Of an escalation in fighting between Israel And Hezbollah is acute and real. Lets show you the situation right now as we look across the israel lebanon border. Saturday has seen a string of Cross Border attacks between israel and the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah. Israels military said its Air Force struck thousands of Rocket Launchers that posed an immediate threat. Lebanons Health Ministry now says 37 people were killed in yesterdays israeli attack on beirut. Hezbollah has confirmed two of its senior commanders were killed in those strikes. Jake sullivan said the killing of a top Hezbollah Leader was justice, describing it as a good outcome. The Cross Border attacks follow the Pager And Walkie talkie explosions in lebanon last week which killed 37 people and injured thousands, thought to be carried out by israel. We start with this report from our Middle East correspondent, hugo bachega. As morning broke, the destruction became clear. An israeli Air Strike hitting dahieh,
Much for being being with us. Heres whats happening today. Former President Donald Trump takes his message to the critical Battleground State of North Carolina. The visit comes as a republican backed candidate for governor resist calls to drop out of the race after cnn exclusively on earth lewd comments made on a Porn Site while some members of the advanced team were very diligent there was complacency on the part of others that led to a breach of Security Protocols also, the Acting Head of the Secret Service is vowing to hold agents accountable left but he called a breach of protocol before trump was shot at a rally in pennsylvania back in july. The quote, failures, he says made it difficult for officers to respond and the aftermath that shooting i wasnt particularly impressed by what i saw and i told them in their were very nice people he wellintentioned. I just said it looked to me like a lot of this stuff was not quite ready for Prime Time damaging testimony in the search for answe
Welcome back, everyone. Top of the hour here On Cnn this morning, youre looking at a live picture from st louis. Thank you so much for joining us for this Special Edition of cnn this morning. Yes, i am not victor blackwell. None of us are im Amara Walker alongside danny freeman, Allison Chinchar, of course. Andy scholes of victor is off. First of all, will be back on october 5th. It really feels like the Holiday Season is applied i dont say that all is that what you made in terms that will that to one person is taken off now, but like halloween and you go to the source any already . And i was like Christmas Decor its our its going to feel a lot more like fall real soon for some places i hope it has said so holding on to summer as long as we can. No. No, not here all right. Well, were glad to have you with us. Heres whats going on today former President Donald Trump takes his message to the critical Battleground State of North Carolina. The visit comes as the republican going back candi
Today for to 79 at cardiac. Com or amazon. This is cnn the Worlds News Network thank you so much for joining me this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield, and we begin this hour with our breaking news. Vice president then Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from cnn to debate former President Trump on October 23. This would be their second meeting on a public like Debate Stage and would take place in the final few weeks of the campaign. After initially rejecting a second debate with harris following his September 10 showdown with her in philadelphia, less quick, trumps suggesting he might be open to another debate saying im quoting him. Maybe if i got in the Right mood and quote the Cnn Debate would mirror the June Debate between Biden And Trump with a similar format in which trump and this time harris would field moderators questions for 90 minutes without a live studio audience. And it would take place at the networks studios in atlanta. Weve got a team of correspondents and analyst
Jessica dean in New York and we begin today with Vice President Kamala Harris agreeing to a october 23rd. Of course, just days before the election, harris is now challenging her political rival to another facetoface showdown. But its trump up for more. Were going to have more on that just a moment. Also Day Trump is campaigning in the key Battleground State of North Carolina as the republican candidate for governor in that state faces a major scandal. With just 45 days to go until Election Day. Cnns Steve Contorno is live in wilmington, North Carolina, where trump just wrapped up that rally. See first off, what did trump say about the possibility of this second debate with Vice President harris . Jessica Donald Trump wasted little time telling this crowd what he thinks of our offer for another debate. He said no, thank you. He said its way too close to the election. And while Vice President harris is eager to debate because shes called losing badly, he sees no reason to do it. Take a l