Was workg around the clock club. Jesse the judge is still talking im not sure if you got the punch line, bret. Bret can i wait for the rest of the Chicken Story good evening, welcome to washington. Im Bret Baier. Were following two big stories this evening. Israel takes out another high Ranking Hezbollah Commander as its forces step up Retaliation Rocket attacks. We will take you there. On the campaign trail, Vice President Kamala Harris renews her opposition to the Senate Filibuster over the issue of abortion. A position not that popular with several of her democratic colleagues. One democrat turned independent says he is not endorsing her over it. And another calls harris push, quote an absolutely terrible shortsighted idea. Senior white House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has that story live from the north lawn, good evening. Jacqui. Jacqui good evening, bret. A Vice President holding a position she staked out before diverging from other progressive issues where she has flip flopped
Reports, escalation in the Middle East. A new bombardment of israeli strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon and an unprecedented warning to civilians. The fears its stoking of a larger regional war. Plus disturbing new evidence tied to the suspect in that apparent second Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump, including a letter where he appears to confess to the plot. What it means for his case when he face has judge next hour. And new Nbc Polling on the 2024 race showing a historic surge in favorability for Vice President harris. We will look at whats driving that and why this contest is still neck and neck. Good morning and thanks for joining us, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. We begin with the Breaking News in the Middle East. Lebanese officials say more than 180 people have been killed after intensifying israeli strikes there overnight. The idf Issuing A first of its kind Evacuation Warning to civilians in Southern Leban
Today for to 79 at cardiac. Com or amazon. This is cnn the Worlds News Network thank you so much for joining me this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield, and we begin this hour with our breaking news. Vice president then Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from cnn to debate former President Trump on October 23. This would be their second meeting on a public like Debate Stage and would take place in the final few weeks of the campaign. After initially rejecting a second debate with harris following his September 10 showdown with her in philadelphia, less quick, trumps suggesting he might be open to another debate saying im quoting him. Maybe if i got in the Right mood and quote the Cnn Debate would mirror the June Debate between Biden And Trump with a similar format in which trump and this time harris would field moderators questions for 90 minutes without a live studio audience. And it would take place at the networks studios in atlanta. Weve got a team of correspondents and analyst
Million. Both candidates during the weekend with rallies. Harris began about reproductive rights in madison, wisconsin, on Friday Morning but what a second Trump Term could bring. Let us be very clear. Someone who suggest we should terminate the Constitution Of The United States should never again stand behind the seal of the president of the United States. Never again. It never again. Trump has around that gets underway in wilmington, North Carolina. The former president has no plans to pull his endorsement of republican to the Torah Candidate Mark robertson following explosive new allegations that he made racist and lewd comments on a site you years ago. Robinson flatly denied any connection to the post. More on this in a moment and then to georgia. The Election Board now requiring ballots to be hand counted in november. That is a move that could drastically link in the amount of time needed to tally results in the critical battleground state. In person early voting underway in south
Johnson facing a tough Funding Battle to avoid a Government Shutdown at the end of the month. We will speak to two lawmakers from Battleground States, thats just ahead. Great to have you in studio. Jacqui this all comes as Donald Trump has wrapped up a swing through West Coast states appearing to leave the door open to another debate with Kamala Harris when asked by Fox News. Mark meredith has the latest. Reporter good afternoon. Donald trump continues to accuse his opponent, Vice President harris, of Ducking The Press or when she does take questions like she did in Abc Philadelphia Interview Last Night, shes not able to give coherent answers. The Trump Campaign trying to make a big deal about a question asked Last Night in which she appeared she couldnt give a direct answer. When you talk about bringing down prices and making life more affordable for people, what are one or 2 specific things you have in mind for that . I will start with this which i grew uppermiddleclass kid. My mothe