Personnel. Were taking steps to make sure we can defend our people and respond decisively if we need to. This is not what we want, not what were looking for. We dont want an escalation. We dont want to see a second or third front develop. We dont want to see our personnel come under fire, but if that happens, were ready for it. Thats Secretary Of State Antony Blinken on the expected provocation from iran connected to the israel hamas war. It comes as Israel Defense forces are expanding significantly. Air strikes in gaza. Well get the live report from israel straight ahead. Plus an update on the hostages still being held by hamas after the Terrorist Group did release two americans on friday. And also coming up, well go through the nine republicans now running to be House Speaker following jim jordans failed bid to lead the lower chamber. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, october 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well beg
And Christian Fraser is in london. In 11 hours time, the polls open in alabama and voters will chose between a republican accused of molesting a child and a democrat who is pro choice on abortion. Polls suggest the republican could win. But roy moore, who also believes muslims should be banned from serving in congress and homosexuality should be illegal, has been shunned by members of his own party. The Top Republican senator from alabama, richard shelby, chose to go on National Television yesterday to say he couldnt vote for mr moore because the accusations of Sexual Harassment were just too compelling. I want to reiterate again, i did not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore. I think the Republican Party can do better. The president however does not agree. This weekend he recorded a robocall essentially a telephone phone marketing message in support of mr moore. Ryan moore is the guy that we need to pass our make America Great again
A few minutes ago, and in broward county, across i95 here, just south of pompano beach, youre starting to see moderate rain here, and it will track towarpalm beach county. The real rainmaker, this spin with a trailing area of low pressure. Everything will continue to movove to the east. And well be watching for that front. That front will be moving in during the day tomorrow, 8 00 at night and bring wit it better chance for rainfall. Tonight, tomorrow, wind will pick up and rain on wednesday, late in the day, and once the ont goes through, were going to start to cool down. How cool will it get . Well look at that later on. Lynn thank you. Two people shot suddenly outside of a miami apartment building. Police say somebodyypened fire on northwest 2nd court and 14th street, hitting the man and the woman. And the woman in the hand. Both were taken to Jackson Memorial hospital and are said to be okay. The police are searching for the gunman. The allccar at linden he elementary school. A fac
Clinton over the email and taking aim at her top adviser. So shes getting classified secrets. Shes married to Anthony Weiner, whos a perv. And cowabunga groom. He convinces his girlfriend he should dress as one of them for their wedding. How did he get her to say yes . We will ask them, today saturday, august 29th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today im erica hill. Im carson daly alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. It must be love. Interesting to see those wedding pictures. Maybe she is a big teenage ninja turtle fan. Looking forward to some of those answers. On a serious note, the top story is the deadly shooting in texas where a Sheriffs Office was gunned down in houston. The trooper is a married father of two, shot filling up his patrol car. Sheinelle is following the latest for us. These developments are changing quickly. There is a person of interest voluntarily questioned at this hour. This less than 12 h
At least 20 People Killed in dominica on thursday. Right now the storm is dropping heavy rain on haiti. Dylan . This storm is kind of falling apart. It doesnt mean it will not produce a lot of rain. The Dominican Republic reported 24 inches of rain. 9 inches of rain falling in just one hour. That leads to the mudslides and flash flooding. Winds are not the issue with this storm. As it moves through the area and through cuba, there is a chance that it will rip it apart farther and erika could become a tropical depression. That being said, we still have some of the Tropical Storm force conditions expected in the bahamas and into cuba. We will see it perhaps weaken and most likely restrengthen into a Tropical Storm once it moves back into the warmer waters of the gulf of mexico. The track of this storm has been shifting farther and farther to the east with every single model run. Look at this cone of uncertainty. There is still the possibility it could track along the west coast now of fl