies. >> that's what he tells the committee they will continue their investigation and mike if you come back we would like to talk about good news. >> as the old micron covid search continues nationwide president biden headed to atlanta tuesday pivoting to a push for voting rights legislation a what you like for now, it doesn't look like the votes are there and progressive are skeptical too. >> this worldwide is not slowin up very much. >> covid cases in this country climbing higher 1.5 million new positive tests monday. a new world record. >> i'm confident were on the right track. a president biden looking for a dual track. >> perfect pivoting from the pandemic to voting rights the right to vote and how th

, but there's no question fbi's assisting. they're on site helping with this association -- negotiation, but right now local authorityies are in charge9 and the fbi's in a support role. as you know, that can change quickly. >> all right, lucas. thank you very much and thanks for all the information. please let us know if you find anything else out. >> reporter: sure will. [laughter] >> continuing coverage of the hostage situation at the texas synagogue next. pastor robert jeff rest is robert jeff rest is going to talk about threats to religion. ) how do your clients know that? (naj) because as a fiduciary, it's our responsibility to always put clients first. (other money manager) so you do it because you have to? (naj) no, we do it because it's the right thing to do. we help clients enjoy a comfortable retirement. (other money manager) sounds like a big responsibility. (naj) one that we don't take lightly. it's why our fees are structured so we do better when our clients do better. fisher investments is clearly different. hele

and the fbi hostage rescue team quickly rushes in. tonight, investigators say that akram, who was not on any u.s. government watch list, arrived in new york from london more than two weeks ago before traveling to texas. the incident in colleyville unfolding saturday morning when the rabbi says he answered a knock on a synagogue window. the rabbi saying he and akram spoke over tea. >> at 10:45 a.m., akram interrupting th iing shabbat se. >> he said he had a gun. it's a nightmare. >> reporter: for hours, fbi crisis negotiators speaking to the suspect, who allegedly threatened to kill the four hostages if aafia to released from prison. just after 9:00 p.m., the other three hostages making that daring escape. the suspect was fatally shot and a gun was recovered. and whit you tonight, a new warning from the fbi and dhs to communities of faith, given this volatile environment right now, say they they will likely be the continued target of violence and terrorism. so, their advice, stay vigilant. >> raising a lot of concern. mireya, thank you

fbi always gets involved initially. as i said before, if he's using -- if the perpetrator here is using a phone or another instrumentality or facility of interstate commerce in furtherance of his crime that makes it federal kidnapping. for example, if he's using the phone to convey a demand at this lady al qaeda be released, that will get you federal kidnapping. even though there is no domestic terrorism statute, because of federal definition of domestic terrorism that would include basically coercing the united states to release lady al qaeda from custody so there are all kinds of ways the federal government can be involved. jon: what about a weapon? we been told is on, he claims he's armed but we haven't confirmed that there is a weapon involved. if there is no weapon involved, is it still kidnapping? >> yes, the kidnapping doesn't require a weapon, it just requires the person being kidnapped not be there voluntarily. the punishment for kidnapping is so high that you don't need to worry about the element of whether or

we have the primary interest in terms of investigating those cases so working with fbi is good but we may take a case the fbi says doesn't rise to the level of something we would investigate whereas we would take it to investigate. the other thing is since i have been here i have reached out to local law enforcement in home districts, members of congress and i have had 100% cooperation. i may get to a point that i don't get achieve or share for doesn't want to cooperate but so far i have had 100% cooperation from state and local authorities in terms of getting the assistance we requested with regard to a member's home or family, safety and security issues. we will continue to be that advocate for members if they are having difficulty getting the assistance they need in local jurisdictions. if they come to us we will be an advocate for them to get what they need in terms of making sure families are safe and secure as well. >> there's obviously a lot of chatter on the internet, a lot of stuff that is kind of public. after the sixth a lot of these groups are trying to figure out how to b

talking about the rabbi, he credits the fbi. the fbi came in a period of time i go into the synagogue to show them about live shooter training and the rabbis said he encourages others in similar situations to get the same stuff. he's in the last hour when they were taken hostage, the gunman was increasingly getting belligerent and said without the instruction, they would not have been prepared to act and run in this situation presented itself. the situation presented itself when the fbi's elite hostage rescue team came in and saved the day. now, that's great. but initially -- this was a head scratching. initially, the fbi said that this guy was not targeting the jewish people. you know what? the fbi says it was a terrorism related matter, which is the way a former new york state democratic assembly man says it should have been seen in the first place. >> anti-semitism unfortunately is alive and growing. for the fbi to do what it did, they need to explain this to the american people. they need to explain this to the jewish commun

the attorney general and we had a rundown, overwhelming cooperation with the local authorities and fbi and they did one hell of a job. that was an act of terror. mike: president biden moments ago addressing the texas synagogue standoff saturday that ended with hostage taker dead and all the hostages rescued alive. a 44-year-old british citizen malik faisal akram identified as the hostage taker. mike tobin in chicago and dan springer on the ground in colleyville, texas. dan, let's start with you, good afternoon. >> the fbi released the name of the man who terrorized this synagogue behind me for 11 hours during this ordeal yesterday. he was as you said malik faisal akram, 44, citizen of england who according to president biden just arrived in the u.s. within the last couple of weeks and he bought a gun on the streets, he may have actually spent his first night in the u.s. in a homeless shelter. he used the gun that he bought on the street to disrupt the shabbat service yesterday at the congregation that israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas a suburb of dallas, fort worth, he took f

soldiers and fbi agents in afghanistan. late tonight, police saying one hostage, a man, was released unharmed. the white house, atf, and department of homeland security now closely monitoring the situation. >> there is a limit how long this can probably go before law enforcement may have to make a decision about whether to go in or not. >> reporter: leaders at the local islamic association condemning today's actions, standing in support of the rabbi and other hostages inside. >> when somebody is acting as a criminal, the person has no faith, be it muslim, jewish, or kristian. a criminal is a criminal. >> mireya villareal joins us from near the scene tonight. mireya, what more are we learning about this terrorist who the hostage taker is demanding be released? >> reporter: whit, we understand her name is aafia siddiqui. she is a former pakistani neuroscientist. she's at the crux of the demands being made. they're trying to find out what his connection is to this woman. meanwhile, synagogues across the country remain on high

the fbi also announcing new information that a revolver was found near brian laundrie's body. we knew last fall that he had taken his own life in that reserve near his family home, but now we have learned that a revolver was found nearby. but regarding the notebook, we also knew last fall that it was in decent condition, but the question was what was inside it. certainly the petito family was hoping for some answers inside that notebook about what happened to their daughter, but the question is what are those details? we don't know what brian laundrie wrote besides taking responsibility. did he say it was an accident or intentional? did he say why or where this happened? also it's important to note that the coroner last fall when he found the cause of death for gabby petito, the tee ton county coroner in wyoming, he said that it was homicide by manual strangulation. he also said it was likely somebody used their hands. now, in terms of reaction from the families in this case, gabby petito's family releasing a statement saying thank you to the fbi but also noting the quality an

and on tv, it showed merrick garland being asked about if the fbi had anyone on the grounds that day, and he refused to answer. and there was also a man who incited violence that wasn't arrested. some things are revealed and some things are not revealed. but security, that was the number one issue, why was there no security, and who refused security? host: i will point you to our website video app. yesterday, the capitol police chief was on capitol hill talking about security measures, especially in the lead up to today. c-span.org, you can hear that testimony about where security was at the time and where it is now. and merrick garland addressing what the justice department is doing, you can see his speech from yesterday, as well. all that at c-span.org. henry in south carolina, independent line. caller: good morning. first of all, let me say that i am an independent, so i do not want to be viewed as biased or partisan. republican or democrat. i am an air force veteran, and from the day i was sworn in in san antonio, texas, what i saw on january 6 would fall in the category of treaso

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the fbi says he was captured on closed circuit tv recording on his cell phone. the fbi also says armstrong wrote on facebook that he took some pictures and videos , saying the star spangled banner talked to some of the capitol police and then left the way we came in. authorities say these photos show armstrong walking inside the capitol and said they match pictures of him online. he may have been surrounded by like minded individuals that day, but at least one of his acquaintances disagreed, and the fbi affidavit facebook post from a person who wondered who would take care of his fish plants and bacteria while you're being charged for treason. that person leader added. my problem is that i am friends with a traitor. a fascist, a liar and a thug. i will very much enjoy on friending you now. armstrong was arrested on thursday. he's being held without bail at santa rita, jill and dublin pending a transfer of the case to d. c. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. new attend. los angeles county district attorney george gascon , responding to union pacific railroad after the

well, at this moment today, the justice department is pursuing one of the largest fbi investigations in u.s. history. so far, more than 725 defendants have been charged. and tonight the threat may not be over. we're going to have more on homeland security's warning in just a moment. we have a lot of new reporting to get to, and cbs' nancy cordes is here to start off our coverage. >> reporter: president biden did good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president biden did not hold back, accusing former president trump of spreading dangerous lies to this day to soothe a bruised ego. president biden warned it could lead to more of the kind of political violence we lived through here last year. a twilight vigil tonight on the capitol steps. the same steps that were overrun last january 6th. rioters beating, tasing, trampling officers in their zeal to get inside. >> this was an armed insurrection. >> reporter: today at the capitol, president biden blamed one person, his predecessor. >> the former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies

. >> tonight the fbi is declining to comment on republican claims of stonewalling members of congress from information about the agency's and baulkman in school board meetings. merrick garland sent a memo to the fbi back in october we expect -- requesting the agency look and a threat against school board members. christopher brey, house judiciary committee members rate three months since my letters to you on this topic. the fbi still has ignored fundamental questions and refuse to produce any documents about its use of counterterrorism resources at school board meetings. >> this is that we've got. >> he comes up week after senator ron johnson showed fox 259 pages of heavily protected documents sent to him by the secret service related to the travel records the president biden's son hunter. i don't have x-ray vision and i can't read through the black ink it's not just congressional republicans. this week special counsel john durum complained about general might go forward saying that the ig's office is still not handed over all of the relevant fbi information pertinent to his prosecuti

who is not doing what if we're shifting fbi resources to the domestic threat. by the way, the international threat doesn't go away. some say al qaeda and isis will rebuild out of afghanistan. so that's all good. resources are there. things are not getting done otherwise, but what has changed about investigative techniques operating guidelines from doj, the tools and the tool kit that has allowed so successfully the fbi to battle international turf? those techniques and the tool kit have not changed. until they change, the fbi is going to still be in a reactive mode cleaning up the wreckage after it happened. we have to get them in the proactive mode just like they are with international. that's going to require changes in their operating guidelines. i don't see that happening in the near term. >> is christopher the leader to do that? >> he has to get that from doj. it has to come with congress. they want to know that the operating guidelines are being changed. you can imagine what that's going to look like trying to get a polarized congress to agree the fbi sho

the fbi special agent came out. immediately, atf, fbi, texas public safety, and all of our local partners all responded as well. we have had nothing but phenomenal support from our state and local law enforcement and federal partners. at some point in time during the times we were negotiating with the suspect for a period of time all day, constant communication with him, he did release one hostage in the middle of the incident. that hostage was not harmed and he was -- he's doing well now. the fbi called out the hostage rescue team, which is an elite hostage rescue force out of quantico, virginia. they immediately -- when they called they go on a plane and flew out here. i think they brought 60 or 70 people frommed with to come and help with the situation. some time around 9:00 p.m. today this evening, the hostage rescue team breached the synagogue. they rescued the three hostages and the subject is deceased. i'd like to think -- this is a success due to the partnerships we have with our local, state, and federal la

the fbi and the texas department of public safety are assisting local police on the scene and fbi crisis negotiator has been in contact with the suspect. and explosives is assisting on live stream appeared to capture part of the incident as worshippers observed the sabbath. the white house is monitoring the situation in colleyville and police there are asking p public to stay away. with me now is shimon patriotic pose, julie, and josh campbell. rabbi stanton at st center fehr for learning and leadership. also with us is charles ramsey as well as cnn counterterrorism analyst, phil mudd. >> as we have been reporting, four hostages inside the synagogue. one of the hostages believed to be the rabbi. this took place during the service this morning in texas. this man walked in, there was some communication then took four people hostage. a lot of this was captured on the live stream that the police there were monitoring. they've learned a information. they've learned some names, they're trying to run it down and trying to figure out a motive. that seems to be going okay so far. we have no repor

>> (información en pantalla) >> (información en pantalla) >> en otras noticias la investigación del fbi sobre el asalto con rehénes en texas fueron incluidos después de conocerse la nacionalidad de un ciudadano británico de 44 años sobrinos fueron interrogados dijeron a nbc news que ambos habían sido contactados por su padre al estar atrincherados afuera de dallas el presidente electo de estados unidos, joe biden dijo que fue un ataque terrorista y elojió el trabajo de las autoridades el presidente electo de estados unidos, joe biden quiso transmitir que su gobierno no va a permitir estas situaciones un funeral colectivo al cumplirse una semana del incendio que acabó con sus vidas en le bronx los familiares se reunieron bajo frío extremo maría nos tiene los detalles desde new york >> uno tras uno salían del servicio religioso féretros de 15 de las víctimas del domingo e causó un incendio en el bronx en new york >> esto fue (inaudible) >> cientos de personas algunas dentro de estas carpas con televisores ytras bajo el frío acudieron a este centro cultural islámico a darle

this is a new fbi statement on that texas synagogue, "all of us at the fbi are relieved that a hostage situation in texas was resolved without physical. this is a terrorist related matter." i cover this last night and they were actually in the middle of doing this news conference. so i heard that they said that this was not an attack on the jewish community, yet in the facebook live stream anyone watching and it went on for quite some time, he was asking for the relief of the pakistani neuroscientist who was suspected of having al qaeda ties. what do you take of this that now going back on what they originally said? >> look, it makes you wonder what in god's name is going on with the fbi. when the fbi made that statement that this wasn't anti-semitic, for god sake, what were they looking at? i mean, the whole world saw this clearly a synagogue. it was in a mosque, it was in a local mcdonald's to take hostages. he could have found hostages anywhere. that was his goal. but he went to a synagogue on the sabbath well services were going on. so, the fbi positioned -- which by the way contra

fbi, and cia. you name it and that very much eenks the way that they're wig to talk about things like motive in a case like this. you can play games with never really knowing the motive. that's what the media often does. when the federal government does it, pete, that's when people need to be concerned. >> pete: great point. you know, you look at this attack and it happened. the initial denial or at least unwillingness to recognize that it happened on a holliday at synagogue and trying to blame someone anti-semite and called lady al-qaeda. there is an unwillingness to do it. a lot of the jewish guests we had on "fox & friends" with initial reaction initially said when you are looking at the rise of anti-semitism in america which is on the rise, a lot of it is -- not that it's encouraged but it's not helpful when leaders and members of congress are willing to use the same type of anti-semitic language as some others do. what kind of problem does the democrat party have right now with the way that th

first the fbi identifies the suspect from yesterday's hostage

and so too there was another book written on the history of catholics in the fbi. the other case that's left out is the is that book leads out to christian front? and so and so yes, unfortunately, this is the sad case but also it's a warning. i mean, i think i've written this book as a warning about how deeply grotesque the these principles can become if they're not if they're not viewed in a in a way that will lead to change. thank you. so ed ask was there any relationship between the christian front and the american first lindenberg movement? lindenberg. yeah, it's it's an obvious connection to make the answer to that is no, no captive tissue between the america first organization and no connective tissue between the ira either. that's a common question people have the reason for that is because father quaglin is a megalomaniac and his movement is all about himself and he is going to be the inspirational kind of headmaster of this of this organization. and so he doesn't allow any interlopers to to move in on his turf this christian front situation is is his own o

epps an agent of the fbi, informant of the fbi? she stonewalled, refused to answer. we know the fbi put them out on the list of people we wanted information about and immediately disappeared. i need to be transparency and n administration needs to fess up in a politicized law enforcement did they actively encourage and solicit illegal -- >> sean: that doesn't reveal sources and methods. with all that videotaped evidence that you mentioned there, that would be somebody that would be a leader and agitator in something that can never happen again. just like the riots in the number of 2020 and can happen again. i like to see that. why can't they just definitively say absolutely not and that wouldn't be a person of interest, they originally did say that. why did they back off that? >> they should be able to say that. law enforcement all the time has undercover officers. that's not unusual. what is unusual, what is illegal, is where those undercover officers to actively incite illegal conduct. if you and i go out to dinner and i'm undercover against you, that's fine. i can

is not in the hands of the fbi or local police? >> my guess it's in evolving situation, i'm not sure who is communicating directly, whether they are directly communicating at all right now so i don't think i can answer that. jon: bigger picture, it's a sad time in this country when houses of worship, synagogues and churches have to be worried and very often armed security patrolling at religious services. >> we've been through this in texas before, we had a mass shooting. it's always encouraged if you can have law enforcement, at least people with the ability to fight back if something like this occurs. churches should be repaired because this is not a one-time situation, it's happened numerous times in texas and we lost lots of lives in cases just like this. jon: we are looking at some of the video of some of the responding vehicles, the s.w.a.t. team is providing. they are staying quite a ways away, you don't want to provoke the sky into doing something stupid and potentially fatal. you want to use phones and try to negotiate bes

the fbi says we are not the fbi of the 1970's. and i believe them. but now let's show it. show it in support clemency for mr. peltier. amy: kevin sharp is a former federal judge and now an attorney who represents leonard peltier. the latest news, leonard peltier is sick with covid. next up, president biden is meeting with new york's new mayor eric adams. both want to put more police on the street. we will look at the national debate over policing with patrisse cullors, one of the founders of black lives matter, author of a new book "an abolitionist's handbook: 12 steps to changing yourself and the world." stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: to see our interview with the great writer octavia butler, you can go to democracynow.org. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. president biden comes to new york city this wednesday to meet with the mayor eric adams about gun violence. he said in a statement the effort will include "distorted levels of funding for cities and states to put more cops on the beat, among other strategies." this comes as mayor adams deliver the eulogy

the fbi says the investigation is now closed. >> he so dramatic. rock superstar meat loaf has people loved him. the singer whose real name is marvin a day died last night. his operatic, very distinctive voice behind hits, including paradise by the dashboard light. and i do anything for love. his 1977 album bat out of became one of the top selling albums and history. he also worked as an actor. made appearances in movies and tv over the years. his films included roles in fight club and the rocky horror picture show meat loaf was 74 years old. >> also, actor and comedian louie anderson has died. the 68 year-old had been battling blood cancer for some time. anderson was considered a force in comedy, but it became a household name in 1999 when he got the job hosting family feud. after that, his acting career took off. he later took home an emmy for his role in the fx hit baskets. anderson tas also a bestselling author with 5 books to his credit. he is survived by his 2 sisters. >> coming up next, new developments on the attempted carjacking that led to

the fbi continues to negotiate with him. we will keep a very, very close eye on this and get back to it in just a moment. >>> but i do want to go now to another breaking story out of australia tonight. his legal team has wrapped up its side of the argument advocating djokovic be allowed to stay in melbourne and play in the open this week, and now the australian government is having its turn. our phil black is in melbourne. phil, good morning to you there. it's almost noon, and you've got the country's immigration minister saying that djokovic is a, quote, hero to ant vaccination groups and that's a big driver of why they're making the case he needs to leave the country. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. so the government's lawyer has described him as a hero, an icon, saying there's plenty of evidence online he is regarded as such even referencing specific online commentary, referencing what he describes as one influential commentator who has said at the moment djokovic is a political prisoner and commentary along the lines o

fbi releasing an hour hostage standoff at the texas talk last saturday. charles watson is live with more. >> fbi said they have no doubt the hostage situation in colleyville, texas last week was an act of terror and hate crime directed toward the jewish community merrick garland comes out forcefully against the target kat. >> we will not tolerate this. we will not tolerate attacks on synagogues or other houses of worship will not tolerate violence or threats of violence you will bite anti-semitism, hatred, racism or bigotry of any kind. reporter: authorities say 44-year-old from he held for people hostage week ago today. the agent in charge saying the suspect repeatedly demanded united states release convicted of terrorist siddiqui in exchange for a safe return of both he held hostage. officials say the demands are international investigation nearly 11 hours later, fbi to authorize a team to go inside the synagogue and use force his behavior became increasingly agitated. one hostage said he was completely terrified, authorities say they are working with i

the fbi has excellent negotiators. so i am glad that they are communicating no one has been injured thus far. it is obviously good. because the safety of the halls is the first and most important thing as we watch this unfold. you know, if this guy's motive was just to kill, he would have done that already. so he is trying to negotiate, if it involves one person already in custody, obviously, this is going to take a little time. so i wouldn't be surprised if this particular negotiation went on for quite some time. earlier, it was mentioneded that he chose the location because it's near an airport. so that kind of tells you his thinking probably is right now in terms of being able to get out of there. but it's going to take some time. but they've got the very best there negotiating. we'll see how it unfolds. >> julia, what do you make of the reporting that ed brought to us and evan replicated in the tone of the hostage taker from the beginning to where he was ranting and screaming more than an hour in. again this was a

we're supposed to support the fbi. we're supposed to just forget all the things the fbi has done to americans over the years. it would be the same fbi agents that would be arresting and prosecuting participants in the boston tea party, because that was sadicious, supposedly. there's already an actual security division in the department of justice. and they are supposed to be able to prosecute these kinds of cases. so why carve out a special unit that you would then staff with hand-picked prosecutors, hand picked who are going to tow the line that they're told to tow. like i say, this is just a slippery slope that's gonna harm a lot of people. >> tucker: scary as hell. >> it really is. >> tucker: i appreciate it. >> thanks for having me, tucker. >> tucker: what are the chances that between now and the midter elections the biden administration will announce they've uncovered a massive ands terrifying threat from the right to commit terror? right around 100%. well, we told you a lot and interviewed a couple times retired

. >> i want to turn to the fbi. howf many fbi agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of january 6th? >> sir, i'm sure you can appreciate that i can't go into theid specifics of sources and methods. >> did any fbi agents or confidential informants actively participate in the events of january 6th? yes or no? >> sir, i can't answer that. >> did any fbi agents or confidential informants commit crimes of f violence on january 6th?? >> i can't answer that, sir. >> did any fbi agents or fbi informants actively encourage and insight crimes of violence on january 6th? >> sir, i can't answer that.r. >> who is ray eps? >> i'm aware of the individual, sir. i don't have the specific background of him. >> well, there are a lot opeople who are understandably very concerned about mr. hepps.de on the night of january 5th, 2021, epps wandered around the crowd that hade gathered and there's video of him chanting, tomorrow, we need too get into the capitol, into the capitol. this was strange behavior. so

new fbi, the old fbi responding to the scenarios and the negotiators and the hostage rescue capabilities and the evidence processing afterwards, versus sort of the d.o.j. bent towards right wing domestic terrorists, which seems to be where they are spring loaded to go these days. ignore the left wing domestic terrorists, international terrorism is not as much of a problem as it used to be, let's focus only on right wing domestic terrorism, and i hate to think the fbi is buffetted by the d.o.j., the agent work hard on the ground to get the good result and tainted by that. >> sandra: you are giving a lot of credit to the h.r.t., the rescue team, did a good job in this case. but you go on chris, i'll ask you the last question. why the building was assaulted and the subject killed when the hostages had already run out the back door into the arms of several h.r.t. operators. have you gotten answers to that? >> i have not. the rabbi mentioned he had thrown a chair, he saw his, sees seized the moment, threw the chair at akram and they ran out the door quickly. it could have been the h.r.t. deci

looking at the numbers from the fbi and a few research. murders in the u.s., in 2019 there were nearly 17 thousand. 16,669. a 29% jump in 2020. 21,570. is there any early indication as of the primary costs of that jump? jeffrey butts? guest: it is the excuse of all experts to say it is complicated. there are multiple factors involved. i and a number of my colleagues have been paying attention to that. trying to understand all the various causes. looking at it in the longer-term history of crime rates. one important thing to emphasize is that sometimes journalists describe this as a crime surge or a crime spiked. it is really not crime in general. it is violent crime and gun crime, which more often leads to homicide. one of the most concerning crimes and that is what we are focusing on right now as researchers. to try to understand why this has happened. another thing i will add is, any time someone tries to explain the homicide increase in their city, by focusing on variables in their city, they are mistaken. this is a national phenomenon.

>>> this morning, the fbi revealing more about the man who held a rabbi hostage and others >>> omicron cases appear to be leveling off in some areas >>> and the number one tennis player was deported and now is in dubai >>> nfl highlights >>> today would have been betty white's 100th birthday the fun and unique ways to honor her life we start now >> good morning. i'm philip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. >> we begin with the eastern storm impacting parts of the country. the storm already had a major impact on the south. at least two people killed in north carolina when officials say their car went off the road. freezing rain also a seer yousz factor rain and ice left people without power from georgia to the carolinas. about 3,000 flights canceled up and down the east coast. almost all the flights canceled in charlotte yesterday >>> along the russian-ukrainian border, after failed talks remaining surrounded by troops the government websites got hacked according to microsoft, dozens of computers and agencies impacted >>> the number of daily cases in cities like chicago, washington, d.c.

i also reported this to the fbi and the dallas county district attorney's office. there is documents being removed from the public records office and i know governor abbott has been really working on border patrol and i support him on that. i am a veteran and i have lost the first property and these are things i struggled for all my life serving this country. i cannot get any help. i am always up against dallas county. when i speak out they target me. they sent policeman to my home. something has to be done. host: that is victoria in texas. let's hear from david in louisiana. hello. caller: good morning, mr. pedro. i am an independent and i am from independence. i want to talk about the great state of louisiana of which i am a lifetime member of. everyone heard of the corruption in the historic problems louisiana has, ok. it is not by accident. it would take every judge, politician and lawyer the last 150 years to be in on the corruption for louisiana to be in a continual state that it is in. it has never changed my whole life and there is nothing here. if you grew

host: is there a standard definition you use and the fbi uses as to what defines a homicide? guest: there are different gradations. a death resulting from a crime, the use terms like felony homicide. it just depends on the intent of the person and the crime it's associated with, the degree of violation or you could argue it was unintentional or accidental. there are lots of criminal judgments that go into that. states vary on how they do this. if you don't understand the court system world law, you can only understand it within one context, one state and sometimes even counties vary within a state. we do that because our country is set up to respect the idea of federalism where each state is unto its own in terms of its approach to legality and crime. it makes the mission to understand overall patterns and explained them in order to set policy more complicated. [no audio] caller: i heard once that every 10 minutes or so, a woman is raped or murdered in the united states but you don't hear about the number of murders that happen within the family. thank you. host: any help on