ten feet of water underneath you and then that shelf drops off considerably. so it doesn't take much of a storm to push up the water at reaches that shelf and it has nowhere to go, but inundate this very low line area known as the big bend of florida. i like to call it the catcher's mitt. i want to show you these graphics because the storm is looking very impressive on satellite, but not only please, is it growing and strengthening and intensity, it's growing in size as well. and that's going to be key to the storm because we will feel the impacts well outside of the center and it's also going to be responsible for pushing this threat of hurricane storm force winds inland. as well as the potential for life. a catastrophic and dangerous flooding that we anticipate here across central portions of georgia into south carolina as well. erin, this is a triple punch here. we've got storm surge, catastrophic winds, and it extreme rainfall according to the national weather service. in atlanta, erin lots to think about really terrifying for so many people. derek, thank you. >> thank you very much. thanks

for joining us. the news continues now, right here on cnn you as joining us here in the united states and all around the world and to everyone streaming us on cnn max, i was with church just ahead hurricane helene takes aim at florida's gulf coast, set to make landfall later today as a major catastrophic storm. >> what we know about the potential impact for people in the south east and the biden administration pushing for a ceasefire between israel and hezbollah. as the two who continue to trade fire up what it will take for both sides to agree to stop the stiller plus new york's mayor indicted in a federal investigation will hear his defiant response and look at what charges he could be facing

churning through the gulf of mexico is on track to be the strongest to hit the us in more than a year, hurricane helene already dumped torrential rains on mexico and cuba, just a preview of what's in store for the southern united states. it is a category one hurricane at the moment, but the forecast was enough to prompt evacuations in florida helene is expected to make landfall as a category four storm later today, with catastrophic winds record rainfall, and life-threatening thank flooding. florida's governor warned there could be significant damage this could, as i mentioned, be a major hurricane. >> it could hit as a major hurricane. some models even have it as a category four, but i think a lot of people are expecting at least a category three. it is a fast storm it's projected to leave up to 12 inches of rainfall. and the storm surge could reach ten to 15 feet in some areas, which is

of course, very, very significant. >> the warm waters of the gulf of mexico are fueling helene's growth. and experts say, it could become one of the largest hurricanes of the modern era at its peak of the hurricane could expand are about 450 miles across roughly the distance from washington, dc to india in apuleius, right now at 6 million americans are under hurricane and tropical storm warnings or watches. and five states across the southern us are under emergency declarations. ahead of the hurricane making landfall. now, this will be the third hurricane in just over a year to hit the area florida referred to as the big bend. and residents tell cnn affiliate wctv, they are tired of the hurricane season it's like a bad dream over and over. >> it's like soon as you get cleaned up for one storm, six months later, you can hit again or eight months later you can

hit again so it's possible to pick a tree limbs and just it's stressful but as long as the insurance where he's not keep going up my guess via push through cnn meteorologist derek van dam is in florida as residents prepare for the storm's arrival if this storm surge measurement is any indication of what's to come with approaching hurricane helene then here and apalachicola, we need to prepare for the worst this shading of blue represents the potential storm surge third inundation from a category four landfall in hurricane, which we are anticipating here. >> this is for a category three in this shading of red is inundation with a category two hurricane. now, with over ten feet of storm surge right here where i'm located, that's what's in the forecast. you can see that that is nearly twice as high as how tall i am this is the storm that people here have feared for their entire lives. and the reason this area is so susceptible to storm surge and hurricanes is because of the shallow nature

of the gulf of mexico over my right shoulder. you can go 50 miles out into the gulf of mexico and have only 1020 feet of water underneath you now that shelf actually drops off very quickly. so an approaching storm pushes up the water from the eastern gulf of mexico. and that hits the shelf and it has nowhere to go but up, of course inundating this portion, the low line area of florida's big bend. now, we're under a mandatory evacuation here. now, we know that this storm is not only going to bring the catastrophic winds to the coastline of florida on the gulf coastline of florida. >> but the feeling, the expanse of the storm is going to be significant because there's only growing in size. >> so not only intensifying and strength, but also growing a size, it could be one of the largest storms in terms of its wind field in modern record record-keeping. that is incredibly even eclipsing hurricane katrina that means the effects of the system will be felt well outside of the center. now once the storm races inland, it's going to

bring these hurricane-force gusts into central and southern georgia as well. there's a lot of trees between here and atlanta metro for instance. so expect extended duration power outage bridges and then not to mention the potential at least for unprecedented catastrophic flooding as the system dumped over at least ten inches, maybe upwards of 15 inches in some locations across portions of south carolina, georgia, and into north carolina derek van dam, apalachicola we turn now to the fighting between israel and hezbollah are a top general is telling israeli troops to prepare for a possible ground incursion into lebanon. >> the lebanese health ministry reports at least 81 people were killed in the third day of israeli strikes on wednesday that pushes the death toll since monday. well past 600. israel claims it has hit more than 2000 targets including 70 hezbollah intelligence

facilities at the united nations, the u.s. and france are calling for a 21 day ceasefire i between israel and hezbollah. and here's us president joe biden statement 21 day ceasefire along the israeli lebanese border we were able to generate significant support an umbrella group of iran-backed militias is claiming responsibility for a drone attack on the israeli port city of a let. >> the idf says two people were slightly injured and cnn's paula hancocks joins me now, live from abu dhabi. paula, we are learning about new israeli strikes into lebanon. what can you tell us about that rosemary, we've heard from the israeli military that overnight

the air force did strike about 75 targets in southern lebanon and also in the bekaa valley saying that they were focusing on weapons storages also launched does that they say were ready to fire and also hamas, excuse me, hezbollah operatives. >> now another announcement from the military, which is fairly unusual that this point in the war in gaza, there were also launches from, khan younis in gaza. in gaza, we hear from the israeli military. they say there were several launches from that area. that's in the southern part of the gaza strip and they were intercepted. so even as all eyes are on the northern israel border with lebanon, there is still fighting ongoing in gaza itself. now what we've heard from the u.s over the past 12 hours or so so is really a push to try and secure a 21 day ceasefire on these israeli

lebanon border, saying that they hope that it would allow residents to move back to their homes and that they also hoped that it would give space and time for the stalled talks in gaza to resume those the ceasefire hostage talks that have effectively stalled as of this point. now as to whether that 21 day ceasefire would even be entertained by both sides, we hear from a senior us official that it is an important breakthrough un officials also say that both sides are familiar with the call and tours of this deal and they voiced optimism when it was pointed out that it was going to be made public we've heard from an israeli official that the israeli prime minister has given his government the greenlight to at least engage with us mediators when it comes to this potential ceasefire. but when you look at what's happening on the ground this point, it does seem a very tall order to be able to push this cease-fire through, especially

as we are now hearing more direct suggestions from the israeli military that there will be a ground incursion into southern lebanon. this is the idf chief of staff i'm numb today, we will continue we are not stopping. we keep striking and hitting them everywhere. the goal is very clear to safely return the residents of the north to achieve that, we are preparing the process of a maneuver, which means your military gary boots, your maneuvering boots will enter enemy territory that the aerial bombardment on hezbollah targets over the past week has been to allow a ground offensive to go ahead. >> we also know that the idf has called up two reserve brigades to the area as well. another suggestion that at least the preparations are in

place, but potentially the political will is there as well. >> whereas me, alright, our thanks to paula hancocks joining us there with that live report israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to arrive in new york today. in advance of his speech to the un general assembly on friday, he left tel aviv just a short time ago. world leaders have been calling for an end to the fighting between hezbollah and israel, as well as the war in gaza un secretary general antonio guterres says the situation in lebanon is on the brink of an all-out catastrophe lebanon's foreign minister and the palestinian authority president are scheduled to address the general assembly today. >> he's charges would be entirely false based on lax but they would not be surprised always knew that if i stood my ground for all of you, that i would be a target or the target. i became new york city

mayor eric adams is insisting he is innocent after being indicted on at least one federal criminal charge sources familiar with the matter say the addams will have several days to turn himself in. >> the charges he's facing are not publicly known of this time. the indictment follows months of federal investigation into campaign fundraising violations, while adam says he will not step down, another new york lawmaker's says, he should right now, i think this is squarely about mayor adams ability to govern new york city. and for the new york city governance to be fully staffed to serve the people of new york city. and frankly, under this constant stream of scandal i do not know if the city will be able to even name replacements for all of these resignations and vacancies at this point. and so it is a very unfortunate time we do not want to see this

happening in our city, but unfortunately it is. and i think for the best of the city. and so that we can continue to staff the administration of the city. it would be best for me or out of state or job the indictment intensify as the legal troubles gripping city hall where federal probes have been targeting the mayors in a circle later today, lawyers for donald trump will try to convince a new york appeals court to overturn a $454 million judgment earlier this year, trump his two oldest sons and his business were found liable for fraud, as well as issuing false financial statements and business records what's the judge ruled trump inflated the value of his assets to get more favorable terms for loans and insurance. the former us president is not expected to appear in court no decision is likely until after the november presidential election. over the past month, trump's legal team has tried to get multiple cases thrown out, including special counsel,

jack smith's federal election interference case, as well as the guilty verdict in the hush money criminal case, and the defamation verdict. we'll kamala, harris is taking aim at trump's economic plans, saying it would lead to a recession during an interview with msnbc, the democratic presidential nominee said, he's threat to impose a broad hike on tariffs shows he's just not very serious adding that's not an idea. you just throw around the vice president said the u.s. will need to raise corporate taxes to pay for her economic initiatives, which include an expanded childcare credit and assistance for first-time homebuyers top economists in our country from nobel laureates to people at moody's and goldman sachs i've compared my plan with his and said my plan would grow the economy. his would shrink the economy. some of them have

actually assessed that his plan would increase inflation and invite a recession by the middle of next year. so the facts remain that donald trump has a history of taking care of very rich people. my perspective on the economy is when you grow the middle class, america's economy is stronger and there's empirical evidence to prove my point, correct? >> harris also responded to trump's recent claim that he is a quote, protector of women she argued that he actually punish women by appointing three supreme court justices who helped overturn federal abortion rights. >> joining me now is ron brownstein, cnn senior political analyst and senior editor at the atlantic. >> great to have you with us or isn't both kamala harris and donald trump were out stumping in battleground states in a desperate bid to attract undecided voters and they are dueling over the top issue for

voters, the economy. >> cnn's latest poll shows that most voters actually trust trump over harris on this issue, despite the biden administration reducing the inflation rate faster than any other nation in the world. and in a national interview wednesday, harris said that trump's economic plan would invite a recession so what is the true story on the economy? who would better guide the nation on this critical issue and why can't the biden administration convince the voters on this? >> yeah. >> well, first of all, i think this speech really underscores the extent to which we are looking at very divergent visions of how the federal government manages the economy. true? even more than in 2020 or 2016 is laying out a vision of a kind of fortress america economy with high walls of tariffs severe restrictions on immigration, on mass deportation program. and lower tax rates, which by the way,

those three things are pretty much the formula that republican presidents employed during the 1920s and the decade before the depression harris today made clear that she will wants to extend the kind of neo industrial policy of the biden administration with a lot of tax cuts to steer investment both toward industries where she says it's important for the u.s. to compete, but also towards places that have been left behind in many ways. and this has been problem probably the signal success of the biden economic strategy, all the existing tax incentives that she wants to build on in the inflation reduction act have generated a torrent of private investment primarily in clean energy primarily, and republican held districts. the problem that biden and harris have had is that that success and the other economic successes of low unemployment, a lot of job growth, high stock market have really all been overshadowed for voters eclipsed for voters by the

increase in prices during, during his first few years in office. and even though inflation is coming down, prices that themselves are not coming down and that makes it hard for harris to prevail over trump when voters are asked who they trust more on the economy. >> and so raw and how many voters are actually still undecided on who to support. and this historically tight race and what am i waiting to hear from the candidates that would convince them either way, when we've really just got to sell a little time between now and the election so i actually have a piece coming out tomorrow looking at this in some depth, what we think of as undecided voters when we use the phrase usually we're thinking about someone that the campaign's call a persuadable voter, which is someone who is pretty certain to vote but uncertain whether they're going to vote for harris or trump they're really aren't that many of those voters. >> i think the campaigns believe it might be somewhere between four at the low end, maybe 7% of voters in the swing

states. and these are idiosyncratic voters. they tend to be either a white collar republican nikki haley type voters are blue collar median income come in below a younger non-white voters kind of hard to see how they're going to sort out. but there's a much bigger group of undecided voters, rosemary, which is what the candidates call with the campaign is called irregular voters. 80 million people were eligible in 2020 and didn't vote. that is the real reward here. that is the real problem. i asked for the two campaigns. can they move out more of the people who are pretty certain who they would vote for, but are uncertain whether it's worth it to vote at all ron brownstein, great to talk with you. >> many thanks. >> thanks for having me still to come russia announces changes to its nuclear policy. >> lot to be bouton is emphasizing a key distinction linked to the war in ukraine plus the biden administration unveils a new round of aid for ukraine ahead of a key meeting

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a new aid package for kyiv on wednesday the $375 million that is nearly double the size of recent shipments and more could be on the way. cnn's clare sebastian is following developments for us. she joins us now live from london. good morning to you, clare so what is expected to come out of this upcoming meeting today between president biden and president zelenskyy. >> we know rosemary, i think this meeting is emerging as a real watershed moment for ukraine. this is a situation that is looking increasingly urgent and it is the moment where we are going to finally, or at least the u.s. president will finally learn the details of ukraine's long trailed victory plan. now, according to people briefed on the contours of this plan, it will include a request for long term security guarantees even more than ukraine currently has bilaterally with a number of of allies and attempt there clearly to sort of future proof ukraine aid and support from

the west, given that we're now just over a month out from the u.s election. it will also include an argument we believe according to these sources from zelenskyy, that ukraine can win if enough aid is rushed in. so this is quantity the speediness of those deliveries that he is likely to emphasize. and as you noted, there will very likely included a sort of continued request from ukraine to be able to use long-range western missiles on targeted attacks on russian soil, military targets and things like that. obviously russia watching that one very closely, but it is also because of the u.s. political calendar. as i said, and that comments and the rhetoric coming out of the trump campaign this week has been increasingly strident, really setting up this view that the u.s. election could really be a binary choice when it comes to aid for ukraine, take a listen to former president trump on wednesday look at the war in ukraine, and i think it's something we have to have a quick discussion about because the president of

ukraine is in our country and he's making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president. >> those cities are gone. they're gone and we continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal. zelenskyy are gone. >> he said he continues also in the speech to say, ukraine has gone. so this is now jarring echoes not only if kremlin rhetoric, but perhaps also have kremlin policy because it was one of the goals of putin's war on ukraine, is that, you know, don't go once ukraine to exist, russia would like to sort of take over ukraine. and they say that they're fighting not against the ukrainian people, but of course what they call the kyiv regime. so the republicans are seeming to take their cue from president and trump, their house majority leader, mike johnson is now not set to meet with them even though zelenskyy will be meeting with his democratic counterpart, house minority leader hakeem jeffries. so this is the political roller coaster

that zelenskyy is having to navigate while in the u.s. and really sort of sets up why there is now so much weight on this meeting with biden today unclear what more can you tell us about these threats from russia's president putin to use tactical nuclear weapons in ukraine so this i think from the russian perspective, now that there is a risk, quite a serious risk, perhaps that the west will grant permission for ukraine to use long-range missiles on russian soil. there is a fear in russia that they are not taking the threat of russian escalation seriously enough. and so russia is sort of tightening up that red line here. now russian nuclear doctrine, before this did allow for a first strike if russia felt that its very existence was threatened with conventional weapons. but, but what putin said on wednesday, that they are now sort of adding a point where if russia feels that it is under threat, deal with conventional weapons from a non nuclear country. but supported in some way by a

nuclear country. they would consider that a joint attacks. it's clearly this is a direct response to that issue with those long long-range missiles and russia, as it has done throughout this war, rattling that nuclear saber, but it is something that certainly the west does watch very closely since we know that certainly a one point in this war in the, in the autumn of 2022 there were serious concerns in the u.s. that russia came very close to using a tactical nuclear weapon in ukraine, rosemary thanks to clare sebastian joining us live from london. appreciate it. >> will millions in the south east us are bracing for hurricane helene, the huge storm could bring catastrophic winds, rain and storms surge will have details for you after the break. >> plus israel talks about a potential ground incursion into lebanon as diplomats put out a new proposal to avoid an all out we'll have details election stay with cnn with

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winds and storm surge joining me now is john macdonald. he is the director of levy county, florida's emergency management department. good to have you with us thanks for having me. >> so your entire county is under a hurricane warning. what's being done to prepare for this storm okay. >> so far we've done we did a mandatory evacuation for all mobile homes manufactured home rv parks, all the coastal communities and all low-lying areas that went out yesterday we opened our shelter. >> we went ahead and preempted that. we got to shelters. we did too general population shelters. one of the pet friendly and then we also did a special needs shelter. those opened up at 10:00 this morning. so we've been doing shelter in operations all day we did we sent out multiple messages and all that specifically for the storm surge, the potential storm surge that we're seeing and some of the when some of the wind amounts that we were

looking at and joan, what is your message to those residents who have decided to stay we keep we keep punching that message and letting them know about this storm surge. >> i've worked here for 21 years. this is the highest surge numbers i've ever seen you know, we've had multiple storms come across the coastline here, levy county, we're on our third one in a year, so it's nothing new to us to deal with these tropical cyclones. but it is a people get amnesia a little bit from him if you get a view of some of them that are not so bad and you get some that are a little worse than others so we keep pushing that same messaging out there. a lot of graphics that we pull off the national hurricane center and then our local local national weather service. we take those graphics and push all that stuff out through all of our applications. we haven't advocate. we have an app that goes through emergency management we have social media, facebook, twitter all

those accounts and all that. so we push things, erin and we also have our levy disaster.com website where residents get that information from last month. >> of course, hurricane debby flooded parts of your county and caused power outages. and then last year, hurricane and a dahlia devastated places like cedar key. so how are people coping with these ever increasing storms roaring ashore in your community? >> yes. it's a it could be this bit potentially be an economic disaster for the whole western side of florida from from levy county north. most of those counties, those coastal communities and they're all fiscally constrained. rural counties and all of them have been hit with the same impacts that levy county has all the way up through most of them are a little more damage and farther north you go. but we've got to communities and our county two different type two completely different type areas. cedar key being more

tourism based, more they do have residential residents out there, but it's actually tourism based on that type of atmosphere. and then we have yankeetown, which is on the south end of the county that it's in the corner of the whittling. could you river and it's a coastal community and it's mostly residential every one of these locations in the last three years or in the last year for this will be the third storm we are still dealing with homes that have not been repaired from a daily only to get hit by debbie again and then have to go back through that whole process. and then here we come again. so it's a, it's a, it's an economic, this is going to be a pretty big economical disaster for this portion of the state of florida. >> and john what are your biggest fears as helene approaches, you'll county and is set to make landfall later today yeah. >> my biggest fear i'm we're looking at we're looking at are most likely arrival of the tropical storm-force winds. but there'll be surge pushing internet that surge is going to the tides were already dealing

with an astronomical high tide cycle this week anyways, so our todd has been running about the last one. look that was about 2.9 feet above normal high tides so that you have to include that into this surge amounts in these numbers that they're given us for our coast so it's a storm surge with these numbers and all that, it's pretty it's pretty impressive to see numbers get that high for a storm that's it's it's a larger storm. we've had storm's path and the same path like that, but the storm surge is the biggest the biggest threat that we're worried about here. because once it, once it starts, it's you get about one or two foot of water. you can get out of there quick enough, but any thank pass three foot or higher at your pretty much done, you know, you can't even drop cars in it or anything. so our biggest fear is trying to get these folks to take you to these evacuation orders and get out of that surge zone. we always tell everybody to run from the surge, hide from the wind. but, but that message, we keep driving that we've been driving it all day joe mcdonald, thanks so much for joining us and do stay safe

yeah. >> thank you minister benjamin netanyahu is headed to new york ahead of his expected addressed the un general assembly on friday hours before his departure, that you west and its allies announced a three weeks ceasefire proposal for israel and hezbollah. >> diplomats are concerned the fighting between them could snowball into an all-out war israel ramped up its strikes on lebanon on wednesday, which have killed more than 600 people this week israel's army chief now says a potential ground incursion into lebanon is on the table. but iran is making it clear it won't stay on the sidelines if a full-scale war breaks out i want to go now to hong kong where we are joined by ivan watson. good to see you, ivan. so we are learning about new israeli strikes into lebanon,

which are actually still happening right now as we speak what can you tell us about these? >> well, that's right. i mean, we're getting fresh reports and seeing live footage, the aftermath of israeli airstrikes on lebanese territory, the israeli military saying it conducted at least 75 bombing runs into lebanon overnight alone so the effort right now that is led by the u.s. and france announcing a proposal for a 21 day ceasefire to stop all out war. well, i think that many observers would argue that the war has already begun the french american initiative calling calls for a 21 day immediate ceasefire to try to calm tensions to, to avert a wider regional war. the announcement comes with an added endorsement from germany the european union, canada,

australia, japan, saudi arabia, the uae qatar, and several other countries. the big question of course, is, will the two warring parties israel and hezbollah, agreed to this kind of agreement? we've heard from an israeli official speaking to cnn that a main purpose of the israeli prime minister's trip to new york is to engage in at diplomacy around this. but already there are a growing number of voices inside israel that are coming out against a ceasefire. among them, the hard line right-wing politician and finance minister in netanyahu's cabinet. that's bezalel smotric, who said in a tweet basically that the campaign in the north, that's in lebanon should end in one scenario crushing hezbollah and denying its ability to harm the residents of the north. he does not want the the hezbollah militia to be able to, as he puts it,

reorganized for 21 days, he says, it's surrender or war with hezbollah. no other option. interesting to note that the on the opposition side in israel, the head of the opposition, yair lapid he said, yes israel should accept this ceasefire proposal, but only for seven days and it has to include a hezbollah moving away from israel's northern border. we have not heard an official response from hezbollah yet. it has continued to fire dozens of rockets and missiles into israeli territory. it does appear that it has not completely unleashed its full arsenal against israel yet. yesterday on wednesday, hezbollah claimed responsible ability for firing a single ballistic missile. the first, we believe of its kind at the israelis central commercial capital of tel aviv at it says the headquarters of the mossad intelligence agency that was successfully shot down by israeli air defenses. no

casualties reported and many analysts would argue that this was the symbolic warning of capabilities that has bullet has, but seems so far to avoid using in this growing confrontation, the lebanese health ministry has announced that in aerial bombardment by israel of lebanon on wednesday alone, at least 81 people were killed. there are reports of hundreds of thousands of lebanese who have been forced to flee their homes. sorry, the united nations saying some 90,000 lebanese forced to flee their homes after just three days of israeli aerial bombardment. and recall on monday, more than 100 women and children in lebanon were killed by the israeli bombing campaign. >> rosemary ivan watson, many thanks for that live report appreciate it will have to more than five decades a japanese man has been acquitted of murder. >> the story of the world's longest-serving death inmate.

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road, the harris-walz camp cnn welcome back, everyone. the world's longest-serving death row inmate has had his name cleared. >> that's according to national broadcaster nhk, a japanese court acquitted the adag rolled. he had been sentenced to death in 1968 for murdering a family, a retrial was ordered after new evidence appeared to show he was innocent the legal saga has fueled calls to abolish the death penalty in japan. and cnn's hanako montgomery joins us now, live from tokyo. good to see you again. hanako so what is the latest on this acquittal and why is it happening? at this time rosemary, of course, for hakamata's supporters and also for human rights activists. >> this is a really just a joyous moment that he's been acquitted of these crimes. but

many in japan are also asking whether justice has really been served hakamata has spent nearly five decades behind bars for a majority of his life for the court to now find that he's never committed those crimes. and these are years that he cannot get back. >> now, just some details about huck about this case and the timing of his acquittal. >> he was first arrested in the 60s for allegedly killing his boss and his boss his family. now at the time of his arrest, he initially confessed, but according to the judge, he was actually made to confess by the police, who used violence and also threats ever since making that forced and false confession hakamata has always maintained his innocence. you can see that in the hundreds of letters that he sent to his family over the years. now, the timing of this retrial comes first actually back in 2014 when it was first granted, and that's in large part because new evidence in his case emerged. and as we learned

today, according to the judge's ruling, that evidence is in fact the fact that the prosecutor and the police fabricated evidence to convict him they planted articles of clothing at the scene of the crime that said that they said belong to hakamata, that they said contain bloodstains that match the dna of hakamata. but again, according to the court's ruling today, that evidence was indeed a fabricated and hakamata was found innocent. now these all point to according to human rights activists, why japan should abolish the death penalty side of the united states. japan is the only g7 country that actually still practices the death penalty. and according to human rights activists and lawyers, it can lead sometimes to false full convictions and wrongful conduct veterans like and how come at this case? now, also, as we've seen over the years, how come out as mental health has deteriorated significantly because of all the time that he spent behind bars and also because in japan, they practice same day execution, unlike in

the united states death row inmates are only informed that there'll be hanged a couple of hours before. now, imagine waking up every single day wondering if that will be your very last day. of course, that has taken a huge mental toll on hakamata. and again, that's why human rights activists and lawyers have argued that japan's criminal justice system needs to change in order to provide better rights for these inmates. rosemary. >> alright. hanako montgomery joining us live from tokyo. many thanks for that report are both chambers of the u.s. >> congress approved a stop gap spending bill that will avert a government shutdown for now the bill will only fund the government until december 20, at which point the fight over funding will resume neither democrats nor republicans appear have any appetite for a big budget battle and possible shutdown prior to the november election the results of which will determine the strength of each side's hands during spending talks and we'll be

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