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 i m in i m anderson cooper and i m jake tapper. We re covering the breaking news in the middle east are counting down to tonight s vice presidential debate that candidates will take the stage age and less than two hours and iran s attack is certainly to be a key line of questioning that s 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 presidential 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 presidential debate. What the vp nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the white house with electi
Seat and julie roginsky. Thank you, both. A new hour of cnn, new central starts right now. All right. Breaking overnight, getting ward, the biden administration he is preparing for a possible iranian attack. Historic devastation. We just got a brand new Death Toll from Hurricane Helene now, One Hundred And Two people killed that number does appear to be rising. We are getting our first look at some of the areas hardest hit and brand new details on how the Vice President ial candidates are preparing for Tomorrow Nights debate. Im John Berman with Sara Sidner and kate baldwin. This is cnn new central Destruction And Devastation than people really are having a hard time putting words to this morning when you just take a look at these images from florida to Virginia Power systems, crippled roadways washed out, cell service, wiped out food, water, and fuel. Now, becoming hard to come by. Hurricane helene is left so much damage in its wake. And as janja said, just moments ago, we have a new
Morning. Have a great weekend happening now Kamala Harris rallies in Georgia Voters on the issue of Abortion Rights as trump allies on the States Election Board approved a very, very controversial new rule requiring many ballots be counted by hand. This, as were learning that Donald Trump personally made the pitch to the brassica officials seeking an Election Rule Change that could potentially hurt the Harris Campaign. Also tonight, republicans in North Carolina Carolina are assessing the damage after Cnns Bombshell Report on offensive Porn Sites posts by their nominee for governor. We have new information about how the Harris Campaign is trying to tie Donald Trump directly to Mark Robinson as this scandal intensified. And after the wave of deadly blasts across lebanon Targeting Hezbollah, an expert tells us what it takes to turn a Lowtech Pager into a relatively powerful explosive device. Welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in
SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I
Viewers in the u. S. And Around The World as we are covering our breaking News Today in this hour, as the the fbi now says, it is investigating what appears to be an attempted Assassination Attempt of former President Donald Trump. Donald trump yes. Just two months after for the last attempted assassination of the former president , we are told he is now safe. He is back at his Maralago Club in Palm Beach, florida this comes out after about 1 30 this afternoon, police were notified that shots had been fired in his vicinity while he was golfing at his club in west Palm Beach, florida. That is just its across The Bridge. And where maralago is as of right now, a suspect is in custody and just a short time ago, we heard from authorities with an update on how all this situation played out 30 this afternoon a call came out, shots fired. That was called by Secret Service because were in constant contact with them all the time we were notified of that and we had uterus hear that immediately se