Clearing. The way Breaking News good evening youre in the cnn newsroom. Im Kaitlan Collins in New York, and we start with Breaking News this hour as the Death Toll from Hurricane Helene is now ill climbed to at least 93 people. As officials are warning us that number is only expected to grow. The North Carolina Governor, i just spoke with them in the last hour. He says over but thousand people have filed reports that Loved Ones. Theyre unable to reach them as of this bowman is several areas of his state are still in Search And Rescue Mode President biden has been briefed by fema. He is planning to visit Storm Stormravaged Areas later this week, were told and what hell see is nothing short of devastating sides of mountains have collapsed, sliding down into towns overwhelming communities with mud and debris. Entire roads have crumble of meeting that survivors have no words they out and rescue crews no way in. Cnns Rafael Romo is live for us in asheville, North Carolina, in rockville. Obv
Hi. See, you got a little hat. Mother would have loved it. While we re on the subject of mothers, i d better warn you up front. I m not going to be like other mothers. But i promise i ll never make you wait until [laughs] until after the cake to open your birthday presents. [music playing] we were all together, making this show, which was the birth of this child. We made it funny. We made it emotional. And we all felt like, gosh, we did a good job with that. A lot of people in america were watching this and moved to tears. And then literally the next day, our world changed. It doesn t help matters when prime time tv has murphy brown mocking the importance of fathers. Bonding? i can t tell. I probably shouldn t have said that dam mistake number one. And now i just swore so that s 20 god who are you well, it certainly throws me back to the set holding that little baby. And we were in thrall to this baby cannot watch the thing to this day that either i cannot yeah. Yeah. Well, what s more
Now at beirut, lebanon,some Northern Israel and Northern Israel where tensions are rising by the minute. The Israeli Military says it did, indeed, take out the Pleaser Leader of hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah is dead. We are on it with israeli ambassador to theup, danny danon, general Jack Keane and many, many more. Welcome, everybody, i am neil cavuto. Developments out of The Middle East that are shaking the idea of global stability and perhaps a widening war. Lets get the latest from Nate Foy right now in Tel Aviv. Nate, what can you tell us in. Reporter hey, neil. Massive breaking news, it is confirmed that the leader of hezbollah for 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah, is dead after an israeli airstrike tarted the Groups Headquarters Underground in beirut yesterday. Israels Defense Minister moments ago explained why israel carried out this strike. It was an immediate threat to the life of thousands of israelis and other citizens. To our enemies, i say we are strong and determined. To our part
Israeli officials are bracing for reaction. The idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. Israel continues to pound targets Inside Lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. Ri in iran, antiisrael protesters took to the streets of the Capital City and that countrys Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. In the u. S. , President Biden said he has directed secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to further enhance the Defense Posture of Military Forces in The Middle East to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. We have reporters and analysts in place around the World Right in with all these new developments first. First, Matt Bradley joined us again from beirut. Matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in Lebanons Capital this evening. Reporter tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, People Y are crying in the streets, wailing out. This
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