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The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Pentagon: U.S. military hit two facilities in eastern Syria by Iran in ‘self-defense strikes’

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MS NOW

Politics, Washington, Congress, News, Ms Now, President, Versant Media, Policy, Versant, Government, Senate

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The Last Word: Robert Card is named as a suspect in the Maine mass shooting. Also, the Pentagon says the strikes in Syria are “intended solely to protect and defend U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria.” And new GOP Speaker Mike Johnson’s extreme views emerge. Katherine Schweit, Robert D’Amico, Peter Alexander, Courtney Kube, Col. Jack Jacobs, Andrea Mitchell and Rep. Angie Craig join Jonathan Capehart.

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0:00.0

Now, it is time for the last word with Jonathan K. Park, who's in for Lawrence.

0:04.1

Good evening, Jonathan.

0:05.1

Good evening, Alex.

0:06.1

Thank you very, very much.

0:07.8

Tonight, multiple communities across Maine are still on lockdown, and the search for

0:11.9

the killer is still underway after what is now the deadliest mass shooting of 2023.

0:18.4

Businesses are closed, and events have been canceled as the manhunt continues for the

0:22.0

mass murderer who killed at least 18 people and left more than a dozen injured in Maine's

0:27.8

second-largest city, Lewiston.

0:30.2

Authorities say 40-year-old suspect Robert Card is still at large and is considered date-armed

0:35.7

and dangerous.

0:37.0

He's a firearm instructor and Army reservist with a history of mental illness.

0:42.1

Tonight, more than 80 FBI agents are searching land and water to find him.

0:47.7

According to police, the suspect fatally shot his first seven victims at a bowling alley,

0:52.9

where a children's league was holding its weekly practice.

0:56.5

The Boston Globe reports, Sarah Welch, her husband and their eight-year-old daughter were

1:01.2

taking part in that practice when she heard what sounded like the pop of a balloon.

1:06.9

We saw someone fall, and we heard another pop when we ran.

1:10.6

We just kept running, Welch said.

1:13.6

Welch said she grabbed her daughter and another child and ran to shelter in a nearby restaurant.

1:18.2

She said that the league's coach, whom she declined to name, died in the shooting.

1:23.8

The person had coached her daughter since she was in kindergarten.

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