Future. That is a daming nonanswer. Israel vowing to retaliate after propelling the largest Missile Attack from iran. The president headed to the carolinas to see the Storms Destruction firsthand. And new York City mayor fighting Bribery And Fraud charges. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. It is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from new york, alongside jose diazbalart. The 2024 campaign is entering the final sprint after the Vice President ial debate between democrat Tim Walz and republican j. D. Vance. The Running Mates may end up having the last word on the national Debate Stage, and its not only the only unusual aspect of Last Night, unlike the prior debates involving trump this cycle, this one was notable cordial. And the two rivals said they agreed with Each Other multiple times, Reminiscent Of A by gone political era. It wasnt all niceties. Its those that were closest to Donald Trump that understand how dangerous he is when the world is
Its happening. Switch to reliable Comcast Business Internet with security and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus ask how to get up to a 500 Prepaid Card. Call today welcome back. Im Jose Diazbalart alongside my Colleague Ana Cabrera for another hour of special coverage after last Nights Vice President ial debate. Both contenders and their Running Mates are across the Country Today after Last Nights big event. Which may have marked the last time we see candidates from the 2024 president ial ticket go head to head on a Debate Stage. Both vp contenders brought with them a midwestern nice feel. At times agreeing with one another, despite their stark policy differences. I agree with a lot of what Senator Vance said about whats happening. And i think i agree with you. You want to solve this problem. Much of what the senator said right there, im in agreement with him on this. First of all, i agree with you. I agree with that. First of all, tim just said something i agree with. Nbcs Jacob So
These two men were both a heartbeat away from being interesting this evening. It was a Vice President ial debate. One of these men will lose and we will never from him again. The other one will become vp again and we will never hear from him again. 4144. All right. A look at the late night takes of Vice President ial nominees tim Walz And J. D. Vance. The Ohio Senator largely kept things cordial in last Nights Debate focusing most of their attacks at their Running Mates at the top of the ticket. We are going to go through the big moments from what could be the final faceoff between the campaigns before election day. We will bring you a live report from The Middle East following a major escalation by iran launching a massive ballistic Missile Attack on israeli. We will have the very latest developments just ahead. Two major stories this morning. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, october 2nd. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early white House
It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, the fierce fighting on the ground in lebanon. Israel, rushing in additional troops as hezbollah forces vow theyre standing fast, and this is just the start of a long battle. Were live near the border. Plus, Nbc News goes One On one with a senior hamas official. What he told our Keir Simmons about Irans Missile Attack on israel. Into the storm. And from the stage to the stump, tim Walz And J. D. Vance return to the Campaign Trail this hour after a debate that was heavy on policy and maybe surprisingly light on personal attacks. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Richard Engel on the ground in lebanon. We know eight israeli soldiers in clashes with hezbollah forces. What more can you tell us . So hezbollah has claimed that it has carried out numerous attacks against israeli troops, and this is just the beginning of a Ground Campaign, a Ground Cam
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