Earlier on friday, huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the capital of lebanon, after israel said it fired a series of rockets into beirut. The israeli Defence Force says it was targetting hezbollah s headquarters, as huge explosions leveled buildings in beirut s densely populated Southern Suburbs. Hezbollah S Leader, Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly the target of the explosions. Neither Israel Nor Hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. At least six people died in the attack and more than 90 have been injured according to lebanese officals. The embassy of iran which backs hezbollah called the attack a dangerous, game changing escalation. Our bbc teams on the ground describe the situation as chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our Correspondent Hugo Bachega has the latest from beirut. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions
Hurricane helene continues right now our viewers in the united states and All Around The World for our special coverage of Hurricane Helene. Im michael holmes. Thanks for being with us tonight. Now, Hurricane Helene is the strongest storm ever to make landfall. Full in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across those less than two hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four with winds of 140 miles an hour. The national Weather Service describing it as unsurvivable up to 20 feet of Storm Surge expected in some areas. There have been at least two deaths reported in georgia and one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i94 near Ybor City in tampa was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous conditions out there. We are going to see downed Power Lines. Those are very hazardous as well, please do not mess with any down Power Lines in and around your home or anywhere. You may come in contact with them now.
Cnn breaking News Amar codes alongside John Berman. With cnns continuing coverage of Hurricane Helene, the Monster Category four storm set to make landfall just south of tallahassee, florida. And at any moment, nearly 1 Million people are already without power across florida and also georgia and the impacts they are far reaching this is new Video Tonight of rescues that are taking place in fort Myers Beach in southwest florida. Youve got local deputies using boats to rescue people who call for help. Streets. Theyre turning into rivers the warnings are dire. This is a patent strophic storm, packing can winds around 140 miles per hour and the Storm Surge Forecast or say, will be unsurvivable 20 feet in some parts. Helene is one of the biggest storms to ever hit the gulf coast. Its about 400 miles wide absolutely massive and making matters even worse all of this is happening in the dead of night. Florida governor Ron Desantis is set to hold a Press Conference a few moments from right now,
Georgia with heavy rains, powerful winds, severe flooding, keeping people from florida to tennessee and the carolinas on alert. Embattled new York City mayor Eric Adams making his first Court Appearance in connection to those federal Bribery And Wire fraud charges. We will have a live report in a few moments. As Ukraines President Zelenskyy meets with former President Trump here in manhattan about Ukraines Prosecutor about whats next in their war with russia. We have a very good relationship. I also have a very good relationship, as you know, with president putin. I think if we win, i think were going to get it resolved very quickly. More good relations. It takes two to tango. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rips into iran at the u. N. General assembly this morning and accuses the World Body and its criminal court of antisemitism. The real War Criminals are not in israel. Theyre in iran. They are in gaza, in syria, in lebanon, in yemen. Those of you who stand with evil agains
Make a deal between President Putin and President Zelenskyy quite quickly. What does that look like . What does that i dont want to tell you what that looks like. Okay, thats one way of answering the question. I dont want to tell you what thats like. Donald trump remaining coy when asked what a deal between Russia And Ukraine would look like. Were going to show you more of what the former president had to say ahead of a Meeting Today with the Ukrainian President , who appeared alongside Vice President Kamala Harris Yesterday at the White House. Wasnt that kind of like nixons Secret Plan . Secret plan to end the vietnam war, yes. Oh, there are a lot of polls. Every morning, theres new polls. I didnt see them today. The Bloomberg Polls. Key, new polls from the key Swing States that crossed overnight. [ laughter ] we will show you how, once again, the New York times Siena Poll is a dramatic outlier. That is what happens when you have voodoo, witchcraft. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is frida