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
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
You have to also understand, everything we do is a methodical approach and be safe and make sure our officers are safe, and we were Fielding Hundreds of calls in our call center and there was also the tip line that i heard today, how many calls came in, there as you can imagine, it was an astronomical amount of resources being used across our community, and not everybody is in marked police cars, and not everybody is in full uniform, but there was a lot of resources from across new england that was here, including helicopters, moments after i arrived on the scene, we used every resource that was available, and we, you know, i think it was this gentleman down here, asked me, you know how long you searched for, and you expect to find him, and every officer there wasnt going home until we found the individual. [ Inaudible Question ] so Maine Recycle was cleared thursday, it was cleared on thursday, and then we, my officers, trying to think, it three hours sleep over the course of a few da
i m lindsay reiser in today with at least human does. this, our israel strikes new targets just over its northern border, and it s ripping up its assault inside gaza. a middle east analyst on the stakes, and what this means for the region. also tonight, morning in maine. the community gathering to remember the victims of last week s mass shooting, as new details reveal when the shooter was on law enforcement s radar. and, america loses a friend. tributes pouring in after the shocking news of matthew perry s death. we ll begin this hour, though, with breaking news. the gaza strip under heavy bombardment as israel s increased offensive against hamas enters a third day. prime minister netanyahu earlier today. the white house says the leaders discussed the efforts to release hostages, including any americans potentially being held in gaza. we also talked about the need for more humanitarian aid to gaza. earlier, u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan told msnbc the bide
make sure officers are safe. we were fielding hundreds of calls at our comp center. the tints line we heard how many calls came in there. as you can imagine it was an astronomical amount of resources being used across our community. not everyone is unmarked police cars. not everyone is in full uniform. there was a lot of resources from across new england here, including helicopters moments after arrived on the scene. we used every resource that was available. i think it was this gentleman down here asked me, how long you re gonna search for? do you expect to find him? every officer there was not going home until we found this individual. you are saying the business was twice cleared? once on thursday twice thursday, twice friday? when was a business cleared? main recycling was cleared thursday, on thursday. we, my officers, i think we had three hour sleep over the course of the c days but it was in the middle of the night. 2:30 3:00 in the morning my officer found. we act