And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
With me. I will see you again tomorrow. Thank you for joining us is our and this is one of those news days where everything is busting out all over. There is a lot going on. And a lot of the big news in the country in the world right now is still developing tonight. I have to tell you, tonight, we are keeping our eyes trained on the Middle East with a significant Escalation And Expansion in the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah in Lebanon And Hezbollah is the iran backed Militia Group based in lebanon who are a key ally of hamas and Hezbollah And Israel have been Trading Fire for months across the border of those two countries since the Hamas Attack in israel last october. You will also recall earlier this Month Israel Sort of opened a new area launching attacks in lebanon that killed people including civilians in israel ramped up airstrikes across lebanon which killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands. They then killed the leader of hezbollah. Earlier today th
Particular, what youre talking about, about j. D. Vance, i feel like thats more so more true than ever this year. Yeah. They dont typically matter. But this one may. Yeah. Ne and we dont know which j. D. Vance we may know but we really dont know which one will come Tomorrow Night. So, well see. Ive got a big Rachel Maddow Show style spiel, a big Story T that i think people dont know about vance coming up a little later on in the show. Va oh, good. Thats my Homework Assignment for tonight. Well be watching. T. Thank you, jen. Much appreciated. Thanks at home for joining us this hour. This is one of those News Day where everything is busting out all over. Er theres a lot going on. And a lot of the big news in the country and the world is still developing tonight. So, i have to tell you, tonightn we are keeping our eyes trained on the middle east. A significant expansion in the conflict between Israel And Hezbollah in hebb non. Hezbollah, of course, is the iranbacked Militia Group thats b
If a republican did what she did, that republican would be impeached and removed from office, and rightfully so, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Donald trump once again using extreme and offensive rhetoric to describe Vice President Kamala Harriss mental state. Well play more of trumps remarks and what top lawmakers from his own party are now saying about his new insults. Plus, well go over what to expect as governor tim Walz And Senator Jd Vance prepare for their Highstakes Debate Tomorrow night. And also ahead, well take a look at the damage caused by Tropical Storm he lean after catastrophic flooding and massive Power Outages devastating the southeast, leaving at least 89 people did. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, september 30th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your Day And Week with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Well begin with politics. And with just about five weeks to go until the november election, former president Donald Tru