A quick fact check. There will turn it over to the lead with jake tapper. Thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure. Have a great Weekend Tapper and you just heard former president Donald Trump making remarks in evans, georgia after listening to a briefing on damage caused by Hurricane Helene lets go to cnns Steve Contorno. Hes in fayetteville, North Carolina where trump is going to hedge sue later tonight for a Town Hall and save what do you make of what we just heard from Trump And George little time politicizing this tragedy even further than he already has, and he criticized eyes the White House for what he said was a terrible response. And he said that well, he went on to boast about his own performance during previous hurricanes when he was president , he said, he reminded people that there is an election coming in this, in the state where its obviously very, very close and that he promised that if he is elected, he is very committed to this state. That was his direct quote. He
Lebanon and other major question have been heightened tensions. What role will the u. S. Play . Plus the Vice President ial candidates are back out on the trail after a debate that was midwest nice. Both campaigns kicking into high gear for the final 34 days hes of this race. Were going to assess what may have changed after Last Night and what comes next. Were also covering the Southeast Hundreds of thousands still without power food, and clean water, still hard to come by in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as President Biden is on his way to see the devastation firsthand were falling only these majoR Developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central is anxiously waiting to see how israel will respond to irans unprecedented Missile Attack as the israeli military intensifies its Ground War in lebanon across the region, violence is escalating with fierce clashes between Israel And Hezbollah forces. The idf says that it plans to send additional troops alread