shooter has been found dead more answers hopefully. our special coverage continues right now with abby philip. this is cnn breaking news. straight to the breaking news. the suspect that took place in maine killing 18 people is now dad according to the sheriff. sources say from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. expecting a news conference, on the death of the 40-year-old robert who is the suspect in this mass shooting. he was found in an area near the recycling center. accused of murdering 18 innocent people wounding 13 others. in the small city. it is the deadliest mass shooting in the u.s. they share in a nation that sees all too many of these. straight to the site of where this body was found. correspondent ryan in lisbon, maine. tell us about where you are, what this area is like. it is pitch black now but what is it like in the daylight. reporter: this is kind of a small part of the town. it is kind of a strip mall kind of area but there are wo
also, the note found at the suspect s home, and what we re learning about him a long-time army reservist. his struggles with mental health, and what his family told us about him hearing voices our full team coverage also tonight, israeli forces carrying out a targeted ground raid in gaza. armored bulldozers breaking through, a column of tanks rolling in our team inside gaza witnessing an israeli air strike, children rescued from the rubble the deadly toll from hurricane otis. at least 27 killed after the monster storm slammed acapulco our report from the storm zone and the strike breakthrough the uaw reaching a tentative deal with one of the big three automakers where does that leave the other two? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from lewiston, maine. good evening, everyone the state of maine is in a state of shock and fear tonight streets are virtually empty as residents shelter in place 24 hours after authorities say a u
msnbc headquarters here at new york city. and we begin this evening s broadcast with major breaking international news. the u.s. has carried out military strikes and syria today. secretary of defense lloyd austin said president biden ordered self-defense drags onto facilities in eastern syria used by iran s revolutionary guard. he added the strikes our response to attacks against u.s. personnel in iraq and syri by iranian-backed militia grps. joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc white house correspondent peter alexander. peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today? stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the context of what we ve been watching happen in the middle east. and as we heard from lloyd austin night, the u.s. military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but a
long. morning joe starts right now. i have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle used to carry out this crime. the time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure. which is why i now call on the united states congress to ban assault rifles like the one used by the sick perpetrator of this mass killing in my hometown of lewiston, maine. for the good of my community, i will work with any colleague to get this done in the time that i have left in congress. that s democratic congressman jared golden of maine, changing his position on gun reform following wednesday s deadly mass shootings in his hometown. we ll have a live report from lewiston, maine, as the manhunt for the suspect is expanding this morning. also ahead, we ll go through the major development out of the middle east overnight. the united states military carrying out air strikes in syria. this comes as iran is threatening the u.s. in connection with the israel-ha
continuing our coverage of breaking news of ongoing explosions in gaza. nbc s raf sanchez is reporting from ashdot israel, what do we know at this hour? reporter: chris, tonight is feeling different from other nights. we are hearing intensified bombing in gaza, 10 miles south of where we are. i m looking over my shoulder because just a moment ago we were seeing israeli iron dome missile interceptors in the sky, a sign of rocket fire coming, but israel s chief military spokesman is confirming that an intensified bombing campaign of gaza is underway three weeks after the october 7th hamas terrorist attack. he also says israel is expanding its ground operations inside of gaza. that s not a sign that they have launched. chris, you may be able to see over my shoulder here, this is one of these iron dome interceptors, and if you bear with us one second, you re likely to see it explode. there you go. now, that is likely a sign that it just intercepted a palestinian rocket a little