Who were abducted and later died in captivity. It was 6. 30 in the morning, on october 7, when fighters from hamas and other groups crossed the southern border from gaza, and inflicted the worst single mass killing of israelis, in the nation s history. The gunmen from hamas broke through the border fence, rampaging through nearby villages, kibbutzes, military posts and a music festival. They torched homes, shooting and killing indiscriminately. Hamas is designated as a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and other governments. According to israel, 251 of its citizens and foreigners were taken hostage into gaza. One year on, around 100 people remain unaccounted for. The events of last year have transformed israel and the region, including in gaza where nearly 42,000 people have been killed in israel s response. Israeli bombs continued to fall on the territory today. Tonight, beirut is being rocked by explosions as israel continues its campaign against hezbollah. But we start with the d
Morning today, President Biden is heading to Florida And Georgia to see Helenes Devastation firsthand that visit comes as the Homeland Security Secretary gives this dire warning we are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We do not have the funds. Fema does not have the funds to make it through the season your that right. Were also getting this exclusive new video of asheville, North Carolina Power lines and equipment still scattered everywhere, houses crushed by trees as Power Poles dangerously lay across lines Coming Up. Ill speak with people in charge of a Food Bank and an Animal Shelter are still helping their communities even as they recover. Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington new evidence from special counsel, Jack Smiths office, the unsealed brief weighing in and add more than 165 pages provides perhaps the clip heroes picture. Yet of smiths 2020 Election Case against former
Unpleasant and sometimes you have to execute a Search Warrant or not give somebody an opportunity to delay or take more time. So i think that has yet to play out, but it is clear, jim, as you said, there is some bad blood here between the respective sides and theres a Pr Battle going on. I mean, Eric Adams made statements last night. Apparently hes going to speak again. Hes going to try to get in before the u. S. Attorney speaks at 11 ive been 30. Eric adams we know is not shy about what he says on camera. Its worth noting the u. S. Attorney, who again will speak in about a half hour. He is constrained as to what he can say. I think when we see his press conference, weve seen them recently. We saw when two weeks ago in the sean combs, the did he case . The u. S. Attorney can only say essentially whats already in this indictment now its a 50 some page indictment. Its very detailed. So he will have some material to work with here, but yeah, Eric Adams, i believe Eric Adams will continue
In their use of social media. We start in the Middle East, where israel says Air Defence systems have intercepted a Hezbollah Missile in Tel Aviv. This is the live shot from the city, where warning sirens have been sounding in the last few hours. Hezbollah says it launched a rocket targeting the Mossad Headquarters, in what seems to be the first time hezbollah has targeted Tel Aviv. Hezbollah says mossad hq, which is the israeli institute for intelligence and special operations, is responsible for the assassination of senior hezbollah leaders and for blowing up pagers and wireless devices. Tel aviv is more than 200 kilometres away from the lebanon border. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has delayed his departure for the un general let me show you these pictures, this was taken on someone s phone, out of their window. It shows the missile, just after it was intercepted by israeli Air Defence systems. Israeli military said they intercepted it after it was detected crossin
Newsroom of the commemoration of the 9 11 terror attacks. It is still unbelievable. I was living in atlanta that morning and remember driving into work as we were all scrambling in on our lives looking for your Loved Ones, trying to make sure everybody is okay and your responsibilities are taken Care Of. And i heard it on the radio at that moment when the South Tower went down and i thought to myself, how many thousands of New Yorkers could there be on a sidewalk in new York City at that moment . Thankfully my thought was wrong. We lost so many inside the towers themselves and came to new york on that friday, September 14th and i was stationed at 6 00 a. M. At the corner the 34th Street and 10th avenue. It was the Gathering Center for the media. As far south as they would allow us to go and where all the volunteers would show up and they would go in trucks down the westside highway and spend 14 hours a day and come back with nothing. All the bodies were crushed in that debris. They tri