Battleground blitz, Donald Trump and his running Mate Targeting with the seven Swing States that could hold the key to winning the White House as new polls show, the republican ticket is doing well in the Sun Belt states and a day of reckoning in lebanon as nearly 300 people are reportedly killed in israeli airstrikes the idf plays a Highrisk Game with its new strategy for confronting hezbollah and new details from the investigation into the Titan Submersible disaster, the Companys Cofounder explains why they needed to build their own subs while defending a controversial decision over how they did it. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central of Battleground States underway today is Election Day is just over six weeks away. Next hour, former President Trump will hold the first of two Campaign Events in the critical cool state of pennsylvania. He is running mate j. D. Vance, campaigning in the Swing State of North Carolina,
Spiraling into an All Out War as Militants Fire rockets into Northern Israel overnight the idf counters with hundreds of strikes in lebanon. The biden administration calling for deescalation in the region pretty clean Vice President Kamala Harris. Would eat a ceasefire would need the Hostage Deal Progress Donald Trump makes his case to jewish voters. If we continue down our current path for four more years of Kamala Israel will be faced with not just an attack with total annihilation part. Shannon national security Communications Director Jon Kirby at North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum just back from a trip to israel. Then,. There was complacency on the part of others that lead to a breach of security protocols. Shannon Acting Head of the Secret Service as the agency takes full responsibility in the Trump Rally Assassination attempt as the second attempt on the former President S life puts the agency under more scrutiny and pressure. Representatives Mike Waltz and Madeleine Dean join us
Overseas. Plus, with six weeks to go to Election Day, were digging into the Brandnew Polling on the state of the 2024 president ial race. And also ahead, the very latest on the fallout from North Carolinas embattled republican, gubernatorial Candidate Mark Robinson. Well show you what Donald Trumps running Mate Jd Vance is saying about the allegations that robinson is facing. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, september 23rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your Day And Week with us. Well begin this morning with Breaking News out of the Middle East. The Israeli Military has started launching new attacks on hezbollah and lebanon. Early in the Night Lebanon ordered an evacuation. This comes as both sides escalated their attacks. On Friday Israel struck an eightstory building in a densely populated area in beirut, killing several hezbollah officials, including the head of the groups operations unit. Authorities in lebanon say that at least 45 people died in
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
Pets. Can you even remember a time when something like that would have been disqualifying . Because i cant anymore republicans now elected trump three times. Democrats lost to him half the time. This election is still inexplicably close. Unfortunately, some americans watched that and thought, i dont like how kamala laughed when he called immigrants dog eaters. That wasnt very president ial. Wow. That sums it up. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is monday, september 23rd. With us, we have the host of Way Too Early, white House Bureau Chief at politico, jonathan lemire. Nbc news national Affairs Analyst and a partner in chief political columnist at puck, John Heilemann. Good to have you with us this morning. We have six weeks to go until Election Day. Theres new Nbc News polling out showing a major shift in the 2024 race. In the latest survey, Vice President Kamala Harris leads former president Donald Trump by five points, 49 to 44 , among registered voters nationwide. Although, that result is