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here in and abroad are bracing for more conflict as we approach the one year anniversary of hamas's attack on israel. and president trump goes back to butler, pennsylvania, 12 weeks to the day of the first attempt on his life. just six days into the month and the october surprises are coming at a fast and furious pace. giving the candidates plenty of attack material for the final month on the campaign trail. the hurricane helene recovery continues. and the death toll mounts. with both sides making multiple trips to the hard-hit area. home to two key battleground states. >> people are dying in north carolina. they're dying all over. there is five, six states. they're dying and they're getting no help from our federal government. because they have no money. because they're money has been spent on people that should not be in our country. >> we'll fact check that talking point and tell you why disinformation is rampant in the

region. then can vice president harris tighten the gap between her economic record and trump's following a surprisingly strong jobs report and a drop in unemployment. >> america lost nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs when he was president. including tens of thousands of jobs in michigan. making donald trump one of the biggest losers of manufacturing jobs in american history. >> we'll talk to two senators from battleground tates, arizona democrat mark kelly and thom till is. plus on the eve of the one year anniversary of the hamas massacre in israel, where does the war stand today? now that iran has entered the conflict. we'll have the latest from house intelligence committee chairman mike turner, former cent com commender general frank mckenzie and catherine russell from unicef updates us on the impact

of the war on the world's children. it is all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ good morning and welcome to "face the nation." as we begin this broadcast, the air strikes from israel in gaza and southern beirut are ongoing and there is no end in sight to the war that is about to enter the second year. the question of just how effective u.s. leadership has been and potentially would be in a new administration when it comes to israel, is one raised frequently on the campaign trail. for a special election edition of 60 minutes that will air monday, our bill whitaker sat down with vice president harris and asked her about u.s. influence with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> we supply israel with

billions of dollars in military aid and yet prime minister netanyahu seeps to be charting his own course. the biden-harris administration has pressed him to agree to a cease-fire. he's resisted. you urged him not to go into lebanon, he went in anyway. he has promised to make iran pay for the missile attack and that has the potential of expanding the war. does the u.s. have no sway over prime minister netanyahu? >> the aid that we have given israel allowed israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the israelis and the people of israel. and when we think about the threat that hamas, hezbollah presents, iran, i think that it is without any question, our

impirive to do what we can to allow israel to defend itself from those kind of attacks. now the work we do diplomatically with israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles which include the need for humanitarian aid, the need for this war to end, the need for a deal to be done which would release the hostages and create a cease-fire. and we're not going to stop in terms of putting that pressure on israel and in the region, including arab leaders. >> but it seems that prime minister netanyahu is not listening. >> well, bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by israel that were very much prompted by or a result of many things including our a advocacy for what needs to happen in the region.

>> do we have a real close ally in prime minister netanyahu? >> i think with all due respect, the better question is do we have an important alliance between the american people and the israeli people and the answer to that question is yes. >> the special prime time election edition airs monday night at 8:00 p.m. on cbs. after accepting 60 minutes request for an interview with scott pelley, the trump campaign has decided not to participate. yesterday former president trump held a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania, three months after he was injured in the assassination attempt that killed retired firefighter and injured two other attendees. mr. trump paid tribute to the victims and thanks first responders and secret service agents who protected him on july 13th. despite the somber tone, mr.

trump and his running mate all implied that their political opponents were responsible for the attempt on mr. trump's life. >> over the past eight years, those who want to stop us from achieving this future have slandered me and impeached me, indicted me, tried to throw me off the ballot and who knows, maybe even tried to kill me. >> then, guys, they tried to kill him. they tried to kill him. and it is because the democratic party, they can't do anything right. they can't do anything right. >> to kamala harris, how dare you talk about threats to democracy. donald trump took a bullet for democracy. what the hell have you done? >> we turn now to the chairman of the house intelligence committee ohio republican mike turner. good to have you have back with us. >> thank you for having me, margaret. >> i want to get to the middle east, but first on this issue of concern regarding political violence. would you agree that language like what we just heard there is unhelpful? >> well, i think it certainly

characterizes the reality that donald trump has had two attempts on his life and i do think ther is work that needs to be done both by the administration and by vice president harris. the administration has come out and publicly stated, matt olson from the department of justice on cbs news acknowledged there is an active threat from iran, actively plotting to kill donald trump. you've had no statements from the administration towards iran. as to what that would be, which is an act of war and you don't have any statement from vice president harris condemning this or recognizing that there is a active plot to kill her opponent. i think there is a role for her to play and the president to play in identifying that there are threats against donald trump that need to be acknowledged and respond to and to deter and i think all candidates ineed to de-escalate. >> but it's a biden-harris

administration. you don't mean to imply here anything that would suggest eric trump's allegations that democrats are trying to kill him? >> no, of course not. but i do think that vice president harris needs to actively state and acknowledge that her administration is saying that a foreign power, which would be an act of war. is actively trying to kill her opponent. >> that is a different question. >> this administration has made stronger statements about iran's hacking activities than they have about the active plot to kill donald trump which the administration acknowledges is ongoing. >> because the concern in regard to anti-government violence in this country and the extremists, the language specific as to who is carrying this out, i think you would agree is important. >> i agree there needs to be toning down of rhetoric on both sides but there has no be an acknowledgment that there is active plots from foreign nation to kill her opponent. >> do you want the fbi to release the results of its investigations prior to november

5th as senator rubio on senate intelligence has called for. >> it is investigations into the assassination attempt. >> the two assassination attempts are not tied to any state of iran or political actors. >> but it can't say -- saying there is no sub stoon -- substantiated ties and i want to determine whether or not either of these plots have any nexus or connection to the active plot the administration is saying that iran is -- is plotting in attempting to kill donald trump. which, again, this administration needs to make clear to iran, that would be an act of war. and it needs to have a very strong response from the administration. >> before the investigations is concluded. because it may not wind up before november 5th. would you like the fbi to make public some of the findings to rule out the conspiracy theories that we just heard from the

stage that the political opposition is responsible. >> i don't think they'd be able to do that? >> you don't think they would be able to. >> i think they need to conclude and get to a truth so a point to release information that would conclusively indicate that either of those individuals acted completely alone. >> i want to turn to the middle east. you've already taken us there in talking about iran specifically. but where we are right now is nearly exactly a year from that terrorist attack on october the 7th. you called that a huge intelligence failure from the israelis when it happened. given aup that has happened in recent weeks, i wonder what you assess about israeli intelligence now. >> well the united states is working cooperatively with israel in ways that we were not necessarily working prior to october 7th. and i do think that israel has changes its focus in its intelligent collecting.

they certainly have risen to the occasion to understand that they're in an active conflict and looking to ways -- to diminish the capabilities of their adversaries. >> that nearest adversary is the government of iran. what should the 40,000 u.s. troops that president biden has deployed to the region should be bracing for? are you concerned that the united states will get drawn into this conflict if israel carries out strikes on iran? >> right, so, this is another rain shower where the administration has not risen to the occasion. president biden said that the nuclear program of iran is off the table. it should not be a valid military target by israel or the united states. the president himself, president biden has previously said that the united states would not allow iran to get a nuclear weapon and that he would use military action if necessary, his own secretary of state has said more than two weeks ago that iran's break out time to

become a nuclear state was two weeks. >> it is still not weaponizing, united states intelligence has not made the decision to -- >> they have not publicly stated the current status of the program other than what blinken has said that the break out time was two weeks. >> right. >> looking to proportionality, where biden said israel can only respond in proportion is as if this administration could say israel could send 200 missile news israel and as long as we have missile defense that takes them out, we won't look at iran's provocation there, trying to kill and destroy individuals and towns and in israel. that should be the response. the understanding should be that iran has moved beyond their proxies, hezbollah and houthis, to have direct attacks and

israel needs to defend itself and iran needs to pay a price. >> and the cent com is helping to advise some of the israeli military. just to be clear, the united states only has the equipment that could take out the kind of ubd ground facility thats are essential to the iran nuclear program. are you add vok ating for thsh -- >> for him to say that it is on the table, for him to give iran the comfort that their actions of attacking directly iran will not have any consequences for the nuclear weapons program is irresponsible. >> so not a yes or a no. but i want to ask you about something that is happening in your district. because you have a vested interest in what is happening in springfield, ohio. this is the town that has gotten so much attention in the past few weeks because of the haitian migrant population. going back to february, you have asked for federal help and you

brought some officials here to washington to advocate on how to deal with the strain of the population growth. have you gotten the federal help that you've asked for, for springfield, high? >> no. mayor ruth has done an excellent job in springfield, in advocating and trying to pull the community together. he's come here and we've taken to the federal agencies that have the type of funding that should be released for a federally recrated problem. the biden administration i believe illegally brought 5,000 people here from cuba, venezuela, haiti and others. and 15 to 20,000 people settled in springfield, ohio. but they last week indicated they were not going to extend the temporary protected status of this individuals which could result in their going into an illegal status. and springfield would have these individuals that would not have any direct federal support and the community would get no additional assistance as to how

to handle this 10% of the population of the city that would now fall into an illegal status as a result of the administration terminating their protected status. >> which may happen in the coming year. >> months. >> so this could be an issue for the next president, whoever that president is. congressman, thank you for explaining. "face the nation" will be back in a minute. stay with us. multi-millionaires built their wealth the same way, you have... the fearless investor. the type a cpa. the bootstrapper. the bootmaker. yeehaw [narrator] but many do have something in common. we all trust schwab with our wealth. [narrator] thanks to our award-winning service, low costs and transparent advice. every day, over a million multi-millionares trust schwab with more than two trillion dollars of their wealth. sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand. and wakes up feeling like himself. get the rest to be your best

with non-habit forming zzzquil. ♪ ♪ joining us now is arizona democratic senator mark kelly. he's in detroit this morning on the campaign trail for the harris campaign. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning, margaret. >> i want to talk about arizona, but let's start in michigan which is where you are right now and it is such a key state to a potential harris or trump victory. vice president harris is facing challenges among black men, working class people, as well as the muslim and arab populations skeptical of the white house support for israel wars.

what are you hearing on the ground there from voters? >> my wife and i have been out for a couple of days, gabby giffords, we've been campaigning across the country, michigan, i've been in north carolina, georgia, as well. i'll be back in arizona here soon. the vice president has out here speaking to muslim organizations and the arab community about what is at stake in this election and addressing the concerns that they have. what we're hearing issues about the economy, about gun violence, about you know supporting american families and the difference between donald trump and kamala harris. kamala harris, who has a vision for the future of this country, donald trump who just wanted to drag us backwards. >> today in dearborn, michigan, there is a funeral service for money american man killed in lebanon by an israeli air strike. it just underscores how that community your talking about out in michigan feel some of what is

happening in a personal way to their community. given how close this race is, do you think this war and the expectation it could escalate to cost democrats a seat in the senate and potentially the presidency? >> margaret, nobody wants to see escalation and its tragic when any innocent person, whether it is an american or palestinian lose their life in a conflict. tomorrow is one year since october 7th when israel was violently attacks. israel has a right to defend itself from hamas and from hezbollah and from the iranians. but i and my wife we feel for the community here who has been affected by this and that is why the vice president was out here earlier, a few days ago meeting with that community. >> but it is a live issue.

>> yeah, sure. i mean, there is an ongoing conflict in the middle east. israel is fighting a war now on i think it is fair to say two fronts and then being attacked by the iranians as well. and they need to defend themselves and we need to support our israeli ally. at at the same time, when women and children lose their life, innocent people in a conflict, it is tragic. >> you do sit on the senate intelligence committee and so i know you know how intense the efforts are by foreign actors to try to manipulate voters going into november. just this friday, mathew olson, the lead on election threats at the department of justice told cbs the russians are highlighting immigration as a wedge issue. that is such a key issue in

arizona. are you seeing targeted information operations really focusing in on arizonans right now? >> not only in arizona, and other battleground tates. it is the russians, the chinese, the iranians and it is significant. and we need to do a better job getting the message out to the american people that there is a youth amount of misinformation. if you're looking at stuff on twitter, on tiktok, on facebook, on instagram, and it is political in nature, and you might think that that person responding to that person article or who may that meme up is an american, it could be -- it could look like a u.s. service member, there is a very reasonable chance, i would put it in the 20% to 30% range that the comment you're seeing and the comments you're see rg coming from one of those three countries. russia, iran, china.

we had a hearing recently. >> yeah. >> with the fbi director, the dni and the head of the national security agency and we talked about this and we talked about getting the word out and it is up to us, so thank you for asking me the question. because it is up to us, the people, who serve in congress and the white house to get the information out there that there is a tremendous amount of misinformation in this election and it is not going to stop on november 5th. >> understood. and we will do our best to help pars that for viewers. but on the topic of the border. president biden did announce this past week new regulations to keep in place that partial asylum ban that he rolled out back in june. that is what is credited with helping to bring down some of the border crossing numbers in recent weeks. it was supposed to be a temporary policy. dependent on how many people wre crossing at a time. do you think this is the right long-term policy, or is this just a gimmick to bring down

numbers ahead of the election? >> well the right long-term policy is to do this through legislation. and we were a day or two away from doing that. passing strong border security legislation, supported by the vice president, negotiated by the vice president and the president and his department of homeland security. >> right. but this is not legislation. >> this is bipartisan. this isn't. the legislation was killed by donald trump. we were really close to getting it passed. that is the correct way to do this. when you can't do that, margaret, when a former president interrupted the legislation process the way he did, which is the most hypocritical thing i've seen in my three and a half years in the senate. after that happened, the only other option is executive action and this is gone from what was chaos in a crisis at our southern board tore somewhat manageable. and if you're the border patrol,

this is -- you need this. other wise, it is unsafe for border patrol agents, for cvp offers for migrants in southern arizona. so it is ub fortunate that this was -- these were the steps that had to be taken. >> okay. >> but that is because the former president didn't allow us to do this through legislation. >> senator, we have to leave it right there. "face the nation" will be right back. (vo) kate made progress with her mental health, but her medication caused unintentional movements in her face, hands, and feet called tardive dyskinesia, or td.

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