States following hurricane helene. Millions without power. The death toll still adding up. I m skyler henry in western north carolina, where flooded roads are slowing the recovery effort following hurricane helene. I m jason allen in cedar key, florida where people are now pushing their homes and all their belongings all to the curb. Also tonight, new fears of allout war in the middle east. I m imtiaz tyab in beirut, where nearly one million people have been displaced as israeli strikes across lebanon and here in the capital intensify. On the campaign trail, donald trump escalates his rhetoric and insults. Crooked joe biden became mentally impaired. Sad, but lying kamala harris, honestly, i believe she was born that way. Plus, why destruction looms for the supply chain. I m tim mcnicholas in elizabeth, new jersey. How a possible strike by dock workers could trickle down to your store shelves. And later, in a world overflowing with coffee choices, cbs in san francisco shows us a place g
room where john kirby is set to headline that briefing just moments from now. john: the big question, what will he have to say today about beijing setting up a spy base in america s back yard. kirby now admitting what the national security spokesperson said just days ago that china has a spy base in cuba, yes, it s real. sandra: biden administration they have ports on both sides of the panama canal already that can restrict that shipping. they have a space monitoring station in the mountains of argentina, to track our satellites, buying up farmland left and right. john: congressman mike waltz sounding the alarm about the chinese spy base in cuba about 100 miles from u.s. soil. that on top of several other ways china is trying to steal our nation s top-secret. sandra: ukraine s counteroffensive against russia is well underway. the test to see if billions of american dollars to the country is put to good use but it s happening as putin cozy up to russia, and iran sa
amanda cardin hong kong. more debt ceiling drama in the u.s.. getting a deal on the table was the first hurdle. now the race is on to sell the plan to skeptical lawmakers before the government runs out of money to pay its bills. kyiv under fire. a rate alarms ringing out at the ukrainian capital for a third day in the row. as russia unleashes another massive wave of drone attacks on the city. plus, a showdown in texas. the state attorney general impeached by his fellow republicans. we will break down the accusations he is facing and where he is going through from here. the debt limit deal between the u.s. president and the republican house speaker is about to be put to the test. both leaders have been racing to support for the bipartisan agreement before the u.s. runs out of money next week. they face harsh criticism from hard-line members of their own parties. and they must get congress to approve the deal before the president can sign it in the coming day the house
is the crowded gop field playing right into the former president s hands? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the scramble to avoid a historic default on the u.s. debt. president biden and speaker mccarthy are both working the phones tonight as they try to rally support from skeptical lawmakers. cnn is covering the race to pass the agreement from every angle. the stakes right now for the american people and, indeed, the world economic situation are enormous. our correspondents are over at the white house and up on capitol hill. we re getting new details right now and a key democratic leader, congressman james clyburn, is standing by live. we ll get to him in a few moments. first to cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. what is the latest where you are over at the white house. reporter: this entire negotiation process was driven by the understanding this was