Events have been canceled as the man hunt continues for the mass murder who killed it least 18 people and left more than a dozen injured in maines second largest city, lewiston. Authorities say 40yearold suspect robert card is still at large and is considered armed and dangerous. Hes a Firearm Instructor and army reservist, with a history of mental illness. Tonight, more than 80 fbi agents are searching land and water to find him. According to police, the suspect fatally shot his first seven victims and a Bowling Alley where a, childrens lead was holding its weekly practice. The boston globe reports, sarah welch, her husband, and a year old daughter were taking part in that practice when she heard what sounded like the pop of a balloon. We saw someone fall, and we heard another pop when we ran now. We just kept running, wells said, and well said she grabbed her daughter and another child and ran to shelter in a nearby restaurant. She said that the leagues coach, who she declined to nam
See you back here on monday. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific, im jose diazbalart. Right now, fear and mourning in lewiston, maine, where residents continue to Shelter In Place as the intense manhunt for a mass shooter stretches into a third day. This as we begin to learn more about the 18 People Killed in the attacks. Breaking overnight, the u. S. Launching air strikes in iranianlinked targets in syria. Military Officials Say it is in retaliation for a series of Drone Attacks on American Military bases in the region. Also breaking, israel carries out another raid in gaza, with drones and jets firing on what israel says were hamas command sites. And were starting to see the scope of the damage and heart break after Hurricane Otis Devastates the mexican city of acapulco. Survivors now scrambling to find supplies and come to terms with what theyre seeing. And we begin this very busy hour with the intense manhunt
Israel. Two more hostages have been released. Two older women were told, the family of yohevid confirms that she has been let go. They confirmed this just a couple of minutes ago. Lipsitd was one of the founders of the kibbutz. A Peace Activist who the paper says regularly transported patients from gaza for medical treatment in israel. She is somebody thats been talked about a lot in the news over the past two weeks. Joining us now from tel aviv is nbc news correspondent hala gorani. A lot is up in the air. Walk us through what we are able to report right now . Reporter we heard from the brigade spokesperson, the military ring of hamas, announcing the release of two hostages, a source briefed on the talks confirmed to me as well about ten minutes ago that these two hostages were released. They were chosen for release because they were elderly, without confirming the names of the hostages, but you mentioned elderly women. One of the families confirming their release. This comes a couple
Beat. The reidout with joy reid starts now. Tonight on the reidout this is embarrassing for the Republican Party. Its embarrassing for the nation, and we need to look at one another and solve the problem. Kevin mccarthy imparting his limited wisdom to the caucus he briefly led as speaker. And with the world in crisis, republicans at this hour are beginning a game of speaker survivor. Were Behind Closed Doors a new batch of speaker wanna bes will be voted off the island one at a time. But we begin tonight with major developments in the middle east. More hostages released as the Israeli Ground assault on gaza looms. The two hostages identified as nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz have been released by hamas. They released a video on their Legram Channel showing the two hostages apparently filmed bere and during their release. Heres a still from that video showing lifshitz, who is 85yes. Here they are, too, in a video shot by the Egyptian State tv network, showing them inside ambulances
Says that 14 additional trucks carrying humanitarian relief have crossed into gaza for egypt. The first round of muchneeded aided toward gaza on saturday. The u. N. Estimates 60 of people in gaza, which is about 1. 4 million people, have been displaced in the two weeks since the start of this war. Special envoy from middle east humanitarian david earlier today on msnbc. Our expectation of the discussions at all sides starting tomorrow, you will see a continuous flow of assistance moving, we want to build it up to the levels necessary to begin to meet gazis needs. In the vatican city today, pope francis praying for all suffering, calling for more humanitarian aid for a few minute palestinians living in gaza. They also demand the release of all hostages being held by hamas. They also spoke today with President Biden. Meanwhile, on the ground, israels military launching a rare airstrike in the occupied west bank, Hitting Unoccupied israel says they targeted a terror cell which is organizi