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Pacific, israeli forces say its military forces are carrying out new strikes against targets in Southern Lebanon. It follows two straight days of Surprise Explosions of pagers and Walkty Talkies Targeting Members of the iranbacked militia hezbollah. Lebanese Health Officials say 37 people were killed and nearly 3,000 were injured. Just the last hour, the head of hezbollah accused israel of violating a Red Line and explosive devices could be a declaration of war. Joining us, Raf Sanchez and Fourstar Jienl and Marc Polymeropoulos for the Cia And Security intelligence analyst, raf, what can you tell us whats going on right now . Jose, the Israeli Military has announced thousands of strikes in Southern Lebanon since this war broke out, but the strike they announced earlier this morning is different. Rather than saying they are targeting a specific Hezbollah Operative or responding to a specific rocket they announced what sounds like a broad effort to, in their words, degrade Hezbollahs Capability and infrastructure in Southern Lebanon. Now, this comes not only after that wave of explosions ripping through lebanon with these walk walkytalkies and pagers explodes but also after Israels Defense Minister announced what they called a new phase of the war. He said hezbollah is shifting troops and equipment from the fighting against hamas in gaza. To the lebanese border to the confrontation with hezbollah. And israeli officials tells me the strikes which we believe are going on right now are being carried out with Air Strikes and with artillery, but israeli forces have not crossed the border into Southern Lebanon. So, we dont at this point know exactly the scale of these attacks. We dont really know the substance of what is going on in Southern Lebanon. We do, jose, know the symbolism, the Israeli Military announced this attack just six minutes before the head of hezbollah was due to begin speaking for the first time since those pagers and walkietalkies caused massive injuies and some deaths among this membership. In that speech, as you said, he believes israel has crossed all Red Lines and he is vowing retaliation, jose. General, what do you think israel is doing here . Theyve got to go to war to return civilian population to the northern part of israel on the border of lebanon. By now, theyre moving up their famous 98th Division Commando forces airbourne units. Theyre preparing for, if not a ground invasion, but theyre saying there are Artillery And Air strikes which are ongoing and significant. I think the biggest deal, though, jose, was probably 3,000plus wounded and as many as 37 killed already in these devastating detonations of pagers and walkietalkies, all throughout the hezbollah leadership. Im sort of sorry the israelis did it now. Its provocative, its humiliating to hezbollah. I dont see how they cannot respond. And the israelis would have been better served, one would assume, to save that as a surprise blow, in the event of total ground war. But i think general sorry about that, sir. Im just wondering is it because maybe they felt this was a time they needed to do it . Because some circumstance arose that maybe was going to you know, cause this whole operation to be found . Well, marc may have some better informed judgments. Theres a lot of speculation, certainly, on the internet. But they were fearful hezbollah would figure out that hes telephones and walkietalkies and others have been boobytrapped. But there it was some tactical movement no question. And their entire control system, theyre going to have to restab with either runners or Land Line telephones. It was quite the act by the israelis. But i think also, jose, the israeli people feel this looming threat from the north. 100,000 fighters. 150,000 potential rockets. And i think theyre inching towards saying weve got to go to war to fix this. When they did it in 2006, it didnt work too good. The israelis had a lot of problems and there was sort of a draw at The End of that battle. Yeah, so, marc, lets talk about that. Weve seen two days of what appears to be clandestine operations followed by strikes today. What do you make of what israel has done . And again, Israel Hasnt said theyre behind the Walkietalkie And Pager attacks, but all indications are it probably it behind that, how do you see that . Well, so, look, the two days, 48 hours of the attacks, pagers with the walkietalkies, thats the most impressive kinetic operations ive ever seen. Hezbollah is showing total dominance in the intelligence scheme. This is phase two, Air Strikes in Southern Lebanon and restricted to Southern Lebanon and you have israeli jets flying over as were speaking. These are a psychological war. Theyre sending a signal that you dont want a wider war. Ive spent enough time in the region. Its something to escalate to deescalate. Theyre giving hezbollah a chance to stand down but as General Mccaffrey noted, 70,000 People Cant go back to their homes, ultimately, this is part of the overall strategy. So, marc, lets talk about that strategy. Because why would they have decided to carry out these two days now, do you think . So, great question. There has been a lot of speculation that of course, that the operation may have been compromised, that they would have moved this up. I do think this is something to the notion that this is giving hezbollah a chance to come down before any allout war breaks out. You know, the israelis do move deliberately. Ive seen their decisionmaking processes. So in some sense, they send a message that every member of the Hezbollahs Head is on a swivel. Theres nothing, with communication in the structure, its been destroyed as the general noted there are perhaps thousands of hezbollah members incapacitated. So it makes sense tactically and strategically. This was designed for kind of the day of invasion. So, look, policymakers have tools in their toolkit. They decided to use this now. It was a tool but as we see, theyre using this to climb this escalation ladder. Thats what we see as events go day do day. Marc, from hezbollahs perspective. They said no Cell Phones because theyre probably going compromised. How do they communicate going forward . Well, this is why its so effective. Theres memes all over the Social Media, hezbollah members, not really, but carrying carrier pigeons. Communications is so integral to hezbollahs daytoday activity. They will go to things such as couriers. This is going to really Old School Techniques but hand it to the israelis. He be, hezbollah was using Cell Phones and then worried that israeli apparatus could intercept it. Then went to the pagers and ran the Supply Chain Operation with them. Theyre pushing them to discomfort. Its obviously been effective. Raf, how does Todays Operation compare to previous strikes carried out in lebanon . Jose, weve seen israel carrying out strikes in lebanon and other parts of the country since october 8, when hezbollah effectively joins the fight against hamas and began firing into northern israel in the days after the October 7th terror attack. Israel has been focusing its fight in gaza. But at this point, its not clear, militarily, really, how much more there is to be achieved. Israel claims that it has destroyed all of hamas organized units in gaza. So, it is effectively fight an insurgency, a Guerilla Force that pops up, disappears again. And at this point it isnt clear that keeping lots and lots of israeli forces inside of gaza is leading much in the way of marginal gains. The Defense Minister seems confident enough to release some of those units, including the Nameth Division that the general mentioned allowing it to go to the border. The question is that a symbol, designed to put pressure on hezbollah . Or is the idea that those forces are there to fight. And, remember, jose, from israels perspective, the overall official War Aim is to create the Security Conditions so that Tens Of Thousands of israeli civilians who have been displaced from their homes along the Lebanon Border feel secure enough to return. Now, it may be that if there was a ceasefire and the shooting stopped, that many of them would go back. But many of those israeli families have told us October 7th completely changes their perception of risk. Even if the shooting stops, they will not feel safe in their homes, knowing that hezbollah fighters are just a few hundred yards away on the other side of the border. And they are demanding that their government find a way to move hezbollah away from that borderline through force or diplomatic deal. The u. S. Has been trying month after month, not only to get a ceasefire in gaza, but to try to get to some sort of agreement between hezbollah and israel. Neither of those diplomatic efforts seem to be bearing any fruit at the moment. And youre seeing israeli forces massing on their border and the question is its only a matter of time before allout war. General, looking at a crystal ball, of military experience, The One you that have, what are we in right now . And what are you seeing the possibilities of what we could be reporting on tomorrow and the next week . Well, clearly, a war makes no sense, to israel, to hezbollah, nor iran. I think the X Factor is going to be, if we take the next step, we, meaning the id f, and hezbollah starts using ballistic missiles against israeli cities, Iron Dome and their Air Fenc des will not be sufficient to protect israeli life. At that point, the israelis have to go in, on the ground, not with Commando Forces and Air Strikes, but by calling up several hundred thousand reservists and trying to knock hezbollah out of the fight. They will not be able to tolerate a continuing months long rocket and ballistic Missile Attack on israeli cities. So, were one step short of, you know, 1914, and the start of the regional conflict of tremendous bitterness. I hope that doesnt happen. Raf sanchez, general Barry Mccaffrey and Marc Polymeropoulos, thank you for being with us. Kamala harris is bringing on major star power. And later, the fed Cuts Interest rates by a half percentage point. So whats next for the economy . Were back in 90 seconds. Youre watching Jose Diazbalart reports on msnbc. 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Today, Vice President harris will head to Battleground Michigan where shes hoping for a boost from Television Icon Oprah winfrey who will appear alongside the Vice President 51st really. Former President Trump will meet with jewish supporters in d. C. It comes after a held a rally in New York, where he had this message for the Harris Campaign. Stop claiming your opponents will turn america into a dictatorship. Give me a break. Because the fact is that im not a threat to democracy, they are. And while new polling shows this is still a deeply competitive race, Vice President harris is gaining ground in key Battleground States. Michigan and pennsylvania. A race is locked in a dead heat in wisconsin where Absentee Ballots are going out to voters beginning today. Joining us, Vaughn Hill yard, Amy Pan at the hill, Seth Mayer and Communications Director on Chill And Adam jenkerson. Trump hosted a rally in long island, New York. Not exactly a tossup state. What was that like . What was the move . Right, jose, it was inside of an arena. And he used New York to call for the backdrop for reinstatement of local and state taxes from ones federal tax returns. This was part of his 2017 Tax Package that he rolled back those varied deductions in the first place. But New York also for him is sort of this place where he votes or the states that he believes hes able to win this november. Lee zeldin was the republican candidate for governor against democratic candidate Kathy Hochul back in 2022. He lost by five percentage point. Donald trump ever since he was there for the trial earlier this year has continued to hold New York as the potential Battleground State he can win. He also claims he would win the state of california if it were not for Voter Fraud and Election Interference. All of this is coming under the framework of a Mounting Number of claims that Donald Trump is making that he makes the sense amounts to Election Interference on the part of the Harris Campaign that otherwise would lead him to have an election win. Like we havent seen in decades. And, amy, meanwhile, heres what Donald Trump said about President Biden and Vice President harris, last night on Fox News. Listen to this. He got out. And they put her in. And she somehow a woman, somehow, shes doing better than he did. Yeah. But i cant imagine it can last. Amy, whats he saying there . I i dont know. But the thing is, jose, he really desperately needs women at this point. And when you couple together what his Running Mate said about women. Hes highlighting women. You had the former white House Press Secretary talking about women. And, you know, how they dont have i forgot how she put it, but attacking women and saying that theres no purpose in single women. This is not helping him. I mean, he his operation right now needs to stay on message in the final days. They need to talk about the issues. And to stay away from these cultural war issues. And for whatever reason theyre not getting that. And that is frustrating a lot of republicans that im talking to. Yeah, like new polling from Howard University shows, meanwhile, the black voters in Swing States support harris over trump 82 to 12. Is this Something Trump could change . Well, you know, the republicans have always had a disadvantage when it comes to black voters. However, the Harris Campaign cannot take it for granted that black voters are just going to vote for her in margins that at 80 . Shes got to be in the 90s. Black women have overwhelmingly supported the democratic candidate, theyre Plus 90 . But there is an issue here with black men, particularly in places like georgia. The atlantajournal Constitution Poll came out today that showed something similar where her support is under 90 in the black community. Thats something that they have to shore up which is why she spoke to the National Association of black journalists this week. But the Women Issue is an even bigger one, more so for the trump campaign, considering that new polls show that Donald Trump is down 21 points with women. So Kamala Harris is a Plus 21 Gender Gap with women. Which is the largest gap since clinton and dole in the 90s. And this type of rhetoric saying somehow, shes a women, all of the attacks on women, its clear they have given up the strategy of trying to bring more women into the tent on the trump side. Theyre going for this male misogynistic vote. You know, these the Joel Rogan Type of voters. I just dont know if there are enough of them, particularly in the Swing States and the suburbs of the Swing States which are mustwin states for kamala and for trump like pennsylvania. So, thats really where the focus is going to be. And the polling is starting to show that. Do you think theyve given up . Or they simply arent able to stay on any other message . Well, i mean, obviously, the Campaign Strategists for trump would like him to stop this. And for Jd Vance to stop this. But they dont have control, because Donald Trump and Jd Vance cannot help themselves. They continue to insult women. Every demographic of women pretty much, every week, its something different. So, in my opinion, its looks to me as though they are honestly not trying as candidates to try to attract more women. With the comments that theyre making and the attack theyre making. Theres a green light to continue to insult women. Somehow, they think this is a winning strategy. Im not quite sure what makes them think that. But you can see the Gender Gap. Its not working for them. And, adam, meanwhile, the Teamsters Union declined to endorse any president ial candidate this time around. Something it hasnt done since 1996. Whats the impact of this . I think the impact is not that great. I think endorsements are generally rated in terms of their actual impact. I think what youre seeing theres become an increasingly large divide between leadership and the leadership of unions. Thats something that were facing than the impact of endorsement. I think the fact that its extremely close in the Blue Wall states of michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania is a reflection of reality. A lot of union who reliaby used to vote democratic, are shifting due to the issues becoming more prevalent over the last years. The lack of endorsement is less of an impact itself than reflection of reality. Taking that into account, you see with the polls, Kamala Harris is still ahead or at least tied in these states and very much in the game. I think at this Point Youd probably rather be heard than former President Trump. Its all the wait to Election Day because that is the state of the country right now. Do you think, adam, that shift in the Rank And File and some unions is because of cultural war issues . I think thats predominantly it. I think the teamsters are a great example, because if they were voting along economic lines, democrats bailed out hundreds of thousands of Teamsters Pension funds in The American Rescue Plan passed under Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. If it were economic issues driving this shift it would go towards democrats. Its something thats tricky to deal with. Its something that a lot of political scientists, Election Operatives have looked how do we get them back home firmly and No One has come up with a solution because economically, it still remains in the interest of these Working Class folks to vote democratic but that doesnt seem to be the exclusive thing driving their Voting Decisions and often not the primary thing driving their Voting Decisions. And, vaughn, meanwhile on wednesday, the former president said he plans to visit springfield, ohio, thats the place where he made the false claims about migrants eating peoples pets there. Whats the thinking on this . Right. So far, its not will be formally announced hes going to springfield, ohio. We often hear Donald Trump suggest hes going to do something he doesnt actually doing. The way that he framed what springfield, ohio, visit would look like for him. Take a listen. Theyve got to get much tougher. Im going to go there in the next two weeks. Im going to springfield. And im going to aurora. You may never see me again, but thats okay. Got to do what i got to do. Whatever happened to trump . Well, he never got out of springfield. Well, he never got out of springfield. Ill let everybody else fill in the blank on exactly what the former president means by that. But for Donald Trump, these next days are crucial for him on the campaign trail. And this is part of they call this a Closing Message here because, frankly, a great number of states have early ballots sent out to them this week. Voters in wisconsin, Today Is The Day that wisconsin local election officials are sending mail ballots out. Begins to. So for Donald Trump, this is a calculation based off of his own strategy what he thinks is the most politically beneficial to him. And as you just heard, he believes potentially going to springfield, ohio, could be that. Vaughn hillyard, amy parnes, tara setmayer, adam, thank you. Well talk to the senator martin heinrich, the chair of the committee for what he calls a win for families. Plus, well talk to a hostage released by hamas in november. And whose subject is still being held. We have been able to. Me, lower back pain, and shortness of breath, i thought thats what getting older felt like. Thank goodness. I called my cardiologist. I have attrcm, a rare but serious disease. And getting diagnosed early. 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The Fed Chief, frankly, the sheet is going in the right direction and a strong Jobs Market that might weaken even further. Theres forecasting that the Unemployment Rate will rise in the weeks and months ahead. They just dont want it out of control. So thats why they had such a big cut. When will we all feel the impact of this Rate Cut . Youre feeling it right now if youre an investor. Clearly, Wall Street like this. Mortgage rates are declining ins of this Rate Cut. We know there will be more Rate Cuts ahead. The Fed Chief essentially said so yesterday. A lot of people looking at potentially what that means for potentially refinancing a mortgage. And we will see lower Interest Rates. He we had seen Interest Rates near 20year highs and all of that consumer borrowing. This has been a Pain Point for The American household. Overnight, youll see the rates decline. It wont happen overnight, especially for Car Rates and Credit Card loans, but eventually lower. National association of realtors said sales of existing homes fell 5. 2 in august. What does that tell us about the state of the Housing Market . Recordhigh Housing Prices in all four of the regions that that survey takes a look at. So youre seeing a decline. Bigger than expected decline in home sales. People just arent buying homes. Because there arent a lot of homes for sale. And record highs there. It will be interesting to see if lower Mortgage Rates will h shake up a Housing Market that has been really, really stuck with high prices, high Mortgage Rates and not a lot of supply. Thats been another Pain Point for american families. Christine romans, thank you very much. To finish our conversation, New Mexico senator heinrich, hes the chair of the economic committee. Thank you. Youve been pushing for a Rate Cut. Are you surprisinged that the fed went as far as it did yesterday . Yeah, i think a lot of people were expecting a quarterpoint cut. I think a Halfpoint Cut is a much stronger signal. And this is great news for consumers. I mean, this will ease the pain that weve been feeling from the Interest Rates weve been operating under for many months now. But it also helps the economy. Because reducing these rates really does take some of the risk and the Job Market from high rates away. So, this is across the board very good news. Yeah. And were looking at this graphic, senator, i mean, from 2020, to 2022, tenpoint you know, ten different times that the fed decides to raise the rate of interest. What do you want to see from the feds going forward . Well, i want to see them do their job of both, you know, balancing the Interest Rates with the Job Market. And i think thats what we saw in this case. I wish they would have started this process three months ago. Or six months ago. But i think it sends a very strong signal of the scale of the Rate Cut yesterday and the you know, the acknowledgement that there are additional cuts to come. So, for consumers, and thats kind of how i like to measure the economy, is the impacts on individual consumers, this is good news. Yeah. And, you know, if we look at the impact, right, i mean, if you look at the trajectory, Gas Prices are heading down. Food prices. Yeah. Are finally starting to head down. Mortgage rates heading down. Still very high. But things are heading down. However, a recent the New York times Siena College poll found 76 of americans rate the economy as either fair or poor. How do you explain that, senator . Well, those consumers have been living in first a higher inflation environment, as a result of covid for several years. That translated then to a high Interest Rate environment. So theyve been feeling the pinch for a number of years now. The good news is that both inflation and Interest Rates are headed down. So, i think were headed towards, you know, a much stronger economy in the future. Especially from the Point Of View of individual consumers. You know, the Stock Market is in a great place. And thats how a lot of my republican colleagues measure the economy. What i care about is Interest Rates. What i care about is inflation. And what i care about is job numbers. And so were headed to a much better place from the perspective of individual consumers. And, you know, i am just wondering, do you see the main issue with inflation was because of covid . And is there any responsibility that you all in washington have to the increase in inflation . Well, i think one of the things that we learned from the complete destruction of our Supply Chains is that we need to make things in america again. Especially missioncritical items. So passing things like the chips in science act, that gives us the ability to make those chips in New Mexico again and places around the country, thats one of the ways we insulate ourselves from the kind of Supply Chain Disruption that raised inflation on every country on the globe. Weve been able to manage it back down faster than any nation on the planet, out it still hurts. So there is more work to be done. And, senator, i know you also sit on the intel committee. Just yesterday, you held a hearing on foreign Election Interference. The fbi said iran hacked into the trump campaign, stole material, and then sent it to journalists and even the biden Harris Campaigns. So im just wondering so theres iran, china, russia, cuba, all trying to interfere in our elections. Is there anything that can be done about this . Well, i think the most important thing that can be done is what we did yesterday. We need to tell the story to The American public. Campaigns on either side of the Aisle Need to know theyre a target. We have these fake News Sites popping up that purport to be the washington post, or Fox News or other american outlets that are not. And we need to tell that story. And work with the Social Media companies to take that content down. That is not free speech. When a foreign Intelligence Service puts things on the internet that are designed to impact our elections, they do enjoy first amendment protection. So getting the word out with the public is absolutely critical on this. So that they know when theyre being manipulated. Senator heinrich, i think you very much for being with us. Appreciate it. My pressure. Joining us next, the fredis really hostage who is still waiting for hamas to release her husband. Well ask her what national Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told her when she met with him yesterday. 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Its not my first time being here. And i am just the saddest person you know. Worried about keith all the time. That hes just lying on a dirty, Filthy Mattress Underneath the ground, begging and crying and sad. And maybe thinks hes being forgotten. And it just breaks my heart. Yeah. Im just wondering those 51 days that you had to live that horrible ordeal, you know, what is it that we can do to maybe continue shining a light on what is happening to keith and so many others . Hostages, one of them is hirsch, was killed in such a brutal way. They found them. He weighed 79 pounds. Thats nothing for a grownup. They were starved. They had infections. They were this a tunnel that was very, very they couldnt even stand because it was so small. I want to tell you i was in one just like that. Ive been shouting for nearly ten months, coming back from the same conditions. I had an infection in my stomach. When i came out, i could not stand and walk. I had to lean on somebody. I was so weak. Yeah. Aviva, i know you get a lot of your strength from what you are doing now. I want to ask you about your meeting last night with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. What was that like . Ive met sullivan many, many times. It just seems like thats what i feel that ive been telling these stories over and over, and everybody has heard that i went through hell, and everybody knows it, keith, my husband, 65 years old is still going through hell with other seven americans that are still thrown in gaza. I beg every time i go, every time i see anybody that can help me, i beg and i tell my story. I want to ask dont let it just be words. Its more than words. Its something that i felt while i was there. Its something that the hostages are there. Keith is crying. The video that came out in april, that he looks terrible. He looks like 20 years older than he is, thin. Is begging and crying to get out of there. Im sure that he is feeling that he is being forgotten. I want sullivan to understand that Keith Cannot stay there forever. He is in a place thats so dangerous. He could die any minute. The hamas terrorists, they are in charge of the conditions of the six that came out in terrible conditions. They had bruises all over. Keith is still there in those same conditions. Yeah. You know, you were released by hamas during a ceasefire. Right . Right now it seems as though any progress towards a new deal is still far away. What do you want to see happen . I just want keith back. I want him to come back. Im sick and tired rying about keith. I know where he is. Thrown on a mattress without any water, without any food. They didnt even let us stand and move our bodies when we needed to move. No bathroom. No water to wash our bodies. Filthy, dirty, the hamas terrorists used to threaten us all the time that theyre going to kill us. You get the feeling you are going to die every minute. What do you want keith to know . I want keith to know that the whole family, the whole family is doing everything they can. Were not politicians. We are just simple people that come from israel. We want him back. We want all the hostages back. I want keith to know that nobody has forgotten about him. United States Hasnt forgotten about him. Yeah. I know that you all met in 1980 when you were both volunteering in a kibbutz. How do you, aviva, process and explain to yourself these horrendous times that we are living in . Specifically, your family and what you and keith and your family have to continue dealing with this. How do you go forward, aviva . I see keith in front of my eyes all the time. Im still with him in gaza. And im still in gaza, because i was there going through so much torture, starvation. They hit me. They pushed me. They threatened me. Thats what theyre doing to keith and to the hostages there. What is keeping me going, im talking for them. Im telling Hirschs Story because he is not here to tell. I remember one time keith said to ask to remember everything were going through, to come out and to tell the world how mean and brutal the terrorists are. So im talking for keith and for the people that were killed. Yeah. Aviva, i thank you very much for speaking about this and for keeping that hope alive and for doing everything that you are doing to try and get keith and the others out. I thank you for being with us this morning. I just want to say that before its too late, we want keith Coming Home alive. We do not want keith Coming Home in a box. Im sure all the families, thats the same. Everybody, the families are doing everything they can. Please, please, if anybody can help, we need help. Thank you. Thank you very much. That wraps up the hour for me. Im Jose Diazbalart. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news after a short break. 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