Reports, escalation in the Middle East. A new bombardment of israeli strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon and an unprecedented warning to civilians. The fears its stoking of a larger regional war. Plus disturbing new evidence tied to the suspect in that apparent second Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump, including a letter where he appears to confess to the plot. What it means for his case when he face has judge next hour. And new Nbc Polling on the 2024 race showing a historic surge in favorability for Vice President harris. We will look at whats driving that and why this contest is still neck and neck. Good morning and thanks for joining us, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. We begin with the Breaking News in the Middle East. Lebanese officials say more than 180 people have been killed after intensifying israeli strikes there overnight. The idf Issuing A first of its kind Evacuation Warning to civilians in Southern Leban
Children and more than 1,000 were injured. Over the Weekend Hezbollah launched more than 100 rocket, drones and missiles into northern israel. Chie angioankle got an inside look. Reporter im now in an underground bunker, a hospital that has been set up three levels below the main hospital in the northern city. This was a parking lot. You can tell it looks like a parking lot. But it was built nearly 20 years ago, also to serve as a hospital in reserve, a Hospital Underground just for scenarios like this one so that patients could be treated, care can be given during a War Situation when parts of israel come under attack. And for the first time since this facility was built, it is actually being used. Yesterday israel started move ing all of the patients of the hospital down into these wards here. Our thanks to Richard Ankle for that report. Reporter you and i have talked about the possibility of allout war between Israel And Hezbollah. Frankly, its fair to ask at this point whether that
Month. What the feds are now revealing about ryan routh, his weapon and his getaway car, and the letter he Left Behind in case he failed. That fast moving president ial campaign, 43 days out from the election it found two seemingly contradictory facts are both true, Donald Trump continues to be battered by challenging headlines and yet his race against Kamala Harris is still shaping up one of the tightest in history, new Sun Belt Polling from The New York Times Today Trump has gained a lead in arizona and remains ahead in georgia, two states that he lost in 2020. But in North Carolina, which has not voted for a democrat since 2008, miss harris trails Donald Trump by a narrow margin. Our Weekend Poll shows harris up nationally by five. But more dramatically her favorable score is up 16 points since july, now surpassing trump. It comes as trump heads to pennsylvania later today amid Ground Game concerns, the Associated Press reports that dozens of republican officials, activists and oper
You 80831 kidnapping, arson, and hip hop mobile. Sean, diddy combs charged with running a criminal enterprise and called a danger to the community. His lawyer saying that hes ready for long battle is accused Theres Lawyer calling this a first step toward justice and back on the trail after another campaign shakeup, just days after an apparent second attempt on former President Donald Trumps life both candidates are heading the key swing states today. The Vice President s set to speak next hour and pennsylvania, and were following it live plus pagers exploding across lebanon, killing nine, injuring thousands. The targeted devices belonging to members of the molten group, hezbollah lebanons hospitals are on high alert were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central good afternoon. Im bored. Sanchez alongside youre on a killer in our nations capital. And in about 90 minutes, Music Mogul Shonda did combs is expected to go before a fe
The Secret Services protective methodologies work and they are sound, and We Saw that yesterday. But the way we are positioned right now in this dynamic threat environment, it has given me guidance to say, you know what, we need to look at what our protective methodology is. We need to get out of a reactive model and get to a readiness model. The Acting Director of the Secret Service calling for changes to the agency following sundays apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. Well bring you the very latest in that investigation. Meanwhile, the former president and his Running Mate are blaming the rhetoric from democrats for the latest attempt on his life. But its their lies about haitian migrants in springfield, ohio, that are having a real impact on that community as threats of violence continue to Shutdown Schools there. Well get into all of that straight ahead. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, september 17th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting yo