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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 ....
and dangerous, at large. the grief and mourning engulf a tight knit town of lewiston, maine. i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. aishah, nice to see you. aishah: we ll take you live tatty press conference. facing a lot of challenges out there in the maine wilderness looking for this guy. it s a region surrounded by miles of forests, mountains, lakes, ponds, streams, everything. they are trying to identify all of these 18 victims. one heartbroken father now struggling to come to terms with losing his son while knowing that he died a hero. listen to this. people loved my son. my son was in sports all his life. people got to know him that way. they got to know the kind of heart he really had. i had the greatest son in the world and it s a tough one. it s a tough one to lose. your son died a hero. he did. i m proud of him, yeah. i love him with all my heart. aishah: hard to hear. the latest with nate foye. 38 hours in the manhunt the community waiting for ans ....
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. democratic congressman jared golden of maine changing his position on gun reform following wednesday s deadly mass shooting in his hometown. we ll bring you the latest on the manhunt for the suspect in just a moment. plus, what the new speaker of the house had to say about potential gun legislation in response to that tragedy as well as his comments on preventing a government shutdown next month. and also ahead, breaking news overnight. the united states military carries out air strikes in syria in retaliation for iranian backed attacks on u.s. service members. we ll go through that major new development in the middle east. good morning an ....
payback against hamas is starting now. three weeks after the deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. the difficulties of urban warfare, as much of gosnell plunges into darkness with phone lines and internet cut. the concern tonight about civilians. more targeted attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east. after american f-16s launched a retaliatory strike on iranian backed facilities in syria. tonight s other top story, the urgent search for the suspect in the deadly maine shooting. what we are learning about the investigation. the manhunt here intensifies. behind me, you can see a staging area with armored vehicles. they are planning on sending divers into the water. while this is looking like a major focus today with a lot of people we have a lot of irons in the fire. norah: we honor the victims. our interview with the family of a man who died a hero. my husband went into the kitchen and grabbed a butcher knife and went after him. saved the pat ....
thank you for being with us on this second hour of chris jansing reports. roughly 50,000 people are on lockdown right now across the state of maine as police continue their intense search for the man behind a shooting rampage that left 18 people dead and 13 others injured. these are the photos police want you to see because they are frantically searching for 40-year-old robert card, an army reservist with a history of mental illness. police say he killed his first seven victims at a bowling alley. then he drove across town to a bar where the rampage continued. eight more people were killed right away, three later died at the hospital. the suspect s car tracked to a nearby town where it had been abandoned by a boat dock. our small state of just 1.3 million people has long been known as one of the safest states in the nation. this attack strikes at the very heart of who we are and the values we hold dear for this precious place we call home. a local maine resident t ....