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Blitzer in washington in for fredricka whitfield. Were standing by for major Breaking News right now significant developments unfolding in the Middle East right now, another huge Explosion Rocking Beirut Just A Little while ago in the last hour or so, as israel continues its punishing airstrikes On Hezbollah forces in the lebanese capital. This as we learn, the leader of one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East was killed in one of those strikes around backed Militant Group hezbollah, confirming its secretary general Hassan Nasrallah was killed in israeli bombing in beirut On Friday, around State Media says a senior iranian commander was also among those killed in that blast. Nasrallah was one of his balahs founders playing a key role in its formation. And the targeting of israel for over four decades. If his death igniting fears of a wider conflict in the region, those fears, fear of very vague very serious right now iran Supreme Leader saying today that all regional resistance forces, though those words, all regional resistance forces are standing with hezbollah. Meantime, the Israeli Military says they just intercepted a missile launched from yemen where are the iranbacked houthi rebels are based. Us Defense Secretary Lloyd austin is vowing us Protection And Support for israel as these tensions heat up dramatically, Cnn Correspondent Jomana karadsheh is joining us live from beirut right now, jomana, i know that there was another huge explosion where you are Just A Little while ago jomana, what are you seeing on the ground right now wolf. Were having some issues with the audio. I think i could i hear your question about what we have witnessed here in the last our i can tell you that this part of beirut was rocked by a massive blast and we could see a thick plume of smoke rising in the distance coming so from the area of beiruts Southern Suburbs. And we have heard from the Israeli Military saying they conducted what they described as a precise strike on the Southern Suburbs known as dahiyeh. It is unclear at this zero point what was targeted and what the damage or if there are casualties in that strike. But this really will has been the scene here right now in beirut for about about 24 hours now, when it all started yesterday with that huge blast, that we now know killed the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah and unclear how many more people were killed in i was massive strikes that hit the Southern Suburbs. And since then, wolf, the Israeli Military has been constantly pounding the different locations in the Southern Suburbs of beirut since Last Night and throughout today we heard from the Israeli Military Last Night issuing Evacuation Orders and just a short time after issuing these Evacuation Orders for certain neighborhoods in the Southern Suburbs, telling people to get out of these areas because they are going to start striking what they said our Weapons Storage facilities and manufacturing facilities in these areas, they began striking. But today, from what we are seeing here, wolf, it would seem that some of these strikes that we have seen are also outside of these Evacuation Orders. And i can tell you from what we witnessed with an hours of the Israeli Military issuing those orders to the civilians. In one of the most heavily populated areas of this country. What we witnessed on the streets is just a scene so hard to describe all if we were driving around at 3 00 in morning and you had thousands of people on Beiruts Seafront sleeping on the ground, on benches families, women carrying and cradling their little children, people walking with whatever they could carrie when they were in this rush to get out and try and seek safety. We dont have numbers right now officially from the lebanese government of how many people have fled, but from what we saw Last Night, and this is continuing today, thousands of people have been displaced in the last 24 hours in the lebanese capital. That is on top of what the lebanese government estimates to be nearly half A Million people who have been driven out of their homes in the past ten days or so in the southern part of the country and in the east right now, the mood here i mean, this is a country on edge. You have so many of nasrallah supporters who are absolutely devastated by the news. A man who is considered a terrorist by most western countries a hero for so many of his loyal base. In this country and beyond. And everyone here is bracing will for what might come next. This may only just be the beginning i suspect this youre right about that. Jomana, Stay Safe over there. We will stay in close touch with you and your team appreciated very much Jomana Karadsheh in beirut for us, some senior american officials are privately celebrating news of the death of the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, even as they fear of a much wider middle East Conflict growing escalating him doing so very soon, cnn senior white House Reporter Kevin Liptak is joining us. Hes here in washington. Hes got the latest kevin, what are you hearing first of all, from the biden administration . Well, officially, wolf, were Hearing Nothing and i think that is fairly telling it gives you a sense of just how fraught this moment is for President Biden, how precarious yes, the White House views the situation right now in the Middle East. Thats not to say that the white House Isnt welcoming nasrallah steph, at least unofficially behind the scenes, officials do say no one in the biden administration is mourning him. They acknowledged he has american blood on his hands. He was the leader of a terrorist organization after all. But this does come as President Biden was trying to get israel to deescalate the situation in the Middle East. So you do have these dueling dynamics that i think the administration is trying to figure out. How exactly to respond at this moment. Because remember, President Biden had spent the early part of this week trying to negotiate a 21 Day Ceasefire between Israel And Hezbollah along the northern border, the White House was furious when prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu essentially rejected that effort on Thursday Morning now you see this situation, certainly deteriorating much further. Now we did hear from President Biden yesterday who said that the us was not involved in this strike. And beirut, he said that the u. S. Had no heads up. And what we heard from american officials was essentially that their israeli counterparts notified them as this Opera Creation was getting underway essentially, when the planes were in the air was the first time that they heard that this was happening. Now the fears inside the White House and inside the biden administration is that a wider war would be devastating and you heard that directly from Lloyd Austin yesterday in your interview when he said that a casualty hes in a war between Israel And Lebanon would exceed those of the war in gaza and so i think the biden administration finds itself now at a very fraught moment. We do know that Lloyd Austin spoke twice yesterday to his counterpart in israel, yoav galant. American officials have then on the phone with their counterparts in israel as well, trying to get more information about what exactly is happening two men who have not spoken are President Biden and prime Minister Netanyahu. They in Fact Havent spoken at least according to White House readouts since august. I think it gives you a sense of just how much influence President Biden thinks he has, right . How netanyahu, which is not very much all right. Kevin liptak reporting for us saying, i know hes going to be getting more information from the biden administration on the reaction to whats going on in the Middle East right now, Kevin Liptak, thanks very much for that update. Appreciate it very much. Spider marks is joining us, us military analyst, Retired Army Major General. Spider. Thanks so much. Joining us. Whats your analysis right now . The impact of this trellas death, the leader of hezbollah. Whats, whats gonna be the impact of this on the entire Military Structure of his balah well, lets start with excuse me. Lets start with this. The worlds a better and safer place with nasrallah dead i think we need to just put that out there. I think the united states needs to be very strong in terms of its support to israel at this point, there cant be any qualifications to that support but also we need to understand where nobodys looking for a broader or a more expansive fight in the mid east. And so what i think is going to happen primarily is we all understand that the idf has a capability to operate along multiple lines of effort. Theyre demonstrating this. In fact, the Center Of Gravity has shifted for the idf from gaza so to hezbollah, this is where the primary effort will be going forward. This is where the mass of israeli intelligence and operational capacity will be focused on one hold in gaza, but they are focusing primarily in On Hezbollah the challenge with hezbollah is many of the if you were to look at the hit list, many of their Senior Leaders have been taken off the Board Nasrallah now, thus, Senior Leader has been taken off the board. Now that doesnt mean theres no ear irreplaceable man that individual Will Step Forward hezbollah has not been completely neutered, but they are at a pause. Theyve lacked communications as a result of the Pager And Walkietalkie attack. Theyre concerned about anytime they tried to move or gather that there will be a strike. It also demonstrates an incredible the very deep penetration on the part of the israelis into hezbollah as Command And Control structure. Its quite phenomenal. Its tradecraft thats unprecedented so hezbollah right now, i would think will probably look for tehran to very boisterously create a narrative that says, we will not let this stand. We will support and we will follow here in my tehran doesnt want to have what i would call an unintended success against israel because if they did, it would not turn out well for tehran is really again, has a tremendous capacity. So look for the houthis to continue to be very provocative. Israel has a capable arrow as well as iron dome system, but that can be penetrated. So i think hezbollah right now is going to be in a pause before they can do anything else because theyve got to figure out what their next steps look like. That can be coordinated. And frankly, with no communications theyre hesitance to move. Youre not going to get much coordination i assume, you know, i spoke with the u. S. Defense secretary, Lloyd Austin yesterday before nasrallah is death was confirmed. Heres what he said about the potential of allout war escalating dramatically soon. Listen to this All Out War between lebanese Hezbollah And Israel would be devastating for both Lebanon And Israel and again we, we anticipate that wed see a number of people displaced casualties that what weve seen in gaza so again, the best way forward in our view is a diplomatic effort, a diplomatic solution so spider does it all out, war include Ground Fighting or do you think it mostly would be airstrikes from both sides and lets not forget his balah has whats been described as thousands of rockets and missiles stockpiled, mostly in southern lebanon, which is an easy, an easy head towards israel yeah, i think the israelis are hoping that as a result of the strikes that theyve achieved over the course, the last number of days will prevent the necessity for a Ground Invasion if we go back to 2006. So i mean, the israelis as well as hezbollah, were significantly bloody during that invasion. A Ground Incursion into lebanon would be immensely difficult. The israelis clearly want to push Hezbollah North of the Litani River that gives them a little more space. The israelis also want to relocate those displaced civilians that they have backed to northern israel. But thats going to take some time. So i think a ground campaign, i think israel is assuming that their efforts right now will be sufficient to avoid a ground campaign. And i guarantee you that hezbollah doesnt have the capacity to conduct that right now. And i would hope also that the strikes that the israelis have been taking on over the course of the last few days, have really attrited and depleted the inventory of hezbollah. Hezbollah missile capabilities. But look an All Out War is not what anybody wants, but we have to look at whats the cost, whats the Root Cause of this . And the israelis clearly have demonstrated that they are not going to be in a position to have to have to live with another october 7, whether its from a Gaza Hamas type of an attack in the Gaza Region or from hezbollah yeah, good point. All right. Spider marks, Major General spider marks. Thanks very much for Urinalysis Snow to come. Thousands of people are fleeing lebanon right now has airstrikes continue across the country, well take a closer look. Humanitarian impact of the conflict, right after a very quick break. The wait is over. Tim Walz And J. D vance in there first and only facetoface debate. And cnn has covered with the best political team in the Business A Cnn special event. But Vice President ial debate tuesday On Cnn by the time this ad is over karen will know if that feeling in her chest is afib or just the end of a stressful day his mind that fits in your wallet. Cardia Mobile Card is on sale now at cardia. Com or amazon. 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Com Carb Winning is everythings stupid. Next saturday, its seven On Cnn right now, israel continues to strike various hezbollah targets in lebanon, beirut, the beirut area against specifically being targeted. People living in the Southern Suburbs of beirut are taking shelter and parks and on sidewalks hello, Hello Blackman Have fled from our homes and god only knows if we will go back to our homes. God only knows May God protect the people who were displaced from their home than those who fled ballbek in the south. And all the areas affected by the war. May god protect them Health Minister says, there are likely up to half 1 Million people displaced in lebanon right now, cnns international reporter, Nada Bashir explains what the situation is like for those people. For months now we have seen civilians forced from their homes in southern lebanon because of the ongoing Crossfire And Targeting of southern lebanon by the Israeli Military are on 100,000 believed to have been forced to flee their homes already at prior to this escalation that we are seeing now. But as you mentioned this has the situation has worsened with 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 targeting the a southern Beirut Suburb of dahiyeh. This is an area crammed with Toll Apartment buildings filled with civilians, with families and children. As you can imagine, the catastrophic 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 was brought on lebanon, but also of course, just in the last few years, weve seen a severe economic crisis which has really pushed many into the brink of desperation 11. And then of course, in august 2020, we saw the Beirut Port Blast again, a huge amount of trauma surrounding saying that for the lebanese capital on those living there. And now, of course we are seeing a fullfledged War 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 so 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 there Apartment Buildings could be struck. As you mentioned, the health ministry. Now saying they believe around 500,000 people have been internally the space that this is a hugely desperate situation for a city that has already been through a country that has already been through you so much all right. Nada bashir reporting. Thank you very, very much coming up. Were staying on top of all the major developments in the Middle East right now. Meanwhile, were also following the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the united states. A Flash Flood Warning has just been extended in tennessee as lifethreatening conditions continue to loom over several communities in the southeast. 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One structure they were watching very closely and the water they say is receding after reaching eight feet of record levels, the storm made landfall in florida, as you know, were watching all of that as well. The impact of whats going on in florida. And it came across as a category four hurricane with winds more than 130 miles an hour, at least 50 stormrelated deaths are reported across five states right now, nearly 4 Million people are without power throughout the region. Cnns Isabel Rosales is joining us right now. Shes an asheville, North Carolina. Isabel, what are you hey, wolf . Yes, i am an historic more villages as a place that so many tourists no love and come to visit yesterday, i would have been below water standing right here. And in fact, let me show you. You can see it see that dark spot right there. That is the Water Line showing the overflow of the Swannanoa Rubber reaching deep over here a couple of blocks away was the river reaching deep into here sending rushing water into this area were so many businesses are leaving all sorts of crazy debris from furniture, doors, and then right over here in front, you see that that Metal Thing that is a Power Pole extremely heavy, just showing you how powerful, how strong these raging floodwaters were to be able to carry that all the way over here. Now, weve clearly seen the floodwaters recede, which is great news for this community. But theres more rain on the way up to an additional inch of rainfall expected into areas of western North Carolina, including asheville here this weekend after already experiencing record rainfall, three days in a row a Big Problem here for the community as theyre attempting to do to dig out. Honestly, its not just the Cleanup Effort trying to get homes and businesses back together, trying to clear out all of this extreme only thick mud all over the place, but also issues of communication. Theres no Cell Service here. We have a Satellite Truck thats how im able to go to you live right now, but people are stranded tourists who dont know how to get around, unable to access maps, folks unable to call loved ones, check in on them . No Cell Service, no Internet People also in the dark, wolf, over 722,000 people without power here in the state. Also water, a significant Water Line break. So were seeing folks here outside of the hotels, essentially stranded, unable to access the roadways. Over 400 of them shut down across the state and having no means of communication, no means of getting power, no means of getting water. So clearly this is going to take a long time for asheville for other parts of western North Carolina to turn the page here, wolf and thats not even the worst of it. Theres others who live higher up in elevation across the Blue Ridge Mountains who are honestly trapped. They have about know Bridge Access roadways were there have been mudslides, landslides, or have you be trees falling down and they are cut off in need of rosales in asheville, North Carolina. Thank you very, very much. A horrible situation in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene for more on the enormous Cleanup Efforts underway right now, im joined by former fema administrator, Pete Gainer up. Pete, thanks so much for joining us. Fema, the federal emergency management agency. See with a storm of this magnitude, pete affecting so many states in the southeast. What are famous priorities right now . Where do they begin what will be begin days ago . So the president did of Prelandfall Declaration that allowed states like florida and georgia, tennessee to take action for the impact of disastrous and fema and our federal partners, everyone from Health And Human Services to hud, coast guard, Ami Corps of engineers. They had down there working through the Problem Set right now what, what can these areas that have been devastated specifically expected the days and weeks ahead yes so the first thing i would do is he the direction from your local Emergency Managers and local elected officials that they know best about your specific area. But he did directions and this part of the storm, the storm has already passed its a its a tropical depression at this point. But this is where many injuries happened post along things like generators inside a garage or incited houses, carbon monoxide poisoning, people tried to clean up and not aware that theres wires entangled with trees and branches on the road, on the street all these kinds of things make injuries more prone and prevalence. So be careful out there. Dont take any risks your local first responders, Police Fire up already stretched to the limit. I dont create more work for them by not thinking through the Problem Set and just been on a little bit more patient in your view, pete, how long Will Recovery take for major areas that were devastated like floridas big Bend Region where the peninsula beats the panhandle that was pretty seriously by this hurricane. And an asheville, North Carolina where we just had a reporter yeah you know, i think as a nation, whether you will, local tribe, territory, state were really good response and well work our way through that the hard part is yet to come. Up, unfortunately, in that is recovery there are Recoveries Today that had been going on for 20 Years Katrina Recovery is still going on today so the best advice i can give those local, local communities that have been impacted by this Storm And Flooding and everything else is look for opportunities to get involved to help solve your local problem. Because thats where the solutions lie, is that the local level and again supported by the state and federal government with Disaster Relief Disaster grants technical support. But if you want your recovery to go faster and get involved early on July Pep wrote a truly excellent Opinion Piece for cnn. Com about the fatigue are Emergency Responders are dealing with. And he wrote this and let me quote from your article our unsung american heroes are worn and some are even leaving the Disaster Response to work for us and quote, those disasters are not going away clearly, what does the agency need to do to address this burnout that were seeing . Yes. And so and thank you for that. Both who was actually good opportunity to kind of relate his problem that we have across the country at every level. So again, local, state, federal burn by Emergency Managers is a real thing i will just pick a female for a minute because i was the administrator of fema is really only 5,000 fulltime employees. We have another 15,000 reservists in Cadre Members that are parttime. But theres early only 5,000 fulltime female employees across the country so you can imagine on days like this with this one or two regional impacts from disaster were stretched. But imagine all the other things that happen simultaneously wildfires, flooding in other parts of the country in these nontraditional Mission Assignments that weve had, like covid19 and handling Refugee Resettlement of afghans are all of these things stack up. And as soon as you think youve done with one disaster, theres another one, right around the corner. And i think one of the solutions is congress really needs to take note of this and and better Fun Fema when it comes to anymore fema, smes to the payroll, more funding so they could do a wider range operations and thats true all the way down to local level. So whether youre a mayor or a governor, or the president you need to fully fund your Emergency Management Team were grateful to all those workers at fema and the other agencies are involved in this. Thank you very much, pete, for that analysis. Peak games, helping us and for more information about how you, our viewers can help Hurricane Helene victims go to cnn. Com impact you can do so. Well be right back is over. Tim Walz And J. D. Vance in their first and only faced police debate. And cnn has covered with the best political team in the Business A Cnn special event, the Vice President ial debate, tuesday at nine on Cnn Mom jeans. She passed them down to you. 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Cnn underscored the all our reviews then recommendations that underscored. Com blitzer in washington. Were continuing to follow major Breaking News out of the Middle East. I want to go straight to cnn senior white House Reporter Kevin Liptak, who has just received new reaction from the president of the united states, kevin, what are you learning . Yeah, and this is the first official word from the biden administration following the death of the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and President Biden in the statement, its a carefully worded one. Its the Balance Statement and he says that Hassan Nasrallah and the Terrorist Group he led hezbollah were responsible for Killing Hundreds Of Americans over a four Decade Reign of terror, his death from an israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of americans, israelis, and lebanese civilians. The president goes on to acknowledge that that this took place in the broader context of the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah that began on on october 7. He says that the u. S. Does fully support israels right to defend itself against hezbollah. But other iranian backed groups in the region, and the president concludes by saying, ultimately, our aim is to deescalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza And Lebanon through diplomatic means. He says, in gaza, we have been pursuing a deal backed by the un Security Council for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in lebanon. We have been negotiating a deal that would return people safely to their homes in israel and southern lebanon. And the president says, it is time for those deals to close, for the threats to israel to be removed. And for the broader middle East Region to gain greater stability. And so you hear the president there welcoming the death of Hassan Nasrallah, certainly because he was a terrorist and because he had the blood of americans on his hands, but also calling very explicitly for the situation in the Middle East to deescalate. And he says that he has been working on the ceasefire deal. That is the deal that an american officials thought that they had israeli backing for when they announced it on wednesday evening, the next day, prime Minister Netanyahu essentially rejected the deal to the fury of american officials, President Biden in this statement is saying that now parties should resume talks about that ceasefire across the border. Of course, american Officials Today have been watching very closely to see how hezbollah will respond, to see how iran will respond to the killing of nasrallah. And certainly President Biden very much hoping the temperatures can be lowered all right. Kevin liptak with a statement from President Biden. Thank you very, very much for that. Hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah, lead the iranbacked Militant Group for more than 30 years before being killed in an israeli airstrike in the southern part of beirut On Friday his death marks a major setback for the group and creates a Leadership Opening and lots of uncertainty right now, lets go to cnns nic robertson. Hes joining us from tel aviv, nic, what do we know . First of all, about who may eventually take over as the groups do Leader Somebody who is going to be in the close orbit of Hassan Nasrallah, somebody he feel he feels or felt that he trusted somebody that those Around Atlanta who survived the onslaught against the hezbollah leadership will recognize that had the trust of Hassan Nasrallah. So in a way, somebody that was sort of perhaps not anointed by him, but was in that Inner Circle of trust. And i think the two names are the two people that are sort of emerging from this the effective number two that many people are aware of, who was there giving in a speech at the funeral of some Hezbollah Commander has just less than a week ago in beirut, whos viewed as being more hardline than half nasrallah himself. And i had a conversation early this week with some officials here about what happens if Hassan Nasrallah is removed or or would he he even beyond on a Target List back then, i was given the indication that you have to analyze carefully. If you remove him, who does he get rid . Placed by . Well, here we are a few days later trying to analyze who does he get replaced by one of them. His number two is understood to be a relative hardliner and another one a relative of Hassan Nasrallahs his Cousin And Factor Hashem Safieddine is believed to have perhaps been the one that nasrallah was sort of bringing along the in his own image, if you will, sort of bringing along as an understudy, he was the chief of the executive committee of hezbollah, but i think perhaps more pertinent to our understanding of a minor Audiences Understanding of this is somebody who was the son, soninlaw, rather of Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a us Drone Strike back in 2020 Qasem Soleimani was the iranian commander of overseas operations that could force of the elite the argc in iran. So this this sort of Intermarriage Connection and Birth Connection to to both Hassan Nasrallah and this huge figure, this iconic figure of iranian military leadership, Qasem Soleimani its a marriage. Verrett to his family that perhaps plays into Into Hashem suffered ins hands. If you will, but its not clear who the party is. Going to how much Influence Iran will have over that pick, and even what sort of leader safieddine, maybe if he is the one, the problem problem, whichever leader picks up is what is his circle of trust is it penetrated by intelligence operatives as soon as he is anointed . Does that make him the next target . And canny Reconstitute Hezbollah . And how can he land a punch on israel those are going to be sort of immediate concerns. Whoever picks up the reins wolf its interesting, i soleimani was killed during the Trump Administration and trump often bragged about ordering the assassination of soleimani, right . He did and it was seen as one of those moments that there was a watershed where there was an uptick in iranian militia strikes against us interests in in fact, there were, there was a direct response to one of the bases where us troops operating in the north of iraq at the time, i think there were at least two strikes and in one those strikes, troops were sheltering in place you know because there was a large volley of missiles fired from iran at the base hes a many of those troops suffered a Concussion Injuries as a result of that. Now, in backed down from escalating after that Moment But Qasem soleimani it was a very, very important figure. So maybe the sort of intrafamily marriage there this lebanese figure may annoying iranian is we dont know wolf. I mean, this is the moment, this is, this is conjecture. Its not guesswork, its informed understanding, but we dont know which Way Hezbollah is going to go or which Way Iran is going to guide them to go the real question is, do you get somebody whos a calculating careful pragmatist like Hassan Nasrallah or do you get somebody whos got much harder blood, much more fiery attitudes and well, and well engage much more forcefully in an less calculated way with israel. Probably thats not what iran wants but to a degree, some of this is going to be my hands of hezbollah to decide its a very, very dangerous moment in the Middle East right now, nic robertson, thanks very much for that report. Were going to continue our Breaking News coverage on the death of Hassan Nasrallah and will do so right after a quick break everythings stupid. Next saturday at seven on Cnn Scout is protected by some Parakat Trio and hes in it to win it some parick. A trio is the first two would triple protection didnt intestinal worms. 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Brian walmart jimenez will get back to Wolf Blitzer in a moment, but we want to update you on other stories going on, including the race to the White House headed to the Battleground State of wisconsin. Today, where the escalating situation in the Middle East could become a hot topic. Now this afternoon, former President Trump will hold a rally in wisconsin where hes expected but the focus much of his speech on immigration, but he could also address the death of Hezbollahs Leader who was killed in a targeted strike by Israel And Lebanons Capital City of beirut. Cnns Steve Contorno is covering the Trump Campaign for us. Now steve, i mean, has trump commented yet on the death of the hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah he has not yet omar and weve been watching his truth social to see if thats where he decides to weigh in. He is generally said that the turmoil in the Middle East would not have happened if he was reelected four years ago, but well see if when he gets on this stage later today, he more directly addresses the latest developments in beirut however, we do expect this to this of speech to focus on immigration. Obviously its an issue that has been central to his campaign so far and its interesting the Backdrop Today is a small city called prairie duchene. Its about 6,000 people live here. One of the smaller venues ive attended for a trump event. However, that is certainly the points he wants to make the case that the issues with crime that had been tied to our Immigration Policies can hit any community in america, including small towns like this one. There is a recent incident here thats local police have identified as linked to a potentially undocumented individual. And republicans have seized on it. As an example, thats the issues at the border can happen in your community as well. And obviously this event is coming i mean, just a day after Vice President harris made her trip to the border, Donald Trump commenting on that in the last couple of hours saying in truth, social why didnt she make this speech four years ago . Its too late. Now this visit to wisconsin comes as polls continue to show a very tight race here, Take A Look at our Cnn Poll of polls and wisconsin. Its well within the margin of error, right edge to Vice President harris. However, that could change with any coming pulled omar, weve seen those polls essentially show no clear leader for quite some time now, Steve Contorno. Thank you so much. Still ahead for us, The World awaits. Hezbollah is next move after their leader was targeted and killed in an israeli airstrike, our Breaking News coverage continues in just a moment, stay with podcast from cnn. Give todays top five stories all in one pod cast. 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