Whats at stake in terms of fighting against hate and those efforts to divide us, and i do know that im in a position to do something about it, so i felt a great responsibility. And the incredible power of people, right, who and im not the only leader in this. Were all leaders in this. This is so much bigger than me. Vice president Kamala Harris Last Night talking to oprah about her rise to the top of the democratic ticket for president. Well have much more from that starstudded sitdown just ahead. Also coming up, the trumpbacked republican candidate for governor in North Carolina is vowing to stay in the race despite a damning report on offensive and racist posts he made on a pornographic website some years ago. And well bring you the latest from the Middle East as israel continues its attacks against the Hezbollah Terrorist Group In Lebanon. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, september 20th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we will b
Joining me tonight are political Strategist And Commentator Rina Shah and columnist for the i and former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher first , the latest headlines. Israels Defence Minister has said the military is opening a new phase in the war, and will be diverting troops and resources northwards. Yoav gallant was speaking to troops at an airbase near the border with lebanon. It comes as 14 people have been killed and at least a50 injured in further explosions across lebanon involving Walkie Talkies. The us Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point in its first reduction since the pandemic. It puts the Central Banks benchmark Lending Rate at between 4. 75 and 5 , sharply lowering the cost of borrowing with less than 50 days to go until the us president ial election. The Foreign Office has summoned the russian ambassador to the uk over the expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow. A spokesperson Accused Moscow Of Making malicious and
The entire country has emitted as much Carbon Dioxide since the 19505 as americans have in wait for it the last three days and in the uk, conservationists declare an emergency, as Butterfly Numbers fall to their lowest on record. We start this hour in the Middle East, where at least 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a new wave of attacks in lebanon this time its Walkie Talkies that have been detonated. The latest blasts come just 2a hours after pagers used by the armed Group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 3,000 in hospital. Iran which backs hezbollah has described the attacks as mass murder. Hezbollah is blaming israel and has vowed to retaliate. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav gallant says the country is opening a new phase in the Gaza War and the Centre Of Gravity is shifting to the north. 0ur Senior International Correspondent 0rla Guerin sent this report from beirut. Hezbollah, coming to bury its
Im talking about wisconsin, a battleground currently showing a day had heat will talk to the states Democratic Party chair im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside Politics Cnn and Breaking News we begin with major Breaking News out of The Middle East. A fresh wave of explosions in lebanon. Their Health Ministry is reporting at least nine people have been killed after dozens of Walkie Talkies apparently blew up just a day after hundreds of pages by hezbollah floated, injuring thousands. I want to get straight to beirut and cnns ben wedeman, ben in addition to the nine people so who have been killed so far today, according to the ministry of health, theyre saying more than 300 have been injured in this second day of blasts the across the country. Now, according to lebanese security sources, there were somewhere between 15 and 20 explosions of devices. Its believed Walkie Talkie hes in the southern suburbs of beirut. Thats where hezbollah has a strong presence. One of those
politician up ahead of reelection this monday. now the nation will be holding his funeral. president biden paid a visit to the japanese embassy yesterday saying he was stunned, outraged and saddened by the former prime minister s killing. and he had this to say about the assassination on japan s security. we re going to learn more about, as time goes on, about motive, about the whole japanese, prime minister is a stable ally and we, do not believe it s likely to have i don t know yet likely to have any profound destabilizing impact on japanese security or japanese solidarity. when we look at this, japan one of our key allies, particularly in this region and particularly militarily with all that goes on with chinese efforts to expand. and a lot to talk about on a global scale. absolutely, and i think that hearing the outpouring from so many world leaders about the legacy of abe, japan s youngest prime minister when he took over and the longest serving when he was don