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Rg and others, they understand the urgency. And they, hopefully, will push to get the hostages home as soon as possible. Ruby chen, we appreciate your time and for sharing your story and the patience and urgency that is needed. Please keep us posted with anything else we can do to help. Thank you for having me. Cnn this morning continues now. Im Phil Mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. This morning the urgent manhunt continues for a mass shooter in maine 37 hours after a rampage at a Bowling Alley and bar and grill. 80 agents have joined the search. Robert card is considered armed and dangerous. The coast guard is searching by air and sea after cards car was found at a boat lunch. He owns a small powerboat. We saw s. W. A. T. Teams converge on cards last known address. Police say they will be back in that area today. They spotlighted the house. They got on a bullhorn to say come out with your hands up, but nobody was inside. As for the motive, there is a key theory emerging. Law enforcement sources tell cnn the suspect recently broke up with his girlfriend and they used to frequent the Bowling Alley and the bar and grill where the shootings happened. His exgirlfriend was apparently signed up to play in a tournament at the bar the same night of the shooting. This morning we are learning of more names. A father and 14yearold son, bill and aaron young were killed at the Bowling Alley. Michael des lawyerers also died. Joseph walker was the manager at Schemengees Bar grille. His father says he died a hero trying to stop the gunman with a knife and moments ago his father told us why he cant hate the gunman who dild his son. You have to let the law do whatever needs to be done. If this person was at the time in his right mind, i believe he would have been a loving person just like we are. There is something that went wrong and i just cant hate him. Remarkable. Despite so much hate in the world, john berman is live in lewiston this morning. John, well, that fathers grief, i think it touches everyone. This is a community trying to grieve, trying to come together, right, john, and they cant because of the manhunt being ongoing . Reporter that was a heartbreaking interview to hear from leroy walker talking about his son. So much loss in this community. As you said, its hard to grieve right now because of the situation at hand, which is this one thing that happened year at Schemengees Bar, they dropped portal toilets in front of the bar. I know that seems like a small thing. That tells you they expect this to be an active crime scene that they are going to have to be processing for some time. They are going to be there, Law Enforcement will be at that bar for a whoichlt thats where eight of the 18 people were killed. And this morning this community, the second most populous city in main, 40,000 people in the wider area here, they are still under a helishelterinplace order. Secure your home, secure your cars is what authorities are telling people here. Local sporting events, High School Sporting events, Football Games, friday night Football Games have been canceled. Volleyball playoffs have been canceled. Thats thought the state because there is so much concern of what might happen with this manhunt. Again, the search very much continues this morning after a great deal of activity not here in lewiston, but about 15 minutes east of here in two towns, bowdoin, which was the last known residence of robert card, the suspect, and lisbon, which is where the suspects car was found near that boat launch. I want to go now to lisbon where cnns Shimon Prokupecz has been for much of the last 24 hours. Shimon, trying to follow that manhunt as it moves about these towns. What are you seeing this morning, shimon . Reporter yeah, well, look, we are not seeing much this morning, john. Certainly different from what We Saw Yesterday morning when we got here and police, the local police here, lisbon police, were out searching am we were with them when they were doing some of the searches. Streets were closed. There were roadblocks. We are not seeing any of that today. Its not entirely clear us to and we are trying to figure out whats going on here today. But we are not seeing the s. W. A. T. Teams that were at the high school, the staging area. We are not seeing that today. We dont know if the search area has shifted to some other town or are they planning to do stuff later today that we just dont know about. But you can sort of sense being in lisbon that people want to try to get back to life. Much of the stores and the locations on our way here today were still closed. We will see as the day goes on whats going on. But we are not seeing activity out here this morning. Perhaps that will change later today. So were trying to get a sense of whats going on. Officials have not been talking about the search. Yesterday they didnt answer any questions about the manhunt. And just by what we saw last night at his home, its very clear at least to this point as far as we know, they have no idea where he is. And so lets see what happens today, i guess, and perhaps maybe we will get an update later today. But so far pits been pretty difficult to get updates on any of the searching here or any information from officials here. Reporter yeah, shimon, a great point, which is that the last time that people in this greater area heard from Law Enforcement was really yesterday late morning. Its been since then. And, yes, they received alerts that the shelterinplace orders are extended, base college, Terrifically Run College In Lewiston here, this morning they sent out an alert saying you have to shelter in place today. The students have been told they can go to the dining hall to pick up food once, but please stay inside if they can. People dont really know where this search stands. Do you expect to hear more from Law Enforcement today . Reporter hard to say. You know, yesterday when they spoke, they took just a couple of questions. Look, we understand that there is an investigation. There is potentially a prosecution if he is captured alive. We get that, right . But i think the fact that we are not getting these updates, weve seen in other searches like in pennsylvania where the police are out every day giving updates on the searches, what they are doing, what they are doing sort of to give the sense that, look, we have this under control, we are informing you, we are informing the community about what we are doing. We are not seeing any of that here. They send out alerts, shelter in place, it affects peoples lives, obviously, businesses. Everyone wants to be safe. Everyone wants to make sure they are not going to get hurt. We totally get that. But we have not seen the updates from officials. And the fact that we are out here today again and we are not seeing that level of activity is a big area to search. We get it. Maybe they are searching somewhere thats not here. Right now we are not seeing that level of activity certainly that We Saw Yesterday. Reporter no, not here either, shimon. I should note that earlier i thought i saw a helicopter. I did not. There have been no helicopters in the sky over us in lewiston today as far as i can tell, which is a change from yesterday. Yesterday at this time there was a search from the air. Doesnt appear to be happening at least not yet. All right. Shimon prokupecz in lisbon where the search had been take it place. We will get much more from you soon. Phil, poppy, back to you. John, thank you. Shimon, thank you. We will get back to both of you. Joining us to talk about a lot of Unanswered Questions cnn chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst john miller. We were asking you a lot of questions about why the strategy is here. Some of the key outstanding issues. Number one, was there another car . They found one car near the boat dock. Was there another form of transportation here . He doesnt have another car registered to him. But yesterday was there another request car question was important. Today it goes from important to very important because we are hitting that 48hour mark, you know, in the next few hours, and this Mornings Team meeting at that Command Center is basically going to be about a reset, which is we did all the things you should do immediately in a tight search grid and did some things beyond that. Now lets go full stop. What are the loose ends to cover and plan forward. How do we extend this search out . And how big is that grid . Because the point you raise, is there another car, did he hop a train . Has he changed his appearance . Is there a phase two to this plan . Are all things that are in the unknown category, would have to be built into the search. What about a boat . So he doesnt have a Boat Registered to him that we could find, which in a Community Like that does not mean he doesnt have access to a boat. All kinds of people share boats. He does have a jet ski registered. That has meaning. If you replaced that, for instance, at that boat launch, dump the car, take the jet ski, and we have seen from the way those rivers wind and go in Different Directions that, could have been an alternate getaway to the other side of the river to a stash car or a switch car. These are all the things that they are talking about. Canada . If he is on the run, particularly mobile with vehicles, how do the canadian authorities play into this . Any sense he could be headed up there . Before the canadians played into this, u. S. Customs and Border Protection played into it almost immediately that night. His picture was pushed up to the Canadian Border and they were told at all Border Crossings, you know, we are looking for this guy and the patrols at the places that arent Border Crossings where people can cross or do cross, they have been looking for him, too. The canadian authorities are aware of it, but the canada thing is a little tricky to me because what do you get by getting away to canada . They are watching the same news we are. Know know the same face we do. We have an Extradition Treaty thats very solid. But its, you know, we cant we cant mirror image rational thinking to an irrational thinker. How carefully, from what you have seen, did he plan this . So we dont know that. We do know that there is a model which is, according to fbi studies, the average active shooter, if you can say such a thing, plans for three and a half weeks before the incident. There are people who already have a large collection of guns and a gripe that comes over the top that can take that down to 48 hours. And there are people who do it for months. But what they have not found in the searches is that document that was the list of things to get, the list of potential targets. You said his social media yesterday was pretty normal . Yeah. His conversations were normal. More important than that, the people around him outside of the last few months say day to day he was a normal guy. Clearly, over the summer and we have to separate this. Its actually an important distinction because there are a lot of people who cringe in this discussion. The active shooter does not equate to Mental Illness. In most cases, 75 , there is no prediagnosed Mental Illness in the active shooter. It does equate to Mental Health issues. Paranoia, anxiety, depression, anger that come up and lead to the incident. John, i want to ask evan perez to confirm investigators recovered a cellphone that belonged to the suspect according to a Law Enforcement official. Does that add you know, wanted to be able to track cellphones, track signals. What does that bring in challenges and perhaps what they can glean from that phone . Well, it tells us that the suspect and probably with his Military Background discarded that for a reason, which is he didnt want that sending a signal. It leaves open the question, if there was a plan and how detailed it was, has that been replaced by a burner that nobody knows about, which is both something to his advantage. But also a potential opportunity to Law Enforcement if they can figure that out. All right. Thank you. So many as always. Questions. Ahead, more on the challenges that Law Enforcement officers are facing in this continuing massive urgent manhunt for the gun man who killed 18 people in maine. Rockets fired towards tel aviv. Crews on moundnd saw some of t explosioions. We a are going t to go therere next. Welcome back. Moments ago rockets fired into tel aviv, israel, striking a building. We learned it injured two people after a second night in a row where Israel Defense forces have conducted targeted raids inside of gaza. Straight to erin burnett live from tel aviv. Talk about what you just saw happen, if you could, erin. Reporter well, poppy, of course sometimes you get a very close time thats there are sirens, the warnings come and within 30 selgds to a minute the actual strikes. Different than ukraine. So here you hear the warning and you see the rocket come in and see it Hit A Building. And we saw that. There were about 11 or 12 and a couple of different series of sirens this morning. One we saw Hit A Building not too far away. An apartment building, four stories. Israeli Officials Say three people were injured, mild to moderate, one a 20yearold man. Again the randomness of what happens here was use that immediate billowing of smoke, looked like a rocket that broke through the iron dome as opposed to a piece of shrapnel. Thats what it appeared to be from this distance. But we could see that. Of course, we can hear the thuds from gaza as the strikes continue. There were again about 300 of them overnight as Israeli Forces continued both the air assault as well as an assault by sea. Special forces assault by sea and by land. They have done that two nights a row where they have gone in gaza a kilometer or two and then after finishing operations strikes against individual operatives and Command Centers back out of gaza. Erin burnett live in tel aviv. We will get back to you soon. Phil. The u. S. Is unleashing new airstrikes on two facilities linked to ran iranianbacked militias. Targeting weapons and a munitions Storage Facility after a series of drone and Rocket Attacks against u. S. Forces in the region. Cnn National Security reporter natasha bertrand. U. S. Officials trying to make clear these are narrowly tailored, in selfdefense, but targeted places where irgc officials were, correct . Thats right, phil. A Senior Defense official told us last night those facilities were occupied throughout the day by irgc personnel and other personnel affiliated with the militia groups that iran backs. It is unclear just how many or if there were any casualties as a result of this strike. A targeted weapons and Ammunition Depot in eastern syria. However, the Senior Defense official seemed confident that there were no civilian casualties at this point. But, look, Secretary Of Defense lloyd austin said these are narrowly tailored strikes and it has nothing to do with the broader israel hamas War Happening right now. This is what he said. He said these narrowly tailored strikes in selfdefense were intended solely to protect and defend u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria. They are separate from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas and do not constitute a shift in our approach to the israel hamas conflict. Look, the strikes dont come in a vacuum. They are of course a response to the more than 19 attacks that these iranback militias have wagedens u. S. Coalitions and bases in iraq and syria since october 17. According to the pentagon there have been 21 u. S. Service members who suffered casualties, injuries as a result of these attacks, including traumatic brain jumps. So the u. S. Taking this very seriously and this is meant to send a very clear message to the iranback militias these attacks on these bases will not passively kind of accepted by the United States. Phil. See if that message is heeded. Natasha, thank you. All right. Take a look at this video. It was released by u. S. Defense officials and what you are seeing is a chinese fighter coming unbelievably close, within ten feet of a u. S. B52 Bomber Flying over the South China Sea on tuesday. Ten feet. That is literally the distance between poppy and me now. Thats the size of a standard ladder, a basketball hoop. Officials say this is happening more and more often. Put this in perspective. The military considers intercepts like this dangerous within 50 to 100 feet of of a u. S. Aircraft. Ten feet . Way too close for comfort. America is grappling with yet another Mass Shooting and the rise of antisemitism. Next, we will be joined by a rabbi who survived the tree you have Life Shooting in pittsburgh. He is here with his perspective on both. I have opposed efforts to ban Phil Mattingly<\/a> with poppy harlow in new york. This morning the urgent manhunt continues for a mass shooter in maine 37 hours after a rampage at a Bowling Alley<\/a> and bar and grill. 80 agents have joined the search. Robert card is considered armed and dangerous. The coast guard is searching by air and sea after cards car was found at a boat lunch. He owns a small powerboat. We saw s. W. A. T. Teams converge on cards last known address. Police say they will be back in that area today. They spotlighted the house. They got on a bullhorn to say come out with your hands up, but nobody was inside. As for the motive, there is a key theory emerging. Law enforcement sources tell cnn the suspect recently broke up with his girlfriend and they used to frequent the Bowling Alley<\/a> and the bar and grill where the shootings happened. His exgirlfriend was apparently signed up to play in a tournament at the bar the same night of the shooting. This morning we are learning of more names. A father and 14yearold son, bill and aaron young were killed at the Bowling Alley<\/a>. Michael des lawyerers also died. Joseph walker was the manager at Schemengees Bar<\/a> grille. His father says he died a hero trying to stop the gunman with a knife and moments ago his father told us why he cant hate the gunman who dild his son. You have to let the law do whatever needs to be done. If this person was at the time in his right mind, i believe he would have been a loving person just like we are. There is something that went wrong and i just cant hate him. Remarkable. Despite so much hate in the world, john berman is live in lewiston this morning. John, well, that fathers grief, i think it touches everyone. This is a community trying to grieve, trying to come together, right, john, and they cant because of the manhunt being ongoing . Reporter that was a heartbreaking interview to hear from leroy walker talking about his son. So much loss in this community. As you said, its hard to grieve right now because of the situation at hand, which is this one thing that happened year at Schemengees Bar<\/a>, they dropped portal toilets in front of the bar. I know that seems like a small thing. That tells you they expect this to be an active crime scene that they are going to have to be processing for some time. They are going to be there, Law Enforcement<\/a> will be at that bar for a whoichlt thats where eight of the 18 people were killed. And this morning this community, the second most populous city in main, 40,000 people in the wider area here, they are still under a helishelterinplace order. Secure your home, secure your cars is what authorities are telling people here. Local sporting events, High School Sporting<\/a> events, Football Games<\/a>, friday night Football Games<\/a> have been canceled. Volleyball playoffs have been canceled. Thats thought the state because there is so much concern of what might happen with this manhunt. Again, the search very much continues this morning after a great deal of activity not here in lewiston, but about 15 minutes east of here in two towns, bowdoin, which was the last known residence of robert card, the suspect, and lisbon, which is where the suspects car was found near that boat launch. I want to go now to lisbon where cnns Shimon Prokupecz<\/a> has been for much of the last 24 hours. Shimon, trying to follow that manhunt as it moves about these towns. What are you seeing this morning, shimon . Reporter yeah, well, look, we are not seeing much this morning, john. Certainly different from what We Saw Yesterday<\/a> morning when we got here and police, the local police here, lisbon police, were out searching am we were with them when they were doing some of the searches. Streets were closed. There were roadblocks. We are not seeing any of that today. Its not entirely clear us to and we are trying to figure out whats going on here today. But we are not seeing the s. W. A. T. Teams that were at the high school, the staging area. We are not seeing that today. We dont know if the search area has shifted to some other town or are they planning to do stuff later today that we just dont know about. But you can sort of sense being in lisbon that people want to try to get back to life. Much of the stores and the locations on our way here today were still closed. We will see as the day goes on whats going on. But we are not seeing activity out here this morning. Perhaps that will change later today. So were trying to get a sense of whats going on. Officials have not been talking about the search. Yesterday they didnt answer any questions about the manhunt. And just by what we saw last night at his home, its very clear at least to this point as far as we know, they have no idea where he is. And so lets see what happens today, i guess, and perhaps maybe we will get an update later today. But so far pits been pretty difficult to get updates on any of the searching here or any information from officials here. Reporter yeah, shimon, a great point, which is that the last time that people in this greater area heard from Law Enforcement<\/a> was really yesterday late morning. Its been since then. And, yes, they received alerts that the shelterinplace orders are extended, base college, Terrifically Run College In Lewiston<\/a> here, this morning they sent out an alert saying you have to shelter in place today. The students have been told they can go to the dining hall to pick up food once, but please stay inside if they can. People dont really know where this search stands. Do you expect to hear more from Law Enforcement<\/a> today . Reporter hard to say. You know, yesterday when they spoke, they took just a couple of questions. Look, we understand that there is an investigation. There is potentially a prosecution if he is captured alive. We get that, right . But i think the fact that we are not getting these updates, weve seen in other searches like in pennsylvania where the police are out every day giving updates on the searches, what they are doing, what they are doing sort of to give the sense that, look, we have this under control, we are informing you, we are informing the community about what we are doing. We are not seeing any of that here. They send out alerts, shelter in place, it affects peoples lives, obviously, businesses. Everyone wants to be safe. Everyone wants to make sure they are not going to get hurt. We totally get that. But we have not seen the updates from officials. And the fact that we are out here today again and we are not seeing that level of activity is a big area to search. We get it. Maybe they are searching somewhere thats not here. Right now we are not seeing that level of activity certainly that We Saw Yesterday<\/a>. Reporter no, not here either, shimon. I should note that earlier i thought i saw a helicopter. I did not. There have been no helicopters in the sky over us in lewiston today as far as i can tell, which is a change from yesterday. Yesterday at this time there was a search from the air. Doesnt appear to be happening at least not yet. All right. Shimon prokupecz in lisbon where the search had been take it place. We will get much more from you soon. Phil, poppy, back to you. John, thank you. Shimon, thank you. We will get back to both of you. Joining us to talk about a lot of Unanswered Questions<\/a> cnn chief Law Enforcement<\/a> and Intelligence Analyst<\/a> john miller. We were asking you a lot of questions about why the strategy is here. Some of the key outstanding issues. Number one, was there another car . They found one car near the boat dock. Was there another form of transportation here . He doesnt have another car registered to him. But yesterday was there another request car question was important. Today it goes from important to very important because we are hitting that 48hour mark, you know, in the next few hours, and this Mornings Team<\/a> meeting at that Command Center<\/a> is basically going to be about a reset, which is we did all the things you should do immediately in a tight search grid and did some things beyond that. Now lets go full stop. What are the loose ends to cover and plan forward. How do we extend this search out . And how big is that grid . Because the point you raise, is there another car, did he hop a train . Has he changed his appearance . Is there a phase two to this plan . Are all things that are in the unknown category, would have to be built into the search. What about a boat . So he doesnt have a Boat Registered<\/a> to him that we could find, which in a Community Like<\/a> that does not mean he doesnt have access to a boat. All kinds of people share boats. He does have a jet ski registered. That has meaning. If you replaced that, for instance, at that boat launch, dump the car, take the jet ski, and we have seen from the way those rivers wind and go in Different Directions<\/a> that, could have been an alternate getaway to the other side of the river to a stash car or a switch car. These are all the things that they are talking about. Canada . If he is on the run, particularly mobile with vehicles, how do the canadian authorities play into this . Any sense he could be headed up there . Before the canadians played into this, u. S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> played into it almost immediately that night. His picture was pushed up to the Canadian Border<\/a> and they were told at all Border Crossings<\/a>, you know, we are looking for this guy and the patrols at the places that arent Border Crossings<\/a> where people can cross or do cross, they have been looking for him, too. The canadian authorities are aware of it, but the canada thing is a little tricky to me because what do you get by getting away to canada . They are watching the same news we are. Know know the same face we do. We have an Extradition Treaty<\/a> thats very solid. But its, you know, we cant we cant mirror image rational thinking to an irrational thinker. How carefully, from what you have seen, did he plan this . So we dont know that. We do know that there is a model which is, according to fbi studies, the average active shooter, if you can say such a thing, plans for three and a half weeks before the incident. There are people who already have a large collection of guns and a gripe that comes over the top that can take that down to 48 hours. And there are people who do it for months. But what they have not found in the searches is that document that was the list of things to get, the list of potential targets. You said his social media yesterday was pretty normal . Yeah. His conversations were normal. More important than that, the people around him outside of the last few months say day to day he was a normal guy. Clearly, over the summer and we have to separate this. Its actually an important distinction because there are a lot of people who cringe in this discussion. The active shooter does not equate to Mental Illness<\/a>. In most cases, 75 , there is no prediagnosed Mental Illness<\/a> in the active shooter. It does equate to Mental Health<\/a> issues. Paranoia, anxiety, depression, anger that come up and lead to the incident. John, i want to ask evan perez to confirm investigators recovered a cellphone that belonged to the suspect according to a Law Enforcement<\/a> official. Does that add you know, wanted to be able to track cellphones, track signals. What does that bring in challenges and perhaps what they can glean from that phone . Well, it tells us that the suspect and probably with his Military Background<\/a> discarded that for a reason, which is he didnt want that sending a signal. It leaves open the question, if there was a plan and how detailed it was, has that been replaced by a burner that nobody knows about, which is both something to his advantage. But also a potential opportunity to Law Enforcement<\/a> if they can figure that out. All right. Thank you. So many as always. Questions. Ahead, more on the challenges that Law Enforcement<\/a> officers are facing in this continuing massive urgent manhunt for the gun man who killed 18 people in maine. Rockets fired towards tel aviv. Crews on moundnd saw some of t explosioions. We a are going t to go therere next. Welcome back. Moments ago rockets fired into tel aviv, israel, striking a building. We learned it injured two people after a second night in a row where Israel Defense<\/a> forces have conducted targeted raids inside of gaza. Straight to erin burnett live from tel aviv. Talk about what you just saw happen, if you could, erin. Reporter well, poppy, of course sometimes you get a very close time thats there are sirens, the warnings come and within 30 selgds to a minute the actual strikes. Different than ukraine. So here you hear the warning and you see the rocket come in and see it Hit A Building<\/a>. And we saw that. There were about 11 or 12 and a couple of different series of sirens this morning. One we saw Hit A Building<\/a> not too far away. An apartment building, four stories. Israeli Officials Say<\/a> three people were injured, mild to moderate, one a 20yearold man. Again the randomness of what happens here was use that immediate billowing of smoke, looked like a rocket that broke through the iron dome as opposed to a piece of shrapnel. Thats what it appeared to be from this distance. But we could see that. Of course, we can hear the thuds from gaza as the strikes continue. There were again about 300 of them overnight as Israeli Forces<\/a> continued both the air assault as well as an assault by sea. Special forces assault by sea and by land. They have done that two nights a row where they have gone in gaza a kilometer or two and then after finishing operations strikes against individual operatives and Command Center<\/a>s back out of gaza. Erin burnett live in tel aviv. We will get back to you soon. Phil. The u. S. Is unleashing new airstrikes on two facilities linked to ran iranianbacked militias. Targeting weapons and a munitions Storage Facility<\/a> after a series of drone and Rocket Attacks<\/a> against u. S. Forces in the region. Cnn National Security<\/a> reporter natasha bertrand. U. S. Officials trying to make clear these are narrowly tailored, in selfdefense, but targeted places where irgc officials were, correct . Thats right, phil. A Senior Defense<\/a> official told us last night those facilities were occupied throughout the day by irgc personnel and other personnel affiliated with the militia groups that iran backs. It is unclear just how many or if there were any casualties as a result of this strike. A targeted weapons and Ammunition Depot<\/a> in eastern syria. However, the Senior Defense<\/a> official seemed confident that there were no civilian casualties at this point. But, look, Secretary Of Defense<\/a> lloyd austin said these are narrowly tailored strikes and it has nothing to do with the broader israel hamas War Happening<\/a> right now. This is what he said. He said these narrowly tailored strikes in selfdefense were intended solely to protect and defend u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria. They are separate from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas and do not constitute a shift in our approach to the israel hamas conflict. Look, the strikes dont come in a vacuum. They are of course a response to the more than 19 attacks that these iranback militias have wagedens u. S. Coalitions and bases in iraq and syria since october 17. According to the pentagon there have been 21 u. S. Service members who suffered casualties, injuries as a result of these attacks, including traumatic brain jumps. So the u. S. Taking this very seriously and this is meant to send a very clear message to the iranback militias these attacks on these bases will not passively kind of accepted by the United States<\/a>. Phil. See if that message is heeded. Natasha, thank you. All right. Take a look at this video. It was released by u. S. Defense officials and what you are seeing is a chinese fighter coming unbelievably close, within ten feet of a u. S. B52 Bomber Flying<\/a> over the South China Sea<\/a> on tuesday. Ten feet. That is literally the distance between poppy and me now. Thats the size of a standard ladder, a basketball hoop. Officials say this is happening more and more often. Put this in perspective. The military considers intercepts like this dangerous within 50 to 100 feet of of a u. S. Aircraft. Ten feet . Way too close for comfort. America is grappling with yet another Mass Shooting<\/a> and the rise of antisemitism. Next, we will be joined by a rabbi who survived the tree you have Life Shooting<\/a> in pittsburgh. He is here with his perspective on both. I have opposed efforts to ban Deadly Weapons<\/a> of war like the Assault Rifle<\/a> used to carry out this crime. I call on the United States<\/a> congress to ban Assault Rifle<\/a>s. Democratic congressman jared golden of maine reversing his stance against a federal Assault Weapons<\/a> ban after the shooting t in his hometown of lewiston. He is one of five democrats to oppose a federal ban last july when it passed house. It died in the senate. Joining to us natasha alford, Political Commentator<\/a> alyssa griffin. Natasha, putting this in perspective, Gerald Golden<\/a> is a front line democratic member, doesnt listen to what democratic leadership says, does his own thing, which is often why he gets reelected. That is a big deal even if it doesnt many its a sea change for everyone. It shows the power of when pain hits your constituency, right . Its one thing to talk about theoretically protecting the Second Amendment<\/a>. Its a different tinge when you have to look at those families in the eye and say that it was my stance, my legislative stance that kept change from happening. It may not be a sea change, but i think its an excellent example of having the moral courage to say i was wrong and that we can do something differently, which is very different from mike johnson, who is saying thoughts and prayers, its going to be faith that changes this nation. It could be faith and legislation, which makes a difference. Keep in mind the politics were bold of him. He sits in a district that was in our plus five district, the only district that donald trump carried in new england and a pro Second Amendment<\/a> area, this more rural part of maine in new england. So it is a bold step for him to come out and support this. I do believe its dead on arrival in the senate. But whats interesting is chris murphy, who democratic senator who has long been a Gun Reform Champion<\/a> suggested since sandy hook. He suggested something i could see getting a little bit of steam, stricter Background Checks<\/a> for Assault Weapons<\/a>. Thats something thats a step away from a fullon ban which is dead on arrival with any republican. Lets listen to susan senator Susan Collins<\/a> of maine. She was asked about this yesterday. I think it is more important that we ban very highcapacity magazines. There is always more that we can do. She was being asked about an Assault Weapons<\/a> ban and what she thought she focused on highcapacity magazines, by said there is always more we can do. I mean, republicans have been clear, most of them, they are not going further than the bipartisan bill that was passed last year on guns. That was breaking 30 years of gridlock, right . 30 years. Thats a lifetime of no significant legislation that made a difference. But i think its important to listen to those places where politicians are willing to compromise, right. If not a ban, lets think about why we are giving Everyday Americans<\/a> so much ammunition. Why would you need those things . When you look at the bipartisan Safer Communities<\/a> act, there is investment in Mental Health<\/a>, which is what republicans tend to lean towards as a solution as opposed to democrats who want to focus on gun control. But there is also a focus on closing certain loops in Background Checks<\/a>. So i think that if you really dig into that bipartisan act, there may be places to move the ball a little bit forward with both parties. And President Biden<\/a> called the Safer Communities<\/a> act the most significant bipartisan gun reform in decades. I tend to think anytime the Mass Shootings<\/a> happen, our hearts break, we have the same kind of dialogues in washington, very little seems to change. I st tend to think state legislatures, a caveat of why the laws wouldnt have helped in this state. I could see that getting more momentum as maine going to look at why some of these, you know, red flags werent in place. That may be where were more likely to see change than in congress. Interesting point. Maine democrats pushed and got a significant package of Gun Restrictions<\/a> for the statehouse earlier this year, but most blocked. We know where maine sits in that. I want to ask about Dean Phillips<\/a> because he is now in the race. Do we have some sound to play what Dean Phillips<\/a> said on cbs . Are you running for president . I am. I have to. I think President Biden<\/a> has done a spectacular job for our country, but its not about the past. This is an election about the future. I will not sit still. I will not be quiet in the face of numbers that are so clearly saying that we are going to be facing an emergency next november. Whats the strategy . I mean, i just feel that this is a response to what the American People<\/a> are saying, right . I mean, there is the democratic sort of institutional response, which is to come around president joe biden. But americans are saying every single day we dont want this matchup and democrats, younger democrats particular, when you think about whats happening right now with israel and gaza, joe biden is losing younger and Younger Voters<\/a> who are not happy with the way he has handled this international crisis. So its that with the poll numbers that we have been seeing, i think its responsible. Some democrats see that it is their responsibility to provide an alternative. You know what i thought was interesting . He also said tin that cbs interview he hoped him jumping in would encourage other democrats to do it. Perhaps this isnt about him winning. That was interesting. But about others. My first thought was this seems like consultants who want to make money off of Dean Phillips<\/a> to make him run. Have you dismissed that thought . No. But i think that is interesting. 73 of americans think joe biden is too old, six in ten dont want to see trump versus biden again. Its too late. Jn january is going to be the first caucuses. New hampshire is coming up. So i dont see how anyone could have a challenge against biden at this juncture. Would have had to have been six months ago. White midwestern guy proisrael is the alternative . Definitely looking interesting dynamic. We will follow it. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. House of representatives mike Johnson House<\/a> Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> entering day three of his role and also key questions. How is he going to navigate his partys push to impeach joe biden . Cnn learned while the threeweeklong process to find a speaker, the committee continued to work behind the scenes. Andy grier is with us with interesting new reporting on all of this. Good morning. Where do things stand now . Good morning. The work very much continued behind the scenes, but the question is now that there is a speaker, will there be public momentum for the effort . Now that mike johnson is elected, republicans are scrambling trying to keep the government open, pass that November 17th<\/a> funding deadline. They lost three weeks of work over the speakers election and they are trying to make up for lost time and the question is, is this inquiry still going to be as front and center . Republicans, look, when they came to congress, there were some on the far right from day one who wanted to impeach the president , didnt need to see any evidence first. Then you have more moderate members who knew they needed to see direct evidence of wrongdoing by joe biden in order to get onboard with the effort and three weeks of chaos and infighting has really just made the effort of getting the moderates onboard that much more difficult. So does Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> remember the Judiciary Committee<\/a>. I was struck last night. He didnt necessarily go down the path i thought he would. What did he say . Right. So mike johnson is a member of the Judiciary Committee<\/a> and supportive of the Impeachment Inquiry<\/a> effort. Take a listen to what he said on fox last night. We are going to follow the truth where it leads, engage in due process because we are the rule of party. I know people are getting anxious and getting restless and just want somebody to be impeached. We dont do that like the other team. We have to base it upon the evidence and the evidence is coming together. We will see where it leads. So thats a more measured response from speaker johnson. Thats because he now has to represent the entire republican conference. He cant just speak for the rightwing of the party. What we saw in the speakers race is there is a strong moderate block of republicans willing to stand up when they feel compelled to and thats what happened when Jim Jordan Ran For Speaker<\/a> and they blocked him time and time again. So now johnson is in the speakers chair. He got the support from moderates to get there and now he has to in navigate a very narrow majority who is just trying to get the trains back running again and the and will the Impeachment Inquiry<\/a> about be a big part of that . So far unclear. Trains running. Government open. Critical. Patrick mchenry back in financial services. The only place he ever wanted to be. I love it. Annie, thank you. Great reporting. See you soon. Breaking just moments ago, Law Enforcement<\/a> has recovered a cellphone belonging to the maine shooting suspect. We arere followingng the dedevelopmentsts in this u urge manhunt. Stay with us. Nations says eight trucks are expected to enter gaza today, but that is a fraction of what is needed. Hundreds of trucks are still waiting to enter with food, medicine, water and fuel if its allowed in. Those supplies could literally mean life and death for the millions of people waiting for them. U. S. Officials say as many as 600 americans are still trapped in gaza. Among them, a massachusetts couple and look at them there, their 1yearold son. Here is an update on this family we told you about earlier this week. Hi, regarcording from gaza strip. Specifically rafah city. A massachusetts family stuck in Gaza Waiting To Cross<\/a> into egypt through the rafah crossing for the past 14 days. He described the dire situation in a voice memo sent to cnn by his attorney. Airstrikes have been intensifying. Last night we can hear bombardment all around us. Some are through airstrikes where we could actually hear the missiles fly over the house or basically hit near us. My son was not able to sleep. We have been trying to soothe him as much as we can and keep him shielded from the wrath of the war. Reporter in a picture provided to cnn, he says a blast happened about 900 feet from where they are seeking shelter. There are about ten americans inside the house, according to him. And he says supplies are running low, including basic needs for their 1yearold son. Unfortunately, yesterday we ran out of milk for him. We opened the last box. Basically, tonight we would be completely out. It would be his first night ever in his entire life to go to sleep without having milk. Reporter they are staying ten minutes from the border with egypt. He says that he and his family have made attempts to cross into egypt through the rafah crossing to no avail. He says each time they have waited for hours, but the gates remained closed. A state Department Spokesperson<\/a> told us this week that at times hamas militants have, quote, been preventing people from approaching the crossing. Thats something he says he has not seen. But yesterday he says the family got a visitor. Out of nowhere, showed up at our front door, this a collar on and was very friendly. Reporter he says his son loves cats and named This One Milka<\/a> after his favorite brand of chocolate. The kitten keeping his son happy. Quote, most of the day after the airstrikes. Also yesterday he says he received an email from the state department. But there was no new information about leaving gaza. Time is of the essence nowadays. All it takes is one missile. One airstrike to miss its target or be too close to where you are. You know, abboud recalls pleas for help to the state department, the american government. He is one of about 600 palestinian americans stuck still. And the lack of information or information that ends up not bearing out to be accurate thats right. You can cross at this time and ends up never being the case. The frustration and fear palpable. Absolutely. We will keep you posted on their story. Tulane University Says<\/a> three students were assaulted after a protester apparently tried to light an israeli flag on firire. Detailils on that t next. Welcome back. Israels war with hamas intensifies, there has been a rise of antisemitic antisemitism and antisemitic acts in the United States<\/a>. This is video from Tulane University<\/a> in new orleans where three students say they were assaulted during a rally near campus a confrontation appears to have escalated after a protester tried to light an israeli flag on fire. Its unclear at this point if anyone was arrested for the incident. Our next guest has quite a bit of perspective on this issue. Five years ago today, he was inside The Tree Of Life<\/a> synagogue in pittsburgh when a gunman walked in and opened fire. 11 jewish worshippers were killed. Remains the Deadliest Antisemitic<\/a> attack in american history. The gunman was unanimously sentenced to death for those murders by a federal jury over the summer. The tree of Life Foundation<\/a> is raising money to preserve and renovate parts. Synagogue. There are plans for a Museum Memorial<\/a> and a center for fighting hatred and antisemitism. Joining us is rabbi Jeffrey Meyers<\/a> who survived the shooting. Sir, appreciate your time, particularly on this day. But probably more importantly, everything that happened in the last 20plus days. You have said the attack on israel felt like a retraumatictization of sorts. How are you feeling right now . I wish i could say that you feel good about the News Of The World<\/a> and how everything is proceeding on a daily basis. Add to that the trauma of the Horrific Massacre In Lewiston<\/a> and yet the unapprehended individual, its just not easy. You know, the fact that it was that massacre, i remember that day so well five years ago now to at day. Just among the victims, a 97yearold greatgrandmother, 87yearold accountant, a couple married for 60 years. We are looking at all of their images now, by the way. Are you surprised that this country hasnt come farther on antisemitism since then . Do you think we have regressed as a nation . I would not sound surprised at all. Im disappointed in america, because the founding aspects of america are one where there should be life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, indeed, is not the case for all of americas citizens at this time. So i find myself sometimes disspirited but nonetheless awaiting when the Silent Majority<\/a> becomes a vocal majority to rise up and say, enough already. We all need to learn how to live together in peace and work together. Rabbi, have you heard from members of your Faith Community<\/a> about fear or anxiety, not just because of what happened on october 7th, but just in terms of the environment inside the u. S. Right now . Sadly, phil, i have. There are congregants afraid to worship. They do not feel safe in the United States<\/a>. I wish i could say some have a magic wand to wave and it would go away. Thats indeed just not the case. So what do you say to them . Well, weve continued live streaming, and i just try to remind them that for the time being, if youre not feeling comfortable, we try to talk more about it. Live streaming is an option. We try to connect them with others in the community so that they can attend synagogue worship feeling with a safe number of people to arrive. And we try to do our best to have them feel safe. Its reopened that fear that they felt after 10 27 once again. Rabbi, you lived through the nightmare that now so many people have lived through. I just wonder if you have something to say to them this morning . Ive been there, i understand it. I wish there would be something i could do to instaininously remove their pain and suffering. I just let them know we here in pittsburgh understand, we stand with you at this difficult time, and we offer all support that we can. Rabbi, thank you. That will mean a lot to them. Thank you for being with us. Thank you, poppy. We are just now learning authority also hold a Press Conference<\/a> at 10 00 a. M. From lewiston, maine as the manhunt continues for that shooting suspect. More in a minute. Congressman George Santos<\/a> expected in court today to face fraud charges. He was originally indicted in may. Hes been out on bond since pleading not guilty to the original charges. So whats going to happen today . Reporter good morning, poppy. George santos is inside the courthouse for the arraignment that begins at 10 30 this morning. This is on ten additional charges to the 13 that he faced back in may, so a total of 23 charges. In this superseding indictment. Attorneys say santos stole the identities of campaign donors, racked up charges on their credit cards, while Falsifying Documents<\/a> to meet certain benchmarks and basically the Campaign Finance<\/a> process. And he did this, according to prosecutors, with the help of his treasurer, nancy marks. These charges come just days after she pled guilty to her role in this fraud scheme. It will be interesting to see how this Court Process<\/a> plays out for the congressman. For his part, he says hes not going hes going to plead not guilty today. He told so to manu raju. But we are waiting to see what the judge does in terms of his bond agreement. Of course, he was out on bond on the original charges. That will be addressed again in court today during his arraignment. You mentioned this conversation with manu on capitol hill. New york republicans are expected to file a resolution to expel him from congress. How is he responding to this . Reporter yeah, i mean, hes keeping his feet on the ground cemented. He pled not guilty again to the original charges. He came out here and talked to the press and said hes not going anywhere. He said so much to manu and in a tweet. He said, i have not cleared out my office. Im not resigning. Im entitled to due process, and not a predetermined outcome as some are seeking. So well see what he says if he talks to the press after his ar arr arraignment. Thank you, brynn. Special counsel jack smith withdrawing a Subpoena Seeking Information<\/a> from the 2020 campaign from president trump. 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