Them morning. You were live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We are following Breaking News this Morning Disaster in Western North Carolina as one North Carolina official put it the devastation is quote biblical large swaths are completely cut off in that area. Official say, all roads there are considered closed. These are exclusive pictures coming into cnn showing the destruction in asheville. What you are looking at is the main Road And Biltmore village near the famous biltmore estate. Its a five lane road, usually full of cars now, its covered in debris and mud. People walking down the Middle Of The Road looking for supplies that as a comment in sight these days, helene tore through the historic village, the floodwaters. You can see right here rising to Roof Level and pushing trailers and to buildings, Power And Water are out in much of the city. This is a transform where you can see it right there just lying in the Middle Of The Road leaking fluid. Its been there f
Like in Need None of. That matters when, i talk about politics now we have to all get together and get this. We need a lot of help to have to have a lot of help down here. We look out for one another. We pull together, we pitch in, we persevere, and we pull it through. That is really the American Spirit thats what made america originally great. And thats why today ive come to us that with large semitrucks, many of them filled with Relief Aid and a Tanker Truck filled up with gasoline. We have a couple of the big Tanker Trucks filled up with gasoline which they cant get. Now and will be working to distributed throughout the day. And i want to thank again, Franklin Graham and everyone had samaritans purse. You people are fantastic by the way, just fans and people appreciate you very much for the incredible Partnering And Work that theyve done. Not only here, but all, all the time, theyre always seemed to be the first ones at areas that need help a short time ago, i received a briefing on
People killed by helene. And that number is expected to rise. The lead starts right now from Florida To Virginia and points inbetween. Tragedy worsening in the United States by the hour as rescuers reach areas hard hit Fire Hurricane just to see the destruction of our town, of our community that we love so much it is, it is heartbreaking were standing by for an update from authorities in Western North Carolina, which seems to be among the areas hardest hit. Plus Donald Trumps Weekend Dystopian Vision in a speech, even when he called, quote, dark, the republican nominee takes Campaign Rhetoric to a new and horrifying place. His unprecedented comments this weekend on his democratic opponent on migrants and on what he wants to do to stop Retail Theft and one day before the Vice President ial debate, cnn is learning one of the candidates is nervous and worried about how Tomorrow Night might go down the lead. Im Jake Tapper, apocalyptic scene its in the Southern Appalachians right now ameri
Wide tornado has hit. Those are some of the descriptions used to talk about this heartbreaking toll of Hurricane Helene across the southeastern united states. Today, we learned the storm has killed at least 128 people. That number has increased since an hour ago when i reported on this hundreds of others have been reported missing. Towns, reduced to debris. We begin our coverage this hour with cnns Rafael Romo. Hes in Western North Carolina with a closeup look at this horrific destruction here for sara tim co, this freshly brewed coffee is a luxury made possible by the love of her father. I asked my daughter, are you okay. Youve just texted her and she sent me back these horrifying pictures. I mean, it looked like armageddon. Thats when theyve Tim Cook decided to travel hundreds of miles to come to the rescue of his daughter and her family, bringing food, water, gas, and supplies, buildings down, houses, washed away im like, oh, my god, my dollars in the middle of this and shes 7. 5 mo
Get started at frame bridge. Com or visit a store today, Car Winning is everythings stupid. Saturday at seven On Cnn Closed Captioning is brought to you by Sokoloff Law Mesothelial of victims call now 30 Billion in Trust Money has been set aside. You may be entitled to a portion of that money all when hed heard eight, fivenine, 2,400. Thats when 8085920400 unprecedented, destruction in the southeast, the Scope And Scale of this devastation from helene is coming into sharper focus as the Death Toll continues to rise. Well go live to hard hit asheville, North Carolina plus Israels Defense minister says the next stage of the Countrys War with hezbollah will begin soon as the idf carries out new raids. In lebanon. Ahead of a potential Ground Incursion. And in the u. S us president ial race get ready to rumble. The two Vice President ial nominee is set to hit the State Stage for a Highstakes Moment that could be the final debate before Election Day what j. D. Vance and Tim Walzs previous De