11,779. Thank you very much. Jeff zeleny. And thanks to all of you as always, ac36ts now tonight on 360 mile after mile destruction, heartbreak, and you have live reports and where helene hit the hardest and people from near and far who are answering the call for help. North carolina s governor joins us. So does chef jose andres also both presidential candidates address the disaster which won the former president playing politics with the relief effort by claiming the biden administration is playing politics with the relief effort. Plus israel ramps up airstrikes on lebanon and launches. Would they call a limited ground operation? good evening. Thanks for joining us. What began with exploding pagers and walkietalkies than the israeli air force killing hezbollah s leadership is now entering a new phase. Cnn s jeremy diamond is on the ground in northern israel right now. What are you learning tonight? is that israel begins this ground operation for months now, we have wondered whether or
War could expand towards the litany river and last longer than a short term campaign. We are waiting news from that security cabinet meeting in jerusalem which got under way a couple of hours ago, the word is the army is awaiting a signalfrom is the army is awaiting a signal from the government. Let us spike tojon donnison, what do we know of what is being discussed tonight, john, and what sort of instructions might be given to the army? what sort of instructions might be given to the army? well, the anticipation be given to the army? well, the anticipation is be given to the army? well, the anticipation is that be given to the army? well, the anticipation is that the anticipation is that the instructions to launch some sort of ground incursion going to happen, and it could happen really any moment now, certainly within the next few hours, we heard from the defence minister earlier today, he was up on the northern border meeting troops up there, israel has been reinforcing the nu
And destruction, as far as the eye can see after western north carolina with hammered by helene will talk to the fema administrator on the ground asheville, amid apocalyptic conditions as the storm death toll across the southeast is rising also tonight, israel warns it s heading into what it s calling the next stage of its war against hezbollah as a limited ground invasion of lebanon may repeat, may be imminent cnn is near israel s northern border were closed military zone as declared by israel has been declared plus breaking news, a georgia judge just struck down a state law banning abortions beyond six weeks into a pregnancy standby for details on this major ruling and what happens next welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. I m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room we begin with the devastation from one of the deadliest storms to hit the us in decades. At least 128 people have been killed from helene s onslaught in the southeast. That till alm
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Hour, huge clouds of smoke has been seen rising from beirut after a series of explosions. Huge plumes of smoke 2530 minutes ago. The israeli defense forces have claimed to attack hezbollah s central headquarters in beirut saying the headquarters is under residential buildings in the suburb of the cities south. It would not stop until its objectives were met. Air strikes have continued throughout the course of the day with thousands of people being killed in lebanon. Hezbollah has been Firing Rockets into israeli cities including. Just in the last Half Hour, as i was saying, these huge blasts in beirut with the israelis giving details about their operations. More about that in a moment. Anna foster is there for us. Shes been describing what it actually felt like when those blasts went off, notjust seeing those plumes of smoke, but physically what that felt like that so many different people describing these as the since the beginning of this conflict. I will speak to anna in a moment, b