welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead, the two candidates who want to represent georgia in the u.s. senate took to the stage last night. you will hear some of key moments from the debate just ahead. president biden gives his support to protesters in iran as this video sparks fresh outrage. and later massive flooding is causing thousands in southeast australia to evacuate their homes. we ll bring you the latest on the search and rescue operations. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with one of the most closely watched senate races in the country as control of the u.s. senate hangs in the balance. the one and only debate between current georgia senator warnock and former football star herschel walker was held friday night with plenty of dodging and deflection. one bone of contention was someone who wasn t even on the stage, president biden. listen to this.
Hello and welcome, everyone. Im Michael Holmes at the cnn center with our continuing coverage of the israelhamas war. An Israeli Ground offensive into gaza now appears all but inevitable. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops now poised to strike at hamas at a moments notice and do it on the ground. On saturday the idf Chief Of Staff again repeating what theyve heard all week. Quote, we will enter gaza. An Idf Spokesperson told Cnns Anderson Cooper that it is not a question of if, only when. We have a mission and a commitment to get all of our israelis back home, and we have an end game to dismantle hamas and make sure that the gaza strip will no longer terrorists that threaten israeli civilians. The Israeli Military says its bombardment of hamas targets will become even more relentless Going Forward ahead of any incursion. On saturday fPresident Biden wa asked if he was encouraging israel to not invade. Have a listen. Are you encouraging israelis to delay
Hello and welcome everyone. Im Michael Holmes with the latest on the israelhamas war. The Israeli Military says its bombardment of hamas targets will become even more relentless forward of any other incurrence. Israeli troops appointedsed to strike at hamas on a moments snow. On saturday the idea of Chief Of Staff repeated what they heard all week, we will enter gaza. A spokesman told cnn, it is not a question of if, its when. And the time line, you know, that changes according to many variables in the air and across the sea. The important thing is that the idf will conduct significant Military Operations in order to defeat hamas, in order to bring our hostages home and in order to fundamentally change the Security Situation that we have in southern israel and frankly all of israel. I am the confident that decisions are made by those who make decisions in israel in order to achieve both these aims ive said before, to defeat hamas and all other terrorists in gaza and to bring home our p
kamikaze drones struck zaporizhzhia. officials say it damaged infrastructure there and caused a fire. there are no reports of any casualties yet at either location. meanwhile ukraine is claiming success in the east saying it struck a railway hub in the luhansk region friday putting a significant amount of russian weapons out of commission. russia does appear to be making steady progress in the donetsk region. the bridge linking crimea with russia supposedly will be back up and running but not until last july. it was damaged in an explosion last week which led russia to release a barrage of missile strikes across ukraine. vladimir putin says there is no need to continue those strikes but he doesn t feel sorry about them either. listen to this. translator: i have no regrets. what is happening today in ukraine is unpleasant. but this is all the same result