Hello, our breaking News Coverage continues of the urgent manhunt under way in the state of maine for the suspect accused of killing at least 18 people at a Bowling Alley and at a restaurant. As many of the victims injured fight for their lives tonight for the past three hours the fbi has been outside of robered card, the suspects, home, shouting commands. The home has already been searched today. But apparently there was some activity that was noticed that prompted those teams to return. Now at this very moment, its still not clear if anyone was inside of that home or what the activity was aimed at. But what we do know is that suspect is an Army Reservist who knows survive willal techniques. We also know that survival techniques. His home is on hundreds of acres of land and woods. Im about to speak live with the lewiston mayor on everything that transpired right now for his community. But first, want to get straight to the ground with Brian Todd Outside of robert cards home in maine.
Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez in washington, d. C. With john berman on the ground in maine where an urgent manhunt is under way for the suspect in two Mass Shootings. And cnn just learned the name of one of 18 people gunned down in that rampage. Trisha ashlan was a 53yearold mother who worked at the Bowling Alley, according to her brother, that is one of the locations where the shooting broke out. The other was a bar grille, a tenminute drive, three of them in critical condition, john. Yeah, this is huge manhunt under way in the surrounding area here. Hundreds of officers state and federal on the hunt for this alleged mass murderer. 40yearold robert card. His family has urged card to surrender. That is according to his brother. But that man is now been on the run for some 18 hours now which is really shut down much of the area. Schools, stores, banks, the department of motor vehicles. L. L. Bean which is about 15 miles away which many people know is open on christma
the vice president is being monitored we re told as she continues to get regular covid tests. she tested negative by the way early this morning. all of this comes as many americans are scrambling to get a covid-19 test. and they often are facing some very real problems simply trying to get the tests. let s go to brian todd outside here in washington, d.c. brian, you have a lot of good information about covid tests to share with our viewers wax are you what are you learning. reporter: people are up against two big obstacles. confusion eefr which test to get and a shortage at pharmacy stores like this cvs. this is not ideal as the omicron variant really takes hold. from california to d.c., the lines of people waiting to get free covid tests, many of them unable to buy test kits in stores are now extending around city blocks. and to say patience is wearing thin is putting it mildly.
regarding the main outages of new orleans and elsewhere, they also said there s a massive power a tower that collapsed and much of it is in the mississippi river along with power lines there. that gives you a sense of what people throughout this area are trying to deal with. the damage that they re assessing right now and the fact that they re going to be without power probably for several days. and obviously with the conditions calming down there, there s still so much moisture in the air. we re seeing condensation on brian s lens. but thank you for hustling for us to give us a look at what s happening right now in new orleans. thank you, brian. rescues are ongoing forr trappe residents in a town with massive flash flooding. ed, what are you seeing and what are you hearing from people there? reporter: anyone you go up to, the first words out of their
city of houma, louisiana. ida now considered one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the u.s. wind of 150 miles per hour. that s like an f-3 tornado hitting for hours. now, on the left side of your screen, what s left? we know at least one person has died. but louisiana s governor says he expects the death toll to climb considerably in the coming hours. and we re getting reports of people trapped in attics and on roofs and the water is not done rising. a couple of people behind me have a lot of friends and family out there. i got a fairly decent sized boat. if i can get a couple people to ride with me, we ll get out there. no one has any cell phone service. it s just a waiting game. let s begin our live team coverage of ida first with brian todd outside of new orleans. i understand the entire city is right now without power and