Hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery as a campaign backdrop. Jim mccain calling it a Violation Police and protests raging for a third night in israel following the murders of six hostages, including american hersh goldberg, polin, the thousands of angry demonstrators demanding that their government Strike A Deal to free the remaining hostages im kaitlan collins, and this is the source but, Labor Day behind us, it is now full speed ahead until election day, just nine weeks from today, it is hard to believe, but yes, were that close. And actually work even closer than that because in just three days from now, the first ballots will go out in the crowd critical Battleground State of North Carolina and as things are getting real, this reshaped race could not be closer as it stands at the Moment Donald Trump and Vice President harris both have potential path to victory and win the voting starting soon, listen to what trump is saying this timely plea that hes making to voters we do
we re not looking for a new cold war. and i make no apologies, and we will compete. and we ll responsibly manage that competition so that it doesn t veer into conflict. paul: let s bring in seth jones, senior vice president of the center for strategic and international studies and author of the book, three dangerous men: russia, china, iran and the rise of irregular warfare. seth, welcome. good to the see you again. so what lessons do you draw froa balloon episode, and should americans be reassured by the way it was handled? paul, i brought two major lessons from the balloon incident. one ises the only it is the only one of the few visible examples we ve seen of a much broader effort by china which views the united states as its major competitor to collect information including within the u.s. homeland. there has been extensive activity, and there continues to this day to collect information through the confucius institutes as part of the thousand talents program, as part
a u.s. drone is down after colliding with a russian jet. the lead starts right now. russian fighter jets intercept an unmanned u.s. drone, forcing it down over the black sea. how will the u.s. respond? plus, 2024 is clearly on. donald trump makes his first election stop in iowa, in the cycle. he takes aim at his first florida competitive, florida governor ron desantis is not officially in the race yet. but first, protecting your money, multiple investigations reportedly launched into the collapse of silicon valley bank, or cbb, as panicked tweets are partly to blame for banks losing $40 million in a single day. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. any moment, president biden is expected to speak in monterey park, california, about efforts to reduce gun violence. he ll also meet with families and victims from one of this year s many, many mass shootings. we ll bring you the president s remarks as soon as they begin. until then, we turn to money lead. markets clo
stories we re watching today the first is joe biden heading to monterey park, california the president will deliver remarks on gun safety. we are also following a developing situation out of ukraine involving a u.s. intelligence aircraft that was forced down by russian war planes but we start today with the race to the bottom in the republic primary the leading contenders for the presidential nomination making clear that they will not stand with the fledgeling democracy. a statement from ron desantis in response to a questionnaire than none other than fox news and america s most prominent putin defender tucker carlson reads in quote, while the u.s. has many vital national interests, securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the chinese communist party, becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between ukraine and russia is not
cinematographer. president biden dodging questions as the white house says it will not change his announcement about running for another term, now expected after the february 7th state of the union. pat toomey on his decision to leave the senate after more than a decade and the rising power of republican extremists in congress. the stunning stories about george santos past are multiplying. did he lie about his mother surviving the 9/11 attack and scam a homeless man out of thousands of dollars to treat his ailing service dog? the political shock. the new zealand prime minister, a young, prominent world leader and working mother, resigning. i know what this job takes. and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. it s that simple. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the stunning breaking news from new mexico. the state district attorney announcing criminal charges against actor alec baldwin and the armorer hannah