But first right now, the lead with Jake Tapper starts right now welcome to the lead. Im Jake Tapper and we are following two major breaking stories. I am right now inside the Spin Room at Cbs Studio goes in new York Hours away from tonights first and only 2024, Vice President ial debate. But the Worlds Attention might be elsewhere at roughly 12 30 p. M. Eastern youre in time. Iran launched a major attack on Israel Firing nearly 200 ballistic missiles according to us officials, cnns Jim Sciutto and his crew were live on an air in israel at the time as Air Raid sirens sounded and missiles began to rain down overhead okay, guys, we got to get off the roof. These are coming down right next to us here. Hes do jim, please do theyre coming down one just about. We got to go Inside Sciutto and his team are thankfully safe. We are waiting for reports as to the damage done by the iranian souls, the Israel Defense forces reports that most of irans missiles its were intercepted by Israels Air defen
Next a virtual discussion on current u. S. Strategy in the indopacific region. We heard about u. S. Relations with china and india, the impact of covid19 in those countries, and u. S. Troop withdrawal from germany. Held during a virtual discussion by the center or strategic and international studies, this is half an hour. Good morning. Im cynthia nics. Im happy to have with me general james mcconville. Gen. Mcconville its great to be here with you. Dr. Hicks i know we have a time ount of your ms. Hicks, i know we have a limited amount of your time. Theyre not often thinking about the pacific. Is the pacific really a priority for the army . What does it mean if it is . Gen. Mcconville historically were focused on europe. With the National Defense strategy puts the indopacific a top priority, its certainly a priority for us. When we take a look throughout the pacific that was my first overseas trip as a chief in september, 2019. I just did my first trip with covid out into the region and
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