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For her house, solomon in New York. And this is cnn hello, and welcome to our viewers, joining us from All Around The World and to everyone streaming us on cnn max, im Anna Coren live from hong kong, had the Sound Israel launched is it new extensive strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon as World Leaders gather for this years Un General Assembly we fold who three days to go until Election Day in the u. S. And new Poll Shows Vice President Kamala Harris is slightly leading, a republican Rival But Donald trump is already hinting about his future plans and the u. S. House speaker unveils a shortterm Spending Plan to avert a Government Shutdown. But the question is whether he can get it through his own Chamber News with Anna Coren The Clock is ticking down until the beginning of the 79th Session of the un general Assembly World leaders are already gathering in New York ahead of tomorrows start to discuss the most pressing issues Around The World. And theres quite a list to choose from multiple wars, famine and Climate Change only scratched the surface on the possible agenda it will come directly after the summit of the future, focused on how the un will help the world develop and address issues. Going forward one of the notable appearances as this week will be ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. He arrived in the u. S. On sunday and visited a Pennsylvania Manufacturing Plant that makes munitions for his country after the Un Zelenskyy is set to visit washington where he plans to unveil his Victory Plan against russia to us president Joe Biden. Family tie what this fall will determine what comes next in this war together with our partners, we can strengthen our positions as needed for a victory. Or shared victory for a truly just peace. In the united states. Ukraine will present its plan for victory and the u. S. President will be the first to see it in full. Us officials continue to urge israel to deescalate tensions with hezbollah, but attacks across the israelilebanese border have intensified, is what us president Joe Biden had to say On Sunday worried about am a wider war were still pushing hard by the Israeli Military says, its conducting what it calls extensive strikes on hezbollah in lebanon right now. Adding that it struck 150 targets the idf is urging lebanese civilians to get out of areas where hezbollah operates, warning that more strikes are coming. The iranian backed Militia Group has fired over 8,000 rockets towards israel since october 7. According to the israeli ambassador to the un, it says about 70,000 people have been forced to flee their Homes Tombs in northern israel, Quote Becoming Refugees in their own land. But hezbollahs Second In Command is accusing israel of committing War Crimes and warning that a Battle Without Limits has now begun. Were joining us now is cnns paula hancocks live from Abu Dhabi and a paula tell us the latest Developments Rhetoric were hearing from both sides certainly doesnt give the impression of things at calming down anytime soon. In fact, over the weekend, we saw them most intense exchange of fire between Hezbollah And Israel that we have seen since the war in gaza started. Now, were hearing from the israeli side that these are extensive strikes, as you say, weve heard that this morning alone, theres been about 150 Air Force strikes on hezbollah targets. And we have been hearing from the israeli Prime Minister that one of his main War Objectives is to make sure that Tens Of Thousands of israeli evacuated you see, weve had to move from the border, are able to move back over the past few days, we have struck hezbollah with a series of blows. It dignified. Imagine his blood didnt get the message. I assure you they will get the message. We are determined to return our citizens in the north to their homes safe collar, but no country can tolerate incoming fire against citizens incoming fire against and we told them enough the state of Israel Wont tolerate it has been carrying out a barrage of missile and rockets launches. They say in retaliation for israeli attacks, including those attacks last week, where pagers and walkietalkies the were belonging to hezbollah exploded and also an attack on friday in a Beirut Neighborhood Which killed a senior Hezbollah Commander and other hezbollah fighters, but also a number of civilians as well. About 45 killed in that particular attack. Now the the us administration has been at pains to try and prevent a wider conflict from breaking out. This is certainly one of the greatest concerns at this point. Lets listen to the national Security Council Chief were watching with concern the escalating tensions in the region and across that border here in the last week or so. And we dont believe continued and i believe that kinetic action, Military Action by either side is really in either sides best interests. Certainly not in the interest of what the Prime Minister says he wants to do, which is get families back to their homes theres a better way forward here side seems willing or able to pull back at this point. And what were hearing from the Israeli Military, as well as it they are warning those in Southern Lebanon and in areas where hezbollah is operating to to move away. Of course, the very nature of hezbollah and its secrecy means that in many cases, people may not know that they are living next door to hezbollah operatives, but theyre also the israeli side accusing hezbollah of hiding missiles and weaponry in Civilian Houses in Southern Lebanon. At this point, not actually offering any evidence to prove that, but it certainly is a great concern for the region at this point, when you hear the rhetoric coming from both sides has been as number two, Name Kosiom saying that this is now a Battle Without Limits. Anna paula hancocks from Abu Dhabi. We appreciate the update. Thank you very much. All than two dozen people have been killed by israeli strikes in gaza over the weekend. Thats according to reports from the enclave. At least seven people were killed on Sunday Morning in an attack on a School Compound though israeli forces claim it was being used as a base for hamas at least 22 people, mostly women and children, were reportedly killed in an airstrike on saturday israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering a plan that would force all palestinians out of Northern Gaza to lay siege to hamas. The prospective plan would keep hamas fighters a busy, eventually starving them and forcing them to release hostages still held in the area. In a letter obtained by cnn, 27 members of the knesset, including three sitting ministers, have written to the government urging them to adopt it. Its one of many plans being considered according to israeli officials theres just so a vote six weeks left in the race for the White House. And in the latest Cnn Poll of polls, Kamala Harris is holding at 50 the port to Donald Trumps 47 . The results suggests a slight shift in Harris Favor since the abc News President ial debate almost two weeks ago but that difference is just inside the typical margin of error for a national poll the democratic nominees says, she will lay out her economic vision in the coming days. Harris will push what she refers to as an opportunity economy. Economy her plan will address the aspirations of voters or tackling the challenges they face this race is far from over, but Donald Trump is already fielding questions and what he would do if he doesnt win the us president ial election in november if youre not successful this time, do you see yourself running again in four years no, i dont know. I dont i think that that will be that will be it. I dont see that at all. I think hopefully were going to be successful the republican nominee also says no deals have been made over positions in his next administration. If hes elected Donald Trump isnt once again peddling election related Conspiracy Theories in an attempt to get out the vote. The republican Nominee Urge Minnesota voters in a telerally hosted by the he State Gop to vote early saying, quote, were going to make this one too big to Rig And Rehash the false claim that Election Fraud was behind his loss in 2020. Take a listen we are 43 days away from the most important election in the history of our country and early voting in your state is underway right now at this moment, its underway. So im asking you to get your friends and get your family, get everyone you know, and make plans to vote for trump, go out and vote for trump. Were going to save our country, our countrys in big trouble and you can do it by mail or early in person, or on Election Day. But make sure your Ballot Counts and check it. You can check it because you know, Bad Things go on and Bad Things went on the last Election Trump is being challenged to a second debate by the us Vice President after she accepted Cnns Invitation to participate in another faceoff join me on the debate, say, lets have another debate. This war to talk about and the voters of america deserve to hear the conversations that i think we should be having on substance, on issues on policies, whats your plan . Was my plan and we should have another one before Election Day. Who trump has said its quote, too late to have another president ial debates because early voting would have already begun the debate is scheduled for October 23, several top operatives for the trumpbacked candidate in north Carolinas Governor Race have stepped down as Senior Adviser for Mark Robinson reaffirmed that he and several other officials have exited the campaign is comes off to Cnn Reported robertson had made a number of inflammatory and obscene comments on a pornographic website in response to his staff upheaval, he says, i appreciate the efforts of these Team Members who have made the difficult choice to step away from the campaign. And i wish them well in their future endeavors, i look forward to announcing new staff roles in the coming days. Earlier, i spoke with the Deputy Editor of inside elections, jaber Jacob Rubashkin about how both candidates fairing among voters look. Vice president Kamala Harris is the one with all of the momentum as we enter the final stretch ahead of Election Day. And really, Election Day in america, no longer just today, were already in Election Day. Were in Election Season voters in north carolina, voters in virginia, voters more and more states across the nation are casting ballots already. Every single day. And so the more that Kamala Harris can do to improve her position right now when she already has the lead the better she will do on Election Day because she has already banking those votes every single day. That goes was on and former President Trump is really struggling. He has been on his back foot ever since democrats swap their nominee and he just hasnt found a way to regain control of the narrative. We saw that with the debate performance, we saw that with his embrace of Conspiracy Theories about haitian migrants in ohio he just has not been able to reestablish himself in the position that he was when he was running against Joe Biden lets talk about harris is laid because obviously the latest polls show her ahead, but how much do you read into that . Look, we know that polling can be a inexact science. We saw that in 2020 we have seen that in other elections as well. But the fact remains, there still are best tools for understanding of the behaviors of large groups of people. And so look, i think that the data that we have from the polling is incredibly putin. And at the moment at all, pretty much lines up with our expectations, which is that harris has a narrow but clear and consistent lead in the nationwide polling by about three percentage points. And in those battleground states, the seven or so that will determine the actual results of the election and the Electoral College shes much closer, shes very much tied. When i look at this polling, i try and remain skeptical and understand that of course theres the chance for a Polling Error like weve seen in previous years. But more generally, in a close race. All the numbers can really tell us is that it is close and that in those key battleground states, the seven tossups that will determine the election, either Harris Or Trump has a clear path to win jacob Donald Trump has ruled out a second debate with harris. And after his first debate performance, surely that doesnt come as a surprise. No, not at all. The look, this has been a very odd cycle for president ial debates. Its the first cycle in 40 years where it was not organized ahead of time by the commission on president ial debates, which is a nonpartisan entity that both campaigns typically work with they schedule three president ial debates, one Vice President ial debate, and they all conform to the same kinds of rules. This has really been the Wild West of debates this cycle. Both candidates, independently negotiating with a variety of News Networks and each other to set up the debates we had that incredibly early debate back in June June that kicked off the whole set of events that led to Joe Bidens stepping down as the democratic nominee. That was not supposed to happen. Nobody expected that to happen. So the fact that Donald Trump is refusing to debate Kamala Harris a second time isnt the least expected thing to happen in this Election Cycle. However, of course, he said its too late. The reality is weve had debates later in the Election Cycle than the October 20 suggested date from harrison cnn, just