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Cnn special event, the Vice President ial debate. Tuesday at nine welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, september 28. Im Amara Walker alongside Danny Freeman and Jim Sciutto. We begin this morning with major breaking developments in the middle East Cnn Breaking News about a widening war in the Middle East 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 commented but there are concerns about a possible response. Hezbollah has fired rockets into israel, iran Supreme Leader says its forces are standing with hezbollah, but not mentioned specifically, nasrallah. And the chief of Israels Army warns that israel knows how to reach anyone who threatens its citizens meanwhile, the White House says, President Biden has been briefed on the strikes, but Defense Secretary Lloyd austin said that they were already underway when he spoke with the israeli Defense Minister on friday and he called for a diplomatic solution. What, i will say is that youve heard me say a number of times should be awarded the policy continues to be the best way forward. And its the fastest way to let displaced israeli and lebanese citizens return to their homes on both sides of the Border Cnn Anchor and chief National Security analyst Jim Sciutto joins us now from tel aviv. Jim get us up to speed well, this news that israeli has been killed or at least israels estimate that hes been killed is a significant development to say in the least in an ongoing conflict between Israel And Hezbollah on a broader one of course, between israel and hamas in Gaza And Standoff between israel and iran, we should stress hezbollah has not yet commented on condition of nasrallah i do want to speak now to cnn senior international correspondent, Ben Wedeman In Beirut tell us what the reaction has been there to nasrallahs apparent killing. Here, is their protest that youre seeing now, were not seeing any protests yet. I think people here are busier just trying to find a place to stay and food to eat to after thousands of people streamed out of the Southern Suburbs of beirut to after the overnight right strikes in that area. Now its important to keep in mind in nasrallah is loved by his followers. But despised by many lebanese so we are seeing that there are those on Social Media who are actually celebrating the claimed by Israel Assassination of Hassan Nasrallah. At this point, i think the faithful of the group are waiting for an initial announcement, not uprising lee, they are always skeptical about any claims coming out of israel now, as i think ive mentioned, time and time again on air, jim weve been trying to get some sort of either Confirmation Or Denial from hezbollah. It has not happened yet. But it has happened, it is a profound blow to know organization he has led since 1992. He has really been come the symbol of his bullet, not just here in lebanon, but across the Middle East, somebody who was able to essentially drive the israelis out of southern lebanon after a more than two Decades Occupation hes also somebody whos despised by many, for instance, in syria, where he was critical for providing the Manpower And Weaponry that helped save the regime of Bashar Mug Shot is outside from his enemies and the worry is, of course, that if indeed hezbollah does confirm that nasrallah has been killed, the reaction may be quite volatile and for instance, the united States Embassy North of beirut has been provided with additional security from the lebanese army and its important to keep in mind that even though us officials say they were not informed beforehand of this strike, that. May have killed Hassan Nasrallah and The Americans continue to talk about it diplomatic solution it is not lost on Hezbollah Or Anybody in lebanon that to The Americans, even though they say they werent involved in this strike, they were the ones who provided the 2000 Pound Bombs that Bunker Busters that probably perhaps i should stress killed Hassan Nasrallah. So the worry is that there could be a severe backlash against american interests in lebanon and perhaps broadly across the Middle East. Its a very volatile situation when the news, if the news comes out, if it is confirmed by hezbollah that nasrallah has indeed been killed beirut and much of lebanon is going to be bracing for more trouble perhaps his below deciding whos in charge next to that decision may be factoring into delay in Comment Wedeman In Beirut. Thanks so much joining me here in tel aviv, cnn international diplomatic editor, nic robertson. Nic virtually from the day yeah, after the October 7 attacks, when i traveled in the north, maybe youve had the same experience. Israelis will say when the job is finished In Gaza against hamas We Israel have to finish the job against hezbollah in lebanon, given just a reminder for folks at home that you have a large swath of the northern part of israel. It has been evacuated due to those hezbollah rocket attacks. Is it correct to say that there is broad political support in this country for an aggressive Israeli Operation against flood perhaps including a Ground Invasion not clear about the Ground Invasion, but perhaps but certainly for the decision to strike Hassan Nasrallah, certainly for the decisions to cripple the Command And Control of hezbollah at this time and tried to neutralize their ability to fire Weapon Systems into israel. Yair lapid, one of the Principle Opposition figures, another one year ago and himself with Military Experience have both come out and applauded what the government has done. And i was talking a little while ago with somebody up along the north then border and he told me and i was speaking, i was up there within two weeks ago talking to him and he felt you could tell i met him earlier in the year as well. He was really down because they really felt they were being let down by the military says theyre feeling it. He was living there alone, couldnt bring his Family Back businesses, all of that. Today, he says, no, our trust has been restored in the military, in the idf but what we need them to do is to get in and go along the border and deconstruct the sort of safe place. As the houses that has fuller has been using along the border, that remains and i think there will be broad political support for that the caveat here in and youll, youll know this instinctively that the military has already fought hard campaign a year longer In Gaza so theyre not going to say that theyre not going to do the job and theyre ready to do the job. But there will be some reservists out there and maybe hope the less everythings at stake that they dont go they called up right now. One could imagine that an operation given the extent of hezbollahs forces and positions in lebanon could be longer, perhaps deadlier for israeli forces let me ask about the Ceasefire Effort. I suppose one could say the former Ceasefire Efforts that the u. S invested in enormous amount of diplomatic capital in. This is the second major Ceasefire Effort with us backing one In Gaza. Now with between level so not and hezbollah, that has gone nowhere. And the feeling, i think frustration is almost an understatement among many us officials. Is that the israeli Prime Minister was not on board for it. These efforts and took actions that either stood in the way are made them impossible. Is there any Ceasefire Effort and neither location substantive one thats underway . Right now the efforts or not, people are not giving up on the efforts. Those who, who, who want diplomacy to win the day or are not going to stop. And im going to redouble their efforts triple or efforts doubled down all of that. But the reality is theres nowhere for it to go at the moment. The ground is absolutely not fertile. Hezbollah will be seething their backers will be seething the idf at the moment feels its got an advantage to press and it needs to press that all the way home. I think you know, we hear in journalism are offering sort of giving the first accounting of history. And i think history is going to judge this moment whereby its going to look for a much like it was just prime Minister Benjamin netanyahus what way or the highway im, im setting the agenda, but i think historians may look back at it and judged differently or may analyze what this what the biden administration might have done differently as much as they look at prime Minister Netanyahu and see what he could have done differently. Theres a lot that we wont know at the moment, but i think at the face of it hes gone alone. And one question that stands out to me, where the united states has stood shoulder to shoulder with israel and continues on one of the ways its done that. But the beginning of October 7, that had a second Carrier Group available to suppress any hezbollah or iranian attack. It had that earlier again this year when i was a threat of escalation from iran. And every time its come to a Punch Point with hezbollah. And iran, maybe doubling down and threatening israel. The u. S. Has been there with another Carrier Group. Im not hearing. And maybe its happening i dont know what your sources tell here, but were not another Carrier Group on the way. Certainly no announcement yet in some including the u. S. Have credited that large us military presence Carrier Groups as well as missile submarines, Attack Missile submarines with detouring a broader, particularly iranian response. So its a fair question because of course the concern now is how does iran respond to this part of that is going to be irans calculation about what they can do, what the state of hasnt its bullet is. What can they reconstitute right now . What is a useful or viable Fighting Force to send a punch to israel . Or it or do they not have that . Do they actually need . Where rebuild the iranian leadership is very, very cautious. We know from the margins of the unga where theres been discussion about reopening with negotiations with the White House for this current White House, it has to be said about nuclear disarmament and all of that things that theyre bringing to the table again, that the rain is light to put in a big bass lets get a grand bargain. But of course, theyre not going to go anywhere with a grand bargain because they dont know whos going to win the us election. If Donald Trump wins, they know that they face very different partner to partner at all in the White House for talks. Thats all going to be part of their calculus about how to respond now, and part of Israels Calculus as well one could imagine that netanyahu might calculate trump in office would give him more leeway than harris if she were to win. Nic robertson. Thanks so much. Joining joining me now to discuss is michael allen. Hes a member of the National Security council, was a member in the George W Bush White House, former Majority Status Director of the House Intelligence Committee good to have you on michael. Thanks so much for taking the time thank you for having me you can begin there. The point i was just discussing with nic was which is what is the level of us influence, right now . On this crisis, the u. S. Attempted to avoid a broader war by bringing the sides together for a 21 Day Ceasefire that appears just to be all but dead now, in the wake of this strike does the u. S have influence over well, lets begin with the israeli Prime Minister and jim i dont really think we have a lot of influence, right now, and its not just because President Biden as we would say in the united states, is a Lame Duck i, ive was struck by what the earlier reporters said about the sweep of history. I think the administration could have read the room better when theres been an enormous attack from gaza, the overwhelming sentiment that i noticed in israel, especially on visits, was that they felt like they needed to reestablish their deterrence because clearly irans proxies had no pause about coming in and trying to attack them. And i believe that over time, netanyahu made the calculation that I Cant live the state of Israel Cant live with another genocidal Terrorist Organization on another border. In this case, the northern Border Border so i mean, its great that the administration has tried so hard. Ceasefire and diplomacy is ultimately the way to go. But i think israel just felt like they really needed to do more than just mow the grass as they say this time, they need to try and root and branch some of these Terrorist Organizations from there hiding in places let me ask you from a strategic perspective has israel, accomplish that, right . Because In Gaza, the Intention Post October 7 was to destroy hamas. It is certainly depleted hamas, but hamas remains and the Hamas Leader is still alive though. Presumably hiding in the tunnels its under their hezbollah is bigger. Its spread out more on a larger country, larger territory. Its got more tunnels, more missiles, longer range, Et Cetera from a strategic perspective, do these operations and i should say ongoing operations. Do they destroy or just weaken these groups for a time . In other words, can they recover i think they can definitely recover especially with sort of the ideology in the Middle East and the way things are going but hezbollah in particular, were just going to have to see how effective the israelis have been in the last ten days. Of course, youve seen every thing from a Commando Raid to take out a Drone Factory embedded inside of a mountain. The pager attacks. And now this well have to see just how much hezbollah has been degraded. I think the israelis have got a big fight ahead of them especially if they go in with tanks. But i do feel so like they needed to do more. They needed to try to substantially degrade these Terrorist Organizations instead of just trying to strategically blow up some Missile Sites from time to time, its high risk, but i felt like its what was called for. If you get inside the mind of these rallies and examined the way they felt after October 7 hezbollah has suffered devastating blows here, according israel, its leader is now dead. Thousands of hezbollah fighters were struck and injured, some killed in that pager attack. And youve had numerous Weapons Dep depots destroyed in addition to that, you had a irans attempted Massive Attack in april of this year. Those dozens of drones roans and missiles that was neutralized before they hit the target. Is it possible . And i certainly dont want to underestimate the capabilities of either iran or hezbollah. But is it . Possible their threat to israel was overstated, right . I mean that israel has a greater ability to neutralize that threat, than we knew prior to these, to these recent weeks and months now, i totally agree with you when you think about just how effective the united states and its allies were along with israel in april i think that surprised a lot of us. I think we would have thought that more of the drones is there a Cruise Missiles from iran would have gotten through instead, they had a high interception rate. And i know that is what is something that the iranians are dealing with with a certain amount of consternation. This morning. They know they need to hit back. Theyre not sure they wont have a repeat of what they tried last april and be seen as losing so its definitely something that is enormous and something that the israelis with long with the united states have a real advantage over ron over so ball is in irans court. What are they going to do . Are they going to try to hit its something in israel themselves are just continue to use proxies. Not only in the Middle East, but maybe against embassies around the world its a good its good points that were they to Attempts Something and that be thwarted as well. That gets to the demunition of there deterrent effect when my when my guest, michael allen, i appreciate hearing your analysis. Thanks so much for joining us this morning thanks for having we do continue to follow major developments in the Middle East throughout the morning, including the Breaking News this morning. Israel saying it has killed the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in a massive strike in Southern Beirut on friday. Well be back in just a moment the highest rated Book Winfrey Show of all time. 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What would become of them when they discover robinhood gold along i was others to earn their very liberal rates on idle cash they would descend into chaos carb. Winning is everythings stupid. Next saturday at seven On Cnn we continue to follow Breaking News out of the Middle East, the Israeli Military says, it is now confident that its strike on Friday In Southern Beirut has killed house. Hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Hassan nasrallah, based on multiple sources of intelligence, we should note there has been no official word from hezbollah israel claims responsibility for what it called a targeted attack as well on Missile Storage sites In Beirut saying that in addition to those strikes as well as the strike targeting the Command Center center, it has killed not just as relevant other top Hezbollah Commander is the idf says it is now conducting more Air Strikes on beiruts Southern Suburbs. Today, hezbollah has launched rockets into southern israel. No reports of injuries from these attacks by hezbollah iran Supreme Leader is publicly backing has blessed saying quote, all regional resistance forces are now standing with them. Were joined by now by cnn international Correspondent Jeremy Diamond in haifa. Jeremy, as you heard, iran says it is now waiting, weighing its next moves which of course adding to concerns turns of a wider war here, youve been here for months going back to October 7 what is the level of concern in israel that iran will attack it directly . Well, that concern has gone up and down depending on the news, i think we are once again at a moment where that tension is very present to end that threat is very real. But i also think we have to acknowledge that there are a couple of different scenarios. And at this point, nobody really knows which direction this is going to go in. I mean hezbollah is one of irans most powerful proxy groups in the region. Hassan nasrallah himself built hezbollah over the course of the last three decades into one of the most powerful paraMilitary Forces in the Middle East. And iran will certainly be reeling from what appears to be the death of a Hassan Nasrallah very charismatic figure who managed hezbollahs military operations of very, very closely and directly. The question now is will iran take control of hezbollah more directly . Who will they try and put somebody in in Nasrallahs Place and then will they direct hezbollah to carry out a significant wave of attacks against israel, perhaps even launching an allout war or responding with an All Out War or will it choose another path which is to tell hezbollah to stand down for the moment, to regroup and to reset itself effectively and determine what the next course of action actually is. And i think if were being honest, we dont know which path of iran and hezbollahs remaining were subsequent leadership will actually choose. We have expected that in the event of an allout retaliation that hezbollah would carry out massive waves of attacks against israel. And that just hasnt happened then it speaks to the Body Blow after Body Blow that the really military has delivered to the hezbollahs organizational structure, but also many of its weapons capacities, its Rocket Launchers over the course of thousands of Air Strikes that it has conducted over the course of the last week and a half and so its very clear that hezbollah is not only in disarray at the moment, but also that its capabilities have been reduced at least for the time being, but its also important to remember that hezbollah is more than just Hassan Nasrallah. Its more than just its senior leadership they have Tens Of Thousands of fighters and they also have Rocket And Missile arsenal in the hundreds of thousands its not clear exactly how much of that arsenal has actually been destroyed by these really military over the course of the last week but i think its probably safe to assume that much of that arsenal is certainly still very much intact. And is certainly still capable of being fired once hezbollah regroups and gets its act together, should it choose to do so . What we should remember it was just a few weeks ago when israel says that its stopped a massive Hezbollah Missile and rocket barrage, a half if hour or so minutes before it was set to take Place Place in that early sunday morning, preemptive strike hard to say how many times hezbollah may have attempted such zach, Jeremy Diamond in haifa. Thanks so much. Join me now cnn military analyst, retired Air Force Colonel cedric leighton. Good to have you, particularly your background is intelligence. Can you describe to us . The degree of this Intelligence Success and that israel track down it says the leader of hezbollah, who had spent years hiding because of this very threat. Yet they say they found his location and was able to destroy that location and kill him and other senior commanders. What would have gone into such an operation in advance for jim, that would be incredible preparation. And so this is kind of the Intelligence Preparation of the Battle Space Graduate Level Coursework here. And one of the key things to think about here is that this tool okay, very, very long time, jim, for them to do they had to follow it, not only nasrallah its movements, but they had to figure out what amounted to his pattern of life. He was the ultimate for the israelis. He was ultimate Highvalue Target and you kind of like when the u. S. Was going after Bin Laden they were following the israelis, were following it. Nasrallah is moves and they had some challenges. Nasrallah did not communicate using pager system. You did not communicate using Cell Phones as far as we know, and it was one of those things that they were able to piece together from different sources of intelligence. These Signals Intelligence human intelligence, imagery, all those pieces came together and they determined not only where he was but a times he would go in and out of these places how he would address his followers through tv or other means and they would really figure out exactly what he was doing. And that was a really i think a key to them being able to locate him. And then if if everything bears out like the idf says it will show that they were going in and they knew precisely where he was at that particular moment when they struck those theyre areas in South Beirut let me ask you about the military, the weapons used here, because with the Bin Laden attack similar and it took years to find them and that was an intelligence coup. The u. S. Had military options. Which then President Obama considered, which, which included quite large munitions and part of the reason is i, as i remember it, that he did not use such musicians and intent instead ordered a higher Risks Seal Operation was the concern about civilian casualties. It did israel have another option here than to level several buildings with presumed civilian casualties, particularly when you look at the landscape following the attack, didnt have other realistic options to take out nasrallah that would have minimized civilian casualties potentially and this is a very difficult thing because the targets are actually a bit different when it came to the Bin Laden raid, youre absolutely right. President obama did have that option of using bombs, putting aircraft over the target and dropping bombs either manned aircraft or drones. Drone were also being considered by the Obama Administration in the Bin Laden raid, the israelis could have done something like that. However, one of the key differences is that had Bin Laden was in an aboveground compound. Nasrallah was in an underground compound, a very extensive underground compound. And that was below Apartment Buildings that were inhabited by basically normal people and that was a huge challenge for the israelis. They could potentially have used a special Operations Team to go in there and very, very high risks, the risks for them would have been much greater than it was for Seal Team six when they went in and did the Bin Laden raid i thought that was still a very risky, highly risky operation, but the u. S. Conducted back in 2011. In this particular case, the israelis would have had to deal with a whole Warren Roads and dallies and things that would have possibly resulted in a made for compromise of the operation. And so they figured it was easy. They did a Costbenefit Analysis basically, and they figured it was easier and more effective for them to use aircraft. In this particular case, they used F 15s from Hudson Airbase to go in and conduct this operation. She and they did so probably using 2000 Pound Bombs will have to well have to leave it there. Well have to leave it there. Certainly an extensive operation, colonel cedric leighton. Thanks so much. We will have more breaking News Coverage on this strike on the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right after a quick break of the week and ask questions like, what does a Comedy Show doing On Cnn too much i want donald now, can you slice that i got news for you tonight at nine On Cnn in tony hawk. And like many of you, i take a statin to reduce cholesterol, but statins can also deplete cookie ten levels. Thats so my doctor recommended qn all cookie ten. Kuno, has the number one cardiologist recommended form of Coke You tim kunal, the brand i trust ever worry that youre drinking too much. Take back control with or Health Or Health provides access to medication proven to make it easier to drink less or with drinking altogether qualified for Treatment Today, were health. 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Com if you or a loved one have Neizha Deleo will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 808 to 14000 this is cnn Breaking News just into cnn. And that is that hezbollah has now ill confirmed that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is dead. You remember earlier this morning we reported that the Israeli Military announced it believed yesterdays strike on a compound in Southern Beirut had killed the hezbollah leader. This is now the first weve heard from hezbollah can firming his dad. Cnns Ben Wedeman joins us now from beirut. I wonder ben has hezbollah given any indication as to who will replace nasrallah who has lead has below for more than three decades i know they have not. I mean, its significant to recall that back in 1990 i need to when our best moussa with his predecessor was assassinated, just hearing large explosion in the background will just step aside. Well He Zoom in on that when when his predecessor was assassinated in 1992, he was very quickly replaced, but those were different times that was when his brother was much smaller united nation, and it had not sustain the kind of blows that it has since tuesday before last. Now, obviously the Organizing Patient is clearly in a state of disarray having lost many of its senior leaders in addition, now to Hassan Nasrallah, now, just to give some immediate reaction we understand that people in the streets supporters of hezbollah, are are mourning very loudly, screaming, i was told in the streets and we did hear some gunfire coming from the Southern Suburbs of beirut, probably Gunfire Being fired by hezbollah supporters to their expression of mourning for the death of their leader . Keep in mind, jim, that he has run the organization since 1992 for many of the young militants who are members of his butler, he is the only leader they have ever known and he is a larger than Life Figure for many in the Shia Community he is somebody who even these rafts considered a formidable foe. He won. It for many in the Israeli Military there grudging respect for his management of a grill hello, war that drove the israelis out of southern lebanon after more than two decades of occupation in May 2000 he is somebody who has turned what was a small Guerrilla Organization into a formidable political force on the lebanese, seen with Minister Stairs in parliament. And it very much threw its weight around as far as many other lebanese were concerned. But definitely this is a hey severe yet another severe Body Blow to Hezbollah Jim now from some of the states from hezbollah confirming his death, they describe him as the master of resistance, a righteous servant. They say he he will be a Great Martyr as well. And then they end by with a align to what it calls the honorable fighters, saying you are bound by the pledge of Loyalty Commitment to Resistance And Sacrifice until victory. No specific mention in this statement of planned retaliation, but i wonder ben should we expect such a statement . The coming hours or days, or should we or might a retaliation come without such it . Comment. I know that iran iran has made its own statements about this and says that it stands by stands by hezbollah i. Think hezbollah will probably make that statement with actions rather than words. I think that at this point probably the remaining Leaders Chip over the organization realized, he realizes that hezbollah is really gotten its back to the wall after losing its entire top echelon of a military. Leaders that they have little choice at this point then to carry on fighting. The question is to what extent they candidate, its important according to keep in mind, though even though last wednesday, hezbollah for the first time fired a ballistic missile that was intercepted over tel aviv, but it still has many other long Range Precision missiles. It has not used. Its also worth noting that theres a feeling that iran has an a sense, left hezbollah but to dry despite investing billions of dollars over the year in building up its military capabilities with Training And Ammunition and supplies pies, and so forth. But by enlarge iran has essentially sat on the sidelines as hezbollah, certainly in the last two weeks has been mauled and all of the runins have done until now is Issue Declaration after Declaration But Nothing the palpable on the ground causing it to certain extent, a fair amount of unhappiness among those within his butler, who before had put their faith in tat on as sort of the Big Brother who would come to their rescue. Iran did not come to the rescue of hamas, and it doesnt appear that its about to come to the rescue of hezbollah either. Jim good point. Ben wedeman In Beirut, the news as just reported is that hezbollah has now confirmed the death of its leader so nasrallah, this follows and israeli announcement earlier this morning, local time that israel believes it had killed nasrallah in a strike mike on friday In Beirut, we will be right back with more News Wait is over. Tim Walz And J. D. Vance thats in their first and only facetoface to beat. 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The beginnings of what became hezbollah literally meaning the Party Of God the group was backed by iran and led by local clerics to harass the israeli occupiers. The group is believed to have been behind a series of Terrorist Attacks in lebanon and abroad and during the 1980s, took dozens of westerners in Lebanon Hostage the growth of hezbollah coincided with the emergence of the previously downtrodden and neglect did Shia Community in lebanon as a major force in country not sinaloa emerged as an adept guerrilla commander, leading an unrelenting campaign against israeli forces during which his eldest son was killed in action the united states designated the group a Terrorist Organization in 1997 Hezbollah Struggle against israeli forces on lebanese soil continued until 2000 when in perhaps his proudest moment, israeli troops withdrew unconditionally from southern lebanon and israel, which has nuclear weapons and the best Air Force in the region, i swear to god. He said, it is weaker than a Spiders Web but in 2006, Israel And Lebanon and were again at war the month long conflict left at least 1,000 lebanese civilians dead and devastated much of the Countrys Infrastructure Israel tried and failed to destroy hezbollah, which came out stronger than ever before after the War Focus turned inward on his homeland, lebanon, where hezbollah increasingly became a key player in the countries complicated politics and expanded its network of social services when war broke out in Neighboring Syria and 2011, less than i look, deployed hezbollah fighters to shore up president Bashar Al assads regime. And also provided support to iraq during its war against isis. Iran was quick to reward nests that i love with money, weapons, and logistical support but critics say his alliance with tat on inflamed sectarian tensions. And we can his credibility as a selfstyled defender of the palestinian people palestinian militant group hamas, his Bullis Ally attacked israel on 7 october 2023, killing more than 1,200 people in a ducting, more than 250 others into israel, opening what it called a Support Front for gaza for more than 11 months, Israel And Hezbollah exchanged fire across the border. Nasrallah said this would only stop once the war In Gaza came to an end instead, more Fighting And Death et followed. In the form of Covert Operations by israel, which detonated hezbollahs wireless communications devices in broad daylight for two days in a row, home mutton, holiday weekend, nasrallah called it an unprecedented Blow But House but then israels Bombing Campaign killed hundreds across lebanon. Yet until the very end, Hassan Nasrallah remained defiant is ever done this For A Living James was famous for winning races, teams believes that Change Width its the economy stupid i apologize. 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Everywhere. Cnns Isabel Rosales is in nashville with the latest isabel. How are things looking there this morning . Good morning to you, Danny And Amara . Yes. The sun has come up, are really getting our first look at the aftermath of this thing now that a lot of the Flood Water has thankfully receded, but look at this mess yesterday, i wouldnt have been able to walk across here because the water would have been way over my head. I can tell because theres a waterline over their full of debris, but now im walking through three inches of Thick Mud just absolutely covering the roadway revealing weird debris like furniture. Look at the store right over there and this can you tell with this is . This is a a thick metal power pole. This tells you right here the strength, the power of the roaring waters of the Swannanoa River as it flooded here into the roadway, the rivers just a couple of blocks away. It is incredible to see this. What has been Left Behind now at its highest point, the river crested to 27 feet that shattered a record, and even today, even though youre seeing this mud, theres still plenty of roads that are impassable. That river and the French Broad River are both at a major flood stage, still. Listen, recovery is going to take a long, long time. I spoke with patrick right there. The man in the yellow. Hes the owner of this warehouse thats a Milk Distribution Warehouse because when the power went out, even even even as they clean this up, hes still facing a major issues because theres no power when the power went out yesterday his milk supply. He couldnt keep that refrigerated. So probably Tens Of Thousands of Dollars Worth of Milk Product all of that spoiled these Business Owners are in for a rough time here at biltmore village. Its going to take a long, long time to get to the other stage. Lets Take A Look at the drone from up above so you can get a clearer picture. Sure. Here of just this mess Left Behind, you saw Drone Images from yesterday showing all of that water. But now this is whats Left Behind, just Mud And Dirtiness i also want to let you know that for the residents here communication is a major problem. Cell Carriers None of them are working, so theyre unable to get in touch with Loved Ones outside of Asheville And Electricity is out so danny amara, this is going to take awhile. It sure looks like it just what a mess there behind you. It looks like a wooden door on its side there in the background, Isabel Rosales. Thank you so much. Well, we continue to follow major developments in the middle the east throughout the morning, we will have much more on that after a quick break tomorrow oneoff, Amelia Ana Navarro takes a very personal journey across the nation to explore the latino vote. Nobody should came. The latino vote with one wide brush. The whole story with Anderson Cooper Tomorrow at 8 00 on Cnn Gift having mom live with us. 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