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You polls show Kamala Harris still has advantage over him in key states coren its ten in the morning across the israeli lebanese border were attacks between Israel And Hezbollah are ramping up again following the deadliest day of israeli strikes in lebanon in nearly two Decades Ministry says nearly 500 people, including dozens of women and children, were killed in the intense wave of strikes on Monday And Israeli Officials says prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Security Cabinet that the aim of his countrys operations in lebanon is to cut his villa from the war with hamas if official also says the cabinet has agreed to continue to raise the level of Military Operations each day. As is and hes aware of the risks the Israel Defense forces says it hit 1,600 hezbollah targets on monday. And today, israel says its Hit Dozens more targets in southern lebanon. Well, this coming after the iran backed militant group fired multiple Rocket Barrages into Northern Israel overnight i made the escalation of violence lebanese civilians in the south of fleeing their homes and seeking safety. Israels Prime Minister urged people to get out of Harms Way while it targets hezbollah positions i would like to clarify israels policy, accumulo were not waiting for threat. We are ahead of it everywhere in every arena anytime were eliminating seniors eliminating commanders eliminating rockets, im counting those who tried to hurt us. We will hurt them gravely certainly, i promised to change the security the balance the Balance Of Power in the north. This is exactly what were doing Paula Hancocks joins me now with more paula. These crossborder attacks, obviously continuing ramping up. What is the latest . Well, anna, we have seen more crossborder strikes overnight we heard from the israeli military that they believed there was some 30 rockets and missiles that came from hezbollah into Northern Israel. And they say that they carried out dozens of strikes on hezbollah ties ill get as well. So theres no sign of this calming down, certainly in the near term and especially when we hear from many israeli official that at the cabinet the Security Cabinet, the cabinet did vote and approve the fact that the military can increase the level of Military Activity pretty in coming days. Now weve heard from the israeli military as well, saying that they are planning for the next phases. This according to the Chief Of Staff of the idf, and there have been calls and Text Messages and to civilians in lebanon urging people to stay away by from where hamas operatives are operating. This In The Woods of the israeli military and also talking about the fact that hezbollah has been Hiding Ammunition and missiles in civilian homes. This from the idf let me be clear. Hezbollah is responsible for this situation. This is his balanced plan to turn thousand lebanon into a battlefield for its attacks on israel we cannot accept Terrorist Group Storing Weapons inside peoples homes using them to fire and other civilian communities that within that Death Toll of for almost 500 people on monday, that doesnt of women and children were also among those fatalities. So we know also from the lebanese medical systems that Health Infrastructure is struggling to cope with the sheer number of those that have been injured. Some 1,600. We understand at this point at that number expected to rise and we did hear also from lebanese member of parliaments speaking at the United Nations General Assembly whatever we are seeing a wave of exodus and the targeting of residential areas the people of lebanon are in serious danger after the destruction of large areas of agricultural land and the targeting of residential buildings this has damaged the economy of our country and threatened our Social Order the biden concerned about this escalation. One us official saying with the closest weve been despite rolling to a regional war since October 7, an official also telling cnn that the biden administration does not necessarily subscribe to the israeli Governments Idea that you should escalate to deescalate concerned that this will end up being what they have not wanted and been working against for months. This wider regional Conflict Anna Paula hancocks, joining us from other w, we appreciate the update. Thank you well, joining me now is malcolm davis a Military Analyst and senior analyst of Defense Strategy and capability at the australian strategic Policy Institute. Malcolm good to see you. Israel obviously trying to break the resolve of hezbollah out. Those pages your attacks last week, the targeted strikes of hezbollah leaders are now this aerial bombardment. But it doesnt seem to be working well. It certainly working to a degree in the sense that they are taking down israel Hezbollahs Missile and Rocket Capability but the question is, in terms of how many missiles and rockets does hezbollah have . To what extent is Iran Resupplying has blocked with additional missiles and rockets and what is the potential risk of further civilian casualties given that hezbollah is placing these Rocket Systems inside a civilian areas, including Inside Homes so it is working to a degree. But theres no clear path to a quick victory on the part of israel we just heard from israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said the aim of these operations in lebanon is to cut hezbollah from the war with hamas. I mean, what does that look like . Well, essentially what israel is trying to do is to neutralize the threat that hezbollah poses to israel in terms of these longrange missiles and rockets that have continuously bombarded Northern Israel since October 7 if the israelis can remove that threat or dramatic likely reduce that threat, then it becomes much easier for israel to focus on finishing off hamas in the south because theyre no longer face the threat of hezbollah in the north, it becomes much more difficult. Conversely, or hamas and Hezbollah And Iran to then try and impose essentially a Peace Deal on israel. There would essentially allow both hamas and hezbollah to reconstitute and threaten israel again in the future. I think that what you are seeing is an israeli Shaping Operation designed to reduce that threat and prepare the way to a more just peace in the sense of reducing the threat from both hamas and hezbollah, cutting the two the two parties connections and ultimately seeing israel able to create a Peace Deal that is at least meets their conditions for peace former us Defense Secretary Leon panetta, he has said the situation has crossed a threshold and he said, we are clearly walking into a much wider war. Is that how you see this situation . I think its highly likely i think that one of The Key issues is to what extent does iran choose to get involved at this point around, is it a difficult situation because if it does choose to get involved in this war and open it up to a threefront war, essentially a regional war. That Israel Wont hold back in terms of attacks on iran israel would certainly launch attacks on irans nuclear infrastructure including those bases where iran is suspected of building the means to acquire nuclear weapons but if iran doesnt choose to get involved in this war, it loses all credibility with its proxies such as hezbollah and hamas and others. And it loses deterrent capability. So i do think that there is a risk that this war could escalate into a regional war. But The Key uncertainty is what is irans starts . And israeli official has said that its planning to raise the level of Military Operations every day. I mean, essentially israel is fighting now on, on three fronts. Youve got gaza obviously, israeli control, the west bank, and now lebanon. I mean, is the israeli military stretched too thin . I dont think it is in the sense that israel is still considering the possibility of a Ground Intervention into southern lebanon. The situation in the west bank, i think is manageable at a fairly lowlevel. And if you look at the situation in gaza, hamas have been pretty effectively defeated to by the israeli defense forces. Theyre not as strong threat anymore. So really the focus is shifting to hezbollah and southern lebanon. And obviously if iran chooses to come into the world, then thats a different Story And Israel will be facing a much more serious threat at that point. But israel does have the Means Track Iran hard and i think thats theyre not overtaxed at the moment, but they could be facing a real challenge if iran were to come into this War Malcolm davis joining us from canberra. We appreciate your analysis. Thank you. Thank you the u. S. Presidential election and Donald Trump is urging supporters to vote early, yet blasting the fact that early voting is allowed. The republican nominee who regularly spreads lies about Voter Fraud in the 2020 election is vowing not to let it happen again we gotta get out and vote. You can start right away. You know that right now, we have this stupid stuff where you can vote 45 days early i wonder what the hell happens during that 45. Lets move the cheeleys votes. Youve got about 1 Million votes and then lets move them were fixing the Air Conditioner in the room, right . Now its terrible what happened the last time was disgraceful and Cnns Poll of polls gives democratic president ial nominee Kamala Harris a slight edge over trump in the overall race. Still shows no clear leader. This week, harris will ramp up her visits to key Battleground States, including pennsylvania where she is headed on wednesday, will drop made several stops in pennsylvania on monday where polls show him at Neck And Neck with his democratic rival during a rally in the town of indiana. Trump had claimed Hes Protector of women and took swipes at Harris Record on immigration. Cnns Danny Freeman was there a President Donald Trump spoke for just over an Hour Andahalf at a rally here in indiana, pennsylvania, this area of Western Panama so then you really crucial to the campaign in case he hopes to carry the great commonwealth once again in 2024, he wanted this specific county about an Hour East of pittsburgh both in 2016 and in 2020. So if he hopes to carry the state, he really needs to boost his numbers in these specific more rural areas of pennsylvania. Now rally was a relatively normal trump campaign event. The former president stuck to the teleprompter a good amount in the beginning of his remarks, he focused on the economy, on the biden administration since withdrawal from afghanistan hit on fracking, of course, an important issue here in pennsylvania, but he did drift Off Topic as well at one point, lamenting Johnny Carson so laguerre being the host of the tonight show, complaining about the moderators of the last debate, and also criticizing Vice PresidentKamala Harris for her interview with oprah recently but this supportive crowd here and they really ate up a lot of what the former president was saying here, including when he spent time talking specifically about immigration, take a listen shes been in office for 3. 5 years. Shes saying what shes going to do if she becomes president , but shes been there almost four years. He hasnt done anything except destroy our country with millions of people that shouldnt be here. Whether she was a Border Czar or just the person in charge of the border its been the worst thing ever, maybe one of the worst things ever to happen to our country. Look at whats happening in springfield, ohio. Now earlier than april former President Trump participated in a roundtable with Pennsylvania Farmers where he discussed the economy. He also made a rare off the Record Stop at a local Grocery Store to meet and greet with some voters. And also note that on monday evening, we learned from cnn its alayna treene, that former President Trump intends to return to butler in early october, butler, pennsylvania, of course, the place where former President Trump was shot at a Campaign Zain Rally back in July Danny freeman, cnn indiana, pennsylvania arizona, is one of the crucial states. The u. S. Vice president will visit this week. And while there, she might make a trip to the southern border with mexico. Well, thats according to sources familiar with the discussions but were hearing no final decision has been made. The Harris Campaign is eager to close the gap with trump on immigration. Polls show him leading on that issue. And in arizona on the whole joining me now from Los Angeles is michael genovese, political Analyst And President of the global Policy Institute at loyola marymount university. Michael great to see you yesterday. It was positive polls for harris. Now its strong Poll Results for trump why the discrepancy in how seriously are you taking these Poll Results . Well, i think theres a discrepancy because things are fluctuating. Theyre very close, and the littlest thing can tip the scale a little bit. But for the most part for harris, its been a good news, Bad News situation. The good news is in most of the polls, shes up by a few percentage points in the Popular Vote the Bad News is that its not the Popular Vote that wins the presidency. Its the Electoral College and theres an inbred bias in the Electoral College for their favorites, rural and smaller states. Meaning favoring trump and so the general view is that the democrat has to win the Electoral College if they want to win and the electoral contest to win the Popular Vote by 4 or so thats tough to do. Biden did it the last time anyone, Hillary Clinton