A quick fact check. There will turn it over to the lead with jake tapper. Thanks so much for joining us. My pleasure. Have a great Weekend Tapper and you just heard former president Donald Trump making remarks in evans, georgia after listening to a briefing on damage caused by Hurricane Helene lets go to cnns Steve Contorno. Hes in fayetteville, North Carolina where trump is going to hedge sue later tonight for a Town Hall and save what do you make of what we just heard from Trump And George little time politicizing this tragedy even further than he already has, and he criticized eyes the White House for what he said was a terrible response. And he said that well, he went on to boast about his own performance during previous hurricanes when he was president , he said, he reminded people that there is an election coming in this, in the state where its obviously very, very close and that he promised that if he is elected, he is very committed to this state. That was his direct quote. He
Vladimir putin wants donald trump to win. Benjamin netanyahu wants donald trump to win, but the difference is the biden administration is in many ways helping benjamin netanyahu, providing him the impunity to do the very things that not only end up killing palestinians and lebanese and endangering israelis, but also increase the possibility of donald trump being president. How does that make any sense as policy from a democratic administration? and then there is the human toll. The expectation that there will be retaliation on the part of hezbollah and i wonder how you are guarding yourself as we are in this strange period. I guess there could be more explosions tomorrow, but as we sit and wait for retaliation from hezbollah for attacks that israel began the day before yesterday. The biden administration has to use american leverage these iv israel to get israel to recognize that it s problem with hezbollah and with gaza is a diplomatic problem and the way to get an end to the rocket f