Hezbollah is part of the political game here in lebanon. It is almost the only party that is, you know, armed and lebanon and also has representation in the parliament. But has engaged in fights and conflict with israel since it started in 19805 until this latest confrontation that we are living these days. Frank, a lot of people i think certainly after the attack we saw a couple of nights ago, that unprecedented attack in terms of Scale And Size that iran launched on israel. One question which people are asking is why did iran Attack Israel and will israel now Attack Iran . Ok, so this really goes back to april the 1st, when the israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike on Irans Consulate in damascus, killing a number of Iranian Revolutionary Guards officers, including allegedly the man who was coordinating the flow of arms from iran through syria to hezbollah in lebanon. And that was an attack on a diplomatic premise, the international outrage was pretty muted. Iran said it would re
I everyone. Good Morning And Welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, september 28th. Im Amara Walker alongside Danny Freeman we begin this morning with major breaking developments in the middle east. The Israeli Military claims it has killed the leader of hezbollah after carrying out targeted airstrikes In Beirut. Israel says Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Terrorist Organization in several commanders were killed in a strike on what it says was hezbollahs headquarters, though hezbollah has not yet commented the announcement comes after more than a day of airstrikes by Israel On Eastern and Southern Lebanon. The explosions flattened buildings in a densely Populated Area the idf says, those residential Buildings House has built a weapons caches. According to the Lebanons Health Ministry, at least six people were killed and dozens wounded in the strikes. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Lloyd austin says, israel did not notify the u. S. About the strikes until they were underway sour
Watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world, im Kim Brunhuber. This is Cnn Newsroom, chaos on a Kentucky Highway when someone opened fire on several cars, look at what we know about the Shooting Suspect who is still at large as Donald Trump visits another Battleground State will look at the influence of evangelical voters and how this election is shaping up to be unlike others plus a wildfire in california he is blazing so hot, its creating its own weather. Now a Heat Wave expected this week could impact Containment Efforts from atlanta. This is Cnn Newsroom with Kim Brunhuber we begin with the manhunt underway right now in kentucky for a gunman who opened fire on a busy Interstate Highway shots rang out late Saturday Afternoon near Interstate 75 in laurel county, just north of london, Kentucky Thats about 80 miles south of lexington. One woman told cnn she and her friend heard a loud noise while they were driving that sounded like a gunshot and later saw severa
Eyes that magic number to officially secure his nomination. All as they trade verbal fire like never before. Plus, a massive week ahead in georgia. A judge set to rule any day on whether fani willis will stay in charge of trumps sprawling election case. Also ahead, back in court, new jersey Senator Bob Menendez expected to be arraigned again on new charges this morning. Later, a new doj investigation into that midair scare on an Alaska Airlines flight. What it could mean for that airline and boeing. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Its good to be with you. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin this morning with the intensifying and newly combative race for the white house. President Biden Planning a big Campaign Swing this week fresh off his state of the Union Address. With tomorrows primaries in georgia, both he and the president in that state over the weekend trading verbal jabs and sharing two vastly different visions for america. Two nights ago we a
to fly out of washington, d.c. until the 6:00 p.m. tonight. instead, they very quietly gathered a press pool and left yesterday about 4:15. the president appeared in kyiv, not on his original itinerary. we were told he was just coming to poland to commemorate the one year anniversary of the russian invasion instead he droons into an active war zone. the new york times is reporting that he took an hour s long train ride from poland into the ukrainian capital that is besieged by the russians right now and while there he announced an extra half a billion dollars in new u.s. security assistance. listen. that announcement includes artillery ammunition for himars and howitzers, nor javelins, raiders, they will protect the people from aerial bombardments. he rattled off a lot of different kinds of assistance. it is all equipment that the u.s. has given ukraine so far. ukrainians van v. been asking for f-16s that s not on the list of things the president gave as half a billion do