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Fredricka whitfield. We begin on the president ial campaign trail. Now, just about a month away from the election and both campaigns meeting with voters in key Battleground States during this final critical stretch of the race, voting already underway across several states and poll show Vice President Kamala Harris and former Presint Donald Trump locked in a dead heat their campaigns now navigating several big News Stories that could shape the outcome of this election from the war. In the Middle East to the devastating aftermath of helene the surprising jobs report more on all of that coming up. But but today the former president is returning to the scene of his first Assassination Attempt in battleground, pennsylvania, trump is set to hold a rally in just a few hours from now in butler. Thats in the western part of the state. He narrowly survived and attempt on his life, as you recall, on july 13, at that location, the exact one as a matter of fact, when a gunman opened fire and a bullet grazed his ear, one attendee at the rally died, two others were injured. And Cnns Alayna Treene joins us now, live from butler, pennsylvania. Alayna, i know you were there that day. You went through all of that and youre learning more about some of the Security Precautions for Todays Event and how things are going to be a little different this time around can say that the Security Apparatus around this particular rally is very different from and what they had back in july during that first Assassination Attempt. One change is that Donald Trump is going to be surrounded by Bulletproof Glass while he is on that stage behind me ive seen as far more snipers on all of the roofs around this era than there were back in july. 1 thing we know that the shots when we were here last time, the shots came from this the direction the ajr buildings where the Thomas Crux they attempted assassin was on the roof where he fired those gunshots that view to those buildings is completely he locked off. They have placed trailers there in that line of sight theres far more secret Service And Law enforcement on the ground. You can see that with your own eyes, but i also just spoke with Ac A. Us Secret Service Communications Director who confirmed that to me, another thing, local Law Enforcement and Secret Service are going to be operating in one a man center today. Thats a big difference from last time, yes, last time, they argue that they werent communicating well, they werent speaking on the radio as they were supposed to be. So theyve fixed that well, today. And then also they have a better Counterdrone System in place. So again, much more heightened security now ads or how the rally will be different. Look when i talk to Trumps Campaign in leading up to this, they said that this wont be a traditional political rally though im sure youre going to hear a lot of that Campaign Rhetoric that we have become accustomed to. Instead, they really we are trying to focus on this community. And particularly the victims who were affected by those gunshots, especially the man who died, corey comperatore, his Skin Family is going to be here today. Donald trump is going to be speaking to them about them as well as some of the other victims who were shot. So a pretty heavy day here but i will say just the vibe from the crowd right now people are excited to be here and theyre ready to kind of try to change the narrative around what had happened in butler and make this more of something that they feel is what one person, one woman who told me his redemption yeah. And alayna, i mean yes, im sure theyre going to be marking what happened on july 13. But at the same time, Jd Vance is supposed to be there and Elon Musk is going to be there as well. So im sure trouble be dishing out his usual Red Meat what are you hearing from Rally Attendees there . What do they say well, just to mentioned Elon Musk and Jd Vance, a lot of them were really excited hey, good to see them. They said that part of the reason some of the people who hadnt come to the rally back in july became today, they said that they wanted to come to see Elon Musk and jamie can you vance, in addition to Donald Trumps, so that is drawn some people, but i actually asked a lot of these people about how theyre feeling safetywise. Last time some of the he attendees i spoke with were actually here, obviously a very traumatic emotional day for them. Every single rally attendee, jim, that i spoke with fed that they are not concerned about security that they believe that sure, there might have been failures back in july. They believe that there will be the proper enhancements to that of Donald Trump is coming coming back that needs his campaign is going to protect them. So that wasnt as much of a concern, but i also want you to just take a listen to some of why they said they decided to come back mr. Musk happy to be here. Im glad youre here is going to be a lot more Security Today i think this would be the last place they want to try again. So and im from New York and i figured the only rally i would make it too and its probably going to be one of the biggest ones here. This is my last jansa here i am. Everything is way too expensive shes not going to do anything about it. I believe he is a different voices, but a lot of them saying the same thing. And again, a lot the people excited to be here, a different vibe honestly, then when we left this venue, just a couple of months ago, when many of the attendees were really angered at the media, they were crying, they were emotional but people are ready to turn the chapter on that and see Donald Trump today. Jim all right. Alayna treene. Thank you very much. In the next hour, Vice President Kamala Harris will lead washington for North Carolina to survey the Storm Damage in the aftermath of helene. She is scheduled to arrive in charlotte this afternoon while shell get an ontheground briefing on the States Recovery efforts. The western part of North Carolina, of course, suffered weekend seen in Sunlen Serfaty joins us now over at the White House sunlen, what can you tell us . Well, jim, the Vice President , certainly very eager to show her competency and the face of a natural disaster. Eager to show leadership in the moment as a cell the east continues to dig out from the devastation of those storms. So she is going to charlotte in North Carolina today where the White House tells us that shall see the ongoing distribution of aid. Shell speak with some people directly affected by the hurricane. Shell get an update on Recovery Efforts and notably address the public and speak out about the Administrations Response now, notably, the Vice President is making this trip in her capacity as the Vice President , not necessarily as a president ial he ended it. But this close to Election Day, certainly it is viewed through that lens. Now only about 30 days to Election Day. And certainly at a critical moment. And notably shes traveling to a Battleground State of North Carolina as she will also previous week. Previously traveled to another Battleground State of georgia georgia. So notable that this is happening in many key states for the upcoming election. We saw former president Donald Trump are reported travel to georgia as well worthy injected politics into his visit to the region, really blasting the administration without evidence claiming that theyre withholding aid. So certainly Vice President Kamalas Harrison Visit today is an essence somewhat of a optical response to that, showing that she is on the ground showing that they are getting the two people affected by this disaster. And of course showing that president ial leadership for the seat that she one day wants to hold. Jim all right. Sunlen serfaty thank you very much. Trumps weekend of campaigning. Start with an unlikely reconciliation for the first time since the 2020 Election Trump was meeting facetoface with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp the two have had a thorny relationship ever since trump falsely accused Kemp State of voter fraud, and trump has repeatedly blasted count for not doing enough to overturn the 2020 Election Results were not doing that at all. But on friday, the two seem to be making some amends during a briefing on georgias Helene Damage joining me now is the former Lieutenant Governor for georgia, geoff duncan. He is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, hes also a cnn political commentator. Geoff good to see you as always. I mean, what did you make . Of Trump And Kemp back together again i think its important to note that brian cant really set set the Tone And Tenor for those meetings yesterday. I mean, he was all business, 100 laserfocused on the Hurricane Relief efforts and really, i believe kept Donald Trump in check when Donald Trump had his prepared remarks. They were there inside the rails and then as soon as Donald Trump wanted to take on the media questions and start politicizing everything. Brian kemp exited the stage. I thought that sent sen. A pretty good message where Brian Kemps heads at and jeff, i mean, just to can you weigh in on how trump has just been lying about the Disaster Response across the southeast. He was insisting that camp was not in touch with President Biden when kemp was on camera saying that he was talking to President Biden and theres all this talk of Fema Money go into migrants instead of to Hurricane Relief that is not the case theres a separate funding streams, and so on. Its been a lot. Whats been your response to all of it the lies are one of the biggest reasons why im a republican, a lifelong republican supporting Vice President harris as a democrat. The lies are dangerous. Theyre reckless, they, they cause harm in this particular instance, i mean, does any of these lies actually helped people get closer and quicker benefits . No, they dont i mean, famous having to spend resources reprogramming their websites and Social Media to debunk some of these, these messages but this is Donald Trumps game, whether its an election, a hurricane a criminal case, you name it, its always allies and to me, thats the shallowness of this human. And its not only, not right, its simply unamerican and we need to hold them accountable for it. Looked this country doesnt extremely good job of dealing with disasters. Democrat, republican, i dont care whos in the White House we do an incredibly good job of wrapping our hands around disasters and were doing that now. I think the biggest kind of Litmus Test is how do these governors, how are they reacting to the federal Governments Response . And theyre almost verbatim saying the same thing that federal government is giving us everything were asking for and more to me, thats the ultimate gauge of where we go with this. But look, the only way we stop Donald Trump from lying is beat them in november yeah. I mean, theres the situation in california when when trump was president , a former trump senior director for Resilience Policy told politico that trump initially refused to approve Disaster Relief for california after the deadly wildfires there in 2018. And that trump change his mind after this official showed him voting results that indicated that orange county, california had a lot of trump supporters there others of doing what he has done that we have inside the republican party. That is exactly. I mean, you cannot just be a good Decision Maker in your political life or in your leadership life. And beale, Train Wreck in every other part of your life, you just dont mix those two. Or you dont leave them siloed. Donald trumps rotten to the core and our party is rotten to the court this point. And so look, im doing everything i can politically, but in this time, in this disaster area, the last thing we need to do is politicize any of this. I mean, there are families that are missing Loved Ones there are families that dont know where the next meal is going to come from. Families that dont know what tomorrow has in store for them and Donald Trump is seized on the moment like he always does to politicize it. Look if he wins this election, it is what it is he wins. Ill be disappointed but ill still be an american and ill still go to work every day and try to do the best i can do yeah. A lot of republicans like yourself are speaking out. I but there are folks in the party who were still parroting Donald Trump and even going a lot further. I mean, speaking of conspiracy theories, i wanted to get your Reaction Something that Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on Social Media as she was talking about the impact of Hurricane Helene. And she said on twitter, yes they can control the weather. Its ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it cant be done. I mean, this is this is some Looney Tunes stuff well, its par for the course for Marjorie Taylor Greene in her words, always, typically speak for themselves. And if somebody wants to believe that farright bantered, go ahead. Its its a lot like the folks inside the republican party that just feel like Donald Trumps the future and hes the perfect person force. Hes not, well have our day. Its probably going to come around November 6 or seventh when we realized Donald Trump got beat handily and we move on as a party and tried to find a new leader to stand up. That can actually do something with a gop 2. 0 yeah. Jim, i mean, im just trying to figure out what does she mean by that. Like, how did they do it are we talking about Space Lasers here . I dont know, but all right. Geoff duncan great to see you as always, thanks a lot. Really appreciate you. Thanks a lot. All right. Still ahead. Our cameras capturing the rising spoken beirut Southern Suburbs as israel launches new strikes and another blow to hamas as one of its military commanders was killed in a strike in Northern Lebanon were live in the region. Next youre live on the scene former First Lady in the first second gentleman, kaitlan collins, takes a closer look. That Will Potential for spouses. The history, and possible future of this iconic office. The whole story with anderson cooper, 8 00 on cnn ready to ask me . One second . I got to finish my laundry one second. I use rents wash rinse to the company that will pick up Wash Fold and deliver your laundry, drycleaning at the touch with veteran . 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Loved sack has been rewriting the rules of comfort its okay to change your style loves sack. You make the Rules Tv on the edge. Tomorrow at nine on cnn were following a new developments this hour in the Middle East, a Top Leader of hamass Military Wing was killed in a rare israeli airstrike in Northern Lebanon and tripoli the City Hasnt been targeted by israel since the 2006 conflict with hezbollah were also seeing new airstrikes on both sides of lebanons border. Cnns cameras captured smoke rising from israels attacks on beirut suburbs while Hezbollah Launched Rockets into northern israel. And cnns Nic Robertson is in Tel Aviv for us. Nick, its been a very busy obviously for you. There in Tel Aviv. Whats the significance though of the killing of this Hamas Leader . Because that seems awfully important, right . No, yeah, it does. I mean, weve just had today the Army Chief of soft talking about how important it is to keep the pressure On Hezbollah and no letup On Hezbollah. And to that point, weve just been Hearing Fighter Jets in the skies above us here. And thats really indicative these days that there is going to be Combat And Fighting Jet Activity over the skies of lebanon pretty soon, but that strike in tripoli, coastal Town Right up there in the north of lebanon targeting a Hamas Leader now, the idfs gone after and killed a couple of Hamas Leaders inside of lebanon before. But this is striking way up north this commander really just shows you how israel continues to fight on multiple fronts. They continue to have strikes than target hamas inside of gaza. But it very much appears not only with hezbollah, but with hamas, where they can the idf is trying to really take out, kill the significant leaders in all these different organelles in an all these organisms patients, its a very clear way that they think that they can degrade their capabilities at the moment. I think that strike was indicative of that, but the Fighter Jets we just heard indicative that this is just going on at the moment. Jim and nic, were still waiting to see if and how israel is going to respond to irans attack. Do we have any sense of the timing be the big secret here. I mean, what we are beginning to be aware of is how all of this atmosphere and the tighter control by the home front command, which is a thing that varies around the country depending on where you are. If youre close to gaza, you can only have certain number of people gathering outside a few hundred maybe here in the center of israel. Its only a one 1,000 people that are allowed to gather outside it because its just deemed too dangerous. Now thats only come into effect since the tensions really ratcheted up with both hezbollah and with it the rahm, but really with Iran And Weve just heard from the organizers of one of the big memorial commemorations here in Tel Aviv on Monday Evening for october the seventh and theyre saying, look to all those of you General Public who bought tickets who signed up for tickets . Come to this event. Were really sorry. That were going to have to wash you to stay away so, you know, the tensions about when israel might respond, when iran on might respond to that, or if they would respond a really having that knock on effect. And so many thousands of people really want to come out and show their feelings about what happened on October 7 Last year. So i think some, for some people thatd be a bit of a blow, but the organizers are saying, look, this will be broadcast, be brought us all over it israel, youll be able to see it in your homes. And thats perhaps a safer place to be on this on that day all right. Nic robertson in Tel Aviv. Thank you so much lets get more analysis on todays developments. Joel rubin is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of state in the obama administration. Hes now president of the Washington Strategy Group joel good to see you as always yeah. I mean, what do you think . I mean, has israel been able to really mute hezbollah as a threat with these attacks . Have they really hampered their capabilities . Whats your sense of it . Yeah, look, this threat from hezbollah has been an ongoing threat for years, and i think what israel has done over the past several weeks has really been a game changer, jim, the pagers strikes than the strike on nasrallah and reports of up to half of the Missile Arsenal that hezbollah had in Tow Being destroyed and, i, think you see the response from iran as the real tell on this. The iranian Foreign Minister going to lebanon and its show of support, our force are trying to say, dont give up yet to hezbollah. That implies that they understand that they are under siege and thats why israel is taking the push forward more aggressively. Aggressively. And i do think they see a window of opportunity now towards his blood that they havent seen in years. And theyre going to keep on pressing and they should because they need to get the north of israel back to normal reestablished and they need to get away from having this threat. And its also this lebanon deserves to have peace to the lebanese government deserves to have control of Southern Lebanon and not have a Rump Militia Force controlled by a foreign power dominating its, its whole southern security situation joel, as israel weighs its response to irans attacks, i did want to ask you about something former president Donald Trump said this week that israel should target their nuclear facilities what happens . If israel goes down that road . I mean, i believe President Biden has said he hopes that does not happen but what happens if that happens . What thats the reckless talk is, we can expect from Donald Trump. Hes a chaos agent. When it comes to foreign policy. And for israel, they need to keep their eye on the ball. They need to focus on the threats, the threat of his beloved hamas of iranian missiles coming in, needing to try to prevent the resupply of hezbollah from iran. There are significant targets in iran that are direct threats is, are right now, but iran is not right now possessing a nuclear weapon. It is not right now on the cusp of a nuclear weapon, it does have too much fissile material. Its close. If it chooses to weaponize so chooses to build that nuclear bomb, but that kind of an attack could be extremely reckless and also would miss the target, which is of protecting israeli security directly from the immediate threats theyre facing. Lets listen to what President Biden had to say about this potential for a retaliation against iran by israel. Lets listen to this going to do in terms of a strike, if i were in their shoes, id be thinking about other alternatives than striking oil fields yeah. What do you make of that jewel yeah, i think the president s right. I think what hes saying is alternatives. Look israel is in a very unique position right now. Time is on their side id, in terms of response to iran, global condemnation of these, these unprovoked, frankly attacks by iran, shooting into civilian areas. This is built up a bit of reservoir of support for israel. On a global stage. And i think when they target, they need to target in a way that continues to build on that Support Go after where the threats came from, iran for another day. But right now, this immediate war with hamas and with hezbollah, thats what directly impacts israeli security right now. And i think the president s right to counsel that type of targeting, that kind of next step for the israeli military all right, well be watching. We know you will as well. Joel rubin, thanks as always really appreciate it the Murder Trials of the Menendez Brothers Turn Heads and dominated headlines decades ago. Now prosecutors are getting having that case a fresh look in light of new evidence. You might have noticed theres a big Netflix Series about this, details about this coming up to 30 years. Ive been saying publicly what people are saying things out i have enough money. I could just shut up and back seven oct. Seventh on cnn my moderate to severe crohns symptoms kept me out of the picture with Sky Resy feel significant Symptom Relief at for weeks many people were in remission at 12 weeks, one year, and even at two years, serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or lower ability to fight them may occur. 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Now, new evidence is being examined in the case of Erik And Lyle menendez, the brothers convicted of killing or shooting and killing their parents and their beverly Hills Mansion in 1989, cnns Camila Bernal is in Los Angeles. Kamala fascinating case. What are you learning absolutely. Jim. So the attorney representing the brothers now says hes very optimistic about the District Attorney reviewing evidence in this case. So the question is not whether or not these two brothers killed their parents. They admitted to doing so doing it in that mansion in Beverly Hills back in 1989. The question is, should they be serving a Life Sentence and their attorney does not think so, which is why he has been pushing for this sentence and this conviction to be vacated and also pushing for review who of this evidence he says because the evidence proves the Sexual Abuse allegations and this all especially after so much interest in this case, thanks to Social Media, thanks to documentaries, thanks to that netflix docu, drama. A lot of people talking about this case and also talking about the Sexual Abuse allegations in this case because that is the central argument of the defense. They say that these two brothers killed their father because he was sexually abusing them. So part of the new evidence that the Defense Team is putting forward, they say proves that Sexual Abuse it was one of the things is a letter that they say they have written by erik to a cousin and they say this letter details that Sexual Abuse before the murder. The other thing that theyre reviewing is an allegation from a member of the Boyband And Noodle and he says he too was sexually abused by these by the brothers father, jose menendez. And so thats why the District Attorney now says yes, he will review these. He has not made a decision and remember, Georgia Going is currently running for reelection here in Los Angeles. So this is in the midst of all of this, and i do want to point out though that one of the things that both the defense and the District Attorney have said essentially is that if this case was viewed today, that Sexual Abuse whose allegation would have been seen differently. Jin, very interesting, our Camila Bernal. Thank you very much for joining us for perspective on this is Los Angeles county District Attorney george gascon. Mr. Gascon, what about this new evidence presented in the petition filed by lawyers for the menendez brothers how is this evidence discovered and what your take on all of this well, hi, jim. First of all, thank you for having me here. Look, we we have two different petitions and i know it gets a little complicated, but basically has kamala indicated one is basically asking the court has a Habeas Petition is asking the court to take a quick and look and see if Theres Evidence that head that evidence has been presented to the jury on the court during the trial. The outcome might have been different. The other one has a Resentencing Motion and that basically is asking to take a look at the original sentence and see whether there should be another different type of sentence, given that they have rehabilitated and theres a whole list of things that they have listed i started looking at this case very closely several months ago and i have increasingly became concern that it was critical that we reviewed the new evidence that has been presented, as well as evidenced that have been suppressed during the second trial. This is a case at hong the first time around when the jury was giving information on sexual molestation. And then the prosecution in the second time around suppress much of that evidence that was not presented in the second case and they were convicted and they were sent to Prison Life without the possibility of parole. I Georgia Lot to unpack there, but i mean i mean, obviously these murders were brought to life in this recent Netflix Series and other documentaries. But is this recent attention having some bearing on how this case is being reexamined and how youre looking at it. I mean, it sounds as though you may be predisposed to thinking that maybe this needs a second look and maybe something needs to happen here well, you know, the petitions were filed by the defense about a year ago. We have been we go through a very thorough process we have a Photo Copy of a letter that allegedly one of the brothers sent would cause him talking about maga monetization. We have the evidence that came out a couple of years ago about them in Noodle Van Member talking about his molestation. You know, we have done about 300 re sentence in cases since ive been in office and only four have reoffended. And the reason but in tribute to that, is were very careful about looking at all the circumstances of the case. The reason why we have become more public is because after the documentary, we began to get many, many requests from media and others about where was the case . The case is actually schedule for a hearing on november 29th, and but for the documentary, quite frankly, would probably not be talking about this point. We may be talking later, but thats certainly has increased the patient by the public and thats what well be in public about where we are and, i mean lets talk about the the aspect of this that is really coming to light once again, although you did say it came up in the original trial and that is that these brothers its believed they were sexually abused. They say they were sexually abused and do you think its possible that folks looking at these allegations now will say okay, these murders happened but, you know, because of these circumstances maybe these two brothers have served enough time and they should be able to be free and move on with their lives i, mean, jim, even if you look at the first trial, right, that the first Jury Hang when some of that evidence was presented. So clearly, even 35 years ago people had concerns, but there is no question that our sensitivity to Sexual Assault its much more significant today. We also i think has been clearly established that both men and women can be sexually assault or Boys And Girls i think 35 years ago, cultural norms where a little different. So i do agree with you and Kamala Kind of raise that issue but theres no question that a Jury Today would look at this case probably very differently that a jury didnt 35 years ago, but even 35 years ago when some of this evidence was presented there was certainly doubt as to whether they were guilty of firstdegree murder. Again, theres no question that they committed the killing. The Question Yes to what degree of culpability should they be held accountable too, given that totality of the circumstances. And i do want to have you listen to this comment from mark geragos, attorney for the menendez brothers, and well talk about on the other Side Theyve been bottled prisoners. They have worked tirelessly in the face of literally no Ability Or Expectation that they would ever get out to reform ad. Now, we fast forward 35 years later. Weve got a much more robust bus and evolved understanding of abuse that yes, abuse can occur both with females with males i think its time i their family i george, what do you think about what mr. Gary ago says there well, i think mark racists, you know, points that there is some disagreement on miamis first of all, we all know that both base and girls, men and women can be sexually assaulted and i believe the issue their efforts to rehabilitate appear to be very valid, and thats one of the things that were checking into because absolutely they had no prospect of getting out of prison they like probably fell. There will be there for the rest of her life so thats certainly speaks very highly to their commitment to be a different human being. Perhaps that there were 35 years ago. And i think that that all plays a role in what will be my final decision. And i dont want to push you on a final decision to watch right here, but its a read between the lines, georgia does sound as though that you feel like this needs another look. Well, jim, unquestionably and that that is a reason why we started to take another latino months ago. But clearly that is a reason why im speaking to you on Others Today because look, we have both a moral and ethical obligation. If there was evidence that shouldnt have been presented and if it were presented to a jury, would that have brought a different outcome . We have an obligation to take that into consideration as we move forward. All right. George storm goes cohen, thank you very much for your time. We appreciate it. Please keep us posted on this fascinating case. Thanks for your time, george. I will. Thank you, jim, take care. You as well. And the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene is still rising as more than 500,000 customers in five states are still without power. 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And officials say fema has over 3,000 federal responders on the ground, including the new York Fire department, Vice President Kamala Harris will arrive in the state later this afternoon to receive a briefing. On the Recovery Efforts. And as if residents in these areas dont have enough to worry about, take a look at this. Officials are concerned a storm could hit parts of the Gulf Coast region. In the next several days, just a week after helene tropical Storm Milton thats the name now, milton has just formed in the gulf and could bring lifethreatening Storm Surges to florida early next week, early to mid next week, joining us now to talk about the aftermath of the storm is cnn Correspondent Rafael Romo rafi. I know youve been touring parts of the southeast looking at the Storm Damage. I cant imagine another big storm like this hitting this part of the country. It has just been unbelievable. Yeah, jim, it would be really Bad News and tragically, the Death Toll keeps climbing and the southeastern states ravaged by helene. Weve now reached 225 deaths across, across six states. Jim that figure increased after seven more deaths were announced today in North Carolina, where at least 113 people have died and additional 46 people died in South Carolina and dozens more in georgia, florida, tennessee, and virginia. Helene is already the seconddeadliest hurricane to strike the us mainland in the past 50 years following hurricane katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people in two nelson five earlier we heard from Buncombe County officials in North Carolina, one of the hardest Hit Areas in the southeast. And also where asheville is located. They said that more than 74,000 customers remain without power and as many people remain without running water, theyre also urging the population to reuse water as much as they can, even when there are several flood and water. I should say soto Food And Water Distribution Centers in a new development officials also said they have begun the process of approval for restaurants that are ready for reopening. This is how a County Official we are making visits. Start we started yesterday, actually making visits to establishments. Make sure those that are open are open, are operating safely and having adequate supply of water or are using a Backup Water Emergency plan that the State Aid has approved the federal Emergency Management Agency announced they have deployed around 6,400 federal responders to North Carolina from several agencies. There are also teams from across the nation. There, including, as you mentioned at the beginning of the new York Fire department, Maryanne Tierney that Fema Official so in charge of the response in North Carolina, set a Search And Rescue efforts are still ongoing. Jim rafael romo, theres a lot of work to be done in the southeast. Thank you so much. 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We are now facing the prospect of potentially having it be a man occupied that role and Doug Emhoff and so it caused us to take a deeper look at what this role actually is. I think it often gets overlooked understandably, people are often more focused on the West Wing than they are the east wing, as you know, as a former White House correspondent. But its often a very influential role, certainly on the president of the united states, countless leaders before have talked about how they depended on their spouse winning big decisions. But this roll in and of itself, its almost one of those if you do, if you dont, its illdefined. Theres no job description. Its unpaid, and the person is unelected. They are basically put in that office by a result of their spouse being elected and so we took a deeper look at meloni has time as First Lady, what that could look like if she returns to the White House. 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