Morning at nine Sunday Morning to you, im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. We start with Breaking News out of The Middle East this morning, tensions are high across the region with growing fears of a wider conflict. New video for you this morning, shot overnight from a beirut suburb. Cnn crews, there i have reported near constant blast around the city overnight into this morning. And israel says it targeted hezbollah Weapons Facilities and issued new evacuation but just for parts of beiruts suggesting that more strikes could be on the way. But as paula has continued to launch rockets into israel and Israels Military says about 30 projectiles were fired into israel this morning. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a defiant tone and then message late saturday seven fronts. Against the enemies of civilization for defending ourselves against this barbarism. Israel is defending civilizations against those who seek to impose a dark age of fanaticism on All Of Us rest assured isra
Thought for american workers like i would fight for my own family. I took care of our economy like i would take care of my own company. This election will decide whether or not we reward Kamala Harris with reelection, and four more years of crime, economic calamity, and international humiliation, or whether we change that direction, and once again build the greatest economy in the history of the world. Sandra thats former President Donald Trump laying out his vision to Business Leaders with the New York economic Club Right here in manhattan. Thats happening right now. All of this as his 2024 rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, is on the road arriving in pittsburgh where shell be preparing for tuesdays High Stakes debate. And that is where we are as we top a brandnew hour. Welcome, everyone. Im Sandra Smith in New York. Good to be with you. John im John Roberts in washington. This is america reports. The former president also promising gasoline at under 2 a gallon, and that he would ap
Up to their knees and their waist. They are crawling into crevices through the rubble looking for possible survivors. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath this debris, but they cannot confirm hearing any voices at this time. Officials say President Biden is receiving updates on this. He is expected to address this later today at the white house. Lets go to our colleagues in florida. Dr. Sanjay gupta there. Rosa, lets begin with you. What more have we learned this morning especially about the number unaccounted for . Reporter you know, poppy, we were expecting this to happen. I know Governor Desantis mentioned it yesterday, that they knew that more bad news was going to be coming in the coming hours, and we learned that overnight three more bodies were pulled from the rubble. That, of course, brings the death toll to four. We are also learning about the challenges that firefighters were facing overnight. Fires that not only started, but then were reignited. And so that j
Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles