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The Place President ial Debate Tomorrow Night this is cnn Breaking News well, it is now 10 00 a. M. Here in israel and in lebanon. Im Becky Anderson in Tel Aviv and this is a live look at beirut as we speak. You can see a thick haze is hanging over the city. There. After overnight israeli Air Strikes and some 200 kilometers up the coast from where we are here in Southern Lebanon. Israel has started what it calls a limited Ground Operations, sending in paratroopers commandos, and members of the armed corps the israeli military says it is conducting quote, targeted raids that the israeli lebanese border. Israel says there will be no longterm occupation of Southern Lebanon lebanese State Media says strikes are underway at this hour in Southern Lebanon and those attacks are causing severe damage meantime, hezbollah says it has targeted parts of Northern Israel during the early morning hours the u. S. Says, israel informed it of a number of operations, including the Ground Incursion us national security Councils Spokesperson tells cnn that the mission can be a risk of risk of Mission Creep if you will, on the White House will keep discussing that with the israelis cnns Paula Hancocks is in Abu Dhabi and she has been monitoring what is going on both Over Beirut and in Southern Lebanon. And obviously this is a fastmoving story. Paula, the announcement at least of the Ground Invasion coming around 2 00 a. M. Local time. We are now some hours into that operation. What further details do we have . Well, becky, we have a team on the border saying that they had been seeing in those early hours flashes of light. They had heard the Artillery Fire in Southern Lebanon. Weve heard from State Run media, nna that there has been severe damage, as they described but in some of the villages at this point saying that theres been damage to shops, to private houses, and also to crops. As it is now light in those areas, we should get more information about what the impact on the ground has been. But weve heard from the israeli side, the military saying that they had been treated reigning for this for months, saying also that they had gained skill and operational experience from what they have been doing over recent months in gaza, they have described it as a limited at a targeted operation in Southern Lebanon. The israeli military saying that they will be focusing on a number of villages just across the border in Southern Lebanon, areas where they say hezbollah operatives are based have been operating out of and where they believed that there is hezbollah infrastructure. Now they have called it limited. There are of course, concerns in lebanon thats that it may become more than what israel says. It is they the israeli military understandably would not be drawn on how long this might last, how deep into israel, into lebanon they may go. But certainly in the past in 1982, for example, israel described a limited invasion and that ended as a bloody 18 year occupation. And just recently when israel said it would carry out a limited offensive in rafah in the south of gaza amid international Condemnation And Opposition that ended up as a significant operation where that much of the city as described by foreign media, including cnn, which was taken there by the idf. So there are concerns about how significant this operation could be. We heard from the u. S side, the u. S. President joe biden, just hours before it started calling a gain for a Ceasefire Fire but we have since heard that lloyd austin, the u. S. Defense secretary, has spoken to yoav gallant, the israeli defense minister, and he has posted on x, formerly known as twitter. Ill read you. His comments, quote, we agreed on the necessity of dismantling Attack Infrastructure along the border to ensure that lebanese hezbollah cannot conduct October 7 style attacks on israels northern communities. I reaffirmed that a diplomatic resolution is required to ensure that civilians can return safely to their homes on both sides of the border there, saying they they do say israel has a right to selfdefense fans, but they would prefer a diplomatic response. Becky well, hancocks on the story for you with the very latest. Thank you. Paula, well, Malcolm Davis is a senior analyst for Defense Strategy and capability at the australian strategic policy institute. And he joins us live now firstly, your assessment of what you have heard and seen reported to date, we are some seven or so hours after the announcement of the Ground Offensive or incursion invasion, call it what you will by israeli troops, albeit they suggest limited in scope. How do you assess what you are seeing to date certainly, i think that the goal of the israeli defense forces on the ground in this Grounding Incursion is to push hezbollah forces back to the Litani River on the other side of that river to create a buffer zone, which is free he of hezbollah forces and particularly in terms of their ability to use short Range Artillery such as mortars and rockets. So that sort of thing so that israeli citizens can return to Northern Israel to their towns and villages. There and in doing so, basically created in a safe sector from which israel can then prevent hezbollah from infiltrating close to the border the same time, youre seeing israeli airstrikes continue, both in support of that Ground Incursion, but also more directly against longer range, more distant targets such as continuing during the attacks on hezbollah, rockets and battlefield Missiles House has said that it supports israels right to defend itself from terror organizations. Very specifically has said iran Backs Terror organizations. It also at the same time says it worries about Mission Creep. So i guess that begs the question. Here for how long does this go on how, how, whats the scope of this operation . Lets talk about what the threat is. There have been some 9,300 injured launches by hezbollah on israel since October The Eighth, the day after the terrible massacre of people in israel by hamas, October The Eighth was the first time that hezbollah in this conflict launched strikes on israel. Whats the capacity of the Terror Group . And lets remind ourselves they are as far as at least their communications and their infrastructure much depleted over the past couple of weeks. But when i talk about infrastructure, im talking about physical commanders and achieve. But the actual physical weaponry they have is vast at this point, malcolm, do you just give us a sense of what the israelis are up against him . Certainly estimates coming out of us Think Tanks and elsewhere suggest that hezbollah have between 150000200000 Battlefield Rockets miss are short range missiles. Mortars, drones. The israelis have destroyed some of those in the initial yes, strikes that have occurred since this operation against hezbollah up again certainly, the attacks against hezbollahs command control, its leadership, including the attack on this rather that killed nasrallah have been quite effective. But the hezbollah forces still do have substantial numbers of these weapons many of which are hidden in civilian areas inside homes. And the challenge for the israelis is to detect these weapons and if hezbollah start to prepare them for launch, to be able to respond, earn strike quickly against those threats. Right . Now, there is obviously the risk if there is an areas of lebanese civilians being injured or killed but i think that the israelis have little choice but to continue to prosecute this war, to continue to degrade hezbollahs military capability, including these Battlefield Missiles and rockets. And for that reason, the Air Campaign has to continue. The ground campaign, i think is limited to creating, as i said, this Demilitarized Zone that extends up to little tiny river a good history in successful invasions. And paula was alluding to that in her reporting just earlier on, i wonder what you believe is different this time in 82 Ground Forces went in. They were promising a limited incursion as they are now promising the same this time it was three years before most of those israeli troops withdrew malcolm, what whats different to your mind . This time has many people say this is that there is no Military Option for success. Ultimately against hezbollah look, i think thats right in the sense that you know, supposedly you learn from operational experience. So the israelis would have learned from that earlier campaign but so would have had hezbollah. And so i think that there is the risk that history will repeat itself. These israelis will go in for yet another limited incursion on the ground. But theyll get Bogged Down because theyll have to defend that Demilitarized Zone that exists along with a Litani River obviously, the technology is different these days in terms of the ability for networked Sensor Systems to be able to monitor hezbollah movements across the other side of that river but there is the risk of israeli forces getting Bogged Down, ending up in a similar situation to what happened, then and essentially ending up in another quagmire where casualties are incurred on the israeli Side Beth them has a political consequence for Benjamin Netanyahus government and its also encourages our forces, hamas, the who ties even around to take advantage of Israelis Predicament have you, malcolm. Thank you very much indeed for joining us on what is our Breaking News this hour more Coming Up here On Cnn as you would expect, i do. They want to pause just for a moment from what is going on in this region, send it over to my Colleague Max Foster for some other news headlines. He is out of london this morning. Max. Hi, becky in the u. S. The Death Toll from a Hurricane Helene has risen now to 130 as the recovery begins and Search And Rescue efforts continue, us President Joe Biden set to visit North Carolina on wednesday. The state has reported the most this deaths from helene with 56 as well as entire towns cut off from access to aid. Official say supplies are starting to trickle into some areas though nearly 300,000 customers in the state is still without electricity according to power outage. Us, us North Carolinas Attorney General says, itll take weeks, months, and years to recover from this storm. Cnns Rafael Romo is in North Carolina with more on how residents are coping put some coffee in here, complete, surrounded by destruction without electricity. This freshly brewed cup of coffee, its a small luxury for sara tim koh. I asked my daughter, are you okay. Weve just texted her and she sent me back these horrifying pictures. I mean, it looked like armageddon and thats when theyve Tim Cook decided to travel hundreds of miles to come to the rescue of his daughter and her family, bringing food, water, gas, and supplies, buildings down houses, washed away im like, oh my god, my daughters in the middle of this and shes sevenandahalf months pregnant the baby is going to be here at about eight weeks and its my first so its exciting. I also dont want him to come early because we are not prepared the asheville, North Carolina resident and her family were among the hundreds of thousands of people left without power here in devotees stated western North Carolina with major Disaster Declarations in 25 Countys Emergency crews say they are overwhelmed, not only by the amount of people in need of help, but also because theyre unable to reach many of them cut off communities, destroyed roads and broken bridges like this one here is swannanoa are making the job of first responders and Search And Rescue teams very difficult here and western North Carolina. I didnt really know my neighbors that well. Actually until like two days ago in this asheville neighborhood, people decided they couldnt wait for help to arrive Theyve Theyve given us water, fuel, food. They organize themselves to clear their street that was covered in Mud And Debris and weve all chipped in. Weve all worked together has been really special most people in the areas devastated by the storm have no power, water, or Cell Service as Residents Line up for necessities, fema is using helicopters to deliver Supplies Sara Tempo says he was not prepared for this kind of unexpected disaster what was your reaction when he said honey, im going your way and im bringing supplies. I was like thats thats him. He lonely there for me. This is my first grandchild, her first child you know, thats a very delicate time, right . In the world . First of times, the best in people is making a big difference. Rafael romo, cnn, asheville, North Carolina the us president ial contenders is addressed the damage from the storm on monday as Residents Attempt to pick up the pieces, Vice President Kamala Harris cut short her campaigning on the West Coast to fly back to washington for a briefing on the federal response to helene. A speaker, each worker, she shared a message of support for americans dealing with the disaster over the past few days, our nation has endured some of the worst Destruction And Devastation that we have seen in quite some time and we have responded with our best with the best folks who are on the ground and here doing the kind of work that is about rising to a moment of crisis to do everything we can to lift up folks who deserve to be seen and heard while Donald Trump was in South Georgia where he helped distribute aid in some of the hard Hit Areas his visit though turned political as he falsely claimed the biden Administration Isnt Answering calls some State Leaders asked me to help trumps specifically mentioned Georgias Governor and failed attempts to get in touch with president biden, but Governor Brian Kemp dismiss those rumors confirming he indeed spoke with the president the governors doing a very good job. Hes having a hard time getting the president on the phone, i guess theyre not the federal government hey respond to the president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him and called him right back and he just said, hey, what do you need . And i told him we we got what we need. Well work through the federal process. He offered that if theres another things that we need just to call them directly, which i appreciate that well, the u. S. Vice president ial nominees will hold their first and so far, only scheduled debate on Tuesday Night that they soft comes just five weeks before the election, and it could be the final debate of the Campaign Season democratic nominee tim walz. Has told people he is nervous about doing debates, but says he hopes voters will know that he and his Running Mate Kamala Harris are quote, just doing our best for folks republican nominee j. D. Vance and his wife arrived in New York on monday where the debate will be held as 400 strategy. 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Dot workers at american ports from maine to texas have gone on strike members of the international Longshoremens Association are walking the Picket Line at 14 major ports on the East And Gulf coasts ports in the Western Us arent affected lastminute efforts to come to an agreement with a us Maritime Alliance failed. The alliance represents the major shipping lines they asked for an extension of the current contract. Talks could continue, but the union rejected their offer of a 50 Wage Increase over the life of the contract new York Governor says the effect on the economy could be devastating high. To potential for disruption is significant. Were deeply concerned about the impact that a strike could have on our supply chains. Especially when it comes to critical goods like medical supplies and others well, this is the first strike of these ports since 1977. And a judge in georgia has struck down the States Abortion Ban. The law effectively prohibited abortions beyond the first six weeks of pregnancy. The judge declared the law unconstitutional, making clear his stance on womens reproductive rights. Cnns Nick Valencia has the detail a Georgia Judge has thrown out the States Abortion Ban now, opening the door for access to the procedure up to about 22 weeks of pregnancy. Judge Robert Mcburney said in his ruling, day that abortions must be regulated as they were prior to the passage of the controversial Heartbeat Bill back in 2019, it was in 2019 that georgia lawmakers passed what was then thought to be one of those restrictive Abortion Bans in the country, outlying the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy or prior to when most women realize that theyre pregnant. And it was Judge Mcburney incidentally, back in 2019, that block that rule or that law that was signed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp from going into effect. But then in 2022, the Supreme Court, throughout the national right to an abortion, which opened the door for states to issue their own Abortion Bans that brought the ruling of the constitutionality of the Heartbeat Bill back into the courtroom of Judge Mcburney. And this is what he said in his ruling today, saying, quote, Liberty In Georgia includes in its meaning, in its protections and in its bundle of rights, the power of a woman to control her own body, to decide what happens to it. And in it, and to reject State Interference with her Healthcare Choices the ruling comes as Vice President Kamala Harris has its made access to abortions a key Campaign Issue in recently propublica reported that at least two black women have died as a result of not having access to legal abortions in this state. 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The White House, warning that Mission Creep can be a risk and discussions it says with the israelis will go on lebanese officials report at least 95 people were killed within a 24 hour periods on monday. The government says about 1 Million people, 1 Million people have been forced from their homes well, Ha Hellyer is a Middle East Studies Scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, and a senior Associate Fellow at the royal united Services Institute for Defense And Security studies. He joins me today from athens in greece. This is a chen thank you for joining us, described as an incursion limited in scope clearly taking advantage of the momentum the israelis have got since the successful targeting of key hezbollah leaders, including the former chief Hassan Nasrallah. This is an invasion. Call it what you will. This is an invasion, but it is a stated goal of the israeli government. Here that they will restore security on their northern border for these some 60,000 odd more or more israeli citizens who have been deplaned, displaced since October The Eighth, what do you make of what you have seen to date in the last few hours well, thank you, becky, for having me on your program or always pleasure to be here it is an invasion i think its very unhelpful to describe it as an incursion as weve seen, many people do over the last few hours. This is a Ground Invasion across the border from the north of israel, the stated aim, of course, as you mentioned, to restore deterrence and restore security for residents of Northern Israel so they can go back to their homes im not sure what the longterm strategy is, however, tactically, of course, on a tactical level, the israelis have been successful but they have they have managed to inflict a great deal of damage on his villa although i dont think as butler has been destroyed by any means. I think its been degraded, but they took out Hassan Nasrallah, the top military leadership. So certainly theyve scored quite a lot of tactical wins in that regard. But in terms of longterm strategy, im not sure what actually exists here. I think this is a major problem for the israelis. The north of israel can only be secure if the south of lebanon is also secure and if theres i recognized relationship and full normalization of relations with the lebanese government. And heather to the israelis have rejected the basic prerequisite of doing so when it comes to not only lebanon, but to the majority of our the majority, but really the overwhelming majority of the Arab World. And thats thats resolving the issue of gaza. And more widely, the Palestinian Question so i think what weve seen talk about the wider Arab World which has been consistent and in its calls for a ceasefire in gaza and many around the Arab World signed up for, or at least supported the u. S. French im proposed Ceasefire Deal that was tabled and announced last week in New York. This is what the qataris have said in response to this latest incursion and airstrikes Over Beiruts quote, i affirmed during my call with the lebanese Prime Minister and general joseph, our own commander of the army. Cat is solidarity with our brothers in lebanon and its readiness to provide support to the people to confront the consequences of the israeli aggression. There was an important story to be told here, just as there is a risk or real risk here of a further destabilized lebanon, which is a Nightmare Scenario for many around this region that is also a key opportunity for some Gulf States who will see the degradation of hezbollah or on The One side. And indeed, hamas as key to a future peaceful or more peaceful Middle East. These are groups who were armed bad that i had a real Malign Influence around the region, have they not . Do you concede that . Benjamin Netanyahus Critics at least will be supportive of that position undeniable that when it comes to his Butlers Record in the region, if you look at how its engaged within lebanon with its opponents if you look at how it engaged in syria in support of the assad regime. Its record is awful and looks quite odious having said that, if the if the supposition is the mission of his butler can come at any cost then were in for really wild and very destructive right when the israelis took out Hassan Nasrallah they leveled six residential buildings in the south of beirut in order to get it and right now, the quoteunquote degrading of his butler is happening with huge numbers of airstrikes all over lebanon, resulting in more than 1 Million people displaced in lebanon. So i think that we have to be very careful here about what we think are acceptable losses are acceptable repercussions in order to gain what is defined as a tactical victory by the israelis and i dont think that anybody is really centering the lives of the people of lebanon in this particular context, when we talk about the region in the regions leaders, im sure that there are many who are not unhappy to see the power of his butler decrease. I happen to me one of those who are sympathetic in that regard, but the cost of that is really quite extreme at present, which is why you see not only leaders in the region, but also many around the world, including in the west calling for a ceasefire. Of course, not only in lebanon, but also in gaza. And as much as the Israelis And Dc Wanted Decouple whats happening in lebanon from what has happening in gaza. I think its very difficult to do because the over for arching issue here is all about that. And when we when we saw even a ceasefire, a temporary one take place in November You Saw diminish tensions across the region from the houthis to hezbollah, and elsewhere. When you increase in that regard, then you see more and i think we have to look at this in a very holistic manner in order to bring clarity for all he yeah. Always good to have you on. Thank you very much, indeed, for joining us please tell says Hezbollah Rocket attacks have forced about 60,000 people from their homes in more than israel. While in lebanon, the government reports about 20 of the population or 1 Million people, have been displaced cnns Jomana Karadsheh reports arrived to beirut and this is what its done to so many of its children exhausted and homeless. They now sleep on the streets and parks this one. Most here fled the densely populated Southern Suburbs where israels rained down bombs on hezbollah targets. But like every war, it is the innocent who paid the heaviest Price Ib Years Home was hit in one of the strikes, she grabbed her Little Girl and ran and theyve been out here since. And im hoping that enough how you get numb of alayna, ive never fled my home before, not even in the 2006 war, the single mother says, but now i have a child children are terrified far from the Air Strikes, eightyearold Bit Tool tells us shes very scared the roof was falling on his. She says every time my mom would tell me theyre not going to strike, they would i wish the war would stop but two planes, you friends, shes made children trying to escape and new reality theyre two young to understand ether playful giggles trauma, and fear. So tenyearold fonts make cant hold back her tears the whole country is being destroyed. She says born in syria, she fled war. A baby. Beiruts the only home she ever known in syria. She says, i only have my mom. Im scared, my mother and siblings will also get killed syrians, lebanese, and Migrant Workers all found themselves with nowhere to turn. But this Park Schools now hows the displaced . But there are too many in search of shelter. And this all happened so fast. 1 Million people, the government estimates have been displaced in a matter of days we found many lebanese families like this one camped out on the side of the road for five days. They say there was no room for them at government shelters. There disabled young girls sleeps in a car. The rest have mattresses outside, no toilets. Its are showers here. Theyve heard their home is still standing. The woman tell us, but their neighborhood is devastated being emptied out in hamad says, theres No One left heart of the capital in march or square, the remnants of crises passed with a poster that reads, they route, never dies and hear many more with no roofs with their heads. For how long . No one really knows. But the fear, this may only just be the start of a long war and fuzzy fled barefoot it was real horror. She says airstrikes were all around us people were collapsing and fainting she only grabbed her medication and these tissue packs, her livelihood. She sells them for about 0. 50 and those he escaped syria, her home there is gone go, she says death follows us its all just too much Jomana Karadsheh, cnn beirut colleague, Max Foster In London has a look for you at the other News Making headlines this morning. But hey, lets take Care Everyone to beijing now where china is celebrating 75 years of Communist Rule National Holiday is underway despite lingering concerns about the economy, newly announced Stimulus Measures have given the chinese Stock Market a boost, but the country is still dealing with a downturn. Meanwhile, president Xi Jing ping its once again laying out his plans for taiwan, seen as Marc Stewart is live in the chinese capital. What have you learned max, lets look at the context of all of this. This is a moment for china to look at its past, its future essentially for the Chinese Communist Party to give itself a pat on the the back. And right now, we are seeing so much symbolism. It was just earlier today, not far from here at Ketamine Square where we saw a flag raised in a very big ceremony. There were balloons. So this idea of bringing taiwan back to the motherland, this phrase from Xi Jinping, real really isnt a surprise when we put all of this in context. Lets take a listen to some of his remarks from last night is chinas sacred territory. People on both sides of the strengths or related by blood. And blood is thicker than water Xi Jinping going on to say, No One can stop the march of history. Theres no question. This is a very tense part of the world. We have seen Military Drills in recent weeks, the united states has committed to support to taiwan to help finance its efforts to remain sovereign. Now, as far as what taiwan has to say about these most recent remarks by Xi Jinping it in many ways is sticking to lines and a narrative that we have heard before just recently, say in a statement, taiwan has never been part of the prc. The Peoples Republic of china no. And that neither side of the strait is subordinate to each other. So max, we are seeing differences in philosophy and political territory. This time in the asiapacific region, max, okay. Marc stewart in beijing. Thank you for that. Julian assange breaking his silence after his release from prison three months ago, the Wikileaks Founder has been speaking at a special hearing in europe for life. 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This footage shows some of the explosions taking place along that border region. Israeli military has warned residents of lebanon not to travel south. Lebanese State Media reports, severe damage since the start of the Ground Operation and hezbollah says its Firing Rockets at israeli troops in Northern Israel now though were going to get to Julian Assange and his first public remarks since being freed from a british jail. Hes been attending a hearing at the Council Of Europe in strasburg, france. Thats examining his detention and conviction. The Wikileaks Founder spent years hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy In London to avoid arrest before he was forcibly removed and put in prison in june, assange pleaded guilty in a us federal courtroom, single Felony Charge for his involvement in the massive breach of us classified military and diplomatic documents. The deal allowed him to avoid prison in the u. S. And returned to his native Australia Clare has been looking at what hes been saying and crucially hes got to address this fact, is that he pleaded guilty to some of these charges, so that i think is the most controversial element thats where you get the sting in the tail of his freedom after what he describes his 14 years of incarceration would see seven of those were at the Equity Doreen Embassy In London selfimposed incarceration and five at the high Security Belmarsh Prison In London. This is a controversial element because he was facing 18 charges, right . 17 of those were under the espionage act. And The One that he was forced to plead guilty to under this Plea Deal was under the espionage act, which he claims sets a dangerous precedent to get us into they had to say about that justice for me is now precluded as the u. S. Government insisted in writing into its plea agreement, that i cannot file a case at the European Court of human rights or even a freedom of Information Act Request over what it did to me as a result of its Extradition Request i want to be totally clear. I am not free today because the system worked. I am free today after years of incarceration because i pled guilty to journalism so he claims that his motive for appearing today, just three months after that, that releases because hes trying to make sure this doesnt happen to anyone else and hes obviously got a very sympathetic audience here at the parliamentary assembly of the Council Of Europe. Theyve just put out a Draft Resolution claiming that his treatment was disproportionate, saying that he qualifies as a political prisoner prisoner. He didnt detail exactly how plans to continue to advocate for freedom of speech. That certainly is going to be something to watch. One other thing to note, max, is that he was very critical as the outlined the various abuses that hes faced over the years, very critical of the Trump Administration. The first Trump Administration in particular claiming that they run a campaign of retribution against him that was after wikileaks published documents purporting to show Cia Hacking tools in 2017, he claims his family and he were targeted by the cia. This timing of this may hinted another motive. Obviously, were just over a month out from the u. S. Election when we may see trump reelected. So perhaps its a warning, especially since theres been noises from trump during this campaign that he may still be willing to pursue cases against journalists. But the other thing is that he claims his recovery from his ordeal is still incomplete. That he the isolation he said has taken its toll and expressing himself in this setting is a challenge, but we can eat. So said that he, he decided to do this to come all the way from australia to europe because this is an exceptional circumstance to try to get his Money Message across like clare sebastian. Thank you you. Well, the greatest defensive players in Nba History has died the league says to convey mitoma passed away from Brain Cancer on monday at the age of 58 he led the league in blocked shots for five consecutive seasons. The eighttime allstar was inducted into the Basketball Hall same back in 2015, the seven foot2 Inch Center was known for his deep, booming Voice And Signature Finger Wag as well. But tombow was born in the Democratic Republic Of Congo and devoted his time to humanitarian work in his Home Country baseballs alltime hits leader, Pete Rose has died as well at the age of 83. Is gritty play and headfirst slide earned him the Nickname And Charlie hustle rose played for three World Series champions in his career twice with a Cincinnati Reds he was named national League Rookie of the year in 1963, and Most Valuable Player in 1973. But rose was banned for life from beijing 1989. After an investigation found he gambled on games, including his own team, also kept him out of the Hall Of Fame so joining us, im Max Foster. Ill be back with more Cnn Newsroom next with my colleague, Becky Anderson, who is live in Tel Aviv. Please stay with us event, the Place President ial Debate Tomorrow with nine what do you talk about . The news sports a little family, gaza, maybe you dont do that, right heres another topic for you. As they get older, their risk of getting really sick from a respiratory virus like flu, Covid19 And Rsv goes up a lot. So talk to them about getting the seasons vaccines because youve still gets so much to talk about. 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