Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin this hour with breaking news, a brandnew Jobs Report beating expectations. The government reporting employers added 254,000 jobs in september, thats well above the 150,000 predicted by most economists. The Unemployment Rate fell slightly to 4. 1 . And when you break it down by race, both the black and hispanic Unemployment Rates fell by. 4 last month. There you see the drop. This report comes hours after Port Workers and Port Operators along the East And Gulf coasts reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on tuesday. That walkout threatened to bring chaos at the start of the holiday shopping season. With us now, cnbcs dominic chu. Dom, good morning. This was a strong Jobs Report. What else did we learn from it . Good morning, jose. Yes, it stands in stark contrast, this Jobs Report, what we saw the previous month, which got read as a very big at least disappointment. What we did note beyond
Power. Unlikely allies, Liz Cheney hitting the road with vp Kamala Harris, taking her pitch to the birthplace of the Republican Party. Also ahead, Helenes Aftermath, the president heading back to the southeast to view more damage as the Storms Death Toll climbs again. And israels deepest strikes into lebanon yet. This as israel prepares to respond to the Missile Barrage from iran. Good morning, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific. Thanks for joining us. Im Ana Cabrera reporting from new york. And with just about a month until Election Day, americans are seeing a trove of previously unreleased evidence in a Special Counsels Election Interference Case against Donald Trump. Through 165 pages, Jack Smith details several layers of trumps alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 Election Results. The crux of the Prosecutions Argument is this. Quote, when the defendant lost the 2020 president ial election, he resorted to crimes to try to stay in office. At its core, the Defendants Scheme
Lebanon and other major question have been heightened tensions. What role will the u. S. Play . Plus the Vice President ial candidates are back out on the trail after a debate that was midwest nice. Both campaigns kicking into high gear for the final 34 days hes of this race. Were going to assess what may have changed after Last Night and what comes next. Were also covering the Southeast Hundreds of thousands still without power food, and clean water, still hard to come by in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, as President Biden is on his way to see the devastation firsthand were falling only these majoR Developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central is anxiously waiting to see how israel will respond to irans unprecedented Missile Attack as the israeli military intensifies its Ground War in lebanon across the region, violence is escalating with fierce clashes between Israel And Hezbollah forces. The idf says that it plans to send additional troops alread
Council is holding an Emergency Meeting about Israel Planning Retaliation against iran and that massive ballistic Missile Attack from overnight. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, met with The Heads of his countrys secret Force Security forces as they consider what a strike could look like. The idf, israeli Defense Force has sent more fighters into lebanon. Remember, they are doing what they had called a limited ground incursion. The limit obviously was more than 24 hours. They are still going and fighting hezbollah terrorists on the ground. Lebanons military is hezbollah. Israel confirmed eight soldiers have been killed in combat today. Israel is facing three terror proxies. Those are those Terrorist Groups that iran funds and in some part has to be coordinating now. October 7th, hamas Hit Israeli Citizens. October 8th, hezbollah Hit Israeli Citizens from the north. Now the houthis and that proxy paid for by iran in ye
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