Jesse the stages set for the first and only Vice President ial debate between j. D. Vance and Tim Walz. But first, the mideast on the brink of war as iran launches over 200 ballistic missiles at israel. Iranian missile strikes in response to israel taking out the leader of hezbollah. Iranian Terror Proxy based in lebanon, which is been shelling israeli neighborhoods from the north. Israels Iron Dome and u. S. Missile defense intercepting the iranian barrage. The pentagon sending additional service members to the region, bracing for potential attacks on u. S. Military bases. Israel will certainly respond with Precision Strikes inside iran proper. Here at home, over 45,000 dockworkers went on strike today, shutting down ports along the East Coast and a gulf coast. The head of the union threatening to cripple the economy if they arent given a hefty rays and a guarantee that robots wont take their jobs. People never gave a [bleep] about us until now, when they finally realize that the chai
Now or never, just five weeks until election day. Ohio senator j. D. Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz about to come facetoface for the first and only time. Stakes could not be higher. Major crises have broken out here at home and abroad. Good evening everybody, im margaret brennan. And im Bret Baier coming to you live from Fox News Headquarters in new York Martha Maccallum the debate moments away. You can see it all right here live on fox. Tonight the two candidates to get out on the national stage in the middle of a turbulent and consequential new cycle. Here in the United States americans reeling from the impacts of hurricane helene. Dockworkers kicking off a largescale strike along the eastern seaboard. And overseas, The Middle East on the verge of an allout war. We are tracking any and all Developments Tonight after iran unleashed a barrage of missiles in all parts of israel and all of that hanging over the Debate Stage tonight. We have an allstar lineup of guests here with us
In northern israel. The us Defense Secretary Lloyd austin has given his support to israels objectives after speaking with with his counterpart, yoav gallant. Mr austin also warned iran it faced Grave Consequences if it carried out a direct attack against israel in support of hezbollah. This is the scene in beirut where explosions have continued overnight in the capitals southern suburbs. Israel had ordered the evacuation of 3 areas. These pictures show explosions and smoke rising near beirut international airport. There have also been reports of an Air Strike hitting a crowded palestinian Refugee Camp near the southern lebanese city of sidon. Syrian State Media says that 3 people have been killed by israeli strikes on the capital damascus. Israel is yet to comment on the reports. Meanwhile, the Uk Government has charted a flight to help british nationals leave lebanon scheduled to leave beirut on wednesday. In a moment, we will hear from my colleague anna foster, who is in beirut but f
And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
The Israeli Military has been describing it as a targeted, localised limited incursion so far. We had some details from a senior israeli Security Official, saying that these are local raids, very limited in scope, in the area, so no crashes happening so no clashes happening at the moment between israeli forces and hezbollah fighters in the south according to this senior israeli official. Obviously hezbollah has remained defiant. Yesterday, we heard from the Groups Number two who said that hezbollah fighters were ready to confront any israeli invasion. This is a part of the country that is a hezbollah stronghold. Obviously after two weeks of widespread israeli Air Strikes, high profile assassinations, hezbollah has been weakened, its leadership has been almost completely decimated, but the group remains a very powerful force. It is believed to have thousands of rockets, including missiles that can strike deep inside israel, also thousands of experienced fighters. So there is here the qu