Israel. How dangerous is this moment . Good evening. Welcome to newsnight. Tonight, are we now on the cusp of a full blown regional war in the Middle East . Iran has launched a Missile Attack on israel this evening which is now over. Earliertoday, israeli troops invaded lebanon. Also, in whats being described as a terrorist attack, at least six people have been killed in Tel Aviv by two gunmen. Just before we came on air i spoke to Shadow Security Minster and conservative Leadership Candidate Tom tugendhat. Well, this is an incredibly dangerous moment. This is a moment when the vicious iranian regime is targeting notjust jews, muslims and christians in israel, but is putting ballistic missiles overjordan, over iraq, and threatening many, many people on the route. This is a moment when we need the british government to be absolutely firm and clear, standing with our allies in the region, injordan, in israel and standing alongside democracies. We need to be defending ourfriends and stand
1. Right now on sand then this morning breaking overnight is israel moving troops into lebanon, the fine pressure from the u. S. To stop the Escalation Plus Debate day tim Walz And J. D. Vance, ready for their Face Off . What each candidate needs to do on Stage Tonight . And later everything that that you sort of take for granted. It has been washed away literally utter devastation communities ravaged by helene, grappling with near total destruction 5 00 a. M. Im here on the east coast. A live look at Capitol Hill on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im Kasie Hunt its wonderful to have you with us. We have Breaking News out of the newly overnight is Red River israeli troops crossed into lebanon to begin with, theyre calling the next phase of war, israel launching a limited Ground Invasion into Southern Lebanon despite weeks of requests from the u. S. To use restraint and deescalate their conflict with hezbollah if the state of lebanon and the world can push hezbollah away f
Attack into Southern Lebanon. Theyve got to take out that Ballistic Missile firing capability. Now we know theres about 120,000 other types of rockets and missiles that theyve been using to essentially harassed of the people in israel. And thats why some 60,000 people have had to dislocate. But theyve got to take out all the ballistic Missile Capability and Southern Lebanon and they need to do it now or brigadier general Steve Anderson plead akerman thanks to both of you, a brand new hour of cnn, new central starts right now live from New York . No, not snl, but still must see political tv, the Vice President ial candidates getting ready heading to face off for their first and only debate and possibly the final debate of the entire Election Cycle the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene has left thousands of people in Western North Carolina stranded and growing desperate for supplies. New details on the rush now to get to them and get supplies to them im Kate Bolduan with Sara Sidner
Morning. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin this hour with Breaking News. The White House is preparing for a chilling new threat that iran could be about to launch a Missile Attack on israel were covering all the angles at this hour, their correspondence around the world. Lets begin with the White House and what theyre saying in cnns are arlette saens. Arlette, were just getting this word within the last hour or so. What can you tell us yeah, jim, this is a pretty stunning warning coming from the u. S. Senior white House Official tells us that the u. S. Believes that iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic Missile Attack against israel. It comes at a time when the u. S. Has been watching with great concern to see what irans a posture might be and whether they might try to launch any type of retaliatory attack against israel amid the heightened tensions that have arisen over the course of the past two weeks. Now, in this statement from a sen
Hezbollah back from israels border. Joining us now, nbcs Matt Bradley in beirut, former u. S. Ambassador to morocco and former president ial middle East Adviser mike ginsburg, u. S. Retired Army Colonel Jack jacobs as well. I want to bring with nbcs white House Correspondent Monica alba with us by phone. You have this breaking news reporting. What have you learned about this potential iranian attack against israel . Well, ana, this is coming from a senior white House Official and a department of Defense Official who confirmed to myself and to our Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube this indication that the united states has, which is typically a reflection of Intelligence And Information that they have gleaned from other countries, who would potentially be affected by this, that iran is indeed preparing to launch that ballistic Missile Attack against israel. Now, to put this into context, this is something that has happened before, it happened earlier this year as we may remember. And