Good afternoon, i am Alex Whitney we will go to the B Weekend with Ari Melber first, we want to get update on the developing news in the Middle East upon the death of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah and a second senior position in hezbollah. This happened in israeli strike on an Apartment Complex in a beirut. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu releasing a new statement just this afternoon taking credit for ordering the assassination sang, quote, nasrallah was not a terrorist. He was the terrorist. According to lebanese Health Ministry at least 11 people were killed and 108 injured in the attack protesters took to the streets of tehran as the Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. Officials claim a general was also killed on friday adding they expect to soon deployed troops to lebanon. President biden calling to enhance the u. S. Military Defense Posture in the area to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional
Moment. Tonight, there are just 38 days and tell the election and the president ial candidates have been confronted by this stark new development in the stories that will decide at this campaign. We will have the latest from the mid east in a moment, where is forces have killed a Terror Leader in the strike in lebanon. For we will hear from a spokesperson for the Kamala Harris Campaign after the Vice President gave speeches this week. They have her vision on two issues, voters say they care about most. Immigration and the economy. Plus, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus joins us to discuss his personal confrontation with one of his republican colleagues who made racist comments about haitian migrants. All this as Vice President nominees tim Walz And J. D. Vance are preparing to square off in just three days, and what could be the final did eight of the 2024 cycle. We will start with the rising tensions in the middle east, following the killing of the leader of hezbollah in an
Knowledge of friday s israeli air strike in beirut. But first, we can bring you these live pictures from beirut where israeli warplanes have launched new attacks on buildings in the city s south. The israeli military says hezbollah is storing weapons there, a claim hezbollah denies. Blasts have been heard in the southern suburbs and residents of three specific blocks were ordered to evacuate. Now lebanon s health ministry says the death toll from israel s earlier strike on beirut has risen to six, with 91 wounded. Hezbollah s leader, hassan nasrallah, was reportedly the target of the attack. Neither israel nor hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. Israeli air raids on lebanon this week have killed nearly 800 people, according to lebanon s health ministry. We begin our special programme on the conflict tonight with this report from our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. (explosions) scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its strongho
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Air strike in beirut. But first, these are live pictures from beirut where israeli warplanes launched new attacks on buildings in the city s south in the past several hours. Blasts were heard in the southern suburbs and residents of three specific blocks were ordered to evacuate. Returning now to that earlier strike that caused tensions to erupt, lebanon s health ministry says the death toll from that strike has risen to six, with 91 wounded. Hezbollah s leader, hassan nasrallah was reportedly the target of the attack. Neither israel nor hezbollah has formally confirmed his status. Israeli air raids on lebanon this week have killed nearly 800 people according to lebanon s health ministry. We begin our programme with this report from our middle east correspondent hugo bachega in beirut. Scenes of war in beirut. Hezbollah s conflict with israel returning to its stronghold of dahieh, with a series of massive explosions and an escalation with unpredictable consequences. Explosion. An att