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
Struggling with helenes catastrophic aftermath, much of the areas famed Scenic Lands its gate completely unrecognizable. Look at these visuals. It just tells you everything you need to know about the devastation and the damage from helene in Buncombe County where asheville is at least 35 stormrelated deaths are reported with more than 600 people unaccounted for officials warn the Death Toll could go much higher. And these exclusive pictures just in to cnn showed the extent of the destruction should in asheville. What you are looking at is the main road there and biltmore village, its near the famous biltmore estate. Its a five Lane Road usually pull up cars. Now, as you see a is covered in mud and debris. People walking down the Middle Of The Road looking for supplies helene tore through the historic village, the floodwaters rising too level and pushing trailers into buildings power, and water are out and much of the city just basic necessities. People need to survive they dont theyre
here are the top stories we re covering this hour. israel says its war effort to eliminate hamas is entering a new phase with the new year. but is it going to reduce civilian casualties as the question has been questioning. this as prime minister netanyahu suffers a major political setback from his country s supreme court. i ll teak to ambassador mark regev and the democratic senator. and in tokyo, a five-man crew of air national guard claimed dead but all 400 on board a wide-body passenger plane escaping safely in just minutes after their plane exploded on the runway. and we ll look at the surge of respiratory illnesses over the holiday season. as flu, covid and rsv give families a rough start to 2024. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is starting the new year by launching intense attacks against central and southern gaza, even as the idf begins the process, it says, of bringing the first several thousand of its troops home. that includ
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with the biden campaign linking former president donald trump to the most reviled man in history, saying the former president channeled his role models and, quote, parroted adolf hitler at a new hampshire campaign rally. that s in response to trump once again accusing immigrants of, quote, poisoning the blood of the country, an echo of the vile rhetoric used by nazi germany to justify the holocaust. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just in south america, not just in three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world. they re coming into our country from africa, from asia, all over the world. they re pouring into our country. and republican presidential candidate chris christie once again warning today that the gop needs to pay attention to the reality of what those co
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