Is prepared to hit back even harder. Where does it all end . And from the president to the pack mules, where does it end with Hurricane Helene . With hundreds still missing and more than A Million without power, how long does it take . We start with the vp candidates, both on the Campaign Trail after a late debate night. Tim walz in pennsylvania, j. D. Vance in michigan. The question now, did the Debate Chock full of midwestern nice, move the needle even marginally in a campaign where margins are everything . Walz was sort of like placating to the people. And vance was dancing around questions. My opinion on things hasnt changed too much tonight. If you were to say who won tonight, i would say Tim Walz won would everybody Say Walz won this debate . A show of hands. No pressure. So now with votes already coming in, what does this mean for the final 34 days . To reassess any strategies moving forward . I want to bring in the host of crooked days podcast. Mark short was Chief Of Staff to Vice President Pence and is a contributor to Meet The Press. And Vaughn Hillyard is here with me. What are we hearing from the campaigns about how they think this debate might or wont impact everything going forward . For the Trump Campaign, j. D. Vance executed on what they wanted him to do. That was, mark knows better than myself here, having worked for the former Vice President mike pence, sometimes explaining a way for Donald Trump can be a little difficult. And will j. D. Vance came back, he came back with actual facts. A lot of them were very distorted. Or just not facts. Or just not facts. But issues like Health Care and abortion, he came out with answers. So for the Trump Campaigns perspective, look, Donald Trump is going to be able to turn out the maga faithful. But some of the independent voters, j. D. Vance came what he came to do. To make the case appealable, then perhaps Donald Trump sometimes is able to so Governor Walz was in many ways Governor Walz. Hes a likable guy. And we heard a lot of that afterwards. He also seemed to leave some real openings on the table. He didnt travel about cat ladies, no mention of 2025. Only once. But j. D. Vance wrote the forward for that 900page document. Do you think there were missed opportunities . What does tim Walzs Performance mean going forward . For all the things Tim Walz said, he hit the nail on the head with that last question when he asked him, did Donald Trump win the 2020 Election And J. D. Vance did not answer. He obfuscated. He said hes looking forward as if January 6th didnt happen. He said hes looking for a peaceful transfer of power and Thats Something theyve been running on spliced with trump supporters attacking the capitol on January 6th. So again, there was a buffet before Tim Walz. But he hit j. D. Vance directly where it hurt. That clip will be something that continues to circulate in chats. It will continue to be shared across dms, across social media. That is an issue that we know voters are paying attention to across party lines. When we talk about protecting our rights, that is something independents want to be shored up. Even as the Debate Moderators posed the question, you called for alternate electors, there was no solid response. J. D. Vance was performing for Donald Trump where Tim Walz was speaking directly to the voters. What folks just saw was Vice President harris at joint base andrews. Shes on her way to georgia to survey some of the damage from helene. Since she brought it up, let me play that moment where walz did Press Vance on January 6th. This is one that we are miles apart. On this was a threat to our democracy in a way that we had not seen. And it manifested itself because of Donald Trumps inability. He is still saying he didnt lose the election. Did he lose the 2020 election . Tim, im focused on the future. Did Kamala Harris Censor Americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation . Thats a damning nonanswer. I wonder, mark, what you make of vances response. How many undecided voters prioritized what democrats and frankly your old boss have said that this whole election is about democracy and preserving democracy . I think reality is it is a tight election. Even if thats not a huge number, it can be a persuasive constituentsy. I think j. D. Vance was very comfortable. He was able to tackle a lot of issues. He prosecuted a case against the Bidenharris Administration in ways that trump did not on the Border Security issues. On the economy. I thought vance had an exceptional night. To the last question, look, ive said this before. I feel that j. D. Vance should ask for a refund from Yale Law school if thats what he believes on constitutional law. I think the reality is he seemed uncomfortable discussing that despite the rest of it being comfortable and i think thats an issue that still hangs over the election right now. So answer a question for me which i dont understand. Which is, he knew it was coming. This is not a surprise, right . We saw him in the rest of the debate that he was prepared. But he did not seem prepared for that. Is he thought that would work . I dont know. My sense was, he actually intended to say, look, im talking going the future, not the past. I know much of the rest of the focus was focused on prosecuting the case in the last four years so thats a little bit in contrast. He said, i would have sent it back. I would have asked to do something different. Hospital in Vice President in the history of our Vice President s has ever done. And nor will Kamala Harris say i will selectively choose which states i do not accept their certification and ill send back. So its not a strong argument. Maybe the best thing to do is to say im focused on the future. Overall, a i thought vance had a really, really strong night aside from that ending of the debate. Lets talk about how it started. Facts around the world probably changed what the first question was and it turned out to be about the Middle East and asked where they would support a preemptive strike. Heres what happened. Iran is closer to a nuclear weapon than they were before because of Donald Trumps fickle leadership. When iran shot down the aircraft in international Air Space, Donald Trump tweeted. Thats standard for Donald Trump. When iranian missile does fall near u. S. Troops and they received traumatic brain injuries, Donald Trump wrote it off as headaches. I think Thats Something Governor Walz should say is quite extraordinary. You just said iran is as close to a nuclear Weapon Today as they have ever been and Governor Walz, you blamed Donald Trump. Who has been the Vice President for the last three and a half years . The answer is your running mate. Not mine. Did that work . No. The look on your face. Your face says it all. Absolutely not. I feel like j. D. Vance might need not only that refund from High School but go back to civics class. Who they control is not the Vice President. I also think Tim Walz was explicitly smart to hit Donald Trump on something we know the world is watching. His leadership as commander in chief and the way he behaved in terms of diplomatic relations globally. So poorly. And the way that it reflected back on the united states because global powers and leaders are watching this election closely. And they dont want a return back to the diplomacy by tweet model. They dont want to return back to Donald Trump embarrassing them or attempting to embarrass them in Press Conferences or say the wrong thing about the direction that the united states should be going. So of course, that answer from j. D. Vance does not work. We know who the control is, President Biden, not Kamala Harris. She does not have those powers. Let me ask you another question. Tim walz, when he was pressed on explaining why he was in china for the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989, which has been proved not to be true. Here it is. Look. My community knows who i am. They saw where i was at. Look, i will be the first to tell you, i have poured my heart into my community. Ive tried to do the best i can. Ive not been perfect. Im a Knuckle Head at times. The question was, can you explain the discrepancy . All i said was i got there that Summer And Misspoke on this. So i will just, thats what ive said. Was that the kind of answer yes the best answer he could have given . I feel like he should have started with i misspoke and that could have been it. I dont think he needed to go into any kind of obfuscation about my community knows me. In debate prep, they knew that was coming. Did they overthink it . It sounds like overthinking with Tim Walz. Sometimes he stumbles over his words. He gets a little anxious or uncomfortable in front of the lights and the big stage and this would have a very simple i misspoke and that could have been it. As simple as what weve seen the Vice President do in response to questions, especially when it was outlandish things about her race as a asian woman. That slfb the play. On the democratic side, there have been some rumblings, they think that both Tim Walz and Kamala Harris need to be out there more, answering questions, Press Conferences. Kamala harris will do 60 minutes but Donald Trump has decided not to. Folks who recalled back to 2020, right before the election, he walked out of his 60 Minutes Interview with leslie staal. Yesterday he was asked about his decision not to take part in the Interview Set to take place Monday Night as Kamala Harris is doing. And he said that he first wants an apology from cbs for that October 2020 interview when he says that the issue of hunter Bidens Laptop came up and leslie dismissed it during the interview saying they were not able to authentic ate its legitimacy which in Part Led him to walk out of the interview. Fast forward, Donald Trump has been very reticent to sit down and do interviews. For all the brief that Kamala Harris, legitimate grief, that shes been given for not doing interviews. Donald trump has only done two actual interviews. The Cnn Town hall in may 2023, and then with our own Kristin Welker on Meet The Press in september. So Donald Trump has avoided the oneonone situations. I was at a Press Conference with him yesterday. Those environments are tougher to follow up with questions. And he is taking questions but theyre not the same as doing a prolonged interview. Donald trump making a decision, clearly. Time will only tell. Thank you for coming on. Coming up, a region on edge after Irans Missile Attack on israel. Why multiple newspapers say the dreaded war in the Middle East is now here. In 90 seconds. Is now here. In 90 seconds. Nts move money around the world seamlessly in over 180 countries. And help a partner like the World Food Programme as they provide more than food to people in need. Together, citi and the World Food Programme empower families across the globe. At humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with you, and part of that evolution means choosing the right Medicare Plan for you. Humana can help. With Original Medicare youre covered for Hospital Stays and Doctor Office visits, but youll have to pay a deductible for each. A Medicare Supplement Plan pays for some or all of your Original Medicare deductibles, but they may have higher monthly premiums and no Prescription Drug Coverage. Humana Medicare Advantage Prescription drug plans include medical coverage. 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I know youre right next to where one of the iranian missiles landed. Nobody was injured as a result of the attack. There was a palestinian man in the West Bank who was killed by shrapnel that came crashing down. The question now, how, when, at What Scale will israel retaliate . As up, prime Minister Netanyahu asked the Defense Ministry earlier today, he was meeting with the head of the israeli military, the head of the mossad spy agency, they were discussing this Response And Israeli officials tell me the israeli retaliation will come swiftly. This is a question of when, not if. It is a matter of days, they are saying. One slight complication to the calendar here, The Sun is already down here in israel. We are into rosh hashana, the jewish new year. There are several other Jewish Holidays Coming Up in the next week or so. The israeli government would prefer not to create a situation where there is high tension over the holidays. But at this point, they are figuring out how and when to respond and you can bet that there will be potentially quite difficult conversations with the united states. The biden administration has said that israel, that iran, rather, needed to be held accountable for Last Nights attack. At the same time, President Biden has been very clear, he does not want to see that allout regional war that you described and is likely to be counseling restraint. Especially given the fact that no israeli civilians were killed during the attack. As those decisions are being made, is the sense on the ground that that longfeared wider war is now here . Reporter you look at the map of the Middle East, this war that started on October 7th in Israel And Gaza has spread and spread and spread. Israeli forces have launched an offensive into Southern Lebanon against hezbollah. Eight israeli soldiers killed earlier today. Those are the first casualties of this new israeli assault designed to end 11 months of Hezbollah Rocket Fire into northern israel. Youve seen the israeli Air Force Strike well over A Thousand miles away in yemen against the houthis in responsibility to missiles fired from there. The occupied West Bank is aflame. Lots of violence there including against palestinian civilians. Against israeli civilians. You saw seven israelis killed in Tel Aviv Last Night by two gunmen who came from the southern West Bank. And then on top of that all, this wave of iranian missiles coming into israeli Air Space taking just 11 minutes to cover that nearly 1,000 miles from iran to israel. And the region truly on the brink as we wait to see what that israeli response will look like and whether it will tip the Middle East over into allout war. Thank you for that. Ambassador, as we talk about a swift response, perhaps in a matter of days, the Wall Street Journal suggested this. This is an act of war against a sovereign state and It Warrants a response targeting the military and nuclear assets. This is irans second Missile Barrage since april and no country can let this become a new normal. If they were to strike nuclear facilities, could that potentially tip this conflict out of control . And in fact, ultimately be more dangerous for israel . Absolutely. Not only that, chris, but it would probably drag the u. S. Into this. And i already saw a statement by Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell saying that the u. S. Is preparing a response. Now this is something that the biden administration has, for the last, for the better part of last year said is prime interest, preventing or averting a conflag rags and an escalation. It seems that everyone here is caught in an escalating spiral. Israel is saying that it would retaliate against a retaliation that iran said it would retaliate against an israeli retaliation. Where does it end . Where does it end . What are the political goals . What will you achieve or will we devastate each other . Two, three nights down the road, well find ourselves in the same place. I know the u. S. Is trying to prevent that. The u. S. Until now has been very unsuccessful in doing that. Just a few days ago, if you recall, and im sure you do, the the u. S. Was proudly bragging that the 21day Ceasefire in lebanon is imminent. Well, its not. So you heard raf talk about quite difficult conversations going on between the u. S. And israel. Youve been inside these conversations before. Take us inside what you imagine theyre like right now. Well, President Biden is pissed for lack of a better and more elegant word. Hes been disappointed and disillusioned by his constant, what the americans called, Deceit And Manipulation for the better part of last year. It was about the use, the employment of force and certain munitions in gaza. It was about the operation. It was israels defiance to engage gaza. Then it went to the deescalation in lebanon which to be fair is hezbollahs 100 responsibility. Nonetheless, the u. S. Is unhappy with the level of defiance that mr. Netanyahu is showing. Furthermore, in the last three or four months,