Coventry direct redefining insurance im dr. Sanjay gupta in atlanta. And this is cnn us this afternoon on Cnn News central. Im boris sanchez, live in the Nations Capital alongside Alison Camerota grateful to have you, brianna keilar, obviously has the day off and we begin here in washington, dc, where just moments ago, President Biden made a Surprise Visit during the White House Press Briefing. His first time ever taking questions there as president and he took quite a few. He seemed to relish his exchanges with a report. Yeah, they got to drag him out of there. The president spoke about everything from the ongoing crisis in the Middle East to the latest positive Jobs Report numbers. He was also asked if he believes the upcoming election will be free and fair and peaceful. And im confident be free and fair i dont know whether it will be peaceful things that trump has said and the things that he said last Time Out would he didnt like the outcome of the election . Were very dangerous hav
ISrael SayS they are now carrying out limited, localiSed and targeted raidS acroSS the border. The aim, it SayS, iS to deStroy hezbollah infraStructure So that tenS of thouSandS of iSraeliS living in Border TownS can return home Safely. Hezbollah turned lebaneSe villageS next to iSraeli villageS into military baSeS, all ready for an attack on iSrael. Hezbollah had prepared to uSe thoSe villageS aS Staging GroundS for an October 7th Style InvaSion into iSraeli homeS. But iSrael iS continuing itS Air StrikeS elSewhere too. Smoke riSing over beirut S Southern SuburbS thiS morning after the military ordered reSidentS to leave three buildingS. And it hit here, in the largeSt paleStinian Refugee Camp in lebanon, prompting new warningS about a humanitarian criSiS. AS iSrael warnS people in more than 20 townS to evacuate, many lebaneSe are reacting furiouSly. TranSlation if they want to invade, let them invade nabatieh, tyre, Sidon every houSe there haS Someone, a gun, a knife, a fork, meaning
A ballistic Missile Attack imminently. All precautions and alerts in place. An israeli Army Spokesman says the country is on a high State Of Alert and that an iranian attack would have repercussions. Let would have repercussions. Me show you the live pictures let me show you the live pictures from beirut, you can see the smokes from some of the latest strikes and that is after the overnight start of the Ground Invasion of Southern Lebanon by israel. We have seen the Build Up of troops and overnight they crossed the border. The strikes continue in Southern Lebanon and also in beirut. Let me show you the live pictures from the Border Areas of Southern Lebanon. You can see the Mist And Smoke from some of those strikes with 25 villages, the residence they being ordered by israel to evacuate immediately. Those are some of the live pictures coming into us. I was talking about what The Americans have told the israelis about an imminent potential threat from iran. Lets hear some of the latest
Being launched from iran as yet and is at a high state of alert. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged israelis to heed safety instructions, and warned of testing days ahead. The us Embassy Injerusalem has directed staff and their families to shelter in place until further notice. Joining me now is our correspondent Jon Donnison whos Injerusalem And Anna foster whos in beirut. Overnight, the Ground Invasion started in Southern Lebanon with israelis watching that attack butjohn, first to you, what is the latest youre hearing about preparations with those threats in the message relayed from white House Officials there to officials there in the israeli government. There in the israeli covernment. ,. , , government. Israeli military is confirmed government. Israeli military is confirmed that government. Israeli military is confirmed that it government. Israeli military is confirmed that it received confirmed that it received intelligence from the united states that iran w
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