Council is holding an Emergency Meeting about Israel Planning Retaliation against iran and that massive ballistic Missile Attack from overnight. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, met with The Heads of his countrys secret Force Security forces as they consider what a strike could look like. The idf, israeli Defense Force has sent more fighters into lebanon. Remember, they are doing what they had called a limited ground incursion. The limit obviously was more than 24 hours. They are still going and fighting hezbollah terrorists on the ground. Lebanons military is hezbollah. Israel confirmed eight soldiers have been killed in combat today. Israel is facing three terror proxies. Those are those Terrorist Groups that iran funds and in some part has to be coordinating now. October 7th, hamas Hit Israeli Citizens. October 8th, hezbollah Hit Israeli Citizens from the north. Now the houthis and that proxy paid for by iran in ye
Bret youre welcome. Good evening. Im Bret Baier, we have new Polling Information Tonight about the president ial election in two crucial Swing States. Thats coming up. House lawmakers meantime tear into the Secret Service over the first attempted assassination against former President Trump, that is the subject of tonights common Ground Segment new Yorks Mayor resists calls to step down after being charged in a federal indictment. But, first, were awaiting landfall for the powerful Hurricane Helene. Along the florida panhandle. This going to be a Multistate Event with potential for significant impacts. Every minute that goes by brings us closer to having conditions that are going to be simply too dangerous to nav navigate. Going to come a point where we Cant Rescue you. I convince myself that it is safer to leave. A little bit nervous. Me against Mother Nature right now. Bret helene is bringing heavy rain, high winds. Predicted to be a massive Storm Surge. Tens of thousands of commerce
for homes and small businesses? senator, we ve already committed $21 million, and that s a down payment. that is a down payment. will you commit to these innocent families do not lose their life savings and their homes and small businesses? the right thing to do is to say yes, we will. senator, i m committed to doing what s right for the community. and we re going to be there no. what s right for the community will then be balanced shaw also refusing to commit to pausing stock buybacks or offering paid sick leave for all norfolk southern employees. i will commit to continuing to discuss with them important quality of life issues with our local craft colleagues. with all due respect, you sound like a politician here, mr. shaw. paid sick days is not suba radi concept in the year 2023. reporter: in the wake of the derailment on capitol hill there is a bipartisan push to hold companies like norfolk southern accountable. the company followed the wall street b
torn off buildings. the treacherous situation has led to rescues all across florida. the fire chief of fort myers says his department conducted 200 rescues overnight over the course of just a few hours. this video shows a group of good samaritans who call themselves the call your county cowboys, they pulled a man stranded in his car to safety. in orlando, a reporter who happened to be on the scene rescued a woman trapped in flood waters. the situation has led biden administration to pledge a fulsome response. president biden has officially declared ian to be a major disaster, a move that makes federal funding available immediately to several hard hit counties. president biden warned of tough times ahead for floridians. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. the numbers are still unclear, but we re hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. we re going to learn a lot more in the coming hours, but we know many families are hurting, man
hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all over the world. you re watching cnn newsroom. i m kristie lu stout. it is now 2 am on the u.s. east coast. almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stretching 700 miles across and getting stronger. causing a nationwide blackout in cuba, ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained winds just shy of a category four. and along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful winds. now, conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected landfall in the coming hours. more than two and a half million people are under some form of evacuation warning. state authorities say the time to leave is quickly running out. people in southwest florida, this is going to likely make landfall as a category 4 hurricane. there will be catastrophic flooding, and life-threat