Will the last expected matchup between the campaigns change any minds before Election Day ive tried to do the best i can, but ive not been perfect and im a knucklehead at Times Misspeaking tim Walzs Admission after a new reports undercut his personal story of being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square Protests and people are scared to death this is urgent viewing the Damage President Biden and Vice President Harris Set to visit areas hurting the most in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us on this Wednesday Morning it really is already an intense News Day and that is in no small part because of what Cnns Erin Burnett is covering for us live now in Tel Aviv where she traveled overnight. Aaron, of course, i know we were supposed to be covering the debate Last Night together, but of course, whats happening in that region now, driving History Right . It certainly is. And you know, even here on the way here, seeing some of these craters in the ground here in Tel Aviv from that massive araneus barrage, the largest ever, ever from iran against israel the world now, waiting on how israel will respond to that massive Missile Attack launching somewhere between 100 180, they say 200 missiles towards Israel Tuesday in response to recent attacks on hezbollah in Lebanon And Israel and the u. S. Said the majority of those missiles were intercepted some did get through though, and we saw some of those impacts sites, as i said, kasie near mossad headquarters, you see the blownout cars melted windshields, and holes in the ground between 20 and id say 35 feet and two cases. One of them already filled in in the early hours of this morning. It terms of injuries we understand at least one person was killed, several others injured attacks met with celebrations in the streets of tehran. Crowds were singing and dancing as the missiles were flying towards israel irans military says that this may only be the beginning you missile unit d, if the Zionist Regime that has gone crazy, its not controlled by America In Europe and wants to continue these crimes were wants to do anything against our sovereignty and territorial integrity Tonights Operation will be repeated several times stronger in all their infrastructure will be targeted and false israel seemingly undeterred by the threats from iran generals, this is how escalation happens. This is why the fear are such a wider war overnight, israeli warplanes continued airstrikes against hezbollah targets in beirut. Obviously, a small taste of what is likely to come. Israels Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Meantime, here vowing to retaliate for the damage inflicted by iran youre gonna start iran made a big mistake tonight, and it will pay for it. The regime in iran does not understand our determination jim, to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies. We will stand by the rule we established. Whoever attacks us, we will attack him so joining me now to talk about this latest phase in the war is jonathan conricus, a former spokesman for the israeli defense for forces in jonathan. Here we are. Again speaking together a year ago, obviously when this horrific phase of this conflict began. So what does, when, when prime Minister Netanyahu says that there will be reprisal, but it will be severe that iran will pay a price. What does that mean . Yes, hello, erin. We were supposed to be commemorating a year from October 7 this weekend and thinking about the casualties, the Nova Music Festival and what hamas did to israel on 7 october. But instead, it is, as you said, a very, very dense new cycle with Ground Troops in lebanon and strikes in dahiyeh. And of course, the iranian strike on Israel Yesterday i think thats what the iranian attack, the second massive iranian attack on israel does, it opens up a lot of opportunities and at this time, i think israel can choose between different groups of targets, all depending on really what the strategy is and what israel wants to achieve and very importantly, what kind of support is can get from the u. S. And other western countries and in more detail one roof of targets would be, yes, erin know i go ahead with the groups of targets. I was curious, obviously also about the likelihood of striking nuclear targets in iran yeah. Yeah. So thats exactly what i where i was going to. Theres one group of targets which are more regime related. Seats of government places of control perhaps whereabouts of leaders, et cetera. In iran with the desired effect of unstable in unstabilizing The Regime Shimon striking the regime itself. Another group of targets could be economic infrastructure, military economic infra, structure, which is part of how the revolutionary guard is able to export weapons and money to Difference Terror organizations around the world that are attacking israel by hamas is it startling too hard in syria and the houthis, et cetera. Thats the second group. And then a third group, which of course is perhaps the most sensitive currently, would be all of the infrastructure related to irans illicit nuclear weapons program. I think that israel has had a lot of time over the years to come let intelligence to assess and to prepare is what definitely has had a lot of time to prepare an Air Force Attack against them. But i think it will boil down to what will israels strategy be in, as in, where do we want to be half a year from now or a year from now . And perhaps most importantly, what will be said, an agreed between one in jerusalem and that is the most important thing. Do you think that that the United States would back israel on a specifically nuclear, nuclear facility attacks. But also what you mentioned at the beginning, which i think anyone who hears has a lot of fear of a much wider conflict and that is if youre actually going to be targeting government buildings and government leaders in tehran itself. Do you have us backing for that yeah. So that that remains to be seen and i think that there is im trying to read the american administration, the biden administration, and im trying to understand and how much of an opportunity they sense that there is here. I understand that its an Election Cycle Close to elections in the u. S. And of course, the entire region is following every word from the president ial and Vice President ial debates and all of the communications coming out of washington and the u. S looking for clues to see where the u. S. Is standing, where the candidates are standing. But i think that theres a big, Big Opportunity here to perhaps do more regarding irans nuclear program than the world has failed to do in the last, i would say seven to eight years, perhaps more can be achieved. Yes. Albeit its with a certain rich risk attached to it, No Doubt but looking at how the iranian regime has been operating what theyve been doing is advancing steadily with their nuclear weapons program, despite complaints, despite oversight, despite agreements cetera. But at the end of the day, they are preventing towards it all right. Jonathan conricus. Thank you very much. And kasie, i will say, you know, just being here and obviously, you know, when youre down near the gaza border, as we all spent so much time there you would see where missiles had hit, but seeing them here, Niro Mossad building, seeing those giant craters in the ground, it is clear that something different has happened and that we truly could be entering a very different stage of all of this. And that critical question that you were just asking there at the end it does seem and weve weve had several former israeli officials were on with Wolf Blitzer Last Night raising this specter of Striking Irans nuclear program and it was very interesting to listen to the texture that conricus offered. There as you, as you asked him whether or not the u. S would back him and well be back with you throughout the throughout the hour. Straight ahead here on cnn this morning, a surprisingly civil debate between Jd Vance and Tim Walz. But where do voters stand . And on Last Nights performances from the Running Mates, were going to break down fresh Cnn Polling from debate night. 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Night in the big apple, the Vice President ial candidate, senator Jd Vance, governor Tim Walz, met Last Night in New York for their one and only debate. Heres a little bit of what happened Last Night. Israels ability to be able to defend itself is absolutely fundamental. Getting its hostages back, fundamental. It is up to israel what they think they need to do to keep their country safe and we should support our allies wherever they are when theyre fighting the bad guys look a lot of people are justifiably worried about all these crazy weather and patterns. I think its important for us, first of all to say Donald Trump and i support clean air, clean water. Donald trump called it a hoax. And then joke that these things would make more Beachfront Property to be able to invest in the real Family Separation Policy in this country is unfortunately, Kamala Harriss Wideopen southern border. As soon as i was getting ready to pass and actually tackle this Donald Trump said no, told them to vote against it because it gives him a Campaign Issue with just 34 days between now and november 5th. This meeting was the last major Campaign Event that is currently scheduled between now and Election Day. A Cnn Poll of registered voters who watched last Nights Debate found that they were pretty evenly split over who gave a better performance. The numbers could be explained in part by something we have not seen at debates like this in a while. An abundance of agreements and at least outwardly being nice to Each Other i agree it should not take seven years for an Asylum Claim to be done. I agree with you. I think you want to solve this problem, but i dont think that Kamala Harris does. I agree with a lot of what Senator Vance said about whats happening. His Running Mate though does not. And thats the problem, governor, i agree with the Amber Thurman should still be alive and there a lot of people who should still be alive. And i certainly wish that she was, im in agreement with him on this first of audit. Know that youre 17yearold witnesses shooting, and im sorry about that. And i appreciate christ, have mercy Cnns Phil mattingly conducted a Focus Group with undecided voters in the critical Battleground State of michigan and those voters noted just how different this debate felt. I havent seen a debate like this in a very long time they supported Each Other they were kind and it was warm and fuzzy. I mean, you can watch it and not be offended by the words they were using towards Each Other. There was not much feared. There was not much hesitancy they showed their character for Each Other in a way and as was mentioned, the kind of supported Each Other as theyre going within the bait and not attacking Each Other personally. But more of the policies. And then what they stand for you could watch it and not be offended. She says, what a change joining us now to discuss alex thompson, cnn political analyst, national political reporter at axios, Mark Preston, cnn, senior political analyst, Bakari Sellers, cnn political commentator, former South Carolina democratic state representative, and Brad Todd, republican strategist and a partner right. The public Strategy Firm on message. Thank you all for joining us this morning on what is already a very busy News Day alex thompson, i want to start with you to get a sense it was clear that Jd Vance came into this debate trying to push reset on his public image. And Thats Part of why we saw so many. I agree. I agree. I agree. It was a different vibe since were talking weve talked so much about vibes now, what was your takeaway . Because i mean, a lot of the people we talked to said vance won the debate. Frank luntz is out there tweeting saying all of his Focus Group thought vance won the debate and it was a different kind of profile from him. Absolutely. Vance, the first last the last two months has presented himself as the pitbull for trump, and he was more poodle. This lasts Last Night and you saw even like from what he was wearing, the pink tie choice, the fact that he wasnt overly aggressive and there was a Head Fake going on from the Trump Side in the last two weeks, it Jd Vance is really going to try to get under tim Walzs Skin that he was going to try to make him red in the face. And that really just didnt happen and i dont know exactly this is going to have a huge effect on this race, but i can tell you just talking to republicans that its going to have a huge defect in the 2028 race. The fact is that Jd Vance has really set himself up as the sort of Maga Heir apparent for the 2028 republican primary already Brad Todd, do you agree with that . Well, i think Jd Vance helped Jd Vance Last Night, Tim Walz also helped Jd Vance, by the way, im not sure either one of them bled out the top of the ticket which is the job that Vice President. Have Vice President ial debates. You, their job is to come out and do damage to the other Sides Top of the ticket . I dont know that jd did that but i do think he showed a lot of competence and i think that republicans are a lot happier with his performance than democrats are with Tim Walzs bakari. Is that true . No. In fact, thats in walz went out there and did his job. I mean, we were talking about the tone and the tenor of the debate, but we have to acknowledge the reason that the tone and the tenor in the manner was the way that it was just because Tim Walz was on that stage. There are a lot of democrats who want it to walz to go out and be this pit bull, but thats just not who he is. I mean, you saw someone who