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Israel Marks One Year Since Hamas Terror Attacks; Israel Remembers Victims of Hamas Attacks; Hostage Families Hold Their Own Ceremony; About 100 Hostages Remain Captive in Gaza; Six Thais Still Held Captive; Florida Braces for Hurricane Milton; Monster Storm Hilton; Trump Spreads Lies About Response to Hurricane Helene; Biden, Harris, and Trump Participate in Memorial Events; Anera Helping to Ease Suffering in the Middle East; Bitcoin's Biggest Mystery; Who is Bitcoin's Creator?. Aired 6-7p ET

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Chatterley. And wherever you are in the world, this is your "First Move."

A warm welcome to "First Move." Here is today's need to know. Emotional ceremonies. Israel marks one year since the Hamas terror attacks. And its

military operations continue in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. You failed. Families of hostages hold their own ceremony in protest against the

Israeli government. Evacuate now. Florida residents in the path of Category 5 Hurricane Milton are ordered to leave. It comes as the cleanup from

Hurricane Helene has barely begun. Plus, the Satoshi suspects. A new documentary drills down on the mystery creator of Bitcoin. All that and

much more coming up.

But first, a somber day in Israel on the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a monument to the

victims in Jerusalem. Some 1,200 people were killed. Gaza officials say Israel's military response has killed 41,000 people. And Israel has entered

into a new war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. It comes as critics accuse the government of not doing enough to save the 100 hostages still held by

Hamas.

This was the scene in Jerusalem earlier, families of Israeli hostages literally sounding the alarm outside Mr. Netanyahu's residence. They're

urging authorities to bring their loved ones home.

And the violence is continuing tonight. A short while ago, the Israeli military said five projectiles have been launched from Lebanon into Israel.

Our Erin Burnett is in Tel Aviv and she joins us now live. Good to have you with us, Erin.

So, as Israel marked the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terror attacks, it was under the blare of the air raid sirens once again. Hezbollah

launching a new round of missiles and rockets. What more can you tell us?

ERIN BURNETT, CNN ANCHOR, ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT: Well, Lynda, you know, where we were, actually, we were on live television when it happened,

myself and our colleague, Nic Robertson, we started to see the interceptors go up from the David Sling, which is the interceptors that the Israeli used

for missile defense for some of the ballistic missiles that come in, longer-range missiles. Those missiles were coming from Hezbollah in

Lebanon. There were about five of them, very close to where we are.

And, in fact, this perhaps the busiest day for missile attacks on Tel Aviv from all fronts that we've seen since this war began because you had

missiles coming today, three different times with sirens. We had them coming from Hamas in Gaza and then, as I mentioned, those ballistic

missiles coming from Hezbollah in the north and then also from the east, missiles -- ballistic missiles coming from the Houthis in Yemen, at one

point Lynda, the entire City of Tel Aviv was lit up in alerts for a possible incoming missile.

So, that tension laid on top of what was such a somber day of grief here, where families, as you said, were grieving. And, of course, you mentioned

those 97. Now, 97 hostages who were taken a year ago who are still in Gaza, some of them are dead, many of them are alive. So, close to families, it's

almost as if they can touch them from a distance of 40 miles or so, and yet, they have no idea, even tonight, if they are dead or alive.

KINKADE: Yes, it really is horrific. One year on, still so many answers. And of course, as you were mentioning, the frontlines have expanded in

every direction right now. But of course, we're thinking about the families staying, the friends who pay tribute to those who lost their lives, but

also those who still haven't come home. Just talk to us more about the feeling there today.

BURNETT: Yes. So, we went tonight, Lynda, to Hostage Square, which is, you know, a place of memoriam. There's actually a tunnel that has been

constructed there with audio of gunshots and stomping boots, and you go in, you know it's an installation, but it is -- you can feel how constrictive

it is, just sort of a moment of touching an unbelievable horror that is being experienced now for a full year for many who perhaps have not even

seen the light, an incomprehensible thing.

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And families, they were gathering. There was a formal memorial there tonight. We were with more than 2,000 people. I'd say perhaps it could have

been 3,000 people gathering. So many tears, so much mourning by family and friends. And where we were, members of the Israeli public who showed up,

you know, there were going to be, Lynda, 40,000 people who were scheduled to attend, but because Israel is obviously imminently about to strike Iran

under attack, the rules were changed and they were only allowed to have a few thousand people come.

But even so, you could feel, it was a palpable feeling of grief and frustration and also, of course, outrage that there are still these

hostages in Gaza as this war has expanded now to Lebanon and Hezbollah and to Iran as well.

KINKADE: Erin Burnett, we appreciate you being there for us in Tel Aviv on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terror attacks. Thanks so much. We

will be tuning into your show later tonight.

BURNETT: Thank you.

KINKADE: Well, the past year has been agony for the families of hostages inside Gaza. Carmel Gat was slated to be released as part of a deal Israel

and Hamas had in early July, according to two Israeli officials. Tragically, though, Gat was killed by Hamas before that deal could happen.

Carmel Gat's cousin, LeElle Slifer, joins us now from Dallas, Texas. Thanks so much for being with us, and I'm so sorry for your loss.

LEELLE SLIFER, COUSIN OF MURDERED HOSTAGE CARMEL GAT: Thank you so much and thank you for having me.

KINKADE: I'm wondering how you're feeling today. This is one year since the Hamas terror attack, but a month since the body of her cousin was

recovered. How are you doing?

SLIFER: It's been a roller coaster of emotions. The October 7th itself was very hard and the entire -- every day after that, it was just very

difficult. We discovered new things day by day. We discovered that Carmel's mother had been killed on October 7th, her sister-in-law had been taken

hostage, but then was released in November. And then it sort of -- we held out hope for so long with Carmel, only for her to be murdered just a few

weeks ago. So, it's been a roller coaster of emotions the last year.

KINKADE: And she, of course, was just 40 years old. You grew up together as cousins, spent a lot of time together. What do you want people to know

about your cousin?

SLIFER: She was just a wonderful person. She loved to travel. She loved to see the world. She was so amazing and gracious and peace loving. She was

kept with some teenagers at the beginning of this war. And those teenagers were released in November and they told us that Carmel was doing yoga with

them and meditation with them to help keep them grounded. And they said they wouldn't have got through that time without her and they called her

their guardian angel.

And so, I just want the world to remember that the people who are there are amazing, peaceful, loving civilians who do not deserve this at all.

KINKADE: Not at all. And we understand around a hundred hostages are still in Gaza. From the families you're speaking to, what are they telling you,

those who still have loved ones being held captive?

SLIFER: They are clinging to hope, they're clinging to hope that a deal can get done and bring everyone home. We got a deal done almost a year ago

last November, and we got out so many hostages and we're hoping that we can get another deal to bring everyone else home. I mean, there's a one-year-

old baby being held hostage in Gaza, children, elderly, innocent young women. We need to get them out.

KINKADE: Absolutely. And I understand the Israeli prime minister wanted to meet with you and you declined. Has he failed you and your family?

SLIFER: So, there are several people in our extended family, everyone has different feelings about the government. I don't speak for anyone else in

my family. I can only speak for myself. I would not have declined meeting personally with the prime minister, but I understand those who would. It's

a very -- it's very difficult to deal with the grief in your family and everyone experiences grief in different ways, but then to also deal with

the current political climate and disagreements among family members. I'm sure everyone can understand that. That layered on top of all of this

sadness and horror is a very difficult load to bear right now.

KINKADE: It really is. The LeElle Slifer, we appreciate your time today and again, so sorry for your loss.

SLIFER: Thank you so much. We appreciate it.

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KINKADE: Well, the anguish of what happened on October 7th is being felt far away from Israel. Thailand's foreign minister says Hamas gunmen killed

41 Thai citizens in the attacks. Six Thai nationals are still believed to be held captive in Gaza. Many of the victims were working on Israeli farms.

The father of one of the hostages says he prays that his son will return one day, but says the waiting and the lack of information is taking a toll.

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TOM SRIAOUN, THAI HOSTAGE'S FATHER (through translator): If you ask how I feel, I feel so heavy. I've been to the hospital two or three times because

of my son being taken. My blood pressure was high and I had to be admitted to the hospital a few times. I can't stop thinking about it. Since the

incident in Israel until today, I still think about my son all the time.

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KINKADE: Well, Thailand's prime minister says she has held talks with Iran's president to get help releasing the remaining hostages.

And as Israel marks the anniversary of the October 7th attacks, the war in the Middle East is spreading. Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv earlier after

Hezbollah fired several projectiles into Israel. Israel's bombardment of Beirut continues, and the Israeli military called on residents of several

suburbs to evacuate. Israel has also warned people to avoid Lebanon's coastline and said it would start targeting Hezbollah there. Well, in Gaza,

there are reports that at least 11 people were killed in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.

Well, Jomana Karadsheh joins us now live from Beirut. Good to have you with us, Jomana. So, on the anniversary of the Hamas terror attack, Israel is

defending against projectiles from Hezbollah and certainly, firing back into Lebanon, hitting targets, it says, were in Southern Beirut. What more

can you tell us?

JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Lynda, the Israeli military has been hitting targets inside Lebanon for a couple of weeks now. We have seen

some of the most intense bombardments since this war began here in the southern suburbs over the weekend.

And also, tonight, a short time ago, there were several strikes that hit the southern suburbs as well as earlier in the day. Now, some of these

strikes this evening happened with prior warning, telling people to evacuate certain neighborhoods where they said that they're about to strike

Hezbollah targets. But for most of the day, those airstrikes happened without any warning for civilians.

Now, look, for the most part, a lot of people have already left the southern suburbs. We've seen this sort of mass exodus from one of the most

heavily populated parts of the capital in recent days. But there are some civilians who remain there, who remain in their homes. And, you know,

sometimes they get warnings and sometimes they don't. And some of these airstrikes that we have seen over the past couple of days have been quite

significant. Some of them triggering secondary explosions.

And while you have this going on, Lynda, you also have the situation that is unfolding in the south. You've got a catastrophic humanitarian situation

by all accounts, from what we're hearing. You've got intense Israeli bombardment that is taking place around the border region and beyond. And

today, we had more evacuation orders from the Israeli military asking the residents of a number of other villages to evacuate. They -- this brings

the number to more than 117 villages that have been ordered to evacuate in recent days.

And you know, the IDF's Arabic language spokesperson also posting on X, telling all those who've already evacuated their homes, those hundreds of

thousands of residents of these southern towns and villages, not to return until they tell them to do so.

And in addition to that, this evening, another warning that you just mentioned, coming from the IDF, to basically a warning for, they said,

fishermen, beachgoers, anyone on a boat along Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline here, that's pretty much a third of Lebanon's coastline that they

have ordered people to avoid.

And you don't necessarily find beachgoers right now considering the situation in the country, but fishermen, that's the livelihood for a lot of

people. And they've said that they're going to start essentially attacking Hezbollah using their coastline.

But all of this, Lynda, does really raise questions for people here in this country of what the Israeli military's plans are for Southern Lebanon as we

are seeing these evacuation orders, as we are seeing these limited incursions, as sources have told us, these sporadic raids across the

border, this moving of people away from much of the border region and Southern Lebanon.

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And now, again, this latest warning really raising questions and fears among so many who've had to leave their homes about whether they'll ever be

able to return to those homes.

KINKADE: Yes, exactly. Jomana Karadsheh, good to have you there for us. Thanks so much.

We're going to take a quick break, but straight ahead, Milton's march. The powerful hurricane now a powerful Category 5 storm heading straight for

Florida.

Plus, disinformation after the disaster. The lies and conspiracy theories after Hurricane Helene made landfall, Why the election year is partly to

blame.

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KINKADE: Welcome back. I'm Lynda Kinkade. A rough start to the trading week on Wall Street tops today's Money Move. All the major averages

finished the session sharply low with the NASDAQ hardest hit. It fell well over 1 percent. Stocks were pressured by rising bond yields and higher oil

prices.

And a busy week ahead on Wall Street. New U.S. consumer inflation numbers are set to be released Thursday, and third quarter earnings season

officially gets underway.

In Asia, solid gains for stocks in Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. The Shanghai Composite remained closed for a holiday.

Well, turning now to Southern United States, where another massive storm is on the horizon. Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall on Wednesday in

Florida, in areas which are just starting to recover from Helene. It is continuing to strengthen and is now the strongest storm to occur anywhere

on the planet this year. Here's Brian Todd with more.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Pinellas Park, Florida, just across the bay from Tampa, residents use large pails to fill as many

sandbags as they can.

Hurricane Milton, which has already exploded into a Category 5 storm, could hit the Tampa Bay area directly. It would be the first major hurricane to

strike within 50 miles of Tampa in more than 100 years. Some residents in at least six counties told to evacuate. In Hillsborough County, the

evacuation order is mandatory in some places. That means authorities cannot force people from their homes. But --

CHIEF JASON DOCKERY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE: If you remain there, you could die. My men and women could die trying to rescue you.

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TODD (voice-over): What makes this especially dangerous in places like Tampa and Fort Myers is that those cities are still recovering from

Hurricane Helene, which has killed more than 230 people in six states, with the death toll still rising. For those in the mandatory evacuation zones

who decide to stay put, Florida officials have a dire warning.

ASHLEY MOODY, FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL: You probably need to write your name and permanent marker on your arm. So, that people know who you are

when they get to you afterwards. And we are still seeing, as we're uncovering folks on the beach who thought they could stay there and the

storm surge got them.

TODD (voice-over): With Milton forecast to make landfall late Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis warns the window for evacuation is closing fast.

GOV. RON DESANTIS (R-FL): You have time to execute your plan, but you got to do it now. Time is going to start running out very, very soon.

TODD (voice-over): Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane that caused widespread damage, leaving tons of debris that still hasn't been

cleared. Debris that residents worry could still harm people if it starts flying around when Milton hits.

KARMEN FORRESTER, BARTENDER: The debris on the beach and whatever's going on is a little cause for concern because there is not enough time and not

enough manpower to take everything and put it where it needs to be off the island.

TODD (voice-over): The international airports in Tampa and Orlando closing ahead of the storm. Tolls are being suspended on major highways throughout

western and Central Florida to help those evacuating. Governor DeSantis says the assets that Florida lent to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene

have had to be brought back to Florida.

But North Carolina is still dealing with the horrific aftermath of Helene. More than 100,000 customers are still without power there and around

Asheville, dozens of people are still missing a week and a half after Helene tore through the area.

GOV. ROY COOPER (D-NC): We're still working to reach communities. We still have search and rescue occurring as we speak.

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KINKADE: Well, Milton is now a Category 5 hurricane. And National Weather Service warning it could be the worst storm to hit the Tampa area in more

than 100 years. Well, for more on this, I'm joined by Chad Myers. Chad, good to have you with us. So, the second major hurricane in as many weeks,

again, headed for Florida.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes, and just to go back to that 102 years from the last major hurricane, think about how many people didn't live

there 102 years ago. I mean, millions of people didn't live there because this just became a popular place not that long ago.

This storm right now, Lynda, is 180 miles per hour. I can do the calculations, that's 290 kilometers per hour, the strongest storm so far

this year in any ocean on the planet. We don't know exactly what the storm is doing right now, but we will. The last hurricane hunter aircraft took

off and left there about two or three hours ago, but a new plane is on the way.

Can you imagine trying to fly in a C-130 propeller airplane through the middle of a hurricane that's 180 miles per hour? All I got is no thank you.

So -- but these men and women out there, they do it for us. They do it to keep us safe.

This storm went from 50 miles per hour to 175 miles per hour in less than 48 hours. Rapid intensification. And it will make landfall on the west

coast of Florida. We're not going to miss this. This is going to be a big deal. We're going to get a five-meter storm surge. We're going to have

winds of 110 miles per hour, well in excess of 160 kilometers per hour. Well, inland, not just along the coast. This has got enough momentum that

it's going to take the hurricane winds all the way across the state.

And then, when you talk about 10 to 15 feet, we talk about, you know, four to five meters of storm surge, that's a lot considering we just had a

record surge with the storm that we were just talking about there on that last package and that record surge was six to seven feet. Now, we're

talking 10 to 15. So, people that just got wet are going to be over the top of their house. We're going to lose people or at least lose homes if we

don't get the people out of the way along this west coast of Florida. And there's your 102-year-old storm.

Right now, we do know where it's going, or at least most of the models do. It's going to be very close right to that worst case scenario for Tampa,

pushing all of that water into that Tampa Bay area across the islands there, the beautiful barrier islands, from Dunedin all the way down toward

Anna Maria, possibly towards Sarasota.

And if you talk about the land, the beach, it's about five feet above sea level, two meters above sea level. All of a sudden, you're going to get a

wave or waves that's going to go over this thing by another three meters. There's not going to be a lot left. There's not going to be any place for

people to be. That's why they're telling everyone there, at least on this zone one and two, or A and B as we call it, they need to leave and leave

now.

Good news is with this is that this did not rapidly intensify and then, 24 hours or 12 hours later make landfall. This rapidly intensified two days

ahead. That's why the governor is saying you still have time to go if you need to go.

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And it's going to be a lot of rain, whether it's going to be a flooding, whether it's freshwater or saltwater, this is a major event. This is the

biggest hurricane to hit Florida I think in my generation, without a doubt. And Andrew was a big storm and Michael was a big storm, but this is going

to do many, many billions of dollars more damage than either of those storms. Lynda.

KINKADE: Wow. I really hope people heed that warning and evacuate now. Chad Myers, thanks so much for that update.

MYERS: You're welcome. Yes.

KINKADE: Well, misinformation about Hurricane Helena is complicating recovery efforts. It's become such a problem that officials in North

Carolina are urging people to be aware of A.I. generated images and to question where they're getting their information. The lies gaining the most

traction concern the federal government's response just weeks ahead of a presidential election.

Well, I want to bring in Brian Stelter for more on this. Brian, good to see you. So, the misinformation in the wake of this hurricane is really quite

alarming and quite frankly, sad. Just take us -- give us a fact check. Take us through these false claims.

BRIAN STELTER, CNN CHIEF MEDIA ANALYST: It's one of the worst examples I've seen of disinformation having real world harm, because local officials

in North Carolina and other states have had to play whack-a-mole trying to deny these praised rumors when they're actually busy with the real recovery

response.

Here's an example of Former President Donald Trump repeating a lie about federal aid to survivors. Here's the clip.

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DONALD TRUMP, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: They send hundreds of billions of dollars to foreign nations and, you know,

what they're giving our people? 750 bucks.

They're offering them $750 to people whose homes have been washed away.

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STELTER: $750 is the immediate survivor aid. That's to pay, you know, for food if you're a survivor in a situation like the Helene case. And then,

FEMA provides a lot more money for people whose homes are damaged or destroyed later. You'll see a page here from the fema.gov Rumor Control

website saying, in fact, that is false, what the former president is saying.

But Trump is doing it for praise and political reasons to denigrate Biden and Harris and to promote his own candidacy. And we've seen many Trump

allies also repeating false claims about the federal response for those political reasons. Lynda.

KINKADE: And, Brian, of course, there is one ridiculous claim that the Democrats control the weather. There's also certainly a lot of A.I.

generated images that are circulating. How can people decipher what's real?

STELTER: Well, I think it's getting harder than ever. You know, and that's of course why old-fashioned news organizations like CNN spend so much money

on fact checking. But when we've seen, at least in the United States, a campaign for years to tear down real news and decry it as fake, it's

created an environment where so many people have so little trust. That's particularly true among Republicans, and especially Trump supporting

Republicans.

We're talking about states where there are lots of Trump supporters, in this case, North Carolina -- South Carolina. And now, with Hurricane Milton

heading toward Florida, I'm seeing some of the same examples of disinformation already appearing. It's incredibly frustrating.

You know, for example, last week, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican congresswoman, Was on Twitter saying, yes, they can control the

weather. It's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done. This is a narrative that's taking hold among some far-right figures that the

government can secretly steer storms.

Of course, the insinuation is that Democrats can hurt Republicans with secret weather generating machines. You know, there's a point at which you

can't really fact check your way out of these lies because these lies are preying on people's emotions, their beliefs, what they want to be true.

I kind of feel like I'm bringing facts to a gunfight and there's only so much that can be done. But at the end of the day, when you are the survivor

of a hurricane, and you see the actual response, you see the actual government response, hopefully, your eyes and ears can actually be believed

over the lies that are spreading on Facebook and X.

KINKADE: Yes, exactly. It's head scratching. If only some of those people could put their efforts into helping those recovering from the hurricane --

STELTER: Need in helping.

KINKADE: -- instead of spreading these false claims. Brian Stelter, thanks so much for, joining us in New Jersey.

STELTER: Thanks.

KINKADE: We're going to take a quick break. Much more from "First Move" in just a moment.

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KINKADE: Welcome back. I'm Lynda Kinkade with a look at more international headlines this hour on "First Move." A court in Moscow has sentenced an

American man to more than six years in prison for allegedly fighting for Ukraine. That's according to Russian state media. 72-year-old Stephen

Hubbard, who is originally from Michigan, was reportedly accused of fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary. The U.S. State Department says Russia

has denied it consular access to Hubbard without explanation.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from hip hop star R. Kelly on Monday. Kelly is serving a 30-year prison sentence after being

convicted of federal sex crimes. Several women had testified that they had been abused as minors. And he claims the charges against him were filed

after the statute of limitations had expired. Prosecutors declined to respond.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two Americans for their work on the discovery of microRNA. Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun

were announced as the winners in Sweden. Their research stretches back to the 1990s. It revealed how genes give rise to different cells in the human

body in a process known as gene regulation. The prize carries a cash award of $1 million.

Returning to our top story now, somber ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the October 7th attacks by Hamas in Israel. The victims were

also remembered here in the United States. President Biden held a candle lighting ceremony at the White House and promised that the U.S. will never

stop working towards a ceasefire deal in the region.

Also in the nation's capital, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband planted a pomegranate tree at her official residence. The tree is a symbol

of hope in the Jewish religion. Harris saying the terrible events of one year ago must never be forgotten.

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KAMALA HARRIS, U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AND U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE: I am devastated by the pain and loss that occurred on October

7th. And Doug and I pray for the family and loved ones of all of those who were lost, and may their memories be a blessing.

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KINKADE: Former President Trump attended a memorial in New York City. And in a radio interview, Trump said he is the candidate Jewish Americans

should trust to protect Israel.

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TRUMP: Nobody's done more for the Jewish people than I have. Nobody's done more for Israel as a president, maybe beyond being a president, if you want

to know the truth. Golan Heights, I moved the capital, ended the Iran nuclear deal. I should get 100 percent of the Jewish vote and I don't. It's

amazing. October 7th never would have happened if I was there.

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KINKADE: Well, Stephen Collinson joins me now for more analysis. Stephen, good to see you. So, a year ago, the U.S. president vowed to stand by

Israel, and it has, it's provided weaponry and obviously, defended Israel against two major attacks. Yet, despite calls and efforts for a ceasefire

and to end the war, those calls seem to have fallen on deaf ears. Explain why.

STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN POLITICS SENIOR REPORTER: Well, I think a lot of it is due to the intractability of the issues in the region. It is true that

the administration has worked very hard to create a ceasefire deal that would get the remaining hostages released and end the fighting in Gaza, but

it has been unsuccessful in prevailing on both sides, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hamas.

At times, it's looked a lot more like the United States has wanted an end to this war more than either of the two protagonists, Netanyahu and Hamas,

and the great fears that the Biden administration has had about this proliferating into a much bigger regional war that the United States could

get dragged into have been borne out somewhat by the extension of the war into Lebanon by Israel against Hezbollah.

So, there is a great deal of concern on this first anniversary, not just over what happened a year ago, but what might unfold in the next year.

KINKADE: And talk to us, Stephen, about the political consequences here, because the U.S. election is a month away, and we've seen college -- campus

colleges mass protests right across the country, really, angry at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, urging the U.S. to use its leverage

to end the war. Could that cost the Democrats some votes, especially amongst young people?

COLLINSON: Well, there has been a great change in the politics of Israel in the United States over the last year. For the first time, the Israeli-

Palestinian issue has become a domestic concern in American politics. In the Democratic Party especially, there have been divides and splits in the

party between progressives, young voters, as you mentioned, and some Arab American voters over the failure of the Biden administration to do more to

mitigate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza under the Israeli assault on Hamas.

This could have a great deal to say in the election that will take place next month. For example, Arab American voters are very important in the

critical swing State of Michigan. You're talking about a state that could help decide the election and where perhaps tens of thousands of votes will

be the difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

If some of those voters don't show up and vote for Harris as they would normally be expected to do, because they usually swing Democrat, that could

have a big impact on the election, who wins the state, and that is one of perhaps three or four states that could decide the election. So, you can

see how the reverberations of what happened a year ago in Israel having a real impact on American politics.

KINKADE: And despite Donald Trump saying he's done more for Jewish people than any other leader when you look at the opinion polls, they clearly show

more support amongst Jewish voters for Kamala Harris. I just want to pull up this Pew research. You can see there, 65 percent of Jewish voters say

they would support Kamala Harris. That's against 34 percent for Donald Trump.

Trump is already saying that he'll blame Jews, essentially, if he loses. Surely that won't help win over any undecided voters.

COLLINSON: No, and the former president has sometimes played into this anti-Semitic trope that American Jewish voters owe a double allegiance to

Israel and the United States. Those numbers there are almost exactly what you would expect. The Jewish community generally votes about two to one or

more for Democrats against Republicans. And it's also worth remembering that this is not a community that just votes on Israel-Palestinian Middle

East peace issues. It's a very diverse group. People vote on social issues, on economic issues, just like any other American.

The former president seems to think it's one monolithic vote that goes one way or the other, and that's not really been the case in U.S. elections.

And it's also worth pointing out, I think, that many American Jews who are liberal, support the Democrats do have a little bit of trouble with the

extreme rightward tilt of the most conservative and ultra-religious governing coalition in Israel's history.

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So, despite his admonitions, I don't think people think there's going to be a massive change in the way Jewish Americans vote in the upcoming election.

KINKADE: No. All right. Stephen Collinson, good to get your analysis as always. Thanks so much.

COLLINSON: Thanks.

KINKADE: Well, still ahead, putting their lives on the line to help others. We're going to hear from aid organization Anera, whose mission is

to help ease suffering in Gaza and other areas in the Middle East. How October 7th changed everything for this group.

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KINKADE: Welcome back. I'm Lynda Kinkade. Aid workers trying to ease the suffering in Gaza this year have put their own safety on the line, and many

have lost their lives. The U.N. says more than 300 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since the October 7th terror attacks. And while the vast

majority of them worked for the U.N., private organizations have suffered losses too.

Back in April, seven people delivering food for the World's Health Organization Central Kitchen died when an Israeli drone fired upon their

convoy. And just over one month ago, the aid organization, Anera, says one of its convoys was hit by an Israeli airstrike. Four Palestinians at the

front of the convoy were killed. Anera says they were community members and not considered a threat by the group.

Sean Carroll is Anera's president and CEO and joins me now to discuss the perilous conditions facing aid workers in Gaza. Thanks so much for your

time.

SEAN CARROLL, PRESIDENT AND CEO, ANERA: Thank you, Lynda, for having me.

KINKADE: Your organization has been working with partners on the ground, not just in Gaza, but also the West Bank and now Lebanon. I just want to

start with the situation in Lebanon, which now is facing Israeli airstrikes day after day. Just explain what the greatest need is there right now.

CARROLL: Well, the greatest needs to is to provide essential care for more than a million displaced. Many of them in shelters, but many of them not in

shelters. There are nearly 900 shelters, temporary shelters that have been set up, Anera is working in about 140 of them. So, far, we're distributing

bedding, mattresses, blankets, sleeping bags that are our vocational training. Participants and graduates make food and water. It's a very

precarious situation.

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It's an awful lot of people being displaced very quickly. And it's a large percentage of the population and a lot of those shelters -- most of those

shelters are not equipped to take these kinds of numbers. There are schools that don't have electricity and kitchens and heating for the winter. So,

this is a very precarious situation in Lebanon.

KINKADE: And you've got multiple crises unfolding in the region. Just explain how dangerous this is for aid workers.

CARROLL: Well, it's particularly dangerous in Gaza. And you mentioned two incidents. We also lost an Anera staff person on March 8th, three weeks

before the World Central Kitchen killings. And our staff feel like they're at risk every day going out to deliver aid. Mousa was killed after a day of

delivering aid as soon as he got back to his home. And there remains warfare and there remains an issue still to this day. We tried to rectify

it after the killing of our staff and those of the World Central Kitchen to get better coordination, deconfliction, and we don't feel that it's fully

there and that humanitarian workers are protected.

KINKADE: And we know that even before the war in Gaza, some 80 percent of the people there were in need of humanitarian aid. What's the situation

right now in terms of how much aid is getting into Gaza?

CARROLL: Well, that's right. There was a lot of aid needed before October 7th, and there was food insecurity, but not nearly at the levels we're

seeing now. I mean, the last international report on food insecurity in Gaza some months ago now said that only 4 percent of the population has

moderately sufficient food and that 96 percent are insecure from severe to acute to emergency food insecurity, and it's only getting worse.

The amount of aid going in, Israel has now stopped the private aid going in, and the humanitarian aid is low. There's a need for about 600

truckloads to go in each day, and the latter half of September, we're seeing an average of about 45 aid trucks a day. So, it is a very, very dire

bad situation in Gaza.

KINKADE: And many Palestinians in Gaza have been displaced multiple times. And even now, people in the north are being told to evacuate. They're under

evacuation orders. What sort of new challenges does that create?

CARROLL: Well, it's -- I mean, you're right. They've moved several times. The boundaries on what's considered relatively safe compared to other areas

keeps changing. If people have to move completely out of the north into the south, that puts an unbelievably burden on the south, which is already

overburdened.

Before October 7th, about two-thirds of the population lived in the northern half and a third in the southern half, and that proportion has

been flipped around, and if everyone moves to the southern half, then you've got the entire population in a space that can't -- that cannot

support that population, even if aid was getting in, and aid is not getting in, and infrastructure is destroyed, the health care system is largely

destroyed, electricity and water and sewage systems have all collapsed or virtually collapsed.

So, there is no way to protect the health and wellbeing and survival of the entire population of Gaza living in the southern half of that tiny strip.

KINKADE: Yes. So much devastation. Sean Carroll, president and CEO of Anera, thanks so much to you and what your team are doing in the region.

CARROLL: Thank you for having me.

KINKADE: Well, still to come, the identity of Bitcoin's creator has been a secret ever since the cryptocurrency was invented. But a new HBO

documentary may finally reveal who's behind it.

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KINKADE: It is one of crypto's biggest mysteries, the identity of Bitcoin's creator. A new HBO documentary may soon change that. "Money

Electric" sets out to uncover who created the first and most valuable cryptocurrency. CNN's John Sarlin spoke with the film's director.

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CULLEN HOBACK, DIRECTOR, "MONEY ELECTRIC: THE BITCOIN MYSTERY": It's been 18 months kind of holding on to this news in secret.

JOHN SARLIN, CNN PRODUCER (voice-over): A new documentary is tackling perhaps the single greatest mystery of the internet age. Just who is

Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I've been told Satoshi was a group of people.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have to be careful at talking about that topic.

SARLIN (voice-over): The mystery behind Bitcoin's anonymous creator has only grown in recent years. First launching in 2009, the cryptocurrency has

rocketed up and down in value. It's now worth more than $1 trillion.

SARLIN: Why does this story matter?

HOBACK: You know, if Bitcoin had petered out and wasn't being embraced by nation states, wasn't being incorporated into 401(k)s, it would be a

different story. But Bitcoin is increasingly becoming a major backbone of the financial system. It's not going anywhere.

SARLIN (voice-over): Part of the allure of the Satoshi mystery are the original bitcoins that Satoshi supposedly controls. They're worth tens of

billions of dollars. That is if they still have access to their crypto wallet.

HOBACK: I think that understanding if that person still holds the keys, what the ideas and intents of that person or people really are is important

given Bitcoin's prominence. I think it's important for the public to, you know, have a sense of who that might be, particularly if they're still

involved.

SARLIN (voice-over): In the film, director Cullen Hoback builds the case for his Satoshi suspect, a person he ultimately challenges face-to-face.

SARLIN: You're not the first journalist to try to uncover the identity of Satoshi. Many have come before. I'm thinking of a somewhat notorious

Newsweek cover story that claimed to uncover Satoshi. How confident are you in your theory?

HOBACK: We confront Satoshi who I -- we make a strong case for in this film with that case. And I think their reaction is, in some ways, more

telling than even the evidence itself. I don't think my confidence level is as important as what the audience takes away when they see the evidence for

themselves.

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KINKADE: Well, tributes are being paid to a woman who helped define popular music as we know it. Cissy Houston has died at the age of 91.

Houston was a successful singer in her own right, but is known as the mother of Whitney Houston, who's widely considered to be one of the

greatest singers of all time.

Cissy Houston herself was a two-time Grammy winner who performed with a wide range of artists, including Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, and

Beyonce. Houston, who was surrounded by her family when she passed had been living with her with Alzheimer's disease.

Well, calling all stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere. A meteor shower is expected to peak Monday evening into early Tuesday morning. The shower

called Draconid is named after the direction the meteors appear to be coming from, the constellation Draco the Dragon.

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These meteors move slower than they were seen during other showers, which means they should be visible for a few seconds. You can expect to see up to

10 shooting stars per hour. And the good news is, you won't have to stay up too late to see them. Most will be visible for after nightfall.

Well, finally, on "First Move." Talk about a trust fall. Catalonia held its human tower competition over the weekend. Men, women, and children

scrambled all over each other, trying to keep their balance in the process. The Spanish region has been building human towers for centuries, with

official competition starting back in the 1930s. Dozens of groups battled it out this year for a nearly $18,000 price. It looks very dangerous.

Well, that wraps up the show. I'm Lynda Kinkade. Thanks so much for joining us. Stay right here on CNN. Much more news in a moment.

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