Are looking forward to it. Sleep up if you can because youve got a lot of things this week. Have a great Weekend Velshi starts right now. Good morning. Its sunday, september 29. 37 days until Election Day and two days tim Walz And J. D. Vance will take the stage in new York City for the first and likely only Vice President ial debate of the cycle. The matchup will be the first time that the two man will meet Each Other in person, and it will offer them a chance to reintroduce themselves to the country. Since joining their respective campaigns, their paths have diverged. Walz profile has skyrocketed and voters have found him to be likable which is a boost for his a kamala Harris Campaign. On the other hand, vance controversial comments have been a liability for Trumps President Ial Bid and poll shows favorability ratings are well underwater. The stakes are high, especially with early voting underway in many states. This may be the least, last marquee event of the cycle because although
Michigan, georgia, and wisconsin, arizona, and nevada. A few other places but mainly those Swing States because the job is to Canvass Door to door for Donald Trump. Let me clarify. Technically it is not Elon Musk himself hiring here. Its the superpac mr. Musk created and the one he funds and it is called the america pac. And technically, this pac is not canvassing for Donald Trump. They are just canvassing to convince people to vote for Donald Trump on their own accord. When you remove the layers of legal and optical separation that a superpac magically provides, the reality here is that Elon Musk through his superpac is spending millions of dollars to do the trump Campaigns Door knocking for them. While the Trump Campaign and the rnc both claim that they are still doing some of that work themselves, we have seen numerous reports of republicans at the State Level say there are not many signs of a ground game. Not other than the Door Knockers hired by the Elon Musk superpac which is fra
Israeli officials are bracing for reaction. The idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. Israel continues to pound targets Inside Lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. Ri in iran, antiisrael protesters took to the streets of the Capital City and that countrys Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. In the u. S. , President Biden said he has directed secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to further enhance the Defense Posture of Military Forces in The Middle East to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. We have reporters and analysts in place around the World Right in with all these new developments first. First, Matt Bradley joined us again from beirut. Matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in Lebanons Capital this evening. Reporter tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, People Y are crying in the streets, wailing out. This
This is brand new video just to us. Israel says it struck the central headquarters of hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. You can see in this video the blast was massive. And israeli official tells Nbc News the target was hezbollahs powerful leader. It comes as israel has been systematically targeting high level commanders of the u. S. Designated terror group, both within and abroad, which prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says israel will continue to do in order to defend itself from groups looking to eliminate the state. Nbcs Matt Bradley is live in beirut for us. Also with us, aaron david miller, former arabisraeli negotiator, and Senior Fellow at the endowment for peace. Give us the latest. Reporter we were here a couple of hours ago when our walls of our hotel shook. You cant see it now but it was just over my right shoulder here in southern beirut. This is a neighborhood that has endured repeated israeli bombardments all week long. And most of that, as you just mentioned in your intro
Bret . Bret have you talked about pay per view to show what you talk about in the dismernls. Greg yes it. Would make A Lot of money. Bret okay. Thank you. Good evening. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, we are tracking a major hurricane as it barrels towards floridas gulf coast. Well take you there. And show you the track. On capitol hill, the Justice Department Inspector general hints there was more to the January 6th 2021 Capitol Riot than the administration has acknowledged so far. Well be live on capitol hill. But, first, a Bad Day for the u. S. Secret service as former President Donald Trump says no threat from iran will slow him down and the senate comes down hard on the people assigned to protect him. Lawmakers are blaming the Secret Service for multiple mistakes ahead of the first Assassination Attempt against former President Trump and questions A Lot of them about the second. Correspondent David Spunt has Details Tonight from the Justice Department. Good evening, david. Good e