Morning rising. Shy. Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, october im amara walker. Guesses back with a new skip in his step, a new song. It is hard looking, relaxed, and refresh you know, victor. Hello. This is, you know, how it is when you have some time off, you come back, you feel like you can do anything. I get you youre radiating happiness, dry braiding with theyre do so if im a little extra today is because im back from two weeks off, but we must do. Thank you very much. It is a good morning and good to be back heres what were working on for you this morning. Both President Ial Candidates are on the ground in Battleground States this weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in North Carolina, former President Trump returns to pennsylvania the side of the July Assassination attempt on his life and The Middle East is on edge. This morning as the region awaits a possible retaliation from iran strike on israel, the rising concerns, as israels is days away from marking th
To be back after a couple of weeks off, but i mean, what a time to be back election day, as i said, its just one month away israel could strike iran at any moment that could be a seismic event. And at a sensitive time in us president ial and in this moment, Vice President harris, shes stepping up outreach to Arab American and muslim voters last night she met with Community Leaders in michigan as shes trying to shore up support with Palestinian Americans reeling from the war in gaza. And now Lebanese Americans are distressed by the bombardment of beirut both groups are concerned about us support of israels government. And both groups make up a critical demographic, specifically in the Battleground State of michigan while i was iii is one of the Community Leaders who met with Vice President harris hes the ceo of Emgage Action. Its an organization aimed at boosting the muslim american vote. And they have endorsed the harriswalz campaign. Thank you so much for meeting with me this morning.
But make no mistake. Voters are already voting mail or early voting is now underway in about half of the states, more than 1 Million ballots have already been submitted across 30 states new, this Morning Cnn Learning that next Week Barack Obama will launch a Battleground Blitz in support of Kamala Harris and downballot democrats aid say the former president is concerned by just how close the polls have been. Any views this election as a quote, all hands on Deck Moment in cnns latest poll of polls, this is borne out Harrison Trump effectively tied at 49 and 48 nationally. But this election, of course, it only matters in the Swing States really today, Donald Trump Headed To Georgia and North Carolina. Harris is going to michigan after campaigning in wisconsin yesterday, alongside a prominent republican supporter i ask you to stand in truth to reject the depraved cruelty of Donald Trump. I tell you i have never voted for a democrat but this year i am proudly casting my vote for Vice Presi
Viewers in the u. S. And Around The World. Im Amara Walker in atlanta, Jim Sciutto is in Tel Aviv as we continue they will follow Breaking News out of The Middle East. And fears are continuing to grow that the exchange of fire across the border between Israel And Lebanon could turn into a Ground Incursion and potentially an even wider regional war thats right. It would be quite a step. Us officials say that israeli troops have mobilized at israels northern border in preparation, at least for a possible Ground Offensive inside Lebanon Israel says, however, the crossing the border is only one option. It is 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 well, it would be quite a significant tool. The idf has not let up its Air Offensive inside lebanon. Lebanese officials say four people were killed in an israeli airstrike
Watching at fubo tv. Com, a cnn special event, the Vice President ial debate. Tuesday at nine everyone, welcome cnn this morning it is saturday, september 28. Im Amara Walker alongside Danny Freeman and jim sciutto. We begin this morning with major breaking developments in the middle East Cnn Breaking News the concerns continue to grow about the possibility of a widening war. Now that hezbollah has confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in israeli airstrikes In Beirut. Nasrallah, who led the iranbacked Militant Group for more than three decades was killed in a targeted strike on hezbollahs headquarters and Lebanons Capital know there are concerns about the possibility of a retaliatory Response Hezbollah launching rockets into northern israel before acknowledging nasrallahs death. Meanwhile, iran Supreme Leader says its forces are standing with hezbollah and the chief of Israels Army warns that israel knows how to reach anyone who threatens its citizens. All right, lets go bac