Im Dana Perino along with judge jeanine pirro, jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new york city. This is the five. President biden and Vice President harris facing criticism further delayed response to Hurricane Helene over 120 people are confirmed dead and over 600 remained missing after the Category Form Storm led category across the southeast. More than 2 Million remain without power for several days and thousands are cut off from communication after towns were completely wiped out by the wrath of the storm. President biden pressed by a reporter of why he spent his time not in washington, d. C. The hurricane, why werent you and Vice President harris commanding this this weekend . President biden i was on the phone for at least two Hours Yesterday in the day before as well. Telephone. All my security people. Kamala harris changing her schedule after Fishing Backlash for attending fundraisers. The vp will be receiving a briefing at Fema Headquarters in washington any moment
John good Evening And Welcome to washington. Im John Roberts in for bret baier. Next promised Military Operation is underway. Plus, we look at the number of migrants released into the united states who were convicted of violent crimes. And with a possible strike at sea ports on the horizon, retailers are preparing for supply shortages. John but, first, breaking tonight, officials say hundreds could be dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Confirming those numbers iS Proving difficult. Millions of people are without Power And Cell service. In North Carolina, the lack of Communication Services have prompted hundreds of Missing Persons reports with many others still stranded in their homes due to high floodwaters. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is in asheville, North Carolina tonight, where he has been surveying the devastation. Steve. Good evening, john. The mayor put it simply she said we need everything. Everything is just. Wiped out and washed away. Our whole house. Roads and bridg
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
York is Cnn Newsroom with Paula Newton hello, and a warm welcome to Cnn Newsroom. Im Paula Newton in New York at 9 00 a. M. And beiruts where israel is carrying out new Air Strikes. And fears are growing that the exchange of Missile Fire between Israel And Hezbollah could turn into a ground war. Now us officials say israeli troops have mobilized from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs all this is happening after israel killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, prompting new fears of a wider war in the region. As paula is pledging to continue its fight while iran says, israel will face Quote A Crushing Blow for the assassination, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is now one step closer to achieving its military goals. Who gummi khadem, the elimination of nasrallah is a necessary condition for achieving the goals. We have said, returning the residents of the north safely to their homes and changing the Balance
Now and see how much you can save im Elizabeth Wagmeister in Los Angeles in this is cnn ever want to thank so much for joining us. Im Jessica Dean dean in washington alongside my colleague, jim sciutto, who is in Tel Aviv. And we begin in The Middle East where fears of a wider war are growing. Israel and hezbollah, again trading fire across the lebanon border today. And theres this, israel also attacking targets in houthi controlled parts of yemen the idf saying it attacked our station and a seaport. We learned just moments ago, president biden will be speaking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. Lets send it over now to jim, who is in Tel Aviv and jim, i know youve been monitoring so during all of these developments, what are your takeaways its a multifront war, right at each of those fronts is growing. Israel and hezbollah. They continue to fire at each other today. Of course, the most extensive attacks or by israeli forces on targets inside lebanon. And now you have isra