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I see Khan Cnn News central starts right now tragedy. The race to provide relief across a Half Dozen states battered by her Hurricane Helene the Death Toll now at 95, we will speak to the government were of North Carolina were the hardest hit states this hour. And President Biden will address the nation this morning, breaking overnight, new israeli airstrikes as new signs and murderers that israel could be preparing for a Ground Invasion and final day of prep for what could be the last debate of the president ial election season. New Report Morning and what j. D. Vance and Tim Walz are doing today . Im Kate Bolduan with John Berman and sara sidner. This is Cnn News central southeast are facing and indescribable to destruction after Hurricane Helene tore a path of devastation from florida to virginia. At least 95 people across six states have died. Many more people are unaccounted for this hour and officials believe the Death Toll will rise, right now, utility crews are working around the clock to try to restore power. But nearly 2 Million customers are still in the dark with hundreds of roads and bridges across the region damaged or covered by Debris Thousands of people are stranded, Cut Off from badly needed supplies in North Carolina, at least 36 people are dead and officials have received more than 1,000 reports of people who are missing. Helenes Powerful Winds and floodwaters ripped homes from their foundations, causing landslides and wiping entire Mountain Towns from the map and we watched it from the edges happens come push through these walls . Take out buildings and move them in tyre areas over. As we assess the damage, this is looking to be Buncombe Countys own Hurricane Katrina we have a biblical devastation through the county. Weve had flooding here and it has been extremely significant wow Cnns Rafael Romo is joining us now from asheville. What are you seeing this morning . We are seeing these pictures of this just immense flooding which authorities are calling biblical flooding. What can you tell us this morning . Yeah, thats right. Sara, thats how officials here in Buncombe County are describing the situation is a scene of devastation everywhere. You see hard to show you right now because its still very dark here. There is no power whatsoever. Especially in this area where we are not too far from the historic biltmore estate, One Of The Bestknown areas in town here in asheville. And we got the news overnight, the very sad news, sara, a Buncombe County officials saying that f 30 people in this county alone have died, which brings the total in North Carolina closer to 40 people. And you were mentioning at the beginning, if we count the people who have died in the southeastern states, were talking about a figure that is getting close to 100 now. What now here the situation is getting better very, very slowly. No water for most people here in town, still no power. But communications are getting better. People had no Cell Phone Reception at all for the last couple of days. I was talking to a family, yes or yesterday, they have a relatives and sarasota put a florida they havent even been able imagine this era to call them to let them know that theyre okay. We were trying to use our Satellite Phone and we still couldnt reach them. And the city has announced that two Cell Phone carriers are going to bring Satellite Trucks here to provide temporary communications for people. So people but we will be able to go to those Satellite Trucks to be able to call their families spot imagine this at thousand calls to the 911 Emergency Service System to let officials know that they have a loved one, a relative who is missing. Now, most most of those people are probably okay, its just that they have enabled to reach them the other thing here in this desperate situation, sara, is the fact that it is very difficult to bring Food And Water to some of the areas surrounding asheville to the mountain communities because some of the roads are still impassable he talked to a few people here in town about what its been like for them to go through this and this is what they have to say broke out in tears, undescribable. I dont know. It just was covered in litter and trees and mud and its stinky and it was all The Way up the street appear here. It just looks like the bottom of a River It was crazy. The water came all The Way up to the top of our driveway and usually you might see a little bit of flooding down at the bottom of the street but it came up. I mean, another 15 feet more than that me leave you with some good news. We were talking about 400 impassable roads in the county as of saturday, the Figure Last Slide was 280, so slowly, but surely theres some progress theyre now back to you. But it is still an incredible amount of work that needs to be done. And were seeing asheville where you are, but this is the entire community surrounding asheville as well. There are so many places devastated by this. Thank you so much. Rafael romo. Appreciate your reporting there. Lets go now to the Middle East where this morning there are increasing fears that an all Out Regional War is coming after sure. Israeli airstrikes hit within the City Limits Of Beirut For The First Time in a long time, the strike overnight hit a major intersection and just a short time ago, hezbollah announced that the Terror Group will be naming a new leader to succeed Hassan Nasrallah as soon as possible is how they put it. And noteworthy, the first anniversary of hamass October 7 Terror Attack on israel, that hezbollah supported is now just one week from today. Cnns Ben Wedeman is live in beirut at the scene of these latest strikes. Ben, tell me what youve seen, what youre seeing, and what youre hearing were apartment, the sixth floor of this building . Totally destroyed the according to the ministry how four people were killed and the popular front for the liberation of palestine, a palestinian faction says if three of their members were killed now its significant that the pflp really hasnt been very active in this war, certainly from lebanon, but nonetheless, plus israel took those men out in the early hours of the morning. What is also significant about this strike is it . First time since hostilities ramped up that there has been a strike outside the southern suburbs of beirut where hezbollah has a large presence so what we also heard in within the last two hours, he was from naim qassem, whos the one of the senior debt happy pds of Hassan Nasrallah, who gave what appears to have been a recorded speech in which he didnt seem to be indicating any willingness of his bola to cease fire to agree to a ceasefire. He said that as far as the organization goes, despite repeated Body Blows of course, the killing of the leader of the group. He said, we did not collapse. We are going on despite the pain and sacrifices. He said hezbollah will continue confronting israel in support of the palestinian people, gaza and the people of lebanon. So no indication from his bullets at this point that its going to change course despite the blows it has sustained. In the last two weeks im from there, Ben Wedeman on the ground for us. Ben. Thank you very much john. All right. It is the eve of the Vice President ial debate and we have new reporting on what has Tim Walz feeling nervous . And does Donald Trumps new plan to fight climb include a purge you know, if you had one day, like one real rough nasty day with the drugstores as an example, all these tours go out of business, right . They dont pay rent that the city does have a whole chain of events. Its so bad one rough hour. And i mean real rough. 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Vance, campaign made a point of telling folks last night that buttigieg as well wearing a cheap red tie, he has not grown a beard adds, its not full method as he gets into this prep in the final stages here. But walz is someone who has been in politics a long time. I were back in august when harris picked him that one of the things that he said in their Vetting Interview was, im not a good debater and ill tell you from reporting that i done since as you mentioned, he has continued to be nervous about this debate, really feeling like he needs to think about all the things of how he gets his points across. It gets it into two minutes. What is Resting Phase Looks like when hes not speaking and all of that because he really is number one devoted to the idea that donald Trump Cant get back to the White House, and that he doesnt want to let Kamala Harris down, make sure that she feels like hes done his work for her. So in introducing her and continuing to talk about her work as the prospective president here and making sure that thats the role that he has as the running mate. But even last week, i was in New York at a fundraiser that Tim Walz was doing at an apartment there, and he said, after i left the room, i heard he said to someone who asked Hows Debate prep going and said, look, i was trained as a teacher, as a teacher were trained to answer the questions tell our students to answer the questions. Thats not what this is. So walz really trying to fit himself into this somewhat awkward always thing of a nationally televised debate. Big risk people to judge, not growing the beard for the debate prep. That we will see. We will see maybe what it all comes down to. Its going to come down to the beer isaac, that is interesting performing. One wonders if its expectation setting, but we shall see terrific work. Thank you. 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Theres also new polling this morning that shows twothirds of americans believe Health Care is not getting enough attention in this election. Joining me now is cnns meg tirrell. Give us some sense of what we see this polling. Give us some sense of what harris is saying. Yes, there. I mean, this Isnt Something that weve heard come up as much as perhaps you would expect in the president ial debates so far. And we are seeing that in these Polling Data this morning, theres a new poll from Gallup And West health and what it finds this was done in september of about 3,000 people is about 67 of us adults say they dont think that Health Care is getting enough attention in this 2024 president ial election cycle. That is true that a majority of people believe that across political parties, although it is most pronounced among democrats, the Poll Finds 78 of democrats believe that 67 of independents, but still 53 of republicans, so that they dont think Health Care hes getting enough attention in this election cycle. They also drilled down on key issues and which candidate different Party Members said that they trusted the most on key issues like access to care insurance coverage, increasing quality of care, lowering the price of prescription drugs. This broke down among Party Lines as one might think, democrats were more so likely to think harris would do better on those republicans were more likely to think trump would do better on those. They were slightly more likely to Trust Harris independents though. Onethird of them, so that they didnt trust either candidate on these issues. So it kind of shows theres a lot of room there to be talking more about this and to win some folks over im when i said they were more likely to Trust Harris, independence maybe slightly were leaning toward harris on those, but still that third said that he didnt trust either candidate, sara. I dont care. Obviously affects every single person who would be going to the polls or otherwise what are the Poll Find are the most important Health Care issues for americans . Yeah, they drilled down each one of these in the top one is protecting medicare and social security. They found 63 of folks that was the most important are among the most important issues for them in this election, 57 said lowering the cost of Health Care, 47 said lowering Drug Costs and 43 that said increasing mental Health Care access where a lot of people in this poll said that, that should become more affordable and more accessible. But this was particularly pronounced among older voters who wanted protection for medicare, sara. Yeah, thats very clear, but it is interesting to mental Health Care. You dont always see that in pulling, it really is a huge issue in this country. Meg tirrell. Thank you so much. Its bringing that to us this morning. Appreciate you sports friends. Lets get to it. The fate of three teams hangs in the Balance Today and major league baseball, the braves are hosting the mets and a doubleheader. They were originally set to play last week before being postponed by 13 helene, the winner of Game One automatically goes to the playoffs. Thats the easy part. What happens next, according to everyone, especially meet gets complicated. To sum it up, if the team split the doubleheader, meaning they both win one the mets and the braves both are in the playoffs. And arizona will then end up being on the outside, looking in you get it. Great. One player has happily already in the post on the postseason roster. Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani the japanese superstar, tallied still number 59 of the season this weekend, he finishes the regular season as the national League Leader and Home Runs and rbi ending up just shy if hitting the Batting Average mark for the triple crown, is that missing a metaphor . Yes nevertheless, his regular season defied all odds, all expectations according john, all human ability. Its, you see makes it look so easy. Youre not supposed to do what he doesnt, by The Way, he also pitches really well. He took the entire season off from pitching is One Of The Best pictures and hes like also like a Master Chef for it cooks really well whos bluish . Thats especially its, just to say. It was morning. We are finally getting our first look at some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. Weve got new video just in of the catastrophic damage and the the u. S. 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Switch today is right under your nose whats your name again every weekday morning, here are the five things you need to know to start your day, get the news, you need about this for an Earnings Call headlines in fighting ive minutes or less cnns five things with Kate Bolduan, Streaming Weekdays on cnn. Com and max this morning, much of the american southeast is just reeling still today from the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene. Some of the images coming out about the reality that people are facing in their communities are just simply hard to believe at least 95 people are confirmed dead, 36 deaths in North Carolina alone. Hundreds of people are still unaccounted for and were talking days later, Power And Cell service systems have been crippled as the storms just tore through all of these states, just look at these images cities like beautiful asheville, North Carolina have seen some of the worst of it this is the most devastating thing ive ever seen her whole city thank that the loss of Lives Fact that if you dont have cash, you cant get anything. Weve gotten to stores, waters out isis out. People slept overnight at Gas Stations like i feel like weve never seen this before and i know that we dont really, truly know the numbers of the loss of life here. Its been devastating painting your heart just breaks, joining us right now is the democratic governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper Governor my heart is breaking. Everyones heart is breaking for people in your state. I mean, you describe last night the situation is a devastating catastrophe of historic proportions. And i have to say no when youve for a long time, you are not one for hyperbole when you speak that way, talk to me about what whats the latest there and what is making this one so bad . Well this is an unprecedented storm and its causing us to have an unprecedented response we are coordinating a multistate multi local, federal response, where we are surging Search And Rescue teams help Rescue People who are still stranded, but cant communicate because Cell Phone service is down, were working to surge supplies in i will be heading in this morning. We were bringing even more surprised such supplies surging them into asheville airlifting them into areas that are unreachable by land the emotional and physical hole. Here is indescribable. I will be talking with people this morning. Im going to head to one of the hospitals to Mass Feeding Site to get oneonone from people whats happening to them, right now. I will be taking with me and Fema Director criswell, who will be with us we plan to starlink can talk with President Biden while we are there. I talked with both President Biden and Vice President harris last night. They pledged their full support. This is going to be a tremendous effort in the short run. But looking at it in the long run with the hundreds of roads that are destroyed communities that were wiped off the map we have to make sure that we get in. There are smart about rebuilding doing it in a more resilient way. But right now, were concentrating on saving lives and getting supplies to people who desperately, desperately need them you talked about i think the latest number i saw was last night was there a 280 roads that are closed . Closed makes it sound like quick mean some of these roads are completely decimated in wiped out in North Carolina put that into perspective. Because it seems that some communities are completely Cut Off yeah, a lot of communities are completely Cut Off and that number has gone up this morning. Its very difficult to tell with all of the floodwaters. And by The Way, rivers are still rising so the danger is not over. The flooding is likely not over. And we are sending a stern message to people, consider the roads closed in western North Carolina. We do not need sightseers coming into observed the damage we asked you not to come in unless you are on a specific mission to help with rescue we were saving the roads that we have and that we can use to get people to get supplies and to get our utility trucks. And two cut the power back on to help put up the cell service. The lack of communication is concerning. We knew a lot of people have Loved Ones that they have not heard from. And we believe most of them will be okay because there have been a lot of welfare checks by local officials because they get reports and i just not not heard from my Son And Daughter and 72 hours and well, checks are going on and The Call goes back that they are okay. They are at home they are isolated, they cant Get Out, but they are okay. And but we know that there are people missing and we know that theres going to be significant fatalities at the end of this and are prayers and our hearts go out to these families. Its such a horrible situation for them, but what they expect from us its to coordinate this effort. This is what you prepare for. The problem is that in the mountains of North Carolina are beautiful. But there is a lot of rugged terrain on a sunny, beautiful day. And when landslides have occurred and flooding has occurred its almost impossible to traverse. So were depending a lot on Airpower Helicopters with hoist capacity to get supplies in a lot of coordination that is going on. Our national guard fully activated we are grateful to the people from at least 19 states who are here to help help us fema is on the ground. We will be with them today individual Assistance Hasnt has come on so people can go to direct assistance. Gov and apply for assistance a lot to do right now. And im getting ready to leave from right here and go go continued to work on it all right. Governor, youre going to get your eyes on more of what you and the state is dealing with today. And were so sorry, but we are really thank you for coming on today. Youve got a huge huge job ahead of you today and for weeks to come. Thank you so much thank you very much. Kate for more information about how you can help Hurricane Helene victims go to cnn. Com impact, or you can text a storm to 707070 to donate sara let me just bear. Unbelievable. There are now concerns of retaliation from iran after the israeli strike that killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. This has led the pentagon to adjust its Military Posture, boosting its air support, and increasing Troop Readiness yes, iran retaliate cnns Arlette Saenz is joining us live from the White House. How is the White House viewing what has been happening in this moment . It is not just the death of nasrallah, but there are other areas that israel has targeted there are sara and President Biden is focused on trying to prevent this precarious situation on in from spreading into a wider conflict that could engulf wolf the entire region. That is something that the administration has feared since the beginning of this conflict, nearly one year ago and a us official tells cnn that in this moment, won a major area of concern is the possibility that iran could be planning an attack in the wake of israels killing of Hezbollah Leader. Leader Hassan Nasrallah. Now the u. S is starting to take steps to work on joint Defense Efforts with israel, including possible changes to us Military Posture with the hope that i could potentially ward off any attack by iran. Now this us official did not exactly laid out what kind of attacked they are expecting or the specific moves that the u. S would be making. But the Pentagon Yesterday did say that if iran or any of its proxies tries to use this moment to target american person now or interests that the u. S. Would disband to ensure that theyre keeping their personnel safe. They have noted that they have significant capabilities in the region, including a Carrier Strike Group on saturday President Biden held a call all with his national Security Team and Vice President Kamala Harris to evaluate the situation in the Middle East, to review what the Military Posture is in the region. And just yesterday, he made clear to reporters that his first priority is trying to prevent this conflict from spreading even wider. Take a listen out war in the Middle East to be avoided already taken portions relative to our embassies and personnel will want to leave but were not there yet, but were working like hell with the french and many others thanks now that last comment there is a reference to the united states hope that there could still be some type of diplomatic solution to prevent this war from spiraling even further into the region. President biden said he also plans to speak with israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon, though officials have not detailed hailed exactly when that will happen. But the u. S. Is certainly watching this very closely as they are hoping to prevent any wider war in the region. Yeah, you heard biden say that theyre going to fight like hell to try to keep this from turning into a wider regional war. Thank you so much, Arlette Saenz live from the White House for us right with us now, Senior Editor for bloomberg, Bobby Ghosh and cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general Mark Hertling general, let me start with you because we are getting these reports israeli Armor Massing at the northern border of israel, right by lebanon there, the question is, if there is an incursion into lebanon on how far and to what end and thats a tough question to answer. I mean, in the past israel has gone as far north as beirut. They have also gone to the litani river, which is about 40 kilometers to the north of the israelilebanon border. So were seeing what what does israel you want to do. How do they want to do it . Is it with their forces, our Ground Forces so far theyve been very successful in striking many of the Missile And Rocket launch facilities within southern lebanon. Theyve also destroyed most of the Hezbollah Command and control infrastructure. Its just been amazing how many targets they have hit that really critically terminated a lot of their Command And Control. Theyre also striking in yemen against the houthis last night, they had several israeli Air Force fighters, as well as refuelers going to yemen. Youre also seeing it. Can can you in strikes in gaza and the potential for strikes from Supply Lines between syria and lebanon. And theres also the concern about the pmf forces in iraq. So israel has its hands full today. I dont think were going to see a Ground Incursion anytime soon. And i think thats what President Biden was talking talking about when hes trying to prevent a more regional conflict which may turn if israel does unleash forces in southern lebanon, even though they are prepared to do that as general hertling was talking, bobby, i was xing out all the areas of possible concern for israel and i didnt even touch iran, which is over there. We did just hear from the deputy of hezbollah moments ago giving a Tape Speech there in terms of response, either from hezbollah or from if youre looking at the entire region from iran, what do you think the will and the capabilities are right now . Well, the capabilities at the moment are in disarray because of israels successful targeting of the leadership and the Communications Infrastructure and also as general hertling was pointing out, all of the military infrastructure on the border the political necessity is dead for whoever becomes the leader, the new leader of his malar, that group has been severely damaged over the last couple of weeks. Its fighters have been killed, its leaders have been killed, its people the civilian Support Base has been, has been the into sort of apple panicking and running towards the north. So that group needs to reassert some authority, reassert some prestige. And so whoever becomes a leader will be on a lot of pressure to find some kind of action quickly, some low Hanging Fruit if they Cant Strike at israel then theyre going to have to find Somebody Something closer to a domestic rival and this is a country, lets remind ourselves with lots of history of sectarian and middies. Thats the thing i fear most that they will pick on somebody smaller, Somebody Close at hand just to make a statement, we are still here. We can still do damage, but maybe even inside lebanon, there creates even more instability. There. General, the israeli Air Force put this video out on twitter of this plane, which they indicated on twitter with some of the airstrikes, the likes of which ultimately took out the Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. You can see that the huge bombs there on that plane. Im curious what further constraining factors now for israel as they consider what to do next inside lebanon well, theyre constraining factors is not so much the size of the munitions, john, when they struck the headquarters of nasrallah the other day that was underneath an apartment building. So they have i do Strike It with a very large munition Youll Youll see it now. It was devastating, but what youre talking about is gathering intelligence, showing that almost the entire group of Command And Control from hezbollah were in that meeting. So you take the risk and say, were going to Strike It hard. Were going to get all of them. This isnt a Precision Strike when you see that kind of munition like youre showing right now that tells me theyve got some pretty good targets, but theyre either deeply buried or they have to hit entire buildings. Interestingly enough to israeli intelligence also put out the fact that this strike against hezbollah meeting their headquarters was about 50 meters away from a un pound and about 53 meters away from a school. So you see hezbollah doing the same Thing Weve seen hamas do over the last year and placing their headquarters, their meeting places. Their fighters within the civilian infrastructure. And so this it has to be considered when youre talking about not only striking targets with large munitions, but also the fact that as soon as that target was struck, hezbollah continued to fire rockets into israel. So this war is not onesided at all. Israel has been very precise, more so in lebanon than they have been in Gaza Strike i came targets with the right type of munitions and being more surgical in their approach, even though it appears to be a devastating, strikers are showing on the screen right now, you know, very quickly bobby, you can see the range of hezbollah munitions into israel. This is different than it was 20 years ago. You know, hezbollah can strike anywhere in its really, i guess my question then is, what does a Ground Incursion from israel actually accomplished . You think . Well, what weve seen so far as israel has been particularly targeting those sites from where hezbollah might fire off those missiles and drones and rockets and a Ground Weve also heard reports of ground in sort of small operations going into those areas and taking out those muscling sides there was one missile. Remember last week that hezbollah fired off in the direction of tel aviv, it was symbolic. It was, it was just hezbollah showing were here. Weve got this range, weve got this, these munitions, but all of those are the individual commanders were in charge of those Rocket Silos and missile silos. They all have to know that the moment they raise their head above Ground Israel is close at hand to take them out and right now, thats the real concern. Theres also concern about their communications, but they trust any communications coming from anywhere. They know their pagers dont work or if they work not in the waiting want to the walkietalkies are compromised. How do they communicate . So its not just as as general hertling will be the first to say its not well, just about having the weapons. Its about having Command And Control. Its having communications and mission discipline. And right now, none of those things are true of hezbollah. But to go great to see you, general hertling as always. Thank you very much ahead for us. Donald trumps latest crime and justice suggestions, Strategy Calling for an hour of violence what is he actually getting at here . Thats coming up tell you about Life Insurance through the colonial Penn Program if your age 50 to 85 and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget remember the three ps what are the three ps the three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget . Our price, price and price. 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But this is who Donald Trump is and whats interesting about this is that these attacks came all really following her Border Visit on friday. So donald from had a series of rallies this weekend, some in wisconsin yesterday, we saw him in erie, pennsylvania, and all of his remarks really painted a very dark picture of a mayor erica, now we know that is something that Donald Trump has done time and time again. But his comments really stuck or struck a different tone this weekend. And part of the reason i bring up harris, his Border Visit on friday is because it has Donald Trump has been fixated on that and it has struck, i believe, some what of a nerve with him. Know that that is true . Prf that Donald Trump considers his own. And even as she was vowing to crack down on security at the border to revisit asylum procedures. Donald trump really turned his fire on her in a way that we havent seen in awhile with calling her mentally impaired. We know that Donald Trump often first to biden as mentally impaired and questions his mental capabilities, but now hes doing that for harris and we did see many republicans really pushed back on this on sunday, you saw Lindsey Graham saying that he needs to focus on attacking the issues tom emmer, who has been helping j. D. Vance prepare for the debate. All of them saying this is not the solution here. This is not the strategy, but Donald Trump again, this is what he does when a train. Thank you so much, alayna much more to come on this sir. All right. The Vice President ial debate fast approaching. We will see tim Walz And J. D. Vance go headtohead Tomorrow Night, but Kamala Harris does not want but to be the final big national Tv Moment in the campaign. She wants another president ial debate and its trying to go Donald Trump into it. Listen their debate should not be the last word. Im trying to debate Donald Trump again in Las Vegas phone she also ran this ad during the Georgia Alabama Football game this weekend winners never back down from a challenge. Champions know its any time, any place. But losers, they whine and waffle and take their ball home. Well, donald, i do Hope Youll reconsidered to meet me on the debate stage. If you have something to say is joining me now pete seat, former white House Spokesperson for george w bush, and julie roginsky, democratic strategist, pete, im going to begin with you will the american people see another president ial debate before the election . I think a lot of that depends on what happens Tomorrow Night between j. D. Vance and Tim Walz, if j. D. Vance gets the job done and remains fixated on torching the Biden Harris Record and getting the american people to ask themselves, are you upset about the economy, about inflation . And about immigration . Then youre upset with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, and you should not vote for them if he can get that message clearly across, which is not a message that Donald Trump has been getting across clearly, then we probably wont have a second president ial debate. But if Donald Trump thinks that j. D. Vance does not delay deliver, i think there are pretty good chances that will see that second debate that is a really interesting argument and were all looking forward to the debate. Julie, i just want to ask you. We just heard from alayna treene. We heard the words of Donald Trump, which im not going to repeat about Kamala Harris because they are unhinged and unfair when it comes to her mental stability. But i do want to ask asked you if this is showing us that its getting under his skin, that she is trying to take on the border issue, which he is polling very well with when it comes to immigration yeah look, i mean, clearly the tax about his Mental Health or getting to him and hes projecting this is what he does. And George Conway and others whove made a big deal about the fact that he has mentally unstable. Clearly has gotten under his skin look, you can judge for yourself as to who does hinge candidate here is in terms of what shes doing with immigrations, shes just trying i see look, shes not going to win that battle. Shes incumbent Vice President. But she has to do just enough politically to take some voters away from him on that issue. And i think shes doing that much. Hes glad shes gotten fairly even with him on the economy. And some poles who are trying to do the same on immigration as she has to keep repeating a very basic fact, which is we would have had an Immigration Deal had Donald Trump supported it, but he killed it in the senate. A varying jim lankford, a very conservative republican orchestrated what is the strongest global Immigration Deal we would have had in generations. And Donald Trump called up and said, i dont want this because i want chaos at the border, because i want to run on this issue if Thats Something that shes able to repeat over and over and over again. She has voters will understand that really the person who is at fault here in trying to arrest any kind of Immigration Chaos is Donald Trump ultimately, pete, that is one of those issues that she keeps hammering home. I do want to talk to you about nbc news. Is latest poll well, theres some notable numbers on how harris is doing with latino voters. Shes leading the demographic by 14 points over Donald Trump, but that margin lower than the exist in these polls than previous elections for the democratic nominee, biden won latino voters by 33 points in 2020 according to exit polls, clinton won by even more than that in 2016 how concerned should she be first usually about these numbers . Its a concern. I have sat through Focus Groups over the last decade with latino voters, and i can tell you from just being in those Focus Groups, latino voters are incredibly pragmatic theyre all about. I want my pothole fixed and my street and i want it now, first of all, i hate talking about latino voters right away because you dont have much in common with guatemalas and so on and so forth. So but if thats how were going to characterize them in polling, i would say that democrats i havent sounding the alarm and this with democrats for a decade because ive seen the erosion happening and its real. And i would say that regardless of what happens in november, democrats need to take a very hard look over the next months and years. In trying to bring those voters back into the democratic fold because they are, they are seeping and theyre going to continue to see from democratic party unless we really, really, really prioritize getting the back pizzi, i would get to you, run out of time, but i will say i think she made some of the points that you may have made as well in all fairness, appreciate