also reported hearing voices and threatened to shoot-up or voiced threats of shooting up a national guard base. so this is all information coming visa vi a database for law enforcement identifying this individual. that's who they're looking for, and it's officials from local, state, and federal sources who are out here. i will leave you with this. i did think it was kind of strange coming out here, it's so dark i did not see law enforcement. that may be the areas where i was. perhaps they thought he's long left lewiston, but you're just going through these roads where it's miles upon miles of wooded emptiness. another one of the challenges of how sparse it is. you can go a mile or two without seeing a house. i did see a handful of law enforcement officers cars from all over the state at various places, gas station obviously over my shoulder now at spare time. but it wasn't necessarily the drag net style saturation one might have expected, but they might have intelligence we do not have as to where he might be. as you said many people right now in communities all over the state are sheltering i

alex, hearing voices, and had threatened to shoot up or head voice threats of shooting up a national guard basened. so this is all information coming vis-À-vis a database for law enforcement that is identifying this individual. that is who they are looking for right now. and its officials, alex, from local, state, and federal sources who are out here. i will leave you with this, i did think it's kind of strange when i was driving out here, it's so sparse, so dark, i did not see a lot of law enforcement. and it may just be in the areas where i was, perhaps they think he's long left lewiston and could be off towards massachusetts or another direction. that is highly clear. but you just going through these roads words miles upon miles of wooden emptiness. another chance, just how sparse it is out here. you can go for a mile or two without seen a house. and eventually, i did get on a state, road and i did see a handful of law enforcement officers, cars from all of the state, the various places, gastrulations, over my shoulder now in front of sparetime. but it wasn't necessarily the dragnet style sa

he threatened to shoot a national guard base in socko, maine.sidered to be armed and dangerous.'s last known address is in bowdoin, maine. these are all areas within each other. he is a white subaru outback that police have given a photo of. that vehicle was found that a dog, about eight miles away from the bar and grill, the location of the first shooting. police are also asking for information with the vehicle. maine court records show that a person with the same name and date of birth has two speeding tickets but no other has been found so far. they are known to be second amendment enthusiasts and also people turn around when they say them, they don't really engage. we are learning a little bit more about card from the army, especially of the petroleum supply specialist but also, not deployment, enlistment, but also from people who grew up in the area. >> is now combat deployments which is also a potential clue for investigators. can we look at maine's gun laws? the state do not require, it does not have a red flag law but there is that yello

reportedly threatened to shoot up a national guard base. this is clearly someone who had some red flags along the way. >> oh, absolutely. you've got red flags going off every possible way. the tragedy of this is that this never ever should have happened. i don't know how this slipped through the cracks but that will definitely be determined at a later point. right now they need to, you know, the goal is safe apprehension. we did not want this individual taking hostages, don't want anyone else getting hurt. if any family members are in communication with him, he needs to report himself to law enforcement. it is a very thorough investigation that's going on and obviously law enforcement behind the scenes is going to be doing the obvious. scrubbing the social media accounts, going through text messages, serving search warrants, you know, looking at his, you know, search online through google, anything electronic and digital footprint looked at closely. what's interesting, he ditched the vehicle by the boat dock area. i'm not sure of the year o

he was also making threats to shoot up the national guard base in saco. that means that it wasn't just signs he was showing they could have picked up, but people, family members, members of the military, colleagues, were warning them of those signs. then they engaged. they tried to find him. they tried to talk to him. they couldn't locate him. they had family members talking to him. they had the army reserve colleagues talking to him. what's the next phase? if you go back to the fbi reports on what are the final things that happen before an active shooter you get to the stressors. if you look at his life and those stressors, there was the mental health intervention that came up, there was the breakup of his marriage, which is a common stressor, relationship. the fact that he got fired from his job at the recycling center. the fact that he was having conflicts and paranoid delusions about friends that were causing people to shun him. then, of course, the shooting happened. boris, where were the signs not? >> right. so, obviously, there's an investigation n

and then the final gift was one of the national guard had an open house on the base . so i, i brought my kids in to look at upstairs where the right of the blades, the printers all picked up. and that helped us to establish exactly where the the explosives was going to be. ready the before dawn today in puerto rico terrace blew up a number of air national guard jet fighters and an american base near san juan. at least 8 jet fighters were destroyed. the coursera just flew up one after the other . damage was estimated at $45000000.00. no one was hurt. left his group, which at once the united states, out of puerto rico, was playing responsibility for the attack. air force spokesman, say this is one of the most serious attacks ever against the american military base here or in the united states. the so i didn't get back home until a couple hours later. and lucy thought that that had been killed once the plane started to blow up the they were loaded with the machine guns. so the machine the morning after the attack, the f b, i find so much it is stuck in the ground within y

the nice air national guard base was built in 1956 by the us military. the plains based there had been used to project us military power throughout latin america. in 1981 doesn't much of data disguise to fishermen infiltrate the race and begin reconnaissance operations. at 1st blush, it looks like, well can this be done? and then upon closer examination, you realize it's not a piece of cake, but it's, it's definitely doable. the rates mistake of not including really back to the worst. where is my position? and i said here, ned, participating 0 and is a for years i think it was more aware than in the rest of us of how significant this was going to be in terms of historical importance. and then the final gift was one of the national guard had an open house on the base. so i, i brought my kids to look at upstairs where the right of the blades, the printers, all the info. and that helped us to establish exactly where the the explosives was going to be located. the before dawn today in puerto rico terrace blew up a number of air national guard jet fighters an

there were threats to shoot up this national guard base in saco, maine. is there anything will -- what could law enforcement have done differently in this case? >> that is a great question and one that will continue to be asked as we learn more information about him and the days and weeks of leading up to this event. but maine is not the best place to be if you are hoping for really proactive law enforcement intervention in someone who seems to present a threat, but nobody is sure about that. maine does not have a red flag law or an extreme risk law. those laws are on the books in several states and they enable law enforcement or even family members or people around someone who perceive that someone seems to be on the edge and presenting a danger to themselves and others, you can enter veeb and have their weapons taken away for a limited period of time to give that person the opportunity to get some mental health treatment and restabilize themselves. maine does not have that. also people are wondering how is it possible to obtain a firearm if you are some

he recently reported mental health issues and threatened to shoot up a national guard base. he was committed to a facility for two weeks over the summer. residents were told to stay locked in their homes while law enforcement officers search for the suspect. schools are closed and people who live here are shaken. >> you and me and all of these people standing here, we'll have to. for our lives today. >> reporter: police released a photo of the person of interest's vehicle that they were covered in a parking lot. we are learning more about what it was like in the bowling alley that was down the road behind me where seven people lost their lives last night. we all know that -- now know that facility was hosting a kids league just before the shooting began. families ducking for cover wherever they could find it. as you heard, some even running to the end of the lane and diving into the pins. these are lives, even for survivors, that will ever be affected. another mass shooting in america. >> as that manhunt continues, stay with us for the latest. -- >>> police arrested a suspec

he was accused of shooting up a national guard base. a relative of the suspect's father said this caught him off-guard. >> the cards are hard-working farming people and this whole thing is mind-blowing. >> what makes this crime so heinous is in a typical year, maine might have 22 murders. >> much of the entire state there of maine is being told to shelter in place. businesses are closed, schools are closed, everyone and everything is on lockdown as this manhunt continues, renewed calls in congress for an end to gun violence. >> the american people want legislation that will keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them. the only place it's a partisan issue, a political issue is right here in washington, d.c. >> democratic congressman, gold mapp, who represents the lu westston area in main says his past opposition to bans on assault style weapons was a mistake. >>> tonight, lester holt anchors a special edition on maine and a man who learned his son is dead. leroy walker jr. spoke with miss, joey, everyday, when he went to

he recently reported mental health issues and threatened to shoot up the national guard base. he was committed to a facility for two weeks over the summer. residents were told to stay locked in their homes while law enforcement officers search for the suspect . schools are closed and people who live here are shaken. >> all these people, we fear for our lives today. >> reporter: police released a photo of the person of interest vehicle that they recovered in a parking lot. >> a seminar continues, stay with us and continuing coverage on air and streaming on the free cbs news app and on cbs news bay area. >>> let's take you to this morning's other top stories. oakley police announced they have made an arrest in connection with the house party shooting that killed one teenager and injured three others . in a statement oakley pd said with the help of the u.s. marshals service, 18-year-old jason walizada was found in antioch and taken into custody. we also know one of the teenager shot at the party has been released from the hospital. the 16-year-old boy who was killed attended libe

recently experienced mental health problems, he heard voices, and also threatened to shoot at the national guard base in saka. it is also reported that this summer kart underwent two weeks of treatment in a clinic, after which he was released. how such a person was able to gain access to weapons remains to be seen, as well as to answer the question of whether he had accomplices. in just one hour, three shooting attacks occurred in lew eastony, as reported in the search. the suspect was attracted by several hundred police officers, as well as fbi employees, about 3 hours after the shooting was reported, news appeared about the capture of the suspect, do not move, however, apparently, the man detained in this video had nothing to do with the attack, the police ... local residents continue to stay indoors and keep their doors locked. mikhail akinchenko, vladimir belyaev, channel one usa. now about the progress of the special operation in the kupinsky direction, our military repelled a dozen and a half attacks of ukrainian assault forces groups, destroyed a large amount of equipment, including an america

erratically near a training site and he reported hearing voices and threatened to shoot up a national guard base. it's unclear what happened after the release. >> this city did not deserve the assault on its citizens and peace of mind and security. >> reporter: so many questions remain, why, how, is any place truly safe? nbc news, lewiston, maine. >> lester holt is in maine anchoring a special section of "nightly news." a preview at 6:30. >> reporter: the horrific mass shooting, at least 18 people killed and a the search for the killer and my emotional conversation with a father who waited 14 hours to learn his son had died, on "nightly news." >> thanks, lester. you can watch it here on nbc bay area beginning at 6:30 immediately following our newscast. >>> an investigation into a deadly hit-and-run at oakland just before 10:30 last night. police say a driver in a stolen suv was speeding down international boulevard when it collided with a pontiac vibe. the impact caused that suv to crash into two parked cars. a man on the sidewalk got pinned between these cars. paramedics did rush him to the hos

he said he was hearing voices, allegedly, and had even made threats to shoot up a national guard base, concerned enough that they referred him to treatment. the question is did they report that to the fbi where that would have been put in a national database that could have prevented him from purchasing a weapon. we have not gotten answers to that question which we put to many federal agencies, chris. >> we're also learning more about the weapon that was used in this shooting. what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, just that it's an assault style rifle that was purchased legally. we all saw the photo. there it is right there of him holding that weapon with the appearance of someone who's used it many times before, and we know that he was a firearms instructor in the army reserves. so a man with training tragically using it to ill effect there. >> we're starting what is such a heartbreaking part of all of these stories, which is we're starting to hear from some family members, we're starting to hear from people who were there or who knew folks. what do we know about the victims and

least two weeks this past summer based on hearing voices in his head and threatening to kill a national guard basesaco, maine, where he may have also had military ties. >> reporter: back in maine, a community in morning. at least eight of the 18 victims have been identified. they include a youth bowling coach, a mother who rushed to call 911, and the manager of the bar and restaurant where so many lives were lost. those who survived still reeling from the tragedy. >> i'm just glad everybody here is okay. but now it's the process of dealing with she and i saw. i'm just thankful that we made it out. >> byron: when we come back, we meet two mothers who experienced a heartbreak no parent should. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up, i've got symptom relief. ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements. skyrizi is the first il-23 inhibitor that can deliver remission and visibly improve damage of the i

was he talking about hearing voices and the threats to the local national guard base?hat was his intention? if it was well planned was leaving the car at the riverside, was that a ruse to throw off investigators or did he actually get in a boat? we heard during the morning coverage that oftentimes is he alive or dead? he was a firearms instructor. part of this usually is a bit of a cat and mouse game right now. he may be listening on police radio. he knows where the police are. he is trying to outwitt them but oftentimes it end with the gunman taking their own life as police close in. i think there will have to be just as there was in the fort hood shooting after he is captured or found, a look back at why did -- what was the communication about his mental health and the threats he was making and the voices he was hearing? was that communicated to locals? why did he still have the guns? all that will be sorted out later but important as it was in the fort hood case to understand the communications. what information did we have in advance of this event that we might hav

recently reported mental health issues including hearing voices and had threatened to shoot up the national guard base in maine. right now, police are surrounding card's home near bowdoin maine, and people are told to shelter in place today and businesses and schools are closed. later this evening we are going to hear from the father of one of the victims who tried to save lives attempting to stop the gunman with a butcher knife at 5 o'clock. >>> police are looking for two men who killed a woman in a collision. doctors initially delivered the baby boy we have learned he has now died as well. ian has been following the story. this is absolutely heartbreaking. first tell us what exactly happened here. >> heartbreaking indeed. friends say 21-year-old april was driving home. she was eight month pregnant, died at the hope. doctors performed an emergency c section to deliver her child and we now learned he died. the honda sedan that hit april was stolen and the two men are still on the loose tonight. tonight, i spoke with one of april's close friends and said april lived with her and her daughters in san jo

two law enforcement officials said card reported hearing voices and threatened to shoot up a national guard base. here's a neighbor of robert card's father. >> i mean the cards are really good people. they're hardworking, farming people, and this whole thing is absolutely mind-blowing. >> what makes this crime so heinous is in a typical year, maine might have 22 murders. >> much of the state of maine is being told to shelter in place for the second straight night. businesses are closed, and schools are closed as well. we're going to talk more about this manhunt in a few minutes. >>> this coming into our newsroom. our investigative units is learning that cruise is pulling all of its driverless cars off the road nationwide. this comes a couple days after the california dmv suspended cruise service in san francisco. tonight's move impacts cruise cars in austin and phoenix. in a statement, cruise called this a, quote, proactive pause so that it can examine its processes, systems, and tools and reflect on how to earn back the public trust. cruise plans to continue testing cars with human drivers at t

reported hearing voices and after the authorities were told said that he made some threats to a national guard basemaine, where he may have some military ties. those things put him in a mental health facility for two weeks of treatment. he was discharged. but now the authorities are looking to see whether this shooting may have been the act of someone who did have some mental health issues. but so far , card has only been labeled a person of interest. >> and we spent the evening listening to s as the shots rag out somewhere around 7:00 pm. and we know that there were at least two locations as one was a bowling alley, we spoke to eyewitnesses who reported hearing those gunshots and there was a bar and grill as well. but the police pretty quickly put out a photo of him with with an assault style weapon. >> it shows you how worried the authorities are about the potential for ongoing danger and why they felt the need to warn the public to stay away from this person of interest if they somehow encounter him. but also just to stay indoors because they didn't know where the next victim might come from. th

recently reported mental health issues to include hearing voices and threats to shoot up the national guard base in saco, maine. he was reported to have a mental health facility for two weeks during the summer of 2023. he was released. as we have been reporting he was known to be operating a white subaru with the maine registration 924 pv. 9246 pd. that white subaru outback with a black bumper. he is a trained firearms and structure. this is a law enforcement bulletin confirmed by a member of law enforcement. he's believed to be in the army reserve stationed out of saco, maine. he recently reported these mental health issues to include hearing voices and threats to shoot up the national guard base in saco, maine. he was committed for a few weeks this summer and subsequently released. authorities right now calling him as you see on our screen a person of interest. clearly they want to speak to this guy. they have his picture and this bulletin to try to take him into custody as soon as possible. trace? >> david, i want to jump in here and get clarification on this bulletin that you just read. give

arise again. that the man who , according to colleagues, heard voices threatened to attack the national guard baseh he was taken to a psychiatric clinic for examination, owned an assault rifle, bought another pistol of his own just a couple of days before he went out to kill. the town authorities make excuses, since kart voluntarily agreed to be examined, which means he acquired the weapon completely legally. i still have not seen evidence that card was forcibly brought to the hospital, and if this was not the case, then the national gun ownership verification system had no reason to flag him, in which case the check would not show anything. maine has some of the most liberal gun laws in america, no need to obtain a permit to carry, inspections much more superficial than in the whole country, only now after the tragedy comes the understanding that they went too far. i was opposed to attempts to ban assault rifles like the one used in this crime, and now accept my responsibility for this failure and call on the us congress to ban assault rifles. president biden again called for a ban and new restri

turned out that a man who, according to colleagues, heard voices, threatened to attack the national guard base was taken to a psychiatric clinic for examination , owned an assault rifle, bought my next pistol for just a couple days before he went to kill, the town authorities justify themselves, since kart voluntarily agreed to the examination, which means he acquired the weapon completely legally. i still have not seen evidence that card was forcibly brought to the hospital, and if this was not the case, then the national system of verification of gun owners had no reason to flag him, in this case the check will not show anything, gun laws are among the most liberal in america , no need to obtain permission to apply, checks are much more superficial than in general across the country, only now after the tragedy comes the understanding that they went too far. i was against attempts to ban assault rifles, like the one used in this crime, now i admit my responsibility for this failure and call on the us congress to ban assault rifles; president biden again called for a ban and new restrictions i

ukrainian pilots will begin to master f-16 aircraft in the united states of america at the air national guard basetusna, according to western media , a small group of ukrainian pilots who arrived in the us in september, learned the language and are already on their way to an air base in arizona. first, the ukrainians will learn the basics of operating the f-16 in the classroom and on simulators, and then they will move on to real flights. planes, the course can be accelerated due to the need for our pilots to return to participate in hostilities in ukraine. north korea is supplying russia with weapons for use in ukraine, us national security council strategic communications coordinator john kirby said. the white house published the schedule of the ammunition supply route, 1,000 containers with weapons have arrived in the russian federation in recent weeks alone. the white house believes that such supplies violate the un security council resolution and the global regime non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, therefore sanctions have already been introduced against those responsible for t

upstate new york over the summer, card reported hearing voices and threatened to shoot up a national guard base, according to law enforcement sources. the national guard saying he was, quote, behaving erratically ands was transported to a hospital at the u.s. military academy for medical evaluation and stayed for two weeks. his family telling cnn he did not have a long history of mental health issues. this is something that was an acute episode. this is not who he is. his sister-in-law said, quote, this is a good family. on his twitter page, card liked right-wing posts including by tucker carlson and republican members of congress and multiple posts criticizing president biden on the economy. his social media also shows photos of him fishing. card's vehicle was found in a boat ramp less than 20 miles from the shooting scene. a public record shows he owns a boat. the coast guard is also part of the search. according to another former soldier who served with card, he had extensive training, including land navigation. so he would be very comfortable in the woods. the shooting was in lewiston, card

the center says, hearing voices threatening to attack his national guard base, and he was committed to a mental health facility for 2 weeks earlier this year. armed guardsman, a hospital treating victims, families gathering nearby auburn, awaiting news of their loved ones. a significant amount of shock going on with people that were actually witnesses. obviously when i was bringing people in that were looking for their loved ones. there's fear of this panic. of course, there's worry, understandable, local schools in a college, you're locked down, residents, or just stay home. a hauntingly familiar scene after another mass shooting in america, john henry and l g 0. 2 people have died following an explosion at a box and training center west of the off gun capital capital. police confirmed that a further 9 people were injured. no details have been given about the cause of that explosion. thanks for watching alpha 0 as always you can head online for more information as well as all today's top stories on the headlines. our website is algebra 0 dot com. you'll also find the latest updates fr

a mental health facility, after reportedly hearing voices and making threats to shoot up a national guard base in maine. it's unclear at this point, if this is the person that the gunman -- it's unclear at this point, if so, he's able to get that rifle. in terms of the gun laws in maine, what do you know about them? what should people in those areas do right now? >> well, what the people should do in those areas is hunker down. don't answer your door unless you can verify that it's police. don't let anyone come into the house and report any change movements outside or report any noises you hear. that's the number one thing. as far as the gun laws, think about it this way. this person has been in the military likely for years. as a firearms instructor had access to ar-15s. i was a firearms instructor. i had access to ar-15s. he probably had this weapon legally long before he started to experience any mental issues. we're going back to that whole thing. how serious are we about retrieving weapons who have access to them and are mentally incompetent to keep their possession of the rifles. >> an t

the center says, hearing voices threatening to attack is national guard base. and he was committed to a mental health facility for 2 weeks earlier this year. armed guardsman, a hospital treating victims, families gathering nearby auburn, awaiting news of their loved ones. a significant amount of shock going on with people that were actually witnesses. obviously when i was bringing people in that were looking for their loved ones, there's fear of this panic. of course, there's worry, understandable, local schools in a college, you're locked down, residents, or just stay home of hauntingly familiar scene after another mass shooting in america. john 100 alger 0 for my chinese premier liter chung has died at the age of 68 chinese state media as a lease up at a southern heart attack. one in shanghai. he was one of the china is top economic officials. they also served as head of china's cabinet under president. she's been paying for a decade before retiring march. the former crypto currency mode goes some background for you. it is expected to face a federal jury on f

he's made threats to shoot up the national guard base in psycho maine, and he was committed to a mental health facility for 2 weeks during this this, this past summer and subsequently released. so we know he's a man who has had trouble. they haven't named him actually as a suspect. yeah, that's a they've named him as a person of interest, but it's often just a legal nicety before those charges coming down. this is clearly the person they're looking for. they say he's been driving a 2013 subaru. that's been found and a town about 10 kilometers away and he's been carrying in pictures that have been released by authorities. ready he's clearly an assault weapon. now that's interesting because in 1994, the us out lot assault weapons, that band was allowed to expire in 2024. so if this was a weapon that was made after 1994, had that not happen, it's very possible that this weapon would have been banned and he wouldn't have been able to carry this out. but he did. and so for 22 people are reported. dead 50 injured me. and john, how does this change in compared to others across the us? it's emi

past july and sources say he made statements about hearing voices and wanting to shoot up a national guard base. he was the then transport today an army hospital. >> i'm sure there will be a lot of review, analysis, was he deemed a danger to himself or someone else? >> reporter: we're now at the scene of the first of the shootings. the bowling alley is right behind me that's the just-in-time recreation center. you can't see it but it's right behind me. other vehicles have been coming in and out processing evidence all afternoon. we can tell you according to a former colleague in the reserves with card said card was a skilled marksman and outdoorsman one of the best shooters in their army reserve unit and also sources say card owns hundreds of acres of land in maine and several legally purchased firearms. jake. >> brian todd, thank you so much. 18 lives were tragically lost during this horror that broke out in the bowling alley and restaurant in lewiston, maine last night. this evening we're learning more details about who the victims were. jason carol looks at their lives. >> this city did not

two weeks over the summer, after reporting hearing voices and threatening to kill people at a national guard basebut after a couple of weeks, was then released. joining me now cnn law enforcement contributor retired fbi supervisory agent steve moore. steve, i want to focus on the manhunt here, what do you see as the threat to this community where i'm standing right now where they have issued this shelter in place and told people to secure their homes and secure their vehicles? what's the biggest threat? >> the biggest threat right now, from what i would see, is, number one, maybe he has a desire to inflict more casualties. we don't know what the voices in his head were telling him. otherwise, the other threat would be he has certain needs as a human being at this point. he needs shelter. he needs food. he needs water. if he planned this out carefully, he will have a supply of food and water for a while. and may not need shelter. but if he hasn't planned it out, he's going to go looking for food and water and potentially shelter. that, you get, from population. from people, from buildings. and so,

the center says, hearing voices threatening to attack his national guard base. and he was committed to a mental health facility for 2 weeks earlier this year. armed guardsman, a hospital treating victims, families gathering nearby auburn, awaiting news of their loved ones. a significant amount of shock going on with people that were actually witnesses. obviously when i was bringing people in that were looking for their loved ones, there's fear, there's panic, of course, there's worry, understandable, local schools in a college, you're locked down, residents, or just stay home. a hauntingly familiar scene after another mass shooting in america, john henry and l. g. 0. embassies, costello. as in lewiston with more on the search for the suspect, the police still have not found this man robert card 40 years old. they've been searching for him ever since this took place there about 350 agents from very, from various agencies, dozens of agencies, all across the state of maine trying to track him down. the last known location perhaps is where his car was found. a coupl

national guard spokesperson, the shooter was behaving erratically this past july. and he made statements about hearing voices and wanting to shoot up a national guard base. he was transported to an army hospital for medical evaluation. >> i'm sure there will be a lot of review of this and analysis. was there something missed? was a he deemed a danger to himself or someone else? >> reporter: a law enforcement source tells cnn, that investigators found a gun in a car connected to the suspect, robert card. it's unclear if that gun was used in the shootings. a former colleague of card's in the u.s. army reserves with them told cnn that card is a skilled outdoorsman and pamarksman and e of the best shooters in their unit. >>> as authorities continue to t search for the suspect, they're piecing together what happened at the shooting locations. names of victims haven't been released yet. the mayor of lewiston tells cnn, with a crime like this, it takes time. >> in a large crime scene, it can take some time to understand everything, gather all the evidence, determine identity of victims and, yes. it can, you know -- just the nature of what happened, it can take

how is it that the man who, according to colleagues, heard voices threatening to attack the national guard baseas taken to a psychiatric clinic for examination, owned an assault rifle, bought his next pistol just a couple of days before he went to kill, authorities towns are justified, since kart voluntarily agreed to be examined, which means he acquired the weapon completely legally. i still haven't seen the witness. that the card was forcibly brought to the hospital, and since this did not happen, then the national system for checking gun owners had no reason to flag it, in this case the check will not show anything, in maine the gun laws are among the most liberal in america, you don’t need to get a permit to carry, checks are much more superficial than in the whole country, only now after the tragedy comes the understanding that they went too far. i was against attempts to ban assault rifles. like the one used in this crime, i now accept my responsibility for this failure and call on the us congress to ban assault rifles, to president biden again called for a ban and new restrictions, in an

> coming up here, the suspected gunman reported hearing voices and threatened to shoot up a national guard base, according to maine law enforcement officials. so why wasn't he disarmed? we'll walk you through the laws. plus, a congressman and marine corps veteran who lives in lewiston is changing his stance on assault weapons. >>> and the u.s. carried out air strikes in syria as tensions continue to rise in the region. >>> okay, we're having some issues with kasie's technical lines there. i'll pick up from here. we're talking about this top story, the manhunt in maine, of course. we'll get the very latest for you now. we got jennifer with us. you can see we're having some technical problems, jennifer. so thank you for being -- helping us with that. in terms of the manhunt, i mean, the amount of concern that must be in this area is unimaginable. just, you know, maine, you know, isn't immune to shootings, of course. but it does have slightly lax gun laws as i understand it and t this is absolutely not expected there and now they have literally the worst situation of gun violence in america this y

army reserve and recently reported mental health issues including hearing voices to shoot up a national guard basein maine. people in the community await word on their loved ones and friends. >> i feel sad. i want to know who, when, why? why would he do this? why in lewiston, maine. >> pray for the families and the victims. god, things have got to change. >> another community devastated. president biden spoke by phone to maine's governor and several members of congress who represent maine and offered full federal support in the wake of the latest mass shooting. marcus, laura? >> changing lives forever. brie, thank you. >> we will continue to track all the developments on this latest shooting as the story -- as soon as any new developments come in. the "today" show will also talk to the mayor of lewiston coming up at 7:00, right after "today in the bay." >>> our other top stories developing overnight, israel is intensifying its war on hamas who targeted raids inside gaza and preparing the world for what happens next. >> the united nations, they are going to have an emergency meeting in just two hou

year-old card recently reported mental health issues and allegedly made threats to shoot up a national guard base in the state. >> you see it on the news and you say that will never happen here. and then it happens here. and it just blows your mind. >> reporter: according to a statement from maine senator angus king, president biden has offered federal assistance to the state. >> been stomping these grounds since i was 19 and i'm just overw overwhelmed. >> reporter: the boston fbi division says it is ready to assist with any available resources. >> we'll continue to gather information so that we can bring the suspect to justice. and ultimately seek prosecution down the road. >> reporter: john lawrence, cnn, atlanta. >>> dozens of people reported wounded. city officials say hospitals are bringing in all the help they can get. >> the two hospitals have called in every off duty staff member that they could to deal with this. we are a town of about 39,000. our hospitals are not geared to handle this kind of shooting event. and they are doing the best we can. >> and a medical analyst says no matter ho

national guard spokesperson, the shooter was supported up behaving erratically at an army training facility this past july. authorities say he made statements about hearing voices, and wanting to shoot up a national guard base. he was then transported to an army hospital for medical evaluation. >> i'm sure there will be a lot of review and analysis, was there something? missed was he deemed a danger to himself or someone else? >> a law enforcement source tells cnn, investigators found a gun in a car connected to the suspected -- but it is unclear whether that gun was used in the shootings. meanwhile, a former colleague of card was a u.s. army reserves with, him told cnn, he is a skilled outdoorsman, and marksman, and was one of the best shooters in their unit. brian todd, cnn, maine. >> for more on this, we want to bring in daniel brunner, who is a retired fbi supervisory special agent. i thank you for being with us. it is more than 24 hours, now and i can't imagine how tense it is for residents in maine at this hour. what does it tell you about how far this suspect could have gotten? and could he possibly have used a boat? is he possibly at the -- >> thank you for having me. i think there is a tremendous a

recently reported mental health issues to include hearing voices and threats to shoot up the national guard base in a nearby town of saco. he was reported to have been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks this summer and released. the white house says president biden, vice president harris have been briefed on the active situation. biden spoke to maine's governor, the state's congressional representatives last night, and offered the full support of the federal government. in response to the shooting, maine's commissioner of public safety sought to assure the public, they're committed to apprehending the person of interest. >> we have literally hundreds of police officers working around the state of maine to investigate this case, to locate mr. carr, who, again, is a person of interest and a person of interest only, and we'll continue to gather information so that we can bring the suspect to justice and, ultimately, seek prosecution down the road. >> let's get right to the ground in lewiston, maine. that's where we find nbc's emma barnett. emma, what's the latest there? >> reporter

facility, he complained about hearing voices and has threatened carrying out a shooting at a national guard base is a very dangerous man with a weapon as we saw last night. there are shelter in place orders in effect in multiple towns across maine including lisbon where his car was found and there are reports that it's possible he may have gone south to massachusetts in a chevy. we are working to confirm that. that's not confirmed right now but authorities did not give specifics in terms of where they believe he is. their presence at the state, local, and federal level is scattered based on the variety of evidence they are taking in right now but the message from the governor and local police chiefs and state police is just sending their sorrow to the families that were impacted. not that any community could expect anything like this to happen but this community blindsided by what happened last night and the governor saying get it will be a long, healing process. we will send it back to you. lauren: 20 thank you very much for is that. some jewish students were locked in a library in new york uni

history of mental health issues, including hearing voices, who had also threatened to shoot up a national guard baseo was committed to a mental health facility for two weeks over this past summer. yet, he was still able to get guns. now, we know the arguments. some people are going to say "this is a mental health issue," others are going to say, "it's a gun issue." but there's no reason it can't be both. for instance, some people look at this tragedy and say, "we don't have enough guns in america." that alone proves some of us are mentally ill. [applause] it doesn't matter at all where the answer comes from -- republicans, democrats, independents. there's no reason for this to be a partisan issue. humans are dying. this is a human issue. and at times like this, you can feel powerless, but you're not. because you can make this the issue you vote on. and i promise you, no matter what side of the aisle you presently sit on, you won't be alone, because 86% of your fellow americans want universal background checks before any gun purchase. [applause] a majority of americans want a ban on assault-style wea

reported mental health issues, including hearing voices, and made threats to shoot up eight national guard base in main. he should be considered armed and dangerous. there is, right now, a very intensive manhunts that is underway. police are asking residents to shelter in place. >> police are currently searching for robert card, four foot four of 1983 of boat and. card is considered armed and dangerous. he is a person of interest, however, and that is what we will label him as moving forward, until that changes. if people see him, they should not approach card or make contact with him in any way. >> joining me now, the mayor of auburn, maine, jason levesque. remember, auburn middle school is the location of the reunification center identified by that commissioner of public safety at that press conference just a little while ago. mayor, thank you for joining us tonight. this is an unbelievable tragedy that is unfolding. what can't you tell us about that reunification center, tonight? what are you hearing from members of your community? >> well, thank you for this well wishes and having me on. we