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
Jesse: the stages set for the first and only vice presidential debate between j. D. Vance and tim walz. But first, the mideast on the brink of war as iran launches over 200 ballistic missiles at israel. Iranian missile strikes in response to israel taking out the leader of hezbollah. Iranian terror proxy based in lebanon, which is been shelling israeli neighborhoods from the north. Israel s iron dome and u. S. Missile defense intercepting the iranian barrage. The pentagon sending additional service members to the region, bracing for potential attacks on u. S. Military bases. Israel will certainly respond with precision strikes inside iran proper. Here at home, over 45,000 dockworkers went on strike today, shutting down ports along the east coast and a gulf coast. The head of the union threatening to cripple the economy if they aren t given a hefty rays and a guarantee that robots won t take their jobs. People never gave a [bleep] about us until now, when they finally realize that the c
Now or never, just five weeks until election day. Ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota governor tim walz about to come facetoface for the first and only time. Stakes could not be higher. Major crises have broken out here at home and abroad. Good evening everybody, i m margaret brennan. And i m bret baier coming to you live from fox news headquarters in new york martha maccallum the debate moments away. You can see it all right here live on fox. Tonight the two candidates to get out on the national stage in the middle of a turbulent and consequential new cycle. Here in the united states americans reeling from the impacts of hurricane helene. Dockworkers kicking off a largescale strike along the eastern seaboard. And overseas, the middle east on the verge of an allout war. We are tracking any and all developments tonight after iran unleashed a barrage of missiles in all parts of israel and all of that hanging over the debate stage tonight. We have an allstar lineup of guests here with
We start with breaking news tonight. Israeli forces are now entering lebanon they are carrying out what they call a limited Ground Operation. It is a major escalation, one that is renewing fears that iran could now be poised to step in the pentagon tonight, that to deploy additional us troops and fighter jets all the region in response. So far we know that the idf says its Targeting Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. The announcement comes just hours after israeli raids and Artillery Fire was reported across the border, airstrikes also hitting inside of Beiruts City limits for the first time since october 7, mr. Short time ago. We saw a projectile over the Night Sky in tel aviv. Now its unclear where it came from. The Ground Operation falls or rapid escalation in fighting over the past couple of weeks along with massive setbacks for iran back hezbollah the groups communications took a hit after thousands of their pagers and walkietalkies exploded. Israel has also taken out several has flow
Surrounded by his family. Dikembe mutombo was 58 7 00 am in Lebanon War israeli troops are now conducting a limited Ground Operation. The Israeli Military says its Conducting Targeted Raids in Southern Lebanon. The idf says they are targeting villages close to the border that pose a immediate threats to communities in northern israel. Israeli officials say there will be quote, no longTerm Occupation of Southern Lebanon. The israeli army released this video that it says shows preparations for the Ground Operation. The u. S. Says, israel informed him of a number of operations, including the Ground Incursion and on monday night, a White House national Security Council Spokesperson told cnn that they support israels right to defend itself while warning that Mission Creep is a real risk. And cnns Paula Hancocks is live in Abu Dhabi. She joins us now. So paula, what is the latest on israels limited third Ground Operation into Southern Lebanon rosemary, we have a team along the border norther