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I dont know the state of mind. Somebody would have to be in to do that. What he did already is scary to think what could still happen. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. And im ahmad daetz. As we speak, hundreds of Police Officers in maine are actively involved in that search for the mass shooting suspect identified as robert cod. All right. Lets catch you up now on the very latest we have as we come on the air. Maines governor now says 18 people are dead and some of those victims are being identified. And a youth bowling coach at the local Bowling Alley, members of a deaf Cornhole Club and loved ones are among the lives lost tonight. A Law Enforcement source tells abc news the suspect had affiliations at both the Bowling Alley and bar that he allegedly targeted. The source says he may have been looking for an exgirlfriend at one of them. The suspect also now appears to have been fairly thoughtful about eluding police. There was a plan, they believe police recovered a cell phone. He left behind, apparently thinking it could be tracked. Abc seven News Reporter j. R stone joins us from the newsroom with more on the search for that suspect. J. R alma dan, this has been an extremely busy night in maine as Law Enforcement personnel are actively looking for cards. So far they have been unsuccess all but hundreds of individuals are working through the night and on the ground. Come outside, walk in in front of the truck with your hands up and Law Enforcement in bowed in maine surrounding mass shooting suspect robert cards home ordering those inside to come out as they serve one of several search warrants. Officials, though, saying it is unknown if card is in this home or any others in the area that they are searching. More than 350 Law Enforcement personnel, including Police Officers, fbi agents, us marshals and atf agents, have now been searching for card for more than 24 hours on the ground and in the air. Authorities tell us the 40 year old has a history of military service in the reserves cards. Neighbor says robert had just bought a high tech scope for one of his guns. It was a 2,000 thermal scope. He had just gotten and its, you know, its infrared. You can see in the dark with it. It picks up heat signatures. Officials say cards spent two weeks in a Mental Health facility. This past summer after allegedly hearing voices and threatening to shoot up a National Guard facility in maine. A Law Enforcement source tells abc news that card had affiliations with the bar and the Bowling Alley where shots were fired and people were killed. Those sources saying an exgirl friend of his is connected to one of the locations on thursday, Megan Hutchinson and her ten year old daughter, zoe spoke about the moments they hid inside a storage room at the Bowling Alley wednesday night when the gunman walked in. Little zoe was grazed by a bullet. But is okay. When i turned around, i saw the shooter right behind me had just come in the door. You never thought id grow up and leg. And its just like. Like why . Like, why do people do this . A question that remains unanswered by Law Enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation told abc news that a note found inside cards home is being described as a suicide note addressed to his son. They also say that card left behind a cell phone that authorities have since recovered will update you if we get any word on his whereabouts during this newscast. J. R. Stone abc seven news. All right. J. R thank you for the latest and it is well documented the United States has far and away more Mass Shootings than any other country in the world. This year the us has seen 565 Mass Shootings with all but seven states reporting at least one, according to the gun violence archive. Last year, there were 645. They count any shooting with four or more people shot. There were 688 Mass Shootings in 2021, which is one of the highest counts since the data started being tracked. Killings in maine are rare, with the state reporting a total of 29 last year. Lewiston is a fairly small city and to think that this is in our own backyard is just its just very hard to comprehend. Maine has had just three Mass Shootings since 2018. What happened at lewiston has at least one lawmaker vowing for change. Maine, i would point out, has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the country. And has a long heritage of responsible gun ownership. The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure, which is why i now call on the United States congress to ban assault rifles like the one used by the sick perpetrator of this mass killing in lewiston. Is the second largest city in maine, with about 37,000 people now, we want to make sure that you have the support you need to process these events and take on the issue of gun violence. We have a list of vetted resources to help. Just visit abc seven news. Com take action. All right. As we continue to track whats happening, maine maine, lets move on for a moment to give you a heads up on the weather because theres something that we need to be aware of this weekend. Abc seven news meteorologist sandy patel is looking at that. And sandy, what to expect in our 24 hour accuweather forecast. Yes dan we are talking about fire danger going up as we hit the weekend and tomorrow morning. A chill in the air. So lets talk about that fire weather watch that goes up for the hills lake solano and mendocino counties. 5 a. M. Saturday until 5 p. M. Sunday. Combination of 40 to 50 mile an hour wind gusts lower humidity means any fires that develop are going to rapidly spread the fire. Danger is not a concern. Tomorrow morning, temperatures are going to start out on the chilly side, 30 to 50 by noon time. Still on the cool side with some high clouds passing through and the afternoon highs will remain below average by evening. Those temperatures are going down again saturday morning. We will start out with some patchy frost. Ill be back with a full look at the concerns with the fire danger coming up. Dan okay, sandhya, thanks a lot. Well touch base shortly. New developments. Cruz is pausing all Driverless Services nationwide after the california dmv suspended its Autonomous Vehicle operations in a atement tonight, General Motors run cruz said the decision is about rebuilding public trust while looking inward at its processes and systems. The announcement saying this is not related to any additional incidents. Rather, its a proactive measure for safety. Its unclear how long the pause here will last, but testing is still allowed with a driver present at the wheel. Cruz has driverless operations in phenix, houston, austin, dallas and miami. Tonight, new details are emerging about the bay area pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines of an Alaska Airlines flight as it was heading to San Francisco. So the pilot from Pleasant Hill appeared in federal court today as now his wife is reacting for the very first time. Abc seven News Reporter tim johns joins us here in studio with what were learning tonight tim. Yeah, alma. Now, its important to remember that that pilot, emerson is facing two different sets of charges, one federal and one state in oregon. Those charges also carry different potential consequences if he is convicted. And emerson pleaded not guilty on thursday to federal charges of interference with flight crew members and attendance. That charge could have a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, says bay area legal expert stephen clark. It is possible that the federal government is using this charge as a placeholder until they do further investigation in and have their experts in aviation looking at whether mr. Emersons conduct could actually have brought down that airplane. According to an fbi affidavit. Emerson said he was suffering from a nervous breakdown while on the plane. He also told authorities he had taken psychedelic mushrooms around two days prior. Emersons defense attorney spoke outside court today. He would like to reiterate that he had no intention to harm himself or anybody on the airplane when he acted in addition to the federal charges, emerson also faces state charges in oregon, including 83 counts of attempted murder. The state authorities believe that had the pilot and other people in the cockpit not intervened, that plane would have crashed and killed everyone on board. Clark believes that in both the state and federal cases, the Mental Health argument will play a key role in emersons defense. Im a well respected pilot. I had a complete Mental Health event and i never would have committed this crime. But for my Mental Health issues. Also speaking outside the courthouse thursday, emersons wife said while she knew her husband was struggling with depression, she was in a state of shock over his arrest. She told reporters her husband would have never knowingly tried to crash the plane. Now, another thing clark noted during our conversation was how emersons case might impact flight regulations moving forward. Clark believes the faa will look at this event and possibly reconsider whether to allow people who arent actually flying the plane to be in the cockpit during flight in the studio, tim johns, abc seven news. All right, tim, thank you. The us is making progress in helping americans escape gaza. Thousands have died and thousands more have been injured in the ongoing israelhamas war. A state Department Spokesperson says theyre working closely with the governments of israel and egypt and with the un to open the rafah border for us citizens amid the lack of food, water and fuel crisis, the us is also requesting a temporary pause in action so humanitarian assistance can get in and civilians can get out to relative safety. And new at 11, a brother and sister baking team are selling out of out of their treats for children affected by the war. Yeah, to date, theyve raised thousands of dollars and abc seven news south bay reporter Lauren Martinez has more on a very sweet idea. Some of the bay areas best young bakers are selling their sweet treats for a good cause on thursday at the los altos farmers market, nihal qadri and his sister poonam donated 100 of their proceeds to the palestine childrens relief fund. Nihal said young adults can also help innocent victims from the israel hamas war. Just in general, raising money and just helping the community that its also a job that us children have to do too, because its to better, better the community, better the world. And thats not only one specific groups job. New customers, regular customers and Family Friends showed up to give their support. Being jewish and married to an israeli, i think its really important to be here and support them and show unity in the two communities and show that theres humanity. And we want we want innocent people to have care and support. The qadris launch la jawab treats during the pandemic. Theyre proud to create Asian American fusion desserts. In february. Nihal was the first pakistani american teen to win on Food Networks kids baking championship. A big motivation for this duo is representation. To this day, we get messages from people who are like my kid was really embarrassed about his culture or embarrassed about his religion, and when he saw you representing it. I feel happy that like kids, because they come up to us and they say, youre like our role model. Last farmers market. They raised 3,000. And during a pop up event on sunday, they raised 4000. I think that that is a tremendous feat for kids at their age. And i really applaud the work that theyre doing. Thank you so much. In los altos, Lauren Martinez , abc seven news. Governor newsom at the great wall, the Climate Policies hes pushing to change tonight. Plus, empowering an entire Police Department. 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If something isnt right. In tonights abc7 building a better bay area breakthrough, i went to see what an Innovative New program at the walnut creek Police Department is all about. Down a nondescript hallway at the walnut creek Police Department, something new and different is happening on the other side of this door. An emerging trend in Law Enforcement. And this force is on the cutting edge. I was there this week for one of the daylong training classes. Whats the feedback you get after this Training Program from the officers whove gone through the course . What they find out is that weve already been doing a lot of this stuff. Its just were adding structure, were adding an organization in mindset, were breaking down the barrier of Different Levels of hierarchy. It was hierarchy that may have been a factor keeping fellow officers standing just steps away from intervening in the incident involved. George floyd. Its a case study back in that classroom in walnut creek. Know your duty to intervene if unnecessary harm is being inflicted. Im expected to do something. Shamika riley is a property and evidence technician and dispatcher in the walnut creek Police Department, but shes also a trainer teaching her colleagues, sworn officers and staff how to step in when things get sticky. And someone who is above you at your same level or well below , you can feel confident that they can speak up and face no repercussions. Yes why is that important . Its important that everyone feels that theyre on the same level, that its not broken down by rank and file. Its good from the top down, bottom up. For chief jaime knox. Embrace icing. This program was an obvious decision. This takes awareness and moves it to action. No Community Wants to wait for tragedy to strike or for something to happen. That could be prevented. So i thought, well, lets move forward with a program like this so that we can be proactive instead of reactive. The walnut creek Police Department is one of only 22 in the entire state to implement t