good morning, everyone. it is saturday, october 28th. i m amara walker. ikt victor blackwell. you re in the cnn newsroom. any minute now we ll get an update on the mass shootings in maine, 18 people were killed, we will bring it to you as soon as it begins but for now, here is what we know. the accused shooter is dead. police found his body last night, not far from his workplace. and investigators said that he left a note behind, that indicated that he did not expect to be alive by the time that note was found. the city of lewiston can focus now on saying goodbye to those who were lost in the shootings. all 18 victims have been identified. they include a father and son, while bowling, a married couple and members of the deaf community competing in a corn hole tournament. shimon prokupecz is in lewiston, where the news conference is about to begin. reporter: we re waiting here, any minute, we should see the police chiefs from the lewiston police department, we believe a
maine, but a war in israel that started three weeks ago is just getting started. in maine we are minutes away from an update from state officials confirming shooting suspect robert card is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. closure for some, but not for the families of 18 victims still wondering why he did it in the first place and eager to learn what he wrote in that note he left behind. in israel, rapidly expanding ground operation s on and a building u.s. presence in the region. the uss eisenhower carrier has entered the mediterranean and set to join the uss gerald r. ford in a show of force as protests pick up anew all over the world including thousands gathering in london right now in support of palestinians. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. good to have you on a very, very busy muse day amidst a growing and expanding rumble in israel. we ve got you covered on both as we await that press conference. let s go right to nate foy in lisbon, maine. nate. reporter
i m sara sidner in tel aviv and news on the dozens of hostages in the hands of hamas in gaza. we have learned significant progress in the press to release the more than 200 hostages. the latest on the war in israel. i m john berman in lewiston, maine, and the authorities are searching ground air and now water for the suspected mass killer. and now, we have an important update from the law enforcement that the divers are going into the river to search for a possible body. i m kate bolduan in new york, and the focus on the 18 lives lost in the tragedy. we are learning more about the victims and how they are being remembered today. this is cnn news central. all right. we just got an important update on the manhunt for mass shooting suspect robert card who is still very much at large. it has been nearly 40 hours since 18 people were murdered in two locations here in lewiston, maine. it is still an active manhunt. there is still a shelter in place order that covers some 7
and so, it is the ongoing investigation to apprehend this individual are happening simultaneously. i can t stress it enough, this is ongoing investigation in the early stages and more information is going to be coming out in conjunction with the attorney general s office as the lead prosecutor. we cannot share all of the information right now, and i am sure that you understand that. i want to give out two numbers that are good with the tip line and 911 is appropriate for this, but if you can call these two numbers this going to the state police tip line. area code 207-213-9526. 207-509-9002. we ll be sending something out later that has the information in it if you were not able to grab it now. again, this is a very fluid situation. we have a lot of resources as chief st. pierre had mentioned earlier that are on the ground and in a coordinated effort to apprehend this individual. we have notified the department of education and they have determined what they are going to do w
you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez in washington, d.c. with john berman on the ground in maine where an urgent manhunt is under way for the suspect in two mass shootings. and cnn just learned the name of one of 18 people gunned down in that rampage. trisha ashlan was a 53-year-old mother who worked at the bowling alley, according to her brother, that is one of the locations where the shooting broke out. the other was a bar & grille, a ten-minute drive, three of them in critical condition, john. yeah, this is huge manhunt under way in the surrounding area here. hundreds of officers state and federal on the hunt for this alleged mass murderer. 40-year-old robert card. his family has urged card to surrender. that is according to his brother. but that man is now been on the run for some 18 hours now which is really shut down much of the area. schools, stores, banks, the department of motor vehicles. l.l. bean which is about 15 miles away which many people