Hospital. My mom is going to die. My mom is going to be swept away. Reporter more than 60 patients were evacuated by helicopter. All making it out alive. The nurses, the staff made sure we got out. Reporter amid so much desperation, stories of survival, heroism and hope. In North Carolina, onlookers watched in horror as this home was swept away with a woman still inside. Armed with a Life Jacket and i rope, Eddie Jumped in. I couldnt watch her die. Reporter pilots from around the country coming together to bring in critical supplies and get people out. We have had people from text texas to maine show up. Reporter heroes saved her and her mom. I want to thank them. If it werent for them, we would not have made it. Reporter priscilla thompson, Nbc News, johnson city, tennessee. There are always heroes among us. That does it for us today. Thank you for being here. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell repo
Its happening. Switch to reliable Comcast Business Internet with security and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus ask how to get up to a 500 Prepaid Card. Call today welcome back. Im Jose Diazbalart alongside my Colleague Ana Cabrera for another hour of special coverage after last Nights Vice President ial debate. Both contenders and their Running Mates are across the Country Today after Last Nights big event. Which may have marked the last time we see candidates from the 2024 president ial ticket go head to head on a Debate Stage. Both vp contenders brought with them a midwestern nice feel. At times agreeing with one another, despite their stark policy differences. I agree with a lot of what Senator Vance said about whats happening. And i think i agree with you. You want to solve this problem. Much of what the senator said right there, im in agreement with him on this. First of all, i agree with you. I agree with that. First of all, tim just said something i agree with. Nbcs Jacob So
To thwart the attack, launching interceptors, while in the israeli city of jaffa, the deadly attack that began on a train. Police calling it terrorism. All this after israel began ground operations in lebanon, targeting iranbacked hezbollah. Our teams inside israel and lebanon. Also tonight, growing desperation in the southeast. Crews searching for survivors days after helene struck as death soared to more than 150. The urgent race to get relief into the hardest hit areas. The major strike at ports along the East And Gulf coast. Tens of thousands of dockworkers walking off the job. How it could impact the price you pay and the Supply Chain ahead of the holiday shopping season. The Vice President ial candidates tim Walz And J. D. Vance facing off tonight. Will it be the final debate of the 2024 campaign . The beloved actor famous for his roles in Good Times and roots. Remembering john amos. And heroes and hope after helene. The brave professionals and everyday people saving lives in the
Your people back into their homes, you dont escalate to deescalate. And obviously now, with the iranian retaliation, israelis are in their shelters as they go into the new years holiday weekend. Ben . Yeah. I think, you know, since October 7th, the Biden Administration has had a number of goals, one was to provide support to israel as it aims to go after hamas, but then also one of the principle goals of u. S. Diplomacy since October 7th had been avoiding deescalation into lebanon, precisely because i think there was an understanding that lebanon could be kind of the Trip Wire to this broader regional war that essentially, you know, it is one thing if there is a conflict In Gaza, that alone is destabilizing enough and is obviously brought a tremendous Human Toll and has grinded on for a full year. But the concern has always been that if israel launched a Ground Operation and significantly escalated things in lebanon that could draw iran into a conflict in a direct way as were seeing to
Forces along its northern border with lebanon. According to one u. S. Official, the idf is planning for a limited Ground Operation that could begin at any moment now. Israeli commandos have been conducting smaller operations over that border in preparation. Just two days after hezbollah confirmed its leader was killed in a massive Idf Strike in southern beirut. A 2,000 Pound Bunker busting bomb, according to an expert who spoke with Nbc News, dropped on the u. S. Designated terror groups headquarters. It follows the detonation of thousands of pagers and walkietalkies and promises they will do whatever it takes to secure the northern border. In addition to killing the hezbollah leader, they killed hamass leader and dropped bombs on Power Plants and Shipping Infrastructure used by the houthis in yemen. The goal, to harm or disable Irans Axis of resistance. The danger, a war in The Middle East that drags in u. S. Forces in. The u. S. Has been able to convince israel to scale back plans fo