Death Toll Climbs Higher After Hurricane Helene

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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At least 128 people have died across six states after Helene. Officials fear that number could rise. Nearly 2 million customers still don’t have power and countless families have no idea if their loved ones survived the storm's rampage with cell phone outages in Western North Carolina and other hard-hit areas. Many survivors also in need of water and food. Anderson speaks to Asheville Fire Department Assistant Chief Jeremy Knighton, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, and Chef José Andrés from World Central Kitchen. And the Israeli military launches what it calls a “limited ground operation" in southern Lebanon aimed at Hezbollah. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond is on the ground in Northern Israel with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight on 360, mile after mile, destruction, heartbreak, and need.
0:05.6	We have live reports and where Helene hit the hardest and people from near and far who
0:09.3	are answering the call for help.
0:11.2	North Carolina's governor joins us, so does chef Jose
0:13.5	Andres. Also, both presidential candidates address the disaster with one
0:17.6	the former president playing politics with the relief effort by claiming
0:21.2	the Biden administration is playing politics with the relief effort.
0:25.0	Plus Israel ramps up airstrikes on Lebanon and launches what they call a limited ground operation.
0:30.7	Good evening thanks for joining us.
0:32.1	What began with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, then the Israeli Air Force killing Hezbollah's
0:36.7	leadership is now entering a new phase.
0:39.2	Senior Jeremy Diamond is on the ground in northern Israel right now.
0:42.1	So what are you learning tonight
0:42.9	as Israel begins this ground operation?
0:48.6	Well, Anderson for months now,
0:49.8	we have wondered whether or not Israel
0:51.8	would expand this conflict against Hezbollah,
0:54.0	whether it might send ground troops into the sovereign country of Lebanon to go
0:58.7	after Hezbollah. And tonight Anderson for the first time the Israeli military is confirming that they have
1:03.8	indeed started a ground operation inside southern Lebanon to go after Hezbollah
1:09.2	positions near the Israel-Lebbonon border. Now the Israeli military is taking pains to try and describe this
1:15.1	as a limited ground operation in a statement.
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