It is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. At this hour, the bombardments around beirut. Massive Fire Balls as israel carries out some of its biggest strikes yet. A live report on that, and the disturbing new comments from irans supreme leader. Plus, hes the governor who Donald Trump torched as disloyal, bad, and very average but today, a reunion, four years in the making. Will it all be water under the bridge between trump and Brian Kemp . A blue Collar Pitch in the battle for the blue wall. Were live on the trail with Kamala Harris in michigan. And the second to last Jobs Report before the election is now out, and it is crushing expectations, weve got the numbers. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Matt Bradley live on the ground in beirut. Matt, israel carried out one of the biggest bombardments yet. What do we know about what happened, what they were targeting . Reporter they were targeting what
Right now on Ana Cabrera reports deadlocked. The battleground where Kamala Harris has an advantage. Plus, trumps 2016 opponent on the 2024 landscape. Her new comments this morning about trumps tone in this race. He is more incoherent. Good morning. Thanks to have you with us. Its 10 00 a. M. Eastern. 7 00 a. M. Pacific. I am Ana Cabrera reporting from washington today. We begin with new polling showing a deadlocked race for the white house. All eyes on a handful of states that could decide it all. Today Kamala Harris will be in one of them with oprah winfrey. It shows the gop narrowly leading in that state. As for former president trump, hes off the Swing State Beat today in d. C. At an event combating antisemitism. Vaughn, start us off, trump rallied in a blue state, New York, Last Night. What is the thinking behind these latest string of events . Theres a lot right now. Number one, Donald Trump is his own Chief Strategists and is the one calling the shots. He was in new York Yesterda
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. This is a monumental day, the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates for the first time in four years. This was an aggressive 50 Basis Point Cut or half a Percentage Point that will move markets and Mortgage Rates. It might also move the tide of the election. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell followed the announcement with a speech of his own, appearing to signal more aggressive cuts to come, indicating that inflation is finally under control, all of this, just 48 days before the president ial election. Big day. Joining us now, nbc News Business and data reporter, brian cheung, national Affairs Correspondent with the nation John Nichols, and director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy Institute of politics and msnbc political contributor, John Della volpe. Nbc Business Correspondent Christine romans will be here in just a second. Brian, i shall begin with you, explain what We Saw, and also tell me what he said in his news conference. Yeah, and its stil