Happening especially now its so late in the season for the hurricanes. That was donald Trump Yesterday in georgia, but not only did forecasters indeed know about the Size And Strength of Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Season still has several more weeks remaining. Well bring you an update on Recovery Efforts and show you President Bidens fiery response to trumps false claims. Also ahead, well bring you the latest from the Middle East as israel launches a Ground Offensive into Southern Lebanon after weeks of deadly Air Strikes targeting hezbollah militants. And, of course, well preview what could be the final debate of the 2024 president ial race with the Running Mates set to square off Tonight Right here in new York City. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, october 1st. We are in october now. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, but well begin with breaking news. The israeli military has started a Groun
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
Well have the latest reporting from cnbc. Also ahead, an update on Recovery Efforts across the southeast at President Biden is set to get a firsthand look at the devastating Storm Damage in North Carolina. Well also have a live report from The Middle East as israel launches a Ground Offensive into Southern Lebanon after weeks of deadly Air Strikes targeting hezbollahing the militants. And what could be the final debate of the 2024 president ial debate. Jd vance and Tim Walz set to square off tonight in New York. With us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. Bbcs Katty Kay. And the president on the council of foreign relations, richard haass. Author of the Newsletter Home and away. Well get to it all in a minute. Pete rose died. Kept out of the hall of because of the betting scandal. Talent was huge. Member of three World Series Championship teams. The Cincinnati Reds in the 70s. Got a third with the philadelphia phillies. The alltime hits king, a record that i dont see being bro
All he did to try to bring peace between israeli and palestinians. Happy birthday, president carter. I will see again in a few minutes as a guest on inside with jen psaki, which starts right now. I know it seems like every single day we are talking about some incredibly wild split screen between the two candidates running for president i know it feels that way boy, we got another one today. On one side of the equation donald trump bumbled and lied his way storm damage in court nestor georgia. On the other, kamala harris the things you might hear from president about a tragedy like hurricane helene at fema headquarters in washington. Here is just a sampling of headlines from trump s trip today. Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigned in an air ravaged by hurricane helene. Trump falsely says georgia s governor was unable to talk to biden about storm damage. My personal favorite might be, trump says no one could have predicted hurricane at peak of hurricane season
Walz campaign will talk about the debate tomorrow. Rachel, i knew that aljd vance weird. I knew that even before tim walz told me that jd vance is weird. But until i watched your jd program tonight, to say i didn t know the half of it i did know the tip of the iceberg , it turns out in the tip of the iceberg is a lot and rich an amazing and stranger than most politicians. But what you reported on tonight is just stunning. It left you at a certain part i noticed speechless and like the commercial came just in time because what else is there to ca say about this madness? i mean, there is a very traditional political science 101 way to look at jd vance which is like, less than two years as a senator and never held public office before that other than his time in public he service and all he has done his work for this guy peter and there is a political science way to look at it and then also your like dive in and look at the stuff he said on tape and who he says he gets his political ideas