Humanity nor more harmful to his reputation with supporters. Now weve reached out to spacex. We have not heard back, but, sir, i do think theres a moral to the story anytime youre pulling off an elaborate stun involved all the buying a vacant piece of land to stop a Border Wall . I should keep an eye on that piece of land and make sure that the richest person on the planet is not allegedly trying to take over that line. I suspect we may hear from elon on this one, we might perhaps on his X Platform exactly. Matt egan. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. A new hour. Cnn news central starts right now standing by for President Biden to deliver what could be his final speech before the united nations General Assembly. And we are just getting word of israeli air her strikes on lebanese capital beirut, who and what were they targeting . And new charges, new changes, i should say, coming to instagram added protections 14 piedras im John Berman with Kate Bolduan and sarah seidner. This is cnn new central now, President Biden will be arriving at the united nations to give his final speech before World Leaders at the General Assembly. Un General Assembly, a speech now coming as the Middle East is lighting up on so many fronts, we just learned of a new israeli airstrike in the southern part of beirut, lebanon. The idf describing this as this attack, as a targeted strike against iran backed Terror Group HezbollahAirstrikes Yesterday marked the deadliest day in lebanon in nearly two decades. Cnns Alex Marquardt is tracking this one for us from the united nations and hes here with us now, alex, with all of this happening in real time, what are you hearing about President Bidens focus when he speaks this morning . Well kate No Doubt this is going to be a difficult Balancing Act for President Biden when he comes here to the un, hes due to speak in just about an hour. Hes coming to speak on what is arguably the biggest international stage with a number of priorities including cementing his legacy on this global stage, talking about his priorities, talking about got his accomplishments and what still needs to get done. This was going to be a un General Assembly that was already dominated by the war in gaza. Concerns about a widening war in the Middle East. And that is going to be even more the case now with this expanding israeli operation against hezbollah in lebanon and the crises in both Gaza And Lebanon really serve to underscore what many see as a failure by President Biden and administration officials to get to a Ceasefire Deal in gaza to figure out a deal between Israel And Hezbollah that would allow Tens Of Thousands of residents on both sides. Hi to that border to return home. So senior administration officials acknowledged that that is going to be a major focus for this week is obviously going to be talked about during President Bidens speech. But he does have a number of other priorities to get to as well. He wants to talk about the conflicts in haiti in sudan. He wants to talk about Climate Change, the rise of ai. He wants to talk about the competition with china. You wants to emphasize certainly in stark contrast to his predecessor and this election that were now seeing with former president Donald Trump about global engagement. But kates so much much of this is going to come back to the Middle East. And what is going on there that concerns about an expanding war there, theres a lot of anger among other countries about israeli aggression against palestinians. And now, in lebanon following President Biden, were going to be hearing from the leaders of jordan, of qatar and turkey. Youll certainly hear some of that anger there. So while this is a moment and a place for international unity, for international cooperation, there are also deep divisions among the countrys here, kate. Yeah, it will all be on display, right in that building behind you, alex. Thank you so much, sir. All right. Speaking of which more on the Breaking News now out of beirut this hour, the idf carrying out an airstrike in the southern suburbs of beirut, cnn international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is in Tel Aviv for us. What are you learning about this strike that. We can see now some of the results of a couple of the floors of a Fivestorey Building destroyed when the idf has said that its had a targeted strike in the suburbs of beirut and particularly these southern suburbs of beirut it has been senior hezbollah figures that theyve tried to target in the past. So likely thats what it is this time theres certainly plenty of speculation that thats the case. But who it might be an ghazi intended target escapes. Thats not clear, certainly when the idf tried to target a very senior Hezbollah Commander in the suburbs of beirut last night, the commander of the southern forces hezbollah, close the border with israel he according to hezbollah, was not injured and is in full health so were waiting to get details, but this is a part of a huge package of airstrikes that have been going on today. Three phases so far at least over the past day, the idf says that they dropped 2000 munitions on more than 1,500 hezbollah targets. There have been more than 100 missiles incoming to israel today. Only one casualty, an idf preservers that were aware of. But i think we get a sense of what is planned and whats to be expected from the Idfs Chief of staff, general herzi halevi. He said that hezbollah must not be given a report great that they must continue with full force. The idf must continue with full force. And he said, operations will be sped up. And that they must have continued action with full vigor across all areas. It feels as if the Idf Sense they have momentum in the fight right now, and that they have no intention of letting up. In fact, they intend to increase as well. Sara meantime youve got the u. S. Trying to calm things down. Thank you so much. Nic robertson, live from Tel Aviv for us there. John. Obviously therell be one focus of President Bidens speech before the General Assembly today, he will also No Doubt talk about Russias War on ukraine and ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the general Assembly Tomorrow with me now is the former us ambassador to nato, former us special representative for ukraine negotiations, kurt volker, ambassador. Thank you so much thank you. President zelenskyy is in the united states right now and you get the sense that he is here with increasing urgency trying to shore up what support he can in the united states. And with leaders at this crucial time, six weeks before the u. S. Election, how much is at stake for him . Well, this war is me going on a long time. People are very tired. Theyve had some recent progress, but they really need more support and they particularly need authorization to fire long range to hit the russian logistics and to try to force the russians to pull back. Theyve got to do this before the Winter Sets in again, because the russians keep hitting the Energy And Electricity supplies in ukraine. And theyve got to try to take the pressure off the population so these are all urgent right now. And of course there is the uncertainty of the u. S. Presidential election, which they know Vladimir Putin is watching, and how putin plays the war is going to be determined in some ways by how we reads whats going to happen after the election. Look, you talked about the need in your mind for zelenskyy to have the approval to hit long range targets inside russia, Donald Trump Jr. And Rfk Jr. Who are senior officials in the trump campaign, put an oped out last week saying, dont do this, dont give approval for this. This could lead to World War three. So zelenskyy may see that and see, see that and say to themselves, if trump wins, im not going to get this. Well, this is why he needs to make the case because, you know, everybody wants peace. Zelenskyy wants peace. We want peace. Donald trump, junior wants peace but the reality is that the reason there isnt peace is good. Vladimir putin is attacking ukraine every single day and they have to defend themselves. And the only way this War Ends is Latymer Putin to decide to stop attacking. And thats why they need the weapons thats why we have to give them the ability to defend themselves. So that we can vince putin, theres no gain in this for him. You said everyone wants peace. The question is, on what terms exact and youve got more and more leaders coming forward. The Czech Republic came out and later their said that, look, i mean ukraine may have to accept some kind of a deal at least for now, where they give up ukrainian territory or except the fact that the russians stay there what do you think about that reality . Well, its not for us to be telling the ukrainians whether or what they should give up to the russians it is a reality that some parts of Eastern Ukraine have just been completely leveled and theres nothing left there. And those territories may be less important to the ukrainians. Other places places such as crimea, which russia has occupied since 2014 vitally important for ukraine, for its economy, for its shipping. And Thats Something i dont think the ukrainians are going to easily give up on what was your view of the ukrainian incursion into kursk and what accomplished or accomplishing. Now, i think it was very important strategic move for ukraine to do that up until that time. Remember the only talk that you heard about any negotiations was what ukraine gives up. Now, its more of a trade. They have some russian territory. Russia has ukrainian territory. Theyre going to have to shift it. Also, people were saying that this war was a stalemate. And it was just going to drag on as a war of Attrition Ukraine is showing that is not entirely true. They are able to take some strategic steps such as bringing the war to russia. Theyre also firing longer range with their own weapons, not what were providing, but with their own weapons, drones and missiles getting longer range into russia, taking out Ammunition Depots hitting airfields, taking out oil refineries, things that are strategically important for Russias Conduct of the war. You know, theres a lot of interest Around The World about the u. S. Election. And there is concern and thats not being at the school there is they be European Leaders are concerned about what might happen if Donald Trump up winter, particularly in nato and others. But youve been giving sort of public advice to them saying look, figure out a way to work with a potential president trump. Why are you saying this . And what do you mean . Because its a reality, its going to be one or the other. Its either going to be president harris, were president trump, either way, they need to get on with dealing with the issues in the world just as we do so, as you say, my advice to leaders who i meet with Around The World, its dont make any assumptions. You dont know what the policy is going to be in advance do your own homework, know what the issues are, know what youre prepared to do about it and then be proactive. Make proposals we can do this when you say dont make any assumptions about Donald Trump on the issue of ukraine, right he wont say he wants ukraine to win, and thats not an assumption thats just a fact. Well, it is a fact that he doesnt say that we saw that in the debate for example. But also remember that it was Donald Trump who provided the first lethal weapons to ukraine back in 2017, lifting the Arms Embargo and giving them antitank systems. I think what trump likes to do is avoid making it personal between him and putin are him and kim Jong Un or him and xi and meanwhile, put in place stronger policies thats what he did in the past thats what we have to hope that he would do this just yesterday. He said, if he wins even before hes inaugurated as president elect, he would get on the phone and try to reach some kind of a deal with zelenskyy and putin. How does that incentivize putin yeah. The problem here is exactly as you say, putin wants to take all of ukraine. He doesnt want a deal. He wants once it to be given to him. And if you dont want to see a europe that is no longer at peace, not just ukraine, but threats to lots of other countries in europe. A nato that is now staring right at russian troops right on its border again in poland. Then you need to help ukraine defend itself, and you need to send a message to putin no more for thats got to be the message. Mastercard roko, great to see you inperson. Thanks so much for being here. Thanks this morning. A legal battle over mailin ballots heads to a Mississippi Courtroom and the result there could have a real impact on how votes are counted elsewhere this election. And high highschool students in georgia are heading back to class this morning for the first time since that deadly School Shooting, there have more on the plans for them and instagram accounts for teenagers everywhere are going private meta now rolling out new settings. 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