Law enforcement says its been flooded with tips but the man accused of killing 18 people still hasnt been found. I think every minute this goes on were more and more concerns. You know, because of whats the next thing thats going to happen. What were learning about the lives lost as the manhunt stretches into a second day. Also breaking new bombardments. Israeli Defense Forces say their ground operation is ramping up in gaza. What we know about the targets hours after one of israels largest cities is hit by rocket fire. Bottom line. Failed crypto exchanger Sam Bankmanfried admits to making mistake saying hes not guilty of fraud. The case hes 0 making facing the jury for the first time. And plot twist. Hollywood studios and the actors union. Are they about to make a deal . Negotiations under way now and what it means for movies and tv. We begin this hour in lewiston, maine, where Law Enforcement officials are frantically working to find robert card. Hes accused of opening fire on a restaurant and Bowling Alley in lewiston, maine. The states second biggest city. An arrest warrant issued. Card is considered armed and dangerous. Lewiston and surrounding communities remain in shelter in place. Businesses and schools remain closed. Because of the threats people cant gather together to mourn the 18 lives lost as weve seen in other communities that suffered their own mass shootings. The victims include a manager at the restaurant he tried to stop the rampage. An American Sign Language interpreter helping communicate communications during maines cdc covid briefings and this father and son enjoying a night out with their bowling league. Leading us off this hour is nbc news correspondent george solis in nearby lisbon, maine. George, we understand the town youre in, in lisbon is significant in the manhunt. Why is that . Reporter good afternoon, stephanie. In various ways. Where robert cards vehicle was found. Authorities spent a lot of time here initially combing this area and now back here canvassing the Andrew Scoggin river. Teams about to go into the water, dive teams. Teams in boats using sonar to look at this waterway. The helicopters encircling, flying pretty low. Told theyre using thermal images as well for any signs of this suspect. They actually have crews in the woods marking them with ribbons. To mark where theyve already been. How intense and how specific they are being. I was told from an official earlier once these dive teams go into the water theyre going to be using gps to mark off where theyve already been. Theyre literally turning over every stone for any sign of robert card. At this point as you mentioned, they are telling the people here in this community that he is to be presumed armed and dangerous and why the shelter in place orders are in place. Life in these communities is on pause at this time. Talking about some of the staging they were doing and what he hoped to accomplish. Heres what he told me. Morale is up there, because i have a dedicated team of women and men that really want to locate the individual. You know . We really care about the community and surrounding communities. Reporter . 500 tips looking into them and taking each very, very seriously. Telling you again how badly they want to capture this individual. Gorge, its a community on edge but also grieving. I understand you spoke with people who knew some of the victims. What did they tell you . Reporter yesterday i spoke with a woman in ben salem, cousin of bill young. They were trying desperately to get any information they could. Last known location was the Bowling Alley. They later received that horrific news that nobody wants to hear. That he was among the deceased victims that lost their lives. Also learned his son, 14yearold aaron young was also among the deceased. They are in tears, they are, of course, now figuring out the next phase of this which will be the funeral as so many other families are. This tightknit Community Reeling through this and want to be able to mourn. Priority now for Law Enforcement side of things, captures robert card. Stephanie . George solis there in maine. Thank you so much. Nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter joins us now. Tom, looking for the suspect. He has a gun. What are they worried about at this point the longer hes out there . Certainly first off, two things. Either alive or dead. Obvious. Right . But if he is alive, does he become desperate . Does the weather change over the weekend, as it is expected to, get colder. Spends more time outside. Somebody who, anybody who commits a mass shooting, a right stable mind, but knowing what we know about his past, this is somebody whos clearly got Serious Mental Health issues. Longer that hes out there, it gets more desperate. You went to two places. Right. Part of this trying to figure out what motivated him. Are you learning any details about those locations and why he might have been connected to them . Investigators are still doing their work, they tell us. E were talked to a number of Law EnforcementOfficials Say theyre considering an idea that his exgirlfriend and he used to frequently go to a corn hole tournament, or corn hole night at this local bar. The one, one of the places he did the shooting. Maybe anticipated her being there, or something they used to do, that perhaps a reason why he did what he did. That one avenue theyre considering, steph. Any new details about his personal life or time in 9 military or reserves, rather . Focused on that, this is not a navy s. E. A. L. Commando. This is somebody who did not participate in active combat. While he did people looking for him. Without a question, without a doubt. One of the things theyre looking at specifically this Mental Health illness that occurred over the summer. What happened with that . Of course, a whole host of other issues whether or not he should have had a gun. Listen, Lewiston Police and the police in the area are doing a great job, but obviously getting a lot of help from the federal government, and in what ways what agencies are also involved . Are start to bring in the atf and fbi, bring in people with real expertise in issues, in the atfs case when it um cans to guns where did they come from whooshgs other purchases does he have jo found three guns, bought four. Okay. Maybe has that fourth gun on him. What does that tell us what he has . An example. From the fbi of standpoint between the technological capabilities, additional s. W. A. T. Capabilities they and have additional investigative capabilities they have they can bring a lot to bear to try to get to a resolution here more quickly. Lets hope that happens soon, tom. Thank you. Yep. At this hour, learning new details be a the u. S. Airstrikes on iran linked targets in syria. Defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u. S. Retaliated for drone attacks on american bases in iraq and syria. According to defense officials now 20 attacks since october 17ble. Injuring 21 u. S. Personnel. Nbc news pennell correspondent courtney kuby joins us now. Courtney, the airstrikes come as a precarious time in the region. What more can you tell us and how is the u. S. Prevent its this from escalating in hamas with israel into a wider conflict . Reporter everything weve seen the u. S. Do and try to message since october 7th has been a message of deterrence with an effort of deescalating the situation or keeping what is happening in israel and in gaza from spreading to the region. Thats what were hearing from defense officials about these strikes that occurred in northeastern syria overnight, stephanie. They struck two locations. They were, one was an ammunition storage facility. The other a weapons storage facility. According to a statement we got from secretary of defense lloyd austin overnight, facilities directly tied to the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps and proxy. Those believed behind the 28 attacks you mentioned on u. S. Bases. Bases housing u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria since october 17. The idea according, the statement from secretary austin and defense officials weve been speaking to is that because of these attacks that have been occurring on the bases these strikes were defensive in nature. We heard a little bit that from pat ryder, press secretary, military press secretary. What he had to say. We will maintain the inherent right of selfdefense. We will take all necessary measures to protect our forces and interests overseas. These strikes were very surgical and targeted to send a clear message we will protect our forces. Reporter the hope is that these facilities striking them taking them out map prevent some future attacks against forces in the region, stephanie. Courtney, switching gears to another issue. A chinese fighter jet came within a few feet of a u. S. Fighter plane this week. Not the first time it happened. What can you tell us about that. Reporter thats right. We know of upward of 200 of these sorts of incidents in the region since 2021, but this one is particularly concerning for u. S. Military officials, because it occurred at night, stephanie. Not only did this chinese j11 a fighter jet seen in the video, not only came within about ten feet of a u. S. B52 but at night. Statement out of u. S. Pacific command says the concern here is that the pilot of that chinese jet may not have known how close he or she was actually getting to the u. S. Aircraft and how close to a collision. The real concern here. That if in fact they get so close there to could be an accidental collision and could have catastrophic consequences. Thank you so much. Time for todays cnbc money minute. 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Reporter well, we are seeing tonight, stephanie from the Israeli Military an escalation both on the ground and in the air. The Israeli Military saying they are significantly stepping up airstrikes on the gaza strip which weve seen from afar all evening. But also that their Ground Forces will be increasing ground operations in gaza following a raid in the last 48 hours in which israeli troops briefly entered the gaza strip, attacked antitank positions and hamas control centers and other infrastructure and then returned to israel. Now, the big question, is this the start of that long promised ground incursion into the gaza strip . All signs for now appear this is not that big operation that everyone has been waiting for. The Israeli Military saying they are waiting for a political decision from the government leadership here in israel about whether to launch that fullon ground invasion, but this does appear to be building in that direction. Trying to lay the groundwork and soften hamas defenss before that promised ground incursion and sure to increase devastation wake up tomorrow and learn about the death toll and other destructions from the airstrikes tonight and more than seen over the past several nights. And to you in egypt. Talked about trucks getting into gaza but still not able to leave through the rafah Border Crossing in egypt. New talks of opening it up further . Reporter steph, center thats what more than 500,000 americans in gaza want to know, and the question is, certainly doesnt appear as though theres been any progress on that matter. Weve been in contact with palestinian americans in the early days of this conflict. Who would go daily to the border . They would hope the day they would be able to get out. People are desperate at this point. We were just in contact earlier today with a palestinian American Woman who we had planned on doing a virtual interview with tomorrow. I messaged her. Of course, not able to connect because, of course, all connectivity is down. Even if the state department wanted to reach out to palestinian americans in gaza, they would not be able to do so at this point. A lot of frustration and seeing hamas humanitarian side as well. You mentioned some 84 trucks that went into gaza so far. A drop in the bucket compared to what gaza saw before this war started. Where according to the u. N. Some 500 trucks a day were making their way across the border. Steph . Josh, a big part of the story, the hospitals in gaza. Now Israeli Military claims that hamas has a headquarters underneath the hospital in gaza. Hamas denying that claim. You talked with an idf spokesman. What did he have to say about it . Reporter well, the big question in light of israel accusing hamas of having a terrorist structure in this hospital, stephanie, is, did that mean israel now considers the largest hospital in the gaza strip to be a legitimate military target . I asked the idf that very question tonight. They said, look, were not saying were about to strike the hospital but we are saying that now that we have made public that it is being used to house missiles, to be used to house terrorists and other infrastructure of hamas, it could lose the protection that Health Care Facilities and other civilian facilities have from military strikes. And the big question is, would israel actually move against that hospital, and what should civilians who would need medical care do . The idf saying the real question is whether hamas will agree to leave has hospital. All right. Josh lederman and Meagan Fitzgerald. Thank you both. Tonight on nnd news now, answers biggest questions out of the israelhamas waur. Hi, my name is damion clark. And if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that youll definitely want to hear. 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