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The collision lights Saturday Basit game on tnt today, oprah hits the Campaign Trail for Kamala Harris in michigan let us choose honor, and let us choose until Election Day will a queen of Talk And Joy help the Vice President sealed the deal and a new message this morning from the Trump Campaign workers, Kamala Harris wants to end all gaspowered cars crazy, but true what Team Harris is saying about that claim plus trumps Running Mate spreading a new falsehood about springfield, Ohio Senator J. D. Vance is now saying haitian migrants who are in springfield legally are quote, illegal aliens. That is not true will fact check that and ill speak to a pastor there about the fear in his community good morning, you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in Washington Morning with those devices detonating in the middle east, fears of escalating violence are growing after backtoback attacks of Exploding Pagers and walkie walkietalkies in lebanon one device exploded during a funeral. Right now, the leader of hezbollah is speaking out about the attacks. The militant group is already vowing Retribution Lebanese officials claim at least 37 people were killed and thousands were injured, and they blame same israel for the attacks the israeli Defense Minister saying a new era of war is beginning and one doctor explained some of the wound She Saw Family Members feeling that Effect Something from the ground and it found into space we saw his hands. They were bandaid, they were overbroad. His face was all there were ruptured eyeballs. They were fractured Mandibles Factor was out cnns Ben Wedeman is in beirut. Ben, our people walking around with a lot of anxiety after these explosions . Are they faring war . Whats the latest . At these excuse me . Pick up my microphone yes, there is real anxiety here in beirut. People after two straight days of hundreds of explosives, explosions around the country, certainly people are feeling very uneasy im worried that there could be more to come. What weve seen so far is as many as 37 people were killed over those two days. As a result of these explosions almost 3,000 people injured as a result. Now, many of those who are in jordan killed were members of hezbollahs some way affiliated with the group. In fact, what weve seen is that the Death Toll over the last two days for hezbollah has been 38. Thats the largest Death Toll over a 48 Hour Period since the beginning of the hostilities between israel and his buttock last october. Now, five of them were killed on the front and the south. But that means 33 of them were killed as a result of these explosive Exploding Pagers. And walkie talkies. And as a result of the uneasiness caused by these explosions, the army has had to to carry out a variety of controlled explosions of suspicious devices. And in fact, the airport here in beirut has put out a notice that all pagers and walkietalkies are banned from any flight out of beirut. Now, as you mentioned, hassan thats what i love the Secretary General of hezbollah is about to speak if he hasnt already begun to speak. And i think jim, that will give us an idea whether were going to maybe hes going to possibly put forth in Olive Branch or probably as we expect Vow Revenge against israel for these attacks, jim, there could be more cycles of retribution coming. Ben wedeman. Thanks. As always, we appreciate it Coming Up in our next hour. Well talk with a former Cia Officer about the walkie walkietalkies involved in these attacks. But lets discuss now with democratic congressman Ami Bureau of california he serves on the Foreign Affairs and intelligence committees. Congressman, thanks so much for being here. What are you hearing about these attacks and as Ben Wedeman was just saying, a few moments ago, the potential for reprisals in the coming days yeah. I think our concern is the potential of escalation, opening a northern front. Obviously, things are still very tense. The questions were starting to ask her why at this particular moment in time, again secretary blinkens in the region were doing everything we can to try to minimize escalation you get to a ceasefire, got to a release of hostages. And unfortunately, i think this makes it that much harder and what is your sense as to why these attacks were initiated . Do we do have that information . I think we dont at this moment in time, i think the question really is, okay. Why at this moment in time, again if the goal is to minimize an escalation of the conflict, to minimize the possibility of regional conflict that seems like were heading that direction. And i think those are questions that we would have for the israeli government would hope that the biden administration, im sure they are having those conversations. Were seeing the violence escalates in the West Bank and i think this is moving in the opposite direction then what wed like to see, wed like to get to a ceasefire wed like to get to a release of the hostages and then hopefully chart a Path Forward and congressman a source tells cnn that israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not meet with president biden during next weeks, Un General Assembly in New York. Do you think thats a mistake . I think its a mistake from Prime Minister netanyahus perspective. But again, hes been less than cooperative. I dont think theres a better Ceasefire Deal to is going to be on the table. I know secretary blinken, director burns, everyones been working overtime. I know talking to the families of the hostages, theyre very concerned. My perspective from the israeli population is that they would like to get the hostages released as well i think the only ones that are benefiting from an escalation of the conflict really is around in their Proxy Groups and im very worried worried about what comes next for Israel India and congressman, do you want to switch gears, talk to you a little bit about the campaign. I want to talk about those baseless claims about haitian migrants eating pets and so on in springfield, ohio. Of course, weve noted will note again, they are here legally. But former president Donald Trumps Running Mate, Senator Jd J. D vance of ohio is calling them illegal aliens, quote illegal aliens. Lets listen to this Kamala Harris used two separate programs, Mass Parole and Temporary Protective Status used two programs to wave a wand and to say, were not going to deport those people here. Well, if Kamala Harris waves hes the one illegally and says these people are now here legally. Im still going to call them an illegal alien, an illegal action from Kamala Harris does not make an alien legal congressman whats your response to that i think that rhetoric, the racist tropes that Senator Vances using are very dangerous tps is a legal process these folks have legal status. I listened to the mayor of springfield by listened to folks in springfield. They dont want thank to do with this those are folks that are there legally helping out. What their workforce and now theyre being targeted. And again, i think it is despicable with senator Vamps June and apparently, trump has said he he may be going to springfield that he said he will be going to springfield in the next couple of weeks. What do you think about that i think its a bad idea. I think you were just stoking and fan fanning the Flames Share and a really tense situation. These are innocent individuals who are legally in the country and to target them based on their race, the color of their skin. I think that is really disfavorable congressman. Finally, i do want to ask you about this prospect of a Government Shutdown Right before the Election House republicans are apparently at Square One after the Speakers Proposal failed yesterday. Are you optimistic a deal will get done before . For funding runs out at The End of the month or is it possible that former President Trump will be a guiding those House Republicans toward a Government Shutdown you know, i think it would be foolish to have a Government Shutdown. I think we will get a deal. I think youre talking to plenty of my republican friends. Theres a deal to be had a clean, continuing resolution that takes us to december. I think thats where it will land. Didnt get that done probably next week all right. Congressman of california. Thank you very much for your time this morning. Really appreciate it thank you all right. 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It shows harris and the former president locked in a dead heat nationally with 47 each joining me now, Priscilla Alvarez and Steve Contorno guys. Good morning, steve. Let me start with you first. The Trump Campaign is going after Auto Workers michigan, this morning. What can you tell us oh, we lost eve. Okay. Well, well get back to stay brazil year here tell us a bit more about this virtual reality. Oprah winfrey out on the Campaign Trail. I mean, that was a big moment at the Democratic National Convention when she was onstage. Theyre tell us a little bit more about this event. Yeah. And look, the campaign is capitalizing on the power of celebrity. Theyre bringing in Oprah Winfrey, who we saw just then at the Democratic National Convention with her endorsement. This is an opportunity for the Vice President. A lot on with oprah to really galvanize black women. These were and they are a key part of the democratic coalition. And they overwhelmingly voted for president Joe Biden in 2020. And the idea here is to mobilize those voters. They know that black women hold an influential voice in their communities so having people go out and registered to vote and having this support is key for the campaign, especially in a state like michigan and many of these Battleground States in michigan, for example, the Vice President holds a slight edge over foreign president Donald Trump among likely voters and they want to keep that and they know that this is going to be an important moment to continue that momentum. It is also an example of the types of ways that the campaign sees to keep the energy, to keep the momentum that they were very happy to have in the beginning of the campaign and continue that rhythm moving forward. So a bit of unconventional one way of doing that. We should also note because you mentioned it there at the top, that this is an outgrowth of the zoom that was held with the Wind Wind with black Women Organization just after president Joe Biden dropped out of the race yeah, exactly. That had thousands, Tens Of Thousands of women join that Zoom Call also, this is an outgrowth of that and therell be part of this live stream tonight. But yet again, an example of the campaign, just trying to find these other ways of keeping the energy and the good vibes as they say, of this campaign and using the power of celebrity to do it. And part of that broader push that has been true over the course of the last week of working on getting people to register to vote earlier this week, their focus was on young voters, black Women Today . Yeah, when i talked to folks associated with the Kamala Harris campaign, they want to shift from vibes, to votes that is very much where they want to be right now because its getting you so very close to Election Day, priscilla. Thank you so much. Really appreciate it joining me now is former atlanta mayor Keisha Lance bottoms. She is a surrogate for the Harris Campaign keisha great to see you. We lost Steve Contorno, so maybe well get back to him in a little bit, but i do want to go to you your Thoughts Tonight on what priscilla was just saying a few moments ago about this event featuring Oprah Winfrey and a Kamala Harris in this you know, this very concerted effort to drive turnout among black women. How important is this . Well, this is not just about reaching black women because we know black women alone Cant Help Kamala or cant win this election for the Vice President , but there will be 140 different Grassroots Organizations, including white dudes for Kamala Harris, latinas, for harris out, our hair is in addition to win with black women, an organizations across the country. And what we know is that we have Grassroots Organizations and ball, they are speaking for communities there, speaking for their neighbors. So its about touching people where they are. Wed love to have endorsements in campaigns. But at The End of the day, its about Out County votes one by one. The most trusted voices during Election Season are the people with, are the grassroots folk in the communities who are speaking for communities. So this is a really big deal one, its with Oprah Winfrey of a secondly, Oprah Winfrey identified identify as an independent voters. So this is about reaching a crosssection across america. Yeah. And she made that clear at the convention and that was a Big One of the big messages coming out of that convention. How Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are trying to appeal to independents republicans who are persuadable at this point and i guess were just showing the Poll Number a few moments ago, keisha, with regards to michigan Kamala Harris has started to put some distance between herself and Donald Trump still could be a tight race there, but it does look like shes starting to gain some ground on the former president and one of the countrys top labor unions, the teamsters was announced yesterday that theyre not going to e

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