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anyway, happy mean girls day to all who celebrate. thanks to our panel, thanks to you. joining us. i'm kasie hunt cnn new central starts right now surprise at joint appearance. >> kamala harris with a member of one of the republican party's most prominent families on republican sacred round. this as melania trump breaks from her husband on a key campaign issue and breaking overnight, israel strikes the heart of beirut, vowing their risk it's spawns to the attack by iran will be very strong and poring over the new revelations from special counsel jack smith in the january 6 case against donald trump when told mike pence was at risk, trump allegedly said, so what i'm sara sidner with john berman, kate bolduan is out today this is cnn news central

celebrate breaking this morning, a campaign appearance that a few years ago would have been unimaginable cnn has learned that today, liz cheney will join vice president harris on the campaign trail. >> as recently as 2021, cheney was the number three republican in the house. and of course, she is the daughter of former republican vice president dick cheney, who has also endorsed harris. and where they will appear today hugely symbolic of the harris campaign's push for republican votes. they will be at a school house in rip on wisconsin this is known as the birthplace of the republican party. you will all remember this from high school history. it was there in 18, 54 that a group of anti-slavery activists gathered and discuss forming a new party. of course, now wisconsin is a key swing-state cnn's priscilla alvarez is with us this morning on this

what i think is an important day for what the harris campaign is trying to do certainly, john, and it's it speaks to what the strategy is for the harris campaign right now, which is to appeal to a broad swath of voters and move those undecided voters away from former president donald trump. >> and they're doing it in part with the help of a very high-profile republican as you just mentioned, liz cheney now, she endorsed the vice president last month in north carolina. of course she has talked about the dangers of foreign president donald trump and the threats that he poses to democracy. and now she will join the vice president for their first event together since that endorsement in ripon, wisconsin, as you just mentioned, the birthplace of the american or the republican party. now according to campaign officials, the message here is going to be about putting country over party that the vice president is committed to upholding the rule of law even if there is disagreement on policy issues. and in some

respects, that is a nod to liz cheney's endorsement that she was supporting the vice president despite not agreeing completely on policy. now, she is the latest and what has been a series of republican endorsements for the vice president. of course, remember during the democrats national convention, they dedicated part of the program to this exact issue this of course happening in wisconsin as you also mentioned, a swing state, a really crucial state for the vice president. if you look at the polls she has 49% compared to former president donald trump's 46%. so, so very close in this state and it's going to mark a series of events to come for the vice president and appealing again to republican voters and undecided voters in states like pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, nevada a lot of these really critical states for the vice president to notch november so certainly this is

the beginning of what we will see in the next several weeks of the vice president leaning in even more to these republican endorsements using liz cheney to bring that message to those undecided voters. >> and again, we're at this stage of the campaign where the, where is just as important as the what? and the why. priscilla alvarez. thank you very much. appreciate it. sara murray. >> thank you, john. now to stunning new details in donald trump's latest legal fight this morning, trump is asking for his deadline to respond to be delayed until after the election. after an explosive new filing from special counsel jack smith that was unsealed by a trump appointed judge overnight smith with never never-before-seen evidence, arguing trump's alleged january 6 crimes were a quote, private criminal effort and therefore not protected by presidential immunity. zachary cohen is joining us now to walk us through all of this at first, what's the most crucial bit of this new evidence that you have assessed yes, there are taken together this 165

page filing from jack smith lays out how he believes his case could clear that hurdle set by the supreme court and its ruling that donald trump how does enjoy some partial immunity and cannot be prosecuted for actions considered part of his official presidential duties. >> but jack smith argues that many of the steps he took to allegedly try to overturn the 2020 election. he took them in his capacity as an office seeker, not as an office holder. a really a key distinction. jack smith argues, is the reason why this prosecution should be able to continue and why donald trump ultimately should have to stand trial. now, look as he's making the this case and laying out the case in this filing, he does reveal some new details about the evidence he's collected over the course of his investigation. and one of the most shocking and one of those interesting pieces of new evidence is our details about donald trump's reactions to end personal involvement in sending that tweet on january 6, 2021 as riders were

overtaking the u.s capitol jack smith writes, quote, at 2:24 p.m. trump was alone in his dining room when he issued a tweet attacking pence and and fueling the ongoing riot. not a message sent to address a matter of public concern and ease on unrest. it was the message of an angry candidate upon the realization that he would lose power and so jack smith goes on to lay out his case, evidenced that he says shows that when donald trump was confronted by those around him saying that mike pence it was being evacuated from the capitol, his response was quote so what that is a snapshot into the case. jack smith has tried to make about donald trump and his intentions and reactions to the january 6, 2021 riot and we're watching that a nerving seen from january 6, 2021 as mike pence as being shepherded out of his offices and to safety while outside, there were nooses. >> a noose hanging where people are yelling, hang mike pence. thank you so much. zachary cohen, this case, getting more and more interesting as time

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missile striking at the heart of beirut in the latest attacks since the 2006 war between israel and lebanon multiple explosions heard as an israeli airstrike hit the center of the capital well, the death toll from that strike now at nine according to lebanon's health ministry, a resident tells cnn it has affiliated health authority office was hit right now, israel is weighing its next move, of course, against iran in retaliation for tuesday's ballistic missile attack by tehran israel's ambassador to the the un vowing a strong, painful response soon, even as president biden is urging restraint have a right to respond, they should >> we have cnn coverage across

the region. cnn's nic robertson is in tel aviv, israel and jomana karadsheh joins us from beirut, jomana to you first what do we know about this latest explosion? it was massive, it was powerful and in the heart of beirut long and terrifying night for the people of beirut last night we were here on the roof and we could see those airstrikes. >> and the strikes continuing all night. it started about midnight with air strikes hitting the southern suburbs of beirut behind me, you could still see some of the smoke rising behind over my shoulder there. the israeli strikes focused in recent weeks the southern suburbs, that is really hezbollah's seat of power and the idf saying it is going after hezbollah targets. there. but then what? we saw late on the evening was this big strike in the heart of beirut and it

came with no warning. sara, we did not hear from the idf the usual warnings for civilians to leave the area it was targeting, it here's a hezbollah-affiliated health authority in the heart of beirut, at least nine people were killed, seven of them medics, according to that health authority. but this happening in the middle of the city, in the middle of the night, something that people here haven't seen since the 2006 war. and even then, that was rare, has really added to that sense of anxiety and apprehension in fear here we were out on the streets of beirut speaking to people near the american university of beirut, this is considered a safe area and people say they no longer feel safe. they feel that these strikes are getting closer and closer. >> sara? >> yeah they're residents have been through so much there in beirut, mom, before this started happening and now this rattling them in ways we cannot imagine. thank you, jomana, let's go to nick now. nick

israel's cabinet is still deciding how to respond to tuesday's missile attack by iran. what is it that they are considering at this point >> as you quoted there from the, from israel's ambassador to the united nations then he said, what we've heard from the prime minister and the defense minister, that israel has the ability to reach targets wherever it wants to in the middle east. and those targets could range from a maximum, if you will, iran's nuclear facilities where it proceeds processes, and enriches uranium. israel has long said that this was part of iran's plan to make a nuclear weapon. iran denies it, but those sites are ones that israel has wanted to hit for a long time and has held back because the united states has worked a peace is worth a diplomatic channel on that an errant clearly under pressure, not to target that now that

economic interests of iran late that oil exports that might be on be a more readily and easily manageable target because some of those oil facilities are on the border with iran, right on the sea and the gulf. and therefore relatively safe for targets to hit. the extent isn't clear, but israel wants to maintain its deterrence, which means sending a signal that iran can understand that iran should cease and desist not only targeting israel directly, but supporting its proxies both in the south and in gaza and in the north in lebanon. and the and the yemenis of course, who fired drones at tel aviv last night that were intercepted so it's going to be a strong message precisely the targets no, hence, no hints at the moment of the past couple of days nic robertson. >> thank you to you and to jomana karadsheh there in beirut. appreciate it. john. >> all right. breaking overnight the new threat from donald trump to deport thousands of migrants who are

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what if they want rosette receive them not well, they're going to receive up, they'll receive it by bring them back. they're going to receive them all right. >> dropping his allies, of course, have repeatedly spread those debunk conspiracy theories that haitian migrants were eating pets in springfield, ohio. and that sparked violent threats that led to evacuations of schools and stores in that city. cnn's alayna treene joins us now and again, that is sort of a new specific threat to deport or end the legal status for thousands the people who are in the country that's right. >> and this was new from donald trump, but i will say this. we've kind of been getting to this point for some time now with the rhetoric we have heard both from donald trump and his running mate, jd vance. i do want to just break down some of this because i want to explain how the haitians are in springfield legally, we know but that in 2023, the biden administration had put out a new government program, accepting new nationalities into this program they were given parole in the united states, haitians were included as part of that nationality.

and many of these haitians as well have that temporary protected status. i think it's you've said it, but it just to be very clear the haitians that are living in springfield are here legally now, the reason that they're in springfield is because many of them believe that there won the county and the city itself has a relatively low cost of living, but they also knew that they'd be able to find work there and we've heard from officials on the ground to government officials, including republican officials, that they are hardworking, people who are living there legally and just trying to live their lives. so that's one part of this that i just want to be very clear about. but on the political side of this john, i mean, this is a talking point that we've realized that the trump campaign, his running mate jd vance, republican allies, do not want to give up what they have argued is that even if those claims were all of this started about these migrants eating pets, which we know is very much not true even if they were debunked, they think that it's putting a spotlight on an issue that they want to talk about immigration. of course,

it's very problematic, very controversial, and many of the claims that they have been lobbying at this this community is just not true. >> yeah. opinions have been split over time though, about legal versus migrants who are not here legally and so we'll see what the political impact there is also overnight, interesting belonging to trump in her new memoir. and i guess the guardian got a hold of an early coming out with a position that's very different than donald trump and the republican ticket on abortion that's exactly right. >> she essentially came out in this book or she will be coming out with this book which is set for published to be published next week. and some of the excerpts and they're which were obtained by the guardian, show that she is protrude toys when it comes to abortion, i want to read for you. one of these experts that they had received, she wrote, quote, a woman's fundamental right of individual liberty to her own life grants or the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes. a continues to say it is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding

their preference having children free from any intervention or pressure from the government. now, john clearly, this is very different from what we have heard from donald trump and the republican party overall. and of course, incredibly striking given that this is the former first lady and could be the next first lady if donald trump is elected in november, a couple of things about this though. one is that we very rarely hear from melania trump. she has chosen to keep herself a largely out of the spotlight this election, however, i can also say that, you know, despite what she says in this excerpt, she is actually very conservative. i know from covering her for years from all of the people that i know who are closer that she has quite conservative, but this is an issue i've been told that she does a deeply care about and she's not afraid to go against her husband. and of course, the reason she's talking about all this right now is to promote that book. i believe this is one of the only real policy positions that she lays out in that book. do next

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toll from hurricane helene has now climbed to at least 191 people across six states. >> it's the second deadliest us hurricane is prompting feverish efforts to find find those still missing and get basic services to some areas that are still in dire straits. president biden got an area look at some of those hard-hit communities in north carolina yesterday. today, he will view parts of florida and southern georgia that were also damaged. cnn's senior white house reporter, kevin liptak is joining us now, and kevin, the president, is increasing in federal disaster funding tell us about what he promised both residents and officials there as he was looking at this just enormous amount of damage yeah. >> the president announcing that the federal government will cover 100% of the cleanup costs, not only in georgia, but across a number of states who have been impacted by the storm. and you know, it's

pretty rare for a president to spend two days in a row touring storm damage from the same disaster. and i think it gives you a sense it's not only of the magnitude of this massive storm, but also a window into how president biden and vice president harris are looking to blunt any criticism that there's somehow absent from this crisis. and so that started yesterday, the president getting a very clear view from the air of the destruction in western north carolina that was kind of the 10,000 foot view today. he's really zooming in, getting onto the ground in florida in georgia, the places visiting and florida is where this storm actually came ashore. one estimate of the town, keaton beach says that 90% of the homes have been wiped out then it's onward to georgia where flooding has been a serious issue. and certainly president biden will want to hear from the residents of those communities of what exactly their needs will be. and those needs are pretty great and

certainly they want to see the federal government responding to what they're dealing with yesterday. president biden announced that he was deploying 1,000 active duty troops to help with the recovery effort, to help with the assistance, and clean up. but of course this is going to cost a lot of money. president biden put the estimate yesterday in the billions and we heard from the homeland security the secretary that fema will run out of money if another storm hits this year from certainly, we know that climate change is making these storms wetter. it's making them faster, it's making them stronger. and president biden address that yesterday as well. listen to it but he said climate crisis anymore, at least i hope they don't, they must be branden if they do scientists report that, was warming ocean is powering more intense rains, storms like helene are getting stronger and stronger

that it was time to put politics aside. he said at moments like these, there no democrats or republicans. in fact, we saw him yesterday with the republican governor of south carolina and the democratic governor of north carolina. it's not clear yet today whether he will meet with governor desantis florida or governor kemp in georgia. but certainly president biden, very much wanting to put the focus on the needs on the ground as there were recovery effort is still very much underway kevin, what's there any discussion about how quickly some of this federal funding will get to the places. because obviously some of the places like north carolina, it's just hard to get anything to the people who need it most yeah. and i think that's the that's the issue that they're dealing with when it comes to the federal response is because of course they have prepositioned a lot of these resources on the ground, whether it's bottled water, whether it's tarps, whether it's meals but the issue is getting to these

places and that is an issue in some ways for the state governments to try i am clear these roads of debris of the knee-high mud these towns are so isolated and that is part of what is making it so difficult to get this assistance to the people who need it. that is part of what these active duty troops who are being deployed from fort liberty and fayetteville, north carolina to these states as to try and clear out some of these areas in order to get the assistance to the people who need who need it. the other issue that i think will be a task for the federal government in the days and weeks ahead is trying to reimburse people who are needing to rebuild their homes, who are trying to rebuild their lives, that it is one of the key duties of fema in the end of today is to try and provide the money that is necessary for people who, who have essentially lost everything in the storm. and so when you talk to people on the ground and i know our reporters have spoken to people in some of these

isolated communities who are wondering where exactly the federal government isn't all of this part of the reason they're not necessarily seeing fema on the ground, yet in some of these communities is because it's so hard to get to, but that isn't necessarily due to a lack of an effort. the fema administrator, deanne criswell remains on the ground in north carolina. president biden says that he's asked her to stay on the ground there until these recovery efforts are completed. and in states like florida, where this storm came ashore the task will really be to beat, rebuild some of these homes rebuild some of these communities. and so this is all sort of what president biden is trying to oversee. with these two days of visits yeah, it's it is just immense what is happening there? >> immensely terrible. what is happening in places like north carolina, kevin liptak. thank you so much for all that reporting for us. >> all right with us now, is the secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. mr. secretary. thank you so much for being with us. obviously, the roads in and out of western north carolina and

not to mention tennessee have been a major issue or if you just look at a map and you see eye-for-an-eye 26. those are the interstates and then all these smaller roads that has simply been wiped away. what is the most current status? of being able to get that aid in and out on these highways let's ride between the interstate closures and the smaller roads were tracking over 400 locations where roads are closed in north carolina alone of course, this is important not just for restoring normalcy to the communities, but also just in the morgue immediate term, getting aid to where it needs to be getting responses, responders to where they need to be. >> we're deploying a number of tools are folks are in the fema command center at a chance to be there and get briefed by teams from all of the affected states before briefing the president. a couple of days ago. and since then i have continued to get updates. what we're seeing is there are tools we have that can help we have, for example, a routing assistance hot-line that

responders can use to find out our data on where the routes are available if the normal routes have been closed off. but you got to understand in some of these rural communities, mountain communities these are places where if a bridge gets taken out, the next nearest bridge might be 2030 or more minutes away on a good day, as far as the interstate, the miles of closure are down below about 40 miles from a hondo definite improvement there, but parts of i40 north carolina's dot is telling us that at best best-case scenario, it is months before they are permanently restored. >> oh, wow. >> that will impact the ongoing efforts to get those communities up and running again it is notable that over the last five days at this this has been going on. >> there have been efforts to inject politics into it. there accusations that president biden did act quickly enough, just a few minutes ago, i was looking at my email, the trump campaign put out a statement that said kamala's open border jeopardizes famous hurricane response. i wonder what the impact of politics impact on

the recovery efforts that politics has politics and i got to say, i can't speak to the camp. >> same campaign side of things, but i have been amazed by the bipartisanship among the people who were actually working the issue spoke to and reached out to the governors of the affected states. there was no difference in my interactions. on my end or their end whether we were democrat, republican, that is not what we were talking about. we were talking about how to help and i think you've seen that on display the engagements the president biden has had with governors and certainly at the working level, as our dot is engaging with the state dots, is there preparing their funding request that's really been free of politics again, i can't speak to the campaign side, but i hope it stays that way. one thing i will say, speaking of funding and speaking of bipartisanship were just doing the rough math here. our emergency relief fund as a department, which is what we use in cases like this the

balance of that is in the hundreds of millions and we can already tell that the need here is going to be in the billions so put simply, there is no way that we can meet the need without congressional action. and it is my hope and my expectation that that will be bipartisan and not political because you don't have to be a democrat or republican to have your heart goes out to the people who are impacted here and to see just the absolute shocking imagery of what's happened to transportation, energy, water communications, and think, we've got to do everything we can't as a country to help these communities get back to normal and to be clear, i was asking that question to you as a senior administration official, i do want to ask about the port strike again, then ask you this as a senior administration michelle, you've got a lot on your plate right now what will it take in your mind to end this? and how should it end to be had obviously, when there is a strike, that means the parties could not come to terms

in time in this case, the parties means that the ila that's the dock workers and their union. >> and what's called usmx, which is a consortium of employers, really largely driven then by the ocean carriers, the big shipping lines that move these containerships. and we have been engaging the parties on all sides, urging them to come to the table and get to a deal. we think that economically they are not so far apart that they can't bridge these differences, especially when you consider that this is a very very profitable industry. so what you have with the dockworkers is there looking at the shipping profits especially over recent years, post-covid, just one shipping company had i think a five plus billion-dollar stock buyback program. there's another shipping company where a single shareholder just just one owner, one guy saw his net worth increased by over $14 billion in a one-year period that by my rough estimation, is a multiple of the entire wages

of the entire east coast unionized workforce collectively in that same year. and it happened to be a year where they actually did not get a raise under the last contracts so what what the workers are saying is look we've been out there. they were out there during covid, many of them lost their lives, going to work during covid at a time when they couldn't zoom to go into work and we kept getting those goods moving around our country. they want to participate in those profits and there's clearly a deal to be had where these very profitable shippers, shipping lines remain very profitable, but the workers are getting more of their share and something that is roughly comparable to what was recently worked out with the west coast. where in 2023, there was a historic contract. see an industry after industry, auto workers too you've seen historic deals with wage increases for workers coming alongside continued business success. and that's what we're hoping will be the outcome here very quickly. >> americans have enjoyed

relatively low ish gas prices the last few months, but with what's happening in the middle east, in the possibility that israel may strike iran's oil refining how should americans may be feeling about the possibility of higher gas prices the next month that. >> it's yet another thing that that is a real concern here if you look at the reductions to inflation that we've had getting from 9% back into the 2% range. that's come largely from things like on sticking our supply chains and a little more stability on the energy side to the administration has been pushing to make sure that there are options that there is more american made energy, that there is more american-made clean energy. but in terms of what happens from day-to-day, week-to-week months. month there is that economic issue as well as of course, just the basic human imperative that there be peace and that there be a resolution there secretary. of transportation, pete buttigieg. thanks so much

for being with us this morning. appreciate your time sir. >> thank you. all right. >> thank you, john. >> this morning, we're learning bombshell new details in special counsel jack smith's federal election case against donald trump. smith's new filing says trump can conduct did not fall all under the official acts the supreme court ruled were immune from prosecution, but we're the quote desperate actions of a candidate who lost the 2020 election. note there he said, candidate prosecutors alleged trump was directly involved in the plot to nominate fake electors, and they plan to call election officials from 2020 battleground states to testify against him joining me now from one of those battleground states, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, she is the state's highest ranking election official. you have spoken to jack smith for this january 6 probe has now changed because of the supreme court ruling, but it is still very much there and we're learning new details in the filing released on wednesday, prosecutors identify witnesses. they hope to call at trial to

testify against trump what have you heard from jack smith recently because i know you've been spoken to him in the past yes, we did meet with the investigators several months ago right now. are laser-focused on the election and voting has already started here in michigan and so our focus is on that. we have not heard directly from jack smith or his staff in the last several weeks, but we were watch watch very closely the filing yesterday because it does accurately describe in my view a lot of what we lived through and experienced in 2020. >> do you expect to be called potentially as a witness? >> i if colin, i will be willing to testify about exactly what we did witness in michigan in 2020. and i expect all of my colleagues who are similarly position during that time to do the same the filing also mentors as you well know, that michigan has mentioned multiple times as one of those battleground states where trump

and his allies attempted to cast doubt over the integrity of the election. >> there were claims, of course, a voter fraud made by the trump camp in your state. those were all found to be unfounded, but voting, as you mentioned now underway in your state absentee balanced are coming in are how do you talk to people about security? are people concerned about whether their vote is going to be counted? and b, how are you dealing with that? >> no, the number one question i get everywhere i go is, what are you going to do to keep voters and election officials safe? if what happened in 2020 happens again, and certainly were hoping for the best we're hoping and planning for a smooth election other and respects the results, whatever they may be but we're prepared for every contingency if there are disruptions to the in the light that was described in this filing and the light of what we experienced in 2020 were working closely with law enforcement at the local and state level, as well as the federal level and also with

first responders. and we've done de-escalation trainings with our local clerks. we've done scenario planning as well with partners all across the state. so we're ready for ford for anything. but at the same time, we're trying to make it clear message to anyone who may be thinking of disrupting our process. don't try it. it won't be effective. we're ready to protect our elections there will be legal consequences if anyone does try to interfere with or disrupt art are counting processes voting processes here in michigan you're talking about just being prepared and it's just almost a shocking thought that you have to think about potential violence. >> but michigan has seen a group of people plot to kidnap the governor. i myself spoke with self-professed militia members, warning of a response because they believed the lie that the election was stolen from trump this was in 2020. how concerned are you about the possibility of political violence if donald trump loses this election or if the reelection, which is, which everyone expects to be very, very close, takes days to determine who won

me up at night is this question of political violence. we're in an era, both of political violence and of misinformation. and we know there's a direct line between the lies about election integrity that has been disproven time and time again and the threats that election officials, the very people who are charged with and committed to protecting the integrity of the process. the threats that they receive. so i'm deeply concerned about the potential for violence as one of the reasons we passed a law in michigan to make it a crime to threaten an election worker in their line of work. but all that said we hope that all parties involved will respect the people involved in protecting democracy. and we're grateful for the many poll workers and clerks who have signed up to be a part of this process and protect the process along with law enforcement and other first responders were going to be there to so it is it is unnerving were in a state of hyper vigilance and people showed up in 2020 outside my home with guns trying to block

certification of results, but we won't be deterred. >> we're committed to making sure the process runs well. that as soon as possible after the polls close, we have the unofficial results here in michigan, and i hope and other states as well, so that we can begin the process of certifying and then everything else we do after the election. and so my hope and my asked for everyone is to just respect the process, respect that people who protect democracy, and let us have a fair and secure election so that we can ensure the will of the people continues to rule the day all right. >> jocelyn benson. thank you so much for talking us through this this morning. i appreciate your time alright ahead. a teen finds himself behind the wheel of an out-of-control suv that reaches hour. how police managed to stop him that's ahead divided. >> are you a licorice lover or hater? we had licorice.com. have 50 plus gourmet flavors. had you flip out over, get some for yourself or licorice lebor

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of beirut as that smoke is dissipating. they're after just a few moments ago, new explosions in that densely populated city, an area they were heard by our cnn teams on the ground. you can see the result of them there. this israel has been bombarding the capital with airstrikes and missile strike earlier, rocked the heart of the city. that area hasn't been hit since the 2006 war between lebanon and israel the death toll there, and that is the picture of the enormous explosion. the death toll now at nine, president biden has been urging restraint and israel seems to be edging towards a direct confrontation with iran following tuesday's missile strike, joining me now cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling you have been all over this. you've been watching this as it is happening we've seen this massive explosion and now we've seen several more this morning. what are they targeting? and are they able to do these targets without hurting civilians? because it

is so as you know, densely populated, there in that sector shan of beirut and beirut itself >> well, good morning, sir. in first i have been watching this all night long and what i'd say is it's it's been fascinating to me that hezbollah continues to send both uavs and artillery across the border into it israel that's something that we don't report a lot about, but about 11:00 this morning, israel time, 30 uavs came across the border from lebanon. it's part of the operation to clear those potential targets. the strike in beirut earlier today, i think was probably a direct reflection of intelligence-driven operation. there has been a lot of strikes in specific areas in and around beirut and also in the south. and i think that's israel continuing to use their increasing amount of intelligence out of lebanon to help drive targeting against

11th excuse me paula, officials and leaders of that organization in the north and this conflagration sort of began on october 8 when after what happened on october 7, the terror attack in israel hezbollah sent over rockets to israel, literally the day after that happened i do want to talk to you though about what we've been hearing from the biden administration and president biden himself, who is consistently and constantly and feverishly saying, we have got to tamp this down. >> we do not want to see a huge regional war that obviously involves iran i want to listen and let our folks listen to denny to known israel's ambassador to the united nations. and what he said yesterday defend itself. >> we will act. let me assure you the consequences. i will

face for their actions will be filed way than they could ever have imagined the consequences for iran will be far, far greater than they could ever imagine do you think that president biden's calls of restraint will be heated? well, it's interesting, sara, i'm not sure, to be honest with israel is living in a very unfriendly neighborhood. they have two fronts right now. we just talked about lebanon. they've also had a lot of action in gaza over the last two days. and you account for the strike almost 200 ballistic missiles into israel from another region might open a third front, but i think israel will certainly strike back and it will be more than just a proportional response. they will strike hard into iran and i'm not sure what the targeting is going to be, but yeah, the biden and administration continues to say we've got to have restraint because we want to hit the right targets. we certainly

understands israel's desire for self-protection against continued attacks inside their territory. but at the same time the intent is to keep this from spiraling into a regional conflict. and i think the united states might get involved not only with air defense equipment, but with fighter jets in some ways, if these kinds of attacks continue to come into israel. so i think we have to really balance the approach to this to answer your question, which i've kind of avoided, will there be strange? there may be some the biden administration is trying to get that restraint of refrain from a regional conflict. but boy, i tell you what israel as being hit from multiple directions and they have to defend themselves. and i think secretary austin said that to the israeli defense minister yesterday. >> the united states also i want to sing that it will help israel as it responds. so we'll have to see what happens. but the restraint is all about the

people living there, the innocent civilians, and they don't want to see a humanitarian crisis like what has happened in gaza. lieutenant general mark hertling. thank you so much. i appreciate your great insight this morning, john. >> all right. new video overnight of 500 how bomb from the war. to very be an airport in japan explodes and led to 23 foot wide crater and forced airlines to cancel more than 80 flights. it is not a clear what caused it to explode and no one was hurt. the airport was built as a japanese training base back in 1943. this morning, a teenage driver is safe after his runaway the vehicle reached speeds of up to 113 miles per hour. sam darnold tried to call 911. we realized his suv was speeding out of control. he said he had no way of stopping bring it or slowing it down. minnesota state troopers, they caught up with them at first, they tried to pop the tyre. is that didn't work. troopers and activated the patrol cars anti collisions sensors sped up and told sam to intentionally crashed into them that works.

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