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
Announcer live from Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon join his guests, musical guests of monsters and men and featuring the legendary ruths crew and now here is your host, jimmy fallon thank you very much. Welcome. Thank you so much, everybody welcome to the tonight show. Were coming to you live right now from studio 6 a. After the final debate between President Trump and joe biden and i think we can all agree the winner was Kristen Welker. Come on. Knockout home run of course, everybody was talking about how there would be a mute button used during tonights debate it seemed like it worked pretty we well im thinking of getting one for thanksgiving the muted mikes helped it was much calmer at one point they almost cut to Jeffrey Toobin to lightening things up. Trump seemed much more calm. Did they replace him with his disney robot for the most part, things were civil compared today first debate, was a ufc fight on meth. It was a
It was uncorrelated. We will do that in the data check coming up. Francine longer data checks today. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres karina mitchell. treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker nancy pelosi are working to avoid a government before the election. They wont let the stalemate over virus relief legislation hold up a stopgap spending will. Allow the government to stay in operation through the new fiscal year. To , the president tried to get out of visiting graves of marines killed in world war i in france. He reportedly said, why should i go to that cemetery . Its filled with losers. He denies that account. Were trying to take michael right hold michael when theynto custody shot him. Report is outbs at 8 30 this morning. He economists project the Unemployment Rate to drop below 10 for the First Time Since march. Global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120
Convention is continuing right now of course virtually streaming online because of coronavirus restriction speakers have been joining from across the country and to that live stream and we will have a look at that a little bit later on but right now he is the team for this hour Kimberly Halkett is our White House Correspondent bed because there is a good chance the president will be watching and reacting to this speech in real time as he did yesterday but were standing with alan fischer in wilmington delaware where the speech will be given by joe biden and well a moment 22 years in the making alan. Longer than that 32 he ran in 1808 had to step down because of allegations of plagiarism seems your math is as good as mine. So its certainly the biggest speech i think many people felt that when joe biden was Vice President he was awarded in the the final days of the Obama Administration the president ial medal of freedom that was the capstone and what had been to that point a long and fair
Reach into the low 70s today. For the south bay were looking we have seen in other places as at upper 60s as well as the east bay. Well. Its masettis bakery selling well talk more about that rain in the forecast and look ahead to easter weekend, but right mini cakes that look like toilet now, mike, you have a look at the earlymorning commute. Paper. The cakes are about four inches round. You know, it looks like an yeah, essential workers, they interesting wedding cake. Are out there, and just go the oh, gosh. Marcus, i dont get that at all. Speed limit. Look, i love cake, so let we will have good news about vta them eat cake. Can you imagine the popper on coming up. Coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Hit a new oneday high that one . Yeah, that would be a good one. Yesterday. Kari hall is working from more than 432,000 confirmed home this morning, and kari, its dark and early, and what is cases, and nearly 15,000 it like this morning around the americans have now died. Bay . On capitol hil