Vance and Walz debate highlights and Israel vows retaliation against Iran: Morning Rundown

JD Vance and Tim Walz perform well during the vice president debate. Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would retaliate after Iran's missile attack. And researchers reveal that Mount Everest is growing even taller.

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Vance and Walz showcased the beauty of the Midwest in the vice presidential debate

A warm handshake ended the first and only debate between vice presidential candidates Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. And in between there were numerous uses of the words “agree” or “agree” or “I disagree.” It went on and on as Vance, the right-wing Republican, and Walz, a progressive Democrat, put on a textbook Midwestern performance. And a television audience that expected to see two fierce fighting dogs saw a pair of loving puppies instead.

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Between the moments of friendliness, differences on immigration, the economy, gun rights and more became clear. Both Vance and Walz tried to blame America's woes on each other's presidential candidates. Vance repeatedly attacked the “Harris administration,” essentially wiping out President Joe Biden and making Vice President Kamala Harris the primary responsible for the problems facing the country. Walz repeatedly blamed Trump's four years in office for today's problems.

The debate had a few other notable moments:

→ Vance's microphone was damaged while claiming that the Biden-Harris administration's immigration policies have “destroyed” the lives of American citizens in Springfield, Ohio.

→ Rolling When asked, admitted that he had “written it wrong”.” in the past, when he claimed he was in Hong Kong during China's crackdown on Tiananmen Square in 1989.

→ said Vance, who broke with Trump Republicans need to do a better job talking to women about abortion and calling it an issue that the American people “just don’t trust us on.”

→ And in perhaps the most heated moment of the evening, Walz asked Vance directly whether Trump lost the 2020 election. Vance replied, “Tim, I'm focused on the future.” Walz quickly shot back: “That’s a fucking non-answer.”

With Election Day still five weeks away, the matchup was an opportunity for Vance and Walz to make their campaigns' closing arguments. Unless there is a change from Trump, who has said he will not debate Harris a second time, it could be the last widely publicized moment of the race.

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More coverage from the vice president debate:

• View highlights from the debate in 3 minutes.
• Five important insights from the evening – First, the debate wasn’t really about Vance of Walz.
• From energy costs to job creation, both candidates stretched the truth or made false statements during the debate. Here is what the VP candidates did wrong and right.
• Vance claimed Trump 'saved Obamacare' the health insurance program that Trump actually tried to kill.
• “In some ways, the debate felt like a throwback to the vice-presidential debates that America had become accustomed to in the pre-Trump era,” writes Chuck Todd, chief political analyst at NBC News. And it covered much more substance than recent presidential debates. The real question is whether it will have an impact on either campaign. Read the full analysis.

Israel says response to Iranian missile attack will be 'painful'

Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel yesterday following Israel's recent widespread attacks in Lebanon, including the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and a ground invasion in the south of the country. About 180 rockets were fired into Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces said after the attack. A large portion of the rockets were intercepted by Israeli and US defenses. Israeli officials said they knew of no casualties.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would retaliate for Iran's attack. say: “Iran has made a big mistake” and “it will pay for it.” He also extended his warning to Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Syria.

When Israel's response will come is unknown, but Israel's ambassador to the United Nations said: “It will be painful.” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian promised that Israel would receive a “far more scathing response” if it made a “mistake “commit and retaliate for the Iranian missile attack.

Read more about the rocket attack in Israel and Follow our live blog for the latest updates.

More coverage of the conflict in the Middle East:

• Israel claims its ground operations are “limited,” but many people in Lebanon, as well as Western officials and analysts, remember the 1982 and 2006 invasions. skeptical, it will stay that way.

Grief and anger after deadly flooding at Tennessee plastics plant

More than 150 people have died in southeastern states as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, and the search continues for dozens of people still missing. In East Tennessee, the search for missing people includes those who worked at the Impact Plastics factory in Erwin. Days after Helene devastated the area, survivors attacked the company for failing to warn workers and force them to work on the day of the storm. And relatives of missing workers expressed frustration that officials had not consulted families to help locate and identify the missing and dead.

Among the dead is Bertha Mendoza, 56, who lost her footing while clinging to a vehicle trying to take her to safety. In her last call to her husband hours earlier, Mendoza said she loved him and had also asked him to tell her children she loved them, her son said. “Those were her last words,” said Guillermo Mendoza. A day later, on Saturday, Bertha Mendoza's body was found.

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Further coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene:

• President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to do so Visit affected communities.
• Angel Mitchell was visiting her mother at a hospital in east Tennessee when water began pouring into the building. She remembered the harrowing five hours that she, her mother and many others spent time waiting for rescue.
• In Asheville, there were long lines for groceries, gas and water; get into emergency shelters; and for charging mobile phones. But a line around the block downtown — for free pizza at Mellow Mushroom — brought many a short piece of happiness.
• The National Weather Service and local officials in the path of Hurricane Helene issued timely warnings about the storm's danger. But some residents were still skeptical shows how difficult it is to issue warnings amid skepticism towards the government and the media.
• Before and after pictures show the effects of Hurricane Helene in Asheville.

Politics in brief

Middle East conflict: After the Biden administration spent months trying to avert a full-scale war is facing its toughest test yet.

Dock workers strike: The Biden administration will likely be held responsible If a workers' strike at 14 ports along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico causes significant economic disruption, it could derail Kamala Harris's bid for the White House.

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• Five Jewish college students He was reportedly attacked last monthas October 7, the anniversary of Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, approaches. While many universities have promised tougher measures against violence and disruption, few have explained how they will effectively enforce them.
• A wave of new lawsuits should be submitted against Sean “Diddy” Combs, with more than 120 accusers coming forward.
• An NBC News investigation last month found that hundreds of unclaimed bodies were sent to a medical school in Texas, where in some cases they were cut into pieces and rented out. A new database lists the more than 1,800 people whose bodies were turned over to the school.
• John Amos, whose acting career included iconic roles in “Roots” and “Good Times,” died at the age of 84.

Personnel selection: Mount Everest is getting even higher

Can you imagine anything bigger than Mount Everest? Probably not – and that's not going to change anytime soon, because scientists have discovered that it's somehow getting even higher thanks to the merging of ancient rivers. Learn more about what causes this growth Herewhich, as the scientist who made this discovery said, serves as a reminder – even something that seems as permanent as Everest is still changing.

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