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Our cnn teams are on the ground witnessing smoke rising after an explosion in the citys heavily populated Southern Suburbs this latest strike comes just hours after his baloch confirmed that israeli strike on friday killed its longtime leader and founder, Hassan Nasrallah a senior iranian commander, was also killed, according to iran state media, the news of this relishes death is being celebrated by senior us officials who call his demise, welcome President Biden, issuing a formal public statement only moments ago, calling it, and im quoting him now, a measure of justice but hes also again calling for deescalation with fears growing Big Time right now about the possibility of a fullscale war breaking out in The Middle East around Supreme Leader saying today. And im quoting him now, all regional resistance forces end quote our standing with hezbollah is realized already intercepted a missile launched from yemen, where the iran backed houthi rebels are based and this is just coming into cnn right now, the u. S. State department ordering non emergency personnel and their families to immediately leave lebanon amid growing fears amid growing fears that All Out War is imminent, cnns kevin liptack, and Cnns Jomana Karadsheh is tracking all of these latebreaking developments for us, kevin youre there in washington, what more is the biden administration is saying about all of this . Well, it certainly theyre watching all of this very closely with the eye towards a wider conflict. What opening between israel and hezbollah, between Israel And Iran and certainly Thats Something that President Biden and all of his top officials very much want to avoid. And you see that reflected in the state it meant that we received from President Biden just within the last hour, calling the death of Hassan Nasrallah a measure of justice for his victims, which he specified includes americans and saying that Hassan Nasrallah and the Terror Group Hee lee, He Led Hezbollah were responsible for Killing Hundreds Of Americans over for four Decade Reign of terror, the president saying that ultimately our aim is to deescalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza And Lebanon through diplomatic means. He says that its time for these deals to close for the threats to israel to be removed, and for the broader middle East Region to gain greater stability. And just as a reminder, wolf the United States had been working to secure a 21 Day Ceasefire across the Israellebanon Border ahead of this strike In Beirut, the prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had essentially rejected that, but the u. S. Says that it was still continuing to work to try and lower the temperature to try and ease the tensions and in their hopes to try and bring a ceasefire about in gaza as well. Of course, this strike certainly would seem to cause greater escalation in the region. And Thats Something that President Biden is very concerned about. And you see that reflected in the decision from the State Department that we just learned about within the last couple of minutes to order certain employees and their families at the u. S. Embassy In Beirut to evacuate lebanon. Now this does stop short of a full embassy evacuation. They arent going that far yet, but they say that due to the volatile and unpredictable Security Situation In Beirut, theyre asking these people, theyre ordering them to leave. And i think that gives you a sense of just how serious the u. S. Is taking this situation and how quickly they think that it could deteriorate. Of course, we have heard from President Biden from the Defense Secretary Lloyd austin from the Secretary Stay antony blinken, that they think diplomacy is the way to go, because they do view a potential war between Israel And Lebanon as very destructive. And you heard just yesterday from the defense portray lloyd austin, that casualties in that kind of war would exceed those in the war in gaza. And so theyre watching all of this very, very closely. And certainly they want to lower the temperatures so basically looking looking at the statement that the State Department released there. Theyre ordering nonessential us embassy personnel and their families to immediately leave lebanon. There also urging all us citizens right now. All us citizens who may be In Beirut or elsewhere in lebanon to immediately leave a statement saying due to the increased Volatility Following airstrikes withIn Beirut and the volatile and unpredictable Security Situation throughout lebanon, the u. S embassy urges us citizens to depart lebanon while commercial options still remain available. It adds this at this time, commercial flights are available but at reduced capacity if the Security Situation worsens, commercial options to depart may become unavailable and they urge all us citizens to check Flight Options right now, this is a pretty serious development thats unfolding kevin underscores the danger that exists in lebanon, right now. Yeah. And i think youve been hearing the State Department and american officials sort of ramp up these warnings over the last several weeks. And it certainly over the last several days, as it appeared that an escalation was at hand, as those crossborder tensions grew worse and worse. And i think what they want to do is to make sure that americans are able to get out while theyre still able to get out, because already youve seen today certain commercial Air Carriers canceling their flights to beirut and there is a certain fear and theres a precedent for these situations to deteriorate very quickly and for a commercial Air Travel to suddenly very quickly become unavailable for americans who may want to get out. And that leaves the State Department in washington generally more responsible for trying to get americans out so they want to make sure that as they are able to, that they are able to leave. And it does underscore how tense the situation is, how quickly they think that it could deteriorate. But at the same time, they dont think that its necessarily inevitable. And thats why you see President Biden calling for deescalation now calling for renewed diplomacy. Of course, that large part will depend on what iran does next and what hezbollah does next. But it will also depend on israel and it will depend on the Prime Minister netanyahu, the United States at this point doesnt appear to have a ton of influence with the government of israel at the moment. Thats part of why i havent seen President Biden speak with his counterpart, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in over a month. But certainly all sides now calling for diplomacy, and they are watching very closely to see how this will unfold. Very tense situation. Indeed, kevin liptak, thanks for your reporting. Well get back to you. Im sure soon. Youre working your sources. I want to go to Cnns Jomana Karadsheh right now. Shes joining us live from beirut. Jomana, the idf, Israel Defense forces, now claimed it killed a senior hezbollah Intelligence Leader in strike there earlier this morning. What more can you tell us what else you learning well, you know, wolf these airstrikes have continued can you now for more than 24 hours these intense pretty much continuous strikes on beiruts Southern Burn Suburbs where you do have the presence of hezbollah. This is one of the most densely populated parts of the country, and we have been seeing airstrike after airstrike, which started of course yesterday at about 6 00 p. M. Local time. Would that huge airstrikes that we know killed the leader of a husband . Hassan nasrallah. And since then, the israeli military made it clear that they are going to continue striking several areas of the southern Summer Verbs late last night, the arabic Language Spokesman for the idf, in a post On X telling the run because it does of several neighborhoods that they need to get out of these neighborhoods because they were going to start striking what they said are hezbollah weapons, Storage Facility in for time after that, its very hard to know if most People Age to get out of these areas. We saw the israeli military begin those airstrikes that as i said, are continuing right now. Throughout the day and into the night. Right now. And what weve also seen is this Mass Exodus. If people not just from these neighborhoods, but from other parts of beiruts Southern Suburbs. And in the last hour or so we are again seeing the spokesman for the idf in a post On X. Again saying hes issued a warning to the residents of lebanon especially those in the bekaa region, the Southern Suburbs of beirut and Southern Lebanon, if you are near hezbollah property, Combat Equipment an interest or other facilities belonging to it for your safety and the safety of your families. We ask you to stay away from these areas and not returned. I mean, this is first first of all, wolf, people would not really know if they are near these hezbollah facilities. And the second thing here is this is addressed to the people of lebanon. So you can imagine if we saw so much fear, panic that led to a Mass Exodus of people from the Southern Suburbs yesterday. What is this going to cause right now in this country where people were for are already absolutely terrified of these airstrikes and of what is coming next. I mean, in the last ten days or so, lebanese officials have told us they have seen the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. It was mostly in Southern Lebanon and in the eastern because region where these airstrikes strikes have been focused. But now you are seeing this expand beyond that here in the capital and beyond. And in addition to that and when we talk about displacement wolf, as i mentioned to you last hour, we have seen people sleeping on the streets, not in a facilities are up and running right now. In schools that have been turned into shelters to accommodate people. So you have families who dont know where to go and, you know, this has been blow after blow. I mean, a major blow would not begin to describe what has happened to hezbollah in the last 24 hours, but as we have heard from lebanese officials and as we are witnessing thank here, it is taking its toll as well on the civilian population, on the women and children of lebanon and people here really fear that this may not be the end, that this is just the Beginning Wolf yeah, thats an enormous fear thats going on right now. Jomana, well get back to you stay safe over there In Beirut. Kevin liptack, thanks very much. Once again to you. I know youre in washington content. I want to get some analysis right now on all of these Breaking News developments in The Middle East joining us now is victoria coates. Shes a former deputy national security advisor, and shes a Vice President of Foreign Policy at the heritage foundation victoria, thanks so much for joining us. How do you assess this call for all american citizens basically to leave . Lebanon right now this call from the State Department well, good afternoon, wolf, and i think this is only prudent when you when you have these very volatile situations to a request nonessential personnel evacuated from the Embassy Compound and most of your viewers probably dont know this, but the Embassy Beirut is very difficult to secure physically, so it is vulnerable. So this is a smart thing to do. And then to have people take advantage of commercial options while those are still available, then there are also plans for a maritime evacuation to cyprus that are probably being dusted off and refreshed. So i think that the State Department is doing exactly what it should do in this Situation Today that israel has created an opportunity right now to break his bellows grip on the people of lebanon. And you suggested that a ceasefire would only serve because a lifeline to that group were talking about his bella. What are you suggesting should happen now well, this has been a remarkable, really three weeks, but particularly 72 hours wolf, where israel is broken, the paradigm, which is that you can go just so far, you cant go any farther that youre trying thank to reason with hezbollah. I mean, over and over again from 1990 on, the United Nations and the international community have offered hezbollah deals that they can be politically active if Theyll Justice Arm this fighting could stop tomorrow. If they stopped fight, aspiring rockets at israel, if they would do that that is where israel would stop that they they dont want to be doing this and what the other Thing Weve learned though, with the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah, is that israel has really restored its intelligence edge, which was after the catastrophic failure of october 7, in some question well, thats back with a vengeance and the region is on notice that israel can reach out and touch you wherever you are. So my hope would be that the people of lebanon would see this as an opportunity to break this stalemate, to break the grip of hezbollah on their Society Turning that beautiful, wonderful country into a really problematic, almost failed state i noticed that in the president , President Biden statement, he said that he called the israeli airstrike that, wound up killing Hassan Nasrallah, a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of americans israelis, and lebanese civilians. And a lot of people dont know the history in lebanon that there has been enormous tension, including occasionally bloodshed between the largely Shia Muslims who could Trail Hezbollah and the city muslims who are a main part of lebanon, right . Yes. And one thats important to remember that after nasrallah took over his villa in 1992, he immediately started the plot that was executed and wellness are as two years later to blow up the emea, a jewish center there killing at people thats in our Hemisphere Wolf we just mark the 30th Anniversary of that. So yes, hezbollah is a horrible problem in lebanon, but its doesnt stay in lebanon and they also have designs on americans and on on our region yeah a lot of people dont realize that a lot of lebanese sunni muslims, mostly sunni muslims, have no great love for hezbollah at all. And ive been to beirut, ive been to lebanon and ive heard that directly. Its a serious problem. Was his bullet directly involved in the bombing of the us embassy In Beirut and the bombing of the u. S. Marine barracks In Beirut this was this was justice has blow is coming together so particularly the Marine Barracks bombing in 1983 was a, was kind of a seminal event for the than nascent has hezbollah. And ive worked on that a fair amount because my old boss Don Rumsfeld was called the day after the bombing on October 23rd to be President Reagan Special Envoy for The Middle East, and to try to put some, some some kind of stabilization into the situation. And quite frankly, and he would say this if he were here, he failed. It was not a situation that could be resolved, then as has hezbollah started gaining strength. So my hope would be that you know, after now, 40 plus years of this that, that israel is seriously degrading hezbollah to the extent that it Cant Function as a proper military, that its degraded to a Guerrilla Group that lebanon, particularly the sunni, as you said, but also the Christians Wealth might see this as their opportunity to say to Xi Shiite lebanese, this is over that weve got to work together. Weve got to reestablish our country. As i said, its beautiful country. It could be very prosperous and secure, but not under these circumstances. Absolutely right. Victoria coates. Thank you very much for your analysis. We appreciate it very, very much and were going to get back to the unfolding drama thats taking place in The Middle East right now. But theres another major story thats taking place down at Cape Canaveral were Space X is hoping to launch its Crew Crew9 Mission to the international Space Station, part of the mission to bring those two landed astronauts home. Finally, after months and months and months being stranded there, Cnns Kristin Fisher is joining us right now. Well, actually before we go to kristen, kristen, lets listen in to see what theyre saying copy, One Alpha those nine Merlin Engines now providing 1. 7 million pounds of Thrust Propelling Falcon Nine and crew9 and continuing to get good calls from teams here on the ground incredible views mean we are just a little bit past 30 minutes or 30 seconds into our ninth rotational permission to lavatory nominal onboard Dragon And Falcon nine with good callouts from Mission Control that everything looking good with that Stage One is prowling down to pass through Max Q, which is the period of maximum damage, Dynamic Pressure on falcon nine during Ascent Confirmation of Max Q is supersonic. And falcon nine is now traveling south mr. Than the Speed Of Sound one copy one bravo not call out for one. Bravo means were in the second and final Board Mode for the first stage and continuing to get good performance. Chill its underway the crew is polling at just over two gs at this point. Next up, we heard the Engine Show on The Second Stage and back engine has begun and then we will have nico are main Engine Cutoff where the nine engines on the first stage will cut off ahead of the f