This baier doesnt push anybody down. Sandra watch out. Have a great show, bret. Bret we will see ya. Following two major stories a massive manhunt by land, water and air underway in maine tonight. The target a u. S. Army reservist suspected in the massacre of 18 people wednesday in lewiston. Authorities are still urging residents in the area to use extreme caution because he is armed, experienced and very dangerous. Well have a live update there shortly. But we begin with an expansion of the war in israel. Huge explosions tonight rocking gaza. Were also getting new insight about the expected Ground Invasion of gaza by israeli troops will look like or might look like. Israels Defense Minister saying it will require destroying a vast network of tunnels and the campaign will be long and difficult. Senior correspondent mike tobin is in Southern Israel again tonight with the latest. Good evening, mike. Mike good evening, bret. An adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says hamas will
Good to be with you, im katy tur. A church, a synagogue, a walmart, a school, a grocery store, a nightclub, a spa, a shopping mall, a neighbors house, a chinese new years celebration, a bank, a hospital, and now a bar and grille, and Bowling Alley where a gunman killed 18 people and injured 13 others. Police have i. D. d him as 40yearold robert card, a man with a recent record of Mental Health issues, a man who has now been on the run for 20 hours, perhaps hiding somewhere in rural maine, perhaps long gone. The Lewiston Police department, federal, state, county, and other municipalities are involved in a coordinated search at this moment for this individual. The search to apprehend this person both happen simultaneously. Our reality for today is the suspect is still at large, and we want to provide Community Support for the victims, for the families, and the communities across the state. But we also have an incredibly strong, laser like focus on bringing this suspect into custody, and
In georgia today. More on that in a moment. But tonight, there is a new report about arguably the person closest to donald trump and the months following the 2020 election, leading up to january 6th. His last chief of staff, mark meadows. Abc news is now reporting that Special Counsel jack smith has granted mark meadows immunity for his under oath testimony. Sources familiar with that matter tell abc news that mark meadows has spoken to jack smiths team three times this year, including to the federal grand jury. Abc news reports, quote, meadows informed smiths team that he repeatedly told trump in the weeks after the 2020 president ial election that the allegations of significant voter fraud commit to them were baseless. Meadows also told the federal investigators trump was being, quote, dishonest with the public when he first claimed to have won the election only hours after polls closed on november 3rd, 2020, before a final result for. And obviously he didnt, when a source quoted mea
Vote. Is there could be a mad Dash Scramble and nominate ago speaker and eight candidates seeking to acquire the gavel of this hour and watching that closely and updates as soon as we get them live from the hill. Meanwhile, from the middle east, it is day 18 of israel at war and idf cranked up air strikes against hamas targets in gaza overnight. Israel Still Deciding on major Ground Offenses or keep the jewish states powder dry. At least for now. Good morning. We await for more action on that im bill hemmer live in new york. Big couple of hours here, dana. Did i recollects im dana pree no and this dana perino and this is meshs news room. At this hour, a very large group of israeli supporters are gathering outside United Nations chanting bring them home ahead of a 10 00 a. M. Hearing. Amber lets get to it. Best of my recollections apologies, well try to get the audio in there a bit. Did i recollects President Biden will not consider a ceasefire till all hostages kidnapped by hamas are f
Thanks for you at home for joining us this hour. And we happy to have you here. I will say just one note before we get started tonight. I know things might look a little different than usual, that is just because i am doing the show tonight from someplace new. I am in los angeles tonight. I am at what is essentially the midpoint of this book tour that im doing for my new book. Thats why im here. I am not a great traveler [laughter] i am not great at this. Just before i start the show tonight, i just want to say thank you to all the bookstores and the venues that weve been at so far, and all the moderators who have been onstage with me. Thanks in particular to everyone who has come up to one of these events and has been, there is been thousands of people so far, which is crazy. But its just been really nice to be out there at so many events and so many different cities to meet people who value this show, who love msnbc. Ive heard a lot of love from my msnbc colleagues. So, its been fant