John we are tracking President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Movement as they visit some of the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. President biden will take an aerial tour in western North Carolina. He just touched down. And in moments we do expect Vice President harris to land in georgia, where she will survey damage there. A couple days after former President Trump did. Im John Roberts in washington. Good happy with us today. Gillian things for having me. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Towns in North Carolina completely unrecognizable. Especially the western part of the state. Asheville Mayor R faced of their resources. The pictures you can see right there on your screen proved that is the case. Emergency crews are working to reach the isolated communities that have been devastated by catastrophic flooding. Residents there are heartbroken, desperately pleading for help. There has been landslides. Our valley got wiped out. They had to rescue people, the Nati
Hospital. My mom is going to die. My mom is going to be swept away. Reporter more than 60 patients were evacuated by helicopter. All making it out alive. The nurses, the staff made sure we got out. Reporter amid so much desperation, stories of survival, heroism and hope. In North Carolina, onlookers watched in horror as this home was swept away with a woman still inside. Armed with a Life Jacket and i rope, Eddie Jumped in. I couldnt watch her die. Reporter pilots from around the country coming together to bring in critical supplies and get people out. We have had people from text texas to maine show up. Reporter heroes saved her and her mom. I want to thank them. If it werent for them, we would not have made it. Reporter priscilla thompson, Nbc News, johnson city, tennessee. There are always heroes among us. That does it for us today. Thank you for being here. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell repo
0n the democratic side, is tim walz, kamala harris s running mate. He s the governor of minnesota. Before that, he spent 12 years as a congressman. Before entering politics, he was a high school teacher for 16 years, serving as an assistant coach on his school s football team. He spent 2a years in the army reserves, reaching the highest noncommissioned rank, command sergeant major. He s 60 years old, just six months older than his runningmate, kamala harris. Joining me now form the spin room floor is our correspondent john sudworth. The clock is ticking. What is going on with tim walz. Joining me now is jaime harrison, chair of the democratic party. How is governor tim walz? he s a good place but i want to say my heart goes out to all the folks in south carolina, georgia, tennessee impacted by the i live in south carolina and in these times of trouble we have to rally together as one country to support our brothers and sisters who are experiencing so much pain right now. ,, , ~ , now
Jesse: the stages set for the first and only vice presidential debate between j. D. Vance and tim walz. But first, the mideast on the brink of war as iran launches over 200 ballistic missiles at israel. Iranian missile strikes in response to israel taking out the leader of hezbollah. Iranian terror proxy based in lebanon, which is been shelling israeli neighborhoods from the north. Israel s iron dome and u. S. Missile defense intercepting the iranian barrage. The pentagon sending additional service members to the region, bracing for potential attacks on u. S. Military bases. Israel will certainly respond with precision strikes inside iran proper. Here at home, over 45,000 dockworkers went on strike today, shutting down ports along the east coast and a gulf coast. The head of the union threatening to cripple the economy if they aren t given a hefty rays and a guarantee that robots won t take their jobs. People never gave a [bleep] about us until now, when they finally realize that the c
Until election day, the first and only meeting between the two men who hope to become vice president of the united states. Democratic governor tim walz of minnesota and republican senator jd vance of ohio. Now this is likely the final debate of this election cycle, and voting is already underway in 20 states. Cbs news polling shows this remains a race either presidential candidate could win. The cbs news vice presidential debate starts now. Fight for every single vote and we are going to take this country back. And we are ready to continue to build the future together. We re going to turn this whole country red with president donald j. Trump s leadership. You know, it s at the end of this little journey. Kamala harris says the next president of the united states. This is a cbs news special live from cbs news headquarters in new york. America decides the vice presidential debate good evening o donnell, and thank you for joining us for tonight s cbs news vice presidential debate. We want