Joe biden acknowledging the applause after what is likely to be his last major speech to an international audience. What he said at his final u. N. Address reflecting on his long career. But was there also a message to other World Leaders about staying on the job too long . Plus, with tensions rising in the Middle East, more u. S. Troops prepare to help americans flee that region. Our new reporting about standing at the ready. An idaho man charged with threatening to kill Donald Trump. The disturbing Phone Calls made to maralago and the new details about how the Secret Service is boosting trumps protection. And the battle over the Weight Loss bonanza. Wildly popular drugs like ozempic that can cost 1,000 out of pocket. Today, lawmakers are demanding Drug Companies slim down those prices. Our reporters are following all the latest. We begin with Mike Memoli in New York where President Bidens speech came about the backdrop of a world on edge. The crisis in the Middle East looming over this gathering. What can you tell us about the president s speech and any conversations happening on the sidelines . Reporter well, chris, i think President Biden would have loved nothing more than to be able to come to the u. N. General Assembly Today and to announce more progress toward a cease fire agreement, a potential hostage deal. By his own words, the administration has been working tirelessly for months. Instead, you have a continued stalemate. Also the potential new escalation with the situation now in lebanon. Theres continued tension in that relationship with israel as the administration is urging them to deescalate rather than escalate there. This is a speech that had long been in the works before that situation developed but you could see coded language i believe in the president s Remarks Today urging more restraint. Take a listen to how the president put it earlier today. Progress toward peace will put us in a stronger position to deal with the ongoing threat posed by iran. Together, we must deny oxygen to Terrorist Proxies which have called for more October 7th and insure that iran will never, ever obtain a nuclear weapon. Reporter now, in terms of the conversations on the sidelines of the u. N. the president at any moment now is slated to speak at an event about an international coalition his administration has worked to build to deal with this challenge of synthetic drugs. A major problem domestically in this country, but one that is an example as he has put it of the ways in which international partners can come together to tackle these challenges. The Prime Ministers of italy and belgium, Dominican Republic among those there. There continues to be increased focus on whether prime Minister Netanyahu will not just meet with President Biden, at this point, no meetings scheduled, but whether or not he will even come. The situation in israel is dominating his attention and he may not even make it here. Thank you. The u. S. Is sending additional troops to the Middle East to help evacuate americans. Courtney is at the pentagon for us. What more can you tell us . This is a small number of u. S. Troops. A few dozen according to the officials we spoke with but it really underscores the concern that continues to persist about the Security Situation in the Middle East. Now, according to pentagon press secretary, he said this very small number of troops was, were going to the region in response to the ongoing Security Situation in the Middle East. Now, this includes what we have seen in the past 24 to 48 hours, hundreds of strikes taken by the israelis into beirut, into lebanon, against lebanese hezbollah. About 500 people killed. Scores more injured. The u. S. Already has a pretty robust Military Presence in the region. About 40,000 u. S. Troops there now. Thats actually more than the u. S. Had at another heightened point of tension this year in the region back in april when iran lobbed Hundreds Of Projectiles towards israel. The u. S. And other allies shooting the vast majority of those down. The u. S. Military now has more troops in the region than they did at that time. That includes a Carrier Strike Group led by the u. S. S. Abraham lincoln. What were expecting to hear is whether another Strike Group may join the lincoln in the region as an additional show of force. Of course, it brings with it about 5,000 Men And Women in the u. S. Military. A number of aircraft, surveillance capabilities, strike capabilities, but it also brings with it just the presence of an aircraft carrier. That provides the deterrence that the pentagon has been talking about frankly since October 7th. Most of the time when they talk about the u. S. Military presence in the region, they talk about it as being there to potentially deter against this conflict growing into a larger war, chris. Thank you. Now to the increased secret Service Protection for former President Trump as were learning there was yet another threat on his life. Garrett haake is covering the campaign. What more can you tell us . This threat originated in idaho where a man placed threatening Phone Calls, authorities say nine of them, to maralago back in late july, early august. Calls threatening Donald Trumps life. That person was quickly arrested in early august and charged with making these calls threatening to kill the former president. This is part of what trump advisers describe as clearly an enhanced Threat Environment against him with more threats coming from more places. Weve seen the Secret Service respond. Some of their responses quite easy to see like an agent whos been essentially in Donald Trumps Back Pocket when he comes up and down his airplane stairs. One of the moments in which hes most exposed to view. Some of these changes i think were not going to see but are going to be clearly present in how the campaign continues to plan its events. The Candidates Interaction with the crowd and perhaps even whether hes able to golf or not remains an open question as the Secret Service grapples with what steps they will need to take to keep him safe between now and Election Day. Thank you for that. On capitol hill, the topic, the cost of getting thin. With tough questions for the maker of some wildly popular Weight Loss drugs. Nbcs Christine Romans is here in studio with me. This got interesting. What happened . Theyre hard to get covered by insurance. Wegovy is about 1300 a month and at this hearing, it was brought to the ceo that if you wanted to get that drug in other countries, it would be 92 in the u. K. 60 or something in germany. So that the u. S. Is paying much, much more. And the ceo basically said the u. S. Has the most complicated system in the world for selling drugs into. That there are middlemen and Pharmacy Benefit managers who take 74 cents of every dollar goes to the middlemen in the u. S. Healthcare system. And this is essentially what he said. Anything that can help patients get access to the medicines they need at affordable Price Point well be happy to collaborate around that. Are you prepared to have novo nortis sit down with the pbms that will you sit with us and work on an agreement . Id be happy to, as i said, to anything that helps patients. I dont know under which conditions such a premise comes. I havent seen any of that. Theyre in writing and ill get you the letters. Thats Bernie Sanders saying lets all get at the Table And Figure out how to lower these prices. The ceo also saying that you know, insurance is the most important thing here. The people in those other countries, thats what theyre paying out of their pocket and the united states, if you have insurance that covers these drugs, he says 80 of those people are paying about 25 a month. Christine romans, more to come on that for sure. In 90 seconds, more republicans abandoning Mark Robinson, but is the damage done for his party overall . The only republican elected governor in North Carolina this century will join us with reaction. S century will join us with Reaction Rong i love a fresh heirloom, but its like those companies think were all the same. Thats why i chose humana. Before i signed up, i spoke to someone who actually listened to what i needed. She told me about benefits that were right for me, like vision and dental. All in my budget. I finally feel in control. What are you doing . Taking control. Humana. A more Human Way to healthcare. Since my citi custom cash card automatically adjusts to earn me more Cash Back in my top eligible category. 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Everything up to legal counsel to take cnn to task for what they have done to us. We are going after them. Okay . We are going to go after them for what theyve done, but we have five weeks left in this race, folks. Make no mistake about it. We are not going to let cnn throw us off of our mission. Our mission is to win this race. But republicans are increasingly concerned his controversy could drag down the whole party. Joining us now, former republican governor of North Carolina, pat mcrory. Good to see you again, governor. You are the only republican elected governor of North Carolina in the 21st century. I know that you have worked very hard to build your party in your state. How damaging is this to republicans in North Carolina . We had a great opportunity to take back the Governors Mansion but we elected the wrong person in the primary who he beat three extremely well qualified candidates who i think would have won the general election had they been elected. Youve got to understand at the national scene, Mark Robinson on the Campaign Trail was the most effective, bombastic, dangerous speaker that ive ever seen in my political, his life. Really, ever, in your life . Yes. He took the oxygen out of the room when he came into a room. I tried to follow him one time after i was out of office and i said that would be a waste of time. I could tell he had the audience stirred up. He said some things that i strongly disagreed with. And but i saw the dynamic way he pulled an audience in and he did this through the social media. He became famous through the social media. Thats how he became a Rising Star through a Youtube Presentation of a greensboro City Council Meeting and he went straight from that to Lieutenant Governor. It just shows that if you shoot up very fast and theres been no vetting on a candidate then they try to go to the next level, they probably fall harder than they rose. So, does the republican party have a Vetting Problem . Its not as though yes. Some of the things werent out there. Right . No. There were a lot of things that people knew behind the scenes that this guy could be trouble. I know ive talked about him for the last two or three years regarding how he ran his campaign. He ran he had two nonprofits with his wife that are under investigation. The bombastic remarks that would not do well in a general election. So, this has been a Time Bomb waiting to explode and the most recent story finally was the lighting of the fuse. And they did it at a time on the day in which we could accept his resignation and replace him with another candidate. So the timing by whoever released this and got this story going was well done. In political circles by the Opposition Research. But what we didnt do as a party was sufficient Opposition Research to let that be known to the primary voter and sadly to a lot of the donors that have also given him a lot of money not knowing a lot of this information that is now getting out. Its a failure of our party and frankly, Michael Watts whos now chairman of our National Party was chairman of the republican party when mr. Robinson or Lieutenant Governor was running for Lieutenant Governor. Many of us warned him that wait a minute, we could be in trouble. Especially in the general election. But those warnings werent listened to. So even if he wanted to, its too late as you point out for him to get out of the race and be replaced and hes shown no indication that even if that wasnt the case, that he would do it. Right. But what does it say to you that he is threatening a Lawsuit But Hasnt filed anything thats been reported or that he has said has happened. And hasnt done anything to prove his claim or has not put forward anything to prove his claim that this was all manufactured. Well, let me just put it. Ive been in many campaigns here in North Carolina. Four statewide campaigns. Seven mayoral campaigns and if anyone made a statement like that that would impact my ethics and family, i would fight it with specifics. Not just saying i would sue you or go after the network, but i would be communicating the specifics of why this is false. I would have done it the Bay Day before it came out. I think the media gave him a Day Advancement to respond. At that time, i would have threatened that you will see a lawsuit on your hands because this is totally false. But to deal with long after the accusations are out there, its far too late. And the fact of the matter is therest a lot of information out there beforehand. I think within my partys circles and among the current politicians that are in office, they assume more informations going to be coming out now. Thats what worries them even more is now that theyre semi defending him, but semi running away from him, what happens when more drip, drip, drip or another massive point of information comes out possibly about mark. I hope its not true, but im telling you. If something like that was said about me, i would be standing strong and giving specifics on defending myself and my character. I do believe character counts. So not surprisingly, both of the republican u. S. Senators in North Carolina have been asked about this and i want to play that for you, governor. Despite the allegations though, do you still you know, ive had conversations with him. Again, theyre very disturbing. Its up to North Carolina voters. If they are true, the allegations are true, then clearly hes unfit to serve in any elected office. But i think theres a period of time where we should give the campaign the opportunity to move forward with legal action and in the absence of that, then you can only draw one conclusion in my opinion. And that would be that they are well founded and that he should step away from the race. Yeah, so sounds a lot like you. Hes saying if there was evidence to the contrary, we should have it. Real quick, whats ironic is Mark Robinson did an ad for the Conservative Club For Growth for Ted Bud against me by the way, it was very false negative ad. Im actually glad that Senator Bud is speaking up since Mark Robinson did an ad in favor of his u. S. Senate campaign. I know how Tom Tillis feels. Tom does not put up with this type of behavior. Even before this came out, i know many of the current congressmen and senators had concerns about his Business Ethics and some of the accusations that are being investigated. Thats how powerful Mark Robinson was with the base out in the field and stumping. He was extremely powerful voice but for some of us, We Saw Dark Clouds ahead. Well, governor, its good of you to take the time to talk to us. Thank you. Appreciate it. Good seeing you, chris. You, too. Lets bring in david wasserman. So, you heard what the former governor had to say. And let me start with the vetting process. Obviously, its not just robinson. But is this do you think an internal systemic problem or is it a we can get away with It Problem or a Trump Problem . Because he was endorsed before or during the primary season before people went to the polls. Whats going on here . Well, republicans both in 2022 and in some races this year, have depended on candidates who rose quickly through the republican politics because of their charisma but were not well vetted. That was certainly the case with candidates in the midterms who underperformed more traditional republicans by eight points on average. Im talking about republicans who either emulated trumps Maga Orientation or favored flat bans on abortion. This time around, candidates like Kari Lake and Mark Robinson are woefully underperforming trump. The latest New York times Siena Poll found that Kamala Harris and Josh Stein both had 47 of the vote but Donald Trumps at 49 in North Carolina and robinson at 37. I do think there comes a point where a candidate is so toxic and tarred by a scandal that is just Beyond The Pale that voters decouple that candidate from their party. I dont think democrats should get carried away with the narrative that theres going to be reverse Coat Tails in North Carolina and suddenly this makes it a lot easier for harris to win the state. There have been republicans who expressed this concern that it could impact the president ial race in North Carolina but not necessarily so in your view . Well, look. It does play into a larger narrative that democrats are trying to drive about the republican party. The Harris Campaign is up with Ads Linking trump To Robinson and trying to drag trump down. But i do think the bigger driver of why North Carolinas gotten closer is that number one, Kamala Harris has Reenergized Black Voter