A Dark Day For Maine
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🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
A manhunt is underway in Maine for the gunman behind two shootings in Maine. Eighteen people were killed and thirteen others were injured Wednesday evening, in what has become the deadliest mass killing in the U.S. this year.
As the likelihood of an escalation in the war between Israel and Hamas looms, activists in the U.S. are revving up their demands for an immediate ceasefire. Eva Borgwardt with the progressive Jewish group IfNotNow joins us to talk about their push for peace and solidarity with Palestinians.
And in headlines: a federal judge ordered Georgia to draw up new legislative maps ahead of the 2024 election, the U.S. economy grew at a blistering rate last quarter, and the inaugural Florida Man games are coming to the Sunshine State next year.
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- Jewish Voice for Peace – https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, October 27th, I'm Trayvell Anderson. |
| 0:04.6 | And I'm Priyanka Arabandi, and this is What A Day. |
| 0:07.9 | On today's show, a federal judge has ordered Georgia to draw up new legislative maps ahead |
| 0:12.6 | of the 2024 election, plus analysts are skeptical about a better than expected report |
| 0:18.3 | on the economy. |
| 0:19.6 | But first, a manhunt for the gunmen in this year's deadliest mass shooting in the United |
| 0:24.4 | States continues in Maine. |
| 0:27.1 | On Wednesday evening, 18 people were killed and 13 others injured after a man opened fire |
| 0:32.8 | at a bowling alley and then a bar in Lewiston, Maine. |
| 0:36.6 | As of the time of our recording at 9.30 p.m. eastern on Thursday, the suspect had been identified |
| 0:42.1 | but is still at large. |
| 0:44.4 | This has forced thousands of people in the area into an extended lockdown as law enforcement |
| 0:49.0 | officials from local, state and federal agencies search a large and mostly rural area to |
| 0:54.7 | find the suspect. |
| 0:55.7 | Yeah, what do we know about the shooting and the suspect thus far? |
| 1:00.3 | Yes, so the suspect has been identified. |
| 1:03.0 | We will not be naming him on the show as is our policy. |
| 1:07.2 | He is a 40 year old male from the nearby town of Bowden, Maine, who is an Army reservist |
| 1:12.4 | and was employed as a firearms training instructor. |
| 1:16.2 | Investigators say that he was taken by police for a mental health evaluation after military |
| 1:20.6 | officials became concerned with his erratic behavior back in July. |
| 1:25.1 | He was armed with a military style semi-automatic rifle and a warrant is out for his arrest |
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