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Breaking this hour a monster once in a lifetime hurricane with winds now up to 180 miles an hour. Were going to take you inside the category five storm because there is no higher category thats headed straight for florida. Lets go out front. And good evening. Im erin burnett, live from Tel Aviv out front tonight. The Breaking News under attack in israel. The israeli military saying 190 projectiles have been fired at israel today, many at the very city that were standing in right now. The most missiles fired at Tel Aviv by iranian backed militias since the very earliest days of this war, an air raid, sirens blaring while we were on the air just a short time ago. There. Thats going up. Yeah, those interceptors are going up. I dont know if you guys can see those. Those interceptors are going up right now behind us. One, two, two different areas, three, three. These look like the high altitude for ballistic missiles. There you g. Yeah okay. So that was must have been very high. So now theyre theyre still going off. Yeah. Three four. And that was right behind where we are now according to the israeli military, those were just a few of the missiles fired here by hezbollah, which did claim responsibility the third time on this somber October 7th anniversary that the sirens in Tel Aviv sounded. This is what it looked like earlier here. The entire city lit up with warnings of incoming missiles. Missiles . In the case of this series of alerts all over the area, as you can see coming from houthi militias in yemen. And this morning, hamas Rockets Flying from gaza, israel today, theyre striking gaza as part of what they say is a major new front in northern gaza. Israel also striking beirut, where in this new video, you can see explosions lighting up tonight, the Night Sky in beirut, another night of Terror And Exhaustion in beirut, the war raging, raging even as today was a somber and painful day. Here in israel, one year since the hamas terror attack, when more than 1200 israelis were slaughtered, prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing israel will continue to fight after the deadliest day in its history. Of the 250 people taken hostage, only about 150 have come home. Many are known to be dead, 97 taken hostage that day are still in captivity. And tonight we went to a memorial at whats called Hostage Square here in Tel Aviv, where thousands of people gathered to pay their respects, to grieve. But for the israeli government, the main focus is war. Tens of thousands of israeli forces are now on a new Front Line along the lebanon border. Israeli defense forces say theyre ready to go. Spokesperson for the idf, who will join me in just a moment, says israels forces are in position and could strike iran as early as tonight. We have seen israeli troops. They are energized on that northern Front Line. We saw no signs of fatigue. They want to win. But tonight, after Tens Of Thousands of dead in gaza, now death in lebanon and the horror of October 7th itself, massed Missile Attacks from iran to israel and back again, there is absolutely no clear sense of what winning actually means. Jim sciutto joins me live here in Tel Aviv. And jim, of course, in various places, as we were at memorials across this city today, ballistic missiles and rockets coming from iranian backed militias, hezbollah, hamas, the houthis, throughout this day, you know, just as you were listing all the places that israel is at war right now, there, it may be hard for people to keep up with, but you have gaza, you have lebanon, you have strikes in yemen, you have this contemplation now of the retaliation against iran. And of course, israel has struck in syria. And elsewhere. But also there are multiple Front Lines inside this country. Right. And we saw that today. Any memorial you or i or our team went to today, there were incoming Rocket And Missile warnings and incoming Rocket And Missile interceptions in the air above our heads. This is a multifront Conflict And Everybody is feeling it, right. Everybody is feeling under threat. Absolutely. And you know what youre looking at there as i said, that was just a bit ago here while we were all here watching those those were interceptors which appear to be from the david Slings Missile Defense system, which go way up higher for the ballistic missiles, which can be fired by hezbollah in that case. And they did claim responsibility earlier from the houthis, the iron dome, which i just saw in the north firing. Obviously, we you know, we see here more with gaza and all of this comes jim is now youre looking at 2 00 in the morning, another night where now the idf says, you know, very clear that theyre ready to go when they get that order to strike back at iran. And, and whether or not there is approval or buy in from the us. Right. I mean, theres been an effort. Ive heard this from u. S. Officials to and from israeli officials to get on the same page, right, as to what is the, you know, from the us side, whats proportional, what prevents this from being a broader war that has other potential consequences around the world, economic and otherwise. But also that, of course, satisfies israels need not just to retaliate and establish deterrence, reestablish deterrence, but also to really weaken iran. Right. I mean, that seems to be the goal. You constantly hear this phrase, the head of the octopus, right . But its not clear that the two sides will get on the same stage. It is clear to me that if they dont, israel will move forward as it sees fit. Yes, yes, it certainly seems that way. And i think theres questions, even among many in the us military command about who they would tell and when and if, because they know no matter what they do, ultimately the us will back them. On dealing with the consequences to defend. For sure. Absolutely. All right. Well, Jim Sciutto, thank you very much. As we are live here in Tel Aviv tonight. Out front now, the Israeli Defense Forces spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Peter lerner. And colonel, i appreciate your time tonight. I know that israel is has still not responded to irans massive ballistic missile attack. Is the idf ready to strike tonight . If you get the order, the government will instruct the idf and we will act accordingly. Our role is to place on the table the scenarios, the options that the government can make, and the government will instruct us accordingly. The message has been very clear from all levels of government and the Defense Establishment that 181 ballistic missiles is unacceptable. I would add that one ballistic missile is unacceptable. So israel is preparing itself, and when the government gives us the instructions, we will operate. Of course, there was a ballistic missile fired today from yemen, which was intercepted. You know, and we obviously, you know, here, here explosions. Even now, the iranian supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, said that the October 7th attack last year, though colonel, set israel back 70 years. Whats your response to him . So the islamic republic of iran tried with all its might, to create a ring of proxies around israel. All of those proxies are being defeated every single day. So i would say to iran to watch very, very cautiously. I think that there attempt to try and distance themselves and try and perhaps through this way, safeguard themselves is was has been very, very careless. The idf is fighting against all of these enemies and decapitating them and making them pay and not permitting them to try and conduct the nefarious intentions of the islamic republic of iran. Colonel lerner, Barak Ravid of axios reported just a bit ago that yahya sinwar, the chief of hamas, has resurfaced. There had been reports that he had been silent and perhaps was dead, that he has now been he has resurfaced. What do you know about his condition tonight, sir . So i dont know what barak has been reporting. We know that yahya sinwar, the arch terrorist, the Mastermind And Architect of the October 7th attack, is responsible and must be held accountable for his actions. First of all, we need to bring home the remaining 101 hostages. But yeah, as weve said, sinwar is a dead man walking, and i would very much urge him to release the hostages and that hamas should surrender. This is a year that has been going on far too long, and the reality needs to change for israelis and palestinians alike. Colonel, many of the families of the hostages that we saw today are angry, and theyre angry at the israeli government. Many of them believe that it is a choice that the government has made to fight the war in gaza, to now fight a war in lebanon, to fight a broadening war. When the government could have focused on bringing their Family Members home. 97 people who were taken hostage on October 7th are still in gaza, 101 hostages. Theyre still in total. We understand 36 of them are already dead. But there have been reports that that number could be as many as 50. Do you know the latest on this horrific number right now, aaron, i think the most important thing is to bring them home. The most important thing is to create the conditions to bring home the hostages. Weve watched throughout the day on cnn and elsewhere the pain that the families of the hostages are going through. We feel as the idf, that our mission is yet to be accomplished. Precisely because there are 101 remaining in the hands and clutches of hamas, many of them are, we understand, are alive. And some of them are indeed have been have been pronounced dead. So they need to come home. We need to do everything we can to bring them home. Its our obligation as the military. Its our responsibility also to israeli society. That is the ethos of the idf that we dont leave people behind. Colonel Peter Lerner with the idf. Thanks so much for your time tonight. We appreciate it. Good evening. Good day. And out front now, lieutenant general mark hertling, the former army commanding general for europe. And general, i appreciate your time. You heard Colonel Lerner there, and its obviously here and now, the early hours of October 8th saying the idf is ready whenever they get the order to strike. What do you expect israel will do . General. Outlining what their requirements are. Aaron. Theyre facing a three front war. Weve talked about this multiple times. They will continue their offensive into lebanon because they have to they keep being continue to continue to be attacked by hezbollah. Out of that country. They will continue their strikes in gaza because they havent completed that action yet. Their deterrence. I mean, i heard i heard the Word Deterrence used a little while ago. I would say that israel is more interested in escalation. Escalation, dominance. Can they strike inside of iran and not have this thing escalate to the point where it will be harmful to israel . So they are going to continue to attack in the north and in gaza. They are going to attack and establish retribution against the 181 ballistic missiles that were fired. The other night. The targets they will hit will be interesting to watch. Theres a list of them, but im not sure when they will attack. I would almost suggest that they have started their offensive operation against iran in a more covert way. You know, there will be explosions, there will be a kinetic attack. But there have been other things happening as well. Thats right. And of course, its hard to piece it all together. You know, as i mentioned, you know, here in Tel Aviv, youve got the October 7th and just the somber grief of it and those hostages just 40 miles away, their families dont know whether theyre dead or alive. And yet, on that day, one of the busiest days in terms of Missile Attacks on Tel Aviv by iranian backed militias since the very earliest days of the war. General. So you know, what does that say to you when you think of the fact that two thirds of gaza is leveled, Tens Of Thousands of people are dead there. And yet today there were sirens here. Hamas fired on Tel Aviv. We had ballistic missiles just about an hour and a half or two hours ago, come in from hezbollah. And in the late afternoon there were ballistic missiles intercepted coming from the houthis in yemen. What does it say . That after a year, all of that capability is still there . Well, its been thwarted to a degree, aaron, but its still going to happen. And interestingly enough, i was surprised by the launches of additional missions in additional missiles, rockets, primarily out of gaza. But the extent of what has been launched by lebanon, you mentioned earlier it was 190 today, and that seems to be the highest number in the last couple of months. But theyve averaged anywhere from 30 to 150 a day. They have been hit. But in having fought terrorist organizations, they want to show theyre still on the battlefield, no matter how much they are depleted, no matter how much they have deteriorated and are in a dysfunctional state. So you will continue to see rockets being launched out of lebanon, and youll continue to see iran trying to control those proxies, as you said. And Jim Sciutto reported earlier, there were launches from yemen as well that continues. So all of these fighting forces, they represent iran forward. Theyre going to continue to launch missiles because thats what they can do until the last one is destroyed. All right. General hertling, thank you very much. I appreciate your time. In the early hours now, here in Tel Aviv of October 8th, a new year beginning, and we await this possible strike. And next. Former President Trump going after migrants and their genetics. I believe this, its in their genes. And we got paid a lot of bad genes in our country right now. 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Still, it also includes people who came in murderers as other former president s were in the office, including obama and bush. So obama, bush, trump, biden, all of it. And context does matter. Trump does not say this in a vacuum. He says it in the context of comments about migrants that weve heard again and again. Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from. Its poisoning the blood of our country. Its so bad, and people are coming in with disease. People are coming in with with every possible thing that you can have. Theyre poisoning the blood of our country. Theyre letting horrible people into our country. Theyre poisoning. Theyre poisoning our Country And Trump has long been obsessed with genetics. A lot of it is about the genes, isnt it . Dont you believe the Racehorse Theory you think was so different . You know, i believe in the Racehorse Theory. Fast horses produce fast horses. And david urban are both out front now. So, ayesha, let me just begin with you. With your reaction to what Donald Trump has just said today about the murderers coming into the country and genes. Listen, this isnt the first time weve heard this kind of talk from Donald Trump, and it reeks of authoritarianism. And it also harkens back to a time of hitler who used the same exact language that Donald Trump is now quoting to talk about the people who he thinks are poisoning the blood of the nation. You know, all of this smells like an affinity towards eugenics, which really should give us all pause, because when we remember the last person, the last awful authoritarian dictator who believed in eugenics, it was someone who really wanted to exterminate an entire people because they thought that they didnt have good genes, and because they were trying to create a certain type of race. Donald trump has himself said that his parents, his father, raised him to believe that they were superior to others because they had good genes. Now, what does that mean . The way hes talking about it is he wants to purge the immigrants, right . He wants to get rid of all of the immigrants, and has said that he would do some pretty nasty, harmful things to them because they dont have good genes. I dont think that this is just rhetoric. I think that we need to take this seriously and understand where his inspiration comes from. And today, of all days, it is just really savage that this is who hes quoting and that hes quoting hitler. Come on, aaron, i dont want to swear, david. I mean, you should be ashamed of yourself. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Listen, listen. Hey, aaron, listen. Im not going to sit here and put up with this. I will. I am a very good guest normally. But to asia, for you to compare Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on on ten over seven is just shameful. Number one, what he was talking about are murderers, people who came into this country and murdered americans. Okay, so lets not mince. Lets not try to string together a bunch of quotes that werent werent put together. There are different points in time to try to make it look like something. He didnt say he was talking about 26,000 people, rapists and murderers in this country. And he said in my opinion, and its not just Donald Trumps opinion. There are scientific studies out there about nature and nurture, about murders, whether they have some sort of Genetic Predisposition to murder people. And hes talking about the people who murdered americans, not eugenics, not some made up bs. Aisha. So, listen, im sorry that Donald Trump feels like standing up for people who may have been murdered by immigrants and want to deport illegal immigrants who are here, criminal, violent aliens want to kick them out of our country to protect americans. But thats okay. In my case, hes not talking about eugenics. Hes not going to compare him with Adolf Hitler today. I find it particularly offensive. Listen, we can fact check check this all, all day long. David, just fact check it. Davids hot air is not going to rewrite the history of the words that Donald Trump himself has used. This is fact. He has read the words he said today. Genetics. Im talking about the history of everything hes ever said. So you were not talking about the history short term memory, david, for the sake of going into an election and doing Donald Trumps bidding. But this as an american. Lets talk about Kamala Harris. Me really concerned about Kamala Harris short term memory. Black lesbian who Donald Trump doesnt believe has genes as good as his. Is he going to attempt to exterminate me . Why do you believe thats elected . Because he near said it. Thats why david, thats why. Because he has, he said, lectured by some white man who has no idea what hes talking about. And hes trying to rewrite history here. Aisha. Shame. Shame on you, aisha. As an american of a Donald Trump presidency and his actual quote, shame on you because i take him seriously. And i think that he believes what he says, and that is why he is a danger and a threat to america. Aaron. Aaron, you cant have a rational discussion. I appreciate you want to talk about topics. All right. Well, i appreciate both of you. I know its obviously getting heated. I think i think what people appreciate about both of you is what you mean, what you say and you say what you mean, and youre both very genuine people. So i just want to let me just turn the conversation here to, to an interview that Elon Musk gave that were just finding out now. Okay. So he gave an interview with Tucker Carlson when he was at that weekend in butler, pennsylvania, you know, obviously where trump was shot and Elon And Trump were on the stage together and musk talked about how hes all in on trump. I just wanted to play it for you. There are some expletives in here. But let me play it. If he loses, man, what . Im your dude. Im. If he loses, i. It does seem that way. You cant just be like. You cant just be like, yo. Yeah. Im like, how long do you think my Prison Sentence is going to be . Do you think . Well, i see my children. I dont know. Aisha, can i just ask you . You know, when you look at musk, teslas rockets getting people off the international space station, starlink providing Internet Service now for people in incredibly hard hit areas by Hurricane Helene and soon it will be the case with milton. Do you think harris would ever hold it against musk that he supports trump so strongly that he would give an interview and say things like that . Kamala Harris Hasnt said or done anything that would lead me to believe that she is vindictive, or would ever use the power of her office to go after people who didnt agree with her in the way that Donald Trump declares that he would do. I also just wonder, what exactly is elon betting on right . Because he realizes that hes making a bet and that if this bet goes south, he might be in big trouble. And so i think that we should all completely distrust him. And it begs the question, what exactly is he banking on with Donald Trump . David, final word. Yeah. Listen, aisha, im very sorry that you think that i am homophobic and racist and misogynistic because you clearly dont know me. And final word on elon. Listen, i take i think elons in there, you know, with with his Heart And Soul Campaign And Heart and, and i dont think Kamala Harris is going to come after him and kick him out of the country. I think hes just he was kind of saying that lightheartedly joking. I dont think shes got to ill intent for Elon Musk. If, if, if, if she wins. All right. Well ill take it on that note of agreement. Obviously i know this was a difficult conversation. Thank you both very much. The next incredible new images just coming in from inside that Monster Category five hurricane. 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Tom foreman is out front billions of dollars on housing for illegal migrants many of whom should not be in our country in the turbulent wake of Hurricane Helene. The truth is, being buried by a fresh storm of falsehoods from former president Donald Trump. No helicopters, no rescue. Its just whats whats happened . There is very bad. Theyre offering them 750 to people whose homes have been washed away. And one by one, those lies are being exposed. Was fema money meant for such disasters spent to house undocumented immigrants . No our helicopters and rescuers missing in action in the flood zone. No for survivors who lost their that. Theres a rumor out there that fema is only providing survivors with 750. This is not true. Trumps democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in two, noting that 750 is just for immediate needs. Food, baby formula, emergency supplies. Fema is also providing Tens Of Thousands more dollars for folks to help them be able to deal with home repair, to be able to cover a deductible when and if they have insurance, and also hotel costs. Amid fears the false information might discourage Storm Victims from accessing real help, Republican And Democratic Governors are praising the federal response. With South Carolina Gop Governor Henry Mcmaster Calling It been superb, superb. But trump and his team are showing no inclination to accept that reality. Why is he spreading misinformation in a crisis like that . And does that concern you about your fellow north carolinians . With Trump And Harris locked in state, cochair of the republican national committee, Lara Trump is towing her father in laws line, saying thats what theyre hearing from people. Why is it that right now, the citizens in Western North Carolina are screaming for help and its having to come from local citizens certainly a recovery like this is difficult, and certainly a lot of local citizens are helping, but so are state agencies. So are federal agencies. Its absolutely clear and it puts a lie to what appears to be Team Trump trying to somehow make hay out of this tragedy. Erin much. And lets go to Harry Enten to go beyond the numbers here. As tom was just laying this out. So, harry, you know, there seems to be a reason that trumps been laser focused on North Carolina right now. And seeing the Hurricane Recovery efforts as a way to win over voters. What is it . Yeah, i mean, look, aaron, the Bottom Line is this North Carolina is one of the most consistently tight races going back to 2008. Were talking about the tightest margin. So you look last time around right. Decided by just about a Percentage Point when youre talking about Western North Carolina you see a lot of red on your map right here basically outside of asheville, theres territories. And this has held consistent through the years. You go back to 2016, same thing going on another close race within five points. You go back to 2012. Same thing. Look at this. A two point race. A lot of red on your map and you go back. The last time a democratic won there, Barack Obama won it by just a point. And again, a lot of red going on there. No state besides florida has been as consistently close going back to 2008. Then North Carolina has been aaron all right. So how close is North Carolina right now . And i know its it is so hard to tell, but how would you try to answer that question harry. Yeah i mean, look, we can just go as far as the polls can tell us and what you see here, aaron, is just a very tight matchup. Washington post last poll. Trump by two. Quinnipiac. Trump by one. 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And their families are living in a daily agony. And for those who have come home it is complicated. Yoni asher, who you have met many times on this show, tells me we are not the same. It was on this Day One year ago when we first met yoni, right before we got on a plane to come to israel. Before anyone knew what had truly happened. He was grief stricken and in shock. In those moments, he had just seen his family online in this video, his Wife Doron and two toddler daughters taken by hamas found out later. Drones mother was murdered. She and her Daughter Saw it happen. Her brother was murdered and since yoni and sharon and the girls were reunited, 49 days later in a miracle for them that so many who are still not together can only dream of. Yoni and jaron have been trying to build back a life together jaron telling me everything in her life has changed we have 50 days to think and i realize whats important and im trying to to live that now. Yeah, exactly im trying weekend as yoni prepared to leave for the first time since last october seventh. He and jaron said it was important for him to be away, even on this first anniversary, to speak to the u. N. On behalf of the hostages still captive to make the world still care about them. And on that day, we were together. It was a peaceful scene as the girls played in a Friends Pool now you appreciate every single second and even though its hard sometimes um, i think that life has changed forever. Like you mentioned, we went through hell um, i was in a state that its impossible to describe in words um, its not. Its almost like not being human. Its like being some kind of robot and suddenly get back to the the regular life, the family life, seeing them going to the kindergarten, playing with their friends or, you know, they have so much strength and even more than i have and they are giving me Inspiration And Strength to to continue because the child forces you to to sing, to dance to smile. You cannot sit at home being sad um, when you have children. You said but it can be hard. How how is it hard now its hard because they are waking up every single night before october seven, they were already sleeping the whole night through, and we were enjoying our own, um, long night without any disruptions and now we are getting up every night. Every night i have No One single night, which i sleep through the whole night because whether its two minutes long or 20 minutes long or 40 minutes long, um im waking up in the middle of the night and its nightmares they have. Its going to be nightmares. It can be night fears. Um, it can be sometimes rage attacks during the day overreacting to things afraid of noises and, um, this is things that we are not used to before October 7th. How is it for you and jerome trying to navigate being being a family again we went through different experiences. Um those experiences are so different. Yet it was the same situation. So searing for each of you, but not but not the same. Yeah, its the same situation, the same family. Yet darren went through completely different thing than i did and its like she came from Another World and i came from Another World. It was only 49 days, but it was long, 49 days. So much has happened on those 49 days. And changed. So there is always the danger that we will be drifted apart because eventually we are parents of those girls and we need to to somehow keep uh, our, Uh Closeness for them. So this is a challenge. Do you feel yoni that now that that you understand what they went through, it was difficult for me to even hear their testimonies, even hear them talk about the fact that they were kept on these terms, that they were hostages, that they were locked down. Look, we we were saved. We are not victims. We are winners because we survived and i will not raise my daughters as victims. I will not teach them to be hateful and to be revengeful. I want them to grow up to be peaceful and loving persons and now you have this incredible thing, this incredible future for you and the girls in doron can you tell me about it . Well, actually when doron was held hostage i made a vow i said to myself that if her life will be saved, i will agreed to to give her what she wanted, which was a third child. And luckily it happened and she is pregnant and i think, um its kind of a victory for us as a family because they try to destroy us. And now we are expanding. When is the baby coming . In the beginning of february. Yeah and we are very exciting. And the girls are very exciting. We dont know if its a boy or a girl brother. She said its its a boy for sure its kind of, uh my personal Family Victory or something like that and