Live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. A Mass Murderer is on the loose in maine today. One officers say has military training, a proficiency in weapons, and multiple ways to evade police. That Reality Compounding the fear and grief for locals trying to process the 565th Mass Shooting in the u. S. This year. In this case, 18 dead, 13 more wounded, and the Peaceful Community of lewiston changed forever. This city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. No city does. No state, no people. So now as Law Enforcement is in a fullscale search to track down the suspect, robert card, they are also trying to piece together the details of who he is and why he may have done this. Plus, with word that he had been committed to a Mental Hospital earlier this year, a critical question, why did he have a gun and not just any gun, but an assaultstyle rifle in the first place . We start right there in southern maine, a state and communit
Affair and mike morell acting director and they ll head to confirmation battle, and keep in mind the democrats control the senate and even though there s controversy attached to these two men s names, most folks in washington believe they ll be deal breakers, hagel more problematic than brennan they say, we ll see as it plays out. the president says time is of the essence, got to get going on those positions. thank you for watching that with us. now for more news, we re getting reports that the president as gun control task force is working on a series of new laws that are tougher and broader than anyone had predicted thus far. first we thought it would mirror the old weapons assault ban and now we re hearing likely to be much, much more than that and we ll have that report for you the top of the hour, plus, 18 children have died so far, 2000 people were hospitalized just last week in what doctors are calling one of the worst flu seasons in