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Israel now confirming it carried out a fresh new strike in beirut just a short time ago. Our cnn teams on the ground witnessing smoke rising after an explosion in the citys Southern Suburbs. And it comes just hours after his Ballikan Firm and israeli strike on friday killed its longtime leader and founder, Hassan Nasrallah, a senior iranian commander was also killed. That according to iran state media. And moments ago, i spoke to Idf Spokesperson about what nasrallah is. Death could mean potentially for a much broader conflict in The Middle East with iran. Listen to his answer i would suggest that iran look very closely how weve dealt with hamas, the leadership of hamas, and how in the last weekandahalf, Weve Effect actively decapitated hezbollah from its senior leadership all the way down to the operational in tactical stuff there is a lot to lose here. I dont think anybody is interested in a further escalation, a Broader War Present President Biden issuing a public statement calling this trellas death. And in bidens words, a measure of justice for hezbollahs elite, for the hezbollah leaders, many victims over the years. But President Biden is also urging restraint right now. Meanwhile, the u. S. State department is ordering all nonemergency personnel and their families to leave the embassy in beirut, lebanon just ahead of an expanded potential war cnns Kevin Liptack in cnns jomana karadsheh, are tracking all of these latebreaking developments for us. Kevin, youre in washington, the Vice President , Kamala Harris, i understand. Just put out a statement on her own. Tell our viewers what shes saying yeah. Harris and the president , Joe Biden receiving continual updates from their team on this situation. And we just did receive the statement from harris who said that Hassan Nasrallah was a terrorist with american blood on his hands across decades. His leadership of hezbollah destabilized The Middle East and led to thE Killing of countless innocent people in lebanon, israel, syria, and Around The World the Vice President says today, hezbollahs victims have a measure of justice and that is the exact same phrase that President Biden used in his own statement responding to this killing, of course, harris the Vice President , but also the democratic nominee for president. And certainly she is balancing a very fraught situation politically as well. I think its pretty clear lets she would rather be talking about issues that voters care about, the economy rather than The Middle East. And so a heightened escalating conflict, theyre not an opportune moment for that politically, for the Vice President , but you see her in that statement reflecting very closely what President Biden said his own statement saying that Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group, he led hezbollah were responsible for Killing Hundreds Of Americans over four Decade Reign of terror, the president goes on to say ultimately our aim is to deescalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza And Lebanon through diplomatic means. He says, it is time for these deals to close for the threats to israel to be removed and further broader middle East Region to gain greater stability. And so you see President Biden, theyre really trying to strike a balance. Certainly No One in the White House is shutting any tears for Hassan Nasrallah. He had american blood on his hands, as harris said, he was the leader of a tariff terrorist organization. But at the same time, the u. S. Had been trying to lower temperatures across the israellebanon border. Remember, President Biden had spent the earlier part of last week trying to negotiate a 21 Day Ceasefire that would bring the fighting to an end. They thought that israel was on board with that only to have a prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the next morning, kind of brush it off really kind of infuriating american officials. And then the next day you have this operation in beirut that the president publicly said that he had no advanced warning of, and it only heightens the sense that there is a Disconnect Growing between the president and his counterpart in israel, benjamin netanyahu, the idea that his urgings to deescalate the Region Arent necessarily being met with actions on the ground. Now, what american officials are watching for is for any kind of retaliation, both from hezbollah or what remains of it and from iraq and american officials say that theyre monitoring that situation very closely. And to that end, we did receive word just within the last couple of hours that the American Embassy In Beirut is ordering certain personnel and their families to leave lebanon. This is not a full embassy evacuation, but it does underscore how quickly they think that this situation could deteriorate. They say that theyre ordering those families and personnel to leave due to the volatile and unpredictable Security Situation in beirut. And theyre also saying that americans, if they can, should leave while commercial Air Travel is still available essentially saying that the situation there could grow worse. And of planes may stop leaving. And in fact, we have already seen today some commercial Air Carriers start to cancel their flights. So certainly washington watching this very closely as they look to lower the temperature and those commercial Air Flights are going to be canceled fairly soon. I suspect i want i want to go to jomana karadsheh. Shes joining us live from beirut, right now. Jomana, what more are you learning first of all, about the latest israeli strikes there, there today . Well, i mean, we are hearing from the Israeli Military Wolff saying that they are continuing these strikes on the Southern Suburbs of beirut. That as you know, is an area that has hezbollah presence. This is an area that has been the focus of these Israeli Militarys airstrikes, especially in the last 24 hours with these continuous strikes, they are saying that they are going after hezbollah facilities. What they claim are Weapons Storage facilities commanders that they are also announcing that have been taken out. Of course israeli strike one of the most massive, the people of this city have ever theme is The One that killed the leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. And since then, wolf, the people of the city that people of this country have been on edge. Absolutely terrified of what is coming. You also have the amongst the many many, hundreds of thousands, if not more of loyal supporters of Hassan Nasrallah disbelief, anger, shock at thE Killing of a man viewed by most western countries as a terrorist leader. But for them, a hero and not just in lebanon, of course across the Shear World whether in iran, in yemen, in parts of syria, and iraq. So a lot of concern about what this might trigger if were going to see any sort of retaliation by these iranian backed proxies by iran itself. Unclear, of course, right now, what his status is if there will be able to carry out any sort of major attack after you have seen these significant blow after a significant blow. And thats really an under statement but for the people of this city wolf, it has been a terrifying 24 hours when youre seeing these continuous strikes taking place, lighting up the Night Sky is we witnessed throughout the night last night, and continuing throughout the day today. And that is coupled with the hes warnings that theyre receiving from the Israeli Military the spokesman for the idf, in a post On X yesterday, began by ordering the evacuation of a number of neighborhoods in beiruts Southern Suburbs, telling people that theyre going to start bombing a short time after that. Im unclear if that was enough time for people well to get out of there. They began carrying out these strikes on different parts of the Southern Suburbs. And we have seen a mass exited if people we witnessed it ourselves here at 3 00 in the morning with thousands of people out on The Streets, families with children really young children and sleeping on sidewalks in parks on benches its i mean, it was the Scene Wolf like something i really havent witnessed in my many years of covering conflict and since then, the Israeli Military has expanded the orders it seems these warnings in the last couple of hours the idf also issuing a warning. This time to the entire country, pretty much to all the people of lebanon. The Idf Spokesman telling people, especially in those areas, in all of Southern Lebanon all of Eastern Lebanon in the beqaa region, and the Southern Suburbs that they need to stay away from areas where there is hezbollah interests, hezbollah presence that is something that has really terrified people because first of all, they dont know where these hezbollah facilities are and the second thing is the fact that this feels like the Israeli Military here is expanding potentially these airstrikes to hit different parts of the country and people right now dont know what is coming next. And they are bracing for the worst at a time when you have a Death Toll that is continuing to rise according to the Health Ministry here, wolf, they say, since september the 16th, since those Pager And Walkietalkie attacks. And since then these airstrikes that we have been seeing more than 1030 people have been killed too put that into context in all of the 2006, israel has well a war in those 34 days, 1,100 people were killed. And right now about ten days or so into this, it is 1030 people. It is unclear, of course, how many of them are his hezbollah fighters . And how many of them civilians. But senior lebanese officials weve spoken to say that many, many women and children are among the casualties. And you also have more than half 1 Million people. That was a couple of days ago, according to lebanese government estimates, who have been displaced from their homes. And if you look at this Mass Exodus from one of the most heavily populated parts of the country in the Southern Suburbs still underway. That number is most certainly going to rise. And i just wanted to make one last point. Wolf, listening to kevin live shot with you earlier. The biden administration saying that it is continuing to work to deescalate the situation, the importance of a diplomatic solution ive spoken to senior lebanese officials as well as arab officials. And The One thing ive been hearing and this was before E Killing of Hassan Nasrallah they believe that the united states is not doing enough. They say that the biden administration can and should do more. They say to put pressure on israel to deescalate the situation question. They say the only way out of all of this would have been It Ceasefire in gaza. And that the u. S did not manage to put enough pressure to make that happen. This is according to arab officials, but right now, dangerous and volatile doesnt even begin to describe this situation with the prospect of a regional war very, very real jomana karadsheh, excellent report. Thank you very much. Kevin liptak. Thanks to you. As well. Lets get more on all these major developments. Trita parsi is the executive Vice President at the Quincy Institute for responsible statecraft and the author of the book, losing an enemy, obama, iran, and the triumph of diplomacy what impact do you think thE Killing of this raleigh and other senior leaders will have on his balah, at least in the short term, what do you think obviously this is a major devastating blow to hezbollah. But i would say that its not necessarily thE Killing Of Nasrallah that is v most important development in terms of the degradation of hezbollah. Its the fact that the israelis managed to essentially crack the code of hezbollahs Communications System that is a key reason as to why hezbollah has such a hard time regrouping. This is actually very similar to what happened in 2006. The only difference since being that the rules were then reversed has well managed to crack the codes of Israels Communication as israel was invading lebanon. And as part of the reason why israel was defeated back in 2006. But as long as Israel And Hezbollah cannot restores communication system, its ability to be able to regroup is going to be significantly, significantly weekend and this is part of the reason that the israelis at this point are going forward with further bombing campaigns and lebanon hoping to be able to strike out as much as his role as they can trita, you, youve argued that the unpopularity of the rainy and leaders at home could hold them back from launching a larger response to this killing. Explain what you mean . Well, i think over the course of the last 11 months, we have clearly seen the iranians are not looking for a direct confrontation with the israelis have shown a tremendous amount of restraint, although of course in washington, perhaps thats not how they would be credited but reality is theyre facing significant difficulties and that was the case even and before what happened in lebanon with the assassination and killings, nasrallah, theyre having their own internal problems. Pezeshkian Governments Priority is to pursue what hes calling max national reconciliation. That necessitate some sort of a deal with the united states or reduction of tensions. Move will of some of the sanctions in order to improve the economic situation. The last thing they need if they want to pursue national reconciliation is a Military Confrontation with israel. And this is, i think a key reason as to why the iranians have held back on top of that, of course, they are running out of options. They can strike. They have already shown that, but they can only do so while at the same time starting a major war, a major war that they dont want theres a difference between them being able to strike israel and being able to strike as well with the calibration to make sure that they have inflicted some damage on israel without providing a pretext for larger escalation the latter, they do not have a certain point if this conflict were to continue trita could it force around santa enter this conflict more directly, even though right now they seem to be reluctant to get into a fullscale war with israel certainly could i think they have tried as long as possible to stay out. But this is putting a tremendous amount of pressure on iran from some of its own partners in the socalled axis of resistance. Because what good is even to them, if at The End of the day when things like this happen the vanians do not ive come to their aid. So iran is now being torn in several different directions and the ultimate balance is unclear at this Point But Hezbollah in many different ways has been iran first line of defense against israel if hezbollah truly is degraded meaning much more than what weve seen so far than it would leave iran tremendously vulnerable than the question is if they believe that that is the direction were heading, they may calculate that theyre better off reacting sooner rather than later. This is why so many of the other entities in the region, us allies for so long . Been pressuring the united states to put pressure on israel to actually have a ceasefire in gaza, because that is the key to avoiding this escalation. Because even if the netanyahu government seems to be willing to have that escalation. No one knows exactly how that will end, particularly if the united states and its own troops gets directly involved. You wrote a about the triumph of diplomacy. Do you think theres any hope for a diplomatic solution to this conflict between Israel And Hezbollah and lebanon and between israel and hamas in gaza. I would never say that diplomacy no longer has a chance, but i think we have to be honest diplomacy is not what has been pursued in the last 11 months. The Biden Ministration cannot say that theyre working tirelessly around the clock to secure a ceasefire if they are simultaneously providing the israelis the weapons, the intelligence and other means in order to be able to continue the fight that the Biden Ministration says they dont want to see. So we have not pursue diplomacy in the matter that actually would be our top priority and as a result, one cannot say that this is a failure of diplomacy because diplomacy was never truly try trita parsi. Thanks so much for joining us thank you for having me to to our viewers. Thanks very much for joining us as well. 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Steve, what are we expecting to hear from trump later today wolf, a day after Vice President harris was at the Southern Border, Donald Trump is expected to discuss the issue of immigration here in wisconsin. Hes an interesting part of the state. This is she is a city of less than 6,000 people, but hes trying to drive home the message that that crime issues that are tied to the border can happen anywhere in america right now, were hearing from the chief of police here, who is talking about an incident involving an alleged suspect who is undocumented and allegedly part of a transnational gang who is suspected of attacking a woman and her daughter here in this city. And this is an example that republicans have seized on lady to demonstrate that the issue of immigration and the problems does that the Southern Border can hit people in any part of the country there signage on the walls here that says end the invasion of small town america yesterday. Donald trump also addressed to Vice President harriss visit to the border. Take a listen to what he said about that trip. This is bad timing for kamala to show up today at the borders. She didnt go there for four years now, today, she shows up and these numbers got released somebody does it like her, i think being delivered in the state of wisconsin, wolf, one of those key battlegrounds take a look at this Cnn Poll of polls on this state. It is razor thin margin here, just like it is in many of those battlegrounds, no clear defined winter in wisconsin. And so well be watching closely to see how trump messages to this community when he takes the stage in a few moments here you stephen, i thought it was interesting that dark Kamala Harris just issued a public statement strongly supporting israel, condemning hezbollah i have an unwavering commitment to their security of israel she said, so far have there been any reaction to thE Killing of hasan nasrallah from trump or his team . Wolf and we have been watching his truth, social very closely because as often where he delivers his response to the news he has said in the past that he believes that the turmoil in The Middle East us would not be happening if he was still president. And we expect a similar message from him on, on these latest developments. Well be listening closely to see if he actually addresses that when he gets in this stage in just a few moments here all well, be monitoring that Steve Contorno. Thank you very, very much. Meanwhile, a troubling reality is set in for many communities across the southeast as the impact of Hurricane Helene lingers, well have a live report from asheville, North Carolina. Thats coming up. Next stay with us over. Tim Walz And J. D. Vance in their first and only Facetoface Debate and cnn has covered with the best political team in the business a cnn special event. 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Adding that the White House and im quoting now, will make certain that no he source is spared to help communities rebuild and to recover as quickly as possible at least 55 people have died across five states since helene made landfall in florida on thursday night, as a category four hurricane with winds up to 130 miles per hour. Cnns Rafael Romo is joining us now from a hard Hit Asheville, North Carolina. Rafael, what are you seeing over if on The One hand you have the things that you do see like pieces of furniture that are all over the place. We are surrounded by mud here where we are in this is some sort of table that ended up here during the middle of The Street. We also see a door that came from somehow some building around here. Theres a chair there im standing in an area where you find about two inches of mud and then there are the things that you dont see. Wolf and one of those things is a pungent smell its probably a mixture of sewage a flammable, some sort of fuel that is in the air here that is just very, very pungent. Take a lawyer, for example at this Power Pole is some metal Power Pole that ended up here. I dont see the whole raid came from. So just imagine the destructive force of the flooding water, waters in this area. Now, the crisis is also very widespread here were talking about 578 people who are in shelters here in asheville. And also 400 rose in the western North Carolina area that are impassable. There are many people who live in surrounding communities that officials are having a tough time getting to them because the roads such bad condition and also in a 24 Hour Period 5,500 calls to the Emergency Area and the Reality Wolf is that this area got Hit A by a onetwo punch. First of all, a weather system, the broad between wednesday and thursday, about ten inches of rain and then you add to that what happened with tropical storm helene, which brought another foot of rain on friday. So you add those students gather and were talking about officials. Here, say a one in 1,000 Year Rainfall Event and thats the reason why you see what you see and let me tell you, wolf, everywhere you look here is a picture of devastation now back to you yes. So said Rafael Romo and asheville, North Carolina for us and rafael. Thank you very much for joining us now to discuss further whats going on is mike allen, hes the director of the university of Floridas Nature Coast biological station, mike, thanks so much for joining us. I know youre in cedar Cedar Key, florida right now. The images of the devastation when we see them, they are so heartbreaking. How are you doing and whats the situation like where you are right now . Yeah. Thank you. Wolf. Its a pleasure to be with you you know, its a heartbreaking storm for sure. This is the strongest hurricane to hit Cedar Key in any of our lifetimes. And maybe even since the 19th, the year 1,900 or before that so its caused a lot of damage and it follows two other hurricanes, hurricane idalias on August 30 Last year, that at the time was the strongest one thats hit Cedar Key and then Hurricane Debby back at The End of july this year. So weve weve had three storms, but this one was definitely the worst one yeah, certainly was one of the people there in florida telling you about the damage left behind from helene live in an area that the people that live here are they are used to tropical systems and we, you know this is one of the things that you can actually learn to prepare for them better. And i think that we have but, youre not, going to stop the catastrophic damage to structures when you have, you know, a Surge Level that high a lot of peoples homes here had eight feet of water in them a lot of the elevated homes had severe Damage Underneath and some of them structural damage as well as the restaurants and some businesses. So this is a this is a very difficult storm for us, but but ill tell you what i see this community bound together in the preparation of the storm. And then after the storm. And if anybody can come back, this group can come back and everybody just puts their head down and One Day At A Time and start making it better. And as you pointed out, its relatively small community that has been through three huge storms in the last 13 Months Helene was a category for the most severe by far how are the people and the resources actually holding up . You know, i think this has been difficult for people. I think its almost come too soon since the other storm. So i think its, you know, you go you definitely go through some emotions in just the prep again and getting ready and the uncertainty about whats going to happen and in this case, we had a lot of damage and we had some Wind Damage this time. It wasnt just surge. The surge was higher than the neither of the previous two storms and the Wind Damage was more to so yeah. I think people are holding its funny to me when you go up and down The Street and you see people Cleaning Up you see lots of smiles. You see lots of laugh and people, people say, you know, this is, this is, we chose to live in this beautiful place and were going to have to deal with storms like this and its surprising to me just what a great attitude and hard work that people just buckle down and start Cleaning Up, then thats whats going on right now. Yeah. I know a lot of people who have moved to florida and the first thing they always say is we got to learn more about potential hurricanes and thats a good thing to do. And what kind of help are you getting right now, mike from the state, the state government, and florida and the federal government here in washington its been declared a Disaster Area and that that has a toggled. It helps him in a lot of different ways, but i was impressed yesterday i got on the island were an Island Community of 700 people and i got on the island early before it was open to go check out the biological station. And there were already National Guards here on The Streets ready to help with any potential future issues with looting or if anyone needs any assistance. The governor was here yesterday and you know, were just starting the process of what kind of federal and State Aid we might get. But i can tell you that the federal and State Response that weve seen in fact, i just told some National Guard folks just a moment ago, you know, it makes you feel like youre not alone when you see those humvees and you see those those uniforms and theyre here, theyre here to help and that helps a lot so certainly does. Thank god for them about my gallon. Thank you very, very much. My gallon is the director of the university of Floridas Nature Coast biological station. We have a lot more news coming up. Well get back to the Breaking News from The Middle East in just a moment or so the Israeli Military, as you know, killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of hezbollah. And now the question becomes, who will take his place . Our Nic Robertson will join us live to discuss that and more right after a short break years, ive been saying publicly what people are saying themselves. I have enough mean i could just shut up the fact is, i can carve next saturday at seven On Cnn. 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You are the most here of what we look the same. Five good things. Listen wherever you get your podcasts were continuing our special coverage of todays top story has balahs leader, Hezbollahs Leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed. That it israeli airstrike in beirut on friday, confirmed today that hes dead is death marks a major Turning Point for the iranbacked group that he has led for more than 30 years and could potentially create a major Leadership Vacuum and escalate into an allout war in the region. Cnns Nic Robertson is joining us right now from tel aviv. I understand nick. We just heard from prime Minister Netanyahu. What is he saying . Yeah, a few pointers here. Well, from the Prime Minister, im just going to read them off as we get them in here. He says, this is all referencing, of course, the you, have Hassan Nasrallah. He says, we squared the accounts with somebody who Killed Hundreds Of Americans and dozens of french. He goes on to say the elimination Of Nasrallah was essential for us to bring back the residents to the north, to the north of israel if he was alive, he would have rebuilt the town eric group. This is what prime Minister Netanyahu is saying. Thats why i gave the order to assassinate him. Thats when he says theres no place in The Middle East that the long arm of Israel Cannot reach thats very clearly a warning for anyone else that will want to target israel that this time bearing in mind the houthis fired that third ballistic Missile Sunlen a little over a week at central israel. Just as the Prime Minister was landing. In fact, the houthis are claiming that that missile was fired aimed at the airport when the Prime Minister was landing. And one other point from the Prime Minister here saying that these are historic days. They thought that israel would be eradicated. We will bring the fight together and we will win together, echoing what he said at the Un General Assembly we are winning or weve heard also from the defense minister, whos convened a meeting with his top Security Officials with the Idf Chief of staff general herzi maybe intelligence chiefs as well. Theyve been reviewing the current situation with a view it says to the expansion of idf activities along the northern border that seems to sort of hint again hence that we were hearing over the past few days that there could be some kind of limited Ground Operation along the border thats not confirming it, but again, heavily hinting in that direction, you asking about the vacuum left by Hassan Nasrallah two principal candidates, his former number to seems to be taking over as a caretaker. He is perhaps more hot blooded than nasrallah in terms of Of Nasrallah, careful calculating. Just last weekend at a funeral, this number two was saying that theyre now this is a new chapter and essentially plea in an open war or the other person who is in the running to be the leadership has a cousin Of Nasrallah, also married into a very powerful and important iranian family that he is the son Lin Lot of qasem soleimani, whom the united states killed in a Drone Strike early in 2020. He was the quds force, the overseas Military Command and for irans elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard counsel. So both of these figures would carry weight within hezbollah, one node to be sorted of more hotheaded, if you will, than Hassan Nasrallah wolf Nic Robertson in tel aviv. Thank you. And well be right a cnn special event, the Vice President ial debate, Tuesday At Nine Finish Ultimate engineered conditions dry burn tons, stains, oh, dishwashers, very hard. One finish. 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Winning could come down to one key demographic, the latino Vote Cnn senior political Commentator Ana Navarro is a republican and an outspoken critic of the former president Donald Trump. He is supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in tomorrows Nights Episode of the whole story, Ana Navarro travels across the country and gets perspectives from latinos on both sides of the political aisle. Watch this. Do you think its a mistake to write off . The cuban vote, to write off florida, i think with cubans, absolutely. They havent made up their minds yet in my view, its been decades of Work And Ground laying by the republican party linking democrats to communists and socialists. And i dont feel that democrats have done anything to combat that narrative. And its stuck comrade Kamala Harris year fired. We have a history of dictators. So when you have a guide come out and say, im going to take care of everything cubans are like i recognize that that makes sense. Hes going to take care of everything. Weve heard it before. And the movie is horrible. Can we change the script for will be i think the same with i think he is incredibly dangerous. To our community. Hes become the most influential political voice amongst the Cuban American Community in south florida. I would say the New York Cuban American Community, yes. No Room Door hes running for mayor of miamidade. I dont think he has a chance live. I anna, so where did you go . What places did you visit to prepare this report . We went to the border. We went to pennsylvania. Turns out wolf that pennsylvania has the third largest Puerto Rican community in the country, 8 of the state is latino. We went to georgia, what 10 of that state is latino, as you know, in Arizona And Nevada theres more than 30 latinos and so youve got at least four Swing States where the latino community, the Latino Vote could be the secret weapon and look, i have i have No Doubt that Kamala Harris is going to win the majority of the Latino Vote but the question is, will Donald Trump . When enough Latino Votes to allow him to win in some of those Swing States. And thus, when the election and i think thats up to thats still an answer. We still dont know. And what i learned, wolf is you know, we like to talk a lot about the Latino Vote. There is no such thing as a Latino Vote. Theres progressive latinos or social conservative latinos. Theyre all over the place when it comes to policies and ideology and the priorities that are driving them to the polls. But what they rate among latinos is this desire to be recognized, to be seen, and to be sought after, to have people want to earn their votes. And their support, and to be recognized i Latino Vote as a latino identity thank you very much. And to our viewers, im really looking forwarard to it we will all tun into the Latino Vote and navarros american tour, on the whole story with Anderson Cooper Tomorrow night, 8 00 pm eastern right here On Cnn. And well be right back needs the safe space. You have a show were right and left talk to each other cnn presents an Encore Presentation of hbos realtime with Bill Maher Tonight at 8 00 On Cnn okay. Ready to second. I got it. Finished my laundry its like one second. I use rinse wash, rinse, the company that will pick up wash, fold and olivier laundry, dry Cleaning Up that testimony. I did not trust other people with my laundry rinse guarantees or satisfaction. Ive been using yeah, for months now with no issues okay. Lets watch this. Week. Im going to do my laundry better, hurry gun, all schedules, sign up for rinsing, rinse. 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