its highest level since the 1962 cuban missile crisis. biden saying about putin, quote, he s not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapon as he continues to lose ground in ukraine. we also have an important snapshot of the u.s. economy that we must discuss. u.s. employers have added 263,000 jobs this september. a modest slowdown from august. a slowdown that could actually be good news, though. the federal reserve looking for the jobs market to cool off to help fight stush stubborn inflation. and arlette saenz is live. the president laid out this warning last night. should people be expecting another walk back from the white house then today? reporter: well, kate, so far no official walk-back from the white house. but u.s. officials have said that they have not seen any evidence that russian president vladimir putin has decided to move forward with using a nuclear weapon. but still, the president s comments that he
collision course. tropical storm force winds could hit florida tuesday. in puerto rico, further south, they are still dealing with property damage and washed out roads after hurricane fiona ravaged the island nearly one week ago. and fiona is not done yet. it could become one of the strongest storms canada ever experienced. it made landfall in nova scotia. allison chinchar is in the cnn weather center. it could slam florida in the coming days. right. it is expected to get to major hurricane strength. let s break it down. you have two significant storms to talk about. this is tropical storm ian. sustained winds only at 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60. but the potential is there as it makes its way to the cayman islands, which is where we forecast this is likely to get up to hurricane strength. category 1, maybe even cat going 2 over the islands. it will make its way over cuba, into the eastern portion of the gulf of mexico from. there that system is expected to make the
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour israels leaders are preparing for the next stage of their war against hamas. They say its a likely Ground Invasion of gaza. While israels military hasnt officially announced, three officials have told the New York Times will be to wipe out hamas top political and Military Hierarchy and capture gaza city. An incredibly risky Ground Invasion will likely feature bloody streetbystreet combat made more impossible by the miles long network of deep tunnels. Once and if the Israeli Military moves in, the United Nations warns further conflict would spiral into a, quote, abyss in the middle east as the conflict spills over borders, a fear echoed by irans Foreign Minister who says regional war could be unavoidable. To gazas north, israels military is exchanging fire with the Lebanese Group hezbollah which the u. S. Considers a terrorist group. There israel ordered the ak asian of 28 villages, and hezbollah, like hamas, is backed by the iranian govern
Were continuing to follow the breaking ns in The Middle East, where the israelhamas war is poised to enter a new phase. Just one week after hamas executed that horrific and seismic Terrorist Attack on southern israel, 1400 people have been killed in israel so far. And more than 2300 in gaza. 29 americans were also killed, and 15 remain missing, according to the state department. Today, the Prime Minister conveyed his emergency israeli cabinet, and said that hamas thought wed be demolished. Its we who will demolish hamas. Thats after three senior Israeli Military officers were telling the New York Times that Israeli Forces are preparing to invade the gaza strip in the coming days. Their ultimate goal, according to the reporting, is to capture gaza city. Destroy the enclaves current leadership, and wipe out the top political and Military Hierarchy of hamas. The risks are high here, for israeli troops, as they face the challenge of Urban Warfare and a narrow and tightly packed gaza. They
We begin this hour with a shake up in russias military hierarchy. Russias Defence Minister, sergei shoigu, is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russias security council. Hes a long standing ally of Vladimir Putin and has served as Defence Minister since 2012, Playing A Key role in russias invasion of ukraine. His replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy Prime Minister. Earlier, our russia editor Steve Rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. Whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is Vladimir Putin. Hes the man with all the power. Having said that, a Government Reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the Defence Minister is being changed. They dont happen too often. The foreign minister, hes been in his post for 20 years. Mr shoigu, he has been Defence