when he returned to the field sunday i'm sure side with kate bolduan and john berman, cnn new central starts right now cnn's flagship morning new show brought to you by the number 14 14 days to go. >> more than 14 million pre-election votes cast. seven key battleground states times two candidates that makes 14 math is a mystical thing today, kamala harris sits down for two interview, so running mate tim walz holds a big rally with former president barak obama in one of the most important counties for that campaign. in america, obama is clearly the harris campaign's top democratic surrogate. its top republican surrogate liz cheney says she believes millions of republicans will vote for harris november 5, and not tell a soul and breaking just moments ago, we learned that m&m, who rarely makes public appearances these days a little and political endorsements will introduce barack obama in detroit tonight. it's what you do when you have one chance, one opportunity. this is the final fortnight cnn eva mckend is tracking the harris campaign today. good morning to you, eva good morning to yo

make history when they play together on the same team on sara sidner with kate bolduan and john john berman. this is cnn new central boatload of cash in two weeks on the clock to win over undecided voters and motivate your supporters. >> we're about to find out election day is two weeks out. and kamala harris today sits down for two major interviews. donald trump will soon be meeting with latino leaders in florida and then heading back to north carolina, tim walz is about to take his harris campaign pitch to wisconsin with a big deal democrat by his side. former president barak obama and knew that this morning cnn has learned that eminem, not someone who does much of any public events lately will be out in public introducing obama later tonight in detroit at a rally to support vice president harris, cnn's eva mckend is tracking the harris campaign two weeks on the clock. where are they focusing today? >> two weeks ago, kate, they are certainly trying to leverage celebrity with these big events. we rarely see eminem, the real slim shady. so that will be a space to watch with former president

i'm kim kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central dangerous new phase in israel's war against hezbollah overnight is israeli forces cross the border into southern lebanon. >> they are calling it a limited good ground operation and israel insists there will be no long-term occupation, but it has not provided a timeline for its offensive. the last time israel forces entered lebanon was back in 2006 am 1,100 people died in that 34 day war. israel's ground offensive defies pressure from the u.s. to reach a ceasefire. just yesterday, defense secretary lloyd austin spoke with his israeli counterpart hours earlier, president biden told reporters, we should have a ceasefire now, the white house is reaffirming israel's right to defend itself, but it's warm morning of the real risk of mission creep. this is all playing out of horses. israeli forces also targeted syria's capital with drones and planes diplomatic editor, nic robertson is in northern israel for us this morning. what have you been seeing and what else are

john berman, stay around for this because i know you're excited. two giant pandas from china expected to touch down in our nation's capital, the three-year-old bears there are, they're not bears right now. they're not bears. made a pitstop in alaska early this morning on their special charter plane dubbed the panda express, which will deliver them to washington's national zoo. it's flying over virginia right now chinese officials say, on their long journey, the black and white i do had access to water and snacks, corn buns, bamboo shoots, and carrots as one does, the pandas are set to be the first set to be. i don't know. i don't know. i'm just going to stop. they're just the pandas are cute. they're going to be landing in washington none of it else, nothing else matters full stop that's where the panda polls are open in georgia as early as early in-person voting kicks off today in that battleground state. and donald trump continued pushing for big changes in how the country votes including, he says using paper ballots only, the fact check on his s

john berman, you and i are both smiling today. i have no idea why murky betts world champion, just like he was with the bucs all right. one of the most popular halloween costumes you may see tonight, inspired by one of the top movies of the here >> hold down the fort was the film, not the costume with this now is cnn senior data taco, harry enten. >> i think i look delicious so here on. beit adamant, what are the segment, what are the top hollywood costumes this year? harry this is, this is definitely a straight funny man routine that we got going on here. >> all right, the top trending halloween costumes you mentioned it off the top, shrunk and bob had right? number two, i've seen a lot of folks dressed as this reagan. i wish i could get down on the ground, do a dance like this, but in a taco suit, it's a little bit difficult. and catnap is number three. i have to admit i've never heard of this. i have no idea what this is, but that is the beauty of halloween. you find out what people's interests are, and you're always learning m

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deadly e coli outbreak linked to mcdonald's new information about the ingredient in question i'm john berman with kate bolduan wouldn't sara sidner? >> this is cnn new central kamala harris tonight shows up for cnn town hall event at 9:00 p.m. is donald trump is facing some exclusive new warnings from his longest serving chief of staff, john kelly, overnight, kelly telling them new york times, trump fits the definition of a fascist currently the former president >> certainly. no, sorry, terrion dictators he has said that he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist for sure. >> kelly also told the atlantic about a conversation he said he had with trump after trump reportedly said during a private white house chat, quote, i need the kind of generals that hitler had kelly telling the atlantic, he asked trump, surely you can't mean hitler's generals and he, meaning trump said, yeah, yeah, hitler's generals kelly then said this to the new york times some good things to end. >> of course if you know, history again, i think he's lacking in that but if you know what his, you know, hitl

john berman. all right. new this morning, israel's army chiefs visiting the military base that was targeted in a deadly drone attack. what we now know about the investigation into how has blocked got past israel's defenses plus more than 400,000 people are still without power in florida this morning as president biden announces, hundreds of millions of dollars more in a and cnn gets an exclusive look as china prepares to send to new pandas to the united states and asked questions like, what does a comedy show doing on cnn that's too much but i want donald now, can you why is that well, i got news for you saturday at nine on cnn team sensitivity is so common immediately feels like somebody's poking directly onto air. >> i recommend sensitive since it in toothpaste goes inside the tooth and calm center of down and my facial stay, you know, docket really works call later chest congestion hello 12 hours of relief wow. >> okay. now coffee and a yoga antiquing, not coughing acts gel, not coughing mucinex dm gives

i'm john berman with sara sidner for in this is cnn new central opposite sides of the political spectrum, but today, former top house republican, liz cheney and democratic candidate for president harris hitting the campaign trail together. the two will be in the critical swing state of wisconsin appearing at a school house known as the birthplace of the republican party the unlikely duo teaming up in a push to win over republicans and independents in battleground states. >> so also this morning, melania trump breaks with her husband on one of the most critical issues in this campaign. abortion, really one of the most critical issues in the country so the guardian, this happened after the guardian first reported that melania trump was supporting was interesting support for abortion rights in just moments ago she put out a new video. let's watch fundamental principle that ai safeguards without a doubt there is no room for compromise when it comes to these essential right that all women possess from birth individual freedom what does my body, my choice really mean? to be clear, the black an

is at a historic point ahead of the presidential election i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman this is cnn new central everywhere, just moments ago, we heard from governor tim walz, aware he sees the race this morning he says he believes his ticket is winning and added this my biggest concern is that donald trump has brought up by pessimism to folks. i think you're going to see donald trump continued to spiral downward in this really difficult and hateful rhetoric. we saw our fellow citizens in puerto rico go have to endure this. we've seen it in ohio with vote. that's what's going to end. so i think for me it's for us to get out there to show them an optimistic, better way on american way forward where did so that's let's just get this done for six days all right. >> let's get to cnn's kevin liptak, kevin the governor walz going to try to take the message from kamala harris last night that big speech on the ellipse and move it forward to these final few days. >> yeah. and i think that's what you'll see that candidate herself doing today as well as she hits the battleground sta

that's super dad is our guest he baldwin with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central milestone we're exactly one month and one day until the election. it is crucial moment to assess what is happening and what the status of the race is exactly one month and one day away. the harris campaign is marking the one month and one day mark with an announcement, former president barack obama hitting the campaign trail for us in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, he will visit multiple states over the next month in one day deck. i couldn't even land the plane at my own joke cnn senior political analyst mark preston is with us now. mark, you covered a lot of campaigns every campaign, this is such an important day exactly one month and one day away. talk to us about barack obama. what he can do for the harris campaign on the trail well, i'll tell you what, john, you know, nowadays, how much endorsements really matter what in this case it does matter brock obama, certainly the most popular democrat right now in the democratic party, someone seen as a leader, someone

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is me. that was him this is cnn new central >> that is what is left in the presidential race hitting the campaign trail in georgia today, kamala harris joining forces with a force in democratic politics tonight, the first joint appearance with former president barak obama kamala harris, and brock obama on stage together. that is just after harris was before undecided voters on a solo stage for 80 minutes and made her case against donald trump over and over again. returning to call him unstable. and unfit and for the first time agreeing that she believes he is the definition of fascist you think donald trump is a fascist? yes, i do. yes, i do. they also care about our democracy and not having a president united states who admires dictators. and as a fascist, he's going to sit there and stable, unhinged plotting his revenge, plotting his retribution creating an enemies list i'm going to tell you my list will be a list of how i address and continue to address the issues that you all are raising

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for the veteran charged with killing a homeless michael jackson impersonator on the subway, i'm john berman with kate baldwin and sarah seidner. >> this is cnn new central >> that's it. that's all the risks until one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime this morning, the battle of about around states is getting more intense very soon, kamala harris, had not one but three so-called blue wall states with conservative republican ally liz cheney and donald trump today makes three stops of his own in storm-ravaged north carolina with more than 13 million pre-election votes already. now cast both candidates this morning are now buying for critical on the fence voters who still somehow have not made up their minds as for the pitch to win them over the candidates choices and closing remarks feel more apart than ever. cnn's alayna treene is closely following team trump land in trump's comments over the last 48 hours have been vulgar, lewd, filled with dark rhetoric. can we expect more of that today? >> i think you can. >> sara and this isn't just the last 48 hours. >> i really noticed

details on the rush now to get to them and get supplies to them i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central morning. >> i sent something, i feel something it's debate day in america thank you very much, kate. >> another way to look at it, it is a day to celebrate. number two, the vice presidential debate. minnesota governor tim walz, ohio senator j.d. vance here in new york. what does it all mean? what is the potential impact? no one better on earth to help us understand it all cnn political director and sometimes cnn news central anchor david chalian here with us. great to see you. thank you. says that in the prompter, i wrote it. >> i wrote it there's some time cnn news central, eichar, i don't want to forget about it in there. so it is the vice presidential correct. debate will it be about the vice presidential candidates or will it be about the people the top of the ticket? i mean, it's a good question because it is it is critical mission for those running in the undercard. the number two slot, to make sure they are bolstering the top of the ticket. and so one

now i'm kate bolduan with john berman, sara sidner is out today. erin burnett joins us from tel aviv. this is cnn news central from the national hurricane center hurricane milton is getting stronger and fast now a powerful category three storm, as it is churning in the gulf of mexico, the storm is forecast to take an incredibly dangerous path headed for highly populated areas of the west coast of florida. evacuation orders are now in place in three counties. there. tampa mayor is telling residents to get out now please heed the warnings if you can go now, go. >> you cannot wait and see you have been told what's going to happen. we're fortunate if it wobbles one way or the other and we don't take the direct impact but let's plan on that absolutely. >> let's get to cnn's derek van dam for the very latest, we've had a lot of updates, just this morning. derek, what's the latest? >> people in florida are waking up to a completely different storm than 24 hours ago. just to put this into perspective, how fast the storm has strengthened the criteria for ra

vote every day for the hear that inspires you john berman. >> all right. this morning, sources tell cnn that hackers linked to the chinese government targeted senior figures in both the republican and democratic parties in a large scale cyber espionage campaign. and obviously this just days before the presidential election, cnn cybersecurity reporter sean lyngaas has the details shot john, last week we reported that donald trump and jd vance were among the targets of this hacking campaign. now, we can report that the targets include jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, and eric trump, the president's son but like you said, this is a bipartisan spying operation that also targeting staffers with senate majority leader chuck schumer's office. and this has officials here in washington who focused on national security, on edge just days before the election, this doesn't appear to be focused on influencing the election, but it is a very sensitive investigation for the fbi to be carrying out as we enter close to election sunday, john. and one person familia

i'm john berman with kate baldwin. this is cnn news central >> that is what officials in florida tell us that they are doing right now as hurricane milton takes direct aim this hour nearly the entire west coast line of florida has been tampa are warning that milton's extremely dangerous strike could bring impacts not seen in over 100 years. orders to evacuate. they seem to be working. officials on the ground seem to be happy with what they've seen so far. because they've seen this long lines of traffic stretching for hours all along the interstate. the latest center is that milton is expected to make landfall late wednesday or early thursday. the storm is right now a monster. category four. it could become a category five once again in the coming hours. the head of fema telling me this morning they are ready to respond >> we plan for this. i'm not saying it's not going to be a challenge, but i know that we are going to be able to meet everybody's immediate needs as hurricane milton comes in. we're pre-positioning resou

harris and donald trump both headed to a state that will not decide the election who i didn ties john berman, a blockbuster move in a blockbuster case, the los angeles hello, us district attorney set to officially recommend that a judge rican reconsider the menendez brothers life sentences and back on earth and time for the holidays overnight splashdown just brought for nasa astronauts home from their 235 day mission in space on sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman this cnn new central heat. >> now, sometimes in polling will people say dead heat, they mean within the margin of error are close? no, not this time. it is actually a dead heat exactly tied at 48% in what will be the final new york times sienna college poll. now, this might not be the most surprising poll numbers out this morning. according to an abc news ipsos poll half the country seas donald trump as a fascist, 49%. so with the election hanging in the balance, both candidates are heading to a state that will not decide it. texas, we will talk shortly about why and how beyonce factors in first to taste the vice presiden

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i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara is out today. this is cnn new central developments following the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar. >> just moments ago, us defense secretary lloyd austin said, the top priority for the u.s. is the 101 hostages still inside gaza. this comes after president biden said a short time ago that sinwar's death is a quote, moment of justice. and he called again for a ceasefire deal. >> the definitely there hamas represents a moment of justice. here. the blood of americans and israelis, palestinians in germany and so many others on his hands i told the prime minister of israel yesterday. let's also make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace a better future in gaza without hamas i look forward to discussing a ran just minutes ago, we learned that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had met with the president of israel, herzog, and they discussed what they called a significant window of opportunity to get the hostages returned and to eliminate hamas. >> let's get right to cnn, chief global

balloon making history with better bathrooms and drink services, apparently, sara is out today on john berman with kate baldwin this is cnn new central the time. >> no, just kidding. two presidential candidates in one battleground state and even focusing in on the same in battleground county essentially the same time donald trump and kamala harris heading to michigan. today, even crossing paths in the same county a few hours apart as their campaigns let's look to energize supporters, find any undecided voters if they exist still and push for any advantage, they can find. now, just 18 days away from election day before that, donald trump stopped by fox news this morning, a greatest hits of his campaign rhetoric and criticism of his opponent. cnn's steve contorno starts us off this hour soap. steve, what happened? >> yeah. in this appearance k he also continued to push this rhetoric that the democratic party is quote, the enemy from within. he further elaborated on those remarks. take a listen to what he said. they're all about soundbites and these people are sick. they have people. i talked ab

i'm john berman with kate baldwin. this is cnn new central with a new message for israel and the middle east, moments ago saying that now is the the time for a ceasefire deal. >> now, less than 24 hours after the world learned that israel killed hamas leader yahya sinwar. listen here the definitely there hamas represents a moment of justice the blood of americans, israelis, palestinians in germany, and so many others on his hands i told the prime minister original yesterday. let's also make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace. a better future in gaza without hamas i look forward to discussing a ran course of history because we've got basically what he's describing with the mastermind of the october 7 attacks now, dead what role will the united states now play in the coming days? secretary of state tony blinken will be heading to israel as benjamin netanyahu and his really officials are said to be meeting today on the fate of the hostages. the war's future and what to do about iran. cnn's matthew chance i

john berman is one who flagged it. so there were conversations donald trump has recently we've seen he has canceled some interviews, canceled with cnbc, canceled with another mvc, one of our dear friends, christine romans canceled an interview with that this is what politico is reporting now, they there were conversations with the shade room to potentially sit down with donald trump and in conversations earlier this week when describing why an interview hadn't come together just yet, a trump adviser told the shade room producers that trump was quote exhausted and refusing some interviews, but that could change at any time. this was according to two people that were familiar with the conversations that he was exhausted trump's national press secretary, karoline leavitt, made clear that she was not part of the back-and-forth in the shade room with the shade room regarding the interview, but said the idea he's exhausted is unequivocally false. >> now this would be from the trump campaign would be going wacky about if they

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn new central morning, the boston red sox are still the only baseball team ever to come back from a 3-0 series deficit so congratulate to them for their place in history. >> accordingly, today show is brought to you by the number of 55 games for the dodgers to win the world series with a fifth in a rally with five days left in the election today, kamala harris and donald trump both head to events in arizona and nevada with harris focused on reminding voters what a trump supporter said about puerto rico. with trump reminding voters what a harris supporter said it's about garbage. trump also raising eyebrows saying what he would do for women, whether they like it or not about four weeks ago, i would say no, i want to protect the people. >> i want to protect the women of our country. i want to protect the women, sir. please don't say that why? they said we think it's we think it's very inappropriate for you to say so why? i'm president, i want to protect the women of our countr

i'm john berman with kate baldwin this is cnn new central and now search and rescue crews working to find people in the debris debris left behind by several confirmed tornadoes nose in florida at least four people have been confirmed to be killed, and that is what is happening on the eastern coast of florida, along the western coast of florida, where hurricane milton first made landfall, water rescues. >> we've been watching them happen all throughout the morning now, hurricane milton is heading off offshore, which also now means the work to fully assess the damage left behind is getting underway. officials are right now urging people still to stay put and stay safe if they are safe, especially totally of course, they say they need people off the roads right now. so first responders can get out there clear roads and do these assessments to kind of get get a true view of the scope of what they're up against now, moments ago, florida's governor ron desantis gave this update we will better understand the extent of the damage as the day progresses and you have people that are out there a

capitalize on the death of hamas leader and end the war in gaza i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman this is cnn new central >> and the latest this morning, more than 20 million people have already voted early in states across the country election day is today. today also, vice president kamala harris is gearing up to face undecided voters. on cnn, she will be on this stage tonight in pennsylvania for a cnn town hall. as for donald trump, he is facing new questions about what he really believes and what he has said overnight, trump's longest serving chief of staff retired marine general john kelly went on the record telling the new york times that trump's certainly an authoritarian admires people who are dictators. he has said that so he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist for sure, john kelly says, he also told the atlantic in a separate interview about conversations that he had with donald trump after trump reportedly said that he needed the kind of generals that hitler had general kelly saying to that, that he asked donald trump. he basically said, surely you ca

and it's how much money google reportedly owes russia after failing to pay a series of fines i'm john berman with sara sidner end kate baldwin and this is cnn news central days, kamala harris, donald trump through the battleground states at this point, heading out west, today with dueling rallies in arizona and nevada, donald trump will also be making a stop in new mexico harris is going to be joined today by essentially a who's who lineup of popular latino stars, a direct response to donald trump's madison square garden rally just as donald trump, hops out of his trump-branded garbage truck and gets on with his closing message which now includes going against he says what he says this going against what his advisers and allies keep telling, telling him when it comes to women about four weeks ago, i would say no, i want to protect the people. i want to protect the women of our country. i want to protect the women share please don't say that why they said we think it's i think it's very inappropriate for you to say so why i'm president, i want to protect the women of our country. well, i'm go

officials are focusing on instead now, i'm kate baldwin with john berman. sara sidner is out today this is cnn news central in a lifetime storm. hurricane milton is churning right now and headed directly towards the state's densely populated west coast. do you see it right there? millions of people could be in its path. every official that is tracking this thing is using language that should scare you from the hurricane center this morning. milton has potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for the west, set for west central florida this morning. tampa officials are warning that milton's extremely dangerous strike could bring impacts not seen in over 100 years, and tampa's mayor literally saying, you're going to die if you don't leave the evacuation zones. take a look at this storm from space. this is the view right now from nasa and noaa this thing is huge. so far milton is one of the top ten strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic. it is the strongest storm to occur anywhere on the planet this year right now, a mass exo

i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn new central the dangers of trump this morning. >> that appears to be the kamala harris strategy just a dozen days out from election day at the cnn town hall last night, harris do clear for lines between her and the rival. she says is a fascist do you think donald trump is a fascist? yes, i do. yes, i do. they also care about our democracy and not having a president united states who admires dictators. and as a fascist, he's going to sit there and stable, unhinge, plotting his revenge, plotting his retribution creating an enemies list i'm going to tell you my list will be a list of how i address and continue to address the issues that you all are raising this afternoon and evening. it will be a to-do list and then let me is less versus a to-do list. she is putting that starkly out there. let's bring in chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. now, jeff, that moment it clear, top takeaway this morning, gone from the joy and the weird talk to calling donald trump a f

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central game that us from the washington post this morning describing a 12 hours one of events that saw donald trump dodge questions on contacts with vladimir putin say that january 6 was about love and peace. >> it was not declare himself the quote, father of ivf he is not it may clear that what he is talking about the enemy from within. remember, he said he would use the military against the enemy from within. what he's talking about, the enemy from within, he absolutely means his elected political rivals. this despite the fact that his republican allies have come on this show and others and said, oh no, that's not what he means. he says it is and we are just getting word this morning that the harris campaign is making new plans to focus on all this. let's get right to cnn's alayna treene with the latest from the trump campaign. good morning, alayna good morning, john. >> so yes. all a lot of these comments came last night when donald trump did a fox news town hall.

filed against sean combs, one of them accusing him of sexually assaulting a ten-year-old boy i'm john berman with kate baldwin and sarah sidner. this is cnn new central and tonight, kamala harris makes her closing argument speech to voters from the very place donald trump on january 6, 2021, told his supporters to fight like hell and march. >> this justin, we just learned 40,000 people are now expected to be at her speech. and this morning, we are also standing by to hear from trump at a press conference at mar-a-lago. these have a history of going wild. places will see what happens this time and it will happen though before he heads to pennsylvania as he this morning still faces the fallout over his madison square garden rally. let's start with kevin liptak, who is at the ellipses this morning. what are you hearing? the campaign from the harris side is going to focus on today >> the words that harris advisers used to describe this speech are hopeful, optimistic, those aren't necessarily the themes that we might have expected when we first heard that harris would be delivering this closing a

i saw john berman do this earlier. i don't think it was doing. he was like kind of like that that doesn't really i think you actually have to like flamingo. >> what about like three seconds if you're in heels, you know, my pain should be that should count. >> look at me i do feel like this is like disinformation from overseas that has gotten into the system of look, good balance is good, good for health. that's true. >> i think we can say that much, but i'm just saying don't feel bad about yourself. >> that's not we're trying to do here at all. but maybe give it a shot. maybe work on that balance. >> do you think jake will start to show like this jake tapper? >> definitely not find out on the lead with jake tapper right now response to this election, the lead starts right now under the backdrop of many, many threats, election workers are getting ready, preparing to count votes as election lies pushed in public by people like michael flynn, trouble, trump's former for national security adviser, take hold, but that's not flynn was saying behind clo

the first it's time one month after hurricane helene devastated the state on cape bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn new central ago well, new cnn poll finds 69% of registered voters do not think that donald trump will concede if he loses to kamala harris now it comes as republicans even the trump campaign or engaged in uncharacteristic cleanup after donald trump's rally at madison square garden, the new york times called it a closing carnival of grievances massage money, and racism now there were many speakers, many offending comments. >> the first few are about to hear might be the most controversial or political called jaw slackening comments about puerto ricans from a speaker invited by the trump team there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now yeah. >> i think it's called puerto rico she is some sick. >> hillary clinton, huh? what a sick son of a the whole party, a bunch of degenerates. >> can you imagine kamala harris performing a random time, generous act? she is the devil, whoever screamed that out she is the anti-christ, h

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central minister says iran made a big mistake and will pay for raining rockets down on israel. >> the u.s promising its support the iran is now threatening countries who helped israel, but also is saying at the same time, it does not want a wider war. all of this in direct response to alonzo largest missile attack ever against israel this morning new images of the damage in israel after us officials say nearly 200 missiles rained down, breaking overnight, israel launching new airstrikes on beirut. israeli forces se ongoing strikes against iranian backed hezbollah targets are continuing. cnn's erin burnett is live for us in tel aviv there are so many questions erin this morning, but there is one thing clear. israel is going to respond to the attack by iran yeah they are. >> and it's going to happen and it's going to be meaningful and significant. you have an unprecedented missile attack on israel and it appears that the response will also be unprecedented on its own. b

one time, boston great i've got over my a lot of time i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara presider. this is cnn new central >> six days alvin closing arguments and the historically tight polling, 2024 race enters the final battleground blitz face today, two states so we'll see both harris and trump with harris set to squeeze in an extra pennsylvania stop overnight. trump was in pennsylvania seeming to lay new groundwork to fight election results as harris delivered her closing pitch against the rival she called a petty tyrant in mind more chaos, more division and policies that help those at the very top and hurt everyone else i offer a different path and i ask for your vote cnn's kevin liptak is tracing harris, tracking harris today. >> kevin give us some sense of what this final stretch thread dg is on her part and her campaign yeah. >> and i think it's clear that she was trying to check a lot of boxes in that speech? yes, it was that fiery broadside against donald trump. she called him consumed with grievance, but it was also something of an introductory speech trying to lay out

howuch would you pay for memorabilia from jimi hendrix i'm kidding the baldwin with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central >> that's it. until election day. everyone would just over three weeks until voters cast their ballots. donald trump is turning up the divisive rhetoric to and 11. the former president heads to the commonwealth of pennsylvania today after a weekend filled with fear mongering, even calling fellow american citizens, quote, the enemy from within i think the bigger problem is the enemy from within. >> we have some very bad people. we have some sick people radical left, lunatics. it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by national guard or if really necessary by the military cnn's kristen holmes is with me now. kristen, we're hearing this rhetoric. it's getting darker as time goes on. what are we expecting to hear today in pennsylvania? >> well, sara expected to just get darker and darker. it's not going to stop ramping up donald trump believes that the issue of immigration, particularly his language around it in 2016, helped propel him to the white hous

the impact on the supply chain, the economy at the presidential race i'm john berman with kate baldwin in sarah seidner. >> this is cnn news newsroom it's beep night. >> the first and only vice presidential debate between minnesota governor tim walz and ohio senator j.d. vance is just hours away now, a face-off that will also likely be the last debate by all accounts this entire election cycle with just 34 days left to go, yeah, a month and a few days moments ago, we saw tim walz departing michigan for new york where tonight the stakes will be enormously high on the debate when both nominees take the stage just to make their cases to millions of voters like the last few debates, there will be no audience microphones, however, will not. in this case be muted. but cbs has said they reserve the right to mute if needed. each candidate will have two minutes to answer questions, two minutes to respond, and a minute rebuttal. let's get right to how each team is preparing. steve contorno for now and priscilla alvarez, both standing by here in new york, just down the street. priscilla, i'm goin

i'm kate baldwin with john berman. sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central >> we do have breaking news. we just got a brand new updated forecast on hurricane milton the major hurricane is still a category four storm. a very powerful category storm with potentially catastrophic winds, as well as an extremely dangerous storm surge threat in minutes. we're going to speak directly to the director of the national hurricane center to get the very latest on the track and the timing and the strength, but the bottom line is the time to get ready is now is right now, and you are running out of time. there's kind of an exodus underway from western cities in florida, and just moments ago, fema administrator and a really good interview with kate baldwin said this >> we plan for this. i'm not saying it's not going to be a challenge, but i know that we are going to be able to meet everybody's immediate needs. as hurricane milton comes in, we're pre-positioning resources like search and rescue teams, health care assessment teams, the army corps of e

and more than 3 million people across the state are waking up without power i'm kate bolduan with john berman, sara sidner is out today. this is cnn new central morning, there are active water rescues, which we will get to as we are getting our first look at the destruction left behind by hurricane milton. at this moment, more than 3 million customers without power. we are standing by for an update from florida as governor and from the fema administrator, you can see right there the roof literally ripped off of tropicana field in st. petersburg from the storm. >> there have been historic levels of rain causing major flooding and sarasota, venice and plant city where water rescues are happening at a hotel and it assists did living facility at least 36 tornado has been reported, almost certainly more one st lucie resident that's on the other side of the state said homes were flattened like a weight dropped from the sky. >> there have been several deaths, although we don't have an exact number yet, we are getting new information by the minute. you can see victory blackwell right there in orlando

, just so you know, i suspect sabotage because the artist behind the statue is apparently named john bermant kidding. >> just kidding maybe it looks more like it from dwayne wade approved it. >> i've seen pictures of it at night we're it looks a lot more like him when it's dark, when it's very dark around the statue. >> so congrats to dwayne wade. i look forward to taking pictures in front of his thing. don't go anywhere. the the lead with jake tapper starts right now

i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn new central ventral race polling tighter than ever. did his neck-to-neck. >> and the candidates have just 11 days left to make their case to voters. a new, new york times-sienna college poll shows common well, harris and donald trump deadlocked at exactly 48% each. so clearly, no clear winner in this race from people who are pulled the new numbers again, putting the spotlight on those all important battleground saints. but today, both harris and trump are headed to a reliably red state, texas. trump will be in austin focusing on immigration and migrant crime. as he tries to use fear to motivate voters we're dumping ground were like we like a garbage can for the world that's what's happened. that's what's happened to we're like a garbage can you know, it's the first time i've ever said that every time i come up and talk about what they've done to our country, i get angry and angrier first time i've ever said garbage can, but you know what is a very accurate description his

i saw john berman do this earlier. i don't think it was doing. he was like kind of like that that doesn't really i think you actually have to like flamingo. >> what about like three seconds if you're in heels, you know, my pain should be that should count. >> look at me i do feel like this is like disinformation from overseas that has gotten into the system of look, good balance is good, good for health. that's true. >> i think we can say that much, but i'm just saying don't feel bad about yourself. >> that's not we're trying to do here at all. but maybe give it a shot. maybe work on that balance. >> do you think jake will start to show like this jake tapper? >> definitely not find out on the lead with jake tapper right now

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn new central bigger names and politics than barak obama for democrats, there are a few voices more popular than barack obama. >> maybe only michelle obama and we just learned, he will soon launch a 27 day blitz with every key battleground state in his path to support kamala harris. as for harris, she's wake up battleground, michigan good morning. fresh off another endorsement. >> this time from the boss, bruce springsteen as new reporting from over 30 states finds that more than 1 million americans have already voted just 32 days now left to go some context to that 1 million number that is less than 1% of the roughly 158 million votes in 2020 because i know that you're counting cnn's priscilla alvarez joins us right now for much more on this, priscilla, what's the latest well, look, kate, there are multiple strategies at play going into election day. one of them campaign aides tell me it looks a lot like what happened yesterday, going to those red rural counties, counties t

i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central the voting just began in georgia after one of the most notable and honestly strange stretches of the campaign we have seen a trump town hall that essentially just stopped in the middle with him, playing music and dancing on stage go and vote. >> let me hear that. music plays. >> and i wanted thank prison hour. >> i should loud >> go ahead. let's go. nice and loud so after this bison president harris, harris tweeted, hope he is. >> okay. now this came after onstage. harris for the first time, played a video of donald trump right before she called him unstable. and unhinged let's start with cnn's steve contorno, who can tell us what happened at this trial. up event in what he's going to do next >> let me try to explain. janet was certainly one of the more unusual trump events. what transpired was a couple of people in the audience had medical episode so it's an i can tell you having covered many, many trump events over the years that happens relatively often at

i'm john berman well, sara sidner and kate baldwin. this is panda watch on cnn news central clock early in-person voting begins. >> their two day moments ago, polling locations opened for the first time. as donald trump and kamala harris are hammering and honing their final messaging to voters in georgia and everywhere overnight, donald trump, again went after kamala harris is icu, but kamala harris tried to new tactic when it came to taking on her opponent unhinged. >> he is out for unchecked power. >> jews, not a smart woman that's true. and we cannot, we've had that for four years. we're not going to have it for another four years kamala harris and the new tactic she actually threw two tape of donald trump speaking for himself. >> so he could drive home. her argument that he is dangerous, i guess you could say donald trump took on a new tactic as well, spending time after his townhall bob and weave in and dancing on stage for more than 30 minutes. harris not missing a moment and reacting with three words, hope he's okay. let's bring

you can join me in the morning as we continue with my colleague john berman to count those votes, will see when we get a call. all right, straight ahead. here on cnn this morning, how iran plans to react after israeli strikes tripled their ballistic missile production plus jd vance insists that trump's enemy from within in attack line is not directed at political rivals plus donald trump's quite a flip battleground, michigan by seizing on arab american and muslim voters drama is campaigning with muslim hating war monger, liz cheney wants to invade practically every muslim country on the planet. >> and let me tell you you want to answer a astute political analysis. >> you have questions. >> biden said the right stay to awake. >> why did trump pulled out of 60 minutes? i love pulling out, lose network of i got news for you saturday and some days, you can feel like a spectator in your own life with chronic migraine 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting four hours or more botox prevents headaches and adults with chronic migraine before they start. and treatment is four times a yea

attack against iran in us sources believe it will come before the u.s presidential election i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn new central >> and here is what kamala harris harris and donald trump are up to today. harris is teaming up with more than 100 republicans for an event on unity and patriotism in a notable pennsylvania county. she will then speak with fox news. can she build bipartisan support? and what will donald trump say next? very soon he will tape a town hall with moving this after his latest town hall saw him further define and defend his enemy from within remarks cnn's alayna treene is leading us off this hour. what exactly did donald trump say? because he made a clarification here? >> he did. and, you know, it really was kind of the opposite of what we know some of donald trump's republican allies and members of congress were trying to do in defending that comment. so first of all, this came during donald trump's fox news town hall last night. it's going to air at 11:00 a.m. today. it wasn't all female audience, which i think is actually very not

now, just one win away from a clean sweep of the world series i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate baldwin stopped booing new yorkers. this is cnn new central to hear from donald trump, at a press conference at mar-a-lago as he faces what politico calls a pr disaster. >> that is what we call a clever do dubois entendre they are talking about public relations but also puerto rico after the huge backlash against the racist joke about puerto ricans at a trump rally. so how will trump address this? will he apologize if he does? will it be believable? and it comes as vice president harris prepares for what could be the most important speech she gives in this final week of the campaign. it is on the ellipse in washington, dc, the very spot where on january 6, 2021, donald trump spoke during his efforts to overturn the 2020 election with us. now, cnn political director sometimes cnn news central anchor david chalian, this is what we call a hell of a moment. david, with one week to go it's really remarkable because of how close the race is. john. each one of these things, the stories that

i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central kamala harris, preparing for a cnn town hall tonight as a new explosive comments come to light about donald trump from his longest serving chief of staff >> certainly, no, sorry, terrion dictators he has said that so he fought certainly falls into the general definition of fascist for sure. >> again, that was his longest serving chief of staff, retired general john kelly, who also told the new york times overnight that trump praised hitler did some good things to end. of course if you know, history, again, i think he's lacking in that but if you know what his, you know, hitler was all about, viewed be pretty hard to make an argument that he did anything good all right. with us now is cnn anchor and chief national security analyst, jim sciutto, also author of the terrific book the return of great powers. >> i bring it up, jim, because if the words ring familiar that john kelly just said there is because you actually reported that he said pretty much exactly tho