Escalation of tensions in the region that presents new challenges for leaders in the white house and around the world welcome to this special edition of erin burnett outfront. Erin is on his side i m in i m anderson cooper and i m jake tapper. We re covering the breaking news in the middle east are counting down to tonight s vice presidential debate that candidates will take the stage age and less than two hours and iran s attack is certainly to be a key line of questioning that s only adding to the pressure on ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota gov tim walz as they take part in what could be the most important vice presidential debate in modern american political history. Vance and walz are tasked with delivering closing arguments for their running mates, donald trump and kamala harris, since there are currently no plans for another presidential debate. What the vp nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the white house with electi
Seat and julie roginsky. Thank you, both. A new hour of cnn, new central starts right now. All right. Breaking overnight, getting ward, the biden administration he is preparing for a possible iranian attack. Historic devastation. We just got a brand new Death Toll from Hurricane Helene now, One Hundred And Two people killed that number does appear to be rising. We are getting our first look at some of the areas hardest hit and brand new details on how the Vice President ial candidates are preparing for Tomorrow Nights debate. Im John Berman with Sara Sidner and kate baldwin. This is cnn new central Destruction And Devastation than people really are having a hard time putting words to this morning when you just take a look at these images from florida to Virginia Power systems, crippled roadways washed out, cell service, wiped out food, water, and fuel. Now, becoming hard to come by. Hurricane helene is left so much damage in its wake. And as janja said, just moments ago, we have a new
Parts of the southeastern United States in shambles, lifethreatening conditions continuing across multiple states in the u. S. As at least 25 people have been reported dead, including a fouryearold girl killed in a Car Wreck and claremont, North Carolina. Right now, Hundreds Of Miles. Hundreds of miles north of where Helene Made Landfall as a category four hurricane in florida are Emergency Situations are still unfolding more than 50 people are stranded on the roof of a hospital in irwin, tennessee right now, that complex surrounded by many feet of water nearby in the western mountainous region of North Carolina helene is Compounding A Rainstorm from wednesday together more than 30 inches if rain fell in 48 hours were learning that a Dam Failure in Lake Lore is quote, imminent. The States Transportation Department says all roads in western North Carolina aryna should be considered closed on to georgia, where more than 11 people have been killed and multiple people are still trapped ins
Products were women over 40, i call it the daily routine is cnn the Worlds News Network are in the Cnn Newsroom remind Jessica Dean in new begin this hour with Breaking News in the middle east, where israel is ramping up its fight against hezbollah all this week, we have seen a string of major Operator Patients targeting the iranbacked Terror Group based In Lebanon. And today, israel saying quote, extensively striking after uncovering, as well as plans for a company mean attack. Cnns Ben Wedeman is joining us now, live from Beirut And Ben tell us what youre seeing on the ground there today what weve seen is in the south plus then intensification of Israeli Bombardment and airstrikes. The likes of which we havent seen for quite some time. There was a intense period of bombing between one the 30 and 2 30 p. M. Local time by israeli airplanes, according to the lebanese news agency, 111 israeli strikes within the span of just 60 minutes. And this evening, it seems its the same theirs inten
It looked like a once in a century flood, just because there was so much water. It was a shock for me because i didnt believe it would come towards me, and as i saw it, ijust ran away because the water was rising so quickly near the house. The police in the Czech Republic have confirmed more people have died as a result of the flood. Our eastern Europe Correspondent Sarah Rainsford sent this update from the South West of poland. This is the river behind me here in fact, until a couple days ago, this was the main bridge across that river. As you can see, it gives you a really good impression it is in complete ruin. The water grows extremely high and the Bridgejust Water grows extremely high and the bridge just couldnt stand it. The waters have receded a little bit but the water is very fast flowing still. It is left a terrible mess in this Town And Weve been speaking to some of the people just trying to clean up. You can see there is still a lot of water around, a huge amount of mud and