11,779. Thank you very much. Jeff zeleny. And thanks to all of you as always, ac36ts now tonight on 360 mile after mile destruction, heartbreak, and you have live reports and where helene hit the hardest and people from near and far who are answering the call for help. North carolina s governor joins us. So does chef jose andres also both presidential candidates address the disaster which won the former president playing politics with the relief effort by claiming the biden administration is playing politics with the relief effort. Plus israel ramps up airstrikes on lebanon and launches. Would they call a limited ground operation? good evening. Thanks for joining us. What began with exploding pagers and walkietalkies than the israeli air force killing hezbollah s leadership is now entering a new phase. Cnn s jeremy diamond is on the ground in northern israel right now. What are you learning tonight? is that israel begins this ground operation for months now, we have wondered whether or
It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
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Tapper starts now new Cnn Poll on the president ial race, and were going to dive in into it with you. Lead starts right now exactly. Six weeks to the day before Election Day new data revealing the strengths and weaknesses among different voting groups its for trump and for harris. But did Vice President harris just lose out on a key endorsement . A senator who backed biden is telling her Today Shame on you the explosive report on a new York Congressmen in a tight race for reelection, revealing that he reportedly put his Fiances Daughter and his lover on the Payroll Missouri Death Row Inmate just hours away from execution, even prosecutors are saying, however, he might be innocent so why is the States Governor essentially . Police saying, tough luck the lead. Im Jake Tapper and were going to start with a major development breaking in our Law And Justice Lead Today hey, Judge Tanya Chutkan, the federal judge in the January 6 case against Donald Trump, has ruled that she will allow the sp
Jessica dean in New York and we begin today with Vice President Kamala Harris agreeing to a october 23rd. Of course, just days before the election, harris is now challenging her political rival to another facetoface showdown. But its trump up for more. Were going to have more on that just a moment. Also Day Trump is campaigning in the key Battleground State of North Carolina as the republican candidate for governor in that state faces a major scandal. With just 45 days to go until Election Day. Cnns Steve Contorno is live in wilmington, North Carolina, where trump just wrapped up that rally. See first off, what did trump say about the possibility of this second debate with Vice President harris . Jessica Donald Trump wasted little time telling this crowd what he thinks of our offer for another debate. He said no, thank you. He said its way too close to the election. And while Vice President harris is eager to debate because shes called losing badly, he sees no reason to do it. Take a l