center. but again we can report tonight that robert card has been found dead, which means the 48-hour man hunt that is terrorize the state of maine is now over, and we are just moments away from a press conference at lewiston city hall. special coverage of this breaking news out of maine continues in the next hour on the last word, with my colleague, jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. good evening john. good evening alice. list just jump right into this, because the breaking news tonight, as alex and explain to you, on forsman officials tell nbc news that robert card, the suspected mass shooter in maine, who killed 18 people and injured more than a dozen others at a bowling alley and bar and grill has been found dead. any minute now officials in maine will be holding a press conference to give us the latest. jonathan detest is with us, but let s go to corresponded where she is in the room where we expect the press conference to begin. kathy? we had problems with
alert, two major stories this morning as israel continues to the expand ground and airstrike ises in gaza. families and friends of the hostages still in the region are begging officials in tel aviv to bring their loved ones home. israel s says its minister of defense is set the meet with ta. the idf confirms one of its drones hits a terrorist cell many lebanon. pete: officials also say ground and airstrikes will continue in gaza until new orders are in as the idf if killed a senior hamas military leaders and took out at least 150 underground terrorist sites during airstrikes overnight. and an overnight update on the mass shooting in lewiston, maine. robert card was found dead we an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a two-day manhunt. our community can now breathe a sigh of relief, mr. card is deceased and no longer a threat to our community if or any other community. i just don t want to forget the families that are grieving and will continue to grieve. i don t wa
said that it was expanding its ground operations there. 0ur middle east correpondent tom bateman, who is in jerusalem, has more. well, there has been intensive aerial bombardment by the israelis over a prolonged period of time, the heaviest that we ve seen at night time during the course of this conflict. and we heard from daniel hagari, the israeli military spokesman, in a live televised address to israelis, that he said that they were widening their ground operations. he talked about this being what he called a very significant attack against underground networks of hamas, he said, and also terrorist infrastructure, as he described it. now, one of the first signs that something significant was taking place here was that all communications for ordinary palestinians in gaza went dark. there was a complete blackout. and remember, this is on top of more than two weeks of a complete cut of the electricity grid in gaza. now, i mean, i had tried for hours to reach people in gaza.
40-year-old army reservist who, out of respect for victims families, we are not showing tonight. in a news conference tonight, officials made clear to the public they believe there is no longer a direct threat to the community. and have lifted shelter in place orders. take a listen to what maine s governor, janet mills, said just a short time ago. like many people, i m breathing a sigh of relief tonight knowing that robert card is no longer a threat to anyone. i know there are some people, many people, who share that sentiment. but i also know that his death may not bring solace too many. but now is the time to heal, and with this search concluded, i know that law enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families. and i ask that all main people continue to keep those families and all of the people impacted by this tragedy in their thoughts and prayers. all 18 victims are now identified. among the
day multi state man hunt for the 40-year-old army reservist who, out of respect for victims families, we are not showing tonight. in a news conference tonight, officials made clear to the public they believe there is no longer a direct threat to the community. and have lifted shelter in place orders. take a listen to what maine s governor, janet mills, said just a short time ago. like many people, i m breathing a sigh of relief tonight knowing that robert card is no longer a threat to anyone. i know there are some people, many people, who share that sentiment. but i also know that his death may not bring solace too many. but now is the time to heal, and with this search concluded, i know that law enforcement continues to fully investigate all the facts so we can bring what closure we can to the victims and their families. and i ask that all main people continue to keep those families and all of the people impacted by this tragedy in their thoughts and prayers. all 18 vict