part effort to overthrow the 2020 election. we will be getting to that, shortly. but, first, do you remember this photo? what you are looking at is a highly sensitive satellite photo showing an explosion at an iranian space center. this photo from an intelligence briefing was tweeted out to the world in august 2019, by none other than president trump. the fact that he gets so rattled intelligence officials and its soon led to internet sleuths being able to identify the u.s. spy satellite that took the photo. there is something about iran that has always fascinated the former president. then new york times reported earlier this year how trump, who withdrew the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal, how we took little interest in most stuff that he was briefed on. for one major exception, iran. quote, trump almost took always great interest in military intelligence briefings about iran, squeezing defense officials about contingency plans for a war with the country, and asking detaile
good evening, our countdown clock continues to kick away. 17 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes and 39 seconds and counting until the first polls close on election night. here we are back where we were last friday night and where we will be every friday night at this time, counting down to election day. early voting, election day is pretty much underway in a dozen states, where early voting has already begun, including georgia, north carolina, both starting up this week. each of those states home to a key senate race, both of which we will be talking about this hour and tomorrow. early voting beginning in nevada, and that is where democrats may face what is their toughest individual battle to hold the senate seat. we have reporters on the ground there and then does two other battleground states we mentioned, we ll be joined by them shortly. plus, we will hear from voters in michigan that is where the governor s race has heated things up a bit this week and where there is a referendum
thank you for joining me this evening. i m jim acosta i stay with us for a new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper. good night. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. as we ve seen this weekend israel s war with hamas has entered a new phase. what that means for the more than 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most hostages were taken on october 7th from israeli communities or kibbutz close to the gaza border. on a kibbutz it is estimated a quarter of the 400 or so people who lived there were either killed or captured. the whole story of what happened is only now really coming to light. tonight we want you to meet those who survived the attack and are now fighting for answers about what happened to their missing loved ones and neighbors. this was the nir oz kibbutz before october 7. nir oz has huge and beautiful fields all around it. many are potatoes with some peanuts and carrots and many other crops. it s like you wal
Prosecution to bring voting illegally had to have happen in more than one place in florida. in other words, the judge ruled that the scientists s prosecutors got the court system wrong. it appears a precedent has been set. with attorneys representing the only 19 people accused of voter fraud. that vindication comes at a price governors messaged ex felons had been delivered namely vote at your peril, and in the end, that is the point. that does it for us tonight rachel will be back on monday i will see you again on tuesday and now with just 18 days to go till the election it is time for the kornacki countdown with steve kornacki. countdown wit steve kornacki
Flooding or in this case directed lie a street gun instead of flood well, the streets become rivers of mud. but the money doesn t go to the country and trickle down into the economy. it goes to the elite and power brokers who can keep it for themselves. tonight rachel will look back at the collapse of the afghan government, the speed of the taliban advance, and whether this marks the end of an era for u.s. military intervention. she will be joined once again by richard engel who will be live on the ground from afghanistan. that is coming up at 9:00 p.m. you do not want to miss it. meanwhile, a remarkable public health showdown is taking place right now in dallas county, texas, where covid cases are spiking and the state supreme court just upheld the gop governor s ban on mask mandates. well, today was the first day of school in dallas county, and the superintendent is defying both the governor and the court by making kids wear masks. dr. michael enahossa joins me to