Escalation of tensions in the region that presents new challenges for leaders in the white house and around the world welcome to this special edition of erin burnett outfront. Erin is on his side i m in i m anderson cooper and i m jake tapper. We re covering the breaking news in the middle east are counting down to tonight s vice presidential debate that candidates will take the stage age and less than two hours and iran s attack is certainly to be a key line of questioning that s only adding to the pressure on ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota gov tim walz as they take part in what could be the most important vice presidential debate in modern american political history. Vance and walz are tasked with delivering closing arguments for their running mates, donald trump and kamala harris, since there are currently no plans for another presidential debate. What the vp nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the white house with electi
Stage right now, trump is holding a rally in the battleground, state of wisconsin, while harris is holed up in pennsylvania with a team of advisers preparing for this matchup against trump. The Vice President did take a break to meet with some Small Business owners and voters at a Spy Shop in pittsburgh. Were going to have more on that in just a moment, but first, were gonna go to alayna treene, who is there at the Trump Rally in wisconsin. Alayna has he said anything about the debates so far well, jessica, hes actually almost two hours into this speech and hes only made one mention of the debate and it was very brief play just to ask people in the crowd if they are excited and watching. But other he moved on to the rest of his speech, but luck, jessica theres a key reason why hes in Wisconsin Today and you can hear him. Sorry, hes very loud behind me wrapping this up brian, now, but he is in wisconsin because this is a crucial battleground. Remember, Donald Trump won this state in 201
and in baghdad, iran s proxies are running rampant. here they are cutting off the city s diplomatic green zone after one of their leaders was arrested. inside, the united states remains mostly silent. it s focused instead on its nuclear negotiations and is fearful of giving fuel to hardliners in iran s elections. from the us, there has been no military response yet to recent attacks. beyond this fortress, a terror campaign is underway. if you re western forces, you re fighting the islamic state group, you can be here in the centre of baghdad and you can be relatively safe, but the situation outside these walls is far more grim. and the people out there and all across iraq don t have the luxury
and all across iraq don t have the luxury of that protection. chanting young iraqis took to the streets to protest, among other things, foreign interference in their country. and they have been slaughtered. almost 700 have been cut down. they blame pro iranian militia. and they chant, who killed me? please, have a seat. ali mohammed wants to know who it was that shot dead his brother.
and the people out there and all across iraq don t have the luxury of that protection. chanting. young iraqis took to the streets to protest, among other things, foreign interference in their country. and they have been slaughtered. almost 700 have been cut down. they blame pro iranian militia. and they chant, who killed me? please, have a seat. ali mohammed wants to know who it was that shot dead his brother, amjed.