We will take a listen to when Kamala Harris speaks to this room of elected officials. This has been an unprecedented disaster for our state. What you are seeing, thanks to you, the Biden Harris Administration, state and local officials, volunteers, private organizations, this has been a massive unprecedented response. We are deeply grateful for the federal resources that we have. Fema has been on the ground with us since the very beginning of this. We look forward to briefing and giving you details about the significant progress that is happening and all that we have to do. Unfortunate, we have 68 people who have lost their lives. People are still working hard in Search And Rescue to save people and to surge resources into western North Carolina. Thank you for being here. A thank you, governor. I thank you all, everyone here. I have talked with many of you with and hours and days of helene hitting this beautiful state. I thank you all for the work you been doing around the clock. Admin
Devastating impact from helena and a strike that is threatening to compounded, a warning from the Homeland Security folks that fema does not have enough funds to deal with it, First To Georgia where president Joe Biden is set to survey the damage and make remarks this hour. Welcome, im neil cavuto. Lets go to Lucas Tomlinson in georgia, what we are likely to here as the president visits the hardest Hit States and towns from helene. What do you have . Reporter good afternoon. President biden has just arrived here, to receive an operational update and or the damage. It is notable that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp wasnt your degree to president. As you mentioned, bidens a Dhs Chief says hes running out of money. We are meeting immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting. We dont have the funds, fema doesnt have the funds to make it through the season. Reporter earlier today, President Biden arrived on Air Force one in tallahassee, florida, the St
Can help you get started with your idea called now 807, 710002 zero getting a firsthand look at the devastation the station from hurricane helene. He is in the Carolinas Today with a swarm has killed nearly 100 people. How the federal government is helping the Recovery Effort is haunted words of thousands still remain without power and as cities are running low on food and water, plus, as the world awaits, israels response to a ballistic Missile Attack from iran, the idf ramping up its Ground War in lebanon. Another major question amid heightened tensions, what role will the United States play . Then turns of that thousands of Fort Workers hit the picket lines. A strike that could have a huge impact on the economy and things that you buy every day. Were following these major developing stories many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central President Biden is flying over the devastation from helene, the deadliest hurricane to hit the u. S. Mainland since breanna back in 2005, to
Struggling with helenes catastrophic aftermath, much of the areas famed Scenic Lands its gate completely unrecognizable. Look at these visuals. It just tells you everything you need to know about the devastation and the damage from helene in Buncombe County where asheville is at least 35 stormrelated deaths are reported with more than 600 people unaccounted for officials warn the Death Toll could go much higher. And these exclusive pictures just in to cnn showed the extent of the destruction should in asheville. What you are looking at is the main road there and biltmore village, its near the famous biltmore estate. Its a five Lane Road usually pull up cars. Now, as you see a is covered in mud and debris. People walking down the Middle Of The Road looking for supplies helene tore through the historic village, the floodwaters rising too level and pushing trailers into buildings power, and water are out and much of the city just basic necessities. People need to survive they dont theyre
Jessica dean in washington, alongside my colleague Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv. And welcome to our viewers in the u. S. Us. And around the world. Were going to begin with Breaking News as tensions in the Middle East threatened to boil over. Israel today, turning its firepower on targets in houthi controlled parts of yemen. The idf saying it atactic Power Station and a seaport. The iranbacked group is behind a recent Rocket Attacks on israel and us warship ships in the region. And this all comes as hezbollah confirmed, another of its senior leaders was killed in fridays massive israeli strike on beirut that killed the Groups Leader lets send it over now to jim in Tel Aviv jim walk us through whats happening and what these attacks on the houthi targets tell us listen, you could reliably call this a multifront War Today more than its been even in recent weeks and months. Israel says it has struck dozens of hezbollah targets near the, near a Village South of beirut. This in addition to those a