When i am ingraham from washington tonight. Time for a real president. That is the focus of tonights angle. Millions of americans are suffering and more than 130 are dead in the aftermath of one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the united states. And tragically for those affected, we never had a President Or Vice president in place and equipped to direct federal preparation nor to demand a swift response by the federal government. The victims of Hurricane Helene didnt know where to turn over the weekend. At this point, you dont see a Fema Station set up. We should have had that by now. Is that concerning . Speak up expect more and we cant get out. Laura you should expect more. Americans cant get out but Kamala Harris had no trouble getting into california and to Las Vegas to campaign over the weekend. The same with biden. He spent most of his time with rehoboth beach. Do you want to spend the weekend here in Washington Or Delaware . Come on, Will You Que . It is 90 miles from here,
County. Well await word perhaps later today on that. Thank you, jim, from california. Pete rose dead at the age of 83, wow. Next hour now. Dana dangerous development in the Middle East. The White House is now warning that iran is preparing an imminent ballistic Missile Attack on israel and the u. S. Is warning of severe consequences for tehran. All of this comes as israeli Ground Troops are moving deeper into lebanon conducting localized raids on hezbollah positions. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. From baseball to bill a lot of things happening. The statement out from the White House, here it is quote, the united states has indications that iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic Missile Attack against israel and actively supporting defensive preparations to defend israel against this attack. A direct Military Attack from iran against israel will carry severe consequences for iran, end quote. Dana incursion into lebanon follows the strike in beir
[sirens wailing] John Thats whats been happening in israel over the last couple hours. Air raid sirens, alerts blinking red all across the country. As iran throws the full might of its ballistic Missile Arsenal of israel. You see a couple impacts. They look like they might have gone down into the Mediterranean Sea just to the west of Tel Aviv. No significant casualties, no significant damage that we know of and for all intents and purposes this appears to be over. At least for the moment because Air Spaces have reopened. People have been told they can depart the Bomb Shelters that theyve been in. To wait out what iran had to throw at israel. Here we go again. Last time this happened was back on april 13th. Didnt result in any significant casualties or damage and that appears to be the case tonight. Sandra this is coming from iran. Still reporting what we are seeing. Per a senior iranian official to reuters, the u. S. Was alerted by iran through diplomatic channels shortly before these
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
Time for a real president. That s the focus of tonight s angle laura: millions of americans are suffering and more than 130 dead in the aftermath of one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the united states. And tragically for those effected we neither had a president or vice president in place and equipped to direct the federal preparation are in to demand a swift response by the federal government. Victims of hurricane helene didn t know where to turn over the weekend. At this point you don t see a fema station set up? that s right. And we should. We should by now. Is that concerning? yeah. We expect nor and we can t get out. Laura: you should expect more. Can t get out. Kamala harris had no trouble getting into california and to las vegas, to campaign over the weekend same with biden. He spent his time at rehoboth beach. Resources in north carolina knowing what you know now and do you work you would have spent the weekend here in washington rather than in delaware. Come on, stop t