First time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Israels intensifying Military Assault on lebanon has involved everything from Booby Trapped electronic devices to bunker busting bombs. As the Death Toll mounts, prime Minister Netanyahu says the target isnt the people of lebanon, its the armed militant group hezbollah, which continues to fire rockets into israel. So what, if anything, can the lebanese Government do to stave off a Gaza Style Catastrophe . My guest is lebanons economy minister, Amin Salam. Is his Government the very definition of powerless . Minister Amin Salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now . You feel right now . You said it, stephen. You said it, stephen
For joining us. The news continues now, right here On Cnn you as joining us here in the united states and All Around The World and to everyone streaming us On Cnn max, i was with church just ahead Hurricane Helene takes aim at floridas gulf coast, set to make landfall later today as a major catastrophic storm. What we know about the potential impact for people in the South East and the biden administration pushing for a ceasefire between Israel And Hezbollah. As the two who continue To Trade Fire up what it will take for both sides to agree to stop the stiller plus new Yorks Mayor indicted in a federal investigation will hear his defiant response and look at what charges he could be facing churning through the Gulf Of Mexico is on track to be the strongest to hit the us in more than a year, Hurricane Helene already dumped torrential rains on mexico and cuba, just a preview of whats in store for the southern united states. It is a category one hurricane at the moment, but the forecast w
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It states Hurricane Helene was just upgraded. A powerful category three storm. Its already wreaking havoc on bridges and roadways such as this one youre looking at in Southwest Florida for those in the Big Bend, thats where the Florida Panhandle meets the peninsula. The storms Outer Bands all already have brought extensive flooding. And were told that works is yet to come. Listen to what federal and state officials are saying right now, it looks like its dead on hit to tallahassee. This is an unusually dangerous storm that threatens to bring Heavy Rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. This will be a statewide event. We expect strong winds throughout date with hurricaneforce Winds Wind Gust up to 8,200 miles an hour you just heard from the North Carolina Governor and the Georgia Governor we are standing by to hear from florida governor Ron Desantis in the next hour. And as you heard, it is not just florida in helenes pam, georgia, south carolina, North Carolina, are all all facing
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