That italy Border Patrol agents are now on the ground to aid in the hunt for robert carr. The suspect in wednesday nights deadly Mass Shooting at a pair of locations in lewiston, maine, that left 18 people dead. But its not just my hometown, its my neighbor. You know, i mean, its its crazy. I have a neighbor that did something really horrible. Devastating story. Well keep an eye on it for you. And welcome in, everybody. Im kevin cork. Hey, kevin. Im griff jenkins. Were also keeping a close eye on the middle east. U. S. Fighter jets striking iran linked sites in syria a short while ago in retaliation for attacks on american troops in the middle east. The strikes followed 19 attacks on u. S. Bases in iraq and syria. Thats injured at least 21 u. S. Personnel. We kick things off tonight in israel, where fox news correspondent Lucas Thomson is standing by with the latest on these u. S. Airstrikes in syria. Good evening, lucas. Getting in grief at President Bidens direction. The pentagon launched airstrikes tonight against iranian backed forces in Eastern Syria. And abu kamala, its a border town right along the border with iraq, destroying two iranian backed Ammunition Depots used to supply these proxy forces that have attacked us forces in the middle east 19 times over the past ten days. And pressure had been building in washington over recent days for the u. S. Military to strike back. And thats exactly what they did tonight. Griffin lucas, talk to me about, obviously, the pentagon saying this is a deterrent. What can we expect next . Well, griff, Defense Secretary lloyd austin, his statement detailing these strikes was specific and he said these were narrowly tailored selfdefense strikes after those attacks. He also called out iran by name and said iran is the hidden hand here and the United States wont let it be and that they will strike back and they will defend its forces. And they also warned against any further attacks against u. S. Forces in the region, said the u. S. Reserves the right to strike back. Theres no question the Escalation Ladder has increased a menu of options was presented to President Biden and he chose to strike back. And thats exactly what happened. The timing of the strike is relevant. Hitting these Ammunition Depots in Eastern Syria, this is largely an ungoverned space. This is where isis made its last stand there in the abu kamala region right there on the border with iraq. You have 900 u. S. Troops on the ground in syria. You have 2500 on the ground in neighboring iraq. But the location, the target, is significant. These are largely ungoverned spaces and certainly no problem for american f16 jets with satellite guided bombs overhead grip. And just one more follow luke question. That is from our colleague jennifer griffin. Significant that the pentagon says that israel was not notified ahead of time of this strike. Theres no doubt, griff, that the pentagon wants to keep whats going on between the United States and iran as proxy forces separate from this war here in israel between israel and hamas, is part of the statement from the Defense Secretary. Generally, a Courtesy Call is warranted. And im told that courtesies were given attempted right before the strike and right after. But the pentagon is highlighting there was no coordination with israel over these airstrikes, which the u. S. Military says were in selfdefense. Lucas thomson live for us in tel aviv. Lucas, well check back in with you as news warrants. Kevin. All right, griff, thank you. Meantime, the u. S. Airstrikes coming on the heels of those attacks on u. S. Troops in the middle east. We want to bring in general anthony taylor, a retired u. S. Army Brigadier General and author of total empire. General, this is for me, this is an interesting circumstance because, as lucas mentioned, listen, opsec is very important in this circumstance. You want to make sure that we are secure in the operations. And yet there is a courtesy generally speaking. How surprised are you that there was no forewarning for our partners in israel . Hey, team, great to be with you all. Im not surprised at all. I think it was the right policy call to just do this unilaterally because of the impression that we want to try to maintain that this is a separate and distinct operation. Its one of self preservation, selfdefense of our own troops that were attacked by shia Militia Groups backed by iran, and certainly the Operational Security requirements that you mentioned as well to protect our Friendly Forces there. We traverse different airspaces. So theres always coordination that has to take place. But i think it was the right call to do this. You know, this is one of the more complicated parts of the world as you well know. Ive spent time in the middle east. And i can tell you, no matter how much we try to separate what the u. S. Is doing to protect its own interests from whats happening with the israelis and the hamas fighters, im very concerned, general, that this will be viewed in a broader spectrum by the vast majority of people that live in the region. Am i off base there or do you share that view . No. Yeah, no, absolutely. The this is going to be conflated with the israeli efforts in gaza. And already, you know, its the its 51 to 49 view that we are allied with them. We are supporting them. We are providing them the resources, some resources to conduct their operations. And so this is just going to be viewed by the average person and gaza and lebanon or in iran as a Cover Operation for israel and deep fight, if you will, the striking targets that try to disrupt the the enemies of israel from coming in to the battle space and disrupting israels operations. Let me follow up on that, general. Today. How much does that complicate what were trying to do . Obviously. Were doing everything, i think, from a Policy Perspective to try to avoid that impression. And yet we also have partners in the region, not just israel. We have other partners in and around those areas. Its a delicate balance. Im just wondering how much this complicates our relationships. I dont know that the problem could be more complicated. Its hd level stuff. Youve got turkey, nato ally just to the north. Weve got, you know, troops in syria and iraq. Youve got iran, which the administration sort of soft pedaled and, you know, has been reluctant to to name. So the biggest takeaway for me today was our hard shift from being somewhat equivocating, equivocating somewhat on the hamas slaughter. Remember, the state Department Said our couple of tweets that said, you know, lets lets take a step back and that kind of thing and not really acknowledging the brutality. And then theyve been soft pedaling iran saying they didnt there was no direct evidence that iran was involved when and clearly there was they were Training Hamas fighters and iran. So now a real hard pivot today, calling out hamas, saying its unacceptable, which is a good, good pivot, and then calling out iran and saying their fingerprints are all over this. Another good pivot. So today, i think we finally align u. S. Foreign policy with where it needs to be as opposed to this Appeasement Strategy that had been in place. I think you nailed it. Ive been watching this in real time. If you go back to the very first day, how the administration sort of tried to couch its support for israel while at the same time trying to walk that fine line and not appear to be too one sided. And now, as you mentioned, i think it has become quite obvious where this administration stands. And i think the strikes today further push that narrative forward. General, thank you so much. We appreciate it. Obviously, well get back to you later on throughout the hour. Appreciate it for now. But for now, lets head back over to griff. Thank you, kevin. Turning now to our other big story overnight, Law Enforcement working around the clock to hunt down the gunman suspected of killing at least 18 people in maine. Were learning that agents from an elite Border PatrolTactical Unit are on the ground assisting with the search. Lets go to fox news correspondent molly line live in lewiston, maine. Hey, molly, whats the latest . What can you tell us . Good morning. Hi. Hi, griff. Yeah, youre talking about the border hack agents. They are officially on the ground. They arrived here tonight. Bourque is essentially the Special Forces of the Border Patrol, a senior customs and Border Patrol source tells our own who else but bill allusion that this unit has arrived here, and theyre here to help for the manhunt for robert carr, who, of course, still remains out there on the loose, even some more than 24 hours after the unfolding of this massacre here in lewiston, maine. Borsak has been successful in resolving several high profile cases. They hold track and find the pennsylvania murderer. Remember this happened not so long ago. And daniela cavalcante bartek, also helped capture the cleveland, texas, mass shooter and the Borgia Bridgeton killed the Uvalde High School shooter. That was back in may of 2022. So a Pretty Elite Unit Joining a team of Law Enforcement that are here on the ground. Earlier tonight, things got pretty noisy over in the hometown of this suspect. Bowden Law Enforcement there with a megaphone at a Family Property Calling for robert. Robert, come out. Robert, come out. Anyone in the home . Come out. Put your hands up. Went through all of those types of warnings where it might seem like someone would be there. But it turns out there was no one there in that property. A series of flash bangs were deployed. Maine state police saying that those announcements which were heard over that megaphone are just standard search warrant announcements. So they were there. They were executing a series of search warrants. And that was a standard warning they might give if they werent sure someone was in a residence or in the property. And it turns out robert card was not and remains on the loose right now. One final note before i send it back to you. The coast guard is now also involved. So youre seeing all sorts of different agencies board, the coast guard, fbi, broadening the circle of assets ,the agents that are here on the ground as they continue this manhunt for robert card that has thus far evaded capture. Griff, back to you. Molly, just a quick geographical question, because ive spent obviously a lot of time with for tech agents. And actually i remember going back to 2015 when i was covering the dana moore a prison break, the two inmates that escape there, and it was Border Patrol agents that also assisted in that manhunt, which was very complicated because it was near the adirondacks. The terrain was very dense, thick woods. We had minimal communicate oceans in that kind of environment. And yet it was the skills, particularly of the Border Patrol agents that assisted there as well as the recent ones you mentioned. What is the if theyre hunting iny like . Yeah, well, you know, not unlike dannemora. I was there as well, griff, here on the ground in maine. Its the same sort of thing. A lot of swampland, a lot of dense, dense forest land, a lot of nooks and crannies. The two escaped convicts there in that case were ultimately determined that they had found a cabin to hole up in, at least for a period of time. And thats something that it would also be something that could potentially happen here in maine. There are a lot of Little Properties and cabins and lakes and places where someone, particularly someone that potentially had a plan, might be able to go and hide it. In the case of those escaped convicts there in that area in upstate new york, they theyre their plan had gone awry, but they ended up finding a cabin that didnt have a lot of food in this particular case. We dont know what the after plan was following the Mass Shootings that are being investigated here in lewiston. We dont know where robert card is or if he had some sort of plan, if there is some hole up of supplies and whatnot. Theres just so much that we dont know at this point in time. Investigators not giving any indication or narrowing down the territory that theyre looking at geographically. Here we are in the city of lewiston, about 35,000 people. The car that that was of interest, they believe that card had used to travel was in lisbon. Thats about a 50 minute drive from here. And then down the home property, the home area, that hometown of robert carter, a little farther from here, a little further down from there. So thats 16 miles away. All of the these couple of communities that have been so heavily impacted by whats unfolding, all linked very close together. But then its pretty when you broaden out and look at a broader maine, a lot of woodlands and we just dont know where this individual is. But the manhunt continues with a lot of places to hide. Molly lyne live for us in maine with great insight. Molly thank you. Kevin thank you, griff. Lets turn now to Fox News Contributor ted williams, former d. C. Police detective and defense attorney. I want to put on our lawyer hat first here. Terry. I want to ask you about collecting the coms of this individual. How important is it to collect, you know, phone information, Computer Information and any other sort of coms that we can sort of collect . And how quickly can you get a judge to sign off on Something Like that . Well, first of all, let me say im happy to be with you. Kevin in griff, who i was in dannemora, new york, when you had me in those woods for a long time. But having said that, when it comes to collect and evidence, it is very, very important. There are two phases to this investigation, kevin. There is the Law Enforcement phase where they are actually looking and trying to find robert court. But on the other hand, you have the invest the Prosecutor Action and they are building their case against robert corn in the event that he is caught. So its both working together. The prosecution and Law Enforcement, to bring this guy to justice. Thats always interesting because, listen, i cant imagine in My Wildest Dreams a judge not signing off on every possible request because this is an urgent matter involving public safety. And yet you want to handle it properly. You dont want to end up in a circumstance where you dont have all your ducks in a row. And then obviously you make this request for a warrant and you dont get it approved. But i think in this case, that should not be a problem. I do want to ask you, though, ted, about whether or not you think this is an individual molly line talked about. I thought it was a very interesting conversation she was having with griff about this notion of what was the plan after. We dont know if this person went in thinking this is a kamikaze circumstance, i probably wont make it. But then again, he made it past one place, then a second place, and now hes presumably on the run. Im just wondering if you think that maybe this guy is holed up somewhere, possibly where he has memories, he has supplies. How likely is that circumstance . Or is that too far afield, ted, to even figure out at this point . No, i dont think its too far afield. All we know that once he left the lewiston, maine area, that he went to lisbon, maine, and thats where he discarded his car. Now, this was along a waterway. We understand that this guy owned a jet ski, but we dont know is did he have an accomplice . We dont know any of that at this time. So he could be anywhere. Its sort of like a needle in the haystack. Now, when it came to what took place here earlier tonight, we had to Law Enforcement at his home and asked him to come out. I found that to be rather strange. And i think griff could even speak to this. Normally, Law Enforcement officers would have wanted to serve a warrant, if possible, during the daytime. And second, after these killings, after this carnage last night, Law Enforcement officers were immediately areas home. And those Law Enforcement officers, while some of them would have left, they would have left Law Enforcement officers at that home. So its kind of it was kind of strange or about them actually having to come out or they may have had that led them to believe that he was there. I think the bottom line is that is more likely than not that this guys getting way close to his home. He could be anywhere in the state of maine or outside the state of maine. Im glad you mention that. I was skeptical because it didnt make sense to me given that they had several hours to search that area. We all obviously from last night on, they probably had that swarmed. So unless there was some sort of hidden compartment that perhaps someone discovered. I thought it was a curious decision as well. But well leave the Monday Morning Quarterbacking for later. 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Troops in the region that injured 21 service members. A senior u. S. Defense official says israel was not informed ahead of carrying out the air strikes against irgc facilities. Lets turn now to steve rogers ,retired lieutenant for the nutley, new jersey, police department. Hes also a former member of the Fbi Joint Terrorism Task force, as well as a retired u. S. Naval officer. Steve, thank you. Good morning. Thanks for being up late for us. Lets go right to these strikes, this is not the first time President Biden has struck syria. He did it last year. He did it in 2021. Its used as deterrent. Will this work . Was this strike in your view, proportional . Well, the strike was proportional, but i dont believe it will be a deterrent. And theres been a lot of focus on syria, on the mideast. But there is another element to this that we need to think about and talk about, and thats our homeland right here in the United States. I believe that iran, who is who has their fingerprints all over this, has been preparing this for a long time. Our southern border has been open for a few years. And theres no question in my mind, based on my experience and working at the National JointTerrorism Task force years ago, that a good number of terrorists have crossed that border. Theres a lot of planning thats been done with iran with regard to coordinated attacks. Now theyre bold enough believing that were so weak after afghanistan that theyre at liberty to do what they may with the United States of america. So i dont believe its a much of a deterrent at this point in time. Steve, you really opened up a can of worms here i want to ask you about because obviously youve seen ive covered the border quite a lot. I would just spent ten days down on the border in the time i was in eagle pass, six iranians had crossed the border along with three lebanese, a syrian man. But whats significant is that when these special interest aliens come into the custody of Border Patrol, theyre turned over to ice. And then ultimately it is the joint Terrorism Task force that does the background checks to determine whether or not theyre on the terror Screening Data set terror watch list, if you will. And so if you sort of connect some dots here, youre saying tonight or early this morning, i should say that your concern and that is we see iran through their proxies escalating towards the u. S. , that there could possibly be a threat crossing the border or may already be here amongst the hundreds of thousands that have crossed our border. Look, i believe theyre here. There are thousands of and cross that border that we cannot find that, by the way, compliments of the u. S. Government, were transported to cities all over this country. Theyre unaccounted for. We dont know who they are. We dont know where they are. I remember one of our first concerns back after 911, working with Military Intelligence and the fbi was the border back then. And one of our concerns was whos going to cross that border with a high powered weapon . And were talking about and we were worried about a Suitcase Bomb and things like that. Now, of course, i would hope to god that they never had the opportunity to bring Something Like that across border, at least somebody i hope was checking. But the fact of the matter, the whole planet knows that that border was very, very open, could cross from there. And as you just stated even recently, the ice has arrested iranians. Theyve detained the people from iraq, all areas of the middle east. And one common denominator with most of these people, young men. Think about that one. Yeah, thats exactly right, steve. And i can tell you that Border Officials are very concerned about the threat youre talking about. Let me just quickly, before we run out of time, take you back to put your naval hat on. And as we talk about or hear about the Escalation Ladder, in other words when irans proxies strike the u. S. , we escalate. And the red line seems to be and always has been. Recently, the death of u. S. Citizens and when we look at what may come next, and as Louis Tomlinson has done reporting, the president will have a menu of options for any additional strikes. And, of course, its worth pointing out the Defense Secretary, austin, says we do not see conflict and has no intention to engage in further hostilities. But do you predict that things will continue or is this going to be it for a while . Well, things are going to get worse, in my view. Look, were dealing with irrational people in iran. They are bent on destroying israel and the United States, and they believe that theyre going have no other opportunity than now because of this perception of weakness. Well, theyre going to find out about the firepower of the United States navy. I believe that. I believe the red line has already been drawn. And its not a matter of if. Its a matter of when. And when that happens, they will get the full weight of u. S. Military, especially if an american dies as a result of one of those Missile Strikes or Rocket Attacks on one of our american bases, theyre going to have to pay. And thats the message that i believe the white house sent them, sent them right now. It was a message. I agree with that. But if you go beyond what you were told already, youre going to pay a heavy price. You are right. That is indeed the message. We will see if iran heeds it. Steve rogers, thank you for getting up early for us this morning. Youre welcome. And thank you for the good work youre doing. Thank you, sir. Meanwhile, President Biden giving the go ahead for u. S. Fighter jets to strike targets in syria as tension escalates in the middle east. 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The step counter, the sport mat and wireless remote call now. President biden ordering the u. S. Military to strike targets in syria. The strikes are in retaliation for the attacks on us troops in the region. Lets go back to fox news correspondent Lucas Tomlinson on the ground in tel aviv for the latest. Hey, lucas. Griff, the u. S. Military launching a pair of vipers, f16s that carry out those strikes in Eastern Syria and abu kamala right along the border with iraq, striking two targets affiliated with irans proxy forces in the region. The pentagon saying that these were ammunition dumps, Ammunition Depots used by those proxy forces to attack u. S. Forces in the region, which were starting to become quite numerous 19 in the past ten days. And pressure was building in washington for President Biden to respond and order those airstrikes. Thats exactly what happened. And were also learning just moments ago, griff, that Israeli Forces had launched a Second Incursion, a mechanized assault on gaza, sending tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers backed by airstrikes into gaza. So thats the latest here on the ground, griff, and thats a Second Incursion into gaza. One i want to talk about that. But but first, let me just go back to the air strikes for one question. Lucas and ask you. Were hearing were learning a pair of f16s carried out this strike and its a targeted strike. But why . Why jets . Why not launch missiles . We have lots of uss carriers in the region. Im just curious if you have any insight to sort of the decision that was made here on using air strikes and jets or if its notable that us Eisenhower Strike Group is not yet even in the mediterranean. Shes still in the atlantic probably another day or two from gibraltar in the entrance and launching Tomahawk Cruise Missiles from warships. Probably not needed. First of all, you have overflight issues. If you launched tomahawks from the red sea, theyd have to fly over saudi arabia, perhaps jordan, iraq. And by using those jets, those f16s and we also have f15 space now, dhafra air base in the uae, you can fly over into syria and drop those bombs on those targets. Eastern syria is largely ungoverned space. Now. Grippers, you know, was the end of the isis war. Theres isis held territory for many years. You still have 900 u. S. Troops on the ground in Eastern Syria. Its largely ungoverned. So this target seemed to be appropriate. Is a proportional response. Pentagon is calling it one in selfdefense. And certainly they see irans all over it. Thats why this strike was a message to iran for shared with and i spoke in the last segment with steve rogers about sort of the uss red line, which is the death of u. S. Citizens. We know there were some 21 u. S. Military troops injured, but were there any deaths . Well, griff, a u. S. Contractor, an american contractor, died as a result of one of those drone strikes. He suffered a heart attack. He was sheltering in place. He was hiding. And while it wasnt directly killed by one of those drones, its still some blood on the hands of the iranians. And it was notable in the statement from Defense Secretary lloyd austin tonight announcing those airstrikes, that counterattack against those proxy forces. He mentioned the death of a contractor, as you mentioned for years, the red line for the u. S. Military in the white house has always been if any americans are killed and an american did die in this case and by the way, thats exactly what happened earlier this year, back in march when the Biden Administration launched another pair of airstrikes. Also in Eastern Syria against irans proxy forces, which is now the second strike this year. But certainly the pentagon does not want this strike to be seen as in any way affiliated with hamas and israel and the war on here. But for most people at home, theyre going have a hard time believing that because it feels like its all connected. Greg in luke has just one last question on the news you just broke for our viewers here at nearly 1 40 a. M. On the east coast and for 8 00 there where you are in tel aviv. And that is this Second Incursion by idf forces on the ground in the gaza. Your reporting putting out on twitter that, it was brief. Its over. But do we believe that more preparing the battlefield, if you will, for the larger incursion or do we know that . Theres no question, griff, this is a probing this is prodding. Remember, you know, hamas in the lead up to its attacks on israel on october 7th, it was doing something very similar and doing a lot of Training Missions right there along the border, cutting long people to sleep. So right now, what Israeli Forces are doing, theyre poking their prodding. Theyre showing hamas they can go into gaza when it wants to with israels Defense Minister and Prime Minister just recently said they will go into gaza at the time of their choosing, choosing of nobody else but israel. And so these forces are going in there preparing the battlefield. Theyre also backed by massive airstrikes. Weve seen hundreds of airstrikes and over 650 of the past two days targeting hamas leaders. In fact, just yesterday, the idf announced that it had killed hamass deputy intelligence chief, griff, those airstrikes are continuing. And for the second straight day, Israeli Ground forces, mechanized forces, including tanks, have gone into the gaza strip briefly before pulling out. Griff, certainly sending a powerful message to hamas and the world in the process. And we are keeping a close watch at this early hour. Tomlinson live for us on the ground in tel aviv. Lucas, thank you. Kevin thank you, griff. Time now to bring in retired army colonel daniel davis. Hes a Senior Fellow at defense priorities. Colonel, good to be with you. I just want to sort of talk about couple of things that i heard lucas mention there. And i think the most pressing for a great number of americans is this idea of an escalation. Whats the danger that as we make these strategic strikes into Eastern Syria, that more begets more . Thats the biggest concern, kevin, and im really glad you brought that up because it is absolutely not in americas interest to get into another mideast war. That would be the worst possible outcome we could have. This is not about deterrence at this point. This is about Escalation Management to keep it from getting out of control. And look, we have to back up a little bit to find out why were even in this difficult situation with these troops here. President trump three times tried to get and actually announced that he was going to get all of the troops out of syria and bring them completely home. Three times he was thwarted by people in the pentagon who like said, no, no, we dont want to do that. We have to keep people there and for whatever reason, he didnt press the issue there in 2020, went for 2021. President biden came in. I actually wrote an article that said, look, our troops in iraq and in syria do nothing for american Vital National interest. They dont protect us at all, but they are points of vulnerability that these kinds of iran backed violent groups or any of these other violent groups in the middle east could attack and they can attack us if were not there, but we are. And now then with the very thing that i was concerned about is upon us. And because of the situation in iran with israel and hamas, this could explode into a much larger war because this is probably not going to deter anybody from doing anything. I bet that will continue to see these attacks. And if one american gets killed, then were going to have a lot of pressure to directly track strike iran because many will blame them. No matter what. And if that happens, then we could find ourselves in a big war that does not serve our interests and we must avoid that at all costs. A big war that would cost trillions of dollars. And you know what . Listening to you, i must say, i think there is a Fatigue Factor that has to be addressed as well, colonel, because i think there are a lot of americans listening. They look at the economy, they look at where our resources are going. They see whats happening on capitol hill. Lawmakers and politicians are asking for a 100 billion here and 100 billion there. Im just not so sure. Theres a lot of support for that domestically. What do you think . I couldnt agree with you more. And i think that lots of i think much more americans are at that point than our members of congress are at this point. But i hope theyre about to catch up because, look, if theres any chance at all we could get into a war here that we dont need, we cannot do that while were also trying to to support war in ukraine between ukraine and russia and given millions of our Artillery Rounds and now another 14 billion they want to send to israel and hundreds of thousands more of our Artillery Rounds if we should ever need these things. Our Military Capacity is now significantly diminished because of all the things weve already done. Now, imagine if we get drawn into a war that we didnt need to fight or want to fight, all of a sudden our capacity to fight that war is much lower than it was before. Our interests have to take priority, even aside from the money that youre talking about, which is a very important issue. But its time that we have to think wisely, not emotionally. I dont think there are a lot of people that can argue with what you said, and especially when you consider colonel, you have obviously ukraine and russia. There are great and i think sufficient concerns about china and taiwan. And you add it all together, this idea of maybe getting involved again is something that a lot of people just probably dont have a huge appetite for. But obviously, were watching it all very carefully. Colonel daniel davis, thank you, my friend. Appreciate it. Well talk to you again real soon. Thanks again. Look forward to the manhunt for the Lewiston Mass shooter extending into a second night. Fox news has now learned that elite Border Patrol agents are now on the ground. Lets go back to fox news correspondent molly line live on the scene in maine. Molly, what can you tell us . Whats the latest . And thanks for being up early this morning. And griff, it is dark out there in this manhunt continues. Theyre facing some pretty difficult circumstances. Big concerns for Law Enforcement here in these dark overnight hours. But no further information about where robert kaat is, he remains large. And the investigators in this area continue to urge people to keep their doors locked so that shelter in place, advisory continues to be encouraged. You mentioned that elite Border Patrol, the border tac agents, they have arrived. They are here on the ground. Theyre essentially the the special of the Border Patrol. They will be out there helping as this unfolds. And theyve already been very success ful in helping draw to a conclusion some high profile cases recently. They hope track and find escaped pennsylvania murderer daniela cavalcanti. That was just last month. And boardwalk also breached and killed vivaldi school shooter. That was may 2022. Also on this team, the fbi, the coast guard, a lot of manpower involved in looking for robert card and certainly and made a little bit easier when daylight returns as were entering as you mentioned, another day as this search continues. Griff, molly, just a quick follow up and that is youve been covering this story so well and youre obviously in a Small Community area, you know, the population there. I think you said only like 25, 30,000. What is the sense of the people youre talking to there . Is there a sense of fear on the ground or are they really sort of shocked and rattled by this . Its almost eerie in a sense how quiet its been because of that shelter in place. People do seem to be adhering to it to a certain extent. The schools were closed today. Municipal buildings were closed throughout the day. So people are definitely taking this seriously as far as staying indoors. The people of maine, you know, theyre strong, resilient people that are have many of them have a familiar entity with the wilderness, with hunting, with weapons themselves. They have some understanding culturally of all of those types of issues. So its not unfamiliar to them to understand how dangerous this weapon is. And, of course, the with the body count that this that happened with these two different sites as well as the concerns for those that are still struggling in hospitals to survive the danger, people fully understand whats going on here and do seem to be listening to Law Enforcement as Law Enforcement can continue to call for anyone with information about robert card to give it to them so they can continue to look for him and take any clues they can find. Griff in the manhunt continues. Molly line life force on the ground in maine. Molly thank you. Meantime, israels regional conflict is provoking fears of a multifront war after the u. S. 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You were a Logistics Planner in strategies, special operations command. Theyre sitting back now waiting and to see whether their strike works in terms of the deterrence. Walk us through what they may be talking about, what theyre watching for right now. Well, they certainly select their targets with great care and the time of day when they might have struck these things indicates a desire to minimize the loss of life on the one hand. And strike in something that they feel would really harm whoever the enemy is, right. In this case, these militias. Supported by iran or irgc, the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps facilities themselves. So it went after a weapons depot, you know, weapons platforms, things that used shoot at American Forces in the region, whether its in western or Eastern Syria or western iraq or the the munitions that would have been used in those sorts of attacks so that they the target selection is very careful. Just to pair of f16s and not a huge air presence in syria are as three hundreds and our say eight air Defense Systems are pretty good pretty capable weapons. So this Battle Damage assessment, the assessment of the effectiveness in that strike and to see what kind of reply comes from iran are they supported Militia Groups. All that is going on inside of the Central Command headquarters to see what that that reply might be. I think what we should be concerned about is this idea of proportionality. Well, colonel, we want to talk a lot more about that. Were out of time, but we have another hour coming. Stay right there. Colonel dakota, we will be back with. More Team Coverage on the two major stories. U. S. Airstrikes, of course, in the middle east and that manhunt for the shooter in maine. Keep it right here on fox news. Kevin corke and i will be back. This feels like something you do not want to be alone in. I think its going to be a long night. And dont be scared. It will probably. 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