and this morning in some small areas, but that almost as quickly was then knocked out again you know where i live, where our offices here in havana. we've been without power for more than 24 hours, were on the air. thanks to a generator, are wonderful staff up to the been able to keep that generator going. but most cubans simply are not that lucky driving around havana this morning, i saw much longer food lines than you usually wouldn't see. people unable to get water when there's not power, when there's no power there, not really able to cook. cubans are used to living in these very difficult conditions but of the reality is of people are starting to get more and more worried because it is not clear when the lights are going to go back on all right. >> patrick oppmann. thank you so much. hi, chad. glad you are able to have that generated power and get by and kudos to your crew as well. all right. thank you so much, patrick oppmann

>> hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague kaitlan collins in tel aviv. and we're following the latest developments in the killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar and the intensifying israeli military operation in north were there in gaza will get to kaitlan in a moment. >> but first, we are now entering a critical stretch in the u.s. >> presidential race, just 17 days now to go and both vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump are still trying to lock down votes in some of the most fiercely contested battleground states. right now, voters are gathering in detroit, where harris is campaigning alongside pop singer lizzo in a short few minutes and harris is actually barnstorming with two superstars today. in fact, later she'll be in atlanta with usher meantime, trump is preparing to speak to voters tonight in pennsylvania. and in these closing weeks of the election margins are razor

thin. and both campaigns are looking to build winning coalitions. voters are taking notice early voting smashing records in some states. more than 11 million ballots cast nationwide so far cnn's priscilla alvarez and steve contorno are hitting the trail with the campaigns priscilla, you were the harris camp power they looking to build support at this be'eri a pivotal moment in the race harnessing that support and trying to get people to get out in vote. >> here in michigan and especially here in detroit, where early voting in-person is kicking off for the first time. so this is going to be the focus of today for the vice president, not only here in michigan, but also in atlanta as part of the strategy here is to do well in the cities of detroit and atlanta with majority 49 white cities. and their surrounding suburbs to

repeat what president biden did in 2020 and yesterday, the vice president, as you mentioned, was across the state of michigan and it provided a glimpse into what the strategy among her advisers as she went to three different counties, one county that donald trump won in 2016, but then president biden flipped in 2020. and then two others her counties where he won. president biden won by wider margins. that is what her team is trying to emulate and build on an also tried to make inroads with those white college-educated voters in the suburbs that is where the officials i've spoken with seem real opportunity, especially with issues like productive freedoms. but part of the messaging yesterday as well was on labor and making sure that you can walk in union voters much of her messaging yesterday, again, focused on the former president's anti labor comments and also pass it thank the difference are drawing the stark contrast

between her and former president donald trump when it comes to manufacturing and union jobs. now, i will also no, because this was a notable moment at her rally here in detroit yesterday, is that she spoke directly to the arab american community. of course, michigan has one of the largest arab american populations. and the united states, this has been a difficult moment for the campaign and the party when it comes to you're trying to harness that support given the feelings within the arab american community about the ongoing israel-hamas war. so certainly what we're seeing here in michigan it's the vice president trying to lock down her coalition and also capitalize on early voting here and then later today in georgia. >> all right, priscilla in detroit thank you so much. mage. alright. steve contorno, your turn in pennsylvania, there were trump is set to speak there this evening. so how is his campaign handling this moment on the trail? >> well, hundreds of thousands

of ballots have already been cast here in pennsylvania and trump's campaign is trying to coach the residents and their supporters. here how to take advantage of those early voting options, which is a task that is made more difficult by the president, the former president's own rhetoric. he has been someone who has been very critical of early voting mail-in voting, ballot boxes, all the ways that people can vote weeks ahead of an election. but now heading into this fight final stretch, he is actually encouraging his supporters to take advantage of those options. how is he doing that? well, take a listen to what he told his crowd in michigan yesterday early voting is underway, so get everyone you know, and go out and vote, go tomorrow. it's just starting go and vote. make sure you vote bring all our friends at one of vote for us, tell him jill, get yeah, fadh, husband off, they can get that get that

fat pig off the couch. >> linda go and vote for trump. >> he's going to save our country get that guy that hell off get them up. jill, slap him around, get above get them up jail. we want them off the couch to get out and vote. bring your friends and get them out now trump delivered that. let's call it colorful a message to his supporters after a 20 minute delay in his rally yesterday, there was actually a technical difficulty with his microphone. this the second time in a week where we've seen this sort of strange pause in the programming at a trump rally earlier. obviously last week we have that incident where he halted his events because of a medical episode and stood on the stage and it just sort of went through his playlist and directed various songs to be, to be played over the loudspeaker is while he swayed on the stage yesterday, he said similarly, stood by idly while they waited for them

microphone to be fixed will see what happens today when he speaks in front of this crowd in western pennsylvania. this is a key part of the state. it's a county westmoreland that he actually won by a two-to-one margin four years ago when they are hoping for a similar outcome here in this election, fred alright, steve contorno, priscilla alvarez. >> thanks to you. both will check back with you throughout the day. all right. let's talk more about all of this. i'm joined now by lisa the ram. she is the host of morning edition on atlanta's wabe radio. alright, so all the talk used to be florida, florida. florida. thank you. the late at tim russert now it's georgia. georgia. georgia. it's been that way for a couple of cycles now, harris is coming back here again this evening. this is now what her fifth visit to the state of georgia since becoming the nominee is this a feeling about confidence for her or is she worried that perhaps she's not, you doing as strongly as say biden was in 2020, even though he ended up winning narrowly over trump but is this

confidence or is this nerves? >> well, as we heard, facilitate early, this is a trip to band together the coalition. i mean, we're down 17 days and counting now and it's time to get those voters mobilized. yet again that interest is kind of weighing that enthusiasm and she knows it and she's here to get the crowd fired up again, particularly african-american voters, male voters, and asian voters advanced voting. >> i mean, it's been breaking the records all week long. more than 1 million people have already cast their ballots. what are you hearing about? early voters concerns. they're enthusiasm or worries, what the numbers show. they wanted the enthusiasm was out why? you know, i have to tank it just it was just high and, people are getting out there mainly females are outnumbering the mails but there is that enthusiasm to get that vote in and get that vote in early. and the majority are of course, democrats so we'll see how

weak too goes, but as you saw off from the numbers, we'd number one was out the roof. yeah. harris and lizzo in detroit. but then when she makes her way harris to atlanta, usher is expect that kind of star power is expected to appeal to a variety of voters i mean, young voters, black men, in particular. what's the strategy here well, you know, it's just a round up. >> the base is just to get everyone involved. she's coming with open arms as she said and she's inviting the disenchanted the disenfranchised, you know, she she wants those republican voters who, who are not decided to come ashore, of course, you know, you didn't get that young that all important young vote 18 to 29 involved and excited again, so, you know, the strategy is clear. she's trying to reach everybody during this 11th hour yeah. >> in that enthusiasm or that early voter turnout saying that largely black voters over the age of 65, the democratic

party's most loyal voting bloc. they're turning out in very big numbers. we've seen them at the polling locations you hear about the enthusiasm of young voters but it's more than the enthusiasm of knowing what's current being in touch with their lives, what they know, their aspirational. but then it's another thing to actually get them to the polls is, is the star power of say, an usher you know, a key ingredient here? >> well, she certainly hope so and, you know, messaging all important and no matter what age you are in the black community barack obama certainly piques your interest, right? so she's calling out the heavy hitters, you know, and that's what politics is in the 11th hour, you call out your big guns, so you she's hoping to due to again, energize, re-energize that base with 17 days to go until november 5. okay. i'm going to interrupt you for a moment because you're sharing the screen with kamala harris there in detroit. let's listen in on what's being said.

>> it's what we should all want, right in our democracy that people understand it's their civic duty, but also that they can make a difference and we're going to see a bloomberg right here. >> thank you. i wonder what you think of elon musk just getting increase in the involved in the election both through his financial contributions to trump super pac, but also holding campaign events, attending rallies i mean, listen, i think that the most important thing that anyone of us could do right? >> now, let's pay attention to the issues that are at stake. and there's a lot at stake we are looking at, as i say, repeatedly, because it is true two very different visions for our country and donald trump has proven himself to be increasingly unstable and unfit. and he's trying to take us backward he is someone who domains the american people who has no actual plan for uplifting the middle class, no actual plan that is about any sense of optimism i mean, who

the american people are and what we are capable of doing and i think that that's really what's most important in these remaining, i believe it's 17 days of the election which is focusing on the issues themselves. and reminding the american people, they not only have a choice, but they have the power to decide the future of our country through the election. >> andrey every here. >> so yesterday, you call it a sad turn if he wanted elected officials here in arab-american, he's faced a tremendous backlash since do mentioned his name at a rally and obviously there's a lot of churn and turmoil within the arab american and muslim communities here in michigan do you think you could lose the election because of gaza? and what overnight there were more strikes, 32 more people were killed in gaza someone has but all's how risky is it that you could lose the election? >> well, it is undeniable that it is something that everyone

is aware of what is happening there. i speak publicly all the time about the fact that there are so many tragic stories coming from gaza and of course, the first in this phase of everything that has happened, the first most tragic story is october 7 what happened that day and then what has happened since. and i think what's critically important as we look at this moment is one acknowledging the tragedy of what has happened and gaza in terms of the extraordinary number of innocent palestinians have been killed and taking that seriously and speaking truth about that in addition, of course, to what i said about what happened on october 7, in terms of 1,200 innocent israelis being slaughtered, women being horribly raped, and then fast war putting to today with the killing of sinwar this creates an opening that i

believe we must take full advantage of to dedicate ourselves to ending this war in bringing the hostages home is not working so far you know what? >> listen as it relates to the issues in the middle east and in particular in that region, it has never been easy but that doesn't mean we give up okay it was always going to be difficult it does not mean we give up. we can't give up more catamaran mpr, some more. trump rapid response. describing responding to jim in near real time in recent days, it feels like something slightly different from the way you are handling it before. and i'm wondering why that shift he becoming increasingly unstable and unhinged. and it requires that response. i think the american people are seeing and witnessing in real-time and we must take note of the fact that this is an individual who wants to be president in the united states. and i think the american people deserve better

than someone who actually seems to be unstable able thank you. thank you all right. >> then rubber spotted spontaneous spontaneous moments rather with crosstalk with the press, they're out of detroit and kamala harris really dotting a number of issues. they're being prompted by the reporters, everything from the killing of hamas leader sinwar. and she maintained hope that this is a turning point, might end to potentially the war in gaza, as well as help to bring the hostages home. and then she was asked about her her pace if there's any change in strategy and she says much of it predicated on what she describes trump as being continuing to be unhinged. all right. back now, with me here. lisa rams. so from detroit, harris will be making her way back here in atlanta, georgia is an important and pivotal state. once again, in this election. and how about for the trump camp, we know that he has been turning to many more, like

young younger influencers he feels a lot of confidence here in georgia should he continue to feel as confident in georgia this go round as he did say 2016, when he won, and then he narrowly lost in 2020 well, they're they're looking at the polls. the polls are neck and neck and three out of four that i just looked at, have him with a slight edge. so he is feeling very confident coming next week to speak to gwinnett county, feeling strong right now, all he has to do is show up. he shows up to campaign rallies and says what trump says they're taking to the airwaves more, the trump campaign. you see all the commercials, you know, pounding away, pounding away that seems to be their strategy at this point as the final days of the campaign payne yeah. yeah, a lot of negative as they camp. yeah and you see kamala harris doing more interviews, right? so it's interesting to see how the two will play against each other. she talked about a lot about international affairs and that interview there here when she comes to atlantic i'm going to have to talk about the bread

and butter issues and he is too when he comes to gwinnett county. alright. we'll all be watching lisa rayam, glad you could be with us here. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you. all right. vice president kamala harris will face voters and take their most pressing questions next week right here on cnn and anderson cooper moderates the cnn presidential townhall wednesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. are coming up, but we're learning new details about how hamas let's leader yahya sinwar was killed. as israel's prime minister vows the war in gaza will move forward until the end. he says we're live in tel aviv after this before election day. vice president harris basis voters and takes the pressing questions my anderson cooper moderates a cnn presidential town hall, kamala harris wednesday at nine eastern on cnn

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gathering again after the holiday, one hostage in particular, that they were paying in tribute to his naama levy. she of course was the face of one of the most searing images on that day. her hair, she's being dragged by her hair into gaza, her hands we're zip-tied behind her pack, her gray sweatpants were bloodied seemingly evidence of sexual abuse. i spoke with her father earlier down at hostage square about what yahya sinwar's death than this moment means for him. and what he wants it to look like. this is what he told me i think that's maybe no they don't want unity or maybe this time also to gain israeli government to prime minister to take batteries and to take the deal whatever somebody that some make some agreement that before the death of this

to take this is now the time. this is the opportunity. we need to take some aspects and some even takes maybe some time a risk that we did not agree to take before there was this is the moment he believes for netanyahu to take advantage to jump this, to try to get those hostages home. his concern, of course, was that political calculations could be at play here and that they may wait longer. his argument was three months, six months? does not make a difference. i should note this comes as everyone has their eyes on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu right now. he does not appear to be interested in a deal of the moment he said, after sinwar's killing, that israeli forces will

we're continuing to see israeli strikes today. netanyahu saying that would go on until quote, the end this is hamas's remaining leaders are also vowing to fight on saying there will be no peace and no hostages will be returned until israel has withdrawn from gaza and palestinian prisoners who were kept and israel have been set free. i should note rescuers today, we're searching for survivors after an israeli strike hit a school in northern gaza where people had been sheltering that is according to gaza civil defense officials were expecting a briefing from israeli officials any moment now cnn's jeremy diamond is here with me in tel aviv. jeremy obviously we're very much during the fighting continued today. what does that say to you as us officials are looking for any clue of what it is that the israeli cabinet is going to decide ultimately netanyahu what to do next. >> well, for now mean you are seeing those images from gaza. the fighting is continuing unabated. the three separate israeli airstrikes in gaza today that killed a dozen people were seeing 20,000 people fleeing from the city of jabalya in northern gaza, as well. and the humanitarian

situation there continuing to deteriorate as these israeli prime minister today after facing a drone own that targeted his home in casoria, not too far from here, according to the israeli prime minister's office, it did not we don't know what that it actually hit the home, but we do know that it struck something in that area, but he released this video after showing his trademark defiance well, coup days ago we took out sinwar, the terrorists mastermind who's goons, be headed our men raped our women, burnt babies alive. >> we took them out, and we continue our battle with iran to other terrorist proxies we're going to win this war with something deteriorate. >> know >> obviously, there's some politicking going on there, but it does give you some insight into his frame of mind, especially as us officials are hoping that this will be an opportunity for him to kind of

take the win and move on. but instead he's releasing now another statement saying that those who tried to assassinate me and my wife today made a bitter mistake. he's vowing that this will not deter me and the state of israel, he says from continuing this war against their enemies, and he's blaming this on since it came from lebonon, he's living this on hezbollah, which ultimately is backed by iran this is all happening as you know, this was a happenstance killing of yahya sinwar, who israel israeli officials have been focused on what the israeli response to that iranian attack on israel a few weeks ago is going to look like we still haven't seeing that. i mean, what's the indication of how sinwar's death changes that if, if at all, i don't think it necessarily changes israel's calculus because they feel like they cannot allow this latest iranian and attack to go on, responded to undeterred. we were told last week that the plans were ready to go for this attack after over a week of discussions between the u.s. and israel but we haven't actually seen that yet play out. our understanding was that the israelis had agreed to strike military

targets rather than nuclear and oil facilities. but again, we don't really have a clear sense of the timing other than us officials believed that it would come before election day, which of course is just a couple weeks away. >> yeah, a turnoff weeks away of all this jeremy diamond, great reporting. thank you. you for that. i do want to get more insight on these developments as we're waiting to see what is going to happen next, joining me now is avi mayer, the former editor and chief of the jerusalem post, who is also held roles at the american jewish committee. and the israeli defense forces, aviv great to have you here. israel has always had this, this undertone of the way that they protect themselves is through strength, is through going into rafah when they are being told by us allies, don't go into rafah very explicitly i've been clear there's a bit of swagger and what you just saw in that video from netanyahu of his thinking, i wonder what you read into that been likened to the killing of a solid did login by us forces. there's the sense that justice

has been done. the yahya sinwar, the mastermind of the october 7, massacre of the worst mass murder of jews since the holocaust has finally been eliminated. >> but this is not a sense of closure for many israelis. >> as you mentioned, there are 101 hostages who are still being held in gaza. we don't know what their fate is at this time. there are tens of thousands of israelis who have yet to return to their homes in both the north and the south of the country due to ongoing rocket attacks by hezbollah and so there's a sense in israel that there is still work to be done. and as you said, this could indeed be a pivotal moment this seems to be an opportunity to, as you said, call it a win, move on and try to figure out how to get those hostages home as quickly as possible. possible well, what are you hearing about? >> what the other parties in the region that have been such a part of this when qatar on what the next step is going to look like here because very clearly the u.s. wants to leverage this moment what is it that could get israel to do so in the way? there are viewing

it that way the qatari's are viewing it right now suppositions that khalid mashaal, one of the hamas leaders, currently residents in doha, qatar, or may indeed be the next next leader of that movement that presents an opportunity for the qatari's to apply unrelenting pressure on him to intern apply pressure on his people in gaza to end this war. >> turn those hostages weaker many voices coming from israel and elsewhere saying that's exactly what needs to happen, right now. qatar is to be applying pressure on hamas in a way that they hadn't up until this point. and i don't know what more can happen to bring this war to a close at this point? >> i mean netanyahu has been saying repeatedly during the hostage talks as they've been getting closer, and then it seems edging back from the table that it was sinwar our who was the major obstacle. we heard that echoed by us officials. i mean, what happens now if sinwar's out of the picture and still no hostage deal happens well, kaitlan, the president himself said that that sinwar was an