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Conflict escalating even more this morning, israeli airstrikes have targeted 140 hezbollah sites in beirut including weapons storage, and missile facilities embedded beneath civilian buildings. Thats according to the idf, the strikes are part of an ongoing campaign by israel to degrade hezbollahs military capability. The lebanese government, responding to the widespread destruction calling for intervention on an international basis, the country has recorded more than 100,000 people have been displaced by the conflict. Authorities claimed that number is actually much higher. Our chief national Security Analyst, Jim Sciutto in Tel Aviv with the very latest jim, tell us first, who was this . Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah was a defining figure in hezbollah in the region for more than three decades. Leave getting the terrorist organization, going back to 1992. And we making it over the course of that time into a formidable force, certainly plead with irans help with many Tens Of Thousands of rockets and missiles aimed here at israel. He is central, was sent troll to this group. And like the bombs that we saw strike yesterday, this attack is earthshaking for hezbollah, and i think one could say as well for iran given how central hezbollah is to irans exercise of power against israel but also in this region, of course, the questions now, Michael R how does hezbollah respond candidate retaliate credibly given the devastating attack, not just killing their leader, but youll remember those Pager Attacks on many thousands of hezbollah operatives as well as attacks on their Weapon Storage facilities. Can it retaliate credibly . Will iran feel that it must attack to show its strength and to respond for this. And then of course, israel making preparations, it seems at least for the possibility of a Ground Operation inside southern lebanon it hasnt given that order, but it is at least building the forces on the northern border to do so how will the news be received in the White House, given that the biden administration . And along with american allies have been pushing for a ceasefire second major Ceasefire Effort led by the u. S. With significant investment of diplomatic capital. Of course, the one in gaza to have a ceasefire there, get those hostages back, or at least some of those hostages back . And now this 21 Day Ceasefire, they were seeking in the north in both cases, the impression from the White House is that even netanyahu, at least was not sufficiently interesting studying are supportive of those efforts, at worst, was standing in The Way of getting those agreements across the finish line. And i think that informs what i was hearing last night. Side as were several of my colleagues from the White House, a deliberate and quite public effort to put distance between the u. S. And this is where israeli strike making quite clear one the us was not involved in to it didnt know about it. In fact, only got notice of the coming attack once the jets were in the air. I think its a very difficult point in the relationship. Certainly only between Biden And Netanyahu. And arguably in the relationship between the u. S. And israel when iran was last in a position where it felt necessary great to respond to israel. It was almost as if it was choreographed, right . The Iron Dome was able to successfully intercept virtually everything that was fired too hey, jim, lacking your knowledge and expertise, it almost seemed as if iran was doing as much as it needed to do to save face, but not to trigger an s collation. First of all, whats your reaction to my characterization . And might we see that again this time one, michael and there has been the impression among some in this region but also in the White House that iran has not been jumping to retaliate insignificant form because it does not, at least now but at this point, want a broader war with israel, or one in which the u. S. Gets involved. It fears the loss of its facilities, particularly its nuclear facilities. That said theres also another question youll remember the strike in april, as you referred to, with many dozens of missiles and drones fired toward his, toward israel. That was a significant attack, no question. But israel was able to shoot the vast majority of them down before they hit their targets. Just as israel was able to carry out a preemptive do strike a number of weeks ago on a planned what it said was a planned hezbollah attacks on northern israel. It raises the question whether israels capabilities like hezbollahs capabilities are indeed as great as advertised. And whether israels rather irans capabilities or as great as advertised. And whether it israel has a greater capability to neutralize those. Im not saying iran is not a threaded, has formidable military forces but is it possible that israel has the upper hand and that ron, as a result, is second guessing itself. Its possible does iran feel obligated to respond . On on behalf of the loss of a hezbollah leader. The same way that iran would presumably respond if it were an iranian leader. Theres a difference between the two isnt that really the issue of the day it is. No question and there is some question as to whether there are around ian commanders on site with Nasa Nasrallah when this strike took place, the possibility that this israeli strike did kill quite senior iranian leaders as well so this is the open question. There has been some frustration among hamas leaders and hezbollah as well that iran has not sufficiently back them or used its own military might to strike back against israel as israel has struck, hamas and hezbollah, even its own Proxies Question irans commitment to them so is iran making its own decisions for its own interests and leaving its proxies to hang out to dry to some degree. Theres some suspicion thats possible, but you and i and everyone else in this region can be surprised at any moment as we were in april by a significant iranian response, but also a Hezbollah One as well jim, thank you for excellent reporting all morning long will continue to call on you and we appreciate you so to dig into the ramifications of this escalating situation, lets bring in former State Department Middle East negotiator, aaron david miller, aaron, you know, youre always my goto. I Cant Help but think that with the american election, five weeks from tuesday, somehow that played a role in the timing of all of this. Tell me, im wrong. Well, you start with the fundamental question. A exceedingly controversial one. Look, i think what is elementally clear to me, the idf and the Prime Minister Prime Minister rutte, reluctantly concluding, i think that the true strategic threat was not not hamas in the south. Israel is not fighting a two front war in a more yes, hamas will survive as an insurgency. But residents of the border communities in the south of already begun to return. The strategic threat is in the north and i think the Prime Minister, i dont think he needs to be a brilliant political analyst to reach this conclusion. Has fundamentally concluded the knesset does out of recess until two weeks, roughly before our elections. Right now, between now and November 5 the capacity of the united states to impose sanction restrict or condition us military assistance adopt anything more than a passive aggressive response. And theres tremendous Anger And Annoyance president shared this with allies according to being the political in recent days with prime Minister Netanyahu. But netanyahu understands that israel is still incredibly resonant issue. The Republican Party has emerged as the israel can do no wrong party. The democrats are deeply divided. He has a margin for maneuver now perhaps between now and November 5, perhaps, unlike any that i can recall during any of his ten years as Prime Minister. So yes. And i would add something else he cannot vote in this republic clearly. But if you could, i think its quite clear for whom hed be casting his vote. So yes, i think the elections figured prominently in netanyahus calculations. They also of course, figured prominently in understandably into calculations of the binaries. The worst thing and ill say this is neutral away as possible. Having voted for republicans and democrats and work for republican and democratic, the worst thing for this administration and for the prospects of a Harris Presidency would be a fully blown war, right now beginning with an israeli Hezbollah Escalation that would almost certainly its very easy to imagine getting us drawn in. So its fraught for the administration and frankly, its an opportunity i dont think netanyahu wants this regional war, but nonetheless, its an opportunity for benjamin netanyahu, whose Prime Directive as you and i know hes staying in power in order to avoid should he lose it . Either a possible conviction, bribery, fraud, and Breach Of Trust for years running and Jerusalem District Court before three judges, or a Plea Deal that would end his political career. You either complimented me or criticize me for having a sharp first question. Heres another very, we made your are we are, we the united states, the western world, including israel, made more or less safe by this news in the past, it seems to me and i get it. Hassan nasrallah was at the top of hezbollah, but in the past theres been this game of whackamole, one terrorist dies and is quickly replaced by another. I guess what im asking you is, is this The End of a chapter . Or the beginning of a new story know whether its a new story, an old story you are witnessing michael three Wars Of Attrition, one between israel and hamas, which is probably the least contentious or strategically important a second between israel and hezbollah, which is going to go on and some form. And a third between two states, between israel and iran. None of these Wars Of Attrition are going to end anytime soon. There are no transformative diplomatic hollywood endings to these stories. At best, its a question of deterrence. Management and maybe, maybe if his vola, the israelis and the iranians are open to it, what i would call smart transactional diplomacy agreements that will contain conflict but not repeat, not bring about what you and i would consider normal humans would consider peace in any Way Shape so the question about whether were safe or not i think that his blm well, we do not know how israel is going to respond. Really use their Precision Guided Missiles. They roughly have 400 of the scores of thousands of cruise missiles. One way attract Attack Drones and ballistic missiles they afforded are Precision Guided Missiles that could strike easily israeli population centers and infrastructure headed to the israeli Electricity Grid months ago warn that it hits bola, strike on the grid. Could throw israel into the dark for days, something that is almost impossible not, not for the lebanese for sure, but for the israelis to imagine, or will they stand down . And understand that those sorts of actions would result in a massive retaliation they need to figure also the lebanese public into this, which is going to already taking a beating as a consequences of israeli strikes. So Thats Question Number one. I would think they would resort over time to soft target strikes against israeli diplomats, jewish institutions and organizations abroad second question is iran and i think Jim Sciutto terrific analysts, laid it out pretty clearly. The iranians are in a bind. They dont want to see their primary proxy, their window on the Arab Israeli Conflict but demolished. But they dont want to be dragged in for iranian national interest to a sustained confrontation with israel. It would almost certainly involve the united states and right, and strikes for on their conventional military and perhaps on their nuclear facilities and thats why i raised what was the response from iran back in april where it seemed to me they needed to do something to save face. I dont know what the offramp might be in this instance. Aaron david miller. Thank you. As always, love being able to come to you in these moments. Hopefully there wont be many more of these moments, but we appreciate your expertise up ahead. What can we expect to see when j. D. Vance and tim Walz Meet on the debate stage, youve got to believe this subject is now going to come up, right well, were going to talk to the two men who last ran against them and debated though, i want to know what you think by The Way, Go To my website at smerconish. Com. Answer Todays Poll Question is Kamala Harris Playing A to safe dont forget to sign up for my free and worthy daily newsletter at smerconish. Com for which Scott Status drew this Place President ial debates tuesday at nine in the first bill is subway has never been easier just by enter foot long and out, get another fried dough. The hard part is tenants rebels. He doesnt get sorokin foot long waits seriously. 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Itll take place in new york city. Cbs news hosting, nor odonnell, Margaret Brennan will be moderating many are anticipating a highstakes this event following the Trump Matchup earlier this month . Its the last debate currently on the schedule. So what can we expect joining me now, two men who have firsthand experience debating each of these candidates, former democratic congressman from the great state of ohio, tim ryan. He debated senator j. D. Vance twice during that Senate Battle in 2022 this is not a guy whos ready to protect the rights of women. These are complicated circumstances. The reason why we have skyrocketing Gang Violence in this country . Three because tim ryan and a lot of democrats decided to declare war on americas police. That shooter had all these great Replacement Theory writings that j. D. Vance agrees with tim ryan blames me and not himself for passing those laws in the first place, doesnt make any sense. Ten, i tried to spin this because you dont want to talk about the fact that youre with the extremists and former republican minnesota state senator, dr. Scott jensen. He debated governor tim walz three times in 2022 i reject Governor Walzs comment that this is a false argument between family firearms, an this is not a fact, sorry we are competing globally. We are creating trade deals together the folks in this room made that happen. Im proud of minnesota does response. Im proud of minnesota is first responders who were out there from firefighters to police, to the national guard. Tim walz denigrated the national guard. He is more concerned about this fake Internet Rumor than getting guns out of Schools Nobody in minnesota knows what tim walz means when he says fully Fund Education Congressman ryan, you debated j. D. Vance twice in that cycle. What stands out to you . You just think how slippery he can be, you know, theres theres a part of his thinking is im going to kind of deny what i said. Thats on tape in this moment when the lights are on and theres a lot of viewers. And then ill clean it up after. So i think youre going to see a lot of misrepresentati on. I think youll see lies and i think its going to be very important for tim walz to be calling him out in real time its pretty good on his feet, right . What props would you offer in terms of j. D vance as a debater . Well hes very thin skinned. And so i think any kind of points that you want to make that are going to question his Intellect Or Question his credibility but he or his honesty, i think he thats when he kind of gets out of his comfort zone. He is thin skinned. Hell want to defend himself. Then hell move into more angry j. D. Vance which i think the american people have seen. And so i think, you know, getting into that space a little bit where you knock him on his heels and were talking strictly like Debating Tactics here. But getting him id say hit first and hit hard and then hold him to account and i think Hell Hell be much better youll be able to handle it much better regardless of what the issue is dr. Jensen, you debated Governor Walz three times. Same year, 2022. What most stands out from those encounters with tim walzs an affable individual, and i think he does a nice job of trying to resonate with the everyday person. So i think thats initial impression hell make but for me, i think it would be Word Salad that tim is very good on his feet and he can put one word after another. And when hes done, whether its 30 seconds or 90 seconds when hes done. Your tendency is to say that sounded pretty good. But then if you ask yourself, well, hold it. What did he actually say . Then youre sort of left a little empty. So i think hes very good at sort of an extemporaneous Word Salad. But i do think that j. D. Vance would do best to try to brand tim walz. Dont try to hit tim walz on all the various things. Dont allow seven or eight superficial wounds to take place. Tried to get too deep cuts, try to point out the fact that tim walz is a little slippery on labels. Hes not quite accurate when he says he retired as Sergeant Major pin him down when he says he helped Coach A Team to winning State Championship in football, find out that actually he was one of seven different Assistant Coaches tried to pin him down and try to brand him so that when the debate is over, the audience has one or two things that they can really hang their Hat Matt on im smiling here because i think that Ryan And Jensson would be a hell of a debate both very youre both wearing the same clothing. I dont know how we would tell you Congressman Ryan you wrote this for smerconish. Com. This is tim ryan talking about j. D. Vance. Put it up on the screen. He maintains a tone that sometimes make it sound as though there are intellectual underpinnings did these maga talking points. Its skillful and likely a central Reason Trump chose him, but when you listen closely, youll hear how its just a tactic to muddy the waters until the next question expand on that. Yeah. I think i think that is why trump picked him. I think trump will say something completely insane, you know, ten minutes before and j. D. Vance will be on all the Cable News shows wrapping around some kind of intellectual underpinnings to whatever the crazy stuff he just said and so i think tomorrow when the debate happens, its going to be an audience of one for j. D. Vance, his job is to make sense of the insanity. We just saw him tried to do it around the haitian issue in springfield, ohio where he you know, he was saying all of a sudden like, well if i have to make up a story to get the attention of the american media, blah, blah, blah. Like youll hear a lot of that stuff trying to put a bow, trying to put lipstick on the pig and so but but that gives an opening, i think to tim walz to go forward and say, this is bs theyre talking about themselves. Lets talk about the future of the country dr. Jensen, you wrote these words for smerconish. Com in closing, i feel compelled to share what should be expected from tim walz, expect him to address his audience with hopeful and heartfelt words at a rapidfire pace, keenly crafted phrases. Well help him stay in safe barbers, the ark of his moral campuses more likely to bend toward an expedient moment in time than to be framed by a deeply rooted fabric of longstanding convictions expand on that i think tim walzs nimble. I think that he knows and his team has coached him when he can abandoned someone who heretofore had been a big supporter. Tim walz at one time very much gloried in both the contributions and The Endorsement of the nra. But when the nra was no longer useful to him, he dumped them. I think a lot of people dont realize it in 2022 when i ran against him, the district that he had represented in minnesota, the congressional district. He had won that six times times in row. Tim walz lost that district to meet the people who knew tim walz best said, no, thank you. I think what tim walz is trying to do now is hes trying to be supportive of harris so that he can be a cheerleader and he knows how to do that. Hes a former Football Coach on an Assistant Level and i think hes going to do for harris whatever she needs. Hes not going to upstage her but youre going to see that his values or not driven from that fabric of deeply held convictions as much as its going to be a zeitgeist moment. What . Are the activists telling us . What does Kamala Harris need for me . Hes going to go that way and hes going to try to deflect on whatever j. D vance comes, Adam And Jd vances needs to stay cool, calm, and brand him with two or three specific items ive always second guessing myself after cnn programs, after radio programs, after public appearances, meaning delivering a speech. So final question for both tim ryan, did you go home saying what it could have should there was something i should have done said to j. D. Vance when i debated him, that lingers to this day and then ill ask the same question of dr. Jensen about tim walz. Tim you first yeah. And then nothing super that stands out in a big way. Probably would have been a little bit more forceful. I probably would have been a little bit more aggressive i thought it would at that point were running for the united states senate. You want to be calm and keep your composure but i think theyre probably could have been a few moments there where it could have been like, this is complete bs you know, im not going to let you get away with that, which i did a bunch, but now im going to say when they lose the weight, can i say i watched your debates. You did do that im half irish and half of talia and mike gold. So you know, the fighter you never can fight and punch too hard. So i would just i would say that would probably be it and dr. Jansen, i watched all three of yours as well. Ive been immersed in both of you guys for last couple of days. What do you wish you had said or done relative to your debates with walz, Governor Walz i thought that tim walz was going to be true to his word when he said yes, we will have more debates, will have statewide televised debates if i had known that it was going it would be such a short conversation. I would have pushed much higher on the three basic issues that confronted us at that time inflation and the economy, crime and safety education, and what was happening to our kids. I thought we are going to get a broader conversation down the road. So from that perspective, we address the conversation in the questions that the moderators brought to us. And i known that i wasnt going to get the chance to have a single televised statewide debate with tim walz. I would have pushed much harder on. Tell us him why youre losing to me by double digits on each one of those three key issues, inflation, crime, and education. I dont think he ever answered that question to the minnesotans. Tuesdays going to be interesting. Men. Your uniquely qualified to provide this analysis and were grateful thanks, michael. Thank you. I to my website at smerconish. Com. Answerer Todays Poll Question is Kamala Harris playing it to save some Social Media thats come in thus far during the course of the program. Remember, im on all the usual platforms, follow me on twitter it or x. I am not a donald Trump Fan at all with that being said, i have no confidence in my knowledge of who Kamala Harris is. She comes across as a candidate and not a person. I dont know if i can vote for somebody like that says jerry. Jerry. Theres an interesting, theres an interesting Analysis Page one, New York Times today that i recommend you read. Pardon my notations on it. Rebecca Davis Obrien speaks of it or pardon me, wrote it and says the reason that she doesnt come out to play as often as other candidates doesnt sit for oneonones, just sat for the Stephanie Ruhle Interview earlier this week is that she is nervous about it, that shes a much better inquisitor, very comfortable in a Senate Hearing questioning Brett Kavanaugh as a member of the senate judiciary committee, then being on the receiving end. And theres just No Doubt the data supports what im telling you that shes done far fewer interviews and i think if she should lose the election, people much like your comment are going to say, well, she was too cautious if she wins the election then people will say it was a brilliant strategy. And thats what makes a great poll question. Is she playing it to safe Go To my website and cast a ballot . Still to come, israel claiming responsibility for the death of Hezbollahs Leader in beirut. How will the White House react after President Biden has been pushing for a 21 Day Ceasefire between Israel And Lebanon please make sure you subscribe to the newsletter at smerconish. Com when you are registering, youll get exclusive content like this from Rob Rogers great cartoon to 30 years have been saying publicly what people hold on to say and i have enough money. I could just shut off and back carbon next saturday at seven on scene want to squeeze up squeeze up delicious. 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Thats when usually did for me rapidly evolving situation in the Middle East, hezbollah confirming the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah during strikes yesterday, the israeli military describing nasrallah as one of its greatest enemies declaring his death made the world safer. Israel warning that they are still targeting hezbollah remaining senior members, israel working to stop a large largescale Hezbollah Retaliation and israeli Army Chief saying wednesday, it was preparing for a possible Ground Operation after hezbollah had fired dozens of rockets across the border and the missile aimed at Tel Aviv here to make sense of all of this for us and give us insights on what this means on the global stage, cnn, political and national Security Analyst David Sanger, hes the author of a terrific book. Its called new cold wars. Chinas rise, russias invasion, and americas struggle to defend the west. David i anticipate therell be a State Statement issued from the president , from the White House, speaking of the need to support israel as israel defends itself what i want to know from you is what is the real reaction . Do you think inside the White House about this news given that theyve been pushing the administration of prime Minister Netanyahu for a 21 Day Ceasefire i think that theyre going to feel as if they were misled to some degree by prime Minister Netanyahu it was just on Wednesday Night that the administration was telling all of us that they thought that the 21 Day Ceasefire that would have applied throughout lebanon and so forth was was it was within reach and that the israeli leadership presumably including the Prime Minister, had agreed to it instead, he said the next day, he had agreed to nothing of the kind and of course gave his speech at the United Nations are pretty fiery speech each about iran, about hezbollah just hours before this strike some as far as we can tell from the public White House announcements, there have been no conversations between the president and prime Minister Netanyahu since all this began. In days ago with the israeli announcement that they were moving toward the north with attacks using the pagers and the walkietalkies with the raid that they did very skillful raid on a Missile Factory in syria. And then these attacks and what that tells you, michael, is that at this point, the president and the Prime Minister of israel have very little to say. We each other so i Cant Help but compare that having just recently read your book to President Putin and president xi having a relationship that is such that theyve been together. What was the number . 50 times here . Israel and her closest ally, the united states, those leaders, amidst all of the tunnel that were discussing today. And whats gone on recently. As far as you know, not in direct communication between Biden And Netanyahu it is a pretty remarkable situation, especially given how often they talked after october 7, then youll remember that President Biden went on that historic trip to israel just a week or ten days after the attacks showed solidarity with the israeli people, has provided much of the arms but also issued them a warning and the warning was learn the lessons that the the u. S. Learned post 911 where we went off and did some things that we later came to regret that later turned the world. Much of the world and much of the Arab World against the u. S. Now of course, President Biden had a dream before october 7, that he was going to bring about the rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and israel in a grand deal that would really cement israels place. And of course, set up a Twostate Solution for for the palestinians and the israelis so something that prime Minister Netanyahu quietly opposed to, though he didnt come out and say so publicly. And then after october 7, i think when historians look back at this, i think the question were going to be asking is did they make some of the same mistakes of overreach that we made after 911 a final question. Do you see daylight between the position of President Biden and the position of Vice President harris relative to these events in the Middle East, israel, lebanon, hezbollah, in particular yet the Vice President speak sometimes in different tones about israel, but fundamentally comes out in the same place, which is the u. S. Is committed has been committed since israels founding to defend it, and Defendants Place in the world and its right to exist. And i fully understand why she does that. Whats going to be difficult in the next five weeks until the election . Is that the united states is obviously the supplier of much of the arms that israel is using and the question is, why has it declined to use its leverage in an effort to rein the israelis in toward this Cease Ceasefire or toward the Ceasefire And Hostage deal that they were negotiating in gaza. And as you were saying earlier with Jim Sciutto, you know, whats remarkable about this is that prime Minister Netanyahu has calculated that hes at a unique moment in american politics, where he can defy the united states its and pursue his own agenda, driven much by the local politics that hes facing as he tries to keep his coalition together. Thats an amazing place. We havent really seen before. And i was thinking as David Sanger was speaking, who knows what the next five weeks will entail. Thank you, david. We appreciate you very, very much still to come more social Media Reaction from all of you. Find me on x, on twitter im on all the usual platforms. 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I think she is playing it too cautiously. Time will tell more social Media Reaction. What do we have . You got to play to win . There are still undecided voters in the key swing states. You got to give them something to vote for, and you have to energize them when its this close and mic i would say to your point, just this morning, the New York Times and Siena College came out with latest battleground data showing that wisconsin and michigan are Neck And Neck trump has had a chaotic six or seven weeks, even by his standards right . Everything from Laura Loomer to the North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate eating cats and dogs. A poor debate performance, et cetera, et cetera. It has enabled her to pull even with him, but not to put them away. And that new data from the times and Siena College today says that wisconsin and michigan, despite trump having had a poor several weeks, or deadlocked, all of the Battleground States are deadlocked. 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