Good evening, im alicia menendez. We are just 34 days from Election Day 2024. And a short time ago, democratic governor Tim Walz of minnesota and republican senator Jj Vance faced off for the first and only Vice President ial debate this cycle. The debate might have seemed normal. But almost nothing was normal. Vance lied about issues like abortion, Health Care, immigration. And try today rewrite history. But arguably, the biggest moment of the night, Jd Vance is on that stage because Mike Pence had the audacity to certify the election results. Here is what Jd Vance said when he was pressed tonight about trumps long running election lies. Would you again seek to challenge this Years Election results even if every governor certified the results. We are focused on the future. It is really rich for democratic leader to say that Donald Trump is a unique threat to democracy when he peacefully gave over power on january 20th. This was a threat to our democracy in a way we had not seen and ma
Us into your home. Big news day. Thank you. Welcome to The Beat. We are tracking the story which is disgusting. We have braeging news on this federal case against Donald Trump which he is still slated to go on trial for. This is a newly unsealed 165page filing. This is from Jack Smith. The reason its a big deal, we knew there was a trial coming slated for after the election. We knew smith had narrowed aspects of this case in response to the supreme Court Ruling on immunity but what we didnt know is the new evidence against defendant trump. There are still some redactions in this for various reasons but there is new information in the filing at the kind of Top End of valuable information that we knew existed but did not have until today are those secret, private conversation that is occurred between then President Trump and Mike Pence. So we have new evidence about their secret meetings. All of which were at the behest of Donald Trump and some of which we knew but are learning more deta
It s jd vance versus tim walz, the ohio senator, and the minnesota governor sharing a stage for the first time after weeks of hostility and making the case for their running mates in prime time. I say we get a president who knows what the hell he s doing. I say we get donald j. Trump back in the oval office. We are not satisfied with putting cracks in the glass ceiling. We re pushing president harris through the glass. The vp picks of kamala harris and donald trump are about to be tested as they ve never been tested before just five weeks before election day when we fight, we win. It s debate night in america. And cnn s live coverage begins right now political spotlight is on new york city as vice presidential nominees j. D. Vance and tim walz are about to confront one another on the debate stage. We are standing by for the start of what is likely to be a contentious faceoff that could have a unique impact on the 24, 2024 presidential race. It is debate night in america on this special
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
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