hi everyone. i'm stephanie gosk. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today is friday october 27, 2023. breaking news -- maine on edge.

law enforcement says it's been flooded with tips but the man accused of killing 18 people still hasn't been found. >> i think every minute this goes on we're more and more concerns. you know, because of what's the next thing that's going to happen. >> what we're learning about the lives lost as the manhunt stretches into a second day. also breaking -- new bombardments. israeli defense forces say their ground operation is ramping up in gaza. what we know about the targets hours after one of israel's largest cities is hit by rocket fire. bottom line. failed crypto exchanger sam bankman-fried admits to making mistake saying he's not guilty of fraud. the case he's 0 making facing the jury for the first time. and plot twist. hollywood studios and the actors union. are they about to make a deal? negotiations under way now and what it means for movies and tv. we begin this hour in

lewiston, maine, where law enforcement officials are frantically working to find robert card. he's accused of opening fire on a restaurant and bowling alley in lewiston, maine. the state's second biggest city. an arrest warrant issued. card is considered armed and dangerous. lewiston and surrounding communities remain in shelter in place. businesses and schools remain closed. because of the threats people can't gather together to mourn the 18 lives lost as we've seen in other communities that suffered their own mass shootings. the victims include a manager at the restaurant he tried to stop the rampage. an american sign language interpreter helping communicate communications during maine's cdc covid briefings and this father and son enjoying a night out with their bowling league. leading us off this hour is nbc news correspondent george solis in nearby lisbon, maine.

george, we understand the town you're in, in lisbon is significant in the manhunt. why is that? >> reporter: good afternoon, stephanie. in various ways. where robert card's vehicle was found. authorities spent a lot of time here initially combing this area and now back here canvassing the andrew scoggin river. teams about to go into the water, dive teams. teams in boats using sonar to look at this waterway. the helicopters encircling, flying pretty low. told they're using thermal images as well for any signs of this suspect. they actually have crews in the woods marking them with ribbons. to mark where they've already been. how intense and how specific they are being. i was told from an official earlier once these dive teams go into the water they're going to be using gps to mark off where they've already been. they're literally turning over every stone for any sign of robert card.

at this point as you mentioned, they are telling the people here in this community that he is to be presumed armed and dangerous and why the shelter in place orders are in place. life in these communities is on pause at this time. talking about some of the staging they were doing and what he hoped to accomplish. here's what he told me. >> morale is up there, because i have a dedicated team of women and men that really want to locate the individual. you know? we really care about the community and surrounding communities. >> reporter:. 500 tips looking into them and taking each very, very seriously. telling you again how badly they want to capture this individual. >> gorge, it's a community on edge but also grieving. i understand you spoke with people who knew some of the victims. what did they tell you?

>> reporter: yesterday i spoke with a woman in ben salem, cousin of bill young. they were trying desperately to get any information they could. last known location was the bowling alley. they later received that horrific news that nobody wants to hear. that he was among the deceased victims that lost their lives. also learned his son, 14-year-old aaron young was also among the deceased. they are in tears, they are, of course, now figuring out the next phase of this which will be the funeral as so many other families are. this tight-knit community reeling through this and want to be able to mourn. priority now for law enforcement side of things, captures robert card. stephanie? >> george solis there in maine. thank you so much. nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter joins us now. tom, looking for the suspect. he has a gun. what are they worried about at this point the longer he's out there? >> certainly first off, two things. either alive or dead. obvious.

right? but if he is alive, does he become desperate? does the weather change over the weekend, as it is expected to, get colder. spends more time outside. somebody who, anybody who commits a mass shooting, a right stable mind, but knowing what we know about his past, this is somebody who's clearly got serious mental health issues. longer that he's out there, it gets more desperate. >> you went to two places. >> right. >> part of this trying to figure out what motivated him. are you learning any details about those locations and why he might have been connected to them? >> investigators are still doing their work, they tell us. e were talked to a number of law enforcement officials say they're considering an idea that his ex-girlfriend and he used to frequently go to a corn hole tournament, or corn hole night at this local bar. the one, one of the places he did the shooting. maybe anticipated her being there, or something they used to do, that perhaps a reason why he did what he did.

that one avenue they're considering, steph. >> any new details about his personal life or time in 9 military or reserves, rather? >> focused on that, this is not a navy s.e.a.l. commando. this is somebody who did not participate in active combat. while he did -- >> people looking for him. >> without a question, without a doubt. one of the things they're looking at specifically this mental health illness that occurred over the summer. what happened with that? of course, a whole host of other issues whether or not he should have had a gun. >> listen, lewiston police and the police in the area are doing a great job, but obviously getting a lot of help from the federal government, and in what ways what agencies are also involved? >> are start to bring in the atf and fbi, bring in people with real expertise in issues, in the atf's case when it um cans to guns where did they come from whooshgs other purchases does he have jo found three guns, bought four. okay. maybe has that fourth gun on

him. what does that tell us what he has? an example. from the fbi of standpoint between the technological capabilities, additional s.w.a.t. capabilities they and have additional investigative capabilities they have they can bring a lot to bear to try to get to a resolution here more quickly. >> let's hope that happens soon, tom. thank you. >> yep. at this hour, learning new details be a the u.s. airstrikes on iran linked targets in syria. defense secretary lloyd austin saying the u.s. retaliated for drone attacks on american bases in iraq and syria. according to defense officials now 20 attacks since october 17ble. injuring 21 u.s. personnel. nbc news pennell correspondent courtney kuby joins us now. courtney, the airstrikes come as a precarious time in the region. what more can you tell us and how is the u.s. prevent it's this from escalating in hamas with israel into a wider

conflict? >> reporter: everything we've seen the u.s. do and try to message since october 7th has been a message of deterrence with an effort of de-escalating the situation or keeping what is happening in israel and in gaza from spreading to the region. that's what we're hearing from defense officials about these strikes that occurred in northeastern syria overnight, stephanie. they struck two locations. they were, one was an ammunition storage facility. the other a weapons storage facility. according to a statement we got from secretary of defense lloyd austin overnight, facilities directly tied to the iranian revolutionary guard corps and proxy. those believed behind the 28 attacks you mentioned on u.s. bases. bases housing u.s. personnel in iraq and syria since october 17. the idea according, the statement from secretary austin and defense officials we've been speaking to is that because of

these attacks that have been occurring on the bases these strikes were defensive in nature. we heard a little bit that from pat ryder, press secretary, military press secretary. what he had to say. >> we will maintain the inherent right of self-defense. we will take all necessary measures to protect our forces and interests overseas. these strikes were very surgical and targeted to send a clear message we will protect our forces. >> reporter: the hope is that these facilities striking them taking them out map prevent some future attacks against forces in the region, stephanie. >> courtney, switching gears to another issue. a chinese fighter jet came within a few feet of a u.s. fighter plane this week. not the first time it happened. what can you tell us about that. >> reporter: that's right. we know of upward of 200 of these sorts of incidents in the region since 2021, but this one is particularly concerning for

u.s. military officials, because it occurred at night, stephanie. not only did this chinese j-11 a fighter jet seen in the video, not only came within about ten feet of a u.s. b-52 but at night. statement out of u.s. pacific command says the concern here is that the pilot of that chinese jet may not have known how close he or she was actually getting to the u.s. aircraft and how close to a collision. the real concern here. that if in fact they get so close there to could be an accidental collision and could have catastrophic consequences. >> thank you so much. time for today's cnbc money minute. cruise shifting into neutral in california and chipotle concerns in one state. >> days after california suspended licence of gm's cruise robotaxi unit, the company

announced-the-grounding its entire fleet bringing operations in austin, phoenix and houston to a halt. suspension of service doesn't have to do with any on-road incidents. chipotle announcing a price hike on menu items but may have to rise it higher in california. the company is blaming a new law that raises minimum wage for fast-food workers to thes 20 an hour. and companies that make de0erd rants benefiting from a push to get workers back into the office. these anti-pes prints and deode rints see as 15% rebound in sales now that americans are spending less time as home and more time at work and luckily, smell better there, too. back to you. >> back to work! just don't smell. thanks, courtney. >> thank you. coming up, a new call for new york congressman george santos to resign as he pleads not guilty to a slew of new felony charges. first, breaking now.

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the escalation comes on the 21st day of the war. today a new convoy of aid truck made the it gaza but it's a fraction of what's needed. people lining up at trucks just for water. food, fuel and medical supplies are also running very low. bring in nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman in israel and meagan fitzgerald in cairo, egypt. josh, start with you. what else do we know about the new ground operation in gaza tonight? >> reporter: well, we are seeing tonight, stephanie from the israeli military an escalation both on the ground and in the air. the israeli military saying they are significantly stepping up airstrikes on the gaza strip which we've seen from afar all evening. but also that their ground forces will be increasing ground operations in gaza following a raid in the last 48 hours in which israeli troops briefly entered the gaza strip, attacked anti-tank positions and hamas control centers and other infrastructure and then returned to israel.

now, the big question, is this the start of that long promised ground incursion into the gaza strip? all signs for now appear this is not that big operation that everyone has been waiting for. the israeli military saying they are waiting for a political decision from the government leadership here in israel about whether to launch that full-on ground invasion, but this does appear to be building in that direction. trying to lay the groundwork and soften hamas defenss before that promised ground incursion and sure to increase devastation wake up tomorrow and learn about the death toll and other destructions from the airstrikes tonight and more than seen over the past several nights. >> and to you in egypt. talked about trucks getting into gaza but still not able to leave through the rafah border crossing in egypt. new talks of opening it up further?

>> reporter: steph, center that's what more than 500,000 americans in gaza want to know, and the question is, certainly doesn't appear as though there's been any progress on that matter. we've been in contact with palestinian americans in the early days of this conflict. who would go daily to the border? they would hope the day they would be able to get out. people are desperate at this point. we were just in contact earlier today with a palestinian american woman who we had planned on doing a virtual interview with tomorrow. i messaged her. of course, not able to connect because, of course, all connectivity is down. even if the state department wanted to reach out to palestinian americans in gaza, they would not be able to do so at this point. a lot of frustration and seeing hamas humanitarian side as well. you mentioned some 84 trucks that went into gaza so far. a drop in the bucket compared to what gaza saw before this war started. where according to the u.n. some 500 trucks a day were making

their way across the border. steph? >> josh, a big part of the story, the hospitals in gaza. now israeli military claims that hamas has a headquarters underneath the hospital in gaza. hamas denying that claim. you talked with an idf spokesman. what did he have to say about it? >> reporter: well, the big question in light of israel accusing hamas of having a terrorist structure in this hospital, stephanie, is, did that mean israel now considers the largest hospital in the gaza strip to be a legitimate military target? i asked the idf that very question tonight. they said, look, we're not saying we're about to strike the hospital but we are saying that now that we have made public that it is being used to house missiles, to be used to house terrorists and other infrastructure of hamas, it could lose the protection that health care facilities and other civilian facilities have from military strikes. and the big question is, would

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good friday. this is "the fast foeshd." i'm janelle wang. dealing opioids in san francisco can lead to murder charges for the dealer if someone dies. that's because of a new task force the governor and city leaders launched. bob redell has more from san francisco. >> reporter: the city has seen a, quote, alarming rise in deaths related to the opioid fentanyl. they seized 107 kilos in the tenderloin and made over 700 arrests for the sale of narcotics. now, the city, sfpd and the d.a.'s office, chp and california national guard have teamed up for a new joint law enforcement task force that will investigate opioid-related deaths like a homicide. if investigators able to link a seller to the drug involved,

that dealer or trafficker could be charged with murder. in a statement, the mayor said -- this is from sf district attorney brooke jenkins. earlier this year, the governor deployed officers, chp officers to crack down on the fentanyl crisis in san francisco and specifically inside the tenderloin neighborhood. the operation started with seven to ten officers. it has grown to 14 to 20. they arrested more than 115 people. the joint task force announced this morning by the governor's office is expected to start early next year with the goal of going after drug dealers and

charging them with murder if connected to an overdose death. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, bob. here are other stories. stanford university has insight to why so many people are leaving california. a deadly crash in mountainview is under investigation. funds are being fast tracked to bart to help the transit agency expand in the south bay. the metropolitan transportation commission has approved $375 million in funding from the state of california. it will go toward the $12.2 billion project which will extend bart further into the south bay. the expansion will put four new stations in. police are investigating a deadly crash near mountainview. it happened just before 2:00 this morning. northbound 85 connects to 101. the chp said it hit the

retaining wall before catching on fire. all lanes have now reopened. research from stanford shows people are leaving california at higher rates than ever before. as of 2022, california still has the largest population of any state. its growth stalled. if the population drops, they could lose more congressional seats. it lost one seat after the 2020 census. a third said they decided to move because of high housing costs in california. it's been a chilly and cloudy week. we could see temperatures pick up this weekend. here is kari hall with our forecast. >> our temperatures are cooler than normal for most of us, in the mid 60s after a cold start. at least it will be sunny and breezy into the afternoon. we will see the same thing again for tomorrow. for parts of the north bay, where it's windy, the high temperature tops out in the low 70s. in santa rosa, a high of 73 degrees. also windy in concord and a high

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bottom of the hour. some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." new video out of acapulco, mexico showing destruction of hurricane otis that slammed into the city earlier in the week. 27 people dead according to local authorities. the storm caused major flooding,

power outages and left homes destroyed. democratic congressman dean phillips is launching a primary challenge against president biden for the 2024 election. the minnesota lawmaker's bid is a long shot. he says that while he thinks the president has done an excellent job he believes democrats are facing a re-election emergency next november. congressman phillips will speak to kristen welker on "meep the press now" watch starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern on nbc news now. former president trump's daughter ivanka ordered to testify. not called before december 1st. she is no longary defendant but new york's attorney general letitia james believes she has important information in the case. ivanka trump siblings, donald trump jr. can and eric trump

expected to testify along with the former president. and breakingness out of maine. local, state and federal officials canvassing the lewiston area searching for the suspect in wednesday's mass shooting. the maine department of public security is working through more than 500 tips. the suspect, robert card, considered armed and dangerous. accused of killing 18 and hurting 13 others a the a restaurant and a bowling alley. nbc news correspondent kathy park is in lewiston, maine. officials are searching an area at a nearby river. why has that emerged as a focal point. >> reporter: hey, steph. good afternoon to you. so this is day two of an all-out manhunt for robert card. still no sign of him. you mentioned, there are resources at the local, state and federal levels, and there is a lot more activity, a higher concentration of activity, at the river, because that is where earlier today officials say that robert card's white subaru was located along with additional

evidence. so we definitely have seen a lot more ground activity. also we know there are resources in the air trying to get more information to get any sighting of him. but this is a kind of an ongoing process. we are told this is an ongoing investigation, things are very fluid and later on today later this afternoon, we should get another update from officials. steph? >> and the community sunder shelter in place orders, but some are heading out putting up lewiston strong signs. why do you think they're doing this? >> reporter: yeah. you know, steph, a lot of people heeding warnings and hunkering in place because, the shelter in place order still in effect. you mentioned, folks, like you see here on the screen now, putting up these signs, because they want to show that this community is resilient during a time of grieving, of mourning. take a listen. >> oh hope with people see the lewiston strong signs they

realize we're a strong community. they are strong as individuals and that even though a tragedy has happened, that -- time to show strength, compassion and support for everybody. >> reporter: and, steph -- we do want to mention some of the victims. we are getting to know a little bit more about their background. behind me the bowling alley, the first location where the gunman stormed in killing seven people. one of the victims, bill young along with his 14-year-old son together at the time with their bowling league. 53-year-old trisha ashland also there with her sister. her night off. and we're told from family members that she wanted to call 911 when she knew exactly what was happening and unfortunately also shot. steph a few minutes, a fuel miles away from where we're standing, the schemengees bar &

grille, hosting a corn hole tournament and survivors we've spoken with told us that it was packed. dozens of people were inside. among the lker. he was the manager of this bar and grille. according to his father told our lester holt he happened to grab a butcher knife nearby trying to stop the gunman. steph? >> detailing so terrifying. kathy park, thanks. here congressman george santos appeared in federal cost this morning facing a new slate of fraud charges. santos pleaded not guilty to all of them. his appearance comes hours after some of his house colleagues launched an effort to expel him from the house. if the effort is successful he would be the third member expelled since the civil war. nbc news senior national political reporter joining us now from capitol hill. walk us through what happened in court today, and remind us what these new fraud charges are.

>> reporter: stephanie, congressman george santos pleaded not guilt any federal court today to 23 charges. as part of a superseding indictment. details of the charges are quite remarkable. charged with stealing people's identities, charging his boners credit cards without approval. lying to the ftc, inflating his own campaign receipts with loans that some cases didn't exist and other cases contributions either made up or stolen. now, the judge set a trial date starting next september of 2024. that could last about a month or so. that pushes it quite close to the big presidential election, every member of the house on the ballot. george santos says he is running for re-election. the big question, can he win a primary in new york and long island for his seat or will republicans decide to go with someone else? more broadly, even will he be a congressman by there. unclear he will be. >> for sure.

the new york delegation introduces a resolution to expel him from congress. how much support does that effort have given the slim majority in the house? >> reporter: unclear. a group of new york republicans have been threatening for a while to force a vote on the floor of the house of representatives to expel congressman george santos. the effort led by congressman anthony pacito called on a stain on the house after this indictment. he and his colleagues sprung into action filing the measure yesterday. it needs a vote on floor of the house within two legislative days. likely to happen next week and takes two-thirds of a vote in the house of representatives to convict. democrats likely to go along with it. how many republicans will? we don't know the answer. republicans embarrassed by george santos since he took office early january when allegations, reports about his

lies and fabrications, to his resume well know by that point. a narrow majority and tolerated him until now. what do they do? putting all of them on the record should he remain a member of congress or not. >> thank you so much. ftx founder sam bankman-fried back on the stand today in his criminal fraud trial. this time answering questions in front of a jury. yesterday in a rare move the judge ordered the jury sent home as bankman-fried gave a first round of testimony. the judge then was going to decide which pieces of evidence could be used today. cnbc technology reporter kate green in and out of the courtroom all day and following all of this closely. kate, this is the first time getting to hear bankman-fried's side of the story. lay out his defense. >> reporter: stephanie, the judge you mentioned, he narrowed what the defense can actually talk about. they talked yesterday about trying to blame the lawyers. judge said, can't do that.

instead trying to blame some of his top executives. admitted mistakes. said risk management was a problem. didn't have a risk management team. he said he was also very busy. talked about being too busy to even get a haircut and delegated to other top executives. says he was too busy for a relationship talking about his relationship with carolyn who pleaded guilty and testified against him. said he was too busy all around and used that as a defense as well. then really he didn't have criminal intent. that's key. showing acting in good faith. for example, a venture capital firm he had. an arm of his company thought he was allowed to use that money because the company was profitable. things illegal and may have been a crime but says he did not have criminal intent, which would have dulled some issues. trying to show wasn't his fault and didn't know about a lot of these issues according to the statement. >> what happens next in the trial? seems like it's close to wrapping up? >> reporter: it is wrapping up.

quicker than a lot of people thought. he's going to be on the stand until about 4:30 today. continuing monday. the direct questioning will continue until about lunchtime monday and then cross-examination starts. when the prosecution, the government side here, gets a shot at questions bankman-fried. based and what we saw yesterday, that's when he got a little rattled on the stand. quite prepared, calm. up on the stand today when defense attorneys approach him. a different story yesterday. he was delaying some of the questions. finding ways to answer without giving direct answers and the judge did not love this. telling bankman-fried, listen to the question and answer the question. we expect more of that when the government side gets a chance again at cross-examination monday. >> all right. kate rooney, thank you. up next, ready for takeoff. the pilot who nearly died at the controls shares his story are getting ready to return to the cockpit. first, time for today's

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the actors strike now stretched into its 105th day.

on thursday s.a.g.-aftra submitted its counteroffer to movie studios. both side came back to the bargaining table, first time this week, after negotiations broke down earlier this month. nbc news entertainment correspondent is joining me now. chloe, what's the biggest sticking point? >> there are a few different sticking points. one of them is artificial intelligence. i have three sources that are familiar with these negotiations. they tell me that s.a.g.-aftra the union representing over 150,000 actors want to have say-so in how the likeness of these performers being used in the future, although the studios, amptp offering consent to use their likeness, there are a lot of sticking points. we know artificial intelligence is a major sticking point here.

we heard ted, ceo of netflix, recently talking about a levien subscribers. what does that mean. they're very far apart on. union wants 57 cents per subscriber from these streaming services. streamers saying absolutely no. that would cost us upwards of $800 million annually and we just are not prepared to do that. we do know that they have brought up their rates, minimum rate, amptp effort is percentage points brought up. i know from sources some are much in these negotiations and aware what's going on that a lot of progress was made at the bargaining table yesterday. they are meeting as we speak right now. there is an end in sight. it could be within the next couple days. i know so many people want their jobs back and obviously their paychecks around the holiday season. >> sounds like it's not intractable but does beg the question. the longer this goes on what

could effects be on the entertainment industry? >> we've already seen movies like "ghostbusters" being pushed back. we know that the spring tv slate potentially is in a bit of peril. it doesn't mean if things don't ramp up again before the holiday it's you couldn't see some of your favorite shows back on the air, but even seeing "mission impossible" flipped to 2025. not like flipping a switch and people get back to work. not to mention are other industries affected. over 17,000 jobs according to the last u.s. jobs report in august. i'm sure that number increased when that new jobs report comes out. so many affected. transportation, dry cleaning, you name it. like i said, the holiday season is approaching, and people, they're dipping into their savings, having a hard time even putting food on the table for some people. >> so hard for those people and hope it ends soon for everybody. all right. chloe, thank you so much. a comeback story more in the

year in at making. a pilot back in the cockpit after becoming unconscious midflight. savannah guthrie has the story, a passenger on the flight with no flying experience, and the pilot's road to recovery. >> reporter: the been more than a year since this 65-year-old pilot ken allen embarked on the scariest flight of his life. >> i've got a serious situation here. the pilot has gone incoherent. >> reporter: last may nearly 12,000 feet in the yeah, allen suddenly became unconscious quickly turning the flight from the bahamas to florida into a life or death emergency for everyone onboard. that's when darin harrison one of two others on that single engine cessna 28 stepped in. harrison sharing with "today" the moment he took the control it's. >> all i saw when i came up to the front was water out the right window and knew it was coming quick. >> the plane in a nosedive.

>> correct, yes. at that point, i knew if i didn't react, that -- that we would die. >> reporter: what happened next has been called a miracle. harrison who has zero flying experience took over the pilot's seat with help from an air traffic controller on the ground, he was able to land the plane safely at palm beach international airport. >> when did you exhale? >> threw the headset on the dash and said the biggest prayer ever said in my life. the last part of the prayer and strongest part for the guy in the back. that i was -- i knew it was not -- a good situation. >> reporter: allen was fighting for his life in the back of that plane. emergency vehicles met them upon landing and allen later rushed to palm beach gardens medical center where he underwent a nine-hour surgery to repair a torn aorta. the medical team led by dr.

patel. >> lucky to be awake i remember the doctor saying do everything to save your life. >> reporter: 17 months later after making a full recovery and along with his doctor, allen is back on his feet and ready for takeoff. earlier in the month medically cleared by the faa to fly again. >> i went through six additional doctors, pokes, prodded, scanned. >> most patients with this diagnosis don't make it. to see him go through all that and get approve toll fly is truly amazing. >> grab on to. >> reporter: to mark the oh pags allen decided to go back up to that exact same place this time with his life-saving doctor by his side. >> a land to the left. three lima delta. >> reporter: a landing to remember. >> thanks for having me up there. >> amazing day. >> an amazing day. >> reporter: savannah guthrie, nbc news. >> an amazing story. >> an amazing story. more news ahead. when you have chronic kidney disease...

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