Maine, but a war in israel that started three weeks ago is just getting started. In maine we are minutes away from an update from State Officials confirming Shooting Suspect robert card is dead from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Closure for some, but not for the families of 18 victims still wondering why he did it in the first place and eager to learn what he wrote in that note he left behind. In israel, rapidly expanding ground operations on and a building u. S. Presence in the region. The Uss Eisenhower Carrier has entered the mediterranean and set to join the uss gerald r. Ford in a show of force as protests pick up anew all over the world including thousands gathering in london right now in support of palestinians. Welcome, everybody, im neil cavuto. Good to have you on a very, very busy muse day amidst a growing and expanding rumble in israel. Weve got you covered on both as we await that Press Conference. Lets go right to nate foy in lisbon, maine. Nate. Reporter hey, neil, good
Night. Israels Ground Operations have now expanded. We have large explosions, arti artillery, tank fire, and possible Bunker Buster Bombs heard and seen all night long as the idf has now confirmed the expansion of operations, in other words, the Ground Incursion into gaza has now officially begun. Heres a description of how things went on earlier tonight, just how this all got started from trey yingst. Clearly something is happening. We cite the israeli military, they say theyre having ground raids into gaza. Dont want to speculate or call it what it could be, we need to wait and be patient. This is unlike any other night we covered. We have been here the past 20 days as it unfolds. This is a significant development. Also to give you a sense of the phases here, this is indicative of what we expected to come next. Israel told us they would be ramping up strikes against gaza before entering on the ground, this is the next phase of the war. At this moment, i cannot confirm the Ground Oper
To keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. Im sara sidner in tel aviv, israel, where we are learning a significant progress on the negotiations to release the hostages held by hamas, and this is as the israel troops are continuing the targeted troops in gaza on the ground. Im john berman in lewiston, in maine, where any moment we will get the update from Law Enforcement on the manhunt on the man accused of killing 18 people here. Authorities are now examining a gun, a cell phone and a note he left behind. Im kate bolduan in new york, and we are learning more about the lives lost in this horrible tragedy. So many families torn apart, and so many children left without their parents. The heartbreaking details are coming in this morning about the 18 beautiful lives. This is cis cnn news central. All right. We have a twominute warning about 2 30 ago for a News Conference that is supposed to happen here in lewiston, maine, and the Law Enforcement largely, and the
Suspect in the Mass Shootings in lewiston. Now, Law Enforcement descending on that town and the surrounding communities and a shelter in place order has expanded now as this Hunt For Accused Mass Killer robert card enters a second day. Last night police surrounded cards home in bowdoin, maine, with spotlights, with drones, calling for anyone inside that house to surrender. Apparently he wasnt there, but it does show that police are systematically searching locations known to card. We have a team of reporters and analysts with us this morning. Lets start with nbcs Antonia Hylton live in lewiston, maine. Antonia, again, we are expecting this News Conference to begin any moment. Well break as soon as they begin. What do we know right now about where police are focusing their manhunt this hour . Reporter well, this has really become a multistate effort, and of course federal partners with the fbi and atf with also on the ground. We dont know the exact perimeters, but our understanding is t
I cant stress this enough, this is an Ongoing Investigation in the early stages. More information will come out, in conjunction with the Attorney Generals Office as the lead prosecutor. We cant share all of our information right now and im sure you understand that. Im going to give out two numbers that go to a tip line. 911 is also appropriate for this, but if anyone can call these two numbers, this would go to the state police tip line. Area code 2072139526. 2075099002. And well be sending something out later that has that information in it, if you werent able to grab that now. Again this is a very fluid situation, we have a lot of resources as chief st. Pierre had mentioned earlier that are on the ground, in a coordinated effort to apprehend this individual. We have notified the department of education, and they have determined what theyre going to do with the schools. A lot of schools, area schools were shut down today based on our conversation with them. Again, as more information