. >> and chris wecker, given your vast experience, what stands out to you about this manhunt thus far? >> well, yeah, let me step back a step or two here and tell you what's been going on since he was identified. as soon as that happened, within minutes, a surveillance team was on those houses in that compound. so since that time, it's been closely watched. they may have come and did the flash-bangs in preparation for an entry, but they didn't really leave. the tactical team may have left for a while, but these houses have always been under surveillance. so he would have had to have slipped in very quickly after the shooting incidents or he slipped in under their noses, which i doubt happened. so secondly, law enforcement came to those locations to do two things. one, arrest him if he is there, but primarily to execute search warrants. they had been watching the house. nothing was happening. it was time to execute the search warrants. and somebody must have heard something rustling, or maybe doors are locked, it spooked them, maybe there is a dog in there. whatever it is, they back ou

both of you, daniel brunner, chris wecker, thank you so much. we are learning morere tonight about the victims of this latest mass shooting. coming up i will talk to the family of tricia asselin, who is a bowling last night when she lost her life just trying to save others. and our other breaking news tonight, the united states striking two facilities linked to iranian-backed militias in syria. a report from the pentagon iss nextxt. >> we've got much more to come on our breaking news. the urgent manhunt for a mass shooting suspect continues in maine. but first, one of the more breaking news tonight, the pentagon saying in the u.s. has carried out air strikes in syria, targeting iranian proxy facilities. we're going to right now to cnn's oren liebermann who's at the pentagon for us, along with a cnn military analyst, retired major general spider marks. oren, i want to begin with you here. the united states striking two facilities linked to iranian-backed militias. they say, in retaliation for attacks against u.s. forces in the region. what more d