Anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now overnight nearly 500 killed 1,600 wounded as israel amped up strikes against hezbollah in lebanon, the u. S. Race to try and stop the conflict from exploding into a wider war. Heading to the border in what could be would be her first visit to the border since becoming the democratic nominee. Thats driving the harris campaigns Travel Plans now. And it could hit as a major hurricane. And soon florida bracing for what could be the most powerful storm of the season. Im John Berman with Kate Baldwin and sarah sidner. This is Cnn News central breaking overnight. Israel intensifying airstrikes on hezbollah in lebanon, sparking major concerns the conflict could spiral into a wider regional war. Over 500 people have been killed in the strike so far. In whats being described as the deadliest day in lebanon in nearly two decades, has been firing back overnight, launching more than 100 rockets from Southern Lebanon into Northern Israel so far, no one has
We begin with Breaking News. The biden administration taking a series of actions to target what they allege are attempts by russianbacked actors to manipulate Public Opinion here in the u. S. Ahead of the president ial election. According to two senior u. S. Joining officials. Joining us now is nbcs ken ken, dilanian. Ken, what more have we learned . Jose this is being described by our sources as a whole of Government Action designed to target russian Propaganda And Disinformation aimed at interfering in the 2024 it election. It is said to include sanctions by the treasury department, Law Enforcement Action by the Justice Department, and one of the focuses on rt, formerly known as russia today, that network of russian government funded English Language websites and Television Platforms that was flagged all The Way back in 2017 by the u. S. Intelligence community as a vehicle for russian Disinformation And Election interference. At that time, the Justice Department required rt to regist
defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
i hope we finally have put to bed the notion about whether or not ukraine is welcome to nato. it s going to happen. we are moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. a warning from the nominee to lead the joint chiefs of staff. the republican senator tommy tuberville s block on military promotions is affecting the military on multiple levels and could spark a talent drain. i will discuss it with former u.s. navy pilot mikey sheryl. good day. i m garrett haake. andrea is headed back from the nato summit in lithuania. here in washington, house republicans on the judiciary committee are hammering the fbi director for what donald trump and some conservatives have repeatedly claimed to be the so-called weaponization of the bureau and of the justice department as a whole. republican lawmakers are ramping up their public defense of the former president while going on offense against the biden administration and the preside
speeches and we get your votes and all that stuff. nobody has ever had to do this before. you know, people didn t do it before because usually candidates who judges say are rapists don t usually get this far, but what we found in iowa a couple nights ago was, well, iowa republicans that voted, those 14%, they like their presidential candidates that are called rapists by judges and they like their presidential candidates that steal nuclear secrets and like their presidential candidates that repeatedly defame women. now, you know, willie, i m new to this political thing. let me help you through this. you brushed me off yesterday when i fell off the turnip truck and i thank you that, right in front of an icy patch of snow outside of 30 rock. you dusted me off. that was nice of him. as we were leaving and going up into 30 rock. i was chewing on it. he explained politics to me. you need to hear it. willie, i still don t get it, though. like, this guy is complaining a