Viewers joining us from the united states, all around the, world i am paula newton. We begin in maine or police are in the second night of hunting for the suspect in two backtoback shootings that killed 18 people and wounded more than a dozen others. Law enforcement descended on the suspects last known, addressed just a few hours, go authorities were later heard shouting you are under, arrest had come out with your hands up. Though it appears, at the suspect was not there at the time. Police are searching officials are staying vigilant, remaining, inside and lock their doors as this war as they plan to investigate in the coming hours. Now schools and Government Properties will again be closed on friday, while the suspect is still on the loose. Hundreds of local, state, and federal agents are involved in the, search and that investigation into wednesdays massacre. This is the deadliest Mass Shooting in the states this year, it took place that two locations wednesday evening. First a Bowling Alley, and an eighth restaurant. Cnns brian todd breaks down how the shootings and subsequent unfolded. This should be considered armed and dangerous, an intense man hunt underway in maine for the shooter who went on a rampage wednesday night, killing 18, people and injuring 13 others at two different locations. Hundreds of Law Enforcement personnel, might land, air, and even at sea, looking for the suspect. 40yearold robert card, an Army Reservist who spent two weeks in Mental Health facility in the best summer, and are still at large. We believe this is something we should not be approached, and possibly 56 pm, the Communication Center received a 911 call of a shooting and just in time where the spare time recreation center. Shortly after that, at about 708 pm, the Communication Center received multiple 911 calls about an active shooter, in front of a map schemengees billiards. I, pm Police Released a photo of the, shooter and by call identifying the suspect. Just before ten, pm police say they located his car. Now an entire community is in fear, being asked to shelter in place. Businesses are shut, down on schools ordered closed through friday. Witnesses left in shock. She was grazed by a bullet. We were running. I never thought i would grow up and get a bullet in my leg, it is just like, why . Why do people do this . I saw the weapon, i booked it down the, line and i slipped basically where the fans are. Others mourn the loss of family in another anything that happens like this, you go empty. It is just nothing. There is nothing you can do. Many are asking, were Warning Signs missed . According to a National Guard spokesperson, the shooter was supported up behaving erratically at an Army Training facility this past july. Authorities say he made statements about hearing voices, and wanting to shoot up a National Guard base. He was then transported to an Army Hospital for medical evaluation. Im sure there will be a lot of review and analysis, was there something . Missed was he deemed a danger to himself or someone else . A Law Enforcement source tells cnn, investigators found a gun in a car connected to the suspected but it is unclear whether that gun was used in the shootings. Meanwhile, a former colleague of card was a u. S. Army reserves with, him told cnn, he is a skilled outdoorsman, and marksman, and was one of the best shooters in their unit. Brian todd, cnn, maine. For more on this, we want to bring in daniel brunner, who is a retired fbi supervisory special agent. I thank you for being with us. It is more than 24 hours, now and i cant imagine how tense it is for residents in maine at this hour. What does it tell you about how far this suspect could have gotten . And could he possibly have used a boat . Is he possibly at the thank you for having me. I think there is a tremendous amount of possibility, that is what investigators in the command team is working on right now. It is to try and get into his mind, utilizing whether he was on social media, or other methods, getting and preparing his plan. He has a multitude of options that were at his disposal, where he left his vehicle. He could have gotten into a second vehicle, and he could be as far away us florida at this time. He could have gotten into a, boat or he could have gone on foot into the woods. I think the boat option, going out in the atlantic another coast guard is patrolling, i think that is the least likely of the option because of his smaller craft needs fuel, and he would have known this and attract the attention if anybody obtaining fuel. So i think the most likely option based on what we are learning about the subject is that he is very adept to the rural area, the, woods and he is very knowledgeable about these wooded areas. So i think either him going out on foot at the boat dock area, or taking the boat down river to other locations where he had supplies set up, the 1998 was a fiveyear manhunt after put on the ten most wanted, the bombing, and then other medical facilities, and he was on the run for five years because of the same situation. He was familiar with the, woods he had setups, and he was able to stay hidden from Law Enforcement for over five years. So i think that is one of the most likely scenario is that he either went from foot, from that parking area, or he put his craft down river. Not long enforcement is trying to get these leads together, and once they establish a good lead then they will start focusing the search teams on the area. Lets get to the issues of leads in a moment. You make the point that if the attack was planned out, it was likely that escape may have been planned as well. One goes with the other. He knew where he was going, two locations which are four miles apart. He knew that he had to travel ten miles to the botox. So everything seemed to be well thought out others. Focus on his Mental Health issues, but it doesnt take away from the possibility that he had planned this out. He was prepared for this. He knew how to make entry to conduct a Suiting Operation that is very likely on the run and theyre in that wooded area there because hes familiar with him they were in south carolina, florida, where he is an unknown territory Law Enforcement and the fbi, each side, all of these agencies, well look at every Single League and are going to look at their divisions all the way up to the 56 different fbi divisions across the country. Everybody is prepared for leads that may be coming out of the incident command center, which is set up there in maine, and if those leads are going to russia out, we are doesnt matter what our it is. I know fbi boston, i know a lot of agents that are there, they are very much working, quite diligently, along with tactical operation specialists, and we understand, this is a clear, and present danger, for the people of maine right now. This is why there is no holds barred, all of Enforcement Agencies are doing your best to figure out where he has gone. That is the issue. You have Tens Of Thousands of people, right now, shelter in place. This goes to what i was saying earlier about any clues, or tips, that they may have. I appreciate that there are many smart people working on this right now. The fact that they went back to his last known address, now, twice, what does that tell you about concrete clues they have . Real tips about what he might be doing, and where he might be . The fact, is the difference between a concrete clue, and the possibility, or leap, every clue, every tip, is washed out. Every phone call that is provided his, call to 911, they will look at every single one. There wont be one that is overlooked. The fact of why they went back to the house a second time . Then i cannot give you a reason why. Maybe someone saw something, maybe someone heard something, maybe a dog was barking, there are any numbers of reasons why, why the Tactical Team will conduct that second entry. So now, what fbi s. W. A. T. , what we will do now, what fbi s. W. A. T. Does now, is a much more methodical wintry. Instead of, what it used to be, a dynamic entry. Swat comes rushing into the house. Lately, our new protocol in the fbis, control. Approach the house, surround the house, let everyone in the house know, the fbi is here, your best option is to come out. When those statements were on the bull form of come out with your hands up, come out to the truck, those are protocol statements. It does not mean that there was, actually, anyone seen in their. The fbi just makes those statements because it is the protocol, and is the way that fbi s. W. A. T. Will make a surrounding, to prepare for a search warrant. Then, they make the next, sending a drone, or a canine, if that is available. There are steps to slowly approach. That has been in lightning in terms of the process that is ongoing right now, on the ground, as you said. All of those Law Enforcement resources on the ground. Daniel, appreciate it. Thank you. We are learning more about some of the people who lost their lives in the rampage in maine. These are just a few of the victims who have been identified so far. Arthur straut, a father of five children, was killed at the restaurant on wednesday night that, where he had been playing pool. His family had been told, he was at a hospital at first, and then on thursday, had learned the awful truth. Joseph walker was a manager of the restaurant. His father, who you saw earlier, said that joseph was killed when he tried to stop the shooter from killing others. Ryan mcfarlane, part of the local deaf community, and usually, went to the restaurant to play corn hole on wednesdays. His sister tells cnn, the 40yearold was there to take part in a tournament when the shooting happened. And, 34yearold tommy conrad, killed at the Bowling Alley where he was the manager. He leaves behind a nine year old daughter. Now, another victim, who was killed at the Bowling Alley, was a woman who had worked their parttime. 53 year old trisha was there on her night off with her sister, and was able to run for her life when the shooting started. We heard a loud noise, and i wasnt sure what it was, until i heard another shot. Then i knew that. I saw that i couldnt see her. And everybody was running. And i got caught, and people were trampling, and running out, and we just kept running. There were shots fired outside of the building after, and we just kept running, and running, and running. It was dark. There is very little lighting. I just ran them as far as i could go, until there was a fence, and there were some trees, and a bunch of us were just hiding behind the trees. Wondering what was going on when the cops showed up, there were all kinds of cops, tons and tons of cops, and guns that, and rescue. We were Coming Out Of The Woods and we were telling the cops, dont shoot, and they were telling us to keep walking, and walking, and walking. I kept asking them, wheres my sister . Where is my sister . Shes in there that. And i just wanted to be with my sister, and she wasnt there. And i didnt know that she was hurt until two hours later. Somebody had come out and said, she had called 911. When she had called 911, it saved everybody. She lost her life because of it. She was a great person. A great person. She also called her sister trisha. Still ahead, the idf announces the next phase of its war with hamas ahead of the anticipated Ground Invasion of gaza. Those details, when we r return. We want to bring you up to date on israels war against hamas. Now, nearly three weeks old, israel announced the next phase of its Military Operations on thursday, saying all will conductlimited raids into gaza in preparation for its Ground Offensive. Video from the israeli military, showing a column of idf tanks, and heavy equipment, during one targeted raid on thursday. The idf says, the operation was large, but limited, and the troops withdrew from gaza. Israel has vowed to destroy hamas after the group massacred more than 1400 people in southern israel with more than 200 others taken hostage. The idf said a strike on thursday killed a senior hamas leader who was involved, they say, in planning the october 7th attacks. In the meantime, eu leaders are appealing for safe corridors to deliver aid to gaza where basic necessities are in short supply. Red crescent says, another 12 aid trucks entered gaza thursday, but did not bring any fuel. Israel has refused to allow it in. Israel says hamas has stolen, and will steal fuel to use in its rocket attacks. We go to cnns jim bittermann, whos live for us in paris. It has nearly been three weeks now, jim. I think people are still wondering whether or not the Israeli Government is on the brink of a full scale Ground Invasion . In fact, i think you hear, there is a lot of wonder about that. The impression is that the steak of whats going on. With 35 citizens killed in the attacks on october 7th. There are nine still missing, or presumed to be among those hostages. So, yes, i think the french are concerned with whats going on. We heard president macron make a quick trip to the middle east, meeting with key leaders on both israel, egypt, and jordan and in palestinian territories. He was, basically, pitching a plan for, a, a ceasefire, but be, some kind of anti terror coalition. He used it as the nature of the ice this coalition those put together involving europeans, and some arab countries the. His ideas, however, the were not met with a lot of approval by the various leaders. In fact, it didnt seem to get much traction, in terms of getting this coalition together. So, we will see how this develops in the coming days, but there are very interested in being involved. They have sent a navy ship the, which, really, is a helicopter carrier, and described as a hospital ship, but its not really. It does have hospital beds on it, 50 or 60, but it is more of a helicopter carrier. Also, providing the french with in a post. It has some pretty sophisticated Communications Equipment on it. At this point, many are wondering if this kind of involvement with france will, actually, lead to more aid to getting into gaza. Jim bittermann, for us, we have to leave it there, but thank you. The colonel cedric leighton, cnn military analyst, a retired air force colonel. Good to have you with us, and good to see you again. These rallies continue to promise more, what they are calling, targeted raids into the day ahead. What do they hope to accomplish in advance of this kind of offensive . Paula, good to be with you. The big thing they are trying to do is find out where hamas fighters, actually, our. With targeted raids, theyre somewhat similar, in concept, to reconnaissance in force. Theyre going forward, theyre taking a look at what is out there. They, with targeted raids, also know a bit more from an intelligence perspective. Theyre going in, and trying to find leadership elements, perhaps tunnel entrances, other aspects of the hamas infrastructure that they could, perhaps, take advantage of. Of, course theyre looking for any weak points out there. That is what they are doing. Of course, as they move forward with those tanks, that becomes a critical element for the israelis. What they are trying to do is find good ways to move their forces, their armor, especially, into position, so that they can actually use it for maximum effectiveness. It makes a good point, they do want that armored that Armed Personnel Carriers and, theyre the tanks and their, and they need to find a way to go. I want to ask you, do you think that there is a possibility that the Israeli Government is reconsidering its strategy at this hour . That, perhaps, a full Ground Invasion may not, in fact, yield the results they want . Yes. I think they are reconsidering it. There are a lot of Warning Signs out here, paula. When you are seeing the kinds of things that could happen with this maximum type of urban combat, that really awaits the Israeli Defense forces when they entered Populated Areas of gaza, it could be a problem. It could really pull them into a quagmire. That is the kind of thing that israel should, really, avoid at all costs. They need to play to their own strengths, as two opposed to hamass strengths. If they went in, and did a full force on force type invasion, that would, really, play to hamass strengths, because they would be on the defensive, they would know what to expect from the israelis, if the israelis, on the other hand, go to a targeted, timed, Special Forces like incursion, then it would be much different, and, perhaps, prosecute more high value targets the, more important people. That would be the kind of thing that they could, i think, profit from on the israeli side. It was interesting, speaking to what you are saying, that the idf has been careful in the last 24 hours to make it clear to cnn, look, this is not a Ground Invasion. That in fact, these were targeted raids. Theyre being careful, themselves, in terms of explaining what theyre doing, saying, these are not Special Forces on the ground, yet. More to the point, when we talk about how complicated it is on the ground, the hostile situation of course continues to constrain every military move they make. Do you think that u. S. Pressure from the families, at all, is shaping Military Strategy at this hour . I think it is. I know that some people will never admit that is the case, paula, but the key thing here is that the israelis, and the Israeli Government in particular, do respond to public pressure. It would be important for them to do their utmost to get the hostages back. And, also, to not get caught in some kind of trap that hamas which set for them. Both figuratively, and literally, in the form of booby traps, ieds, things like that. It becomes very important for the israelis to develop a more nuanced strategy. That nuanced strategy should include something that, perhaps, uses a diplomatic channel, in other words, to avoid the Hostage Issue in a more coherent fashion. That would be the kind of thing that, really, would help their case, and would make a lot of difference when it comes to further movements on the military side. What is so important in these situations is when you talk about nuance. I have been in gaza, when there has been precision airstrikes. What we are seeing now, seems to me, without being on the ground, it is completely different. What do you make of the fact that these airstrikes, have declared, quite proudly, about how many they have gone in with the. Obviously, it continues to take a civilian toll. Certainly, it does. I think it is dangerous for the israelis from a Public Opinion standpoint, and also, from a military effectiveness standpoint. After a while, you run out of targets, as the Army Generals say. That, actually, is true. After a certain point, especially in a narrowly confined area, like gaza, you are going to find, you are hitting the same target over, and over again. Sometimes, it is necessary to do that, just from a targeting perspective, but in this particular case, when youre talking about hundreds of targets, being struck every day, in 130 square mile area, that, is i, think hard to justify. It becomes a real problem. Precision strikes are great, but over bombing the same thing, and impacting civilian lives, becomes a completely different story. It does point to the fact that the endgame, this time around, maybe completely different than what we have seen in decades past. Colonel leighton, thank, you we appreciate it. You bet, paula. In the meantime, the u. S. Says it is carried out air strikes on two facilities linked to iran, and its allies, in eastern syria. Two senior officials say, the targets were used for storing weapons, and ammunition in the area, known as applicable. The facilities were, reportedly, used by irans revolutionary guard, and its allied militias. The strikes came after a series of attacks on u. S. Forces, in the middle east, which washington centers, tehran was involved in. U. S. Defense secretary says, the overnight operation was not relate it to the conflict in gaza. Residents are urged to shelter in place as authorities hunt for the suspect of wednesdays Mass Shooting. The latest on the search, just ahead the. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Have we piqued your interest . You can get two unlimited lines for just 30 each a month. There are no Term Contracts or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g Mobile Network nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible. Welcome back tour viewers in the united states, and all around the world, i am paula newton. Residents around Lewiston Maine are being told to lock their doors, and stay inside, as the man hunt for the suspect into backtoback Mass Shootings continues, for yet another day. At least 18, people killed, and it does other, hurt in that rampage. Several agencies, searching for suspects, robert card. He is a certified firearms instructor, and a member of the u. S. Army reserves. Law enforcement experts say that current training, and outdoor experience, make it more difficult to locate him. At least one person, who is treated for gunshot wound, has now been released from hospital. Families, and friends, of those killed in the massacre, or trying to process the tragedy, while mourning the loss of their loved ones. Cnns jason carroll, with some of the victims stories there. The city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. No city does. No state, no people. The magnitude of what happened last night, coming into focus, as authorities remove the bodies of some who perished in the shooting at the smidges bar and grill restaurant. Police say, of those who were killed, eight died at the bar, including leroy walkers son, joseph. His father says, his son died when he tried to stop the shooter. My son, actually, because he is the manager and, everything else, picked up a butcher knife, and went after the gunman to try to stop him from killing other people. That is when he shot my son to death, trying to save some more lives, and he ended up losing his. 40yearold brian macfarlane, also identified as one of the victims, his sister says, he was deaf, and was there for a regular, Wednesday Night Gathering of members of the deaf community, and a corn whole tournament. His sister, who is also deaf, says that their losses deeply felt from her family, and the community. I want people to know how big this has impacted the deaf community. We have lost four community members. Not only just brian, but we have lost three other friends, as well, from this tragic incident in this community. It is a huge loss. Minutes away from the bar, more victims, more tragedy. Police say, seven were killed, at just in time recreation center, a Bowling Alley, and lewistown, including 53 year old trisha. Her brother says, she was calling 911 when she was killed. He told cnn, she was not going to run, she was going to try to help. Just in time recreation releasing a statement, summing up the feelings of many in the community. There are no words to fix this, or to make it better. We are praying for everyone who has been affected by this horrific tragedy. We love you all, and hold you close in our hearts. An unidentified employee abates college, one of 13 people injured during the Mass Shootings. In a statement, bates president says, the employee is expected to make a full recovery, adding, no matter how many times Something Like this happens, i find myself at a loss for words. And this, time it happened so close to home. Some of the injured are being treated at Central Maine Health care hospital, in lewiston. This is a dark day for maine. I know it is hard for us to think a feeling when our hearts are broken. But, i want every person in maine to know, we will heal, together. Jason carroll, cnn, new york. Still to come for us, israels volunteer First Responders. We hear the stories of some of the brave, men and, women that heeding the call during the hamas attack. To duckduckgo on all your Devie Duckduckgo comes with a built n engine like google, but its pi and doesnt spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. And theres no catch, its fre. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. Lets get you up to speed on israels war for hamas. The Palestinian Red Crescent said 12 aid trucks entered gaza on thursday, but didnt bring any desperately needed fuel. Gazas health ministry, controlled by hamas, says that 12 hospitals in the area have stopped working. In the meantime, israel says it will keep carrying out raids in gaza, like the one you see here. The idf, releasing video of the, socalled, targeted raid on thursday, saying that the goal is to lay the groundwork for unexpected military Ground Offensive into gaza. Al jazeeras bureau chief, in gaza, is now back on the air, after his family was killed an israeli airstrike, that is according to his network. We do want to warn you, some images you are about to see are graphic. This video shows the journalist willowood of, coming face to face with the remains of his Family Members at a hospital, in gaza, wednesday. Al jazeera says, 12 of them, killed, was sheltering in a refugee camp. This includes his wife, teenage son, daughter, and grandson. This is what the journalist said after he came back on air. Thank you for the messages of solidarity, the calls, and for checking on us. The solidarity and prayers were something very important for us, but we thought it was necessary to return quickly, to spite everything. The area is still burning, as you can see, from the raids and artillery bombardments. I saw it as my duty, despite my pain, and bleeding moons, to attend quickly, to meet you through the camera lens, and social networking sites. Israel says, it was targeting hamas infrastructure at the time of the strike. United hustler is israels volunteer rescue service, ready to spring into action when alerted. There will be help that they provide until an ambulance arrives. Until october 7th on octobers own, they heeded the call, and some paid the ultimate price. I want to warn you that some of what youre about to hear is very disturbing. Frantic collars knew what was going on, immediately. Color, after color, understood, and pleaded for help. It was a deliberate terrorist attack. Calls rang out, in this busy jerusalem call center, at the headquarters of united rescue. The all volunteer First Responders group is 700 strong across to israel. Using high check tracking, and Emergency Tools to reach emergencies as fast as possible. Treating patients, free of charge, and getting them to quicker than, say, the National Ambulance or vice. I was here at 7 50 in the morning, and i saw everyone just went out, wear any gear you have, take your medical equipment with you, take your gun if you have one. Founder l. A. Bureau says the morning of october 7th, more than 1000 team embers did exactly that. Everyone was out, no matter, arab, christian, they were all out, saving lives. Videos taken by the group that day show volunteers rushed into regions under attack. In the first 14 days of war, United Hatzalah said it dispatched 300 response vehicles, including helicopters, ambulances, and the specially equipped and few cycles, which can we between traffic with supplies. More than 3000 people have been treated, according to United Hatzalah. But, not all of them could be saved. Two of their own, murder that day. One, a medic with an elite unit of the israeli army, killed in action. The other, a 23yearold, a lot, it was working at the nova Music Festival as a medic. Everyone was running away, and he stayed with this young girl who is bleeding, trying to stop the bleeding. She had three or four bullets in her, and he was trying to save her, and then the terrorist came, caught it, and they realized he was an arab. He was wearing this vest with, the israeli flag on it, and it took us a couple of days to find out where he was, but he was unrecognizable. He was a beautiful young boy. The Terrorist Torture A better when, who is driving into danger, to help anyone who needed it. He was ambushed by terrorists when he stopped to help, what he thought, was a patient in need. When he came, he started to treat people, he took out his equipment, and they captured him. They hung him, they tied him to a poll, a light pole, and he was there for nine hours, and died. They shot his legs, he was injured, we found him hours later, and think and he was okay. Beer started this as a teenager, 35 years ago. He has responded to countless scenes of horror, and gore, and grotesque scenes of terrorism, but, he says, nothing couldve prepared him for what he saw in the aftermath of october 7th. Ive been doing this for so many years, ive been to the worst bomb attacks, terror attacks, Car Accidents in my life. If you put all of these attacks together, for 35 years, and all of the gruesome stuff i saw, it was nothing compared to one day, october 7th. The day i saw the south of his real. Never imagined, in my life, that i could see the holocaust. I would see it in the museums, in black and white, but i sought and color. I saw people that were torn to pieces. They wanted to torture them, in humiliate their bodies. The things i saw, i will never forget. I can still smell the smells of the flesh, of the burn flash, a lot of the victims were burned. I dont know why they did this but they started burning people. They were just going around, shooting, and killing people, and after, that torturing their bodies. They came back home with pictures of, murdered. It said look what we did to the another holocaust. Our thanks to jake tapper for that report. Just ahead for us, chinas top diplomat is making the rounds in washington. Mourners meetings with top u. S. Officials and one coming up with president joe biden. Thats next. And Recovery Efforts are underway after Hurricane Otis Limes into acapulco as a powerful category five storm, killing more than two dozen. People we will have the latest on that story. The u. S. Secretary of state and chinas top diplomat are meeting washington as concerns continue to grow over the israelhamas war expanding. Antony blinken said he is looking forward to having, quote, constructive conversations with Chinese Foreign minister wang yi over his threeday visit. U. S. Officials have said the two plan to discuss a range of bilateral issues. Well also meet with National Security adviser Jake Sullivan and the Chinese Foreign minister is set to speak with cnns beijing bureau chief is live for us with the latest. Good to see you, steven jiang. Look, i cant even begin to articulate how many things are on the list of things that these two people should be discussing the fact that these two countries should be discussing it. There has been a lot said about whether or not relations are thawing. How do you see it at this point given that they seem to be quite warm in their meeting . Yeah, paula. I think this is probably the expectations, though, which is sometimes help things to move along and the key takeaway from all these Meetings Guangyi is having right now is its increasingly likely that translator jinping is going to and also meeting with President Biden there. Because juan ease trip is very much seen as hashing out the details to pave the way for his leader to visit the u. S. Next month. This is happening right now, i think, for both international and domestic reasons. Obviously, as you mentioned, with global conflicts growing and intensifying there is this international expectation that the two superpowers need to put a floor under free falling relationship because a lot of things simply cannot be done without the two sides and we have seen the somewhat the chinese, for example, recently vetoed a u. S. Proposed resolution at the u. N. Security council regarding the gaza conflict and thats one of the reasons why that issue remains very much deadlocked at the u. N. Body. But also i think the two sides see and agree on this very narrow window they can work on between now and early next year, when the u. S. President ial election season kicks off in earnest. So, that is why a lot of these are happening, the visit by u. S. Officials here to china and also, politicians the latest being gavin newsom, the california governor, for example, who is still here, but also, of course, you see tensions very much remain high with the two militaries, for example, releasing videos that they say show the other side making dangerous maneuvers, and making on a college in course. I think this is that the kind of dynamic we are talking about and both sides see this opportunity right now to somewhat stabilize or even improve this relationship for aging paying. Of course, there are also domestic reasons when he is still facing strong economic headwinds and he needs to show this domestic audience and recalibrating international relations, especially with the u. S. But fundamentally, though, paula, i think these are all considered tactical moves, because fundamentally i dont think xi jinpings rhetoric means he still sees the u. S. Out there to contain chinas rice to, suppress chinese interest. But according to him, the east is rising and the west is declining. So, he does see opportunities in the current world conflict and his desire to change that world order very much unchanged. Paula . That was a good Curtain Raiser to what is going on in the next few weeks, stephen, especially given as well that they will perhaps find some Common Ground on the climate talks that will steven jiang for us, reporting from beijing. Appreciate it. In the last three hours we learned chinas former premier has died, thats according to Chinese State media. He suffered a heart attack early friday morning. He served as chinas number two leader until last november overseeing his countrys economy for more than a decade he was months once viewed as a reform minded contender for the countrys top leadership role. Japanese officials send their condolences, saying the former premier played an Important Role in japan china relations. Li keqiang was 68 years old. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he can see, quote, the end of the war in his country. This comes after a new american and danish support measures were announced on thursday. The 150 million worth of arms and equipment. President zelenskyy says offering over 500 Billion Dollars of tanks, drones and ammunition. Hurricane otis has left its mark on the acapulco, killing at least 27 people. The drone video shows the destruction of the hurricane left in its wake wake and the storm surprised many by quickly reaching the powerful category five status before making landfall, leaving little time to prepare. Cnns Patrick Oppmann has that report. This cant be possible. Acapulco has been destroyed. Acapulco, tourist beach town, now the scene of heartbreaking destruction. After the sustained winds of 165 miles per hour. Building after building video taken from a drone and widespread flooding. Some residents say they had no choice but to evacuate on foot. Power is disrupted for more than 300,000 people as of thursday include increasingly scarce. Translator looking at it now, acapulco is a total disaster. Its not what it was before. The park was totally destroyed. The buildings or the streets. No, i would describe acapulco now is a total disaster. As Rescue Workers reach the hardest hit areas they reported news about the loss of life. Unfortunately we received word from the state and City Governments that 27 people i dead and for a missing. Officials say they tried to alert the public but there was not enough for many to seek shelter, flee, or stock up on supplies. Less than 24 hours of his exploded. And the Tropical Storm category five hurricane, which can inflict and lifethreatening storm surge forecasters admit otiss sudden strengthening as it traveled over uncommonly warm waters caught them offguard. High Ocean Temperatures helped fuel hurricanes. 2023 broke records for Surface Ocean heat, we shined to say is one of the effects of human caused climate change. Mexicos president is visiting the region with when the storm hit, and said his country had never experienced a this as unprecedented in this country, not only this short time but also because of the magnitude of the hurricane. Forecasters called otis a nightmare scenario, but it could simply be a sign of the hurricanes to come. Patrick kaufmann, cnn. I am paula newton. I want to thank you for watching. Kim bruin huber Kim Brunhuber cmon, were right there. Cmon baby. Its the only we need. Go, go, go, go ah Touchdown Baby touchdown are your neighbors watching the same game . Yeah, my 5g Home Internet delays the game a bit. But you get used to it. Try these. Theyre noise cancelling earmuffs. I stole them from an airport. Its always something with you, man. Great solid greek salad . 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