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I everyone. Good Morning And Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, september 28th. Im Amara Walker alongside Danny Freeman we begin this morning with major breaking developments in the middle east. The Israeli Military claims it has killed the leader of hezbollah after carrying out targeted airstrikes In Beirut. Israel says Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Terrorist Organization in several commanders were killed in a strike on what it says was hezbollahs headquarters, though hezbollah has not yet commented the announcement comes after more than a day of airstrikes by Israel On Eastern and Southern Lebanon. The explosions flattened buildings in a densely Populated Area the idf says, those residential Buildings House has built a weapons caches. According to the Lebanons Health Ministry, at least six people were killed and dozens wounded in the strikes. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Lloyd austin says, israel did not notify the u. S. About the strikes until they were underway sources say the lack of notice added to frustrations with israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now, the news that nasrallah has been killed as a significant development in this ongoing conflict between israel and hezbollah. And we should stress hezbollah still has not commented on these recent reports from on this, lets go now to Cnn Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman In Beirut. Ben, what can you you tell us i believe we are waiting on a moment to get bent back he is, of course, In Beirut for us. So in a moment, well get his shot up for you just as we continue to follow this Breaking News of nasrallahs killing, at least thats according to israel and the idf in a moment bring in Jim Sciutto. Hes cnns senior international correspondent but i guess for a moment will just continue to talk about these claims that weve learned overnight in the past few hours of the fate of Israels Leader or excuse me, hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah, he was the Secretary General of hezbollah he, according to the idf and israel, was killed in these airstrikes that happened late On Friday, there was a long period of time where we did not know the fate of nasrallah and we still have been waiting on hezbollah to comment and confirm this finding as well. Jim sciutto also spoke with the idf in the past Hour Interview them about this operation and they gave a little bit more details. But this all comes as well after prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of israel spoke at the un On Friday morning, giving stark warnings basically to the region saying that they would continue their fight against hezbollah. And also as weve been monitoring and watching this ongoing War And Conflict in gaza Benjamin Netanyahu gave no indication that a ceasefire was on the horizon than later in the afternoon On Friday, We Saw these attacks. And now this morning the idf confirming that that the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has been killed. But again, were still waiting for a comment from hezbollah at this time this falls the number of airstrikes that have happened over the course of the past several hours in israel and again you can see the images that weve been seeing from earlier this morning inside of beirut inside of lebanon, just continued bombardment again showing no signs at the moment of letting up even though at this point the idf is saying that the head of hezbollah has been killed, has been eliminated are controlling for a moment. Do we have either Ben Wedeman or Jim Sciutto at this time believe we have Ben Wedeman now up for us In Beiruts. Good morning, ben. Thank you so much for joining us. And please, can you give us the latest from on the ground . I know its been a long number of hours for you and for certainly lebanon. It tell us what the latest is after the idf is confirming that nasrallah has been killed of Course Hezbollah has yet to confirm danny that nasrallah has been killed and were waiting for some sort of announcement from them, but keep in mind that if he was indeed in that what israel is calling there and center in the southern suburbs of beirut, that strike it, flattened six buildings in that area. So hes probably under multiple layers of concrete and given that that area has been under heavy fire since midnight last night by israeli warplanes that its probably difficult to even conduct some sort of Cleanup Operation at that site. So we dont know the fate of Hassan Nasrallah at this point, apart from israels claims that he was indeed assassinated, danny otherwise, if you just look at the skyline behind me, you can see multiple locations where israel hit overnight, between about 12 30 and 5 00 in the morning. There were steady explosions in the background. This Night Sky being lit up by the flashes of those strikes. Now israel israels arabic spokesman, the military spokesman, did put out a variety of tweets specifying buildings in Southern Beirut that people should evacuate from and stay 500 meters away. But by my count, they put out six specific location warnings but there were well over a dozen probably almost two dozen strikes during the night. So those warnings were only partially effective. But the fact that the southern suburbs were being pounded so steadily in addition to those warnings, what We Saw was thousands, perhaps Tens Of Thousands of people streaming out of the southern suburbs of beirut, which are the most poppy, densely populated parts of the city essentially camping out on sidewalks and in parks in other parts of the city. And we also saw on whatsapp groups people desperately local whatsapp groups, people desperately asking for some sort of shelter and other places, schools, churches, mosques, even a Football Stadium opening up to provide some sort sort of Safe Place for people to stay. Danny, ben, can you speak a little bit more about that just because weve been seeing these images of folks in lebanon it seems number of them have been displaced. A number of them, you can imagine are certainly concerned as these explosions and these rockets keeps, keep coming. Can you just shed some light on whats happening on the ground there describe it as a number, is a bit of an understatement thats a huge number of people even before yesterdays events officials here in lebanon were talking of up to 500,000 people, half 1 Million. Thats just a little less than 10 of the population fleeing the israeli Bombing Campaign in the south and the east and in fact, what weve just seen as hezbollah has put out announcements with numbers telling people in certain various parts of lebanon who they can contact if they want to leave the country and flee to neighboring syria. So people in those areas that have been under severe, israel Play Bombardment are just looking for anywhere to go, whether its outside of lebanon or just find any space, for instance, In Beirut, in west beirut, theres whats called the corniche. Its so broad boulevard with a broad sidewalk by the sea we had our colleagues driving along there late Last Night Well, we already this morning at about 4 00 in the morning, and what they saw, were just people camped out with whatever they could take with them sitting on the street trying to put their children to sleep. Under the circumstances, others sort of the adults, many of them very concerned change smoking. Just wondering how theyre going to survive this night, this week, god knows how long this conflict is going to Go On. Keep in mind, of course, that many of these people are coming from the poorest parts of beirut. They have very little resources some of them dont even have a car or a motorcycle to get out of those areas areas. So its a really desperate situation in the lebanese government very limited resources after a prolonged economic crisis trying to do what it can. But under the circumstances and given the numbers, were talking about, thats very, very difficult. Danny and wedeman. Thank you so much for that reporting. Please stay safe. Amara, does it back to you . All right. A lot of major developments here this morning on cnn. Lets talk more about it with cnn. Political and national Security Analyst david sanger. First off, your reaction and just how significant this might be if it is confirmed that these military Israeli Military has killed hassan, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah, who is one of the founders of hezbollah it would be a huge escalation. Nasrallah has run hezbollah since 1982 and as a Result One would have expected he would have been a target along time ago but the israelis have usually stayed out of beirut in their bombing efforts. Theyve been occasional shelling of beirut, but not anything like weve seen in the past 24, 48 hours and they have avoided going after leadership. Now partly that was because he was hard to find but partly that was because they understood what the Escalatory Ladder could look like. And frankly, thats the thing we need to worry about this weekend. We have seen that hezbollah as aim a few missiles, but not many at Tel Aviv in the past few days during the time that israel has moved. Now, the focus of action from gaza up, up to the north and to lebanon but you have to wonder whether or not their reaction to the killing of their longtime leader is going to be to try to attack directly at israels biggest Population Centers so this is exactly what President Biden had been fearing for the years since october 7, that there would be some escalation to a much more regional war and we are truly on the cusp of that right now. You know, im reminded of the comments that antonio yeah, good guterres made. The unga that his concerns was seeing lebanon turning into scenes that weve seen in gaza are turning into gaza, is that even possible . And also when you hear from israeli Army Chief saying that this is not the end of our toolbox. What does that portend . Well, the Tool Box has been on big display in the past week when you look back over the events of the full last seven to ten days, what you see is a steady escalation from the special Forces Attack inside syria. Quite daring attack to go in and blow up a significant factory where the israelis believe i think probably rightly that missiles were being assembled, including some high accuracy for movement to hezbollah. Then of course We Saw the Pager And Walkietalkie attacks, which were aimed right at the leadership of hezbollah and the Rank And File and now, of course, we have seen this it does appear that be named and yeah, who has decided Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of israel, has decided two things. First of all, to ignore the united states, the g7 and other allies in their call for a ceasefire, because he believed that if he did that, he was going to lose his one opportunity to dismantle hezbollah. And then to turn around, give the speech he gave yesterday. Hard to believe that was only yesterday at the un. Basically doubling down on the israeli strategy. And then this killing of nasrallah, if it gets confirmed and certainly the attacks In Beirut on Southern Beirut followed almost hours after he was off the podium at the un what were effectively seeing now, david is a two front war being handled by israel how long could this Go On for . And i guess that would require more help from the united states. I would imagine well one would imagine at some point it would theyve got a fair number of stores, but heres the critical issue and its obviously going to intersect with the president ial campaign pretty quickly to give them more aid in this is to which i think united states would be tempted to do because the u. S. Has always tried to defend israel and certainly preserve its, its right to exist. But to provide more aid now would be to give them a after netanyahu has basically ignore the u. S. Call for a ceasefire and that would be the ultimate act of giving up the us leverage. Now, the critique of President Biden, particularly from the left and his own party, isnt. He has not used americas own Level Britain that leverage is of course the fact that the u. S. Is the biggest supplier of arms and other aid to israel i think what youve heard from former President Trump is is were will be back 100 . I dont think that mr. Netanyahu would i get much pressure from President Trump to back off whats truly remarkable, right now is that at least according to what weve heard from the White House, would usually does at least a brief readout of calls between the president and the Prime Minister is that over the past week or two . Ten days . Is this as escalated . We have no evidence of even a conversation between President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu, which tells you how little they have to say to each other, right now. Yeah, that is quite significant and concerning especially especially for those watching this region. I do also want to mention and david that weve been hearing from israels hostages Families Forum and as this escalation continues between Hezbollah And Israel this group is calling for renewed efforts to if free the remaining hostages held in gaza obviously that is something that the families and Loved Ones want to keep in the headlines. But right now, it doesnt look so optimistic, does it . David sanger, were going to leave it there. Thank you. Thank you. Danny and well have more Breaking News coverage on the possible death of hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah after a quick break, stay with us, well be right back. Well enough. Amelia Ana Navarro takes a very personal journey across the nation to explore the latino vote. Nobody should pay the latino vote one wide brush. The whole story with Anderson Cooper Tomorrow at 8 00 on cnn, harlem has everything. 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It killed nasrallah as well as other hezbollah commanders in an attack, a massive one on building several buildings in Southern Beirut that was followed by a tax on Missile Storage facilities in Beirut Hezbollah has yet to confirm the deaths of any of its leaders or commanders, officials are reporting at least six civilians have been killed, dozens more injured as those israeli strikes continue, lebanon says more than 100,000 people have lost, lost their homes due to recent israeli attacks. However, the government believes the actual number of Disc Displaced People is likely higher cnn international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is with me here in Tel Aviv as well. Nic, when i spoke to an Idf Spokesperson in the last hour he said, all options remain on the table in terms of next steps, this has been quite a comprehensive series of operations. We should say a number of hezbollah commanders killed now, the leader of hezbollah, the attacks exploding pager attacks, as well as multiple attacks strikes on Missile Facilities what are the possible next steps most immediate next step will be to ford any potential strike on israel and obviously, some of the smaller missiles hezbollah claims to be firing into, israel today, there have been a small number that halad they have impacted some places in the north of the country. But what were most concerned, the idf, as they, as they scour the ground, are looking for Hezbollah Activity will be, is, are they trying to get ready to use their surface to surface missiles . The large ballistic missiles that would reach deep into israel, central israel well Tel Aviv, other densely Populated Areas like that. If they see those types of Weapon Systems being readied for us, they will immediately target them. But as this has been something thats been in the planning now for almost 20 years. They will have been a sequence already thought through and calculated for a post. Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah and that will be in the shorter term to try to make sure that the Command And Control troll, which has been broken within hezbollah, cant be stood up, which means hitting any other commanders who they are aware of. It will mean hitting the weapons supply, weapons, Storage Facilities close to the border in the south of lebanon it, will be taking a deeper and bigger Storage Facilities elsewhere, perhaps in the bekaa valley. And these sorts of places. I think going forward the idf and we heard from the Army Chief of Staff Today saying that they were ready for offensive and defensive. So in a way, those offensive operations are defensive because they are trying to stop strikes coming in. But we also know theres been a callup of a couple of battalions of reservists, perhaps a few thousand reserve troops were called up. There was video released by the idf over the past 24 hours or so. Are those reservists getting their equipment . Pictures of the training along the border, pictures of the elite 98 Parachute Division Training along the border over the last few days. So that the messaging is this to hezbollah that the idf has Ground Forces available. I think therell be reticent to use them, but certainly the imaging and the messaging is for hezbollah that if you stick your head up, then were going to come for you. Just accept the Scene Right at the border. I was talking to an israeli citizen very, very close to the lebanese border, about 15 what, 20 minutes ago, right at the border. Right at the border he told me its actually quiet the missiles are all going over their heads and from a perspective for those Border Communities who want to Go Back home, he said, trust by us, The Border Communities in the idf to protect us, that. So broken down, he said that has now been restored let me ask you about the message. You mentioned the message to hezbollah from israel, the message to iran, because the israeli Prime Minister during his comments for the Un General Assembly noted iran and made quite clear that israel was prepared to strike iran as well. I just wonder when you speak to israeli officials, not just in the last several hours, but last several days and weeks when israel says all options on the table do strikes, direct strikes on iran are they included . In that list of options they are included in that list of auctions. I mean, i certainly Cant Speak for the idf and i certainly Cant Speak for what political decisions would be made to cause them to use the Weapon Systems that they have available to target iran. But what i can say having talked to officials over the last few days is they are confident that back in april when israel responded to Irans Barrage of 300 or so missiles fired at directly for the first time that israel, when israel responded, it only, it only had a couple of strikes, but it feels confident that where they targeted in iran successfully targeted, they believe that sent a very clear message to the iranian leadership, and they wouldnt say what those targets were. But the analysis has been that they were ed, links to Air Defense around sensitive nuclear production sites in iran. And if the Idfs Analysis is correct, these sorts of operations have shown the iranians what theyre capable of and what theyre thinking about that messaging was strong. So undoubted it would seem at this stage if iran responded as they did directly back in april with a large number of missiles, it is those sorts of sites and facilities that israel clearly has in its crosshairs. And i think theres another piece of information we can factor into this gym while while iran decides what to do there is the possibility and we dont have any confirmation on this, but theres a possibility that Hassan Nasrallah, while he was in that deep bunker where he was targeted according to the idf, successfully last night, he may well have been meeting with senior iranian military commanders and all of that may well factor into Irans Calculus about its next moves no question. Certainly if senior iranian commanders were killed in the israeli strike, that would absolutely be a factor. And then of course the question arises as to what whether the the us could, even against this will be dragged into a larger conflict. Nic robertson, thanks so much as always coming up, were going to take a look at the impact, the broader impact on the region of the killing, according to israel of Hassan Nasrallah. And the crucial question of who might take over leadership of hezbollah. 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Cnns jeremy diamond, hes but standing by In Haifa in the northern part of israel, jeremy jeremy, the attention now on his, on how and if and when hezbollah might retaliate for this. Have you . You seen any uptick in the number of rockets or other attacks from Southern Lebanon into northern israel well, jim, we have seen hezbollah Firing Rockets into northern israel this morning in the hours since the Israeli Military said that it had killed a Hassan Nasrallah. But we have not really seen any kind of major uptick from hezbollah and we certainly have not seen what israeli officials had been warning me for months. They expect it to happen in the event of a major escalation in this conflict. And that is to say hezbollah Firing Hundreds of rockets simultaneously at israel, perhaps even thousands of rockets a day designed to overwhelm is israels Air Defense systems including the iron dome, for example. And so we certainly are not seeing that and it speaks of course to the enormous blow that the Israeli Military has dealt hezbollah over the course of the last two weeks. And thats not only just the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, but the killing of multiple others senior commanders in just the span of the last two weeks effectively decimating much of hezbollahs senior leadership and so what it seems that we have is an organization that is very much in disarray, that is very much trying to figure out what its next steps will be. And also of course, the question of who will actually take over for hezbollah if indeed Hassan Nasrallah is confirmed by other parties beyond the Israeli Military to actually be dead. This is definitely a major Inflection Point in this conflict on earthshaking moments in this nearly yearlong conflict. And we are also seeing seeing that the killing of Hassan Nasrallah is not the last step in the israeli Militarys Campaign against hezbollah. All morning, we have been hearing actually from our position to haifa, which we should note some 25 miles away from the lebanese border. We can hear from here the power of some of those explosions rocking Southern Lebanon non is israeli airstrikes into Southern Lebanon as the Israeli Military continues to strike hezbollah targets there, as well as targets in the southern suburbs of beirut. They have clearly made a decision here to continue to go after hezbollah assets to deal as much damage to this organization as it is in this moment of uncertainty. Certainty, and this organization as they possibly can, jim jeremy, there was a Call Up of some reservists in israel in the last week. And theres been some buildup of israeli forces on the northern border. There. And Idf Spokesperson told me last hour that all options are on the table in terms of next steps, including ground operations Inside Lebanon, could you describe . The size to our knowledge of the israeli force now, position on the northern border is and has it been growing significantly . In your view in recent days Israeli Military has had a substantial force of troops along the northern border in the wake of october 7, youll remember that in those early days and weeks, jim, there was even a question of whether at that time the Israeli Military would carry out a major offensive against hezbollah ultimately, the decision was made to not do so over the course of the last couple of weeks, weve seen the 98th division, which was a major Fighting Force in gaza being redirected to the northern border. And then as you mentioned to reserve brigades being called up. Thats a force of multiple thousands of troops being killed hold up and sent to the northern border actually yesterday, jim, we were driving along the Israellebanon Border in northern israel and We Saw an array of tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers in a field off a highway in northern israel that had only just recently arrived. There, so there is certainly a buildup happening. One thing that we dont have as much insight to is whether that force is substantial enough to carry out a major offensive the likely answer that ive heard from sources is that it probably isnt yet that they would want to Call Up additional reservist, bring in additional forces before actually carrying out that offensive. But theres no question that they are actively preparing for the possibility of a ground offensive. As we heard from the israeli Military Chief of staff general Herzi Halevi earlier this week saying just that and we heard from him today, again, making clear that this was a major strike to take out nasrallah, one that he believes believes was carried out at the right time, but that it is certainly not the last action that the Israeli Military is going to carrying out. And he is going to carry out and he said that israel will carry out additional measures against hezbollah in the days and weeks to come the force might depend on the extent of israeli intentions objectives with such an operation and how far they might intend to go inside lebanese territory. But of course that remains an open question at this point. I wonder before we go jeremy how israeli officials described or how they respond to us officials quite deliberately putting distance between the u. S and this strike on nasrallah, particularly in the midst of us led negotiations on a potential Ceasefire Agreement and how to israeli officials respond to the frustration. Were hearing from inside the White House on netanyahus response or perhaps lack of response to us two us pressure from the officials that ive spoken to. I think that discontent from the united states has largely been cast aside at this moment in favor of what is really feels like an a moment thats been decades in the making for israelis not trust officials, but just israeli citizens at large. I mean, they view hezbollah of course, as a Terrorist Organization. They view Hassan Nasrallah as responsible for the killing of israeli soldiers, as well as israeli civilians are under has a Hassan Nasrallahs leadership, hezbollah carried out Terrorist Attacks in other countries against jewish community centers, notably we won in argentina in 1994 that killed some 85 people. And so i think the Focus Today in israel is certainly one of joy and a feeling of success and having been able to kill this leader who was known for his secrecy, who hadnt been seen in public in years and really thought that he was able to avoid detection from israeli surveillance and other covert operations. And yet clearly, he was not yesterday i had a us Defense Official reach out to me, unprompted and tell me that the israelis had not given them an appropriate headsup on this strike In Beirut, and they were certainly upset about that and wanted to telegraph that message publicly. I spoke to an israeli official afterwards who simply responded with an israeli flag. That is the sentiment, the sense that israel needed to carry this out and has done so now successfully according to the Israeli Military similar comments from us officials yesterday, a deliberate effort to put daylight between the u. S and israel on this strike. Jeremy diamond In Haifa in northern israel. 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At least six deaths have been reported in North Carolina and Asheville Residents are still under a 12 Hour Curfew for about another hour meanwhile, the city says that curfew will stay in effect until further notice. Take a this Drone Videos captured dramatic images of people driving through massive flooding that has just engulfed asheville. Emergency responders have been working overtime this Cleanup Work also begins Cnn Correspondent Isabel Rosales joins us now from asheville Israel Yesterday you brought us some striking images of an overwhelmed storm system. What are you seeing right now where you are . Danny amara. Good morning to you. The good news here is that those dramatic scenes that We Saw yesterday have gotten better in the sense of the Flood Water has dramatically receded. So were seeing roads just like this in the Background Sections that have dried out, but still so, so many roads here in nashville that are in passing its a bull. This is going to be a long recovery for the residents here in Asheville And Buncombe county the river, the Swannanoa River, just a couple of blocks away from here crusted yesterday breaking records, rising to over 20 feet. Now, the Swannanoa River and the French Broad River here passing through asheville, they are still at major flood stage, meaning this is still problematic, meaning that there are structures, homes, businesses underneath the Water Roads that residents dont have access to. Now, asheville saw historic and catastrophic flooding and that was for two reasons, even before helene came, they had a major Rain Assistance come come through leading to flooding. This was a one in 1,000 Year Event and then came helene and thats certainly didnt make things any better. I want to Go Back to that Drone Footage because this is the first time were seeing the extent of the damage felt here in asheville you can see entire business is up to the roof just underneath floodwaters, cars, underneath the Flood Waters, and then strange the bri that We Saw throughout the day, just floating in the waters from furniture to Propane Tanks to whisky barrels, just very strange things there are also dangerous. This is why police have taped off the area, not allowing people to go through there i spoke with a few Asheville Residents that are concerned they have environmental concerns about potential contaminants, pollutants in the water. And sure enough, through our Drone Footage, we did see Oil Chines there and all of that water. Listened to other concerns shared by these residents right. Isabel rosales, were going to leave it there. Thank you so much. A tough situation. 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Now we have seen civilians forced from their homes in Southern Lebanon because of the ongoing Crossfire And Targeting of Southern Lebanon by Israeli Military are on 100,000 believed to have been forced to flee their homes already prior to this escalation that we are seeing now. But as you mentioned, this has, the situation has worse and were seeing these strikes and bombings deepening around the capital In Beirut. And its important to underscore that these areas that we are seeing being struck by the Israeli Military or densely Populated Areas. They are filled with civilians. We saw a series of strikes target good thing, the southern Beirut Suburb of dahiyeh, this is an area crammed with Tool Apartment buildings filled with civilians, with families and children. So you can imagine the catastrophe norfolk impact. This has had on the civilians living in this area, living in the city, but also of course, for a country that is already been through so much, not only its history, of course, of walz brought on lebanon, but also of course, just in the last few years, weve seen a severe economic crisis which has really pushed many to the brink of desperation in lebanon. Then of course, in august 2020, We Saw the beirut port blast. Again, a huge amount of trauma surrounding that for the lebanese capital on those living there. And now, of course, we are seeing a fullyfledged were taking place in lebanon forcing so many to flee their homes for their own safety and protection. Our teams on the ground, our Correspondent Jomana Karadsheh was In Beirut Last Night Well firsthand the huge number of civilians are families and children are essentially sleeping on the streets in central parts of beirut for their safety and protection, fearing that their apartment the buildings could be struck, as you mentioned, the hell Health Ministry now saying they believe around 500,000 people have been internally in the space this is a hugely desperate situation. Tuition for a city that has already been through our country that has already been through so much course theres the immediate question of how many Student Williams were killed particularly in the strike that struck nasrallah is compound. There. I spoke to israeli officials earlier today. They say theyre still its still have not made an estimate of such civilian casualties. Nada bashir in london. Thanks so much. 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