Out strIkes agaInst hezbollah troops after that group launched Into Northern Israel overnIght. Israels presIdent says they are not seekIng war, but they wIll defend themselves. Nate foy has detaIls from tel avIv. IncreasIng on Israels northern border. Past 24 hours, Israel Hezbollah launched 150 tImes on them, thIs Is the fourth IntensIve day over Southern Lebanon. ThIs vIdeo was released thIs mornIng. IdentIfyIng hezbollah terrorIsts and gettIng ready to fIre a CruIse MIssIle from a home In Southern Lebanon. IsraelI FIghter Jet took out the terrorIsts before they could fIre that MIssIle And Israel Is gIvIng thIs warnIng to resIdents In Southern Lebanon. We advIse vIllages located In and next to areas used for hezbollah for mIlItary purpose such as those used to store weapons, to ImmedIately move out of Harms Way for theIr own safety. Todd, Take A Look at thIs, you see the SkIes LIght Up over Southern Lebanon and Northern Israel. Idf deployed FIghter Jets strIkIng thousands of Hezbolla
I have been briefed on the latest developments in Israel And Lebanon and my team is in constant contact with our counterparts and we are working to deescalate in a way that allows people to return to their home safely. I want you to know that i remain committed to security and i look forward to discussions. Thank you everyone. John President Biden reacting moments ago but not taking any questions on the major escalation in the Middle East as the pentagon announces a more u. S. Troops are on the way there. Israel says it has hit more than 300 hezbollah targets and forced operations in lebanon soon. What a way to start the week. Im John Roberts in washington. I think it will be a busy one. Sandra for this is developing situation. I am Sandra Smith in New York and good to be with you. This is America Reports. Lebanese officials say this is the deadliest day in the country in nearly 20 years with more than 270 people killed. Israel warned civilians ahead of time that it would be targeting
The president and the first lady and rnc chairwoman Ronna Mcdaniel and we just learned about senator mike lee and all of this started with hope pics, the mike Lee Development that we are indicating, he sits on the Judiciary Committee, a number of democrats have been calling for delaying the confirmation hearing or knocking altogether as a result of this, we do know that judge barrett has already tested negative but again the news only is going to prompt more calls for him to be tested yet again, among those who have been testing negative besides the judge wilbur ross, the secretary negative, Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary, negative, alex azar the health and Human Services secretary, negative, yvonne cattrall, mark meadows, the chief of staff, negative, secretary of state, mike pompeo, negative, the defense secretary, mike esper, negative, bill barr, the attorney general, that was known yesterday, negative, the widespread Contact Tracing to get to the bottom of anyone who was 50
And were getting some Promising Development to the number of new cases that are being reported, fewer and fewer states are reporting positive cases getting problematic, that is all well and good, there are some issues abroad that we will tell you about, germanys indicating right now it can be a tough winter for germany that she is concerned about the virus part, these are lockable situation, we follow and we will put them together and see what you have to think about and worry about as your kids get back to school and you start thinking about its going to go on here, we got all of that cover, post politics in both conventions are done, they wrapping up one last night, very long speech from the white house but a galvanized debate and a lot of republicans are hoping its also going to bring in the money to support the polls to early tell that the president is not wasting anytime he will be back out visiting New Hampshire tonight he will visit battleground states as he had through the last
Joining us from seattle, washington. Officerhief strategy for the Health Initiative and a professor of Global Health at the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation. Dr. Ali mokdad. Thank you for being with us. It is a pleasure. Host as you look at the trends tonight, what do they tell you . Dr. Mokdad we peaked on april 10 and they are coming down for the whole country but there are states that are still going up and others are going down. Host how do you do your study . What is the methodology . Dr. Mokdad we decided to model mortality on a daily basis and death rate and we used experience we have seen in wuhan, italy, and spain. We reversed the mortality how many beds we will need in the hospital and how many ventilators. We know in the United States for every death how many patients were admitted. Host at one point there was an expectation we could have 230,000 deaths and that number has come down, correct . Dr. Mokdad true. Our numbers have always been less than 100,000. First