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CNNW CNN July 2, 2024

Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States, and all around the world. We are following Breaking News on two major stories this hour. Another Mass Shooting in the United States, at least 22 people reportedly killed in maine, and the suspect is still at large. We are following developments out of the middle east, israel killing up for Ground Operations in gaza, even as the territories deepening humanitarian crisis spirals out of control. We begin in maine where a manhunt is underway after, a massacre in two locations In The City Of lucent. 22 people are dead, up to 60 others wounded. The shootings took place wednesday night at a Bowling Alley, and a restaurant. Officials in luis stint, and the neighbor sitting of auburn, are telling residents to stay inside, and lock their doors. Hundreds of officers are looking for this man, 40 year old robert card. Police described him as a Person Of Interest and say he is Armed And Dangerous. Local Sheriffs Office released this image of the Gunman Holding A high powered, Assault Style rifle, just inside the entrance to the Bowling Alley. U. S. President joe biden has been briefed on the shooting, and spoke with the mains governor and lawmakers, federals authorities are assisting in the investigation. I want to bring in steve moore, cnn Law Enforcement contributor, retired special agent for the fbi good to have you with us. I want to start of course with what we know, officials saying the shooting began, around seven pm local time, 22 People Killed. Does it or two locations, and seven hours later the suspect, armed with a military style rifle, is still on the run. And this is quite, a new thing hey where we dont have the person in custody at the right time, in a short time. So we know a local state federal offices are working together possibly canadian officers giving that mean borders with canada talk to less of the resources to hunt him down. Right now youve got the fbi getting involved, atf is there, that Canadian Border police, and rcmp, are excellent resources. Plus you have state and local Law Enforcement all through the area, you have a flood of of officers, and agents coming into the area. You will have within a short amount of time, a Large Resource base, from which to execute your plans. Right now, there is so much going on because there are logistics and getting these people into, into the system of the case. What other people are trying to determine what they should do with all the resources they have. Of course, we are getting an understanding steve of what Lauren Lawton facials are telling us about this Person Of Interest. He is a certified fire arm and Tactics Instructor former military we understand he was committed to a Mental Health facility over the couple of weeks, after reporting that he heard voices, and went threats to shoot up National Guard vitamin. Despite the Gondolas Amin are quite lax. There are no background or Red Flag Laws right . That is what we are learning. I have to confess that i am not an expert on the main laws, but from what i am hearing from the commenters that is the case. Given his training how dangerous it is for him to track him . Down it is terribly dangers i was technically trained, what it looks like. When somebody is, looking at it down to looking another down something that person knows what they are doing. The pictures they are seeing it is not the rifle he is walking One Direction while addressing targets in another direction. That is a sophisticated, technique a, significant a tactic that takes a lot of practice to do well. The way he is holding the rightful, is in a frightening effective position. You see the gun on, his hand on the force of the gun, is holding it down so that it doesnt rise if he fires multiple rounds. He looks frighteningly capable. We know steve the two towns in that region have been telling residents that they need to stay and shelter, lock their doors. Schools in the region have been closed for tomorrow. What would be your advice to residents in the area . Dont leave your house. Dont do anything tomorrow that would involve congregating. You dont know right now what his plans are. Being a military personnel, i dont know if he was officer listed, he probably has a plan. We dont know whether that plan at this point, involves ending his own life, or setting up an ambush for police. Or continuing to kill innocent people. Who are not Law Enforcement. He could be waiting overnight in the woods, thats where i would expect him to be. To see if in the morning, he could find more targets. Unopened store, some kind of business. That is if hes looking for more civilian targets. Otherwise, he could be setting up an ambush for police in the woods. This is terrifying. Certainly is. Steve moore we appreciate your perspective on this. Thank you for joining us. I want to welcome jason levesque, the mayor of auburn me. I understand that youve been at the middle school, where survivors have been be united. Im sorry for what your community is going through now. What are you hearing from people tonight . Thank you for having me on. As you can imagine, its a very confusing situation. We do have great Law Enforcement, first responders, action plans that we have implemented. Its about as organized as one could ever hope i suppose, right now our thoughts, really our feelings and prayers, or with those who have suffered through this. We are all going to know someone who is a victim of tonight. We are just looking at pictures outside a medical center, can you explain the Trauma Response to this given the vast number of people that were shot them . I dont think i can. Other than we have trained professionals here, grief counselors, we have specialist from the police, local Law Enforcements as well as counselors and members of local clergy early. We have each other i think thats a big thing to we rally support around in different cold times, we are gonna do and ill keep doing it and get through this. This Mass Shooting happened at a Bowling Alley, a restaurant around dinnertime. What are you know about how this unfolded, what have witnesses been telling you . Talked to several firsthand witnesses so far, obviously as you can imagine this thing is piecemeal. Everybody has a different view, a different perspective. The investigation is gonna be long, its gonna be thorough. I will say that it was more of a shock and disbelief when it first started happening. And then obviously followed by grief, that is the universal thing i heard from people tonight. I imagine mayor, there are plenty of young families at that time of night. Any indication of the ages or the age range of those impacted . Its all ages, from teenagers up. From teenagers up . Yes. That is all i know on that one. Can you tell us mayor, if youve had any updates about the man hunt to track date this Person Of Interest, this 40 year old man, who had a Military Training . Ive had updates, im not going to say what is going on what are one and how, our police are topnotch. We are being aided by state and federal resources, we will find him. He will be brought to drastically swiftly and severely. I thoughts are with you, and your community tonight. We really appreciate your time take care. Thank you goodnight were gonna have more on the Mass Shooting in maine still ahead, including an Interview Head of the nonprofit setting against gun violence. Gaza could soon lose a critical lifeline for civilians, the fuel is not delivered, how much time is left, before eight operations are suspended . Im going to speak with a key u. N. Official. Welcome back we are covering israels war with hamas were gonna have the latest from gaza in just a moment, first an update on wednesday night deadly Mass Shooting in willing stun maine. Local police have identified robert card as an eight Person Of Interest. After at least 22 people were killed and others and others injured. His whereabouts are currently unknown. His vehicle is found in a nearby town of lisbon the card is described as an expert firearm in, with the u. S. Army reserve. He is considered Armed And Dangerous and residents are being urged to shelter in place. Cnn will continue modern train that manhunt, we will bring you new develops as we get them. This really Prime Minister has declared all home as terrorist dead men walking. Above ground, below ground and outside gaza. Benjamin netanyahu televised national address, said thousands of tariffs have already been eliminated. And he said israels recruiting the support of world leaders, because hamas is i. S. I. S. In i. S. I. S. Is hamas. [speaking in a nonenglish language] translator we are raining down hellfire anonymous. We have eliminated hundreds of thousands are terrorists, this is only the beginning. At the same time, we are preparing for a Ground Incursion. I will not detail when, how or how many. Or the overall consideration that we are taking into account, most of which are unknown to the public. This is how in needs to be. In order to safeguard the lives of our soldiers. For the First Time Since the hummus, Press Minister spoke about his own role in a Security Breakdown which failed to repent the worst Terror Attack in israeli history. That the failure will be thoroughly investigated everyone must provide answers, including himself. But only after the war. Meanwhile the crisis in gaza is deepening amid severe shortages in the intense israeli bombardment, the must controlled Palestinian Health ministry said, recently airstrikes on gaza killed more than 700 people in a single day. Some food water and medicine have reached gaza via egypt, the main you an aid agency in gaza said will be forced to suspend crucial operations in the hours ahead, if you will is not delivered. Since fuel is need to collect and distribute those supplies, reserves are believed to be the running dangerously low. Israeli government has said it wont allowed fuel into gaza, because hamas will steal it, and use it for. Fuel is desperately needed to power hospitals dr. Warn waves of new pages and babies rely on oxygen will die if fuel is not brought in. Cnns clarissa waters details on that need to warn you the piece contains images that are graphic. Every morning, they gathered outside the the hospital. Family members bidding farewell, to, their loved ones who did not survive the night. A ritual that tragically has become all too familiar and gaza women and children, these are the targets this man laments. This is hamas. Hours earlier, the chaotic moments as the dead and injured were brought into the hospital, during the most intense night of bombardment in the last 17 days. And, as with every night. So many of the victims children. Doctor muhammad, says the e. R. Has struggled to keep up with the flood of casualties. And the severity of the injured is that they are dealing with, particularly third degree burns. The hospital is not prepared to deal with these types of burns, and i dont suppose the bigger hospitals will be able to either, he says. We are suffering from a lack of essentials due to the siege, even as we speak now at any moment the electricity could cut off. The World Health Organization has warned that 12 of gazas 35 hospitals are no longer functioning. That number is about to get higher, and less desperately needed fuel arrives. Left to fend for themselves, with no place to go. They watch and wait for help that has yet to come. Clarissa ward of reporting. Our next guest has been sounding the alarm over the guys a fuel shortage, tomorrow a reef eye is the spokesperson for the four Palestinian Refugees to joins us from jordan. Thank you for being with us. You have friends and colleagues on the ground in gaza, what are they telling you about the crisis unfolding there right now . My friends and my colleagues are telling me that the crisis is immense. My colleagues are describing the very dire conditions in which over 600,000 displaced people are living in. When they are living in shelters and schools, the u. N. Agency for palestine refugees. For some visuals, and to be able to imagine this. Several thousand People Living in a school, in order to get that a bit of privacy we have given via classrooms and the rooms that can be closed, to women and girls and children. While the men and boys are sleeping in courtyards. All of them have very low access to clean water for drinking, for bathings themselves. Several thousand people share one toilet, one bathroom going on for days without the ability to shower. To the point where a mother told us yesterday her dream is to bathe her children. Situation is very difficult also regarding food, with very few supplies coming in. Despite the breakthrough in the use of as a humanitarian passage. We are talking about 20 trunks at best of humanitarian supplies. That includes food, medicines and also things that are not edible like mattresses but much needed. It is very difficult. Of course tamara with heard from other u. N. Wraps Estimating Gaza needs about 160 leaders a fuel per day to meet the basic needs of the population. The idf says the people of gaza should ask hamas for fuel saying the terror group has over 500,000 liters of fuel. You aware of that . Does that ring true . These are reports that we here as well. Our position as an independent u. N. Agency that operates its own its own humanitarian response. We have our own stations in our stations to be able to get people water. We have our own generators to give us electricity. We need our own fuel for own trucks to distribute bread and other supplies around gaza. What concerns us, is that we also need to have our own fuel supplies. That we will strictly use for u. N. And for humanitarian purposes, so whether or not other sources of fuel exist. In gaza. It is no direct relative to us. We are human agency we should not be begging for fuel to nourish our own operations. We know that the World Health Organization is that one third of gaza as hospitals cannot function because of the fuel scarcity. Its in a social media post that the medical burden is enormous. We know that your agency as warn that if we dont get fuel ill, be forced to stop the operations in the gaza strip. What is the lays this assessment. How quickly could you run out of fuel . What is the risk that your team can operate . There is the risk is huge, the conversations are really painful. I was listening to the report you just aired, and thinking of conversations im having with my colleagues who are working in the health sector. Do we unplug incubators for premature babies . Do we unplug Life Support Machines for the elderly . Do we stop providing fuel to generate electricity to Intensive Care Wards . What is the right choice to make right now . Do we stop providing a few hours of electricity to bakeries, knowing that most of the displaced people over half 1 million only eat up eat a bread a day that is all they get. These are very difficult conversations, that they are having right now and gaza. To enable us to make a decision that is the least harmful. Every choice right now is a bad one. In the absence of the fuel that we need to run our most basic humanitarian response. Not even a big fancy fullfledged one across the huge needs in the strip. The israeli Prime Minister saying that a Ground Offensive will go ahead, should that happen, from your perspective, how do you think the needs will change . The need will be magnified by 100 or 1000. We are already in a situation where the humanitarian system is on the brink. The u. N. Agency for palestine is the largest u. N. Agency currently working and gaza. Weve been sending the alarm over a possible risk of interaction of our operations even now. If the military escalation, transforms to bring in truly a Ground Invasion. A Ground Offensive, it will be extremely extremely difficult for us to work, and the pain and the suffering of people who already displaced in shelters, many of them who have lost loved ones or their homes cannot even think of the magnitude of the despair, and of their need, and of their status right now. We appreciate your time thank you so much and we wish you all the best. Still to come, very latest on the Mass Shooting in list in maine. 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