Is Cnn Newsroom. We begin with Breaking News as we track Hurricane Helene, its now the strongest storm to ever make landfall in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across the coast hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour. Now the effects have been felt far from the center of the storm. The mayor of clearwater told me his community has been inundated despite being 100 miles from the center now, helene is weakening now but has knocked out power to more than 1,000,000. 5 homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. At least three people have been killed as the storm continues to pummel the southeast to end georgia. And one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i4 near your Ybor City and tampa, was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous. Chris conditions out there you need to be right now. Just hunkering down nows not the time to be going o
Instead of real peace, but the only Prizes Putin will give you in return are more suffering from disasters. We must restore nuclear safety, energy must stop being used as a weapon, we must ensure food security, we need to bring home all our captured soldiers and civilians, possibly deported to russia. We must uphold the u. N. Charter and guarantee our right, ukraines right to territorial integrity and sovereignty, just as we do for any other nation. We need to withdraw the russian occupiers, which will bring an end to the hostilities in ukraine, and we must hold those responsible for War Crimes accountable. We need to stop the destruction of nature caused by the war, and we must not allow a second phase of this russian invasion, and we need to make it clear the war is over. This is the peace formula. What part of these could be unacceptable to anyone who upholds the u. N. Charter . If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these points or tries to ignore any of them, it like
Overseas. Plus, with six weeks to go to Election Day, were digging into the Brandnew Polling on the state of the 2024 president ial race. And also ahead, the very latest on the fallout from North Carolinas embattled republican, gubernatorial Candidate Mark Robinson. Well show you what Donald Trumps running Mate Jd Vance is saying about the allegations that robinson is facing. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, september 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your Day And Week with us. Well begin this morning with Breaking News out of the Middle East. The Israeli Military has started launching new attacks on hezbollah and lebanon. Early in the Night Lebanon ordered an evacuation. This comes as both sides escalated their attacks. On Friday Israel struck an eightstory building in a densely populated area in beirut, killing several hezbollah officials, including the head of the groups operations unit. Authorities in lebanon say that at least 45 people died in
Reports, escalation in the Middle East. A new bombardment of israeli strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon and an unprecedented warning to civilians. The fears its stoking of a larger regional war. Plus disturbing new evidence tied to the suspect in that apparent second Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump, including a letter where he appears to confess to the plot. What it means for his case when he face has judge next hour. And new Nbc Polling on the 2024 race showing a historic surge in favorability for Vice President harris. We will look at whats driving that and why this contest is still neck and neck. Good morning and thanks for joining us, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. We begin with the Breaking News in the Middle East. Lebanese officials say more than 180 people have been killed after intensifying israeli strikes there overnight. The idf Issuing A first of its kind Evacuation Warning to civilians in Southern Leban
New york city. Did her political gamble pay off . What new polls are telling us about Kamala Harris risky strategy to challenge Donald Trump not where he is weakest but where he is strongest . Could it put her over the top in Mustwin Pennsylvania . Fighting hate with love. A pastor from springfield, ohio, trying to shepherd his community through a political and cultural firestorm. He will join me to explain what he thinks he needs what he thinks needs to happen now. Israeli fighter Jets Pound Hezbollah targets as Terrorist Leaders declare the blast linked to handheld devices a declaration of war. We have a top Military Analyst standing by. We begin with a new poll indicating Donald Trump may be losing ground to Kamala Harris on critical issues in critical states. Michigan, pennsylvania and Wisconsin Voters say trump leads on the economy, but its between two and four points. Harris has closed the gap on immigration. Only trumps Sevenpoint Lead in wisconsin is outside the margin of error