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The worst mass shooting of the year. Towns people hid for their live, parents shielded their children, families fled the scene. Some got out to reunite with their loved ones. We will hear from survivors this morning. Our team is tracking the latest developments on this tragedy. We begin with whit johnson on the scene in lewiston, maine. Good morning, whit. Reporter george, good morning to you. Sadly, weve become all too familiar with these types of tragedies. Here we are again at the scene of what is expected to be the deadliest shooting so far of 2023. At least 16 People Killed. Behind me is that crime scene, the street blocked off. If you go halfway down the street, thats where the Bowling Alley is that was hosting a youth night for children. Thats where this suspect began his killing spree. Now an entire community on edge. As that killer, considered armed and dangerous, is still on the run. Active shooter location. All available units. Reporter this morning a massive manhunt under way for an armed and dangerous killer after a mass shooting in maines second largest city. We have an active shooter. We have multiple injuries. Reporter the first 911 call coming in around 7 00 p. M. From a local Bowling Alley. They were hosting a youth night for kids bowling league. Authorities releasing these surveillance images showing the suspected gunman armed with a rifle, where he began his killing spree. We were inside bowling. Out of nowhere he just came in. You heard a loud pop. I thought it was a balloon. Had my back turned to the door. Soon as i turned and saw he was holding a weapon, i went down the lane and slid basically in to where the pins are and climbed up in the machine and was on top of the machine for ten minutes until the cops got there. Reporter the suspect then traveling about four miles to the second scene at a local bar and restaurant. There are multiple scenes to include multiple hospital, a lot of witnesses were speaking with. Reporter at least 16 People Killed and dozens injured. It was all ages. Reporter police have identified 40yearold robert card as the person of interest. Sources telling abc news he has a history of military service and is a firearms instructor. He was treated at a Mental Health facility over the summer after allegedly saying he was hearing voices and threatened to shoot up a National Guard facility in maine. If people see him, they should not approach card or make contact with him in any way. Reporter authorities discovering the suspects white subaru around 11 30 p. M. , eight miles from the lewiston crime scenes. The car seen with the door open and lights on. With the suspected killer on the run, the community placed on lockdown, people told to shelter in place. Overnight we spoke with Megan Hutchison and her 10yearold daughter zoey who were at the Bowling Alley. When i turned around, i saw the shooter right behind me. He had just come in the door. I dont know if that was just a warning shot or if he actually shot somebody with that one. Between the lane theres some swinging doors like where they keep all the mechanical stuff out back. So we kind of all just ran that way. We barricaded in there and another parent was in the room with me. She had a phone. She called 911. Reporter zoeys leg grazed by a bullet. The young girl now unable to comprehend the horrific crime scene she witnessed. Shock. We saw something that we thought would never happen. I never thought i would grow up and get a bullet in my leg. Why . Why . Why do people do this . I was more worried about, am i going to live . Am i going to make it out of here . Whats going to happen . Are the cops going to come . Reporter questions no child should ever have to ask. This community here gripped by fear right now that lockdown is in place in lewiston and surrounding communities. People told to stay indoor, lock their doors. Businesses and schools are closed as more than 100 investigators comb the area looking for that suspect. We also learned President Biden was briefed on that situation overnight. In fact, he was removed from a state dinner with the australian Prime Minister so that he could get on the phone and make calls to local officials here in maine. Michael . Absolutely horrific, whit. Thank you so much for that. Trevor ault is outside the Medical Center in maine where some of the victims are being treated. Good morning, trevor. Reporter good morning, michael. Overnight we did hear from central maine Medical Center that confirmed they were responding to this mass casualty, mass shooting. In the chaos and with this incredibly high number of victims, they havent even been able to confirm the number of people they are treating. We heard from one employee inside who said, of course, they have called in all Emergency Department and Critical Care nurses. Surrounding hospitals have activated their Emergency Response, called in all available staff. You have to imagine there is some concern this morning about this communitys ability to respond to the sheer volume of victims. We also have to note this morning the Police Presence surrounding the hospital. A number of Law Enforcement vehicles and several officers with long guns waiting at the entrance. So anybody who tries to get into the hospital will have to stop and check in with them first. In the area, of course, that shelter in place order, still in effect. People are urging all nonessential personnel to stay home. You have to imagine all medical staff will be essential to treat all these people who need care. Robin . You would imagine that to be the case. Absolutely, trevor. Thank you. Now the latest on the investigation, so lets bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. Good morning, pierre. Reporter robin, good morning. A federal source tells me this is a worst Case Scenario involving a highly skilled gun man who is irrational. The person of interest, robert card, he is a firearms expert and Army Reservist with a history of mental illness, recently telling officials that he was hearing voices and threatening to attack a National Guard base in maine. He was committed to a Mental Health facility for two weeks this past summer. As a result, there are hundreds of federal and state Law Enforcement descending on the scene in a massive drag net. Im told the fbi, u. S. Marshals will offer services as well. The fbi has dozens of agents helping process the crime scene and who are assisting with the victims. The fbi is also helping in the manhunt which involves helicopters and setting up road check points as part of an effort to try to keep this person from escaping the area. Tactical teams will also be made available z as well as behavioral scientists as needed. Sources say this is receiving the highest level of attention from not only the attorney general, fbi director, Homeland Security secretary, but all the president himself. Im told this is literally an all hands on deck situation. Its the worst mass shooting of the year and believed to be the worst mass shooting since the massacre of those children in uvalde in may of 2022. The sheer rash of Mass Shootings, its really taken hold. Reporter even as gun violence has moderated a bit, robin, over the past year, Mass Shootings have emerged into what can only be described as a chronic disease in place. After averaging more than 400 Mass Shootings up into 2019 the country has not seen less than 600 Mass Shootings in each of the last three years. Were talking thousands killed and thousands wounded. This year alone there have been 565 Mass Shootings so far, 601 killed, 2,300 injured. We know those numbers are going to spike upward because of what happened last night. We do know that, pierre. Thank you, as always, for your reporting. We will be following this story throughout the morning. George . It is just horrific. Were going to washington and the new speaker of the house. Republicans rallying around mike johnson after three high profile nominees were forced to withdraw. Senior Congressional Correspondent rachel scott is tracking it all on capitol hill. Good morning, rachel. Reporter good morning, george. It took 22 day, 14 candidates and four nominees but mike johnson was able to pull off something no other republican could. Unite the party to become the next speaker of the house. This morning republicans pushing past the dysfunction electing a new speaker of the house, congressman mike johnson. I do, so help me god. Congratulations, mr. Speaker [ applause ] reporter the little known lawmaker from louisiana now second in line to the presidency. The country demands strong leadership of this body and we must not waiver. Reporter with only six years in congress, johnson has the least amount of experience for any speaker in 140 years. One of the most conservative records yet. Hes got enough time here, but not the baggage. Reporter he supports a nationwide abortion ban with few exceptions. He is not in favor of protection for same sex marriage and voted to overturn the 2020 election recruiting members to challenge the result. As he headed into the chamber, i asked if he would acknowledge trump lost. Do you acknowledge that trump lost the election . I think well be unified today. Im excited. Reporter he didnt answer. Johnson did promise to get the house back to work with two wars raging, President Biden has asked congress for 100 billion in aid to israel in ukraine. Johnson refusing to commit. Mr. Speaker, do you support additional aid to ukraine . We all do. Were going to have conditions on that. Were working through it. Reporter what kind of conditions . We want accountability and we want objectives from the white house. Reporter there certainly is a lot of work to do on capitol hill. The deadline to keep the government funded is right before thanksgiving. First piece of legislation brought to the floor under speaker johnson was a resolution showing support for israel. It passed with strong bipartisan support. Nine democrats and one republican did vote against it, george. Rachel scott, thanks. We are going to turn to donald trump. He took the stand in the courtroom here in new york. Got fined 10,000 for violating the judges gag order in his civil fraud trial. Want to go to our Senior Investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky. Good morning, aaron. Reporter george, good morning to you. It has been a season of remarkable firsts involving donald trump. He added another one, when he became the first president placed under oath and answered a judges questions as a courtroom witness. This happened after trump, in the courthouse hallway, called the judge very partisan and said theres a person who is very partisan sitting alongside of him. Trump has attacked the judges law clerk before and been admonished not to do it again. On the witness stand, trump insisted he was aiming his remark at michael cohen, who spent two days on the stand, but the judge did not believe him. I find the witness is not credible, the judge said. I find the witness was referring to my law clerk. The judge fining trump 10,000 and warning next time it will be worse. The judge saying, i am very protective of my staff. I dont want anyone killed. Trump was in court to watch cohen, who testified his exboss directed him to make his net worth whatever number he wanted it to be. But on crossexamination, trumps lawyers questioned why cohen told congress back in 2019 trump did not direct him to inflate his net worth . The defense threw up its hand, asked the judge to end the trial because of cohens contradiction. When the judge refused, trump stormed out of the courtroom, catching everyone, robin, Even Secret Service detail, by surprise. Robin . All right, aaron. Thank you. The war between israel and hamas, as the humanitarian crisis grows. Some hospitals in gaza have been forced to close with fuel running short. Our chief Foreign Correspondent ian pannell is on the scene in israel. Good morning, ian. Reporter good morning, robin. We are in central israel. Last night it was hit by rockets fired from gaza. You can see for yourself the damage that was inflicted here. There were a small number of casualties. Many have been forced to leave their homes. It is quite rare for these rockets to get through. Just a few mints ago we had another attempted attack. I heard five interceptions by the air defense system. This as israel launched over 250 strikes in gaza last night targeting hamas, they say. As you say, the civilian casualty rate there climbs enormously. Overnight an israeli tank raid into gaza. The military releasing a video of the operation, saying it was in preparation for the next stages of combat and that the soldiers have since returned to israel. In an address to the nation, Prime Minister netanyahu also saying israel is preparing for a ground operation, though no word on when it will happen. Israel launching hundreds of strikes in gaza, saying its targeting hamas as the situation on the ground becomes ever more dire. Some hospitals reportedly shutting down as fuel runs out. Israel has cut supplies and claims hamas is stockpiling fuel. Those hospitals still open inundated with the wounded and running on generator, also low on fuel. You will see hundreds of civilians. You feel for them. Just last night, just giving some peace for them to die. Reporter 20 days of bombing after the massacre of at least 1,400 in israel. Grief has no borders, no boundaries in this war. Gaza bureau chief burying his wife, his son, his 7yearold daughter and baby grandchild. The News Organization saying they were killed in an israeli air strike. Weve just spoken to Israeli Defense forces about that particular tact. They say they were targeting hamas infrastructure in the area and insist they do everything to try and mitigate civilian casualties. A tragedy nevertheless. Michael . Youre right. A tragedy nevertheless. Thank you so much for that, ian. Were going to turn to the tentative deal to end the autoworkers strike against ford. Two sides reached an agreement overnight. Our chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis is here with more. Good morning, rebecca. Good morning, michael. It has been six weeks since the united autoworkers began selective strikes at all three auto makers. Now the job action is over against one of those companies. Uaw and ford both confirming a tentative deal has been reached. The union is calling it a major victory, saying the prospective contract calls for raises of about 25 over four years. It will raise the top wage to more than 40 an hour including an increase of 68 for starting wages to more than 28 an hour. There will be other benefit increases as well. Ford said its looking forward to getting three of its truck plants back up and running and getting its 20,000 employees back to work. Majority of the 57,000 rank and file ford employees will have to approve the proposal for it to become official. Those strikes against General Motors and stellantis remain on going but the ford deal could provide a frame work in negotiations to end those strikes as well. Thank you very much. Coming up more on the mass shooting in maine. The suspect is still at large. Plus the latest on recovery in mexico after a monster category 5 hurricane made la