Escalation of tensions in the region that presents new challenges for leaders in the White House and around the World Welcome to this Special Edition of erin burnett outfront. Erin is on his side im in im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper. Were covering the breaking news in the Middle East are counting down to Tonights Vice President ial debate that candidates will take the Stage Age and less than two hours and Irans Attack is certainly to be a Key Line of questioning thats only adding to the pressure on ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota gov Tim Walz as they take part in what could be the most important Vice President ial debate in modern american political history. Vance and walz are tasked with delivering Closing Arguments for their running mates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, since there are currently no plans for another president ial debate. What the Vp Nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the White House with Election D
Its an Inflection Point and because of the truncated nature of this electiOn And just how wild this election has been they need an Inflection Point. Everyone kind of needs another chance, another bite at the apple before november 5. So i actually think theres going to be a lot of tune i think whatever happens Tomorrow Night could change some minds, but yes, typically a Vice President ial debate doesnt do much about an election. We will see what typical you know, think about this as normal and neither are neither other we did that make says he new Hour Cnn News central starts now begin with Breaking News, breaking moments ago sources tell cnn that israeli Special Forces have carried out raids in Inside Lebanon in recent days as fears grow of an all out regional war in the Middle East in comprehensible damage, hundreds of communities cut off far from freshwater and much needed supplies. As rescue Teams Race to get to those stranded residents. We now have new numbers as the Death Toll con
Thani million people face thani million people face being forced from their homes. Theres reports that the body of the hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has been recovered from the site of fridays israeli Air Strike in beirut. Hezbollah has confirmed that two other top senior figures have been killed. Israel says they killed more than 20 members of the iranian backed group. Israel has confirmed its carried out Air Strikes on the yemeni city of Hodeidah Targetting houthi sites. Videos have been posted on social media. Bbc verify has confirmed the location. Israel says it was targetting Power Plants and a sea port. For the very latest, lets cross live to the lebanese capital, beirut and my colleague anna foster. Anna. Israeli planes have been active smoke over southern Beirut Smoke over Southern Beirut hezbollah s base struck again. Hezbollah s base struck again. Driving through daraya, once hezbollah s beating heart, driving through daraya, once hezbollah s beating heart, and now look
Nasrallah. Could the u. S. Be drawn into a larger conflict with iran fire white House Adviser John Kirby is here next dark days, heated rhetoric from Donald Trump. Your town will be transformed into a third world hellhole. As he escalates false personal attacks kamala is mentally impaired. What might this mean for november South Carolina, Senator Lindsey Graham is coming up plus headtohead. The folks he governor whos lowering expectations. I had 24 kids and my high School Class and none of them went to yale, will debate an opponent who thrives on the fight we dont need to prepare for debate with tim waltz. What are the stakes for their Face Off . Everything we care about everything is under siege. Illinois Governor Jb Pritzker joins me exclusively hello im Jake Tapper in washington where the state of our union it his 37 days to go. Its the final sprint of the president ial campaign, and its still anybodys race yesterday, Donald Trump offered Wisconsin Voters a quote, Dark Vision Of The
You watching us here in the united states, canada, and Around The World. Im Kim Brunhuber we begin with Breaking News as we track Hurricane Helene, at least three people have been killed in Florida And Georgia as the storm continues to pummel the southeast national Weather Service is telling residents to stay in their safe place. Helene is now moving over South Georgia as a category one storm with 90 mile per Hour Winds. Officials say its still an extremely dangerous and lifethreatening situation. Now, it made landfall a few hours ago as a Monster Category four hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour, its the strongest storm to ever make landfall in floridas Big Bend. National Weather Service is describing it as unsurvivable with up to 20 feet of Storm Surge expected in some areas, helene in his knocked out power to more than a millionandahalf homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas you need to be right now. Just to ring down. Now is not the time to be going out.