Welcome back to the weekend, we began with Breaking News out of The Middle East. Hezbollah has now confirmed israel killed its longtime leader. Just last hour the spokesperson for the israeli military confirmed that. His killing under the command of, Choice Chuck chose to join the war that hamas started. There are consequences for that decision. Aaron mcglocklin is live in tel aviv. Bring us up to speed on the latest list our. Symone, around 6 00 yesterday evening, a massive explosion rocked the city of beirut and minutes later, israeli officials were Briefing Members of the press that he was the target of an israeli airstrike on a residential building. They were saying that the Command And Control headquarters for hezbollah was located under then the building. And there was a question whether they had carried out the assassination effectively. They released the Audio Exchange between the Fighter Pilot who carried out the attack and his commander moments after the airstrike was carried
Good day. I am jose diazbalart, in for chris jansing. Foreseeable and preventable mistakes. A brand new bipartisan report lays out Secret Service failures ahead of the attempt on Donald Trumps life in july. The errors at the heart of the report and what it means for The Agency moving forward. Plus, an unprecedented attack appears to be sparking a new phase of war. Israel launching a wave of strikes in lebanon after intercepting a missile fired at Tel Aviv in hezbollahs deepest strike yet. What the idf just said that could signal a Ground Invasion could be coming. And florida bracing for impact as helene intensifies into a hurricane. Millions of people are now under a State Of Emergency as they prepare to grapple with Lifethreatening Storm Surge, damaging winds and heavy rain. Well talk to the head of fema about how they are preparing. And we begin with new details emerging from a bipartisan report on the Security Failures that led to the first Assassination Attempt on former president
Jobs. There is very little out there about what she will unveil, specifically today. And so were going to have to wait and see what she says when she takes the stage, which is just a few minutes from now. Dont go anywhere. Heres what shes already announced, broadly speaking. Theres a Child Tax Credit, a corporate tax hike, an elimination of federal taxes on tips. Incentives for housing, incentives for building, money to start new businesses, and fines for Price Gouging along with an elimination of some medical debt. All of this, along with her performance at the debate have brought her closer, yes, closer to Donald Trumps polling on the economy. In fact, the financial times found that those who watched the debate said she would do better on the economy than trump. Thats one poll. Theres a new Fox News Poll that shows her within five points of the former president on the economy, a lot better than the 15point Deficit President biden had against trump back in march. So what does Vp Kamal
Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, President Biden giving his final speech to the united nations, defending his legacy of creating global alliances, even as the world is racked with the wars in europe and the middle east. And israel pushes further into lebanon and the u. S. Sends troops to the region to evacuate americans if diplomacy fails. Fullscale war is not in anyones interest, even in a situation thats escalated, a diplomatic solution is still possible. In his first u. S. Televised interview, irans new President Wont Rule out retaliating against israel for assassinating a Hamas Leader in Tehrans Capital and tells me that hezbollah, hamas, and the houthis are not irans proxies, despite western intelligence saying otherwise. We will respond in a manner of our choosing. We support those who fight for their freedom. It doesnt mean that we have proxies. They dont fight on our behalf. Plus, my interview with nobel laureate, Malala Youssef and her continue for push for women in leade
Four people dead, 17 injured after a gunman targeted a popular Alabama Night Life spot. Did it all start as a Murderforhire Plot . Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets begin with Hala Gorani live in tel aviv, with the latest between israel and lebanon. The idf urging civilians to leave lebanon as soon as possible. Whats the latest from there. Reporter the israeli Prime Minister himself has addressed lebanese civilians telling them to get out of the way, that they shouldnt be anywhere near where hezbollah is storing weapons, what ordinary citizens are saying. Weve spoken to some of them today. They dont know where some of the secret stashes are. Theyre secret, and thats the whole point. There is really some concern across the country especially in the Southern Parts of lebanon. You see on that map there where some of those Air Strikes have taken place. Over 270 killed. An extremely high death toll. More than A Thousand wounded. There are Traffic Jams