Happening especially now its so late in the season for the hurricanes. That was donald Trump Yesterday in georgia, but not only did forecasters indeed know about the Size And Strength of Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Season still has several more weeks remaining. Well bring you an update on Recovery Efforts and show you President Bidens fiery response to trumps false claims. Also ahead, well bring you the latest from the Middle East as israel launches a Ground Offensive into Southern Lebanon after weeks of deadly Air Strikes targeting hezbollah militants. And, of course, well preview what could be the final debate of the 2024 president ial race with the Running Mates set to square off Tonight Right here in new York City. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, october 1st. We are in october now. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, but well begin with breaking news. The israeli military has started a Groun
IRAQ: That is Something New April 20, 2021: Over the last few days several senior Sunni Arab politicians were arrested and several more are being sought. All the suspects are banned from leaving the country. That means the men being sought may seek to hide in Iraq until they have arranged for a safe exit. This crackdown was anticipated but no was sure when. Since 2014 the government has been under growing pressure from voters and foreign donors, especially the Americans, to actually do something about the chronic and epic corruption. Currently Iraqi remain in the top twelve percent of most-corrupt countries. In the 2020
it s got a lot of oil, since the demise of the shaw, it s been in an adversarial relationship, not just with us but probably equally as importantly with the arabs and suni arab nations. trump inherited that problem. it can t be resolved easily. it takes patience and using every element of u.s. national power and our allies as influence, but we ve we re going into this thing, again, it s impulsivity on the part of the president making decisions. i can guarantee an acting secretary esper wasn t in the room, i would be probably surprised if secretary pompeo was there. this is all off the cuff. in fact, the reporting of the new york times has got on this cites multiple senior administration officials who were involved in or briefed on the deliberations. the white house did decline to comment as did the pentagon. no government officials, however, asked the new york times when the new york times asked them about this to withhold the article. we know today that the president called
an adversarial relationship, not just with us but probably equally as importantly with the arabs and suni arab nations. trump inherited that problem. it can t be resolved easily. it takes patience and using every element of u.s. national power and our allies as influence, but we ve we re going into this thing, again, it s impulsivity on the part of the president making decisions. i can guarantee an acting secretary esper wasn t in the room, i would be probably surprised if secretary pompeo was there. this is all off the cuff. in fact, the reporting of the new york times has got on this cites multiple senior administration officials who were involved in or briefed on the deliberations. the white house did decline to comment as did the pentagon. no government officials, however, asked the new york times when the new york times asked them about this to withhold the article. we know today that the president called leaders from congress and both parties to the situation
there s actually 104 and if the 72 were valid or not. to go after all of those sites would require an air campaign of several months. we could wreck their industrial capacity, i suppose, but again, that just doesn t make any political sense at all. the american people aren t there. the allies aren t there, and you can bet your bottom dollar, you know, we were talking about aggressive actions, it s not the u.s. military that will vote what a great idea it is to go to war with iran. let s talk about the differences in the wars that we have been involved in in the middle east for a very very long time. why is iran different from iraq or afghanistan? well, of course it s the persian empire, you know, it s a classical enemy as a religious grouping of the suni arabs. it s a very different challenge to us. it s got a lot of oil, since the demise of the shaw, it s been in