there is a people are suffering in asheville. we need help and don't understand why there is not more attention going on in asheville. asheville is a beautiful town, we've known for our mountains. we need people coming to help. families are suffering and it is time for whoever has the ability to bring in supplies, food, water number one, gas is number two, cell service is number three. there is very little attention, i feel like, being paid for support crews to take care of this. >> that is why we're here, sir, getting the word out on fox news. we hope if anyone in the federal government is listening, this is the real deal. it is difficult to get here. can i say one more thing? >> it is difficult to get here on the main road and highways, a lot of other access roads. w whoever is coordinating water and groceries, if you need to get to asheville, you can get here. we got here from atlanta yesterday. >> i appreciate you getting the word out. >> best to you and everyone here. thank you. appreciate it. there is the story here from wh

um, asheville's water system. what is your assessment of the damage to infrastructure and and why do you think it was so bad there in asheville well first off, asheville sits in a bowl in a valley at about 2100ft, 2200ft. >> and we have mountains all around us that rise upwards of 6000ft. so even when the rain stops in the city of asheville all that rain that collects on those mountains has to drain somewhere, and it drains into the city itself. so that was a complicating factor for us. and you are right the the storms, when they came in, they washed out the entire distribution system from our reservoirs into the town, into our water distribution and pumping stations. so we initially we couldn't even figure out where the where the breaks were because we couldn't access anything because of all the damaged trees and downed lines and the roads washed out. we finally figured out where the where the infrastructure was damaged and as we continue to size that up, it looks like it's going to be multiple weeks before our o

thank you to everyone in asheville. and buncombe county, who is volunteering to help distribute those regions? sources. >> we will be able to name the areas that people can go to to receive them. >> as soon as that information will hopefully be released later today. but as you mentioned, we are cut off from highway access from three of the four major highways into asheville's. so obviously this isn't credible challenge. some resources are having to be flown in. >> this is an evolving situation, but we're hopeful to get some resources critically needed resources in here. today. >> and what about the federal and state emergency assistance? are you seeing that yet fema state emergency officials, what can you tell us about that? >> so we do have female here we but we are still waiting on vital resources in terms of water and food and other governor has been in touch with me multiple times. the governor will actually be here. this afternoon to be able to see what's happening on the ground but they are they have their emergen

asheville, north carolina. fox corporation made a donation to the red cross as hurricane relief efforts and go to red cross.org/fox forward or scan the qr code on the screen. they could use the help. six minutes past the hour. another big story. >> dana: as we look live as smoke filling the sky over beirut. eight other leaders. terror group eliminated in just over a week. there could be more to come. nate foye is reporting live in tel aviv. >> stand-off between israel and iran. israel's prime minister netanyahu spoke directly to the iranian people. he blamed the regime for their suffering and he spoke about peace coming soon to the middle east. listen here. >> iran's tyrants don't care about your future, but you do. when iran is finally free and that moment will come a lot sooner than people think, everything will be different. >> you heard him there. everything will be different soon, dana. meanwhile israel's galant said the next part of israel's plan may include them going into southern lebanon. hezbollah sai

this is east of asheville. see the remnants of homes and buildings now, just lying across the lake we're going to take you live to chimney rock in just a moment. so many people in areas surrounding asheville have been literally cut off from the rest of the world since friday. not only physically, but including phone service and email, areas are inaccessible due to hundreds of roads being blocked by debris or in some cases completely washed away, including a part of i40. the major highway connecting north carolina and tennessee all of this makes traditional rescues agonizingly complicated air rescues are underway today. in multiple counties. one man, sam perkins took matters into his own hands he hiked 11 miles over trees and landslides to check on his parents. and thankfully, sam found them safe, but they were completely isolated. and now four days after helene made landfall, the area is in dire need of critical resources, including food drinking water, portable toilets, baby formula, medicines. this includes r

that's an area that includes asheville. do you have any updates on the numbers and how many remain unaccounted for? >> i think the shares estimate is accurate at this time understood. >> and lastly, sir, what's your message to local state and federal leaders as they see this damage and way a response and providing resources to your community we need help. >> we need it very quickly. we can't wait any longer we are residents have been without food and water now for five days. and i implore the state and federal government to get as much of those commodities the end the city as fast as they can we have had some resources come in the federal government brought in their search and rescue teams. i heard overnight that more coming in where we're looking for places to put them. the problem is there's just not a lot of real estate to put these these teams in. asheville sits inside of a bowl, inside of a mountains. there's no flat route to put them in. we can't put them in our hotels because there is no electric and no running water

asheville has been struck hard.ater in the city and cell service has been gone as well as internet and power. we are just starting to get back online. it has been really challenging. water is the most dire thing right now. we don't have water in the city. folks are trying to bring it into asheville but because hurricane helene wiped away large swathes of the highway, it is stopping tractor-trailers from getting into the region. john: you said that cell service is out and that the roads are closed. are there people that cannot call for help or people where the help cannot get to? reporter: that has been one of the most challenging aspects. there is someone in asheville keeping a grassroots database and over 1000 people have lost someone. folks have been having a hard time connecting. in plas, a village, search-and-rescue missions are still going on but it has been hard because trees have fallen and there are telephone wires everywhere. there is a lot of rude blocks topography wise and communication wise stopping emer

just horrible lillian gov us in asheville beautiful asheville. thank you so much. >> thank you it really is heart-breaking, isn't it? >> will take a break when we come back, our coverage of the middle east continues as us officials warn that israel might be preparing for a ground offensive in lebanon we'll talk about it after the break wait is over. >> tim walz and j.d. vance in their first and only based police debate. and cnn has covered with the best political team in the business a cnn special event, the vice presidential debate, tuesday at nine on cnn time is valuable don't spend in courses you've already taken class. >> again a university of phoenix prior eligible college credits can transfer with you savingou time plus there's a scholarship just for transfer students transfer, you're eligible credits and earn your degree we all know. >> costs are too high, but while corporations are gouging families, trump is focused on giving them tax cuts. but kamala harris is focused on you building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my pres

you just heard from that asheville resident what do you think about what you heard? what would you say to her and the other community members who are struggling right now yeah. >> i mean, the first thing i'd say is everyone at female for everyone at fame, our hearts go out to your previous guests and to everyone who has been impacted in north carolina. and of course, across all the impacted states, this is obviously a very devastating storm for many it's a difficult time. i heard her. the uncertainty that she had about where things go from here and that's that's unfortunately a common experience for those that have been impacted by a disaster that really is impressed, unprecedented storm, the level of rainfall and flooding in western north carolina specifically is it was really extort an extreme. so what i would say this, that there is a whole team of emergency management professionals and folks across the federal family, across the state agencies that are working day and night to help bring support and supplies to the, to the communities that have been impacted. we'

they flew into the asheville airport. to the citizen that you interviewed, i would say help us on the way. help has been there. we had north carolina national guardsmen in asheville the night that the storm hit. they have been engaged with local law enforcement and emergency management officials and the helicopters have been flying and we have delivered to places like beech mountain, madison county, waynesville, and i've already mentioned ockham county. but not everyone is seeing that because as you said it is difficult to reach everywhere but please reiterate help is on the way and we are there in the north carolina national guard will be there for our fellow citizens until the mission is finished. >> john: folks in the hard-hit area of the stakes can take comfort in the fact that the national guard is on the job. good luck with the work ahead. >> thank you john. >> john: fox corporation by the way has made a donation to the red cross hurricane helene relief efforts and continues to be an annual disaster giving program p

north carolina of cars in asheville, north carolina waiting it's just rough. it's hard to see in the city like this. >> some families tell cnn, they've run out of drinking water part had western area of the sea it without electricity. their food is rotting gary o'dell, a sharing everything he's gone his home with his daughter who lost it all to the catastrophic floods. an even lifesaving oxygen tanks with his neighbor. >> my next door neighbor ran out of oxygen. he's worse shape than i am. that's my problem. my bet lung cancer now too. >> and he don't you know, you don't realize oxygen is is mary barton non-profits teaming up to serve 2000 residents in the first four hours how are you guys doing? >> this is one of the first semi trucks full of desperately needed supplies to arrive in asheville this is the most devastating thing i've ever seen her whole city i think that the loss of life fact that if you don't have cash, you can't get anything we've gotten to stores, waters out isis out, people slept overnight at gas stations like i feel like we've never seen t

much of the destruction centered on the city of asheville. a charlotte councilman volunteering in the lake lure chimney rock area posting these horrific images, what he could only describe as a post-apocalyptic landscape. so much left unrecognizable after the region was pummeled by floods washing homes and neighborhoods away, families short of so many things and beginning to grow short on patience too. george solis is in north carolina for us tonight. george, how is the recovery going? >> reporter: lester, recovery efforts are ongoing. certainly not making things any easier. the rain, officials telling us they have received thousands of calls but they've prioritized 150, trying to get to those people that are elderly and medically dependent. tonight hurricane helene has moved on but left in its wake a trail of death and destruction. officials in north carolina say they were blinded by helene's sheer intensity. homes swept away. restaurants and shops torn to pieces. communities cut off from clean water and electricity, leaving residents nowher

at least six deaths have been reported in north carolina and asheville residents are still under a 12 hour curfew for about another hour meanwhile, the city says that curfew will stay in effect until further notice. >> take a this drone videos captured dramatic images of people driving through massive flooding that has just engulfed asheville. emergency responders have been working overtime this cleanup work also begins cnn correspondent isabel rosales joins us now from asheville israel yesterday you brought us some striking images of an overwhelmed storm system. what are you seeing right now where you are? >> danny amara. good morning to you. the good news here is that those dramatic scenes that we saw yesterday have gotten better in the sense of the flood water has dramatically receded. so we're seeing roads just like this in the background sections that have dried out, but still so, so many roads here in nashville that are in passing it's a bull. this is going to be a long recovery for the residents here in asheville and buncombe county the river, the swannanoa river, just a couple

parts of asheville, north carolina, now unrecognizable. and along this road, household items and tractor trailers piled up high. this one up in the trees, wrapped in down power lines. and the force of the flood waters so strong that it pushed what appears to be a cow or a horse underneath that one. >> this is what a flood will do. >> reporter: mark goldthwait's iconic music venue, the asheville guitar bar, is caked in mud. >> the water level was up to the main beam there. >> reporter: he is tired and frustrated. >> past few days have been a nightmare. a lot of looting. we've lost everything, and people are coming in to take even more from us. >> reporter: lines for fuel more than a mile long. the need for the basics to live, water and food, growing more desperate by the minute. but so many roads remain impassable. images from the north carolina department of transportation showing massive chunks missing from crucial interstate 40. a massive effort now underway to get relief into the area. the national guard mobilizing troops and flying in

i'm standing on the banks of the french broad river in asheville, north carolina. i'm gonna step out of the way so you can see the extent of the flooding that is occurring here. both the french broad river and the swannanoa rivers in the asheville area are scheduled to crest at record levels, at levels have not been seen in more than 100 years so far. buncombe county officials have issued a mandatory evacuation order for parts of the swannanoa river valley. they say water has spilled over reservoir and gone into the spillway. and as you can see from here on the french broad river, there are several barricades that the city of asheville has put out that have since toppled over due to the flooding. and all of the wind. now there are hundreds of thousands of people without power in western north carolina, northeast georgia and the upstate of south carolina. and there are numerous incidents on north carolina's main and secondary roads, according to north carolina department of transportation. we'll be here to monitor conditions as colleen approaches. reporting in ashev

water into the region cnn's rafael romo has been surveying the damage and talking with people in asheville, north carolina. we're so much damage has been done. he joins us now on the phone, rafael, we're looking at pictures right now of the beginning of cleanup in asheville, north carolina, but there is still so much should we done rescue and recovery efforts still underway that's right, jessica, so much the gun and the major problems remain, lack of water no flour for many people in asheville, there are other towns that are also without any service and north carolina governor roy cooper described what happened here as widespread, catastrophic damage. >> the hurricane helene has caused the western part of the state, especially. >> he's issued a major disaster, disaster declaration for 25 western north carolina counties and the eastern band of the cherokees. business ester, a declaration has already been approved by the white house and it will provide funding for the individual assistant program and people are already signing up. >> and that's a good thing because they need here is so great

and that is landslides i spoke with the asheville fire chief, mike michael case yesterday. he told me that that's really his biggest fear. he's worried that the sediment underneath these businesses, these homes, that are carved into the mountain sides that that's in a precarious situation. he's worried that with all of this rain storm surge, that's going to get into the sediment it could lead to landslides and collapse. and collapse of these structures. he's told me that they've got a fema team here with them embedded with them at the ready. they are experts in search and rescue. if it comes to that, there is a press conference happening here in the 10:00 hour we're hoping to get more details as to the send of the impacts here in the asheville area, john just extraordinary images from asheville, north carolina. >> you can see the drainage system they are simply overwhelmed in this will get worse as more rain falls there. isabel rosales stay safe and continue to keep us posted and maybe continued to move to higher ground over the next several minutes. let's go to atlanta now

amna: you covered the visit of the governorand fema officials to asheville today.hat are they telling you about when some of that aid, when water will be able to make its way in and why they weren't better prepared in terms of pre-positioning some of these materials? >> in their visit, they stressed that help is here. they are doing what they can, but i think it feels slow because some of the roads are still not traversable, even by rescue vehicles. i have seen bridges to neighborhoods completely destroyed. residence have makeshift bridges to get supplies. the federal government, the state government, the local governments are still working on rescue missions. they are getting water out to places they feel need it. they are going to hospitals and making sure they have power and water. that was an issue. one of the biggest hospitals here in asheville, doctors would do procedures and could not wash their hands afterwards. they had no sterile equipment. now they have some of that according to the governor. amna: what are you hearing from folks on the ground about rebu

when i was on the bridge, i realized how tight-knit asheville was.s seems kind of celebratory to see all of the people we knew, but, obviously, it turned pretty dark after that. but it's conflicting to be here. but having to get my family out, hopefully, we can start working on the restaurant family and rebuilding the restaurant. >> i'm so happy that both of you are safe. erin, the president will speak in just a few minutes. what do you want to hear from president biden? >> i would love to hear that, you know, more support is coming. so, asheville, i have seen get something support. i know surrounding areas are in need. blackrock, marshall and chimney rock, i know they were completely devastated. i know that things there would likely become ugly there quicker. so i would love to see support coming further outside of asheville as well. >> erin and drew, we wish the best until your recovery. it's just getting going. thank you so much for joining us. >>> now to some breaking news overnight in the middle east, israel launching air strikes in central beir

that you've got the mountains in asheville is right at the bottom. so it's at the bottom of essentially a bowl. he called it a catch basin. so as we continue to get this torrential rain for all of that rain just keeps piling on with nowhere to go. john yeah, it really is one of the most beautiful places on earth, but treacherous at a moment like this in a weather situation like this is well, first of all, stay safe and if you need to move away from that please do. >> but let me ask you while we have you because these are extraordinary images. this is happening with the drainage now and there's more rain still to come. do we expect the flooding, especially right where you are to get even worse over the next several minutes and hours >> for it to just pile on and pylon. they had so much rain. john wednesday overnight into thursday that we were seeing the biltmore village that amazing area here in asheville that so many tourists love and come to visit underwater roads were alrighty close. that's before they felt any impacts at all from helene. so as the

in asheville, north carolina, helene and a separate system dumping 14 inches of rain combined. and as much as 30 inches in nearby mountains, triggering flash flooding and landslides. >> this is an unprecedented tragedy that requires an unprecedented response. >> reporter: more than 500 national guards members joining local emergency responders, conducting search and rescue missions. delivering supplies and working to restore infrastructure. asheville's water system severely damaged too. >> it's heartbreaking because along this river we have a lot of wonderful stores and we're going to be cleaning up a long time. >> reporter: residents facing long lines for gas all weekend. as the flooding peaked friday north of asheville in madison county, north carolina, floodwaters sweeping this home away. and across the border in green county, tennessee, the power of those floodwaters on display as they rip apart a bridge. in tennessee, where authorities used helicopters to rescue staff patients that were trapped, this is what it looks like now. the debris left behind. the high water mark vi

that is how scrambled things are in asheville. back to you. >> john: it's amazing the way that these storms change the landscape so dramatically. steve harrigan on the case for us. steve, thank you. >> sandra: let's bring in actual north carolina. thank you for your time here please do give us an update on that situation right now. >> hi. thank you for having me. this is a catastrophic situation that we have and asheville. an unprecedented storm event. you just look at images of the flooding that we experienced. rivers at an all-time historic high here in asheville. we are in need of everything. it water, power, communications. you name it. food, resources, close. major challenge getting into this area because we have three of our four main highways into this area with failures. it is a dire situation and we are still in an active crisis situation. >> sandra: okay. what would be the number one priority? we were hearing from residents on the ground right now that the biggest problem is lack of communications. the wi-fi is down, sel

as it gets closer to asheville, but it's still putting down big rain, at which point it gets to asheville and turns west. as it turns west, now the bands come into asheville. asheville will get rain from every which way in this storm. so often a storm has a calling card we'll say. sandy was a storm all about the storm surge, not the wind. other storms are more about the wind, then the storm surge. this one, it's got everything. it's got storm surge. unfortunately, it's got freshwater rain and flooding and it's got big winds. the winds could be coming onshore at 130 miles per hour. i mean the type of damage that will certainly affect roofs and structural walls of buildings, anything along the shoreline, lots of structural damage and feet of water in those homes. >> as you note, this monstrous storm will affect tens of millions of people. lonnie quinn, thank you so much. our coverage will continue on cbs news 24/7, your local news and then tomorrow on cbs mornings. this has been a cbs evening news special report. i'm norah o'donnell. ♪ >> we will have much more on hurricane helene coming up

cnn's isabel rosales is in asheville, north carolina. isabel give us a sense of what you're seeing and i understand the worst if it's not going to come for some time still couple of hours. good morning to you yeah. what we're experiencing right now is moments of torrential rain. rain coming at you sideways, just slapping you in the face and then these heavy wind gusts now, i'm just a couple of blocks away from the swannanoa river here in asheville and here in the past our the county has just issued a mandatory evacuation order for people living around the river. and in fact, if we push in our camera right down that way, you can see even despite the fact that we're a couple of blocks away from the river already all of this flooding is coming up. we can see police officers shutting and down several roads especially around biltmore village, an area that so many tourists know and love that is known to be a flood zone area. now, the national weather service has been warding people for at least a day or two. now, to expect one of the most sign

then there are roads where you can get into areas like asheville. i understand that some of these nounness regions are very difficult. tough. some of it have you have to be in the air and dropped aid in and land and make sure people are okay and get them the cell phone service. the bottom line is right now for any aid groups or federal government that is on the ground, you can get in to the asheville area and then at that point distribute out. so, hopefully this is a day of pivot for the region. 72 hours after impact. and this rain and flooding came in, it is historic. they have not seen anything like this in modern times. the forecasting was there. but, as far as the impact, and the desks and the swath of this, i'm just not sure people estimated it. at this time over 5,000 national guard members are on the ground. over 2,000 federal employees and we will see what transpired as the sun comes up here today in western north carolina. back to you. >> lawrence: robert, do you see -- i mean, i hate to do the comparison game, but i look at that iconic pho

the city of asheville, streets are still under water. neighborhoods unrecognizable. >> oh my god. >> reporter: some people kayaking to safety. this home completely surrounded by rushing water. we were there when water rescues got under way. days after helene, the river arts district remains under water. everything here a complete loss. more devastation on top of tragedy. >> i want to remind all north carolinians the conditions on the ground remain extremely dangerous. even as flooding has continued. >> reporter: alyssa smith's only lifeline during the storm, her jeep. >> we weren't prepared for the severity of the storm at all. >> reporter: the first signs of relief making their way into town. residents lining up, desperate for resources. some people waiting up to 30, 40 minutes in line for a chance to get some cash at one of the few working atms in all of asheville. others like james workman and jeannie adair getting frustrated at the government's response. you don't see a fema station set up? >> we should have by now. >> reporter: is t

dramatic new images from above asheville, north carolina. so much of the city underwater. trucks toppled. homes, look at that, swept away. more than 1,000 people reported missing across the region. family members searching for the people they love. the power still out. cell service down. supplies running low. our interview with a doctor who helped patients as they were airlifted from this hospital roof as the floods closed in. >>> a chemical plant fire in atlanta. people evacuated or told to shut their windows and shelter in place. questions over whether the air is too toxic. >>> israel bombarding southern lebanon with new attacks after killing the leader of hezbollah. you new movement for the u.s. military. >>> the looming strike that could derail the holiday shopping season. tens of thousands of workers to walk off the job tomorrow night. >>> scary moments on the football field. the player collapsing after this hard hit. >>> there's good news tonight. the military tradition tapping into powerful emotion. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with hallie jackson. >>> w

asheville, the city of asheville is now nearly unrecognizable. it was underwater at one point.could take years to fully recover. >> in addition to fema, that includes the federal communications commission to help establish communications capability. the national guard. the army corps of engineers and the department of defense that can provide resources at its disposal to rescue and assist in clearing debris and delivering life-saving supplies. so far, that's over 3,600 personnel deployed. that's growing by the day. >> joining us now, jay gray who is in asheville for us. i just said asheville is nearly unrecognizable. what is it like down there? >> reporter: well, we are actually in boone right now. it's not far from asheville. it's the same here. i will walk you through some of what's happened here. you can see the power lines across the road here. this area residents tell us was filled with water in 30 minutes. totally overrun. snapping this pole as you can see here. the entire area here is caked in mud. you have the power lines down. see the vehicle over there? that suv was p

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and with roads cut off, some volunteers are actually using the old teams to bring supplies to ashevillelina. you heard that right. cbs's skyler henry is just outside of asheville, and skyler, what is a situation like on the ground there? >> reporter: hey, norah, good evening to you. we were here as military personnel dropped supplies to swannanoa, another small community just outside of asheville that saw significant damage following helene's destruction. the people here say they will need all the help they can get as they work to recover. the southeast is suffering, days after hurricane helene's hit. nowhere appears to be hit harder than western north carolina. some areas received more than 2 feet of rain. roughly 600 people are still unaccounted for. >> but this is just hard to understand. this is just massive. this will take years to clean up if it is ever. >> reporter: the city of asheville and the area around it has been largely cut off since friday. cell service is mostly out. electricity won't be restored for days. and help has been slow to arrive. >> we have a lot of family busi

asheville.re is lack of power. although it is coming back. cell phone service is sporadic. and people are in dire need. all you got to do is look at the video from above and from the ground to realize the magnitude of hurricane helene's wrath as it made its way up into states like georgia, south carolina, and north carolina on friday. nearly 3 feet of rain has fallen in some areas. and there are still search and rescue operations going on in the hills surrounding this town of asheville. there are many roads that are compromised. significant roads. though, you can get into asheville. and many people are wondering if this is the day where things begin to pivot. where more aid comes in. where the electricity begins to come on. where cell phone service starts and where water gets turned back on and is safe. we have been talking to residents. in fact, we just talked to one greg harrison last hour. let's listen. >> it's been an incredibly apocalyptic weekend for all of us here. almost no gas. there is

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there's a chair right there. >> and this is the way hey many streets here in asheville. look now officials are facing a massive recovery effort to sue you an idea of how bad the situation is here. there are still 105,000 customers in buncombe county, which includes the city of asheville, where we are without power crews crews are working to try to make way to reach people who may need help. also, 130 swift water rescues were made since thursday and a total of 5,500 people called 911 now, if you can imagine the force of the floodwaters, take a look. at this metal power pole. it was broad here by the storm and we don't even see where it came from. so that gives you an idea about how bad the flood was and there's also according to the city of asheville fire hundred and 78 people who are seeking shelter now, it rained since wednesday and thursday, about ten inches of rain that that's the accumulation and then that was even before the hurricane or the remnants of the hurricane, i can say tropical storm helene, which brought an additional 12 inches of water. this is something

that was just around asheville. there are other parts of the state that are still in trouble. the fire chief for asheville, north carolina, and got the latest on the situation on the ground i can tell you the city of asheville's in dire straits right now. we have had three or four days now, some significant rain. fortunately, the rain has stopped now, but all the cascading events that come from that or are silent, are starting to pile up we've lost communications capabilities. we it's very difficult for us to move around the community. many, many of the roads are closed, trees are down, were clearing knows as quick as we can and a lot of the critical infrastructure that we've become used to every day in normal times is now gone and we have to work around it. and all that is bringing on numerous cascading vance as we worked through all this but asheville sits in a bowl and violate about 2,100 feet, 2,200 feet. and we have mountains all around us and rise upwards of 6,000 feet. so even when the rain stops in the city of asheville, all that rain that collects those mountainous as

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and we're seeing asheville where you are, but this is the entire community surrounding asheville as well. there are so many places devastated by this. thank you so much. rafael romo. appreciate your reporting there. >> let's go now to the middle east where this morning there are increasing fears that an all out regional war is coming after sure. israeli airstrikes hit within the city limits of beirut for the first time in a long time, the strike overnight hit a major intersection and just a short time ago, hezbollah announced that the terror group will be naming a new leader to succeed hassan nasrallah as soon as possible is how they put it. and noteworthy, the first anniversary of hamas's october 7 terror attack on israel, that hezbollah supported is now just one week from today. cnn's ben wedeman is live in beirut at the scene of these latest strikes. ben, tell me what you've seen, what you're seeing, and what you're hearing we're apartment, the sixth floor of this building? >> totally destroyed the according to the ministry how four people were killed and the popular front for the lib

are now unavailable. >> i can tell you the city of asheville is in dire straits right now. we've lost communications capabilities. we it's very difficult for us to move around the community. many, many of the roads are closed, trees are down. we're clearly knows it as quick as we can and a lot of the critical infrastructure that we've become used to every day in normal times. times is now gone and we have to work around it cnn's rafael romo takes us to asheville as it is struggling to get a handle on the devastation hurricane helene is going to be felt across the southeast for many months to come perhaps even longer. take a look at the devastation behind me. that is a mobile restaurant at taco stand that is still submerge. but what you see behind me is not water. this is mud and several inches that that are covering the wheels of that taco that not lead me. show you something else the level of the water the debris can show you that this is a debris line, which means that the water got up to this level several feet above the street-level that you saw right behind me. >> and

. >> when you look at what is going on, communities like asheville, the lack of self-service, so many towers knocked out of service. the lack of communication is a huge problem in trying to account for these missing people 600 people remain unaccounted for statewide in north carolina. in many cases it is just loved ones, not being able to call loved ones to check on them. more than 1 million customers lost power during the peak of the storm. midday today wrote -- utility crews have restored power to half a million customers according to the tracking service power outage .us. they caught the moment a bridge collapsed into raging flood waters in greene county, tennessee. some roads and highways near the tennessee north carolina line will take months to repair. helene made landfall as a category four hurricane in florida's remote big bend region devastating the small community of cedar key. >> this recovery will be measured in years and years, not months. i suspect we will see a mass exodus from the island. we will find out who really loves cedar key, friends. it is unbelievable. >> hele

it's hard to get in and out of asheville.ks to the fact that a lot of people here are looking for help. and unfortunately that is not something they have received received justyet. they have no means of service for their lacking water as even electricity in some areas power. it is starting to come back but slowly. i think a lot of residents are now wondering when is the help coming and what is going to happen next? jon: that is so sad. they're very attracted trapped so many of those people fox weather kiana lewis and hard-hit north carolina thank you. families affected by hurricane helene urgently need your support. you can help the american red cross provide meals and shelter to these families for donate today to hurricane helene brief relief efforts scan the qr code on your screen right now are going to redcross.org/fox forward. ♪. jon: trade had the biggest supply chain disruption since covid could be coming. how a dock worker strike could affect you. tennessee senator marsha blackburn on the commerce committee joins us wi

reporting from asheville, north carolina on rafael romo with mike cayse, the fire chief for asheville, north carolina. >> he gave us the latest updates about the situation with people on the ground and what they're dealing with we have had three or four days down some significant rain. fortunately, the rain has stopped now, but all the cascading events that come from that or decide on are starting and the pile up. but we've lost communications capabilities. it's very difficult for us to move around the community. many, many of the roads are closed, but trees are down were clearing those it as quick as we can and a lot of the critical infrastructure that we've become used to every day in normal times is now gone and we have to work around it and all of that is bringing on numerous cascading events as we worked through all this, our biggest need right now is to take care of the people that live in this community. we need water desperately. we have yet to receive any water. we're have ordered water or food. we have relief crews coming to try to give our crews have been working overnight

and then you've got asheville in the bottom of this essentially a bowl, a catch basin is what the asheville fire rescue chief told me. where all of this water can't be soaked up into the ground. it's got nowhere to go, so it's just going to be trapped there. so this flooding we'll just be an increasingly more serious situation catastrophic flooding is imminent, is what forecasters have been warning people over and over again. now, the fire chief also told me that he's extremely worried about one other thing out here by the mountains and that's landslides. he is concerned that the sediment cannot take all of this rain, all of this water, and it will lead to the collapse of buildings. obviously that would be a very dangerous situation. i spoke to one asheville resident who was coming out of his home to take a look around and see what was going on. here's what he told me. >> we'll get to see pretty dramatic win blow in the trees. so i've lost a couple of trees around my house. fortunately, nothing's hit. anything. >> torrential flooding, lots of lots of puddles rain falling and sheets not a lo

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and then asheville, he says it's a sort of a catch basin at the bottom.s rainfall is just floating down into the bottom into asheville and it has nowhere to go kasie, the ground is too soaked and this is really worrying him alright, isabel rosales for us this morning. isabel, thanks very much for that. stay safe alright, let's turn now to this next week. vice presidential candidate, j.d. vance and tim walz will face off on the debate stage with just a little over a month until election day. they're both, of course, under pressure too. perform. donald trump's running mate giving a preview of what he hopes to convey on the stage and what i'm going to try to show is very simple that the candidacy, the team of substance, the team that actually record that we're proud of, instead of running away from and the team that actually has a plan is the team aim of trump-vance meanwhile, harris is running mate says he's been looking forward to this day since his first day on the ticket like all regular people, i grew up with in the heartland jd studied at yale how his

any moment will bring that to you live the city of asheville, north carolina, was already flooded from days of heavy rain when hurricane helene dumped even more of it overnight. tonight, one person there described the situation as complete panda-monium, a citywide curfew is now in effect until 7:30 tomorrow morning. the same can be said in irwin, tennessee, where dozens of people were pulled from the hospital rooftop driven there by rising waters or cedar key north of st. pete? here's burn, where the storm picked entire houses off their foundations and blew them away, according to michael bobbitt who lives there and spoke to us is just as it was getting bad last night. cedar key, as we know, it is completely gone. he now says michael bobbitt joins us shortly as well. well, it much more on all aspects of the storm, especially in places where the danger is still real and staying safe is still the immediate concern. joining us right now as we wait for vice president harris, cnn political commentators van jones and scott jennings also journalist gretchen carlson, co-founder of lift our voi

in many parts of western north carolina for example, including asheville, the water is only beginning to reseed. the storm hit four days ago. the damage on the ground is unimaginable. we can now report the death toll of hurricane helene is above 107. they anticipate finding more people. they can't get to the houses were some 600 people remain unaccounted for. you are watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner with my cohosts kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno. also joining us today, hudson institute senior fellow rebeccah heinrichs and fox news contributor and former utah congressman jason chaffetz. let's begin in fox weather sensor. kiyana lewis is live now from the biltmore village area of asheville carolina. >> we are here in the historic area of the biltmore village, an area that is -- unfortunately after hurricane helene's hurricane came through. you will notice that there is a fuel tank -- tumbled over high winds making its landfall. beyond this creek, it's believed to have risen about 20 feet up into the village area, bringing in this debris across the region. looking at this

this is a dire situation here in asheville. it's eerily quiet except for the sound of those bulldozers working through the debris trying to clear out those streets. now, people here are thousands are without power, but there also without water. internet, electricity, including right here where we're standing roads remain closed, hundreds of them. this one right behind me as well, where we're standing just days ago was covered in water and you can see this by just looking down at the ground, all of the debris was pushed over, fry the street onto the, hill where we are now standing. and of course, this is yet to be over. this is just a starting, as you mentioned, this is now a, also a public health emergency, as we know, people have been now for several days without water and that also means they cannot cleaner. their areas the trash not being taken out. we know the food in the fridge is now beginning to rot, so people are in desperate need. we know that here also in asheville, so many people evacuated their homes three shelters

communities around asheville and in that part of north carolina are essentially underwater.ave been practically cut off and at this point they are bringing in supplies by air and attempted to get a hold of folks who are in these areas because there is no internet, no cellphone service and as i mentioned, it is something that is unprecedented for that area. the cleanup also continues here in the state of florida where officials have said they saw up to 15 feet of storm surge in certain areas. this was a monster of a storm making landfall and a category four going across several states and leaving behind that path of destruction. figs leaving behind that path of destruction.— leaving behind that path of destruction. �* , . destruction. as we heard, the death toll _ destruction. as we heard, the death toll continues _ destruction. as we heard, the death toll continues to - destruction. as we heard, the death toll continues to rise. l death toll continues to rise. at least 91 people confirmed deadin at least 91 people confirmed dead in this region. do we have a sense of what has

the sheriff, around asheville on sun as many as 1,000 unaccounted for now questions about insurance, what damage is covered what help can federal government deliver, is it affecting campaign kamala harris back to washington, d.c., for briefing from the federal merge management administration fema donald trump surveyed in valdosta, georgia will hold a press conference this afternoon. over the weekend, harsis took in 55 million dollars, from west coast fund-raising tour vice president tim walz booed at michigan minnesota football game trump was cheered at the alabama georgia game chants of four more years to markets fairly quiet this monday morning we got red on screen dow industrials down maybe 90 points opening bell nasdaq down 53 bitcoin down, 62000 gone back up 64,000 dollars a coin, interest rates are firming 10-year treasury 3.78% slightly higher 2 year 3.63% mayor, oil 68 dollars a barrel this morning no change for the price of gas main down one cent 3.21 same diesel down slightly, 3.56 gold is still shy of 2700 an ounce 2660 right now on the show looming port strike coastal as