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Officials and residents are dealing with the aftermath of Helene after it made landfall in Florida's Big Bend as the strongest hurricane their on record. Rescuers worked through the night saving dozens of people from rising floodwaters. And despite quickly weakening, the monster as it moves up through Georgia. 

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Catastrophic and life-threatening Hurricane Helene is rapidly intensifying and expected to be a major storm when it makes landfall tonight. Kamala Harris makes her pitch to the middle-class, but are undecided voters buying it? The mayor of New York is now facing criminal charges after an investigation into corruption and illegal campaign donations. 

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Israel warns displaced residents in southern Lebanon not to come back as Hezbollah launches a missile dangerously close to Tel Aviv. Florida's entire west coast is bracing for a direct hit from what could be a major hurricane. Boeing workers say they were pressured to put speed over quality when they were building the planes that we all fly in every day. 

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Israel and Lebanon once again exchange cross-border strikes overnight as the West looks to prevent a wider war. Plus, with six weeks to go before Election Day, both campaigns are urging supporters to vote early, even as Donald Trump calls early voting "stupid." And new statistics from the FBI show violent crime, a focal point of Trump's campaign, is actually down. 

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New polling shows just how close things are in battleground states just six weeks out from November 5. Kamala Harris accepts CNN's invitation for another debate, but Donald Trump claims it's too late. Israel warns civilians to leave parts of Lebanon as strikes ramp up. Is North Carolina really back in play? Democrats see a path to victory after a scandal rocks the governor's race. 

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Breaking with tradition, the Teamsters decide not to endorse a candidate. Donald Trump talks like he's got the vote locked up. Plus, the first interest rate slash since 2020 puts the Fed right in the middle of a neck-and-neck presidential race. And we talk to battleground Wisconsin's former lieutenant governor about the keys to victory in the pivotal Badger State. 

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"The clear sign from incitement to action is coming from the rhetoric of JD Vance and Donald Trump." "They haven't learned a damn thing and they're gonna get somebody killed." Both sides blame the other for the rise in political division. Plus, Sean Diddy Combs, accused of threatening, abusing, and coercing victims to fulfill his sexual desires, has his bail denied. Also: Israel hits Hezbollah with a wave of exploding pagers, furthering fears of a wider regional war. And: The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates today for the first time since 2020, just weeks from the election. 

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Donald Trump offers a first-hand account about the apparent assassination attempt against him as new details emerge about the suspect. President Biden condemns political violence as Republicans point the finger across the aisle. Embattled music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is arrested in Manhattan. 

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For the second time in two months, lawmakers are demanding answers after another apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. JD Vance defends his echoing of false claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Ohio. Trump declares his hatred for Taylor Swift after her endorsement of Kamala Harris. 

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Donald Trump says he won't debate Kamala Harris again as new polling shows the debate didn't do much for either candidate. So what can they do to move the needle? Plus, a rare rebuke from the attorney general, who slams efforts to turn the Justice Department into a political weapon. And: How much sway does a 9-11 conspiracy theorist have over the former president? 

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