Your people back into their homes, you dont escalate to deescalate. And obviously now, with the iranian retaliation, israelis are in their shelters as they go into the new years holiday weekend. Ben . Yeah. I think, you know, since October 7th, the Biden Administration has had a number of goals, one was to provide support to israel as it aims to go after hamas, but then also one of the principle goals of u. S. Diplomacy since October 7th had been avoiding deescalation into lebanon, precisely because i think there was an understanding that lebanon could be kind of the Trip Wire to this broader regional war that essentially, you know, it is one thing if there is a conflict In Gaza, that alone is destabilizing enough and is obviously brought a tremendous Human Toll and has grinded on for a full year. But the concern has always been that if israel launched a Ground Operation and significantly escalated things in lebanon that could draw iran into a conflict in a direct way as were seeing to
Well have the latest reporting from cnbc. Also ahead, an update on Recovery Efforts across the southeast at President Biden is set to get a firsthand look at the devastating Storm Damage in North Carolina. Well also have a live report from The Middle East as israel launches a Ground Offensive into Southern Lebanon after weeks of deadly Air Strikes targeting hezbollahing the militants. And what could be the final debate of the 2024 president ial debate. Jd vance and Tim Walz set to square off tonight in New York. With us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. Bbcs Katty Kay. And the president on the council of foreign relations, richard haass. Author of the Newsletter Home and away. Well get to it all in a minute. Pete rose died. Kept out of the hall of because of the betting scandal. Talent was huge. Member of three World Series Championship teams. The Cincinnati Reds in the 70s. Got a third with the philadelphia phillies. The alltime hits king, a record that i dont see being bro
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This is the live scene in beirut, as bbc teams report hearing explosions in the capital s southern suburbs israel has ordered the evacuation of three areas. Meanwhile the uk government has chartered a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon, scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. It s as israeli tanks were seen gathering at the border on monday. Israel s defense minister yoav gallant said the military is prepared to use forces from the air, land and sea to allow thousands of displaced israelis to return to their homes in the north. Meanwhile, the deputy chief of hezbollah, naim qaissem, said the groups fighters are ready to confront an invasion. He acknowledged the assassination of leader, hassan nasrallah, was a big blow but said all fallen commanders would soon be replaced. Let s get the latest now from our correspondent on the border between israel and lebanon, lucy williamson. We ve been hearing helicopters overhead for a while now and also the sound of artillery, som
11,779. Thank you very much. Jeff zeleny. And thanks to all of you as always, ac36ts now tonight on 360 mile after mile destruction, heartbreak, and you have live reports and where helene hit the hardest and people from near and far who are answering the call for help. North carolina s governor joins us. So does chef jose andres also both presidential candidates address the disaster which won the former president playing politics with the relief effort by claiming the biden administration is playing politics with the relief effort. Plus israel ramps up airstrikes on lebanon and launches. Would they call a limited ground operation? good evening. Thanks for joining us. What began with exploding pagers and walkietalkies than the israeli air force killing hezbollah s leadership is now entering a new phase. Cnn s jeremy diamond is on the ground in northern israel right now. What are you learning tonight? is that israel begins this ground operation for months now, we have wondered whether or