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this, because of one man's choices. you know, my daughter has to grow up without a father. >> reporter: 76-year-old bob violette was an avid bowler who was teaching kids at just in time recreation bowling alley when the shooting happened according to cbs boston station wbz. lewiston resident paul engelhart knew violette. >> he was like a mentor to the young kids that were over there yesterday, a bowling coach. a wonderfl man. great man. i mean i would not be able to say a bad word about him. >> reporter: many people in this quiet town of 38,000 woke up to the news that someone they knew had been killed, and tonight they are trying to process the loss. >> just everybody pray. pray for those that are hurt. >> reporter: friends and family of arthur strout have gathered tonight outside the family home to show their support. and jericka, arthur's wife tells
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us that their daughter's birthday is coming up on halloween. >> so many horrific stories. elaine, i know you've been here all day covering this for us. thank you. we will have more news from maine later in the broadcast. but right now, let's go to cbs's adriana diaz in washington for the rest of today's top stories. >> thank you so much, jericka. turning overseas now to the war in the middle east, israeli air strikes are intensifying with ground forces conducting a targeted raid into gaza in their hunt for hamas militants. cbs's charlie d'agata is in tel aviv, where the military is preparing for the next stage of the war. >> reporter: israeli defense forces released this overnight footage said to show its tanks crossing into northern gaza, conducting a targeted raid. armored bulldozers paved the way. tanks opened fire on suspected hamas targets before withdrawing. the idf described the operation as preparations for the next
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stage of combat. but even before that next stage begins is the question of what comes next. growing concerns about israel's long-term strategy after invading gaza. one reason the u.s. has dispatched lieutenant general james glynn as a top adviser here. a specialist in urban warfar on the battlefields of fallujah and mosul in iraq. in gaza today, with the death toll mounting to more than 7,000 according to officials there, so, too, is the sadness, anger, and desperation. they count the shrouded bodies even as more arrive. at least 50 hostages are among those killed. hamas health officials claim tonight, victims of israeli bombardment. cbs news can't independently verify those numbers. locating the remaining captives hidden in the maze of tunnels
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beneath gaza will be extremely difficult says former israeli intelligence chief chaim tomer. >> it's kind of a mission impossible. to find the hostages intelligence-wise is very, very difficult, almost on the line of impossible. >> reporter: best case scenario, hamas releases at least some of the hostages. worst-case scenario doesn't end well for anyone. >> the moment you kidnap babies and old ladies, there are no rules anymore. no rules. >> reporter: tonight the israeli military spokesman says the army will continue to conduct limited raids, including tonight, and they will continue all the more forcefully in the coming days. adriana. >> thank you, charlie, and your team. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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>> reporter: after the election, johnson in coordination with then-president donald trump recruited more than 100 republicans to sign on to a brief supporting a lawsuit to overturn the results. he also promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machine software in a radio interview. >> when you have, you know, a software system that is used all around the country that is suspect because it came from hugo chavez's venezuela. >> reporter: democrats are concerned johnson could again try to block certification of the electoral college results next year if president biden wins again. >> his track record with respect to trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election speaks for itself. >> reporter: johnson opponents are also singling out his views on abortion rights. >> there is no right to abortion in the constitution, period. >> reporter: before entering office, johnson called abortion a holocaust that has been repeated every day for 32 years since 1973's roe v. wade. as a congressman, he's co-sponsored at least three bills that would ban the
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procedure nationwide. >> do you intend to pursue a national abortion ban as speaker, sir? >> reporter: but he had nothing to say today about how he will govern going forward. johnson is also staunchly anti-gay rights. in 2004, he called homosexuality inherently unnatural and voted against legalizing same-sex marriage. moderate republicans argue that despite views they may disagree with, he'll be an efficient speaker. >> and he recognizes the need that irrespective of prior positions, he's going to have to weave us together towards a common goal. >> reporter: several republican lawmakers told us they don't think speaker johnson will inject his personal views into his new role. for his part, johnson also expressed a willingness to work across the aisle, calling his meeting today with president biden productive. adriana. >> nikole killion, thank you. the off-duty alaska airlines pilot accused of trying to bring down a flight on sunday with more than 80 people on board appeared in federal court today in portland, oregon. a lawyer for joseph emerson said
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the pilot thanked the flight crew for their swift action against him. investigators say the crew stopped emerson from trying to cut the plane's engines and subdued him. emerson's attorney says he was not suicidal or trying to hurt anyone. he told investigators he was suffering a nervous breakdown and had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days before the incident. the u.s. military has released video of yet another chinese fighter jet harassing and flying dangerously close to a u.s. military plane. officials say this happened tuesday over the south china sea. the chinese jet coming within 10 feet of the american b-52. the pentagon says the chinese military has made similar reckless maneuvers on u.s. planes more than 180 times in the past two years. china claims most of the sea as theirs, but the u.s. says it's international waters. finally, a breakthrough in the autoworkers strike.
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$1.3 billion in production. thousands more workers remain on strike at general motors and stellantis as those talks continue. a man suspected of killing a maryland judge last week was found dead today in a wooded area about a mile from his abandoned suv. investigators believe he was angry about losing custody of his kids when he allegedly shot and killed the judge who presided over the divorce case. a mexican resort city picks up the pieces after a
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for some final thoughts. finally tonight, this small city of lewiston, maine, is home to fewer than 40,000 people. it's the kind of place where you know your neighbors and see friends just walking down the street. but no one can understand why it now joins the list of american cities forever linked by the tragedy of a mass shooting. just weeks ago, one survey named lewiston america's 13th safest city. it's a former mill town now home to colleges and health care systems. it hosts an annual balloon festival and a liberty festival on july 4th. and it's where children gathered on a wednesday night at a bowling alley, children and a community whose lives are now forever changed. governor janet mills says lewiston is a city with a big
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heart, and she knows it well. it's where she met her husband and got married. >> i know it's hard for us to think about healing when our hearts are broken. let us wrap our arms around one another, offer comfort and solace and love. >> i'm jericka duncan in lewiston, maine. good night. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the investigation continues after the deadly shooting in maine that left 18 dead and 13 injured. authorities spent hours outside the home of suspect robert card but left without finding him. card is wanted on murder charges from the shooting. the pentagon says the u.s. launched air strikes on two facilities in eastern syria used
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by iran and affiliated groups. this came at the direction of president biden in retaliation to drone and missile strikes on american troops in the region, which resulted in one death and 21 injuries. and the fall classic is here. the world series kicks off tonight in texas where the rangers will host the arizona diamondbacks. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. norah is on assignment. tonight we're in lewiston, maine, the scene of the 565th mass shooting in this country this year. we'll get to cbs's adriana diaz in washington with the day's other top stories, including the
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war in the middle east. but we begin tonight here in maine with a community reeling. 18 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after a gunman opened fire inside a bowling alley and then in a nearby bar. tonight the suspect remains on the run, with the fbi joining state police in the search for 40-year-old robert card, who is considered armed and dangerous. authorities are asking for the public's help in tracking down the army reservist who was hospitalized this summer for mental health issues, including hearing voices. and tonight there's fbi activity, including multiple vehicles and heavily armed agents around the suspect's last known residence in bowdoin, maine. tonight, a massive manhunt by air, land, and sea for the suspected gunman behind a mass shooting in southern maine, with police on alert from canada to new york. >> we have an active shooter. we have multiple injuries.
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>> reporter: gunfire rang out shortly before 7:00 p.m. wednesday at just in time recreation bowling alley, the first of two shooting scenes in lewiston, maine. seven people were killed. a witness described the chaos. >> basically into where the pins are and climbed up in the machine and was on top of the machines for about ten minutes until the cops got there. >> reporter: minutes later at 7:08 p.m., frantic 911 calls began streaming in with reports of an active shooter at schemengees bar and grill four miles away. eight people there were found dead. more than a dozen people were injured in both shootings. three victims later died at the hospital. >> we had approximately 100 team members who were off duty come into the hospital to help ensure that we were able to care for not only the patients that we received from this horrible scene, but also take care of the patients that we had there. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agencies, including the fbi and state police, responded to the scenes, searching for the suspect,
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40-year-old army reservist robert card, shown in these surveillance photos carrying a semiautomatic rifle. >> he should be considered armed and dangerous. based on our investigation, we believe this is someone that should not be approached. >> reporter: three hours after the shooting began, police discovered an suv registered to the suspect at a boat launch in the town of lisbon. residents in three nearby communities were advised to shelter in place. today many schools and businesses were closed. >> this is a dark day for maine. >> reporter: the mass shooting has shattered a sense of security in maine, considered one of the safest states in the country. governor janet mills spent years working in lewiston. >> this city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. no city does. no state, no people. >> reporter: with that multi-state manhunt under way, residents here are still being told to shelter in place
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tonight. investigators are looking into a possible motive into the shootings, including why the two locations for the attacks were chosen. cbs's jeff pegues has learned new details about the suspect's military experience as well as his history of mental illness. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that investigators are looking into whether robert card was targeting his current or former girlfriend in last night's mass shooting. sources say he went to the bowling alley first and then the bar nearly four miles away. it's unclear if the person was at either location. today police also found a note at the gunman's house, though it's unclear what it says. >> this is an all hands on deck approach. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say card is an army reservist. the army says he enlisted in the reserves in 2002 and is now a sergeant first class. he worked as a petroleum supply specialist and has had no combat deployments.
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in july of this year, card was with his unit at west point when leaders reported that he was acting erratically. new york state police took him to an army hospital for an evaluation. a maine law enforcement bulletin said that card was released about two weeks later. the alert also noted card was hearing voices and had threatened to shoot up a military installation in southern maine. card's cousin, michael mercier. >> he's got a lot of problems up in his head right now. one of them is schizophrenic. >> reporter: tom chittum, a former associate deputy director of the atf, says despite the mental evaluation, federal law would not prohibit card from having such a weapon. >> simply being diagnosed with a mental health disorder is not disqualifying, and neither is a commitment when it is voluntary,
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or a brief commitment for observation. >> reporter: last night, investigators found card's vehicle at a boat launch. sources say law enforcement is searching for a boat that he could have used to escape. >> he has a military background and may have an advantage, but keep in mind many of these law enforcement officers, they are hunters, they are fishermen, and they have military backgrounds as well. >> reporter: the gunman was heavily armed for this assault. investigators believe that he may have used an extended magazine as well as a scope. a firearm was recovered in that abandoned vehicle. and, jericka, intelligence sources are telling cbs news that they believe that that recent breakup may have been a significant destabilizing event in the gunman's life. that said, there is still no clear motive right now for this shooting. >> all right. jeff pegues for us tonight, thank you. let's go to cbs's adriana diaz in washington for the rest of today's top stories. the off-duty alaska airlines
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pilot accused of trying to bring down a flight on sunday with more than 80 people on board appeared in federal court today in portland, oregon. a lawyer for joseph emerson said the pilot thanks the flight crew for their swift action against him. investigators say the crew stopped emerson from trying to cut the plane's engines and subdued him. emerson's attorney says he was not suicidal or trying to hurt anyone. he told investigators he was suffering a nervous breakdown and had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days before the incident. the u.s. military has released video of yet another chinese fighter jet harassing and flying dangerously close to a u.s. military plane. officials say this happened tuesday over the south china sea. the chinese jet coming within 10 feet of the american b-52. the pentagon says the chinese military has made similar reckless maneuvers on u.s. planes more than 180 times in the past two years. china claims most of the sea as
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. the race to the moon is getting competitive. china's long march rocket lifted off yesterday from the gobi desert carrying three astronauts to the country's space station.
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their mission is scheduled to last at least six months and include a spacewalk to fix some damage caused by space junk. but u.s. intelligence says beijing has much grander ambitions, such as a permanent space station on the lunar surface. nasa as a similar goal. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: china has all the markings of a rising space power. a reliable rocket program, an orbiting space station, and rovers on the moon and mars. >> so you got to give them credit. they're good. >> reporter: nasa administrator bill nelson. >> are we in a new space race? >> we're in a space race for us to go back to the moon, for them to get to the moon. > reporter: this space race's prize, the moon's south pole, where there's ice. that means water, air, and rocket fuel, critical to use the moon as a springboard to mars. the u.s. plans to build a base there as part of its artemis program. but china does too. >> what, to you, is worrisome
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about all this? >> they are not transparent, and you better watch your stuff. >> reporter: nelson points to china's sweeping territorial claims across the south china sea. >> that's my concern about them getting to the south pole before us, is they get there, and they say, this is our territory. you stay out. >> reporter: kevin pole peter has studied china's space moves for more than two decades. >> and then we would get into a situation that could turn from competition perhaps into conflict. >> we've got a situation over here. >> reporter: that's what happens in apple tv's original series "for all mankind," a competition between countries to mine scarce lunar resources turns deadly. >> space is no longer science fiction, and if the united states does not maintain its lead, we are at risk of losing our national and economic security. >> reporter: it's unclear what conflict on the moon might look like. >> it's a new day in space
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exploration. >> reporter: but to lift that threat, the u.s. and 28 other nations have signed the artemis accords, a kind of best practices for exploring the moon responsibly. by law, nasa can't cooperate with china. but nasa says even china can commit to the accord's principles. >> you want to have a peaceful approach to space, an international approach. the chinese are not willing to do that. >> reporter: china says it has advocated for peace and world cooperation in space, and its lunars partners include russia, pakistan, and venezuela. >> and liftoff of artemis i. >> reporter: for nasa, the race back to the moon is a marathon. after a test flight last year, the agency plans to send a crew around the moon late next year. then in 2026, a moon landing mission. but supply chain problems, technical challenges, and other delays threaten nasa's schedule.
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fans of rap and hip-hop are flocking to the brooklyn public library for a massive exhibit featuring the life and work of music mogul of sean jay-z carter. jay-z gave gayle king a personal tour of the show and sat down for an interview. >> may i give you the book of hope? >> sure. thank you. ♪ >> reporter: the book of hope exhibit at brooklyn's public library begins outside with a breathtaking display of jay-z's lyrics covering the building's walls. >> you grew up, what, a couple miles from here? >> yeah. >> so you're very familiar with this building. hey! lok how they -- i love that. >> that's right. >> i love that. so when you drive by and you see words to your song on the
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library -- >> yeah, it's unbelievable. it's fascinating. i didn't think that it would be so grand. >> so grand? >> yeah. >> what did you think? it couldn't be a little exhibit? >> i thought it was just like a little exhibit to get, you know, like -- >> a room? >> a room. ♪ >> reporter: inside, the installation created by jay-z's company -- that would be rock nation -- you'll find the scope of the rapper's body of work and origin stories, including this hand symbol. >> it's my understanding your team did this for you, and you didn't really know what they were doing. what did you think was happening? >> i didn't know anything about it. but when they asked me to do an impression for the hands, i did the impression. and i didn't even question it. i just left it alone. >> what does this mean? where did you get that idea from to do that? >> when we first started, we had a group call chris strong. when you sell 10 million, you go
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diamond. we were like, this group is going to sell 10 million records. so we started putting the diamond up for chris john. then we started playing with it. then we started doing it at shows. then the whole crowd started doing it, and it just stuck. ♪ >> reporter: jay-z's music career spans over three decades. his 13 studio albums are all highlighted here. ♪ >> we have to start with reasonable doubt because no record label wanted to do this. >> rightfully so. i think i needed to grow into this album right here. had i gone to a label, i don't fully explore what was really happening. >> really? >> because i had the freedom, like the independence to like really talk about, like, the real stuff that was happening for me and my friends at the time. record labels would have said you need a big head. you need this. >> when you look at these covers, are there stories that come to mind? >> yeah.
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so this album was the streets favorite. this album i was trying to go into, like, the music business. so the first song i made on this album was streets is watching us, which is the last song i played for biggie. he kept saying, play it again, play it again. i gave him the -- it was on the cassette. ♪ i'll never forget, he looked back. he's like the whole album going to sound like this? and it was almost like it was playful, but it was almost also like, man, he's coming, he's coming. ♪ >> i'm going to try not to do this too many times on the tour. but honestly when i walked in this room, just take a look at all of the visuals of you up there. what does this mean to you? i mean it's your face everywhere. >> i know. >> i can't imagine. >> no, it's unbelievable. first of all, it's brooklyn. let's start there, right? >> what does brooklyn mean to you, jay-z sean carter? >> everything. it's everything. ♪
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>> you know what else i think is so interesting? number one, it's in the library. ♪ >> you got to talk quiet in the library. >> i know. this room i like in particular because one of the great lyrics i love that you did, i'm not a businessman. i'm a business, comma, man. i love that lyric. your play on words is genius. >> thank you. it's one i'm proud of as well because it's really the -- it's a simple phrase, but the space gives it meaning. ♪ >> reporter: and the business-minded mogul has pursued everything from fashion to football. in 2022, the halftime show he helped produce made history, winning an emmy for outstanding variety special. that was a super bowl first. >> that beat out the grammys.
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that beat out the tonys for the best show, and it was 13 minutes. >> yeah. >> what did that mean to you? >> for me as a kid growing up on, like, snoop and dre and all them and being a fan of what they do on the west coast, to be a part of something that had them onstage in l.a., and the fact that it never happened before is one of the things that, you know, i take pride in. like pushing the culture forward. ♪ >> reporter: and he's using his platform to push for change in the justice system. in 2019, jay-z helped launch the reform alliance with a goal of transforming the country's approach to probation and parole. >> it's not an easy job. this is a really tough space to deal with, and i think -- >> and it means something to you. >> yeah, because i think at the end of the day, we're losing a lot of mentors and a lot of people that would be positive members of society. ♪ >> reporter: our tour also showcased one of jay-z's biggest
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business moves, reclaiming his music. >> now, these are the masters, jay. as you know, people are selling their masters these days. would you ever sell your masters this. >> no. >> never? >> no, no. >> why not? >> i get why people do it. i've been fortunate enough to make money in this place. but for me, it was the fight of my life. you know, for me, an independent company from the beginning, and then going through the def jam system, not really understanding how that works and them having my masters, then going back to def jam as the president. then saying, okay, i'll do this job, and part of this is job is my masters have to revert back to me. you know, for my kids to see my work, and if they decide to sell it, it's up to them. ♪
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>> i'm fascinated by the trajectory of your life because it could have gone so left, so many different ways, so many different times. do you even find yourself today sometimes, i can't believe this has happened to me? >> you won't believe how many times i do that a week. >> seriously? >> i do that all the time. >> when you walk in a room, people know you're in the room. you have your hands in many different pots, and i'm trying to figure out what matters most to you. can you even pick anything like that? >> i think what matters most today is being a beacon and helping out my -- people of color. i think i pull the most satisfaction from that. making music early was like my first love. i could sit there for hours. it consumed me, just finding words and figuring out words and how to say this and different
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the latest green technology is designed to literally vacuum the carbon out of the air. skyler henry reports. >> reporter: the biden administration is hoping one of their recent gambles to tackle a fast-changing climate will pay off. >> we really need carbon removal at a gigaton scale globally. >> reporter: the u.s. department of energy thinks these massive machines will be a start. direct air capturing vacuums placed in louisiana and texas
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that, while on a large scale remain untested, are designed to literally suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. more than 2 million metric tons' worth annually and bury it underground. acting director kell lynn come minutes over the energy department's clean energy demonstrations office, says it's a worthy bet. >> that's like removing half a million gasoline powered cars from america's highways. >> reporter: $1.2 billion will go to fund the two hubs in public/private partnerships. nearly a dozen companies pitched to receive the award money, including swiss based climate works and heirloom carbon in california. >> if we have any chance of meeting climate goals, we need billions of tons of carbon to come out of the atmosphere. >> reporter: erin burns of the nonprofit carbon 180 says the public has to start now. the growing movement to reach climate goals is hardly just a u.s. one. the united nations is pushing for a global commitment to reach net zero by 2050. carbon 180's mission is what the group calls cleaning up the last
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two centuries of carbon emissions. >> we need to go back to a time when we weren't barreling towards 1.5 or 2 degrees centigrade in warming. >> reporter: it's an all hands on deck approach as temperatures rise and the time to reach climate goals runs out. skyler henry, cbs news, washington. and that's the overnight news for this friday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the investigation continues after the deadly shooting in maine that left 18 dead and 13 injured. authorities spent hours outside the home of suspect robert card but left without finding him. card is wanted on murder charges from the shooting. the pentagon says the u.s. launched air strikes on two facilities in eastern syria used by iran and affiliated groups.
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this came at the direction of president biden in retaliation to drone and missile strikes on american troops in the region, which resulted in one death and 21 injuries. and the fall classic is here. the world series kicks o tonight in texas where the rangers will host the arizona diamondbacks. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, tonight, the urgent manhunt across new england after a mass shooter goes on a deadly rampage in maine at a bowling alley and a local bar. police are looking for the suspect on the ground and in the water with the coast guard joining the search. here are tonight's headlines. >> this is a dark day for maine. >> at least 18 people killed and a dozen others are injured in a mass shooting, this time in the
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small city of lewiston, maine. >> i slid basically into where the pins are and climbed up into the machine and was on top of the machines for about ten minutes until the cops got there. >> the second shooting scene is right down this street in a restaurant. after that, the gunman took off, launching this massive manhunt. >> this is someone that should not be approached. >> what we're learning about the alleged shooter. israeli tanks execute a targeted raid in gaza. the army calling it preparation for the next stages of combat. the house will be in order. >> mike johnson takes up the gavel as speaker of the house and begins defending his record as an election denier, climate skeptic, and his anti-lgbtq views. hurricane otis tears through the mexican resort city of acapulco, destroying buildings, roads, and leaving at least 27 people dead. and back in maine, a close-knit community in mourning. >> i want every person in maine
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to know that we will heal together. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. norah is on assignment. tonight we're in lewiston, maine, the scene of the 565th mass shooting in this country this year. we'll get to cbs's adriana diaz in washington with the day's other top stories, including the war in the middle east. but we begin tonight here in maine with a community reeling. 18 people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after a gunman opened fire inside a bowling alley and then in a nearby bar. tonight the suspect remains on the run, with the fbi joining state police in the search for 40-year-old robert card, who is considered armed and dangerous. authorities are asking for the public's help in tracking down
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the army reservist who was hospitalized this summer for mental health issues, including hearing voices. and tonight there's fbi activity, including multiple vehicles and heavily armed agents around the suspect's last known residence in bowdoin, maine. tonight, a massive manhunt by air, land, and sea for the suspected gunman behind a mass shooting in southern maine, with police on alert from canada to new york. >> we have an active shooter. we have multiple injuries. >> reporter: gunfire rang out shortly before 7:00 p.m. wednesday at just in time recreation bowling alley, the first of two shooting scenes in lewiston, maine. seven people were killed. a witness described the chaos. >> i just booked it down the lane, and i slid basically into where the pins are and climbed up in the machine and was on top of the machines for about ten minutes until the cops got there. >> reporter: minutes later at 7:08 p.m., frantic 911 calls
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began streaming in with reports of an active shooter at schemengees bar and grill four miles away. eight people there were found dead. more than a dozen people were injured in both shootings. three victims later died at the hospital. >> we had approximately 100 team members who were off duty come into the hospital to help ensure that we were able to care for not only the patients that we received from this horrible scene, but also take care of the patients that we had there. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agencies, including the fbi and state police, responded to the scenes, searching for the suspect, 40-year-old army reservist robert card, shown in these surveillance photos carrying a semiautomatic rifle. >> he should be considered armed and dangerous. based on our investigation, we believe this is someone that should not be approached. >> reporter: three hours after the shooting began, police discovered an suv registered to the suspect at a boat launch in the town of lisbon. residents in three nearby communities were advised to
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shelter in place. today many schools and businesses were closed. >> this is a dark day for maine. >> reporter: the mass shooting has shattered a sense of security in maine, considered one of the safest states in the country. governor janet mills spent years working in lewiston. >> this city did not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind, on its sense of security. no city does. no state, no people. >> reporter: with that multi-state manhunt under way, residents here are still being told to shelter in place tonight. investigators are looking into a possible motive into the shootings, including why the two locations for the attacks were chosen. cbs's jeff pegues has learned new details about the suspect's military experience as well as his history of mental illness. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that investigators are looking into whether robert card was targeting his current or
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former girlfriend in last night's mass shooting. sources say he went to the bowling alley first and then the bar nearly four miles away. it's unclear if the person was at either location. today police also found a note at the gunman's house, though it's unclear what it says. >> this is an all hands on deck approach. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say card is an army reservist. the army says he enlisted in the reserves in 2002 and is now a sergeant first class. he worked as a petroleum supply specialist and has had no combat deployments. in july of this year, card was with his unit at west point when leaders reported that he was acting erratically. new york state police took him to an army hospital for an evaluation. a maine law enforcement bulletin said that card was released about two weeks later. the alert also noted card was hearing voices and had threatened to shoot up a military installation in
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southern maine. card's cousin, michael mercier. >> he's got a lot of problems up in his head right now. one of them is schizophrenic. >> reporter: tom chittum, a former associate deputy director of the atf, says despite the mental evaluation, federal law would not prohibit card from having such a weapon. >> simply being diagnosed with a mental health disorder is not disqualifying, and neither is a commitment when it is voluntary, or a brief commitment for observation. >> reporter: last night, investigators found card's vehicle at a boat launch. sources say law enforcement is searching for a boat that he could have used to escape. >> he has a military background and may have an advantage, but keep in mind many of these law enforcement officers, they are hunters, they are fishermen, and they have military backgrounds as well. >> reporter: the gunman was heavily armed for this assault.
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investigators believe that he may have used an extended magazine as well as a scope. a firearm was recovered in that abandoned vehicle. and, jericka, intelligence sources are telling cbs news that they believe that that recent breakup may have been a significant destabilizing event in the gunman's life. that said, there is still no clear motive right now for this shooting. >> all right. jeff pegues for us tonight,
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." president biden ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in memory of the victims, noting that the number of gun deaths in america is, quote, not normal, and we cannot accept it.
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cbs's elaine quijano is learning more about the lives lost. >> reporter: tonight, loved ones remember the lives lost. >> he could always laugh at something no matter how bad it was. >> reporter: 42-year-old arthur strout was a father of three. >> he tried to be tough with his kids, you know, but at the same time, he was just -- he was a great dad. he just was. i was proud of him. >> reporter: strout had been at schemengees bar and grill playing pool with his father, arthur barnard. >> he was supposed to leave with me because he didn't bring his car. i said, okay. and he said "i love you" like always. all my kids tell me that every time we see each other. ten minutes later, i get a phone call. >> reporter: kristy strout was arthur's wife. they'd been married for almost seven years. >> he's helped me raise my children since they were very, very little. you know, his daughter is only
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13 and without a dad because of all this. because of one man's choices, you know, my daughter has to grow up without a father. >> reporter: 76-year-old bob violette was an avid bowler who was teaching kids at just in time recreation bowling alley when the shooting happened according to cbs boston station wbz. lewiston resident paul engelhart knew violette. >> he was actually kind of like a mentor to the young kids that were over there yesterday, a bowling coach. a wonderful man. great man. i mean i would not be able to say a bad word about him. >> reporter: many people in this quiet town of 38,000 woke up to the news that someone they knew had been killed, and tonight they are trying to process the loss. >> just everybody pray. pray for those that are hurt. >> reporter: friends and family of arthur strout have gathered tonight outside the family home to show their support. and, jericka, arthur's wife
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tells us that their daughter's birthday is coming up on halloween. >> so many horrific stories. elaine, i know you've been here all day covering this for us. thank you. we will have more news from maine later in the broadcast. but right now, let's go to cbs's adriana diaz in washington for the rest of today's top stories. good evening, adriana. thank you so much, jericka. turning overseas now to the war in the middle east, israeli air strikes are intensifying with ground forces conducting a trgeted raid into gaza in their hunt for hamas militants. cbs's charlie d'agata is in tel aviv, where the military is preparing for the next stage of the war. >> reporter: israeli defense forces released this overnight footage said to show its tanks crossing into northern gaza, conducting a targeted raid. armored bulldozers paved the way. tanks opened fire on suspected hamas targets before withdrawing. the idf described the operation as preparations for the next stage of combat.
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but even before that next stage begins is the question of what comes next. growing concerns about israel's long-term strategy after invading gaza. one reason the u.s. has dispatched lieutenant general james glynn as a top adviser here, a specialist in urban warfare on the battlefields of fallujah and mosul in iraq. in gaza today, with the death toll mounting to more than 7,000 according to officials there, so, too, is the sadness, anger, and desperation. they count the shrouded bodies even as more arrive. at least 50 hostages are among those killed, hamas health officials claim tonight, victims of israeli bombardment. cbs news can't independently verify those numbers. locating the remaining captives hidden in the maze of tunnels
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beneath gaza will be extremely difficult says former israeli intelligence chief haim tomer. >> it's kind of a mission impossible. to find the hostages intelligence-wise is very, very very difficult, almost on the line of impossible. >> reporter: best-case scenario, hamas releases at least some of the hostages. worst-case scenario doesn't end well for anyone. >> the moment you kidnap babies and old ladies, there are no rules anymore. no rules. >> reporter: tonight the israeli military spokesman said the army will continue to conduct limited raids, including tonight, and they will continue all the more forcefully in the coming days. adriana. >> thank you, charlie, and your team. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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johnson, in coordination with then-president donald trump, recruited more than 100 republicans to sign on to a brief supporting a lawsuit to overturn the results. he also promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machine software in a radio interview. >> when you have, you know, a software system that is used all around the country that is suspect because it came from hugo chavez's venezuela. >> reporter: democrats are concerned johnson could again try to block certification of the electoral college results next year if president biden wins again. >> his track record with respect to trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election speaks for itself. >> reporter: johnson's opponents are also singling out his views on abortion rights. >> there is no right to abortion in the constitution, period. >> reporter: before entering office, johnson called abortion a holocaust that has been repeated every day for 32 years since 1973's roe v. wade. as a congressman, he's co-sponsored at least three bills that would ban the procedure nationwide.
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>> do you intend to pursue a national abortion ban as speaker, sir? >> reporter: but he had nothing to say today about how he will govern going forward. johnson is also staunchly anti-gay rights. in 2004, he called homosexuality inherently unnatural and voted against legalizing same-sex marriage. moderate republicans argue that despite views they may disagree with, he'll be an efficient speaker. >> and he recognizes the need that irrespective of prior positions, he's going to have to weave us together towards a common goal. >> reporter: several republican lawmakers told us they don't think speaker johnson will inject his personal views into his new role. for his part, johnson also expressed a willingness to work across the aisle, calling his meeting today with president biden productive. adriana. >> nikole killion, thank you. the off-duty alaska airlines pilot accused of trying to bring down a flight on sunday with more than 80 people on board appeared in federal court today in portland, oregon. a lawyer for joseph emerson said
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thousands more workers remain on strike at general motors and stellantis as those talks continue. a man suspected of killing a maryland judge last week was found dead today in a wooded area about a mile from his abandoned suv. investigators believe he was angry about losing custody of his kids when he allegedly shot and killed the judge who presided over the divorce case. a mexican resort city picks up the pieces after a devastating hurricane. we'll have the detai
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tonight, heartbreaking scenes of destruction in the mexican resort city of acapulco after the monster category 5 hurricane otis pounded the region on wednesday, killing at least 30 people. windows are blown out and trees and power lines knocked down. the powerful storm caught everyone by surprise, exploding in strength over the warm pacific waters. ahead, we go back to maine for some final thoughts.
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finally tonight, this small city of lewiston, maine, is home to fewer than 40,000 people. it's the kind of place where you know your neighbors and see friends just walking down the street. but no one can understand why it now joins the list of american cities forever linked by the tragedy of a mass shooting. just weeks ago, one survey named lewiston america's 13th safest city. it's a former mill town now home to colleges and health care systems. it hosts an annual balloon festival and a liberty festival on july 4th. and it's where children gathered on a wednesday night at a bowling alley, children and a community whose lives are now forever changed. governor janet mills says lewiston is a city with a big
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heart, and she knows it well. it's where she met her husband and got married. >> i know it's hard for us to think about healing when our hearts are broken. let us wrap our arms around one another, offer comfort and solace and love. >> i'm jericka duncan in lewiston, maine. good night. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the investigation continues after the deadly shooting in maine that left 18 dead and 13 injured. authorities spent hours outside the home of suspect robert card but left without finding him. card is wanted on murder charges from the shooting. the pentagon says the u.s. launched air strikes on two facilities in eastern syria used by iran and affiliated groups.
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this came at the direction of president biden in retaliation to drone and missile strikes on american troops in the region, which resulted in one death and 21 injuries. and the fall classic is here. the world series kicks off tonight in texas where the rangers will host the arizona diamondbacks. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. it's friday, october 27th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." where is robert card? an accused mass killer now on the run. the urgent manhunt across new england and the community now in mourning. and preparing for a ground war, israel carries out a second raid into gaza for the second night in a row as the u.s. retaliates against iran-linked militants in syria.

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