Tremendous reporting. Should read their deeply sourced reporting about all of that. It is fascinating and devastating at the same time. Yes, exactly those two things, yes. Have a good weekend. You too. In august of 2020, donald trump was campaigning for reelection. We were in the throes of the covid19 pandemic. The summer saw a wave of protests and up risings over the murders of george floyd. To top it all off, the state of california was experiencing its largest wildfire season in recorded history. And it was that last crisis that prompted donald trump to say this during a campaign rally in pennsylvania. I see again the forest fires are starting. They re starting again in california. I said you have to clean your floors, you have to clean your floors. Many many years of leaves and broken trees. And they re like, like so flammable. You touch them and it goes up. I ve been telling them this now for three years. But they don t want to listen. The environment, the environment but they hav
Are looking forward to it. Sleep up if you can because youve got a lot of things this week. Have a great Weekend Velshi starts right now. Good morning. Its sunday, september 29. 37 days until Election Day and two days tim Walz And J. D. Vance will take the stage in new York City for the first and likely only Vice President ial debate of the cycle. The matchup will be the first time that the two man will meet Each Other in person, and it will offer them a chance to reintroduce themselves to the country. Since joining their respective campaigns, their paths have diverged. Walz profile has skyrocketed and voters have found him to be likable which is a boost for his a kamala Harris Campaign. On the other hand, vance controversial comments have been a liability for Trumps President Ial Bid and poll shows favorability ratings are well underwater. The stakes are high, especially with early voting underway in many states. This may be the least, last marquee event of the cycle because although
All right. Israel, to put it mildly, in a state of high alert right now. Youre looking at the live shot of the roof. There have been targets, better than 100 over the last roughly 24 years, that left nasrallah dead and he and a number of accomplices were taken out in this attack, that makes nine top hezbollah leaders taken out in various Air Strikes over the last couple of weeks right now, but, again, this latest strike are, were learning that its targeting the likes of Tel Aviv and elsewhere and igniting the sirens that have been going off. Apparently, theyre coming from yemen and would seem to indicate Houthi Rebels that are certainly using that as the base of operations on american and Shipping Interests from all over the world. Nate foy is in Tel Aviv with the latest on this. What can you tell us . Hey, neil. Moments ago, we heard an explosion here after sirens were blaring for a few minutes in Tel Aviv and the idf has come out saying its a missile launched from yemen. As you accur
Pennsylvania . Apparently a lot because the list is long. Thats the conclusion from a Senate Report just out this morning and senators from both sides, republicans and democrats, say the findings in this report are infuriating. Thats where we start today. Im bill hemmer, good morning. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. You picked up a rock and oh gosh. Its not good. Senate Homeland Security Committee releasing its initial report on Security Lapses in butler, pennsylvania. Lawmakers said this, quote, the officials declined to acknowledge individual areas of responsibility for Planning Or Security as having contributed to the failure to prevent the shooting that day. Bill meanwhile the Trump Campaign revealing intelligence officials have briefed the former president of iranian threats to assassinate him. The campaigns call the threats real and specific. Here is Senator Rand Paul earlier today on fox friends. You add that to the domestic terrorists trying to kill President
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