It was a really busy week. So lets get right to it, some of the conversations you might have missed. Billionaire mark cuban, a Kamala Harris supporter, appeared on a Cnbc Squad Box and shared his thoughts on the Vice President s vision for the economy. Lets take a listen. How much more do you think the public knows now, and how much more do you think the public should know . Obviously, she is talking more, giving speeches, she was very clear about tariffs right there and shes got 40 days to communicate about other things. Think of this as a business and she is the ceo. She went from lack of favorability, lack of awareness, and way behind Donald Trump, to here we are, 50 days later from where she started, she is oh worst tide, people on her economic policy, she was by trump 20 , now she is behind 11 . She is making progress. If she just continues along the trend, the trend is her friend, that means, she is doing the right thing. She will keep communicating new ideas, new elements. She w
Israeli officials are bracing for reaction. The idf says it intercepted a missile over central israel that have been launched from yemen. Israel continues to pound targets Inside Lebanon, large plumes of smoke can be seen all day rising over the south. Ri in iran, antiisrael protesters took to the streets of the Capital City and that countrys Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. In the u. S. , President Biden said he has directed secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to further enhance the Defense Posture of Military Forces in The Middle East to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war. We have reporters and analysts in place around the World Right in with all these new developments first. First, Matt Bradley joined us again from beirut. Matt, give us a sense of how tense it is in Lebanons Capital this evening. Reporter tense, and oni hav to say, alex, mournful, People Y are crying in the streets, wailing out. This
Lebanon about the israeli airstrike that killed the head of hezbollah of hezbollah from World Headquarters in New York. Or we begin with Breaking News from The Middle East. Here is what is new this hour. The idf now says apart from killing nasrallah, leader of hezbollah on friday, it has also killed a second senior hezbollah official. This is an attack on Apartment Complex in beirut. O at least 11 people were killed, 108 injured in the attack according to the lebanese Health Ministry as israel continues to pound targets in lebanon also new official telling Nbc News Israel decided to assassinate nasrallah after concluding he would not accept a diplomatic solution to end fighting on the Israel Lebanon Border. It was notle tied to an end of the war in gaza. Protesters gathering on the street in tehran today. Officials saying an iranian Military General was also oay killed on friday adding they expect to deploy troops to lebanon. T also, the u. S. State department is ordering the departure
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
As chaos, with ambulances rushing to the scene through roads packed with people trying to flee. Our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from beirut. Explosions 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 attack so powerful that it was seen and heard across the city. Lebanon now on the brink of another war. Chaos on the streets and here is what they are running from. Dahieh, in southern beirut, now looking like gaza. But amid so much destruction, jubilation. Two children rescued from the rubble alive. Hezbollah s backers, iran, say this strike marks a dangerous game changing escalation in the conflict. For israel, it s a strike targeting the heart of hezbollah s operations. Moments ago, the israel defense forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the hezbollah terror organisation that serves as the epice