There are fears this morning of a Widening Conflict in the Middle East after iran unleashed a barrage of 118 missiles on israel. Aerial assault swiftly prompting israel to Promise Retaliation which could push the Middle East closer to a region wide war. There is no war in the Middle East. Israel cannot reach. Theres nowhere we will not go to protect our people and protect our country. Good morning. This is fox is ongoing coverage of the Crisis And Conflict in the Middle East. Im Jonathan Hunt live in los angeles. The u. S. Helped Israel Defeat irans attack by intercepting about a dozen missiles while Israels Defense systems took down most of the rest of those missiles. Irans escalation in the Middle East, a big talking point, as you would imagine, at the first and only Vice President ial debate. Both tim Walz And J. D. Vance trying to make the case that their ticket is best suited to calm tensions in the Middle East. You saw it Experience Today where, along with our israeli partners an
Middle east today. As the world wakes up this morning, Israel Vows Retaliation against iran after teheran launched the largest ever Missile Attack on the Jewish State and we watched it live yesterday. Where to today . Im bill hemmer. Good morning from New York as we get rolling today. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. There was an element of surprise yesterday. So here was the Situation Yesterday in israel. Iran bombarding the country with more than 180 Ballistic Missiles. They targeted heavily populated cities like Tel Aviv and jerusalem. Tehrans second attack on israel this year. Remember the first was back in april. That was a smaller attack that came with a warning. Yesterdays did not. So it is prompting the u. N. Security council to hold an Emergency Meeting on the escalating conflict scheduled for 10 00 a. M. This morning. Bill iran is ramping up its aggression toward the u. N. Targeting both campaigns with cyberattacks and plotting to assassinate the former pres
Escalation of tensions in the region that presents new challenges for leaders in the white house and around the world welcome to this special edition of erin burnett outfront. Erin is on his side i m in i m anderson cooper and i m jake tapper. We re covering the breaking news in the middle east are counting down to tonight s vice presidential debate that candidates will take the stage age and less than two hours and iran s attack is certainly to be a key line of questioning that s only adding to the pressure on ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota gov tim walz as they take part in what could be the most important vice presidential debate in modern american political history. Vance and walz are tasked with delivering closing arguments for their running mates, donald trump and kamala harris, since there are currently no plans for another presidential debate. What the vp nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the white house with electi
Israel urged its citizens to head to safety and move into shelters. The idf said it would do what it could to protect people. The difference between this attack and the one that israel was subjected to by iran in april is the type of missiles that are being fired and the length of time it is taking them to reach israel. In april, it took several hours, because drones and Cruise Missiles were fired first and that gave Allied Forces from the us and the uk the chance to get their planes in the sky and shoot them down. Tonight it happened more quickly and we have seen the dramatic pictures of Iron Dome interceptions and people rushing for cover in Tel Aviv and just liam. Jerusalem. Lets speak now to Tom Bateman, whos in washington for us this evening. This was launched very quickly . To this was launched very quickly . Trr give you an idea of the sense of urgency here, we had been expecting a briefing from officials in the next few minutes, that has been delayed. The secretary of state, an
That will be highlighted today. I mentioned those private events that are going to be held here. The beginning, just about five minutes or im sorry, about an hour from now . 10 00 a. M. With a Naturalization Naturalization Ceremony for 100 newly minted american citizens. Kate, i remember celebrating my grandmothers to 100th birthday. She actually there to be 107, if you can believe it. And just marveling at her stories that she can tell as they can. Its just a beautiful day to mark for Carter Family and everyone. Thank you so much, nick, really appreciate it. Im going to tell you. My grandma turned 104yearsold. So when i told my daughter i was on my way here to celebrate the former president turning 100. She thought it was no big deal, but i tell them, look, it is a huge deal. Your great grandma was an exception at 104. This is a very cold day two here for the former president im sure every year i kept having be like nuno, she really she really 100 him whatever, like it doesnt make it