Good morning, everyone. It is saturday, october 28th. Im amara walker. Ikt victor blackwell. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Any minute now well get an update on the Mass Shootings in maine, 18 people were killed, we will bring it to you as soon as it begins but for now, here is what we know. The accused shooter is dead. Police found his body last night, not far from his workplace. And investigators said that he left a note behind, that indicated that he did not expect to be alive by the time that note was found. The city of lewiston can focus now on saying goodbye to those who were lost in the shootings. All 18 victims have been identified. They include a father and son, while bowling, a married couple and members of the Deaf Community competing in a corn hole tournament. Shimon prokupecz is in lewiston, where the News Conference is about to begin. Reporter were waiting here, any minute, we should see the Police Chiefs from the Lewiston Police department, we believe and the Lisbon Police d
israel across the border. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. israeli defense forces expanding their ground operation in gaza overnight. an idf spokesman says the forces are in the field and continue the fighting with infinity and armored vehicles backed by massive strikes from the air and the sea, including the bombing of hamas tunnels. the bombardment also knocking out communications in gaza, creating a near information blackout. and largely cutting off the territory s more than 2 million people from the outside world. until now, israel s military had been conducting targeted raids with forces withdrawing after a few hours. it comes as an israeli ground offensive aimed at seizing and holding significant amounts of territory has been widely expected but does not appear that such a significant operation is under way yet. joining me from israel is cnn correspondent jeremy diamond. jeremy, still not the ground incursion that we had anticipated. reporter: well, at least no