Hospital. My mom is going to die. My mom is going to be swept away. Reporter more than 60 patients were evacuated by helicopter. All making it out alive. The nurses, the staff made sure we got out. Reporter amid so much desperation, stories of survival, heroism and hope. In North Carolina, onlookers watched in horror as this home was swept away with a woman still inside. Armed with a Life Jacket and i rope, Eddie Jumped in. I couldnt watch her die. Reporter pilots from around the country coming together to bring in critical supplies and get people out. We have had people from text texas to maine show up. Reporter heroes saved her and her mom. I want to thank them. If it werent for them, we would not have made it. Reporter priscilla thompson, Nbc News, johnson city, tennessee. There are always heroes among us. That does it for us today. Thank you for being here. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, as Israel Vows Retaliation against iran, The Middle East braces for the next wave of violence. World leaders monitor developments and prepare for the fallout. We will have a live report from israel in moments. With the election a little more than a month away, the race for White House heats up after what is likely the final debate. The Running Mates face off over what happened in the last election. He is still saying he didnt lose the election. Did he lose the 2020 election . Tim, im focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris Sensor americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation . Thats a damning nonanswer. President biden arrives in the carolinas this afternoon to survey the historic damage from helene. Vice president harris meets with federal officials in georgia later today. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in New York. Israel is vowing that iran will pay for yesterdays attacks as the War Cabinet meets today in Tel Aviv to plan what is expected to be a bigger retaliation than when israel struck back in april. Fears of a war are growing amid concerns that israel may go after irans nuclear Program Or Oil facilities. Israels prime Minister Netanyahu saying israel will respond to the attack. President biden expecting his full support for the president ally. At my direction, the United States Military supported the defense of israel. Were still assessing the impact. It appears to be defeated and ineffective. Israel conducted new strikes in beirut. It says its sending more troops into lebanon. Today, the israeli military announcing that eight soldiers have died in southern lebanon. Irans Tuesday Attack included nearly 200 ballistic missiles. Thats twice as many as iran filed against israel last spring. Most were intercepted by israeli and u. S. Forces. Iran saying this was in response to the assassination of the Hamas LeaderIn Tehran and the leader of hezbollah last friday. Irans supreme leader urging the u. S. To step aside and warning of what he called a far more crushing response. Joining me now from israel is Nbc News international correspondent raf sanchez. What is the latest you are hearing from israel about retaliation against iran . Reporter prime Minister Netanyahu met at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv earlier today with the chief of staff, israels most senior general, the head of the mossad, the foreign Intelligence Agency and the domestic agency. There was one Topic Top of the agenda, how, when, at what scale to respond to this unprecedented iranian ballistic missile attack. An israeli official tells me this will come swiftly. Israel is absolutely determined to show iran and the world that an attack like this cannot go unanswered. We can look for clues as to what happened last time back in april when iran fired that first barrage of drones, missiles at israel. Then it took five days before israel launched what frankly was a very smallscale response, a minor strike at an Air Base in western iran. Israel never publicly acknowledged it was behind that attack even though in private israeli officials said they were responsible. Theres a very different tone right now in the aftermath of those iranian ballistic missiles coming down. One of them blowing off part of the wall of a school behind me. Israel is very publicly signaling it plans to respond. They are saying its coming soon. There is one complicating factor. The sun has gone down. We are in rosh hashanah. There are Jewish Holidays coming swiftly in the following days. Yom kippur and others. Theres a complication as israel determines when to carry out this retaliation. We are very much at the point of when and not if. The question is, what role will the biden Administration Play . You have heard President Biden and Vice President harris saying that iran needs to be held accountable, that there will be consequences for this strike. You can imagine at the same time, the biden administration trying to counsel restraint since no one was seriously injured or killed. There was a palestinian man in the West Bank who was killed by Shrapnel Falling at one of the interceptions. Raf, what about the use of hypersonic missiles . Reporter Israels Military is saying that these were not hypersonic missiles. This is a claim coming from iran. We heard similar claims from the houthis. I can tell you, as someone who was just staring up at the Night Sky in awe Last Night as these deadly Shooting Stars streaked across, they literally did not look like they were moving fast enough to be hypersonic missiles. That doesnt seem to have been the case. It is the case that some of those missiles did break through these layers of defense, israels iron dome. Israeli warplanes in the air, u. S. Naval destroyers in The Middle East. We dont know exactly how many of them landed. There are some very visible signs of that aftermath, this damaged school. Theres a crater not far from the mossad headquarters. Theres damage we havent been able to see. How much, what kind of damage was there to israeli Air Bases as a result of these strikes . Israel saying its Air Power operations are not affected. Raf sanchez, thank you. William cohen, mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us today. How do you think that israel is going to respond . Do you think they would take the enormous step of going after the nuclear program . Im guessing as much as anyone else. I believe that the israelis will take this opportunity and use the chance they have right now to inflict far more serious damage on iran than ever before. Iran, sense the overthrow of the shah, has been dedicated to israels destruction. Hezbollah as well, hamas as well. From the israeli point of view, this is, quote, existential. Their existence is on the line. I think they will respond rather aggressively. I think they will target silos, Missile Production facilities, perhaps even chemical Weapons Production facilities and certainly in my opinion it will go after some of the nuclear capable Production Facilities that they have. I think theyre going to act in a very, very aggressive way and soon and not wait for the end of the holidays. I think time in this particular case is not on their side. They need to act quickly if theyre going to, because the World Community is going to come in and say, stop, lets have a peaceful solution. I think at this point the israelis dont want a peaceful solution. They want to punish the iranians and punish them severely. The u. S. Said the president said that they will defend israel to its core when its attack biz iran. Even after the attacks against the standpoint of taking out nasrallah, the president calling for diplomacy. What do you think israel would do . Do you think they would go after the nuclear program without a green light, maybe a yellow Warning Light from the u. S. . Could they blindside the u. S. On something that important . Do they need american refuelling, Midair Refuelling to accomplish the task . The united states Bide Ed A administration was blindsided by the elimination of nasrallah. I would say no more surprises. We know that you have been under attack now. We know you are going to respond. We want to be in this Planning Operation as well. Dont surprise us with something that you do, which we think is contrary to your interests and to our own. We have interests as well in the region. I would hope they are a part of the planning. I dont know the israelis will accept that. The israelis are say, we have the hamas under attack, the disruption of hezbollah. We have iran thats been exposed for its weaknesses. They look weak. I think the israelis feel, were in were going to use this to punish the iranians and set them back as far as we can. The problem is going to be the consequences of that is iranians are no match for us, no match for the israelis. But they do have a network of Terror Groups around the world. They will respond asymmetrically around the world, including the united states. This is what the biden administration is concerned about. I assume thats being communicated to the israeli Prime Minister. How thats going to play out is anyones guess at this point. Im reading that after a very strong supportive speech to the united Nations Security Council today by our u. S. Ambassador, linda thomasgreenfield, Irans Ambassador has said publicly at the Security Council that israel is pushing the region to the edge of a, quote, unprecedented catastrophe. I dont have to tell you as a former senator, House Member at a key moment in history as well, and a Cabinet Member in the bill clinton administration, that this is the closing weeks final months and a less than a week of this election. The administration is really being put in a very different place by The Middle East blowing up, potentially getting worse. If israel were to go after the oil supply, the Oil Fields in iran, already theres been a spike in energy prices. You can see whats happening. The houthis are a threat in the Red Sea to shipping. What is the potential the price of oil has spiked. It will go higher. I dont believe we have seen the end of that spike, because the israelis can take out Oil Facilities at any time in my judgment. What they cant do, take out the nuclear facilities. That will require the assistance of the united states, in my opinion. This is where the debate, i think, is taking place in terms of what the israelis are prepared to do. They can take out the Oil Facilities. The price will go up. The saudis have lectured the opec nations, dont start producing more oil to bring the price down because we will undercut you and drop it to 50. Saudis are say, dont undercut us with the price of oil. The price will go up. It will have ramifications for the world economy. It will have certainly an impact here at home at a time when we have the damage by helene. We have got the strike taking place. Theres a lot on the table. I think the biden administration is handicapped, as you pointed out. They dont want to appear to put a Horse Collar around netanyahu or the Vice President. I think the biden administration is in a difficult place. I think netanyahu is going to exploit that. I think he is going to say, this is an opportunity for me to take advantage of all thats going on in the world to strike now and to strike hard. Former Defense Secretary Bill cohen, an ominous forecast. Thank you very much on all fronts. We appreciate it. In 90 seconds, the reaction to the debate Last Night as the campaigns kick off their sprint to election day. You are watching Andrea Mitchell reports. This is msnbc. Hayden the fact st. Jude will take care of all this, this is whats keeping my Baby Girl alive. Chelsea its everything for us. We wouldnt know what to do. We couldnt afford for our Little Girl to survive. And st. Jude gives us that. [music playing] looking good, guys thanks vacations are better with the Credit Gods are on your side. Im Coming Up rewards once available to the few are now accessible to the many. Earn points for travel with credit one bank, and live large. After their primetime debate, the president ial Running Mads are On The Road heading to michigan and pennsylvania. The matchup between Walz And Vance was largely civil. The candidates shaking hands, introducing their wives. Vance was Kinder Andgentler than the Pit Bull we have been watching for months and showing his experience doing interviews, talking to reporters on the trail. Rewriting history to say that he never wanted to ban abortion, insisting Donald Trump salvaged obamacare, when Donald Trump tried repeatedly to kill it, and sugarcoating trumps attempt to deny and overturn the 2020 election. Its really rich for democratic leaders to say that Donald Trump is a unique threat to democracy when he peacefully gave over power on january the 20th. Did he lose the 2020 election . Im focussed on the future. Did Kamala Harris Sensor americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation . Thats a damning nonanswer. As for walz, he has been bottled up by the campaign. He has not done any solo interviewed. He showed his nervousness at first. Stumbling when he wasnt in the tiananmen square massacre. Ive not been perfect. Can you explain i got there that summer and misspoke. I will just thats what ive said. I was in Hong Kong and china during the democracy protest. From that, i learned a lot of what needed to be in governance. Joining me now, garrett haake, covering the trump campaign. Yamiche alcindor who has been covering harris. And peter baker. Garrett, Jason Miller told you that vance walked away looking very likeable. Certainly, didnt look the way he has in certain interviewed we have seen on the campaign trail. What about the revisionist, retelling of history on point after point . Its easier to agree with your opponent when you fudge your position on things. The rewriting of history on obamacare was so blatant having been there throughout the trumped aminute vags. They tried to change the subject when i asked them about it. Overall, they are pleased with vances performance. They think this is the guy they picked. He had a rocky rollout as a Running Mate over the last couple of months. He was able to show some of his skill in that format Last Night. They thought the effective translator of Donald Trump to people who may tune out Donald Trump all together but might have been willing to listen to a little bit of a different voice there. We will see how his interpretation of trumpism holds up under Fact Checking and the longer Term Affect of this campaign. He has the lowest favorability of any of the four candidates on the ticket. Arguably, its more important given the fact that Donald Trump is now the oldest person on the ticket and is not exactly coherent in his speeches. Thats certainly true. I think the trump Campaigns View of this is that by the end of this process, 34 days from now, if you are ke