Record 30inches of rainfall. More than 32,000 people are still without power at this hour. Retired u. S. Army lieutenant general Russell Honore is joining us. Let me get your assessment as someone who knows what an operation like this looks like. The damage youre sering right now. What do you make of the damage were seeing across the south . Well i think you clarified that it was a storm that attacked florida, and made its way through georgia, tennessee to new mexico. It dropped an awful lot of water. Not measured in inches but foot. It overmatched the terrain and when you drop water in those mountains, ayman as we all know it started going to the valleys. The community had not seen or experienced that and overtime, development happened in the deeper part of those valleys. And what we have seen is and with condolences to all those who have lost their lives that Flash Flooding that has occurred. The good news, theres a lot of people working to get to them. Lets talk about the operations
We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding
Closeness race. This, as Donald Trump is trying to boost his flagging support among women by promising to be there, quote protector, were breaking down his remarks and the backlash also also tonight, independent senator Joe Manchin declares he wont endorse Kamala Harris slamming your call to gut the senate, filibuster for a national abortion Rights Bill will get reaction from democratic Senator Mark kelly of arizona. Plus, as Israel And Hezbollah trade new Attacks President biden says peace in the region is possible in his Farewell Speech to the Un General Assembly, will discuss the conflict with the head of the u. S. Agency for international Development Samantha Power welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im Wolf Blitzer. A, youre, in the Situation Room with the razor close battle for the White House. Cnns exclusive new national poll showing Kamala Harris have Donald Trump running Neck And Neck with only six weeks weeks left in the campaign as cnns Kris
law in those regions he annexed illegally. my interview with an iranian human rights activist, a star of popular shows, spotlighting the heroic women fighting for freedom in iran. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is taking steps to try to help democrats in close races, trying to hold on to congressional majorities. today s focus, bringing down gas prices. he will explain his plan to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in december, with more potentially coming later this winter. it s a relatively small release, but what does it mean for the long-term? joining me now, gene spurling. we have seen the polls. voters say their focus is on the economy and inflation. this release will not happen until december. maybe the price comes down because markets are anticipating it. what s being done to anticipate hurting americans right now as we head into the midterms? let s remember that this 15 million
making news by abandoning decades old policy of strategic ambiguity and saying the united states would fight for taiwan if it is attacked by china. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. the white house immediately walked that back, saying the policy has not changed. in ukraine, a russian soldier sentenced to live in prison by a kyiv judge after pleading guilty in the shooting death of a 62-year-old ukrainian civilian in the early days of the invasion. and ukrainian military officials say russia is escalating its offensive throughout the donbas region. and there is some relief coming for millions of parents today as the second major delivery of baby formula is expected to arrive wednesday as part of the biden administration s operation fly formula. the first shipment arrived in indiana sunday and being shipped