York is Cnn Newsroom with Paula Newton hello, and a warm welcome to Cnn Newsroom. Im Paula Newton in New York at 9 00 a. M. And beiruts where israel is carrying out new Air Strikes. And fears are growing that the exchange of Missile Fire between Israel And Hezbollah could turn into a ground war. Now us officials say israeli troops have mobilized from israeli Air Defenses police say pieces of an intercepted missile crashed in the suburbs all this is happening after israel killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, prompting new fears of a wider war in the region. As paula is pledging to continue its fight while iran says, israel will face Quote A Crushing Blow for the assassination, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is now one step closer to achieving its military goals. Who gummi khadem, the elimination of nasrallah is a necessary condition for achieving the goals. We have said, returning the residents of the north safely to their homes and changing the Balance
Well, Vice President Kamala Harris rides a fresh wave of momentum as she gets back on the Campaign Trail. And with the highstakes atlanta this is Cnn Newsroom with Kim Brunhuber we begin this hour with the Battleground Blitz in the u. S president ial election, the Vice President has two Campaign Events scheduled for today in north carolina. Trump heads west to arizona and nevada. That comes after the first and possibly only debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump many supporters of the former president are publicly praising his performance, but in private, theyre expressing concern. Now, some tells cnn it was a wash at best and a loss at worst. Vice president harris clearly won the debate in terms of her delivery her polish, her oregon is organization, and her preparation. I know the president listed several people that he had fired during his administration. He may want to add to that the people that prepped him for the debate last night it was the land of missed opportunities.
governor ron desantis is wrapping up events in the granite states. nikki haley will hold a rally there tonight. donald trump is also expected to head to new hampshire after spending the day in court in new york. let s bring in former arkansas governor asa hutchinson. he finished sixth in the iowa republican caucuses. governor, i want to start with the fact that the democratic national committee put out a snarky statement about you suspending your campaign, saying this news comes as a shock to those of us who thought he already dropped out. a number of democrats said you were telling the truth about donald trump and standing up for democracy. i understand that president biden s chief of staff called you to apologize. well, that s correct. of course, i didn t pay much attention to what the dnc said, but it s actually gratifying to see a bipartisan rebuffing of this snarky tweet, as you say, or comment. to me, it just doesn t reflect the best of america whenever you have ridic
Welcome to the programme. As we continue our coverage of the israel gaza war, the scale of atrocities inflicted on civilians is becoming clearer. Throughout the day of the Israeli Military has been recovering the bodies of entire families, including several children and babies. Just a mile from the border with gaza. Israeli soldiers on the scene described as a massacre. Our international editor, jeremy bowen, has been to the village of kfar aza, where the bodies have been recovered on tuesday. A warning you may find this report distressing. The first few days of war at this small Israeli Community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israels trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. Israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. Its one of a series of small israeli villages along the gaza wire. When we arrived, they were still firing on houses across on the gaza side. Israeli combat soldiers only started their fight back here at around six oclock on saturda