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So, in just two days, Jim Walls and j. D. Vance will Face Off in their first and only debate, which is the only two make it to this level for election day. The former Attorney General led the process by Harris Harris later, i have wanted at the trail all summer. This week, i caught up with him in North Carolina. We talked about the rise in antisemitism, the trump Teams Gas Lighting of america women, and even some fantasy football. Okay, i have been thinking a lot lately about that moment a few weeks ago. When Kamala Harris walked out on the Debate Stage and took Donald Trumps hand. She was aggressive in seeking the handshake. She did not wait for him. She leaned in, literally, into his space. I have been taking about that moment because its an example of the campaign she has run ever since. I mean, instead of ignoring issues where she is perceived to have a disadvantage, by the way, every candidate has disadvantages. She has dug into them. Take the economy. Time and time again, polls s
Clearing. The way Breaking News good evening youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Kaitlan Collins in New York, and we start with Breaking News this hour as the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene is now ill climbed to at least 93 people. As officials are warning us that number is only expected to grow. The North Carolina Governor, i just spoke with them in the last hour. He says over but thousand people have filed reports that Loved Ones. Theyre unable to reach them as of this bowman is several areas of his state are still in Search And Rescue Mode President biden has been briefed by fema. He is planning to visit Storm Stormravaged Areas later this week, were told and what hell see is nothing short of devastating sides of mountains have collapsed, sliding down into towns overwhelming communities with mud and debris. Entire roads have crumble of meeting that survivors have no words they out and rescue crews no way in. Cnns Rafael Romo is live for us in asheville, North Carolina, in rockville. Obv
We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding
Hello Everyone And Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im Amara Walker in atlanta, Jim Sciutto is live in Tel Aviv as we continue to follow Breaking News out of The Middle East, fears are growing that the exchange of fire across the border between Israel And Lebanon could turn into a Ground Incursion and potentially a regional war thats right. Us officials say israeli troops have mobilized at israels northern border in preparation for a possible ground offensive, israel says that crossing the border is only one option. It is now considering we need to understand theres a huge amount of different tools that we have in our toolbox. Ground operations is one of them. We are preparing for that if it is required, if were we receive the instructions the idf has not let up in its air offensive. Lebanese officials say four people were killed in an israeli airstrike in Southern Lebanon, In Beirut. Smoke visible above the skyline. This morning, several israeli airstr