This is brand new video just to us. Israel says it struck the central headquarters of hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. You can see in this video the blast was massive. And israeli official tells Nbc News the target was hezbollahs powerful leader. It comes as israel has been systematically targeting high level commanders of the u. S. Designated terror group, both within and abroad, which prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says israel will continue to do in order to defend itself from groups looking to eliminate the state. Nbcs Matt Bradley is live in beirut for us. Also with us, aaron david miller, former arabisraeli negotiator, and Senior Fellow at the endowment for peace. Give us the latest. Reporter we were here a couple of hours ago when our walls of our hotel shook. You cant see it now but it was just over my right shoulder here in southern beirut. This is a neighborhood that has endured repeated israeli bombardments all week long. And most of that, as you just mentioned in your intro
Reports, escalation in the Middle East. A new bombardment of israeli strikes against hezbollah targets in lebanon and an unprecedented warning to civilians. The fears its stoking of a larger regional war. Plus disturbing new evidence tied to the suspect in that apparent second Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump, including a letter where he appears to confess to the plot. What it means for his case when he face has judge next hour. And new Nbc Polling on the 2024 race showing a historic surge in favorability for Vice President harris. We will look at whats driving that and why this contest is still neck and neck. Good morning and thanks for joining us, it is 10 00 a. M. Eastern, 7 00 a. M. Pacific, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. We begin with the Breaking News in the Middle East. Lebanese officials say more than 180 people have been killed after intensifying israeli strikes there overnight. The idf Issuing A first of its kind Evacuation Warning to civilians in Southern Leban
And great for Donald Trump. How can that be . Well help you make sense of the moment and where the race is headed 43 days from Election Day. When we do finally get there from Election Day to that night, a lot of attention will be on the Exit Polls of North Carolina. The purple state is a squeaker right now. Is it going to stay that way . Theres new and not so flattering news for voters. You may call the allegations reprehensible, and you also might not be so surprised, since they surround the Gops Candidate for governor, Mark Robinson. We have mentioned him before with his many sexist and racist statements. Reports that he called Himself A Black Nazi on porn sites, hes denying it. The explosive Cnn Report came out on thursday. Now his Campaign Staff is walking out on him, leaving the candidate and potentially the party at sea in the crucial battleground state. Lets get into it. Joining us now, nbc News Correspondent covering the trump vance campaign, vaughn hillyard. Nbc news white Hou
Four people dead, 17 injured after a gunman targeted a popular Alabama Night Life spot. Did it all start as a Murderforhire Plot . Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets begin with Hala Gorani live in tel aviv, with the latest between israel and lebanon. The idf urging civilians to leave lebanon as soon as possible. Whats the latest from there. Reporter the israeli Prime Minister himself has addressed lebanese civilians telling them to get out of the way, that they shouldnt be anywhere near where hezbollah is storing weapons, what ordinary citizens are saying. Weve spoken to some of them today. They dont know where some of the secret stashes are. Theyre secret, and thats the whole point. There is really some concern across the country especially in the Southern Parts of lebanon. You see on that map there where some of those Air Strikes have taken place. Over 270 killed. An extremely high death toll. More than A Thousand wounded. There are Traffic Jams
Also, new Fundraising Numbers showing harris with a sizable Cast Advantage over Donald Trump. The Vice PreSident raising nearly 190 Million to trumps 45. 5 Million in august. We will dig into those numbers ahead. Right now, Donald Trump is hosting a rally in wilmington, North Carolina. One person, though, not there. The state gubernatorial candidate, Mark Robinson, who of the allegedly made raid rude and racist comments on a Porn Site years ago. Robinson denies any connections to the post. Vice preSident harris, meanwhile, laying the crisis in womens reproductive health care, squarely at the feet of trump in a rally in atlanta. He brags about overturning Roe V wade. In his own words, quote im did it and im proud to have done it. He is proud proud that women are dying. Proud . That doctors and nurses could be thrown in prison for administering care . Proud . That young Women Today have fewer rights than their mothers or grandmothers . How dare he. And in arizona, The State Supreme Court