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Im John Berman and tallahassee, florida. This is our special live coverage of now tropical storm helene, a pass not far from me in tallahassee overnight as a hurricane. But look at what it is doing now In Atlanta a Flash Flood Emergency can see in place for atlanta, eight inches of rain there so far, several inches more expected the mayor, Andre Dickens told us moments ago, stay inside, do not go out On The Road boats In Atlanta right now because those pictures right there, that is what you will face rising dangerous waters you know what were going to check in with florida governor Ron Desantis to get an update on what the storm did in this state. Listen which took a similar track. It was similar strength, maybe a little bit weaker. But you are seeing significantly more stern Storm Surge in places like Tampa Bay. Were also saw major Storm Surge, of course, in the Big Bend region. We did report that there was a Traffic Fatality last night we also this morning can report that theres been another fatality reported in Dixie County due to a tree falling on the home during the storm overnight, as soon as the storm as soon as it was safe to do and even in many cases probably wasnt perfectly safe to do. Search and rescue operations were conducted to help people that were in distress and transport them to safety. These missions continue. But weve had thousands of mission successfully completed in the overnight hours throughout the state this is our local First Responders. This is local in conjunction with State Assets and State Assets directly going in and effectuating rescues. And thats the National Guard thats florida fish and wildlife. Thats all the assets we had available to help support these rescue efforts. And all the calls that any State Officials responded to last night, we were able to find the person or people or pan pets and bring them to safety. And so thats a contrast from some of the things that we saw. For example, at hurricane ian. Now its still early theyre going to have those folks who were responding to those calls. Theyre going to be doing broader Search And Rescue in those areas that did get hit with significant Storm Surge and see if theres any any other problems or if theres any folks that are still left behind. But as of now we dont have reports of that. And so those missions were successful and those missions saved a lot of lives. So i want to thank all the First Responders are folks working for the sheriffs department, fire rescue. Of course, all our State Assets, everyone was ready to go and it made a big difference for what was really historic Storm Surge in different parts of the state. We have currently as of 6 00 a. M. A. M. 1. 24 million accounts without power throughout the state of florida. Since the storm has begun, there have been 1. 16 million accounts that have already been restored as of 6 00 a. M. We have 382,000 accounts for duke, 284,000 for the coops, 253,000 for the muniz 233,000 for fpl, 77,000 for teco and 11,000 for fpu so those Restoration Efforts are underway. Theyve been really been gone to going on the entire time as, as people have lost power. And so i think youre going to see some, some progress on that throughout today as of now, we have a number of severely impacted counties with over 30 of the power out alachua, 55 out baker at 6 bradford, 65 out citrus, 34 out clay 33 out columbia, 99 out dixie, 92 , gilchrist, 87 hamilton, 99 , jefferson at 3 , lafayette, 81 , leon, 44 levy at 83 , liberty, 33 , madison, 99 , nassau, 57 , pinellas, 41 polk, 33 , sawani, 99 , taylor, 99 union at 86 . What cosine to florida governor Ron Desantis give an update on the impacts from what Hit Florida as Hurricane Helene as a category four storm big Bend Area of florida, 140 mile an hour, winds at impact. Governor desantis reports now two deaths in florida from this storm. We understand five deaths overall as you move up north into georgia and North Carolina, the governor reporting more than 1 Million customers currently without power in florida, although the power has been restored to another million who had lost power at one point, the Storm Surge along the coast, Tampa Clearwater South record setting worst maybe in some cases, then they were expecting still assessing some of the damage. There hundreds and hundreds of water rescues overnight. Now how the storm has moved up into georgia and North Carolina. Lets get right to Isabel Rosales, who is in asheville, North Carolina witnessing really just serious treacherous rising water there. Isabel. Good morning to you. Hey, john. Good morning to you. I just spoke to you like a couple of minutes ago. I dont know if you remember the manhole then but look at this now completely overwhelmed all of these Drainage Systems overwhelmed by all of the Storm Surge. This is actually on higher grounds. You can see the water just continuing to come over here and pooling into low lying areas. Look at that Drainage Venting System over here. This is just going to get worse and theres a few conditions at play here asheville has two major rivers here. This want to know, know a river and then also the French Broad River levels for the river even before helene impacts were felt here were at ten feet tall through helene. Experts here are forecasting it to reach another ten feet. Then you had all of this rainfall that came in around wednesday again, a different Storm System that poured over eight inches were expecting with that and then he lead for over 20 inches of rainfall to fall. Were looking at a one in 1,000 Year Rain Event here the national Weather Service has warned people that this is going to be a significant Weather Event here, unlike what weve seen in modern times for this region. So the conditions are just getting worse and worse. I can see the water starting to come up higher. I can see Trash Cans back there. I dont know if the camera can capture that. Just starting to wall really with the winds to these like that heavy, powerful gusts of wind coming through. Officials are also worried about something else here with this mountainous area. And that is landslides i spoke with the Asheville Fire chief, Mike Michael Case yesterday. He told me that thats really his biggest fear. Hes worried that the sediment underneath these businesses, these homes, that are carved into the mountain sides that thats in a precarious situation. Hes worried that with all of this rain Storm Surge, thats going to get into the sediment it could lead to landslides and collapse. And collapse of these structures. Hes told me that theyve got a Fema Team here with them embedded with them at the ready. They are experts in Search And Rescue. If it comes to that, there is a Press Conference happening here in the 10 00 hour were hoping to get more details as to the send of the impacts here in the asheville area, john just extraordinary images from asheville, North Carolina. You can see the Drainage System they are simply overwhelmed in this will get worse as more rain falls there. Isabel rosales stay safe and continue to keep us posted and maybe continued to move to higher ground over the next several minutes. Lets go to atlanta now, cnn senior national correspondent Ryan Young is In Atlanta where there is a Flood Emergency as well. Brian, what are you seeing yeah, absolutely. John, look, the water has been just admits and people were surprised when they came out this morning and solve when weve been showing you these images of cars that have been flooded and this water has really threatened some of the homes here. In fact, i have two gentlemen who just waded through the water to get up to this location. I was asking you guys earlier. Obviously you had an email about your cars, but so you live back there, shelby the line and telling you how high the water . Yes. Im about five or ten were talking about threeandahalf, maybe four feet of water at its High Point were talking to sudans almost completely submerged hatchback is coming open and its insane. Where do you guys surprised this morning when you open your doors and you saw all of this what was your first class will be open the door. I was like, this is insane. This is like something you would see on the news and then i saw some cars underwater and i checked my car and i was very fortunate i parked at a High Point, so my car was not submerged. Yeah, there is a creek that runs behind this were in the bucket area. Tell me about the creaky saw last night even starting to go up a little yes. Actually, last afternoon, i went out there. It was pretty high and then i want again last night it was even higher and then i woke up this morning and the creeks all the way up to this level and flooded the whole Parking Lot crazy. You guys both told me youve never seen it like this before. You slept through it, were you surprised to see how dangerous this could have been, especially for the neighbors who live in the first floor . Yeah, absolutely its some of these apartments arent elevated like ours are in there youd probably see maybe a foot of water in there which is super unfortunate, were fortunate to be on the second floor but yeah. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Nice to meet you guys. So john, obviously youre talking to folks who had to wade through the water just to get to a dry location . The other. Side of this, Weve Seen Dozens of cars that Cant Move because they are still within the floodwater. We know this scene has been repeated throughout the city of atlanta. We know more within 25 rescues happen with the Atlanta Fire Department of being able to jump in this morning and actually had to use boats to get some people out of their homes. And when we have that video i think its going to be a lot of people going to remember of that baby that have been rescued from a car that happened early this morning as well. So you see that process in terms of them having to rescue people, were the water of more than eight inches coming into the Atlanta Area so very quickly and of course, were still expecting more rain. The good news is we have had heavy Wind Gusts so far but they havent been substantial in terms of sustaining themselves for several hours. So that has been the good part as with trees falling all across the Area And Power being out as you look back this direction and those men are getting to take that long walk back toward their apartment as they surveyed everything. But theyre going to have to go back in that waist deep water as i deal with those flooding situations john more of a Long Wade back to their apartment rather than a long walk at this point, given all the water there, Ryan Young at atlanta, keep us posted and again, the ground is so saturated they are itll be some time before its really safe to move about in the same its true. And tallahassee, i have to say we just heard some cracking up in the trees. Theyre making us wonder if maybe a branch or one of these williams that was waterlogged last night was beginning to fall, but it doesnt look like anything new is coming down there. Lets get to Cnn Meteorologist Allison Chinchar at the weather center allison, where is the storm . Now, how much more rain will bring particularly we were looking at asheville, North Carolina, Isabel Rosales just standing in gushing water there yeah. So its still going to be quite a while before they see an end to that rain. Now, atlanta might be a different story. Maybe start to see things begin to dry out here in about an hour or so from now and granted, theres so much water, its going to take time for that water to go away. Its going to be a different story for western North Carolina. Youve got some of these areas that are going to see rain for at least another two to three hours before it ends. And then states like tennessee and kentucky, where the bulk of the rain is just now starting to enter there. Its going to be quiet quite some time. You still have Tornado Warnings also in effect for portions of south and North Carolina. Thats going to continue throughout the rest of the day today. But the flooding is really going to be the biggest widespread concern. All of these areas where you see green, that is a flood watch, meaning the potential is there for flooding throughout the day today, the Red Color thats where flooding is ongoing theres already happening. Were seeing the water continue to rise over the streets. And then these white shaded areas, those are Flash Flood emergencies. That is the highest possible level you can get an a flood alert. You still have these two in effect for in and around the Atlanta Metro Area and some of the suburbs that go around it, then you have several, most of them western North Carolina, it appears heres to be under some type of Flash Flood Emergency that does include the city of asheville where Isabel Rosales is located, more of that rain is going to continue to funnel into those areas. But even after it ends, remember these things take time to go back down. The winds are also still gusting, almost 50 miles an hour, and colombia, 52 in charlotte, a lot of these areas still im going to be looking at the wind, the rain will end first. The wind will take at least another two to four hours before the wind starts to calm down, even after the rain has ended all right. Allison chinchar. Thank you very much for that update. Obviously, something thats going to be affecting people for some time with us now, is the mayor of tallahassee. Where i am John Dailey, mayor. Thank you so much for being with us. This may be the last time we talked because i get the Sense Tallahassee doing okay. This morning shining. That is for sure. And its a beautiful day outside yeah. Look, when the storm took a jog to the east, it made landfall 57 miles away from tallahassee. So we did not have the brunt of the storm you know, my thoughts and prayers are with my neighbors down on the coast over in taylor county, the good people over there. Nonetheless, we did we did have some damage. Weve got about 50,000 customers without power representing about 40 . Thats down from 50 earlier this morning. But look, hats off to the great men and women mean of the city of tallahassee out there on the frontlines. Our First Responders, the utility workers. They got out there to 3 00 in the morning as soon as the storm passed, did the initial assessment started working on the utility lines. Are Wastewater System worked or Water System worked or stormWater System worked. We had no flooding, no reported deaths but we do need to get out there and were putting the Electricity Backup so we can get everybody to turn back on. We had about 50 roads that were blocked so weve gotten a lot of work we need to do in this community by no stretch of the imagination, are we done . We have just begun, but it could have been much worse. That is correct. Mayor John Dailey have to say really was remarkable. We were out looking, starting at about 4 00 a. M. To see some of the damage. And already at that point, the trees were being removed from the roads, opened up again just incredible work, incredible preparation to make sure the city can get back on its feet. Mayor John Dailey. Thank you for hosting us. 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Some of the worst in perhaps more than a century are affiliate reported near ashevilles says Emergency Officials are urging people to stay home and off the roads were on the main Road Highway 1923 into canton behind ro is closed there. Hey, We County officials are asking me to tell you its a do not drive situation here in hey, we count either basically saying all roads right now, anyway, in hey, We County are closed consider them close. Dont leave your house. Youre in a safe place to stay there and look, our Isabel Rosales was standing in feet of water in asheville, North Carolina just moments ago. Hopefully she is moving to higher ground there and just up the road, colleen in Henry Wrath Bone took this video from canton North Carolina lets Take A Look. At that. Are you can see behind them is normally farmland in roads there just a dangerous Situation And Henry and colleen join us now. Thank you so much for being with us. I am glad youre safe. Tell us what you are seeing near your home get marked by videos was careful hours ago where its worst now. Im sure a lot worse. The river still coming out with somebody pretty vague the river. Is still Coming Up. Have you ever seen anything like this . Ive been here and have and bred this is its not worse really how many Ryans Cabin down and markets and river this keeps Coming Up when exposed to crest today, but It Trees are down on roads everywhere dont get out. If you dont have to keeps Coming Up, as you say, hows your Home Lot of about 600 of water in the basement that out . Once the quake, i know no, dont mess with it over and if our tree, doesnt fall into our neighbors house, they will be okay that were about to lose artery. Well, lets hope lets hope that doesnt happen. But you say that is a risk there if the river does keep rising what dangers does that pose . Well i mean, a lot of folks the biggest fine, you know, playfully homes destroyed hopefully everybody is evacuated out of the way. Nobody more dire damage. Youll be astronomical, im sure before its all over thats the Mood Playful County listen, henry colleen, please stay safe. Eye. Its gonna be some time, i think before this completely passes over. Thank you for sharing your story and sharing these pictures. So people have a sense of just how dangerous it is in, your part of the state. I dont think anyone see the storm quite like this as you said, and youve seen a lot there, so thank you so much for being with us well get that all right. Sara, the storm still causing so much damage, nowhere near out of danger in western North Carolina, sara, thats a really good point. While what a picture. Thank you so much. John berman. Moments from now, israels Prime Minister sure, well address the Un General Assembly amid the escalating conflict with hezbollah. 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But any moment now the Prime Minister will address the United Nations General Assembly as the complex intensifying between Israel And Hezbollah this morning with everyone worried about a huge war escalating, a regional war potentially, Israel Placed Tanks and other armored vehicles near the border with lebanon, signaling that they could potentially at some point if they decide go in on the ground. Plus we have seen overnight Air Strikes and this is in the middle of all the confusion surrounding Netanyahus Response to a potential ceasefire plan. Cnns chief national correspondent, alex marquardt, is outside of the the un. You have had some really excellent reporting on this. What can you tell us about what what i think the us thought was going to be a Ceasefire Announcement shortly appears to be a huge misunderstanding which is really hard to believe because there were several days of discussions of go stations earlier this week over what the White House then put out on Wednesday Night, almost triumphantly as this proposal for a 20 one day ceasefire, a truce of pause in the fighting to work on a diplomatic solution for the border between Israel And Lebanon, where Tens Of Thousands of people on both sides of the border have been displaced because of the last 11 months its of the fighting. Now, White House officials assembled a call on Wednesday Night. They said that it was an important breakthrough and then just hours later netanyahu essentially he dismissed it. He rejected. He said that the idf will continue fighting with full force using all of their might against hezbollah. And so weve been trying to make sense of this contradiction by the israelis that has certainly frustrated and disappointed us officials frankly, sara, the White House has not come up with a good explanation because theres israeli officials were very much involved in those discussions earlier in the week. So what was put on the table on wednesday was no surprise to them and yet here we have netanyahu appearing to not be on board with this plan to the White House is John Kirby told reporters just yesterday that they would not have put this plan on the table, they would not have made It Public if the israelis were not on board and he said that he believed that all parties were Negotiating Innocence your way. And yet here we have these conflicting attitudes towards this proposal. The israelis do appear to be trying to smooth it over. They put out a Statement Saying that they support this us led initiative. They thanked the u. S. For their involvement and they will continue the discussions in the coming days. So its clear that this is not yet a done deal. Certainly it does not appear to be imminent. Discussions are going to continue, so we will be on the lookout for anything that netanyahu says on this in the coming moments, hes the next speaker up here at the united nations. And then later on this afternoon, were going to be hearing also from secretary of State Antony he blinken, who will certainly be pushed on this. So lots more to come today, sarah. Yeah. I mean, its truly a bit of a diplomatic mess, if you will when it comes to the negotiations over the Cease Fire Hi are and what was expected. I do want to ask you what youre hearing from your sources about this concern of a regional war, because now were seeing that israel is amassing some of its tanks, some of its munitions on the border with lebanon and whenever a country does that, there is always the possibility that they go in on the ground which would create a fullscale war no, its a very significant concern on the u. S. Side and countless other countries here that is the main concern right now that not only will that conflict in lebanon escalate to include an israeli Ground Incursion, but that could lead to a much broader Potter Regional War that is what the u. S. And france and all these other countries that signed on to the statement on wednesday. And i are trying to explicitly avoid now we could see a scenario in which perhaps the israelis would pound hezbollah for the next few days from the air and then, and then turn their focus to this potential pause in the fighting that and right now appears to be the Bestcase Scenario but israel has made clear that they are willing to go in to lebanon on the ground. This is no longer a hypothetical. They have called up brigades. Their top generals have said that they are planning for a Ground Incursion. Should they get that order . And the u. S is now working as hard as it can to try to avoid that scenario. The secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with are Colleague Wolf Blitzer earlier today in an interview thats going to be airing today on cnn, saying that they want to avoid that a Ground Incursion because of that possibility of Escalation Collation that is, it is a major major concern that this conflict, not just in gaza, not just in lebanon, but it could expand in a much broader waste sara the whole region is on edge as are of course us officials and others concerned about what that means for them and their troops. Alex marquardt. Thank you so much for all your great reporting there outside the un for us. Now im talking back to john, who is tracking the remnants of helene, which are significantly causing significant problems over several states. John yeah, more than 3 Million customers without power across several states, more than 1 Million without power here in florida were getting reports of hundreds and hundreds of water rescues overnight. Thats what the Fema Administrator told us. Unprecedented flooding in clearwater, florida record Storm Surges and so so many coastal communities, lets get to cnns carlos suarez, who is in gulfport, florida this morning, carlos. You add a remarkable Day And Night yesterday as the Storm Surge pushed inland in ways that i dont think a lot of people were expecting even where you are, what are you seeing this morning . Yeah, john. So that Storm Surge yesterday at its peak was about six feet. And in fact we were at this very Location Yesterday Afternoon when it just became unsafe for us to stay here. And so we had to evacuate. We made our way inland. We are back out at the same location where we are were yesterday and to give you a sense of just how high the water was yesterday for our live location. My photographer george, was perched up just a top that stopped the top of the stairs there by the time we left yesterDay And Nightfall had fallen, hear the water was well above that line and so thats why all of this area here has been damaged. The National Guard is already here on the scene in gulfport. You can see theres at least 123 boats that were pushed out from the bay that now sit right near where a Volleyball Court used to be. And then here to my right, there is another boat that was pushed right into this casino. And then if you go over a little bit to your left, youll see all of the pier thats missing the doc thats missing. You can see where it came to a stop out here and you can see at the far end yet another sailboat that sits there. And then at the very, very end there, there is another member of the National Guard, the teams there were told are trying to Take A Look at all of this damage to get a better sense of exactly how much effort its going to take to try to start removing a lot of this debris. John, i can tell you that over in the st. Petersburg area in a really lowlying part of the city, were told that some water rescues have been taking place overnight and into the morning hours because officials were having a really the hard time getting some First Responders out there and then over in hillsborough county, home to tampa, the Tampa Bay area around there, the mayor was up in Tampa Police Helicopter and she got to look at some of the damage and you could see that the flooding. There is pretty widespread and its important to note, guys, that the storm stayed so the west of us. It was about 100 miles, if not more, to the west of pinellas county. This was not a direct hit and yet all of this damage was the result of the strong winds the Storm Surge, the rain that fell and just gives you a sense of how big this storm was considering that it wasnt really direct impact. Where we are right now. John yeah, that really is such a great point, carlos, your hundred miles from the center of the storm, yet still records Storm Surge where you are in gulfport, Standing Water is still all around you and those boats pushed into shore, carlos. Thank you so much for the work that youve done. Thats hundred and 50 miles south of where i am in tallahassee well, north of here in georgia, they are having serious issues with Rain And Flooding and power more than 1 Million customers because without power in georgia, with me now is Matthew Kent Spokesperson for georgia power, matthew. Thank you so much for being with us. Give us the latest update on how many customers are right now without power power, we have just over 700,000 customers without power. But the great thing is that we were able to restore power using our Smart Grid and just redirecting power to about 100,000 overnight into this point. So we are working king to get those powers, those customers back online crews be able to get out and get to work as enough of the storm passed through yet. So its safe yes. In the south . In the south georgia, we have demonstrate Damage Assessment crews out and looking at the lines right now, they will assess where the greatest need is first for the greatest number of people and we are crews are already out, but they will go to those places first to it makes sure that that power is back online. Purse and where is the area of greatest need . Do you have a sense of what metropolitan areas or cities or towns may have been hit the worst seeing quite a bit of a Power Outage in valdosta columbus, savannah. So those as the storm has moved through, most of that area, so we are able to start working on that area is the biggest challenge this morning always our Top Priority and keeping everyone safe, not just our alignment, but our customers as well as theyre waking up going to work stay off the roads. Also, if there is debris down, if Theres Water in your yard, stay out of that as well because that could be electrified if there is a downed Power Line somewhere nearby you very much. Im Gonna Go back to Sara Sidner now in New York thank you, john. Appreciate it. We are in just few seconds going to see israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take the podium and began addressing the United Nations General Assembly. The last as to speaker, just wrapping things up. This is coming. Of course, as the Middle East is embroiled in war and there is a huge concern that it will turn into a regional war as Israel And Lebanon fire back and forth. You can also hear protests in the room as the Prime Minister is about to speak. Lets listen in gentlemen come here this year. Is at War Fighting for its life but after i heard the lies and Slanders Level that my country, by many of the speakers at this podium i decided to come here and set the record straight decided to come here to speak for my people to speak for my country to speak for the truth and heres the Truth Israel seeks peace, Israel Urines for Peace Israel has made peace at will, Make Peace Again Face Savage enemies who seek or annihilation and we must defend ourselves against these savage murders our enemies seek not only to destroy us they seek to destroy our common civilization. And return all of us to a dark age of Tyranny And Terror when i spoke here last year i said we face the same timeless choice that moses put before the people of israel. Thousands of years ago as we were about to enter the Promised Land Moses told us that our actions will determine whether We Bequeath to future generations, a blessing or a curse and that is the choice we face today the curse of irans unremitting aggression or the blessing of a historic reconciliation between arab jew in the days that followed that speech the blessing i spoke of came into sharper focus on Normalization Deal between Saudi Arabia and israel seemed closer than ever but then came the curse of october 7 Thousands of iranianbacked hamas terrorists from Gaza Burst into israel in Pickup Trucks and motorcycles and they committed unimaginable atrocities. They savagely murdered 1,200 people they raped and mutilated women they beheaded men they burned babies alive they burned entire families alive. Babies, children, parents, grandparents in scenes reminiscent of the Nazi Holocaust hamas kidnapped 251 people from dozens of different countries, dragging them into the dungeons of Gaza Israel is brought home 154 of these hostages including a 100 and 117 returned alive i want to assure you we will not rest until the remaining hostages are brought home to some of their Family Members are here with us today. I asked you to stand up is Elie Stevie whose son edan, was abducted from the nova Music Festival. That was his crime a Music Festival these murderers monsters, took him kobe bernal, whose Son Jonathan was murdered, and his corpse, his corpse was taken into the junctions, into the Terror Tunnels of gaza, a corpse held hostage salima, loud trash, whose brother mohammad, A Brave Arab Israeli soldier, was murdered his body was taken to gaza and so as the body of the five times Daughter Inbar was brutally murdered at that same Music Festival with his sharon sharabi, whose Brother Yossi was murdered and praise for his older brother, ellie we still held hostage in gaza and whether stu is hes are lifted from kibbutz nir oz, the kibbutz that was wiped out by the terrorist thankfully, we achieved the release of his mother yocheved. But his father were dead, is still languishing in an underground Terrorist Helm of hamas i can promise you. We will. Your turn, your Loved Ones home. We will not spare that effort until this holy mission is accomplished. Ladies and gentlemen the curse of October 7 began when hamas invaded israel from gaza but it didnt end there israel will soon force to defend itself and six more war france, organized by iran on october 8, hezbollah taxes from lebanon. Since then, they fired over 8,000 rockets at our towns and cities, at our civilians, and our children two weeks later the iranbacked houthis in Yemen Launch drones and missiles at israel. The first of 250 such attacks including one yesterday, aimed at Tel Aviv iran, Shiite Militias in Syria And Iraq have targeted israel dozens of times over the past year as well fueled by iran palestinian terrorists in Judea And Samaria perpetrated scores of attacks there. And throughout israel last april. For the first time ever, iran directly attacked israel from its own Territory Firing 300 Drones Cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at us i have a message for the tyrants of tehran if you strike us we will strike you there is no place no place in iran that the long arm of Visual Cannot reach and thats true of the entire Middle East far from being lambs led to the Slaughter Israel soldiers have fought back with incredible courage and with a row exact suffice. And i have another message for this assembly and for the world outside this hall we are winning as israel defends itself against iran and the seven front war the lines separating the blessing and the curse could not be more clear this is the map i presented here last year its a map of a blessing it shows israel israel and its arab partners for me, the Land Bridge connecting Asia And Europe between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea across this bridge we will, lay re Lines Energy pipelines, Fiber Optic cables. And this will serve the betterment of 2 Billion people now, look at this second Map Look at the second map, its a map of a curse its a map of an archived terror that iran has created an imposed from the Indian Ocean to the mediterranean iran is malignant ark has shutdown international waterways. It cuts off trade. It destroys millions destroys nations from within an influx misery, and millions on the one Hand Blessing a future of hope. On the other hand a dark future of despair. And if you think this Dark Map is only of course for israel, if you think that, then you should think again because Irans Aggression if its not checked, will endanger every single country in the Middle East and many, many countries in the rest of the world. Because iran seeks to impose its radicalism well beyond the Middle East thats why it funds Terror Networks on five continents. Thats why it builds ballistic missiles were nuclear warheads to threaten the entire world for too long the world has appeased iran. It turns a blind eye to internal repression. It turns a blind eye to its external aggression. Well, that appeasement must end. And that appeasement must end. Now should support the brave people of iran want to rid themselves of this evil regime responsible governments should not only support Israel Enrolling back jurans aggression, they should join israel they should join israel in stopping irans nuclear Weapons Program Body in the Security Council were going to have a deliberation in a few months. And i call on the Security Council to snap back un Security Council Sanctions Against Iran because we must all do everything in our power to ensure that iran never gets nuclear weapons ive been warning the world against irans nuclear program our actions delayed this program by perhaps a decade but we. Havent stopped it. Weve delayed it, but we havent stopped it iran now seeks to weaponize its nuclear program for the sake of the Peace And Security of all your countries for the sake of the Peace And Security of the entire world. We must not let that happen. And i assure you israel will do everything in its power to make sure it doesnt happen Ladies And Gentlemen the question before us its simple which of these two maps that i showed you will shape our future will it be the blessings of Peace And Prosperity for israel are arab partners and the rest of the world or will it be the curse in which iran and its proxies spread Carnage And Chaos already made its Choice Weve decided to advance the blessing were building a Partnership For Peace with our arab neighbors while fighting the forces of terror that threaten that piece. For nearly a year the brave men and women of the idf has been systematically crushing hamas is Terror Army that once ruled gaza on October 7, the day of that invasion into his room, that Terror Army numbered nearly 4,000, 40,000 terrorists. It was armed with more than 15,000 rockets. It had 350 miles of Terror Tunnels an underground network bigger than the new York Subway system, which they used to wreak havoc above and below ground a year later, the idf has killed or captured more than half of these terrorists destroyed over 90 of the rocket arsenal. And eliminated the key segments of their Terror Tunnel Network in major Military Operations Military Operations, we destroyed nearly half of hamass sorry, nearly all of Hamass Terror battalions 23 out of 24 battalions now, to complete our victory, we are focused on mopping up. Hamas is remaining fighting capabilities. We are taking out senior Terrorist Commanders and destroying remaining terrorist infrastructure but all the while, all the wild. And ill say this one more time. We remain focused on our sacred mission, bringing our hostages home, and we will not stop until that mission its complete gentlemen, even with hamas is greatly diminished, Military Capability the terrorists still exercise some governing power in gaza by stealing the food that we enabled a adage, sorry, that we enable Aid Agencies to bring into gaza. Hamas steals the food and then they hiked prices they feed their bellies, and then they fill their coffers with money that they extort from their own people they sell the stolen food. It extraordinary and again, as it has vowed to do so, hamas has got to go just imagine for those who say, well, hamas has to stay, it has to be part of a postwar gaza imagined in a postwar situation in World War two imagine allowing the defeated nazis in 1945 to rebuild germany. Its inconceivable. Its ridiculous. It didnt happen. Then its not going to happen now will reject any rule for hamas in a postwar gaza we dont seek to resettle gaza. What we seek is a demilitarized and de Deradicalize Gaza only then only then can we ensure that this round of fighting will be the last round of fighting . We are ready to work with regional and other partners to support a local civilian administration in gaza, committed to peaceful coexistence as for the hostages, i have a message for that hamas captures let them go let them go. All of them those alive today must be returned alive and the remains of those whom you brutally killed must be returned to their families. Those families here with us today, and others in israel, deserve to have a Resting Place for their Loved Ones. A place where they can grieve. And remember them this war and gentlemen this war can come to an end. Now all that has to happen is for hamas to surrender, lay down its arms and release all the hostages but if they dont but if they dont, we will fight until we achieve victory total victory. There is no substitute for it israel must also defeat hezbollah in Lebanon Hezbollah is the quintessential Terror Organization in the World Today it has all continents