Military capability and the u. S. Military. Its also a testament to the tensive planning between the united states and israel to anticipate and defend against the attack we expected. Make no mistake the united states is fully, fully supportive of israel. That was president Joe Biden addressing a major escalation in the Middle East, irans ballistic Missile Attack on israel. Well bring you the very latest on that developing story in just a moment. And well go through the big moments of last Nights Vice President ial debate, which could be the final matchup between the campaigns before Election Day. And well Haven Update on recovery efforts across the southeast as President Biden prepares to get a firsthand Look Today at some of the devastation. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, october 2nd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us, and we have an extraordinarily busy show for you this morning. And well begin with the latest developments out of t
Benjamin netanyahu saying the killing of nasrallah was quote necessary, and that israel will keep fighting we sit up accounts with these responsible for the murder of countless israelis and many citizens of other countries, including hundreds of americans in dozens of freshman, israel is on the move. We win. We are determined to continue to strike at our enemies return our residents to their homes and returned all of our hostages tonight, the u. S. State department is ordering nonemergency employees and their Family Members to leave lebanon at once. And we are covering every angle of this Breaking News. Ben wedeman is on the ground in the lebanese capital of beirut. Kevin liptack has more on the response from President Biden, the White House but lets start first with Nic Robertson, who is live in tel aviv. Nic talk about what could be next in this conflict for israel it does concern that tonight well it could launch a large salvo of its heavier, longerdistance ballistic missiles into t
Good afternoon, i am Alex Whitney we will go to the B Weekend with Ari Melber first, we want to get update on the developing news in the Middle East upon the death of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah and a second senior position in hezbollah. This happened in israeli strike on an Apartment Complex in a beirut. Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu releasing a new statement just this afternoon taking credit for ordering the assassination sang, quote, nasrallah was not a terrorist. He was the terrorist. According to lebanese Health Ministry at least 11 people were killed and 108 injured in the attack protesters took to the streets of tehran as the Supreme Leader declared five days of mourning, urging his people to stand with hezbollah. Officials claim a general was also killed on friday adding they expect to soon deployed troops to lebanon. President biden calling to enhance the u. S. Military Defense Posture in the area to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional
Another week of shows. We are grateful. The Beat Withari Melber starts right now. Ill tell you one quick thing. Its Veep Night. Our first ever Veep Night because we have Julia Louisdreyfus. Amazing. Ill Run Upstairs and watch. I hope you do. I hope you have a great weekend. Ill see you, nicole. You too, have a great show. Thank you. Welcome to the show. Julia louisdreyfus makes her debut tonight. The reason she is here is that she is, as you may have heard, a big Kamala Harris supporter. She was out at the dnc with the democratic governors. Shes hosting a big, big colbert, Larry David, Jason Alexander, Veep Costar Event for costars this weekend. Thats one of the many things shes doing. Why is she doing it . How can you see it . All of that is what she will tell us in a couple minutes. We begin with a busy day on the campaign. 39 days until november 5th. Tonight we can tell you that over half the country has voting available. I have told you how we are living through different times, ev
Hurricane taking direct aim at the florida coast. Hurricane helene is expected to be a category 4 storm. Deadly storm surge. Mexico getting a glimpse of the storm s wrath. When helene will make u. S. Landfall plus we will speak with the mayor of tallahassee. The biggest city in direct line of the storm. Also tonight, courthouse explosion. An explosive device set outside a santa barbara courthouse leaving multiple people injured. Police detaining one person shortly after the blast. The investigation under way into why the bomb was intentionally detonated. Deadly bus hijacking. These horrific moments as a driver is held at gunpoint. The suspect leading police on a chase through downtown l. A. The terrifying take over leaving one passenger fatally shot. The driver being praised for his quick thinking and what we re learning tonight about the suspect in custody. Looming ground invasion, israel preparing its troops for its potential invasion. Hezbollah firing a missile at telaviv for the fi