Seat and julie roginsky. Thank you, both. A new hour of cnn, new central starts right now. All right. Breaking overnight, getting ward, the biden administration he is preparing for a possible iranian attack. Historic devastation. We just got a brand new Death Toll from Hurricane Helene now, One Hundred And Two people killed that number does appear to be rising. We are getting our first look at some of the areas hardest hit and brand new details on how the Vice President ial candidates are preparing for Tomorrow Nights debate. Im John Berman with Sara Sidner and kate baldwin. This is cnn new central Destruction And Devastation than people really are having a hard time putting words to this morning when you just take a look at these images from florida to Virginia Power systems, crippled roadways washed out, cell service, wiped out food, water, and fuel. Now, becoming hard to come by. Hurricane helene is left so much damage in its wake. And as janja said, just moments ago, we have a new
Penalties will tell you more about that in a second. Plus, with just over six weeks until Election Day, a controversial new rule from Georgia Republicans about Hand Counting balance, despite warnings for Election Officials, Poll Workers, and even some of the states republican officials. But leading this hour, the fallout spills into a second day after cnn uncovered disturbing and inflammatory comments by the republican gubernatorial nominee in North Carolina. Cnns kfile found lieutenant Governor Mark robinsons posts on a Porn Hungerfree Message board for more than a decade ago before he entered politics, robinson called himself on that board, a black nazi, whatever that is, and expressed support for reinstating slavery, even buying a few slaves himself now robinson is ignoring multiple calls for him to drop out of the race. He insists hes not the one behind the posts republicans are voicing concerns that this scandal could impact other candidates in the state. Lets go straight to cnns
Welcome back to america reports. Im John Roberts in washington. And this has been quite the afternoon, sandra. Sandra it has. Remember the moment where a reporter didnt have anymore questions . We all have so many more questions especially after what we just heard. Im Sandra Smith in new york, this is america reports. Takeaways from the Secret Services conference, Secret Service has President Trump right now the highest level of protection, Ths President biden. John the first Assassination Attempt on July 13th and butler, pennsylvania, investigation finds Communication Gaps and a lack of diligence from The Agency. Sandra lets get right to david spunt, who was in that room. For the news conference. David, we learned a whole lot more but possibly it is one of those moments where it raises a whole lot more questions. Yeah, sandra, john, i think it really does. I have plenty of more questions to ask Director Rowe and we are waiting on this interim report from internal report from the Secre
Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. And good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with a scandal in battleground, North Carolina, that could have national implications. Mark robinson is facing pressure to leave the race after allegations he made racist and lewd comments on a pornography site, including declaring in one post that he was a black nazi. Robinson who is North Carolinas lieutenant governor, is denying the allegations and vowing to stay in the race. This is not us. These are not our words. This is not anything that is characteristic of me, nor has it ever been. Folks here also know my character. They know who i am. They know my voice, so to speak. This is not my voice. This is not things we would ever say or even think. Cnn published the string of incendiary comments it says it found on the Message Board dating back to 2008, well before robinson began his political career. Nbc
Thats it for us. The news continues. Ill be back tomorrow. Hope to tune in then the source with Kaitlan Collins starts. Now Source Tonight, Donald Trump describing for the first time the moment that he heard shots, were now on was playing around of golf as a Secret Service says its plan to protect him worked so how did an armed combat with the lengthy criminal Record Ligand wait for 12 hours before getting within Shooting Distance of the former president of the united states. Im Kaitlan Collins. And this is the source on the Air Tonight at 9 00 p. M. We are hearing for the first time from Donald Trump about that moment on the Golf Course yesterday, when a secret Service Agent, who was walking ahead of him spotted an apparent Assassin Hiding in the bushes All Of A Sudden we shots being fired in the air and i guess probably four or five and it sounded like bullets, but what do i know about that . But Secret Service knew immediately bullets and they grabbed me and i think probably the oth