Middle east today. As the world wakes up this morning, Israel Vows Retaliation against iran after teheran launched the largest ever Missile Attack on the Jewish State and we watched it live yesterday. Where to today . Im bill hemmer. Good morning from New York as we get rolling today. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. There was an element of surprise yesterday. So here was the Situation Yesterday in israel. Iran bombarding the country with more than 180 Ballistic Missiles. They targeted heavily populated cities like Tel Aviv and jerusalem. Tehrans second attack on israel this year. Remember the first was back in april. That was a smaller attack that came with a warning. Yesterdays did not. So it is prompting the u. N. Security council to hold an Emergency Meeting on the escalating conflict scheduled for 10 00 a. M. This morning. Bill iran is ramping up its aggression toward the u. N. Targeting both campaigns with cyberattacks and plotting to assassinate the former pres
A ballistic Missile Attack imminently. All precautions and alerts in place. An israeli Army Spokesman says the country is on a high State Of Alert and that an iranian attack would have repercussions. Let would have repercussions. Me show you the live pictures let me show you the live pictures from beirut, you can see the smokes from some of the latest strikes and that is after the overnight start of the Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon by israel. We have seen the Build Up of troops and overnight they crossed the border. The strikes continue in Southern Lebanon and also in beirut. Let me show you the live pictures from the Border Areas of Southern Lebanon. You can see the Mist And Smoke from some of those strikes with 25 villages, the residence they being ordered by israel to evacuate immediately. Those are some of the live pictures coming into us. I was talking about what The Americans have told the israelis about an imminent potential threat from iran. Lets hear some of the latest
Apocalyptic weekend for all of us here in asheville, North Carolina. There is almost no gas, there is almost no Cell Service, there is limited power, there is limited food. Bill one person speaking on behalf of so many. Dire situation western part of North Carolina. Catastrophic Storm Damage making it near impossible for crews to deliver the Food And Water to those who desperately need it. A big Story Day three, working on day four. Good morning. Im bill hemmer, good morning to you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. The storm is gigantic and nearly 100 people are now confirmed dead from Hurricane Helene. 36 are in North Carolina. The Storm Fact out roads and bridges leaving entire counties underwater. Officials describing the damage as biblical. Bill the crews are working to restore power. They have a long way to go. 2 Million people across the southeast. Also trying to bring back Cell Service and internet leaving families In The Dark and whether or not their Loved One
Itself that Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in what was a huge Air Strike Last Night here in the lebanese capital. We saw and heard the plume of smoke, we heard the repeated loud blast echoing across all the buildings you can see around me. We needed to wait over 12 hours for the confirmation. Israel said early on this morning they had killed Hassan Nasrallah. It was more a matter of waiting for hezbollah itself to make the confirmation before it became a 100 guaranteed report. It is a significant and pivotal moment not just for the conflict, but for the wider Middle East. The repercussions of what has happened here will have an impact notjust on the continued fighting between israel and lebanon, but also on the wider part of the region as well. Now, strikes have continued today here in beirut. I want to show you the strikes that have been going on in lebanon. Officials here say that nearly 800 people have now been killed since monday, and that particular attack i was describing to yo
Maybe somebody wants a Nobel Prize for their political buy a ography. The only Prize Putin will give you are more suffering and disasters. We must restore nuclear safety, energy must not being used as a weapon. We must insure food security. We need to bring home all our captured soldiers and civilians, possibly deported to russia. We mustup hold the u. N. Charter and guarantee our right. Ukraines right to territorial Integrity And Sovereignty just as we do for any other nation. We need to withdraw the russian occupiers which will bring an end to the hostilities in ukraine and we must hold those responsible for War Crimes accountable. We need to prevent it and stop the destruction of nature caused by the war. We must not allow a second or Sword Face of this russian invasion and we need to make it clear, the war is over. This is the peace formula. What part of this could be unacceptable to anyone who up holds the u. N. Charter . If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these