Welcome to inside politics. Im Dana Bash in washington. We have a lot of Breaking News this hour we begin with major news out of the middle East Israel says it has struck hezbollahs Central Headquarters in the lebanese capital of beirut. Cnns Jomana Karadsheh is now here with us from beirut. Jomana, what are you seeing and hearing . Well, dana, a short while ago, we were here on the roof and we heard massive blast that shook our hotel as well as the rest of beirut. And then we could see the thick plume of smoke rising from the direction of beiruts Southern Suburbs that is an area one of the most densely populated areas of the country where you have hezbollah presence, where their leadership has been known to have been based in the past where we have seen multiple Israeli Strikes in recent days. But this certainly was the largest blast that anyone here has witnessed since the start of this escalation, according to lebanese colleagues, they say that this is the biggest Israeli Strike tha
Did on five federal charges facing intense pressure from democrats to step aside new Yorks Governor could decide his fate plus huge explosions, Rock Beirut as israels Prime Minister has, says, he has every right to fight hezbollah and israeli official telling cnn, Hezbollahs Leader was the target, were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central right now, helene is battering the southeast with potentially catastrophic rainfall flash, flood, emergency his stretching from tennessee to North Carolina and virginia damaging winds, tornadoes, mudslides. They are also a threat in some areas. We do have some new video of the destruction that helene left behind after making landfall as a category four hurricane in floridas big Bend Region last night authorities saying that at least 23 people have died across four states and millions are without power and take a look at a dramatic rescue. An amazing one here the Coast Guard says a man and
Dozens are dead, millions without power right now. These buildings have survived storms for years, but hurricane Helenes Storm Surge shoved them right off their foundation. Maurice israel says it struck hezbollah headquarters in lebanon, aiming to take out the terrorist groups leader. An allout war should be avoided. Maurice and we go On The Road to find out how a Mans Halloween Display touched hearts, no bones about it. It was very touching to think that somebody would go to that effort for a stranger. Maurice the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im Maurice Dubois in for norah. We begin tonight with the danger from helene, now over the midsouth after roaring onto land over the big Bend Portion of florida as a major category 4 hurricane, with winds up to 140 miles per hour. Tonight, flooding is the main concern across north carolina, georgia, and tennessee, where we just learned dozens of people had to be rescued after being stranded on the roof of a hospital. They are among
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. We have Breaking News out of lebanon. Any moment from now, Vice President , you know what, thats the wrong script. We do have Breaking News out of lebanon where israel just struck the headquarters of hezbollah. U. S. Designated terror group. You can see this in video that the strike was big, hitting a building in southern beirut. An israeli official tells Nbc News that the target was the iranbacked leader, Hassan Nasrallah. It wasnt clear whether he had been killed. The strike had interesting timing, launched just an hour after prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this to the United Nations. They endanger their own people. They put a missile in every kitchen, a rocket in every garage. I said to the people of lebanon this week, get out of the Death Trap that hezbollah has put you in. Dont let Nasrallah Drag Lebanon into the abyss. Were not at war with you. Were at war with hezbollah, which has hijacked your country and threatens to destroy ours. As lo
Now i ll see you tomorrow evening. I m kaitlan collins. This is the source hurricane helene is about to slam into florida and i expected to make landfall and just a couple of hours from now, it s now an extremely dangerous category four storm and winds are now up to 140 miles per hour. If it stays this strong, it ll be the strongest storm to ever make landfall in florida s big bend region. That s the area that we re keeping a close eye on. This hour, more than half 1 million people there have already lost power. And forecasters are predicting tonight that the storm surge in some areas could be unsurvivable reaching as high as 20 feet surges and high winds were already the reason for the closures of several major bridges in the tampa area that we saw tonight? officials, there are telling residents to shelter in place, that it is going to get worse and don t go outside. Emergency managers and one florida county are being so blunt with their warnings for those who are in low lying areas a