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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. we re following two major stories on cnn newsroom. israel is wrapping up raids in gaza. we begin with an urgent manhunt for the suspect in two mass shootings in maine. law enforcement surrounded the suspect s last known order for hours on thursday. authorities were heard shouting, you re under arrest and come out with your hands out, but it appears the suspect wasn t there at the time. police are looking for this man, 40-year-old robert card. he is considered armed and dangerous. he is charged with multiple counts of murder. officials are telling residents in the areas around lewiston, maine, to stay vigilant, remain inside and lock their doors as they search for card. the suspect was seen carrying a high-powered assault-style rifle during the massacre. susan collins who represents maine says she supports a ban on high-capacity magazine but says that guns are ....
has officially finished. the defense only called two witnesses. and yesterday, rested their case. former president trump did not testify in his own defense despite telling the press multiple times he wanted to. you testify in your trial. yeah, i would testify absolutely. it s a scam. it s a scam. are you going to testify? yes. will you testify? no he won t stop. he the gag is not to testify. do you plan to testify in court? i probably so. i would like to. i mean i think so. i mean, there s a story of his life, who shocked me can nobody s shocked. it is a guy who said of course i am going to testify, you knew he was not going to testify for a couple reasons. one, he is just a walking perjury machine. seriously? you got a new ice cream machine that you say makes ice cream. the mcreamy by ninja. and creamy, yeah, well, he is a ninja perjury machine right? you stand in front of it for a couple seconds. i will never look at the creamy the same way. ....
long. morning joe starts right now. i have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle used to carry out this crime. 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 my hometown of lewiston, maine. for the good of my community, i will work with any colleague to get this done in the time that i have left in congress. that s democratic congressman jared golden of maine, changing his position on gun reform following wednesday s deadly mass shootings in his hometown. we ll have a live report from lewiston, maine, as the manhunt for the suspect is expanding this morning. also ahead, we ll go through the major development out of the middle east overnight. the united states military carrying out air strikes in syria. this comes as iran is threatening the u.s. in connection with the isr ....
the from the heart of the washington swamp on capitol hill where in mere moments we will be joined by the 56th speaker of the house of representatives mike johnson for his very first tv interview since becoming speaker. now the louisiana native now is third in line to be president. he has vowed to secure our southern border, decentralize our federal government, reform the weaponized and politicized doj and fbi and bring the republican caucus together with a thin majority and, predictably, this was not hard to predict, the left has launched a full-scale attack on the new speaker led, of course, by did dnc calling him a maga extremist and much more. and advising him not to get comfortable in his new position. now coming up, we re going to ask him how he plans to deal with his political adversaries, what are his top agenda items, how will he keep this caucus together? plus we ll check in on israel s looming ground invasion in gaza, a short incursion last night, the first o ....
you heard those bangs, authorities or later heard shouting, you are under arrest. come out with your hands up. it appears the suspect was not actually there at the time. police are searching now for this man, 40-year-old robert card, he s considered armed and dangerous, and charged with multiple counts of murder. officials are telling residents in the areas around lewiston maine to remain vigilant, stay inside, and lock their doors as the search for card continues. that search as it is ongoing, there are of course other locations they plan to investigate in the coming hours. in the meantime, schools, government properties, while the suspect is on the loose. hundreds of local and federal agents are involved in the search, and that investigate in to wednesday s massacre. this has been a concerted effort at the state local and federal level. to everyone is determined to bring the two justice. now the rampage is in fact the deadliest mass shooting in the united st ....