I have been briefed on the latest developments in Israel And Lebanon and my team is in constant contact with our counterparts and we are working to deescalate in a way that allows people to return to their home safely. I want you to know that i remain committed to security and i look forward to discussions. Thank you everyone. John President Biden reacting moments ago but not taking any questions on the major escalation in the Middle East as the pentagon announces a more u. S. Troops are on the way there. Israel says it has hit more than 300 hezbollah targets and forced operations in lebanon soon. What a way to start the week. Im John Roberts in washington. I think it will be a busy one. Sandra for this is developing situation. I am Sandra Smith in New York and good to be with you. This is America Reports. Lebanese officials say this is the deadliest day in the country in nearly 20 years with more than 270 people killed. Israel warned civilians ahead of time that it would be targeting
Lot to talk about. Let s do it. Now, if it was not clear, donald trump and j. D. Vance spent most of last week proving their bid to the white house is powered by white nationalism. This during a challenging time for the people of springfield, ohio. Some of whom happen to be haitian american thanked to gop lies and conspiracies. Lies that, in fact, been fat checked and corrected by the republican governor of ohio, the wall street journal and even the springfield woman who started the false peteating rumors in the first place. Despite all of the fallout, trump and vance have not backed down. They have doubled down on the lies. Here is vance with a new twist on these downfalls. They are here legally, they are here illegally so, okay, recap quickly. That is j. D. Vance acknowledging haitian americans do have legal immigration status but he is not think that they should. To him they are illegal deported just in a moment s notice when a second trump administration happens in it happens. Now,
Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those Little Fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those campaign fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, A Million dollars, they want a Favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political Deals Toe the Bribery Line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois Governor Hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
Die roman. I m jessica dean in new york and we begin this hour with vice president kamala harris today agreeing to a second debate with former president donald trump right here on cnn on october 23. Of course, that s just days before the election. Harris now channeling, challenging her rival to another facetoface showdown. But it s trump up four, we re going to talk more about that in just a moment trump held a rally in the key battleground state of north carolina today as the republican candidate for governor in north carolina basis major scandal this week, a cnn investigation uncovered racist and deeply inflammatory comments made by mark robinson on a porn website years ago the trump campaign has yet to comment on this, despite some republicans in north carolina calling on robinson to drop out of the race, was just 45 days to go until election day cnn s steve contorno has more on how trump is handling this from the site of that rally in wilmington, north carolina donald trump arrived