Particular, what youre talking about, about j. D. Vance, i feel like thats more so more true than ever this year. Yeah. They dont typically matter. But this one may. Yeah. Ne and we dont know which j. D. Vance we may know but we really dont know which one will come Tomorrow Night. So, well see. Ive got a big Rachel Maddow Show style spiel, a big Story T that i think people dont know about vance coming up a little later on in the show. Va oh, good. Thats my Homework Assignment for tonight. Well be watching. T. Thank you, jen. Much appreciated. Thanks at home for joining us this hour. This is one of those News Day where everything is busting out all over. Er theres a lot going on. And a lot of the big news in the country and the world is still developing tonight. So, i have to tell you, tonightn we are keeping our eyes trained on the middle east. A significant expansion in the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah in hebb non. Hezbollah, of course, is the iranbacked Militia Group thats b
Happening especially now its so late in the season for the hurricanes. That was donald Trump Yesterday in georgia, but not only did forecasters indeed know about the Size And Strength of Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Season still has several more weeks remaining. Well bring you an update on Recovery Efforts and show you President Bidens fiery response to trumps false claims. Also ahead, well bring you the latest from the Middle East as israel launches a Ground Offensive into Southern Lebanon after weeks of deadly Air Strikes targeting hezbollah militants. And, of course, well preview what could be the final debate of the 2024 president ial race with the Running Mates set to square off Tonight Right here in new York City. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, october 1st. We are in october now. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, but well begin with breaking news. The israeli military has started a Groun
Your people back into their homes, you dont escalate to deescalate. And obviously now, with the iranian retaliation, israelis are in their shelters as they go into the new years holiday weekend. Ben . Yeah. I think, you know, since October 7th, the Biden Administration has had a number of goals, one was to provide support to israel as it aims to go after hamas, but then also one of the principle goals of u. S. Diplomacy since October 7th had been avoiding deescalation into lebanon, precisely because i think there was an understanding that lebanon could be kind of the Trip Wire to this broader regional war that essentially, you know, it is one thing if there is a conflict In Gaza, that alone is destabilizing enough and is obviously brought a tremendous Human Toll and has grinded on for a full year. But the concern has always been that if israel launched a Ground Operation and significantly escalated things in lebanon that could draw iran into a conflict in a direct way as were seeing to
Between israel and an arab neighbor. Katy tur picks up our breaking News Coverage right now. Good to be with you. Im Katy Tur in for chris jansing. We are watching israel and waiting for a Damage Assessment after iran sent dozens, perhaps more, of ballistic missiles at the country, including tel aviv. This is what it looked like and sounded like add it was happening. [ sirens ] in a statement, iran says the missiles were in honor of hezbollah leader nasrallah where the israelis killed with a 2,000 Pound Bunker busting bomb In Beirut last friday. If israel responds, iran says it will face crushing attacks. So will israel respond . Theyre already indicating, yes, they will. The u. S. And allies have been trying to convince all the parties involved to work toward a Cease Fire worried the continued escalation of attacks between Hezbollah And Israel and now iran could lead to all out war. Meanwhile, as the Iron Dome was trying to intercept these missiles, israeli News Outlets were reporting
Well have the latest reporting from cnbc. Also ahead, an update on Recovery Efforts across the southeast at President Biden is set to get a firsthand look at the devastating Storm Damage in North Carolina. Well also have a live report from The Middle East as israel launches a Ground Offensive into Southern Lebanon after weeks of deadly Air Strikes targeting hezbollahing the militants. And what could be the final debate of the 2024 president ial debate. Jd vance and Tim Walz set to square off tonight in New York. With us, the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. Bbcs Katty Kay. And the president on the council of foreign relations, richard haass. Author of the Newsletter Home and away. Well get to it all in a minute. Pete rose died. Kept out of the hall of because of the betting scandal. Talent was huge. Member of three World Series Championship teams. The Cincinnati Reds in the 70s. Got a third with the philadelphia phillies. The alltime hits king, a record that i dont see being bro