Good afternoon, i am Alex Whitney we will go to the B Weekend with Ari Melber first, we want to get update on the developing news in the Middle East upon the death of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah and a second senior position in hezbollah. This happened in israeli strike on an Apartment Complex in a beirut. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu releasing a new statement just this afternoon taking credit for ordering the assassination sang, quote, nasrallah was not a terrorist. He was the terrorist. According to lebanese Health Ministry at least 11 people were killed and 108 injured in the attack protesters took to the streets of tehran as the Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. Officials claim a general was also killed on friday adding they expect to soon deployed troops to lebanon. President biden calling to enhance the u. S. Military Defense Posture in the area to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional
That. And that is tonight s reid out. Go toby. Good evening from new york. I m chris hayes, any minute now, vice president kamala harris will speak at a campaign event in the border town of douglas arizona. Right now you see the attorney general. We re going to bring that to you live as it happens. This is kamala harris first visit to the border as a candidate. She will announce she plans to keep president biden s hard line crack down on asylum seekers in place. In fact, she may even make it more difficult to lift those restrictions. It is clearly a calculated move by her campaign. That will be a high issue. It consistently ranked among the top issues facing voters. Harris will also likely go after donald trump directly for his goal on killing the bipartisan bill that was hammered out earlier this year. She will decry trump s failures and his recent efforts to kill bipartisan solutions to it. She ll say the american people care more about border security than playing political games.
Cnn breaking News Amar codes alongside John Berman. With cnns continuing coverage of Hurricane Helene, the Monster Category four storm set to make landfall just south of tallahassee, florida. And at any moment, nearly 1 Million people are already without power across florida and also georgia and the impacts they are far reaching this is new Video Tonight of rescues that are taking place in fort Myers Beach in southwest florida. Youve got local deputies using boats to rescue people who call for help. Streets. Theyre turning into rivers the warnings are dire. This is a patent strophic storm, packing can winds around 140 miles per hour and the Storm Surge Forecast or say, will be unsurvivable 20 feet in some parts. Helene is one of the biggest storms to ever hit the gulf coast. Its about 400 miles wide absolutely massive and making matters even worse all of this is happening in the dead of night. Florida governor Ron Desantis is set to hold a Press Conference a few moments from right now,
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