Welcome to The Weekend. I am Alicia Menendez with symone sanderstownsend. Michael steele is off at we began with news is from the Middle East. Hezbollah, the iranian backed militant group based in lebanon confirmed its leader has been killed. The news broke from the Israeli Military who said it targeted Hassan Nasrallah in a series of airstrikes in southern beirut friday. Overnight, hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets across the border towards israel. The Israeli Military continued intensive strikes across lebanon. Smack joining us now from beirut is Msnbc Correspondent Matt Bradley. A lot of new information to cover this morning. Give us the latest. Reporter yeah, guys, first of all, the reason i am wearing all this Body Armor is in an abundance of caution. Ever since immediately after the announcement by hezbollah they confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah have been killed, we have experienced a burst of gunfire from right behind me from the neighborhood and possibly on the bea
19 as a new Bip Cnn this morning with kasie hunt. Next its tuesday, september 24, right now On Cnn this Morning Trading blows has well, a fires back one day after the deadliest day of israeli strikes in lebanon in nearly 20 years. A final address, President Biden looks to cement his Foreign Policy policy legacy. And one last speech before the Un General Assembly. And these guys actually want these people in our country is not even believable Work Descending on the commonwealth, Donald Trump pushes his promise for Mass Deportations in the Mustwin State of pennsylvania all right it is 5 00 a. M. On the east coast. A live look at Capitol Hill well, here in washington, dc on this tuesday morning. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its great to be with you this tuesday, just six weeks out from Election Day. But we begin with the u. S. Desperately trying to keep the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah from escalating into an allout regional no war firing a barrage of rockets from leban
That is still raging in North Carolina. It is actually about more than one crazy guy. And he is definitely crazy if you read any of the things he has said. Its about more than one important swing state. Believe me, North Carolina is very important. This is a story about the corner the Republican Party has backed itself into. As im sure you have heard by now are probably wish you good on here or see. Mark robinson, the republican nominee for governor North Carolina posted a lot of Stephanie Porn say. He called himself a black Porn T and supported reinstating slavery. Thats according to a thorough report from cnn that came out last week. Now, surprise surprise, ever since then robinson has repeatedly denied making those comments. What we heard from him today is just about as trumping as you can get. We are in talks right now, everything up to legal counsel to take cnn to task for what they have done. We are going after them. We are going to go after them for what they have done. Threaten
With his family as well. And that is tonight s reid out. Inside with jen psaki starts now. Reporter: okay, there s a lot going on but i want to start tonight with a dumpster fire that s the only way to call it that is still raging in north carolina. Because it s actually about more than one crazy guy. And believe me he is definitely crazy. If you ve read any of the things he s said. It s also about more than one important swing state. Believe me, north carolina is very important. But this really is a story about the corner of the republican party has backed itself into. As i m sure you ve all heard from now and probably wish you could unhear, unsee if you ve been paying attention. Mark robinson the republican nominee for governor in north carolina posted a lot of stuff on a porn site. He expressed support for reinstating slavery and called mlk an fing nami. His words not mine. Ever since then robinson has repeatedly denies making those comments. What we heard from him today was just ab
That there have been new explosions rocking the country. One day after a massive coordinated attack causing pagers to explode across all lebanon. Right now, the Death Toll after Yesterdays Attacks on pagers stands at 12, including two children. More than 2700 people were injured, including the iranian ambassador, according to lebanese authorities. Joining us now, Raf Sanchez from Tel Aviv and clint watts, Nbc News National Security analyst. What do we know about the new round of explosions . Reporter jose, in the last couple of minutes, lebanese State Media is reporting what appears to be a second wave of explosions, all across lebanon. Were seeing reports of blasts in beirut, the capital, and in the south, near the lebanese border and in the valley, a hezbollah stronghold. Lebanese State Media is saying the devices that exploded today are twoway radios as opposed to pagers. It is a very fluid situation. It is not clear if all of the devices that blew up are radios, walkie talkies, as