Rockets fired from lebanon. In New York the Security Countil expressed its Alarm And Frustation at where things are headed. The Secretary General once again calling for restraint. We must never lose sight of this growing conflict is taking a toll on civilians. And we cannot look away from systematic violations of international humanitarian law. These deadly cycle of tit for Tat Violence must stop. Time is running out and i thank you. The israeli Defence Forces said 182 missiles were fired by iran. The military has acknowledged that airbases were hit the damage was largely to office buildings and maintenance areas within the Bases Nothing we are told that would unduly affect the Air Forces operations. In fact overnight, they were flying more missions over beirut overnight and today residents in twenty villages in Southern Lebanon were told to move out by the israeli forces. Heres our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson. Israels Air Force was defending other targets when irans miss
These two men were both a heartbeat away from being interesting this evening. It was a Vice President ial debate. One of these men will lose and we will never from him again. The other one will become vp again and we will never hear from him again. 4144. All right. A look at the late night takes of Vice President ial nominees tim Walz And J. D. Vance. The Ohio Senator largely kept things cordial in last Nights Debate focusing most of their attacks at their Running Mates at the top of the ticket. We are going to go through the big moments from what could be the final faceoff between the campaigns before election day. We will bring you a live report from The Middle East following a major escalation by iran launching a massive ballistic Missile Attack on israeli. We will have the very latest developments just ahead. Two major stories this morning. Good morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. Its wednesday, october 2nd. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of Way Too Early white House
Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an
Hezbollah back from israels border. Joining us now, nbcs Matt Bradley in beirut, former u. S. Ambassador to morocco and former president ial middle East Adviser mike ginsburg, u. S. Retired Army Colonel Jack jacobs as well. I want to bring with nbcs white House Correspondent Monica alba with us by phone. You have this breaking news reporting. What have you learned about this potential iranian attack against israel . Well, ana, this is coming from a senior white House Official and a department of Defense Official who confirmed to myself and to our Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube this indication that the united states has, which is typically a reflection of Intelligence And Information that they have gleaned from other countries, who would potentially be affected by this, that iran is indeed preparing to launch that ballistic Missile Attack against israel. Now, to put this into context, this is something that has happened before, it happened earlier this year as we may remember. And
York. We are following Breaking News out of the middle east, where the family of Israeli American Hostage Hersh Goldbergpolin was confirmed. He has been killed in the gaza strip. The family issued this statement just hours after the Israeli Army confirmed it had found a quote, number of bodies in gaza. It says, quote, with broken hearts. The Goldbergpolin Family is devastated to announce the Death Of their beloved son and brother, hersh. It went on to say, the family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy at this time, there was no immediate comment from the army or details about the other bodies that were found. The White House confirms the idf found six bodies in total in underground tunnels on saturday. Hamas militants took around 250 people during its October 7th Terror Attack on israel. An estimated 104 hostages do remain in their custody. This news comes as Ceasefire And Hostage talks continue between israel and hamas, and thousands of protesters in israel