john: christopher booker in the big bend region of florida. thank you very much. opher: thank you. ♪ john: in tonight's other headlines, the vice presidential candidates were campaigning in battleground states today -- days before they meet for a debate. republicvan senator jd vance held two events in pennsylvania. in monroeville, vance participated in a townhall hosted by lance wallnau, a controversial evangelical leader who claims to be a prophet and defended the january 6th assault on the u.s. capitol. vance hit on a familiar issue, immigration. >> american resources and american compassion have to go first to american citizens, and we have to build our country up to a strong place, and that's what allows us to be helpful a compassionate towards other people. right now our country is disintegrating from the inside. john: democratic vice presidential candidate tim walz was in michigan, stopping at a voter registration event before attending the football game between the university of minnesota and the university of michigan. in ukraine, two separate drone attacks

geoff: that is christopher booker in riverview, florida for us. thank you for being with us. opher: thank you. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "news hour west." here are the latest headlines. israel's defense forces are conducting fresh air over southern beirut tonight after ordering residents to evacuate. earlier today, the idf struck hezbollah's central headquarters there. sources say the group's leader hassan nasrallah was the target of the strikes. his condition is unknown, but we're told he was on site. ali rogan has more. ali: in southern beirut today, multiple massive explosions. then, thick plumes of smoke that engulfed parts of the lebanese capital. lebanese media reported that six high-rises were bombed. levelled and reduced to rubble. israel called it a precise strike targeting hezbollah headquarters, which it said was built under residential buildings in the densely-populated dahia suburb of beirut. >> here's the truth -- israel seeks peace. israel yearns for peace. israel has made peace and will make peace again. ali: the strikes coincided with israeli prime mi

geoff: that's christopher booker in riverview, florida.hank you. ♪ the day's other headlines start in the middle east, where israel says it struck hezbollah's headquarters in beirut. the death was not immediately clear. the newshour is told a hezbollah leader was the target of the strikes. his condition is unknown. an israeli official tells the newshour they believe he was at the site. >> in southern beirut today, multiple massive explosions. then thick plumes of smoke that engulfed parts of the lebanese capital. lebanese media reported that six high-rises were bombed, leveled and reduced to rubble. israel called it a per psych -- a precise strike targeting hezbollah headquarters, which it said was built under residential buildings in the densely populated dahia suburb of beirut -- beirut. >> israel seeks peace. israel yearns for peace. israel has made peace and will make peace again. >> the strikes coincided with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's address to the united nations general assembly, in new york. he justified israel's

special correspondent christopher booker has our report. >> for residence on florida's big bend, it haseen a year like no other. the small community took an almost direct hit from hurricane helene. it was the third hurricane since last summer to strike the stretch of the gulf coast. >> where we are standing, all that is left is just what? >> just the pylons. >> where is the rest of the house? >> in the canal. >> he lost his entire home to the storm surge. he was born and raised in this area and says many in this close-knit community are reeling. >> we pretty much know everyone down here. everyone that lived here full-time just felt that they will have nothing. everything is closed. >> people in florida have started to clean up, the aftermath of hurricane helene continues to wreak havoc across the entire southeast. in western north carolina, rescue teams are still searching for victims as floodwaters have submerged entire neighborhoods. the state governor called the disaster an unprecedented tragedy. >> today we did an aerial overview to see the damage in western north carolina, and it i

christopher bohan. >> lawrence francis. vincent junior. >> allen bondarenko. >>: arthur bonnett. yvonne. >> susan booker. mary jane booth. sherry boudreau. >> jerry j borg. >> martin michael borsch sk. >> my uncle, kenneth joseph marino who is a firefighter with fdny in manhattan. he was one of the first responders on that day. i am 12 years old so i never met my uncle kenny but i feel like i know him from my parents, grandparents, and family members. one thing i learned is that my uncle kenny and i share a love of baseball. our favorite player is and i'm very happy and proud that we have the same interest. most important is that my uncle kenny was a true hero. he saved many lives on that day. our family misses them every day and we will never forget his memory or his bravery. >> my cousin matthew carmen toledo. matthew neither you nor the thousands who perished on 9/11 will ever be forgotten. what is being forgotten as the 9/11 experience by every other american. i ask you today to speak your children and your grandchildren who were not born on 9/11. tell them what you went through. tell them to never forget what your f