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11,779. Thank you very much. Jeff zeleny. And thanks to all of you as always, ac36ts now tonight on 360 mile after mile destruction, heartbreak, and you have live reports and where helene hit the hardest and people from near and far who are answering the call for help. North carolina s governor joins us. So does chef jose andres also both presidential candidates address the disaster which won the former president playing politics with the relief effort by claiming the biden administration is playing politics with the relief effort. Plus israel ramps up airstrikes on lebanon and launches. Would they call a limited ground operation? good evening. Thanks for joining us. What began with exploding pagers and walkietalkies than the israeli air force killing hezbollah s leadership is now entering a new phase. Cnn s jeremy diamond is on the ground in northern israel right now. What are you learning tonight? is that israel begins this ground operation for months now, we have wondered whether or
Attacks on harris taking a darker turn tonight as walz and vance are set to debate hours from now, new reporting putting from both camps on how the two candidates are preparing. And 600 people missing from hurricane helene right now, more than 100 confirmed dead. That is not in those 601 of the deadliest storms in 50 years, wiping out ten towns, leaving unbelievable destruction, destruction in america and its wake. And we re going to take you live to the ground while reporters were able to get in. Plus fareed zakaria up on iran how in revenge against the united states and israel. This hezbollah really on its last legs. Let s go outfront evening. I m erin erin burnett on this monday, outfront tonight cognitively challenged the race for the white house, hitting yet another new low tonight as for tonight, it s a new low trump lobbying these words and harris hours after calling her mentally impaired and mentally disabled mentally impaired, said but lying, kamala harris honestly i believe s
Week. Lets get to some of the conversations you might have missed. Lets talk about the debate. In your latest piece you write quote, the most important thing i saw Kamala Harris who was pre blocking, not debunking, was waiting for someone to lie, and hit back with the truth. It is not working politics as much as you would hope it would in saturated lies, but free bunking is explain to people how they are being, or better yet will be related, what the motive is, how the con works, how the lie will be crafted and will function, and for extra credit, who benefits from it and how. In the age of trump, too any of his appointments have been debunked and no prebunked. And she said it at the outset, she said, let me say, you will hear a whole bunch of lies. And as he rolled them out, she explained why they were lies. We have talked about one of the most interesting stories about the ascension of Kamala Harris at the top of this ticket is that she has brought with her a lot of new thinking that
Party. Vice president harris reacting to getting the baking from former congresswoman Liz Cheney and also cheneys father, Dick Cheney. The former Vice President following the warning he heard from his daughter, that its not enough just to not vote for Donald Trump. He will take the next Step And Vote for Kamala Harris. In his statement released On Friday, he called trump a threat to our republic and pointed to his repeated 2020 election lies. Quote, he tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He can never be trusted with power again. Trump responded in a social Media Post calling Dick Cheney irrelevant. He also did a lot of other things on Social Media that well be talking about this morning. Good morning. Welcome. Monday morning. Welcome to Morning Joe. It is september 9th. Good to have you with us. With us, we have the host of Way Too Early, white House Bureau Chief at politico, Jonathan Lemire. The president