it's wednesday, october 2nd, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." >> did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. >> faceoff. the two vice presidential candidates go head to head in their first and likely only

debate. the big takeaways. vowing to retaliate. a warning from israel's prime minister to iran after tehran bombarded the jewish state with nearly 200 missiles. and the desperate search for survivors five days after hurricane helene pummelled the southeast. rescue teams in a race against time to find the missing. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we start with the vice presidential debate hosted by cbs news and some things that is becoming increasingly rare in politics these days -- civility. republican ohio senator j.d. vance and democratic minnesota governor tim walz walked out, shook hands, and were cordial with each other focusing on policy differences and targeting their attacks on the tops of the opposing tickets. cbs' jarred hill joins us from outside the cbs broadcast center

with some of the night's biggest moments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. some have called this vp debate the epitome of midwestern nice, but still walz and vance highlighted the ways that they think that their tickets would handle the nation differently. a handshake set the tone for a mostly civil debate. vice presidential candidates j.d. vance and tim walz in their first meeting sparred over top issues like iran and abortion. >> we trust women. we trust doctors. let the individual states make their abortion policy. >> reporter: and gun violence -- >> we unfortunately have a mental health crisis in this country. >> sometimes it just is the guns. it's just the guns. >> reporter: at times the discussion more tense like this exchange over the 2020 election. >> did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris censor americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation? >> that is a damning nonanswer.

>> reporter: while talking immigration, walz challenged vance over his past comments about haitian migrants living in ohio. >> that vilified a large number of people who were here legally. >> very worried about the things that i said in springfield. the people that i'm most worried about in springfield, ohio, are the american citizens who have had their lives destroyed by kamala harris' open border. >> reporter: in a new cbs news poll, debate watchers said the tone last night was generally positive. 42% said vance won versus 41% for walz. the rest said it was a tie. the more said they think walz is more prepared to be president, walz also ranged higher on -- ranked higher on abortion and health care, while vance got the edge on the economy and immigration. >> i've been impressed by the civility and the addressing of the issues. >> reporter: after the debate, vance sat for a cable interview while walz and his wife gwen grabbed pizza. we've talked about this before, right, the fact that these vp debates don't typically move the

needle for a presidential election. again, the big difference with this one is these two under card members of their tickets might be the ones who have the last word at least in this type of back and forth because as of now there is not another debate scheduled between the presidential nominees. those are going to be on the campaign trail the next couple of days. >> jarred hill, thank you so much. and a programming note for you. "60 minutes" will air a primetime election special on monday, october 7th, at 8:00 p.m. for more than half a century, "60 minutes" has invited the democratic and republican tickets to appear on its broadcast. vice president harris will speak with bill whitaker after initially accepting "60 minutes'" request for an interview with scott pelley. former donald trump's campaign has decided not to participate. the original "60 minutes" invitation to trump stands. and now to our other big story -- the middle east edging closer to an all-out regional war with israel and iran

ratcheting up the rhetoric. israel is vowing to retaliate for iran's massive ballistic missile attack, and iran is warning it would respond. many of the missiles were shot down, but some landed including this one that hit an elementary school causing severe damage in the central part of israel. other shrapnel fell in the west bank killing a palestinian. and israel is keeping up its fight against hezbollah in lebanon, targeting what it says are weapons facilities in beirut and against hamas in gaza. we get the latest from tina kraus in london. >> reporter: israel is considering its next move after iran fired a barrage of nearly 200 ballistic missiles at the jewish state. it was tehran's second attack on israel in close to six months. following tuesday's wave of missiles, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said iran made a big mistake, and he vowed iran will pay for it. israel's ambassador told the united nations israel will decide when and how it will respond.

>> it will be noticed. it will be painful. >> reporter: an israeli military spokesman said the country's air defenses intercepted many of the incoming missiles with help from the u.s. military and naval destroyers in the region. president biden said the u.s. remains fully supportive of israel, and directed the u.s. military to help shoot down the iranian missiles. >> we're still assessing the impact, but based on what we know now the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective. >> reporter: iran says it launched the attack in retaliation for israel's ground offensive in lebanon and israel's strikes on hezbollah. >> iran is saying to israel we can get you, we know how to get you. we're not going to do it this time. we're not going risk a war. we're not ready for a war yet. but if push comes to shove, we can do it. >> reporter: the pentagon moved additional military support to the middle east ahead of tuesday's attack. the u.s. has more than 40,000 troops and aircraft squadrons spread across the middle east along with 12 warships in the region.

another aircraft carrier is on its way. tina kraus, cbs news, london. moments before the iranian missile barrage there was an apparent terror attack at a tel aviv train station. police say two men opened fire with assault weapons killing at least six and wounding 12 others. the two gunmen were killed. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. president biden is set to travel to north and south carolina today to get a firsthand look at the firsthand devastation hurricane helene left behind. the scope of the disaster coming into clearer focus as rescue missions turn into missions of recovery. the death toll has passed 160 people, and hundreds are still missing in north carolina. cbs' lilia luciano rode along with the national guard searching the mountains for survivors. >> reporter: flying high over the mountains of western north carolina, this national guard crew scoured the landscape which seemed swallowed by the river. a scene repeated across the

state where rescue operations continue five days after the storm. in the small town of burnsville, we watched ads as the national guard rescued this woman, the first of seven. all right. the clear signal was given, and the person is now being hoisted. then troops were sent on another mission -- nearly 60 miles south in hendersonville where three survivors were clearly relieved and grateful to see the helicopter land. how are you feeling right now? >> grateful to be alive. grateful that everyone is safe, and trusting that everyone will make it through this. >> reporter: the north carolina national guard is also delivering food and water to people who have waited days for relief. >> we're working together to open more major routes, to push supplies forward while repairing roads, utilities, and communications. >> reporter: in erwin, tennessee, the owners of impact plastics say five employees and a contractor are missing after

trying to escape flash flooding. for some of those rescued in north carolina this baseball field became a home base to regroup and begin to recover. >> i figure i can do more for the community by being on the outside, so that's kind of where i'm at. it was just -- it was stressful, but not the worst experience in lie. >> reporter: tell me what concerns you most about the community? it seems like there's still people there. >> they need more supplies. they desperately need fuel. >> reporter: and unfortunately not every one of those rescues the north carolina national guard did had a positive ending. some of those missions turned into recoveries of the bodies of those who did not survive. this has been already one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the continental united states. lilia luciano, cbs news, salusbury, north carolina. coming up, shocking video of

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"usa today" reports a texas man became the sixth inmate to be executed in the u.s. in the last 11 days. garcia glenn white was put to death by lethal injection yesterday at the state penitentiary in huntsville for the murder of twin 16-year-old girls 35 years ago. shortly before his execution, white apologized. authorities said white confessed to five murders. prosecutors only pursued charges in the girls' case. "the lexington herald leader" says a video of a judge being shot and killed in his chambers was shown in court. it was shown yesterday during a preliminary hearing for former lechter sheriff shawn stines. police say the video shows him shooting judge kevin mullins as he sat at his desk and shooting him several more times as he struggled to get up. the judge's relatives and friends seated in the courtroom sobbed. stines has pleaded not guilty.

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