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Helene made landfall, and governor Ron Desantis is warning people in the Hurricanes Path take this storm serious so please keep an eye on this storm theres a bit the greater cone covers almost the entire West Coast of florida at this point. And so even if youre not in the cone as it gets closer, certainly if youre on the dirty side of the storm, theres going to be surge that goes outside the cone thats going to be significant. So just prepare for that and understand that something that is likely to happen just moments ago, florida Officials Evacuation orders as soon as tomorrow and just one county is Tracking Milton for us. So what are you seeing as far as its path and where its protect projected to bring here i mean, were worried about it rapidly intensifying. Again. And as it heads towards the West Coast of florida, that will bring Storm Surge, ive been down the coast, damaging winds and Heavy Rain is right now a category one hurricane and are ready rapidly intensified from yesterday, we were dealing with depression yesterday morning. Its got 80 mile per hour winds now still sitting 800 miles west and southwest of tampa, but it will continue its trek in very warm waters here over the gulf of mexico, which will allow it to intensify. Again, two, that major category three hurricane, youre heard the governor talking about the cohn . Yes, it doesnt include much of the West Coast of florida. We really need to focus on in the coming days on where exactly that ai goes, because that will be really the determining factor for the worst of the Storm Surge. But regardless, the entire peninsula was to the impacts of the wind and the rain. Again, ocean temperatures, middle and upper 80s, thats why were finding it feeding itself and fueling itself time and time again intensifying. And these oceans are just continuing to get warmer. So we see these hurricanes getting extremely stronger, faster in recent decades, even surpassing the definition of rapid intensification. So it continues its trek across the gulf going into monday and tuesday were looking at impacts possibly late tuesday into wednesday, wednesday, he would be one that i gets on shore and you get the landfall. I mean, look, these winds would be incredibly destructive if its a category three hurricane. And again, were that ai goes will determine where the worst of the Storm Surges, what if its north of Tampa Bay, then youre going to feed all that Storm Surge into Tampa Bay. If its its to the south and thats a better scenario for them. But either way again, were looking at very destructive waves along the coast. Now it doesnt matter what the winds are, what category it is. It will squeeze out a ton of rain. Were looking at five to eight inches of rain again across the peninsula from Daytona Beach down to miami, some totals up to ten to 12 inches are possible. So that gives you the urban and the Flash Flooding and communities even far inland for places like orlando that are not as close to the coast. When you look at tampa, i mean, the forecast, there is five to ten inches. Theyve got a front there now thats dumping green and then milton crimes that is over three Months Worth of rain from milton, the October Average is just over two inches for Tampa Bay. Given youre talking about five to ten inches in just a matter of days on top of their already had flooding and Storm Surge from Helene Last week. Again, theres just this compounding Compounding Factors here, adding insult to injury, you know, already saturated grounds and with some debris still from helene, Flood Watches in effect again for the peninsula as we get heavier rain from her front. And then of Course Milton coming through with all of that rain and its been such an active season. Look at all the landfalls that weve had. This is this year alone along the gulf coast. You know, you had barrel in texas. We had francine in louisiana and then to so far in florida, it looks like were going to add another one oman. Yeah, we will see him continue to monitor that impact elisa raffa. Thank you. And obviously, as we await that landfall, Governors Governor Ron Desantis is one but also local mayors have also been trying to put their preparations into place. Ron desantis has declared a state of Emergency Emergency for 51 counties ahead of militant, including hillsborough, which can includes the Tampa Bay area. So joining me to discuss is tampa Mayor Jane Castor now mayor casts or miami, Orlando And Tampa or each forecast to receive four to eight inches of rain through thursday, that would be the equivalent of an entire Months Worth of rain for miami, two Months Worth of rain for orlando, and three Months Worth of rain for tampa. Im curious for you. How does Helenes Damage complicate how you might be preparing for What Milton brings here. Well, first of all, thank you for keeping The Viewers informed omar. And youre right. We are saturated. Just fully saturated. And to have a Months Worth of rain in one storm is going to be difficult enough, not even to mention the Storm Surge, the Wind Mj right now, we are still cleaning up from helene. We have crews that are working around the clock to ensure that we have all of the Household Debris picked up from helene we had six to eight foot Storm Surge that all the residences, the majority that havent been built to the new standards, the new codes they had that six foot of water inside their homes ruined everything. So were trying to pick up all of that now so it doesnt become projectiles. When milton comes to visit and along those lines, i mean, obviously theres a lot of worries in many spots, a lot of things that you all are trying to keep an eye on and mitigate. But what is your biggest worry as we await this Milton Landfall at a few days time now as it looks like it will be right. Well, i its its people just becoming complacent and not listening to the Evacuation Orders well, haleine was certainly a Wakeup Call for us and so people are going to heed the Evacuation Notice so now us county, which is mostly coastal, they they have to for the most part, come through Hillsborough County to evacuate. So i started this afternoon telling our residents in the zone a zone b, just go now that beat the traffic and go now and just go to higher ground. As we say here in florida, that you hide from the wind run, from the water. So you dont have to go to another state, just get inland where youre not going to be susceptible to those Storm Surges. No ones going to survive the ten foot Storm Surge in a house it was built before the current storm codes. And weve seen a lot of those houses destroyed in these storms in the past year or so and look, ive covered hurricanes in florida. I lived in florida for some time. I think its fair to say there are many who whenever we get Storm Forecast like this, no matter the category of hurricane who decide to stay rather than evacuated and im sure were seeing some of that same are im sure we saw some of that same dynamic with helene, of course, but are you getting a sense with this impending threat that there are many more people who are actually listening to some of those Evacuation Orders. And maybe understand that this might not be as survivable as you think it is and weve had a lot of people move into the area, were one of the fastestgrowing cities in the united states. So we have a lot of newcomers as well, but i tell you helene was a Wakeup Call and when the order is given tomorrow to evacuate in specific zones people are going to listen if they havent already gotten out. As i like to say, you get in a fight with mother nature, she is going to win every single time. And so a lot of people dont understand the power of the water and the wind specifically those Storm Surges. But we learned a very valuable lesson with helene. And i think people are going to listen we will see hopefully they heed some of those warnings. Mayor jane castor, really appreciate you taking the time and please keep us posted on what you may need in any updates still to come, Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina and left towns in ruins. You see some of the devastation there. Were going to tell you how some communities are coming together despite the Adversity Plus Tomorrow marks one year since the October 7 terror attacks, Israels Conflict against hamas and hezbollah rages on. Were going to tell you how the country is planning to remain member the grim milestone. And later were a month out from the president ial election and both candidates are racing to make their final pitch to voters. 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You can see residents in the area packing up and fleeing as fighting broke out and it comes though as israel prepares to mark one year heres since the October 7 hamas attacks setting off the war In Gaza. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is in Tel Aviv for us. So what more are we learning . Lets start with these attacks In Gaza. What more are we learning . There . Well, omar, the israeli military is in circling the jabalya refugee camp, carrying out a new and renewed major Military Offensive there it is the fourth time now, that israeli troops have gone into the jabalya refugee camp, just showing how a year after this war In Gaza began, Hamas Plus is continuing to reconstitute and areas that had previously been cleared by the israeli military, raising serious questions about the israeli governments longterm strategy In Gaza. We are also seeing as this new Military Offensive is once again impacting the civilians on the ground, hundreds of thousands of people living in Northern Gaza facing new evacuate Tuition Orders from the israeli military in the majority of the area of Northern Gaza already this morning, we saw hundreds of people following airstrikes and Artillery Fire directed At Jabalya overnight, hundreds of people this Morning Fleeing that area heading south and expressing their fears about whether or not they would actually be safer by going to this humanitarian zone, which we have seen time and time again be struck by the israeli military as well. Now, as all of this is happening, the israeli military and the governments are also preparing for this expected retaliation against iran for its barrage of ballistic missiles fired at israel earlier this week i actually spoke today with the israeli Defense Minister Yoav Golan to told me that everything is on the table as it relates to retaliation, that even as the united states has made clear that it does not want to see Israel Strike nuclear sites inside of iran. But golan saying that everything is on the table and that israel will ultimately choose a time and place of its choosing for the strike regardless of what any other country says something i know youll continue to monitor for us, but also one thing weve been seeing plans of is look, were one year out since the October 7 attack in just a few hours. Here where you are how israel planning to mark that anniversary and are there any added Security Measures that they were trying to put in place to be a very somber day in israel. As we have talked about since October 7, last year, there is not a single israeli who was an impacted by the massacre on that day by the hostage which is who were taken by hamas and those who still remain in captivity. And so there will be events marking October 7 at the Nova Music Festival site in regime by the gaza border. At the time of the attack tomorrow morning. The will also be a big event here in Tel Aviv marking the day. We are seeing these israeli military adding security in southern israel. The israeli military told me earlier today that they expect that hamas could potentially try and fire rockets into israel, noting the fact that they have previously tried to fire during symbolic days. And of course we do have to remember that not only is this the anniversary of October 7, but it also marks one year of war In Gaza during which we have seen more than 41,000 palestinians be killed. We have seen millions of people be displaced from their homes. And of course that war, as we were just talking about, is continuing today. And in fact, intensifying once again in the northern part of the gaza strip, omar, just play so many people. Jeremy diamond. Thank you so much. I want to bring in Daniel Flesch is a fort more paratrooper and the Israel Defense forces and daniel look as jeremy was just talking about, we are a year out from October 7, which of course shocked the world really with the violence carried out and how quickly it was by hamas that day. But a year out when you look at the landscape militarily and politically and gaza, lebanon, iran, and more, did you think that this is where we would be a year out i wasnt me starts at home first and say a year from the deadliest attack on the jewish people since the holocaust. I do not think that antisemitism will be so rampant as it is including recently released fbi statistics showing and over 300 increase in antisemitic incidents. The united states alone a year out, i do not think that over 100, 101 hostages would still remain in Hamas Terror dungeons underneath the gaza strip, including five americans. We must always remember that. I dont think also that that number 40,000 casualties would be parotid even though it is hamas Talking Points and not actually verified statistics but i did think that israel would achieve its goal of defeating Hamas Militarily, which it said it did about a few weeks ago and is shifting its operations from kinetic more towards counterterrorism In Gaza. And i did think going to be Turning North towards hezbollah to engage that far greater strategic threat. But of course, we saw twice now that iran has launched ballistic Missile Attack facts against israel first in april and now just about a week ago, we saw that 200 missiles, as was mentioned, but it will now its gonna be responding. Of course, in the last month or so, israel is certainly turn the tables against iran and its regional proxies. And this is something we have to look forward to israel taking the offensive now, you mentioned the hostages as well. I mean, look, a year out, we still have as you mentioned more than 100 israelis believed to be still held hostage. And are you surprised at this point that there are still that many that havent come home surprise of the question of capability and well on part of effectively the united states, and that israel has been trying to achieve these two goals that to finish Hamas Militarily In Gaza and also rescuing the hostages. But unfortunately, this administration has slowed israels offensive throughout the City Year as it seeks to achieve both goals. So a year out, 101 civilians who are brutally abducted and taken from their homes. And now ive been living languishing, including i must remember and less were called a nine ninemonthold baby, Fear Be Boss was nine months old whos now one year and nine months old was taken. It is tragic and injunction the community that these international organizations, the un and others, have turned effectively a blind eye to these hostages. And we must be doing more not only to recall and remember their names and their situation, but to pressure hamas qatar, iran, and turkey to release them to negotiate with israel, to release them now, look, i want to bring up to speed to get to today because israel is now conducting limited Ground Operation in Southern Lebanon to clear out hezbollah. And you spent time in that area as a soldier. Do you expect the idf will achieve their goal in the near term or do you expect as sort of what weve been talking about here in terms of gaza and hamas that this could end up being a little bit more of a prolonged Situation Hezbollah as a much more capable foe than hamas its Standing Army and it is a terror army. Numbers in the Tens Of Thousands and it has special forces. Social forces, for which they were actually planning their own october were seventh Style Attack for years to attack israel from the north into the galilee, the northern area of israel. Not to mention, they have a stockpile of 150,000 plus missiles, rockets, and other airborne projectiles. So they present, present a strategic threat to israel in midseptember Israels Government stated that their new War Aim is to return the 80,000 residents that have been internally displaced from their homes to the northern communities. Thats another thing we cannot forget. And october 8, Hezbollah Start launching rockets into israel unprovoked. And since then, at thousands of israelis have been forced to leave their homes along the northern communities. Its War Aims to be able to restore security for those residents to return home, which is middle east, a fairly limited War Aim. And its trying to achieve that by pushing hezbollah up north to a topographical feature called the litani river, about 20 miles north of the border. I believe certainly it can achieve that, but that still leaves the question of hezbollah being in power, in control. And as a capable force in lebanon whether israel will advance and tried to defeat hezbollah as a force, remains to be seen. Of course, all of this comes as we await israeli retaliation for the for rocket barrage, i should say from iran, they came in recent days, Daniel Flesch. Thank you so much for the time. Really appreciate it. Pleasure to be here all right ahead. 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Com if you or a loved one have knees with helium up, well send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 800 a31, 3,700 president Donald Trump is holding a rally in the Battleground State of wisconsin, and with just 30 days until the election, both candidates are campaigning hard in the crucial Swing States that will decide the next president yesterday, trump returned for a rally in butler, pennsylvania, the site of his first to assassinate russian attempt. There he was also joined on stage by billionaire Elon Musk. And at that event, trump honored the victims of the shooting, but he also suggested with out evidence that his political rivals may have tried to kill him cnn, Steve Contorno joins us now from Todays Rally in wisconsin steve, what is trump talking about today as i understand . And he it sounds like hes taken the stage all that stuff. Yeah, hes speaking right now are just behind me. Omar, Donald Trump picking up right where he left off criticizing the Biden Harris Administration for the response to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and georgia. Hes continuing to spread what some have said are baseless about the response from fema, but other and thats been pretty standard Trump Rally, fair . Weve hes been criticizing the administrations Immigration Policies and attacking Vice President harris is competent he said, quote, ive been on a mission to rescue our country and to give you back the country that you live in. The country you were born in. He said, nothing will stop him, quote, not even in the face of death clearly referencing the multiple Assassination Attempts on his life. Now hes delivering this message in dodge county, wisconsin. Its one of dozens of small rural counties in his state where his campaign is hoping run up the score in this election, he won this county by about a Twotoone Margin last time and his campaign has been working aggressively to match that margin. If you look at the polling in his state, you understand why they are concerned. He is well, the latest poll from marquette shows this race at 50 to 48 with harris having the slight edge. Donald trump is working hard to reverse that. He has been here before times in the last nine days, and i expect hell be here quite a bit more omar. I i expect you will be right. Steve contorno. Thank you so much. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a massive Media Blitz this week starting today and over the next several days, shell sit down for interviews with 60 minutes. The View Howard Stern show, The Late Show with stephen and called Barron Today the top Womens Podcast according to spotify, call her daddy, will release an interview with harris that will be followed up by a Town Hall in Las Vegas later this week with spanish language, wouldnt be shown tv. So joining me now to talk about this and more on the race for the White House is Ron Brownstein is a cnn senior political analyst. Im also joined by brian stelter, cnns chad Keith A Media analysts. So bryan, i want to start with you and this Media Blitz, because obviously harris has been criticized for not doing enough media interviews. Do you think that the slate that she has right now will satisfy some of that criticism. And what do you make of this sudden turnaround . Well, lets get one thing out of the way. The badfaith actors, including the Trump Campaign aides who want harris to give press conferences. And wonder to be grilled by journalists every day. Theyre never going to be satisfied. Thats never going to happen to the degree that those critics, one, lets just be honest, the harris campaigns going to do what it believes it needs to do in order to win the race. I, mean its going on. Stephen colbert show, that means going on The View on tuesday. That means going on shows where shes going to be welcomed or shes not going to be interrogated. And thats just the reality of campaigning in the same way that Donald Trump usually mostly goes on rightwing shows, like on his friends that Fox News shows. So thats the reality here. But i do think its notable that harris is going out and doing a lot of tv this week. It is a sudden change in her strategy and it aligns with the early Voting Schedule she is now out there talking about registering to vote, getting your ballot early, and having a plan to vote. And thats the reason why shes doing all of these tv appearances, by the way, that call her Daddy Podcast just came out that podcast is a very big deal, even though it usually is about sex and relationships. This is a 40 minute conversation. Were harris talks about reproductive rights. She also opens up about her mom. So a lot of people, including from the Trump Campaign, are going to Ridicule Harris for going on a sex podcast, but it actually is one of the most indepth interviews harris this year that just a Podcast Forum alone has the opportunity to go into much longer form. Then shell get the chance to on 60 minutes or even on The View. And ron, i want to zero in on the timing of this because what do you make of the Harris Strategy to launch a Media Blitz . Right now, were 30 days out. Is there anything that sticks out to you well, i think brians point about people are voting, you know and Election Day is not the moment of our elections is kind of The End of our election now, right . I mean, its kind of a rolling process for several weeks. Harriss campaign has been a pretty cautious one and a lot of different respects. As you said, they have not done a lot of conventional media appearances. Her messaging has not been that edgy. I think the underlying assumption of the campaign, as articulate to be by some people involved in it is that particularly in the states that matter most they believe there is a majority that does not want to reelect Donald Trump power for four more years either. They thought he was good on the economy, their resistant him as a threat to their rights and their values and to democracy. And that therefore, her job is less to make the case against trump than it is to reassure voters who are already inclined to vote again, against them, that she isnt inseparable alternative. Now there are democrats who are uneasy with that approach, but i think theres Media Strategy by Enlarge Reflect continues to reflect that shes putting herself in front of audiences that they are hoping obviously, they can, they can move over to their side but i would be surprised if she is on The View with a really slashing message about Donald Trump, i think a lot of this is about introducing her and reassuring voters. She thinks just need enough confidence not to vote for trump again and bryan, i want to bring you in on a little bit of the trump Media Strategy side of things, because as i mentioned earlier, trump would hello, rally at the site of his first Assassination Attempt in butler, pennsylvania yesterday, he was joined onstage by the owner of the Platform X, Elon Musk, who jumped around on stage, called himself Dark Maga, painted what i think its fair to say a grim picture of the future of democracy if trump loses, take a quick Listen President Trump mustwin to preserve the constitution, he must win to preserve democracy in america. Text people now now and then make sure they actually do vote last election thats my prediction nothings more important look, Elon Musk has an unbelievably huge platform, especially online. How do you explain his transformation from someone who voted for democrats and obama in the past . To what we see now, Dark Maga in especially in terms of the context of the platform that he presides over the phrase Dark Maga is interesting and people might not be familiar with it. This is a medium and online idea that has taken root over a number of years. Think about the batman movie, the dark knight, the soapy in view of gotham. When you hear the idea of Dark Maga, its referring to this idea of an unleashed unhinged version of trump. A second Trump Administration with no limits on its power. The idea of trump saying, im your retribution a more authoritarian version of trumpism thats the idea that drives Dark Maga even so some of the medium, some of the jokes might, might be sarcastic or edgy. Theres a very real idea behind the idea of Dark Maga. So when you hear someone like Elon Musk say hes entirely on board even with the moral. More authoritarian impulses of trump that says something that says that hes been radicalized over the years in his politics, musk is also using his Platform X to drive support to trump. I noticed when i logged in yesterday during the Trump Rally, the Trump Rally was always at the top of my feed. It almost felt as if he was forcing it up out rhythmically to make sure everybody was watching the rally. So were going to i see that kind of support from musk in trying to tip the scales in trumps favor. And i just think we should take a moment to talk about what he said at The End there, that this will be the last election if trump does not win, that kind of rhetoric, right . And when we do hear some of that from the left as well, that kind of rhetoric is going to make it very hard for all of us to be americans, to be neighbors next year. Were going to have elections in the future. Were going to have elections after this year. Well have to find a way to live together in 2025 and beyond. But the rhetoric from someone like musk saying this will be the last election. Its going to have dangerous consequences here. And ron, weve only got a few seconds left, sorry to put you in this position, but i saw you react to a little bit of what brian said on the last election. Is there something you wanted to get in yeah. I mean, this is the flight 93 rhetoric that we saw from republicans, from trump before January 6. The idea that if democrats win america as we know it will cease to exist. This is our country and we were taking it back. That kind of language that trump used before January 6 if you in fact believe that this democratic win means this is the last election or a democratic win means america will be disfigured beyond recognition than any means. Its necessary are justified to prevent that outcome. And i think again, this kind of rhetoric is laying the groundwork for another Post Election Period of unprecedented strain and potentially violence and look, this conversation could go on for hours because we didnt even get into the Information Ecosystem that will likely be tested even more as we get toward Election Day, were already seeing the response but i got to leave it there is tv platform. Im constrained. Ron brownstein, brian stelter. Thanks for being here. Thank you. Thanks all right. When we come back more than a week after Hurricane Helene Left A Path Of Destruction across North Carolina. Some residents are working together to recover and rebuild build their communities. Next, im going to talk to a small Business Owner in asheville who store is now gone unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. 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We havent really strong sense of pride when things are awesome, you know, not just when we have to come together to solve a problem i feel really fortunate. I mean, yes, ive lost my business, but there are so many more vulnerable unities around us that were really worried about. Everyones banding together i dont know. I feel really grateful to be in the position that im in. Im hopeful because of all of the Support And Kindness from our community members. But also just really anxious all the time because we have very poor cellular connectivity. Most of the time. Were not really seeing the news. Were not understanding whats happening in real time but what we are hearing is really positive and the city our neighbors, the state, everyone is just banding around us and it feels really wonderful i have No Doubt that we will rebuild as a community and will be strong again but there are areas that i dont know how much coverage they receive, but are trudeau we went Sea Neighbors like black amount and Marshall Bat cave entire roads have been washed away. We dont know if people are stranded there i guess beyond the loss of my Business Anybody in my community and Biltmore Village, which is a charming, historic commercial district associated with the Biltmore Estate we worry about our businesses for working around the clock to get it cleaned up and try to salvage what we can. But i think when our hands are arrested for a few minutes were worried about everybody else and trying to be as much help if we can to others and as you alluded to, i mean, for people who havent been to asheville, ive been there many times. Its situated where the Blue Ridge Mountains are. And so yes, asheville is that city. But as you were talking about, there are many communities throughout this Mountain Area that are just difficult to get to regardless of cell phone service. And so weve seen a lot of those efforts have even volunteers taking to the air to try and help find some of these, some of these people. But obviously a really difficult process for you. Do you feel like you are getting the help that you need or that youre neighbors are getting the help that they need right now i would say that even though were really not sure what the future is for the business community, we are definitely receiving resources Biltmore Village has flooded in the past. They rebuilt it and brought it back to life. The neighborhood is really helping one another. Were all there today. I help my neighbors, you know, try to salvage anything that they could out of what was dragged out of the building they are tearing everything out, treating it for moulton bacteria, you receiving tell and an unfortunately, when youre a Business Owner, insurance plays such a large part in whats really going to happen in your future. So those questions are still wideopen and we wont really know right away yeah. As you know, thats a process that sometimes just takes time and every day youre still trying to figure out whats whats next for you. Last thing i want to ask before we go, weve got just a few more seconds here is, what do you want folks to know about your story . Or but even more broadly about the community there in nashville not specifically my store, to be honest with you. I just think that if Biltmore Village can rebuild itself as a commercial so district in our restaurants and our shot can come back like it is a community of just independent businesses some are over 20yearsold, 30yearsold its a special place when its up and running to come and see it. But also, please dont take your attention away from our neighbors who need our help more. I think we can rally and build each other up, but i dont know what we can do for places where roads are washed out and mules are Carrying Supplies right now zoom out much larger. I think well will help one another. We always do just Western North Carolina needs a lot of support right now. Well, i appreciate you taking the time here and youre connected with us. So as you see things, always feel free to reach out if theres things you think we should be covering a little bit more closely, really appreciate the time absolutely, i appreciate you so much. Thank you. 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In iran, a very significant decision that shows the Popes Desire for dialogue with islam, for pushing peace in the region before announcing the names of the cardinals, he called for a ceasefire across the middle east, including in lebanon. And of course commemorated the 7 october, hamas attacks, the Oneyear Anniversary of them. So using his appointments of cardinals to try and influence things on the World Stage more broadly, the pope has really reshaped the body that will choose his success. He chooses cardinals from across the globe, from farflung peripheries, if you like, he chose Cardinals Today from indonesia, from japan, ivory coast, and algeria. Now, in the past, it was assumed that bishops in certain parts of the world, mainly italy, would become cardinals. Thats no longer the case. The pope has really reshaped it its almost as if he wants to choose the unsung heroes of the church to become cardinals. 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