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
Another week of shows. We are grateful. The Beat Withari Melber starts right now. Ill tell you one quick thing. Its Veep Night. Our first ever Veep Night because we have Julia Louisdreyfus. Amazing. Ill Run Upstairs and watch. I hope you do. I hope you have a great weekend. Ill see you, nicole. You too, have a great show. Thank you. Welcome to the show. Julia louisdreyfus makes her debut tonight. The reason she is here is that she is, as you may have heard, a big Kamala Harris supporter. She was out at the dnc with the democratic governors. Shes hosting a big, big colbert, Larry David, Jason Alexander, Veep Costar Event for costars this weekend. Thats one of the many things shes doing. Why is she doing it . How can you see it . All of that is what she will tell us in a couple minutes. We begin with a busy day on the campaign. 39 days until november 5th. Tonight we can tell you that over half the country has voting available. I have told you how we are living through different times, ev