Die roman. I m jessica dean in new york and we begin this hour with vice president kamala harris today agreeing to a second debate with former president donald trump right here on cnn on october 23. Of course, that s just days before the election. Harris now channeling, challenging her rival to another facetoface showdown. But it s trump up four, we re going to talk more about that in just a moment trump held a rally in the key battleground state of north carolina today as the republican candidate for governor in north carolina basis major scandal this week, a cnn investigation uncovered racist and deeply inflammatory comments made by mark robinson on a porn website years ago the trump campaign has yet to comment on this, despite some republicans in north carolina calling on robinson to drop out of the race, was just 45 days to go until election day cnn s steve contorno has more on how trump is handling this from the site of that rally in wilmington, north carolina donald trump arrived
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Products were women over 40, i call it the daily routine is cnn the Worlds News Network are in the Cnn Newsroom remind Jessica Dean in new begin this hour with Breaking News in the middle east, where israel is ramping up its fight against hezbollah all this week, we have seen a string of major Operator Patients targeting the iranbacked Terror Group based In Lebanon. And today, israel saying quote, extensively striking after uncovering, as well as plans for a company mean attack. Cnns Ben Wedeman is joining us now, live from Beirut And Ben tell us what youre seeing on the ground there today what weve seen is in the south plus then intensification of Israeli Bombardment and airstrikes. The likes of which we havent seen for quite some time. There was a intense period of bombing between one the 30 and 2 30 p. M. Local time by israeli airplanes, according to the lebanese news agency, 111 israeli strikes within the span of just 60 minutes. And this evening, it seems its the same theirs inten
Welcome, im martine croxall. We begin with the latest in the Middle East, following two days of explosions in lebanon. The united states says its involved in intensive diplomatic efforts to prevent the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah escalating further. The comments come after explosions triggered in pagers and Walkie Talkies used by hezbollah killed at least 32 people and injured thousands. The leader of hezbollah, which some western states have designated a terrorist organisation, is expected to address the events in a speech later today. Israel hasnt confirmed it was behind the blasts, yet the Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, has said its opening a new phase in the war, with the centre of gravity shifting to the north. 0ur Reporter simonjones has more. A funeral in Southern Lebanon is about to be interrupted. Explosion an explosion, injuring a hezbollah soldier, causing panic and fear. Screaming In Beirut, another blast caused by a walkie talkie. Explosion a new form of technol
Munication devices, pagers and Walkie Talkies Which exploded. Hassan nasrallah described it as a massacre. Will people were killed and nearly 3000 Injured On Tuesday and yesterday. When he fight people were killed and 600 people injured in the Blast Ash mclean five people. He said it was an unprecedented blow for the group but said its ability to communicate remained intact. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken said a ceasefire is still possible but the relationship between israel and Southern Lebanon needs to be resolved. Lets have a listen to what he had to say. We continue to work to get a Cease Fire for gaza over the finish line, and as we discussed with some of you just a day ago, in egypt, we believe that remains both possible and necessary. But meanwhile we dont want to see any as glittery actions by any party that make that even more difficult. There is a real problem that needs to be resolved when it comes to Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon, and that is the fact that sinc