The story. Breaking news around the situation escalating by the minute in the Middle East right now. So where is all this headed. The pentagon has now announced the deployment of a small number of american troops to the region. We already have about 40,000 troops there but they have decided given what is going on that they needed to send more troops to the Middle East. That coming from the pentagon just a Sort While ago. Iran is warning that there will be Quote Dangerous Consequences as Israel And Hezbollah continue to trade fire. Israel says it has hit 800 other targets within lebanon and has intercepted most of what has been incoming missiles, from them. [ speaking alternate language ] for those who have not understood i went to quiet clarify. We do not wait for a threat we anticipated. Everywhere and every arena at anytime. Eliminate senior officials eliminate missiles, and we are still not done. Whoever tries to hurt us we heard him even harder. Martha Mike Token live in tel aviv.
Children and more than 1,000 were injured. Over the Weekend Hezbollah launched more than 100 rocket, drones and missiles into northern israel. Chie angioankle got an inside look. Reporter im now in an underground bunker, a hospital that has been set up three levels below the main hospital in the northern city. This was a parking lot. You can tell it looks like a parking lot. But it was built nearly 20 years ago, also to serve as a hospital in reserve, a Hospital Underground just for scenarios like this one so that patients could be treated, care can be given during a War Situation when parts of israel come under attack. And for the first time since this facility was built, it is actually being used. Yesterday israel started move ing all of the patients of the hospital down into these wards here. Our thanks to Richard Ankle for that report. Reporter you and i have talked about the possibility of allout war between Israel And Hezbollah. Frankly, its fair to ask at this point whether that
Speech. And today, the former president heading back to battleground pennsylvania. The suspect makes an appearance in court. All that is more than 100 World Leaders descend on New York for the u. N. General assemblys annual meeting and despite the recent escalation between israel and hezbollah, irans new President Today telling me and a group of american journalists here that nobody, including iran, would win a wider war. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell reporting from New York. It is more than 100 foreign leaders are gathering here for the annual meeting of the united nations General Assembly. President biden is arriving tonight, ahead of his big speech to the World Body Tomorrow morning. But we begin with a major reshaping of the race for the white house. With early voting now under way in many states, the latest Nbc News national poll showing just how much president Harris Vice president harris candidacy transformed this contest. Her Favorability Rating jumped 16 points since
And great for Donald Trump. How can that be . Well help you make sense of the moment and where the race is headed 43 days from Election Day. When we do finally get there from Election Day to that night, a lot of attention will be on the Exit Polls of North Carolina. The purple state is a squeaker right now. Is it going to stay that way . Theres new and not so flattering news for voters. You may call the allegations reprehensible, and you also might not be so surprised, since they surround the Gops Candidate for governor, Mark Robinson. We have mentioned him before with his many sexist and racist statements. Reports that he called Himself A Black Nazi on porn sites, hes denying it. The explosive Cnn Report came out on thursday. Now his Campaign Staff is walking out on him, leaving the candidate and potentially the party at sea in the crucial battleground state. Lets get into it. Joining us now, nbc News Correspondent covering the trump vance campaign, vaughn hillyard. Nbc news white Hou
Killing at least 20 people. Israel hasn t said whether it was involved. As the fighting intensifies, un chief antonio guterres says he fears lebanon could become another gaza. The lebanese health ministry raised the death toll to 45 in friday s strike by israel targeting hezbollah commanders in southern beirut. Most of those killed were civilians. Authorities say women and children are among the dead. On sunday, israel launched further strikes on towns in southern lebanon killing three people. And the israeli military says it destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launcher barrels over the past few days. Israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu had this to say. No country can accept the wanton rocketing of its cities. We cannot accept it either. We will take whatever action is necessary to restore security and to bring our people safe, back to their homes. Meanwhile, in lebanon hundreds attended the funeral of ibrahim aqil, a high ranking hezbollah commander killed in an israeli s