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
Forces along its northern border with lebanon. According to one u. S. Official, the idf is planning for a limited Ground Operation that could begin at any moment now. Israeli commandos have been conducting smaller operations over that border in preparation. Just two days after hezbollah confirmed its leader was killed in a massive Idf Strike in southern beirut. A 2,000 Pound Bunker busting bomb, according to an expert who spoke with Nbc News, dropped on the u. S. Designated terror groups headquarters. It follows the detonation of thousands of pagers and walkietalkies and promises they will do whatever it takes to secure the northern border. In addition to killing the hezbollah leader, they killed hamass leader and dropped bombs on Power Plants and Shipping Infrastructure used by the houthis in yemen. The goal, to harm or disable Irans Axis of resistance. The danger, a war in The Middle East that drags in u. S. Forces in. The u. S. Has been able to convince israel to scale back plans fo
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The impact in lebanon where the health ministry said 33 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in new israeli air strikes on saturday. Our senior international correspondent orla guerin has the latest from beirut. Explosion. This is what beirut has been enduring, massive israeli strikes that could ignite the whole region because israel killed its target, sheikh hassan nasrallah. For his followers, it s a devastating blow, for his iranian backers, a strategic loss. The long time leader of hezbollah was a long time in hiding. This was the moment, in a new york hotel room on friday, when binyamin netanyahu approved the strike on his old enemy. Translation: the state of israel yesterday eliminated the master murderer hassan nasrallah. We settled accounts with the one responsible for the murder of countless israelis and many citizens of other countries. Nasrallah was not another terrorist, he was the terrorist. Israel claims this is a historic turning point. For many in beirut, it s
Moment. Tonight, there are just 38 days and tell the election and the president ial candidates have been confronted by this stark new development in the stories that will decide at this campaign. We will have the latest from the mid east in a moment, where is forces have killed a Terror Leader in the strike in lebanon. For we will hear from a spokesperson for the Kamala Harris Campaign after the Vice President gave speeches this week. They have her vision on two issues, voters say they care about most. Immigration and the economy. Plus, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus joins us to discuss his personal confrontation with one of his republican colleagues who made racist comments about haitian migrants. All this as Vice President nominees tim Walz And J. D. Vance are preparing to square off in just three days, and what could be the final did eight of the 2024 cycle. We will start with the rising tensions in the middle east, following the killing of the leader of hezbollah in an