. >> narration: in collaboration with maine public radio and the portland press herald. an investigation into maine's deadliest mass shooting. >> in the lens of hindsight, i absolutely would have done things differently had i known what was going to happen in october. >> we need to learn more about exposures in the military, not just in combat, but in training. >> this wasn't one breakdown. this was a series of mistakes. and all of these put together put us on the track to lewiston. >> (mouthing) >> narration: now, as part of frontline's local journalism initiative... breakdown in maine. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism... park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues... the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more at macfound.org. the heising-simons foundat

geoff: produced along with maine public and the portland press herald come --, "break down maine," looks police, with the military and with efforts to get the gunman mental health treatment prior to the shooting. >> please take into kill her army hospital where he is diagnosed with unspecified psychosis. he is transferred to a civilian hospital nearby for a higher level of care. >> the undergoes testing at for wayne's hospital, and the clinicians uncover some troubling thing. first and foremost, he talks about having a hit list, and he thinks about adding people that have aggrieved him to this hit list. he is diagnosed to psychosis, put on antipsychotic medication. he is on the phone constantly with his best friend, and he is talking about how he is furious to be there, and uses the phrase "playing the game." basically, i'm going to make these doctors think i'm doing better so they will let me out of the hospital. amna: "breakdown in maine" premieres tonight at 10:00 p.m. on your pbs station and streaming on youtube. that is the news hour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. geoff: i'm geoff ben

. >>> in maine the portland press herald has a front page feature on the expansion of a school translationh nonenglish speaking students and parents. the software allows teachers to write messages in english and they are then translated into the parent's preferred language and delivered by email and text. the program was invented by a portland science teacher in 2021 and now being used in 40 maine school districts and nine states. >>> and finally, in massachusetts the "boston globe" has a front page feature on aging farmers in new england. who produce maple syrup. the industry is seeing fewer young people willing to take over the business. according to census data, over 40% of new hampshire farmers are over the age of 65 while only 7% are under the age of 35. >> mike, what are we going to do about that? i mean, what am i going to put on the bacon if i don't have maple syrup? >> what am i going to do about my kids? i have been farming maple syrup now for over 50 years. i prefer to make documentaries dad. what am i going to do with the holes in the trees? >> kids. >> that i put in. >> taps.