Norah israel warns of an imminent Ground Invasion in lebanon. As the United States sends thousands more troops to the Middle East. We ultimately want to see a diplomatic resolution to this conflict. Norah with One Day until the Cbs News Vice president ial debate, how the candidates are preparing to face off. Looking forward to tomorrow. Norah the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening, and thank you for joining us from the Cbs News Debate stage. This is where Vice President ial candidates j. D. Vance and Tim Walz will meet in their only debate before the election. We will have much more on that in a moment. We want to begin with the Human Tragedy caused by hurricane helene. More than 120 people are dead across six states. 600 are still missing. And today the president s Presis Homeland Security advisor said toll could climb dramatically. But the full scope of the 600mile Disaster is still not clear. Helene crashed into florida as a category 4 hurricane with Storm Surge above 15 feet. And it was on to georgia where the governor compared the destruction to a bomb going off. But the highest Death Toll is in North Carolina. Hundreds of miles from landfall where the emergency is still unfolding tonight, many communities need food and fresh water. And with roads cut off, some volunteers are actually using the old teams to bring supplies to asheville, North Carolina. You heard that right. Cbss Skyler Henry is just outside of asheville, and skyler, what is a situation like on the ground there . Reporter hey, norah, good evening to you. We were here as Military Personnel dropped supplies to swannanoa, another small community just outside of asheville that saw significant damage following helenes destruction. The people here say they will need all the help they can get as they work to recover. The southeast is suffering, days after hurricane helenes hit. Nowhere appears to be hit harder than western North Carolina. Some areas received more than 2 feet of rain. Roughly 600 people are still unaccounted for. But this is just hard to understand. This is just massive. This will take years to clean up if it is ever. Reporter the city of asheville and the area around it has been largely cut off since friday. Cell service is mostly out. Electricity wont be restored for days. And help has been slow to arrive. We have a lot of family Businesses Tat have been here since the turnofthecentury. They are devastated. And they are just trying to salvage anything that they can get. Reporter 10 miles east, the tiny Mountain Town of swannanoa is named for the river that runs through it. The same river that washed it away. And this town is devastated. Everybody focuses on big cities, not here. And we need help. We need food. And i know people are coming, i know that they are coming. And i know that god has control. It really hurts to see such devastation. Reporter and anita Crowders Husband had to use a chainsaw to get into her familys home. Her father died a week ago, and now they say the flood took what little they had left. Cant Imagine this it must be tough. It is. To see everything you worked so hard for destroyed its hard. These people work hard for what theyve got to, and it breaks your heart. Reporter federal officials are still working on how to coordinate dishing out supplies. That includes more than 40 starlight systems, 30 generators, and 60 pallets of water for people here in the community. Norah. Norah it does break your heart to see what people are going through. Skyler henry, thank you so much. Well, tonight, president Joe Biden is calling Donald Trump a liar after the former president said the current one is not doing enough to help storm victims. Trump visited the Storm Zone in Georgia Today and biden will be in North Carolina on wednesday. Cbss Scott Macfarlane is on the ground in valdosta, georgia, with more on the federal response and how the storm is affecting the president ial campaign. Reporter Helenes Path of destruction has forced the president ial candidates to change course. Vice president Kamala Harris returned for a stop in nevada, where they spoke to female leaders in washington. Speaking to the governors. We will continue to do everything we can to help you recover and to help you rebuild, no matter how long it takes. Reporter as a subdued Donald Trump visited a ravaged city and a battleground state, valdosta, georgia, where the power is out, schools are closed, and roots, troops, and Signs Litter the streets. Holiness just about the biggest anyone has seen. Reporter Donald Trump falsely claimed that Brian Kemp could not reach president biden by phone even though kemp and the White House spoke this weekend. Donald trump said that you are ignoring the he is lying. Lets get this straight, he is lying. In the governor told him he was lying. Reporter and trump suggested Elon Musk provide Satellite Service to restore wifi, even though fema is already doing so. We asked him if this historic storm had asked trump would look at a new approach on a key issue . When you look about climate change, are you stressing about it . Not too much. Reporter downtown is shuttered with generator power, candy Balmers Restaurant is serving meals for those who need them street side. Our focus is on our community, not any Celebrity Or Politician that comes in. Reporter Meanwhile President biden said he is demanding direct federal response. First from delaware them back at the White House this weekend. My responsibility is to get all help needed to those impacted areas. Reporter with Absentee Ballots already distributed, there is another Recovery Issue to our north in North Carolina. Cbs news has learned the State Board of elections had an Emergency Meeting about the damage and said they will have a successful election no matter the damage. Norah. Norah Scott Macfarlane, thank you for being there. At this time tomorrow, both Vice President ial candidates will be right here at the Cbs Broadcast Center in New York for their only debate. Cbss Nancy Cordes has new reporting on tim Walz And J. D. Vance is tactics, with One Day to go. Reporter Ohio Senator j. D. Vance arrived in New York at Midday Today as minnesota governor Tim Walz spent one last day prepping in northern michigan. How are you feeling about the debate . Reporter this is where they will face off for 90 minutes Tomorrow Night. The Trump Campaign says that vance will try to turn the focus to immigration. We are going to build a wall and reimplement to deportation. Reporter vance also plans to challenge walz on his military career. These are my Tim Walz glasses. Reporter the republican congressman Tom Emmer has been Playing Walz in the mock debates . Have you urged him to stay away from haitian migrants eating cats and dogs in ohio . He is going to concentrate on the issues that matter most. We have to focus on the economy. We need to focus on the border. We need to focus on Peace And Stability around the world. Reporter the latest Cbs News poll finds half of the electorate considers vance competent. And the same goes for walz. But democratic voters are more enthusiastic about their partys pick for vp then republicans are. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been playing the role of vance in Walzs Debate prep. Democrat asked Senator Amy Klobuchar is walzs longtime minnesota colleague. Whenever he can get in a little bit of his personality, i think thats a good thing. Reporter its been reported that Governor Walz is nervous about this debate. Is that really true . I think that anyone that goes out on the national stage and says, oh, i dont need to think about it at all, i think that they are not being honest. Norah and Nancy Curtis is here with me, so how are these candidates feeling about the debate that is going to be right here . Reporter they are setting Expectations Sky high for the other guy, so for example, the Trump Campaign said j. D. Vance has only been a politician for a couple of years while Tim Walz has been in politics for 20 years, so he has the edge. Then you have Tim Walz saying, i am simply a humble former schoolteacher, j. D. Vance is a Leo Ball School debater, he has the edge. The reality is, norah, both of these men are very comfortable Speaking Extemporaneously about policy, which is part of what makes Tomorrow Night very interesting. Nancy cordes, thank you for their preview. And i will moderate tomorrows Vice President ial debate along with margaret brennan. Live coverage at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cbs and for special Streaming Coverage had over to Cbs News 24 7 starting at 4 00 p. M. Today the pentagon said it is sending thousands of additional american troops to the Middle East to bolster security as israel says it has become an Unlimited Opera Optimal Organization and what wiped out most of hezbollahs leadership. We have two reports from Chris Livsay and tel aviv, good evening, chris. Reporter good evening, norah, confirming that israeli commandos are limiting raids into Southern Lebanon gathering intelligence on hezbollahs true positions in its tunnelsystems ahead of an expected Ground Invasion. We witnessed some of the bui buildup. The roar of engines is the Beating Drum of war. At this Staging Area in northern israel, soldiers prepared to put israeli boots on the ground in Southern Lebanon. Dozens and dozens of tanks, Armored Fighting Vehicles and bulldozers, everything you would expect for a Ground Invasion. And the clearest sign yet that israel is preparing to expand the conflict. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav gallant tells his troops he will employ all that is needed to from the era, from the sea, and also from the land. The mission to push back hezbollah and its onslaught of rockets forced around 70,000 israelis to flee their homes. Two reserved for grades have been called up to join the thousands of soldiers already deployed on the border. The almost yearlong conflict is poised to enter a new and potentially much deadlier phase. Reporter i am Imtiaz Tyab and beirut, Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated right here. Since then, israel has intensified its attacks against lebanon. We are on the edge of the seat of has Ballista Power following the strike. This was once a fivestory building and has been pretty much all but obliterated. Okay, we dont know exactly what that was, clearly a very loud strike in the distance, and it just underscores the situation across Southern Beirut as israel continues to strike heavily. Over 1,000 people have been killed in just two weeks. In nearly 1 Million people displaced according to lebanons prime minister. Including 14yearold Mustafa al musso. Who shows us his pet birds he could not bear to leave behind. A rocket fell so close to us, he says. You must have been so scared . Yeah. You work . Yes. Reporter and tonight they are in disarray following his Release Killing of so many of its leaders. But the military Groups Number two says his fighters are ready to confront any israeli Ground Invasion. Norah. Norah mt has tied up in Chris Livesay and tel aviv, thank you. Around 90,000 people are being worn to shut their windows and stay indoors, fumes from a Chemical Plant created a plume of smoke and noxious Coring Gas but visible for miles. 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