Thereve been fresh explosions in the lebanese capital, beirut, and elsewhere in the country. The Health Ministry says nine people have been killed and more than Three Hundred injured. The lebanese News Agency says that todays explosions involved Walkie Talkies made by The Japanese company icom. As for Yesterdays Wave of blasts, iran has blamed israel for them. And hezbollah, has vowed to retaliate, and the Un Secretary General has warned of a serious risk of a dramatic escalation in the region. While the region waits for hezbollah and Irans Response to this extraordinary development what are the recent events that led to this . The day after hamas gunmen crossed Into israel from gaza on October 8th last Year Hezbollah fired at israeli positions to show solidarity with the palestinians. 8,000 rockets according to israeli officials, have since been launched at northern israel and israeli positions on the golan heights. Israel retaliated with repeated strikes at hezbollah positions in leb
Lets take a quick look at a few of the stories on the Front Pages. Starting with the Daily Telegraph, the headline on the Front Page, of course, we have been talking about it, new phase of Mideast War after Walkie Talkie blitz. If we move on to the guardian, unsurprisingly, the top Story Tonight on newsnight again is on the Front Page, fears of escalation as Second Wave of deadly explosions hits 11 on. And the Daily Express has the same headline, or a very similar one, Walkie Talkie blasts in Second Wave of attacks, against hezbollah up to his following page explosions. And the daily mirror, after pager attack, Walkie Talkie bomb blitz, everyone seems to go with those headlines and as i say, unsurprising. The Daily Mail has come labour has undermined israel, says netanyahu. And I Think finally, there is the daily star, the king of the carriages. They have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we havejust been have a different Front Page Keir Starmer, we have just been talking about it.
Not commit his conviction was overturned, as we have covered, he joins me live in studio today. Hes going to explain how hes trying to make what happened to him does not happen to Anyone Else plus brandnew polls from a handful of states likely to decide the president ial election. What voters in these battlegrounds are saying about Vice President hello, harris and former president Donald Trump, and leading this hour, the clock is ticking and failure is almost guaranteed as dysfunction continues to rain on Capitol Hill, the House Of Representatives is getting ready to vote on what is said to be a doomed government Funding Bill. If and when this fails, House Speaker Mike Johnson is not revealing as of now what Plan B is that . Coming he has a Plan B. Republicans are aware of the timing and are warning about the repercussions of federal Government Closing for business just weeks ahead of the president ial election. Complicating all of this Donald Trump this afternoon putting out a social
Over how to protect people in a city plagued by Violent Crime. Democratic mayor Brandon Johnson wants to end chicagos shot Spotter Program and that is something that electronically detects gunfire. Police say its necessary. They have had it in most of their precincts now. But the mayor claims the technology is a Walkietalkie And Hasnt reduced crime. It is the Price Tag that would be the Sticking Point for the mayor. I dont know where else he would want to spend millions of dollars. Police say it ought to be on this program because its working. This has gotten to be a spicy conversation over time and now that they are meeting not just once today over a whole bunch of topics at this meeting but we know this one will come up. They have a designated meeting later in the day on this same topic. It is hot. Weve seen emotions run high over how to protect chicagos citizens from the continued Violent Crime in that city. Well get to that when it happens. Lets start here. I think it is very impor
Strike on october 1st. Back to you. Bill good to have you on the story and well see where it goes. Dana Fox News Alert here. Border chaos and National Security are front and center this hour on capitol hill. Lawmakers are set to examine the Border Policies of the Bidenharris Administration and how they have impacted our safety and security. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Good morning. Bill good morning im bill hemmer. A day of potentially dramatic and Heart Wrenching testimony coming your way. The House Hearing will get underway hearing from the mom of Rachel Morin, the mother of five who was raped and murdered on a Hiking Trail in maryland allegedly by an illegal immigrant from El Salvador. Dana the border and illegal immigration continues to be a key issue heading into this Years Election amid growing concerns for the dangerous harm to National Security. Encountered members from many different criminal organizations and Terrorist Organizations throughout