And welcome. Hannity and tonight, we are tracking multiple major stories, both Hereo Hanni at h and abroad at this hour. We are monitoring Southern Lebanoabn and where israel is n poised to expand operations against hezbollaish. Eratin now, this after obliterating i mean, obliteratingg, the terrorist organization, irans entire command structure, Including Ng The Itsrroris 32 year Terrorist Leader hassatn nasrallah. Also tonight, were going to reaction to kamalas idiot insulting Photo Op Trip to the southern border. Now, the motherir of rachel moran, remember her . She was the mother of five. The mother of little year old jocelyn gary. They will join us tonight. And according to local authorities, their daughters were both Brutallytonight Murdd by unvetted illegal aliens, Allower D into our country by your Border Czar, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. Y. But first, our top story tonight, complete and total Devastatiorst Toy Tonin from Hurricane Helene across florida, georgia tennessee, Nort
Your people back into their homes, you dont escalate to deescalate. And obviously now, with the iranian retaliation, israelis are in their shelters as they go into the new years holiday weekend. Ben . Yeah. I think, you know, since October 7th, the Biden Administration has had a number of goals, one was to provide support to israel as it aims to go after hamas, but then also one of the principle goals of u. S. Diplomacy since October 7th had been avoiding deescalation into lebanon, precisely because i think there was an understanding that lebanon could be kind of the Trip Wire to this broader regional war that essentially, you know, it is one thing if there is a conflict In Gaza, that alone is destabilizing enough and is obviously brought a tremendous Human Toll and has grinded on for a full year. But the concern has always been that if israel launched a Ground Operation and significantly escalated things in lebanon that could draw iran into a conflict in a direct way as were seeing to
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Live from atlanta. This is Cnn Newsroom with Michael Holmes. Hello and welcome, everyone. Im Michael Holmes. Appreciate your company. It is now 6 a. M. In beirut where the possibility of a Ground Invasion by israel into lebanon is fueling fears of an even wider conflict across the region. Us officials say israeli troops have mobilized and are Clearing Areas in what could be preparation for Ground Troops to move across the border. Israel saying a Ground Offensive is only one option, being considered. The idf continuing their air offensive. Meanwhile, On Saturday, with blasts hitting close to beiruts airport. Saturdays strikes in lebanon reportedly killing more than 30 people, wounding close to 200. Overall, nearly A Thousand lebanese have been killed since this latest escalation, according to health officials. Hezbollah firing back, saying it launched missiles towards jerusalem, prompting a response from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an intercepted missile crashed in the sub