First time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Israels intensifying Military Assault on lebanon has involved everything from Booby Trapped electronic devices to bunker busting bombs. As the Death Toll mounts, prime Minister Netanyahu says the target isnt the people of lebanon, its the armed militant group hezbollah, which continues to fire rockets into israel. So what, if anything, can the lebanese Government do to stave off a Gaza Style Catastrophe . My guest is lebanons economy minister, Amin Salam. Is his Government the very definition of powerless . Minister Amin Salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now . You feel right now . You said it, stephen. You said it, stephen
Minister amin salam in beirut, minister amin salam in beirut, welcome to hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. In gaza, through diplomatic thank you, stephen. Thank you, stephen. Pleasure being with you. Pleasure being with you. Thank you forjoining me. Thank you forjoining me. War is happening to lebanon, war is happening to lebanon, minister, and yet war minister, and yet war is the last thing that is the last thing that lebanon wants. Lebanon wants. How does that make how does that make you feel right now? you feel right now? you said it, stephen. You said it, stephen. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we need. It s the last thing we would it s the last thing we would have wanted to happen have wanted to happen and we were hoping and praying and we were hoping and praying and doing our best for the past and doing our best for the past year, since the war started year, since the war started in gaza, through diplomatic channels, through every channel possible, to avoid going i
A 6 Million cohen bonus. Make every day on winning Day Fact is that im not a threat to democracy. They are they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation in American History. Hows that going to happen . Massive rates. What are they talking about nearly . Two dozen people were killed in these attacks. Hezbollah now vowing retaliation, certainly feeling very vulnerable and also certainly feeling embarrassed same for a child creates instability. Its kind of like a recipe for Disaster Cnn Newsroom with Max Foster and christina macfarlane hello, a warm welcome to our viewers joining us from the u. S. And Around The World. Im Max Foster. Its thursday, september the 19th, 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington just 47 days until the u. S. Presidential election. Now, new polling is giving us a greater insight into which way voters and leaning in three critical Battleground States according to a set of postdebate, Quinnipiac University polls democratic president ial nominee
you are watching the beat with ari melber. we re covering this conclusion of donald trump fraud trial. there he was in court, the second time he s been in the courtroom this week, instead of campaigning in iowa. it s a telling sign of how personal this all is to trump, as you can see him there. he basically has opted out of the traditional campaign activities. he was not required to attend, but that s what it looked like in the courtroom today. we also heard from the attorney general who has been on something of a streak here. she already won the fraud finding portion of this. now they re fighting over potentially penalties. the judge also gave donald trump a chance to speak today, but required he had to comments only on facts and law if he did so. trump didn t stick to that, went into a ran, speaking for about five minutes, arguing this is wrong and a fraud, and he actually tried to attack the judge in the courtroom, making a reference to his own agenda. that was about eno
begin this hour with trt cases that could have a major impact on the 2024 election, and with, it democracy itself. first, on friday, the supreme court denied special counsel jack smith s request to fast-track arguments over trump s claims that he s immune from being held accountable legally for his actions to overturn the 2020 election. trump basically claiming that he deserves to get out of jail free card because he took those actions while president. but this appeal over presidential immunity is likely far from over. a lower court will hear oral arguments in this case and just a few weeks. once the court rules the supreme court could decide n if it will take up the case. while this appeals process plays out, it could delay the start date for trump s election interference trial in washington d.c.. meanwhile, the supreme court will also likely have to surprise how to react to the decision from colorado s high court, damning trump ineligible to run for office, at least in colo