Cnn special event, the Vice President ial debate. Tuesday at nine welcome to 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 about a widening war in the Middle East east, the Israeli Military claims it has killed the leader of hezbollah after carrying out targeted airstrikes In Beirut, israel says Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Terrorist Organization in several commanders were killed in a strike on what it says was hezbollahs headquarters. Though hezbollah has not commented but there are concerns about a possible response. Hezbollah has fired rockets into israel, iran Supreme Leader says its forces are standing with hezbollah, but not mentioned specifically, nasrallah. And the chief of Israels Army warns that israel knows how to reach anyone who threatens its citizens meanwhile, the White House says, President Biden has been briefed o
That there have been new explosions rocking the country. One day after a massive coordinated attack causing pagers to explode across all lebanon. Right now, the Death Toll after Yesterdays Attacks on pagers stands at 12, including two children. More than 2700 people were injured, including the iranian ambassador, according to lebanese authorities. Joining us now, Raf Sanchez from Tel Aviv and clint watts, Nbc News National Security analyst. What do we know about the new round of explosions . Reporter jose, in the last couple of minutes, lebanese State Media is reporting what appears to be a second wave of explosions, all across lebanon. Were seeing reports of blasts in beirut, the capital, and in the south, near the lebanese border and in the valley, a hezbollah stronghold. Lebanese State Media is saying the devices that exploded today are twoway radios as opposed to pagers. It is a very fluid situation. It is not clear if all of the devices that blew up are radios, walkie talkies, as
WIth InjurIes. Ambulances have been rushIng through the suburbs, the mInIstry has called on staff to report on people to donate blood. Anyone wIth a pager should ImmedIately dIscard It. Unnamed SecurIty OffIcIals say the pagers were hacked by Israel, whIch has not commented. WIth me Is our SecurIty Correspondent Frank Gardner. These are stIll the early detaIls of thIs, It was fIrst reported less than two hours ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. It ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. All, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, almost unprecedented. I cannot thInk of any case where you have got a sImultaneous, almost sImultaneous explosIon of so many personal devIces. These were not MobIle Phones, they were not MobIle Phones, they were pagers, whIch sounds very 20th century. But the reason for that Is that when the Gaza War or conflIct began after october seven massacre In
seismologists here constantly working on tracking earthquakes around the world. part of that is for the pager system, the rapid assessment of the global earthquake response. here is dr. paul earl. this is a rapid estimate of impact of the earthquake. this guess beyond the magnitude of the earthquake. that is not always going to tell you the potential impact. you need to know how many people were exposed to severe shaking and the strength of the infrastructure they have. reporter: this quake caused a fracture line 186 miles long. to give you perspective, it s longer than the coast of washington state. shepard: alicia acuna, get yourself well and feel better. live pictures now. these are the first live pictures now. saturday morning, 8 minutes after 7:00 a.m. now. in tokyo and beyond. these are our first live
pager system for short has been upgraded making nation helping e decisions. i have directea code coloredt in about 30 minutes providing more than just magnitude and epicenter. it takes into account the amount of dollars and lives lost allowing first responders to determine scale of response. what actually happened or what is the best estimate of what happened on the ground in an area where it may be dark, nighttime, there may be no news coming back. reporter: the system puts together the severity of shaking, a shake map, vulnerability of structures in the quake area. not all building materials perform alike. with more than 30,000 earthquakes detected each year scientists say we can expect an increasing number to be deadly because of the rapid growth of