Good to be with you. Im katy tur. We have Breaking News out of lebanon. Any moment from now, Vice President , you know what, thats the wrong script. We do have Breaking News out of lebanon where israel just struck the headquarters of hezbollah. U. S. Designated terror group. You can see this in video that the strike was big, hitting a building in southern beirut. An israeli official tells Nbc News that the target was the iranbacked leader, Hassan Nasrallah. It wasnt clear whether he had been killed. The strike had interesting timing, launched just an hour after prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this to the United Nations. They endanger their own people. They put a missile in every kitchen, a rocket in every garage. I said to the people of lebanon this week, get out of the Death Trap that hezbollah has put you in. Dont let Nasrallah Drag Lebanon into the abyss. Were not at war with you. Were at war with hezbollah, which has hijacked your country and threatens to destroy ours. As lo
Tallahassee within the next few hours. Now, right now, helene is an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. So, for more than 545,000 households in florida, they are reportedly without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their homes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to affect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. So, what may bring the most danger are the storm surges. Earlier today, residents experienced flooding in places like pine island, which is just outside of fort myers. But, flooding will likely get much worse across the state as the night continues. A storm surge warning is in place for almost the entirety of florida s west coast. This video is a simulation of what could happen if the storm surge rises to approximately 10 feet. But, in some parts of florida, officials look worn that a hurricane helene could cause storm surges of up
Hurricane taking direct aim at the florida coast. Hurricane helene is expected to be a category 4 storm. Deadly storm surge. Mexico getting a glimpse of the storm s wrath. When helene will make u. S. Landfall plus we will speak with the mayor of tallahassee. The biggest city in direct line of the storm. Also tonight, courthouse explosion. An explosive device set outside a santa barbara courthouse leaving multiple people injured. Police detaining one person shortly after the blast. The investigation under way into why the bomb was intentionally detonated. Deadly bus hijacking. These horrific moments as a driver is held at gunpoint. The suspect leading police on a chase through downtown l. A. The terrifying take over leaving one passenger fatally shot. The driver being praised for his quick thinking and what we re learning tonight about the suspect in custody. Looming ground invasion, israel preparing its troops for its potential invasion. Hezbollah firing a missile at telaviv for the fi
Maybe somebody wants a Nobel Prize for their political buy a ography. The only Prize Putin will give you are more suffering and disasters. We must restore nuclear safety, energy must not being used as a weapon. We must insure food security. We need to bring home all our captured soldiers and civilians, possibly deported to russia. We mustup hold 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 prevent it and stop the destruction of nature caused by the war. We must not allow a second or Sword Face of this russian invasion and we need to make it clear, the war is over. This is the peace formula. What part of this could be unacceptable to anyone who up holds the u. N. Charter . If someone in the world seeks alternatives to any of these
Close and right now several counties are under mandatory evacuations. Other parts of the south are under Storm Warnings as residents brace for days of heavy rain, dangerous winds and Life Threatening Storm Surge. Joining us now nbcs Marissa Parra from pinellas county, Florida And Nbc Meteorologist Bill karins. How are people there preparing for this . Reporter well, you can see some of the preparations happening behind me, and im going to go ahead and give you a little bit of a walk and talk, a show and tell if you will. These are Sandbag Preparations w we always see this when there is a hurricane or tropical storm approaching. It was within the hour, jose, that our phones were lighting up and going off, warning us of mandatory evacuations happening in this county. So were in the Tampa Bay region, pinellas county. This is one of the areas that is under mandatory evacuation for Mobile Home residents and ill tell you, talking to people on the ground here there are several people who are