Very busy morning. I need to hand it off to Pamela Brown now, but pam, no shortage of news this week absolutely not, jim. And we just want to remind our viewers that were going to continue to cover the devastation from helene, jim in the media will cover stories and their complaints. We dont stay on it will work in a stay on it because there are a lot of people suffering right now as you have been reporting on in your show, in that suffering, sadly, its going to continue for weeks, for months as these small communities continue to rebuild after almost station. Absolutely. And its going to take a lot of time and a lot of resources from the federal government, State Government Theyve got to get on it. No question about it. They do. Im actually i had Governor Beshear of my Home State of kentucky on later in the show, were going to ask kim about it because as you know, in kentucky, my Home State, there has been devastating Storm Events that have caused a lot of damage and we tab it over th
Learned on Saturday Evening that the idf are discovered six bodies in the Gaza Strip and we were waiting identification of those. One of those has now been identified as hersch Goldberg Polin, the Israeli American who viewers may recall seeing in the wake of the hamas led Terrorist Attacks of october the seventh with half of his left arm blown off. He subsequently appeared in Hamas Hostage Video several months ago, his parents have been incredibly vocal. They appeared at the Democratic National Convention. Theyve met with President Biden and theyve been tireless in their campaign to get not just hersh released but also all of the hostages still remaining in the Gaza Strip released as well. The family of hersh put out a Statement Saying with broken hearts, the goldberg family, and the goldbergpolin family, excuse me, as devastated to announce the death if their beloved Son And Brother hersh, the family. Thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy at this time Presiden
The iranian consulate in damascus earlier this month, israels military says with the help of its partners, including the us and the uk, it intercepted some 99 of more than 300 missiles and drones and other projectiles launched by iran israeli war cabinet, ended a meeting today without reaching a decision, but determined to act. One member saying, israel will quote, exact a price at the time of its choosing, President Biden met virtually with g7 leaders today to discuss what he calls quote, an urgent diplomatic response and late lab as night biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu over the phone reaffirming the us is ironclad commitment to its ally, but making it clear, the us will not i participate in any Israeli Attack against iranian territory right now, Un Security Council is holding an emergency meeting. Un Secretary General rule called for restraint now is the time to diffuse and the escalates now is the time for maximum restraint we have a team of reporters here In Wash
You are in the, cnn newsroom. Hi, everyone. I am jessica dean in washington and we begin this hour at the white house President Biden unexpectedly on his way back to the white house right now, were turning from delaware to meet with his National Security council over rising tensions in the middle east. Us officials including biden himself warned and iranian attack on israeli territory could be coming within the next few days leaving both the us and Israeli Forces on high alert. And weve already seen some aggression this morning as ronnie and forces seized a Container Ship with ties to an israeli businessman. It was intercepted in the strait of hormuz. The only Shipping Routes that connects the persian gulf to the open ocean and joining us now senior White House House reporter kevin liptak and Senior International correspondent been wedeman. Lets talk to kevin first. We know the president is on the way back to the white house. How is it responding to this moment . As israel awaits of Po
learned who has made the debate stage for wednesday night, the fourth republican debate. also, george santos already has a new gig days after being ousted from congress. he is now making personalized videos for anyone who is willing to cough up the cash, labelling himself an icon. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. good evening. tonight, we are now just six weeks out from the first votes being cast in iowa and with former president donald trump still holding onto a significant lead in the 2024 gop primary, he s not only sharpening his rhetoric, using the language of autocrats, he also appears to be making a concerted effort to accuse president biden of what he himself stands accused of doing, undermining democracy. but joe biden is not the defender of american democracy. joe biden is the destroyer of american democracy. and it s it s him and his people. they re the wreckers of the american dream. the american dream is dead with them in office. the bide