Hezbollah facilities. The idf continuing to launch what they call it targeted strikes against the iranbacked Paramilitary Group are cnn teams are witnessing one of those strikes and they did so earlier today following what was a punishing overnight barrage in the lebanese Capital City of beirut. This latest strike happening just hours after his balah confirmed its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed by an israeli attack on friday the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issuing a statement saying that israel will continue its policies. And he also says he gave the order to assassinate his strava to ensure he could not rebuild the Terror Group was referring to mr. Alla earlier, i spoke with an Idf Spokesperson about what nasrallah is death potentially could mean for a potential conflict with iran. Listen to his answer i would suggest that iran look very closely how weve dealt with hamas, the leadership of hamas, and how in the last weekandahalf, weve effectively decapitated hezbollah from its senior leadership all the way down to the operational and tactical stuff there is a lot to lose here. I dont think anybody is interested in a further escalation. A broader War President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris putting out their own statements just a short time ago saying the death of disruption is what they called justice for as many victims. Meantime, there are growing fears right now that this conflict could spiral into an allout war in the region the us State Department is now ordering all nonemergency personnel at the u. S. Embassy in beirut and their families to immediately leave lebanon. Cnns Ben Wedeman is joining us from beirut right now. We also have cnns kevin liptack, whos here in washington. Ben, let me start with you. Whats happening on the ground where you are . In beirut right now wolf as i speak, i can hear an israeli Drone Hamid Buzzing over the southern suburbs of beirut. And what weve seen starting from just the halfhour past midnight Last Night, is regular israeli strikes focusing on the south of beirut, a part of the city that scene that somebody who actually went through there told me its largely abandoned except for some young men that most of the inhabitants have fled and theyre now sleeping rough in parks on sidewalks or wherever they can find. Some where to state churches, mosques, even a Football Stadium have been hoping open to host these people. Now, as you mentioned, the the arabic spokesman for the israeli military put out a tweet warning. The people of south lebanon, the bekaa valley, and the southern suburb suburbs of beirut. To stay away from any building that might have some hezbollah weapons or other facilities in all right. Now when you look at that sort of the prewar population of those three areas is approximately 2 Million people as i mentioned chin, the southern suburbs largely emptied of the population. And also in south lebanon, Weve Seen Hundreds of thousands of people live there, but the big com vali, we have seen some people go to syria from there and flee elsewhere inside lebanon. But were talking about a massive displacement. Displacement of, elation lebanese official saying as many as 500,000 people may have fled their homes basically going back to tuesday before last asked and that of course is when those Pager Explosions went off and what weve seen since then, its just day after day of mounting escalation. As you mentioned, the u. S. Embassy has declared that some employees and theyre eligible Family Members have been ordered to leave the country. The u. S. Embassy also published a form for us citizens in lebanon to fill out if they want assistance to depart. I think this is clearly the first step of an eventual evacuation from the country. One last thing is that the lebanese authorities are saying that the Death Toll since tuesday before last is at this point, its a preliminary Death Toll because theres still many dead under the rubble from that strike on South Beirut Last Night, the big one, the Death Toll is 1030. Keeping in mind that thats very close to the Death Toll in lebanon. And from the 34 Day War in 2006 between Hezbollah And Israel both very disturbing. Indeed, our ben standby, i want to go to kevin liptack. A hes in washington. What more is the White House . Kevin saying about all of this . Well, certainly President Biden, who is at his home in delaware today, is receiving continual updates on this. And i think the updates are all with an eye towards whether or not this portends a wider regional conflict, whether or not things will escalate and american officials are watching very closely to see how hezbollah response of course, but also how iran could potentially respond to this action. And we did hear from President Biden in a statement who said that hassan Nasrallah Death certainly was a measure of justice for his victims, including he noted a number of americans and he said that he hadnt this rollo and the Terror Group that he led has swallow were responsible for Killing Hundreds Of Americans over a Fourdecade Reign of terror and then the president goes on to say that ultimately our aim is To Deescalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza And Lebanon through diplomatic means. The president says that its time for these deals to close, for these threats to israel to be removed, and for the broader middle East Region to Grain Gain greater stability. And so you do see the president striking something of a balance in that statement. Certainly no one in the White House is shutting any tears for nasrallah. And you heard the Vice President , Kamala Harris saying that he had american blood on his hands. But at the same time, this action came as President Biden was working to lower the temperatures across the israellebanon border. And youll remember wolf just earlier this week, President Biden trying to negotiate a 21 day ceasefire. The u. S had called it a Breakthrough Statement when the United States and france came up with this plan, that It Thought that israel was on board with the next morning the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to brush that off, really infuriating american officials. And then by friday, this operation in beirut was underway. President biden was very quick to say that he was not involved that he had no forewarning. And i think that shows you just how fraught and precarious the us views the situation right now. In The Middle East and certainly President Biden, although he says hes working To Deescalate, i think there are a lot of people certainly in the region, in arab capitals, but also some democrats in the United States who say that he simply hasnt done enough to apply enough pressure on israel to bring the temperatures down. So President Biden, certainly caught in something of a bind here, but i think the ultimate goal, right now is to bring these tensions down. But the u. S. At this point really cant say whats going it happened next yeah, its not an easy challenge. The indeed. All right. Kevin liptack and Ben Wedeman kevin in washington, ben in beirut. Thanks to both of you only get some analysis on whats happening right now at who better than aaron, David Miller to join us. Hes a former us State Department middle east negotiator. Hes a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace aaron, what do you think . What do you think was israel strategy in carrying out this killing of this rella i mean, there are two possibilities wont fit. I think the israelis are no longer invoke involved in a major to twofront war. I think theyve degraded hamas Prime Minister admitted this in his un speech. 23 out of 24 battalions, you think . The focus is now on limit on and i think the israelis drew three conclusions. Number one they could shift the focus of the Military Effort to lebanon. Number two, i think they realize that without changing his Policy Calculations with respect to diplomacy there was no way their Interest Or Americas interests in serious deescalation and the implementation of un Security Council Resolution 171, which brought to an end supposedly the summer of 06 for and number three, i think the clear conclusion is that they are not reacting anymore. Their preemptive and what youve seen over the last week is it systemic . A systematic and comprehensive effort to destroy hezbollahs comms eliminated senior leadership. And now of course to kill us and nasrallah, they kill his predecessor, as you recall, wolf in 1992 abbas, abbas, when saudi, so the question right now is will they succeed in changing his or runs calculation, or will they have to go the next step and i think its already been reporting that the israelis are very serious about eliminated ground up into Southern Lebanon yeah, lets see if that happens. What does the Attack Mean . This attack the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, do for prime Minister Netanyahus domestic political situation in israel doesnt change its relationship with the rest of his cabinet, for example you know, i think when the ahead of the newly formed democratic party in Israel Yard go on after neighbor and merits merge, thats the left center. Left. Israel is basically rejecting a ceasefire unless it was only three days he didnt want hezbollah Rearming And Reupping when you have Benny Gantz talking positively about a ground stop, i think youd begin to see that there is no opposition in israel. Theres a lot of loss of confidence in the Prime Minister. Clearly according to the public opinion polls but his numbers and his political viability his security here seems to be intact. Hes cares less about the number 1,600 Pennsylvania Avenue and much more about the number 64, which is the number of seats in his coalition and frankly, wolf knessets out a recent, so the end of october, that means that mr. Netanyahu will be in a prime position to see for himself who wins in November 5 and hell adjust or wont adjust his tactics accordingly elections may be in 2025, wolf, but not scheduled till 2026 is government hard as it may seem the most extreme rightwing in israels history. Could even go to term well see if that happens, if President Biden, as you know, and as a public statement released today, came out and said the killing of Hassan Nasrallah was in his words, a measure of justice. But he also called once again for deescalation is there a risk that israel could isolate itself from the us with this attack i think the annoyance and frustration, the anger and the White House is palpable according to political president informed a couple of sources in new york. He he no longer things didnt and now was ever interesting it in a ceasefire with hamas in gaza, or certainly after flipflopping committed himself to accept the in the u. S. Is french proposal not interested in a ceasefire in lebanon either. Look, i think yes, theres a Danger Wolf that the u. S u. S. Israeli relationship, the value of finished getting a coincidence of interest, a strong basis of domestic support that has made it such an extraordinary and resilient and or do you think these three elements frankly, are fraught, but frankly wolf and you know, theres far better than i. What i may i get the Math Right here. Are there 45 to 50 days before one of the most consequential elections in modern american history. I dont think by, by looked in that statement that the President And Issue no remorse, certainly, and no remorse required or needed for us on us rela but it didnt seem there was no criticism or louis no real call. Ive written hes telling him im points before for both parties to restrain themselves. Yes. The president reaffirmed the importance of a different Land And Clade for him. But im not sure until his bola makes its next move backed by iran are not that the administration is in a position to do much yeah, it was a very strong statement of support for israel by the president. And similarly, a very strong statement of support for israel by the Vice President as well. Were waiting to hear what trump has to say. Presumably, hes gonna be speaking soon. Maybe hell make a statement well monitor that, of course, as well. Aaron David Miller, as usual. Thank you. Very, very much and still ahead this hour, helenes impact at this hour, more than 200 people have been rescued from floodwaters in North Carolina. Hundreds of thousands remain without power throughout the Southeast Florida and elsewhere towns devastated, including the city of asheville, in North Carolina, will go there live when we come back highest rated oprah Winfrey Show of all time. 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This building, wolf is a Milk Distribution Center that is going to suffer millions and millions of dollars in losses because take a look at where i am. This is the middle of the street is covered in mud as thick as two inches here. This is Meadow Drive Corner with huntsman plays. We are just to give you an idea of where we are wolf, were not too far from the historic 19th Century Biltmore Estate of course, of places does that attract not only tourists from around the country, from Around The World as well. And its been a very difficult few days for the people of asheville. Not only were they pummeled by the remnants of Hurricane Helene on friday, which brought about 12 inches of rain, but before that, wolf they hit already received rain of historic proportions between wednesday and thursday. They got as much as ten inches of rain. So you combine all of that and that explains what were seeing here. Also imagined this 400 rose in western North Carolina completely impassable in the last few hours, we also learned that 578 people have been sent to shelters because it is it is no longer safe for them to be in their homes that we see Emergency Vehicles like this, one, driving behind us. All over the place every so often we also hear Rescue Helicopters flying above us and sometimes it is