future. >> that is a daming nonanswer. >> israel vowing to retaliate after propelling the largest missile attack from iran. the president headed to the carolinas to see the storm's destruction firsthand. >> and new york city mayor fighting bribery and fraud charges. good morning, and thank you for joining us. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, alongside jose diaz-balart. the 2024 campaign is entering the final sprint after the vice

presidential debate between democrat tim walz and republican j.d. vance. >> the running mates may end up having the last word on the national debate stage, and it's not only the only unusual aspect of last night, unlike the prior debates involving trump this cycle, this one was notable cordial. >> and the two rivals said they agreed with each other multiple times, reminiscent of a by gone political era. it wasn't all niceties. >> it's those that were closest to donald trump that understand how dangerous he is when the world is this danger. >> i think you've got a tough job. you've got to play whack mole, you got to pretend that donald trump didn't deliver rising take home pay, which of course he did, lower inflation, which he did. and you have to defend kamala harris's atrocious economic record. >> let's discuss with two msnbc political analysts, susan del percio, democratic strategist basil smikle, and nbc's garrett

haake. garrett, mid western nice kind of was the rule of night for last night. was this strategic? >> a couple of guys just hanging out having a beer talking about politics. i think it was. the first rule of vice presidential politics is to do no harm. both of these men showed up with that as a goal, not be quite as aggressive as we have seen from either wup of them when they're on the campaign trail on their own. try to defend their principle and push things forward. this is the extra credit debate. if you were watching it, you have probably made up your mind, and i don't think either one of these men were pushing outside of that window. >> is anybody playing clean up? >> there's a little bit of amplification happening. j.d. vance not being able to say one way or another whether or not donald trump won or last the 2020 election. democrats feel like that was tim walz's best moment, they want to highlight that and continue to push it forward. vance is going to have questions he has to answer, particularly

his answer about obamacare. i covered capitol hill during that period. j.d. vance's had nothing to do with the reality of the moment. he's going to get pressed on that today. the trump people i talked to feel good about vance. they feel like that's the guy they put on the ticket for this reason, and he delivered. >> let's talk about the moment between vance and walz on the issue of the 2020 election. let's look at what part of that conversation was like. >> he is saying he did not lose the election. did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris censure americans from speaking their minds in the wake of the 2020 covid situation. >> that's a damming nonanswer. he lost the election, this is not a debate. it's not anything anywhere other than in donald trump's world. look, when mike pence made that decision to certify that

election, that's why mike pence isn't on this stage. what i'm concerned about is where is the fire wall with donald trump? >> how did vance answer that question. there's also the basic c. >> he answered it horribly. that was not an answer but he knew what he had to say because he was speaking to an audience of one. everyone knows where the former president stands on that. i think the fallout for vance may be more about donald trump being a little jealous that someone had a better debate night than he did, and may not be so happy to let it end there. so we can see what happens. >> what the voters think, right, that's what really matters as we're starting to have early voting happening in parts of the country. one middle of the road pittsburgh voter told us this

about that 2020 exchange. >> what bothered me was how j.d. vance pivoted the question, and turned it into, you know, really defended donald trump's position on january 6th, and the fact that he wouldn't -- he tried to avoid the answer. >> basil, was that moment important for the harris campaign when it comes to undecided voters? >> i think it was because, look, if you look at tim walz's -- the parts of his performance that i think were really good was on child care, reproductive rights, january 6th, the answer that you just heard, those are the areas where democrats really have the ability to mobilize their voters, and it points to the fact of how much donald trump's campaign strategy relies on believing that he did not lose the election to joe biden. that an election denialist sort of campaign strategy is really

central to what donald trump is doing. democrats, yes, can go to their voters and hammer that home because what it does is remind undecideds in particular, that if he continues on this path of trying to deny not only the 2020 election victory of joe biden, but sow the seeds of doubt for the 2024 election, there's a potential for more violence. there's a potential for more chaos. so as long as democrats can continue to remind voters of that, i do think it was a really important point last night. >> the abortion issue did come up last night. it was interesting to hear how these two men on the debate stage handled this issue. let's listen. >> my party, we've got to do so much better of a job at earning the american people's trust back on this issue where they frankly just don't trust us. >> there's a young woman named amber thurman, she happened to be in georgia, a restricted state. because of that, she had to travel a long distance to north carolina to try and get her

care. amber thurman died in that journey back and forth. the fact of the matter is how can we as a nation say that your life and your rights as basic as the right to control your own body is determined on geography. there's a very real chance had amber thurman lived in minnesota, she would be alive today. >> susan, it's one thing for republicans to say they need to earn back the trust of women voters, but have they taken any action to get that trust? >> no. as a matter of fact, vance lied during that debate on the issue of a national abortion ban. so, no, j.d. vance using the word trust is completely laughable. what was important, i think, for the harris/walz campaign was seeing a man for the first time on that kind of national stage talk about the importance of reproductive rights and where we are post roe. so i think that really helped the campaign a lot to speak to a

certain segment of the population, maybe independent men who kind of get their arms around the fact that this is their issue too. >> basil, one of the things i noticed is the insistence on the recurrence of senator vance turning again and again to the issue of immigrants, or migrants. and blaming migrants from everything from the cost of housing, crowded schools, there's the whole springfield eating cats and dogs, i mean, it's almost like a constant issue that he brought in regardless of what the debate question was about. what is this geared towards? >> to susan's point, he's got an audience of one, donald trump. actually, he's got two. he's got donald trump today, and he's got the future of the republican party he's looking forward to. in other words, he's trying to audition to be the sort of heir apparent, if you will, to what trumpism is today.

trump is not going to be, whether he's president -- i hope he's not president after this year, but whatever happens to donald trump, j.d. vance is poised to be the future of the party, so he's sort of using this moment to -- and this platform to showcase that. but in order to get to that point, he's got to show fealty to donald trump, which means, repeat everything that donald trump is saying, just do it better than he did. he's got to repeat everything donald trump is saying. all of what he's discussing, the harsh conversations about immigrants, talking about reproductive rights in a way and still repeating election denialism, all of that is meant to just be food for the base because he's going to have to go back to that base, should he have a future in the party. >> one of the key constituency groups of the voter electorate this year is the younger vote. and we checked in with some college-aged voters and one took

issue with an answer related to tie everything back to kamala harris and the biden administration, trying to really tie her to president biden's actions in office. take a listen. >> if anybody took high school civics class, they would know what the vice president can do and can't do. i want to make a quick point. neither candidate on that stage talked about what executive action they're going to take on day one to do what they want, nor were they asked, because they know they can't. that's not how the vice presidency works. you don't get to do what you want, you do what the president delegates you to do. >> he's telling it like it is. it gets into the issue of who the incumbent is in the race? >> this is an unusual race, you have two incumbents. you don't get to judge presidential record against presidential record. with harris, the trump campaign wants her to own everything voters don't like about the

biden administration, and try to prevent her from taking credit for everything they might like about it. it's a difficult tight rope that harris has to walk. it creates this dynamic, where it's a throw the bums out election, behind the other door, there's just another bum, somebody else who's had the job. how the two campaigns handle incumbency between now and the months we have left, 34 days if you're counting at home is going to be one of the major deciding factors. >> i want to ask a question susan brought up on the issue of the debate last night, and whether it had any impact or influence on the former president deciding not to do anymore debates. do you think there's added pressure or any issues going on now because of last night? >> i don't have any new reporting on this, but i have long been in the camp that donald trump will not want someone else to have the last word about this campaign for him. i think if this race is close or he's behind, he's always believed he's his own best

spokesperson. i wouldn't slam the door on a debate until the last minute. >> garrett haake, susan del percio, basil smikle, i know you were up late. it's special to have you on the set. a tension filled tinderbox as israel vows iran will pay for the missile attacks. we're in the region. >> and president biden is having to survey devastation from helene. we'll talk to two business owners whose restaurant was completely destroyed. and new york city mayor walking into court for a hearing happening this hour as he faces bribery and wire fraud charges. stay right there. we're back in just 90 seconds. now i have skyrizi. ♪ i've got places to go and i'm feeling free ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me ♪ ♪ control is everything to me ♪ and now i'm back in the picture. feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements. skyrizi helped visibly improve

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we're back with breaking news out of the middle east, where israel is vowing retaliation after iran launched the biggest attack ever against the jewish state. in fact, nearly 200 bus-sized ballistic missiles, most shot down by israeli and american air defenses. one palestinian man, however, was confirmed killed in the occupied west bank. >> you can see here from this photo showing the remains of an iranian missile, just how big these things really are. meanwhile a few thousands miles away, world leaders are scrambling. the united nations security council began a meeting on the attack, and what israel's response might look like. >> joining us now is nbc's matt bradley in beirut, lebanon. jason beardsley, and joel rubin, former deputy assistant secretary of state. matt, what are we learning this

morning about israel's plans to respond to this iranian attack? >> reporter: that's a million dollar question. everyone wants to know how israel is going to respond. the ball decidedly in their court. whatever they decide to do is going to set the tempo and tone for the conflict as it metastasizes across the region and threatens retaliation far beyond the borders of israel and iran. we don't know what's going on inside the halls of power in jerusalem, but as usual, the only real insight we're getting from "axios," and nbc can't verify the information. he's saying the conversation, which he has heard from israeli officials is focused on retaliating against energy sources like oil refineries. they have, he says, ruled out the possibility of striking nuclear facilities as we hear increasingly speculation and analysis of the iranian em battled now, may be moving to a

nuclear weapon. at the same time, he has been reporting that they are going to be waiting for their cues from washington, and that is kind of a big deal because it looks as though in the past several weeks we have been seeing washington and jerusalem kind of decoupling from each other. it used to be only a couple of months ago, it looked like washington had a lot of traction on what the israelis decided to do in their fight in the gaza strip and we heard from various reporters saying that it was actually washington, the biden administration, that kept the israelis from launching an incursion into lebanon months ago. now it looks as though washington no longer has that kind of hold on what israel does. but this is going to be a calculated effort, one that needs to show the israelis and the israeli public there's a seriousness of purpose in showing deterrence against the iranians, while also avoiding the possibility of an all-out war. this is the calculation that both sides have been making and that is going to be discussed in the halls of power of israel

today. >> matt bradley, thank you very much. jason, israel is vowing they will pay for the attack. what do you see as the options for the israeli response now specifically against iran? >> well, i think israel has demonstrated over the last four weeks what their response is bound to look like. number one is they've got an incredible intelligence that have penetrated iran's proxies thoroughly. we saw that with the pager operation and the follow-on operation, to include the decapitation of hezbollah. that is a significant threat to iran because iran uses those proxies, just like they use the houthis in yemen, hamas and gaza, and of course, the popular mobilization forces, the shia militia and iraq. while israel is calculating their response, the united states and armed service members who are sitting in iraq and syria right now are the real

question that i think the white house has to grapple with is when our service members are in harm's way, particularly as this conflagration escalates, we ought to be doing something aggressive to reposition those forces so they do not get caught in a back and forth between these two states as they ramp up for the next escalation. what we'll see israel do will be decided. it will be impactful, and it will be precise, just like we've seen before. make no mistake, israel is facing an existential threat, and what we saw yesterday was 200 ballistic missiles that either splashed in remote areas or did not have the effect that iran hoped is humiliating for iran. on the other hand, this shows what layered defense systems of israel are capable of. they're going to go a little bit further because they have been given now almost a mandate. if they done do this, their population will face increasing threats. >> you don't think that it had its desired effect? you think that they are humiliated, that is iran is

humiliated by not having more of an impact with these ballistic missiles or was it by design, assuming that the u.s. and other allies may come in and intercept them as they have done in the past, and want to go at least present this sort of symbolic response? >> right. well, i do think, ana, that's an incredible point because iran actually does understand that the capacity for the layered defense system in israel is pretty significant, but let's learn how those ballistic missiles miss. some of them are calculated to splash down in either remote areas or desert spaces because they are calculated that they will not create casualties. so, yes, this is a bit of face saving move, but at the same time, iran has its own population to mullify, as they have gone through their own threats. there are backside negotiations happening between the leadership in iran, the united states,

israel, to determine how can we keep this from escalating, and i think everybody's interested in that, and what that's going to look like, again, will be up to israel on how far they go to, again, further decapitate significant irgcq leadership that's been decimated. let's look right again into iraq and syria where the u.s. forces are the ones most at risk right now. >> 180 missiles can be nothing but not only a message but an intent to kill and destroy. 180 missiles. we know that the u.s. assisted in defending israel, including firing a dozen interceptors at this missile barrage. going forward, what's the u.s.'s role in the region trying to contain further violence? >> yeah, that's right, jose. this attack last night, it was an unprecedented attack. it was aggressive. it went beyond what many analysts expected in terms of

not being orchestrated. there was no hint ahead of time like we saw back in april about how long the attacks will be, and giving a long lead time to the united states and others, so there would not be a massive response, and i think this is to your point. look, israel is morally and strategically justified in responding to what occurred, and it is duty-bound. the idf is duty-bound to protect its citizens and create a punishment mechanism for iran. it also does not have an unlimited capacity to wage war on iran either. that's where the united states comes in, too, as the israeli leadership is thinking about its targeting, and as you're talking about here, what are the most practical targets to hit that will cause pain, that may cause iran as well to take it. this is where the united states comes in. we have got to find a way to ensure that after this response, this is it. and that our allies in the region continue to isolate iran, global allies like britain, for

example, who has been tough on israel and the war in gaza, came to public aid yesterday, publicly condemning iran. that needs to be the dynamic to prevent further escalation. without a doubt, the united states will play a central role in managing the diplomatic process behind the scenes as we expect that israel will respond militarily to what happened last night. >> thank you so much, joel rubin, jason, appreciate your analysis. president biden is heading to the carolinas today to survey helene's damage, we're going to talk to the fema administrator who's going to be briefing the president. a court hearing for new york city's mayor happening any minute after he was indicted on wire fraud and bribery charges. you're watching msnbc, stay right there. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? we're always working on a project. while loading up our suv, one extra push and... crack! so, we scheduled at safelite.com. we were able to track our technician and knew exactly when he'd arrive.

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damage of helene. for the first time, vice president harris is going to be headed to georgia where she will also get an update on recovery efforts. >> the death toll from this storm has climbed to 151 with hundreds more missing. people in the hardest hit areas like asheville, north carolina, are struggling to navigate a drinking water crisis, and they're beginning to share some really harrowing stories of survival. >> it was devastating ride down the river. we was going about 75 miles per hour, it was fast, and if we lost our grip, we would have been gone. >> nbc's antonia hylton joins us from asheville, good morning. the suffering continues. what do we know about the president's visit there today, and what it means for getting resources to people so affected? >> reporter: good morning, jose. well, we know the president is going to take an aerial tour of western north carolina, but you are not going to see him on the ground at places like the one

i'm at right now, which is a food bank operation here supporting people, and that's because the president's presence on the ground would disrupt the ability for people who are bringing supplies, critical water, food, cleaning wipes and supplies to people, and it would disrupt the first responders who still are trying to reach remote mountain communities here. the need is incredibly great. i'm at the manna food bank. people have been coming here all morning asking for water. i spoke to a mother who had an infant in the car who had not had proper formula in days. take a listen to that conversation. >> and baby wipes, any kind of baby, please. the baby hasn't eaten in five days. he's a hero. and i have a 9-year-old son here that's got epilepsy, and i haven't been able to feed him in three days. no one has come through to check on us. no water, living in an rv, no

power, nothing. god bless y'all. it's terrible, we've got people looting, gas, coming through your yard, and it's awful. it's awful. >> reporter: and you heard her talk about right there how she says she hasn't seen people come by to support her in one of the remote communities outside of the city here, and that's something we're hearing frequently that, you know, they know federal dollars have been released. there are thousands of workers spread out in all of these affected areas. there's this feeling that it hasn't come to them yet, so they're depending on local organizations. i have to shout out again, manna food bank, not just volunteers, people personally affected by this storm. still spending their time, their hours out here to help their neighbors and also organizations like the community foundation of western north carolina. those are the people who have the real contacts here, and who we're hearing from residents who are getting the actual water, food, and supplies in their

hands. that's the real message here. the need is great, and try to support locals on the ground, if you want to make a difference now. okay. >> antonia hylton, thank you very much. >> joining us now, fema administrator, deanne criswell who is in raleigh, north carolina, will brief the president during his visit. thank you so much for taking a moment with us. we just heard from that mother having a hard time getting food and water for her kids, the basic necessities. you could hear the desperation in her voice. how are you helping her? >> ana, we had an opportunity yesterday -- i was with the governor -- to go visit two of the communities that have been isolated. we went to black mountain, and we went to marion. and the supplies have been continuing to go into these communities and other communities around north carolina. we're continuing to send food, water, baby supplies, into these points of distribution, like what you just saw on the previous report. what we're additionally doing

now is we're sending an additional personnel that can start to do that last mile delivery, to help those locals with that last mile and start to walk around into the more remote areas, and deliver it to them. we're also sending our disaster survivor assistance team because we know that communications are limited and we'll be able to help them register for assistance with fema. we have started in the shelters. we know there's a lot of people there, and we're going to begin to go into the communities as well to help them sign up for this. those are, you know, the financial means that they're going to need. we do know that their immediate needs right now are these commodities because the water systems are down. those resources are continuing to go in, and we will sustain that for as long as needed. >> you know, there are areas, newlan, spruce pine, other areas i'm told still have not gotten any help, and it's just so important and imperative. just to hear what this mother was saying, five days.

>> it's really heartbreaking. >> she has a newborn child and hasn't been able to feed it. i know this is such a monumental thing that you-all are doing to respond. it's just time is passing. it's been nearly a week, meanwhile, since helene made landfall. i know the president is making his first visit to the area this afternoon. what is he going to see, and what are you going to be telling him? >> so i think the biggest thing for the president, again, is that we are doing an aerial tour, so he does not disrupt the critical operations that are ongoing. you know when i was in asheville yesterday getting ready to do my own assessment and get on a helicopter, just the tremendous amount of aerial support that are going into these communities, and these are federal assets, these are state assets, these are private assets as well as nonprofit. it takes all of us to come together and get to these communities. again, the commodities, the water, the food, it's moving in. we know that there's areas still in need, and that's why this is just going to be a continuous

operation, and i think what the president will see is just the widespread destruction, but also the incredibly diverse topography that's increasing the challenges of getting resources in. but we are going to continue to send people in, help get that last mile out there, help reach everybody. >> when you talk about those areas that are cut off because of whatever barrier is there, whether it's topography or if it's piles of debris or areas still under water, what else could be done, and is there consideration into, perhaps, air drops of supplies, for example? >> and that has been happening. we are moving resources, again, into those local points of distribution. when i was in marion yesterday, they were talking about they have their own resources, their own air assets that are doing some air drops into those communities. i think where we need to continue to focus our efforts is where have we been, and where

haven't we been so we can direct our resources to those places that perhaps haven't seen anybody yet. >> and i know you're planning to be in north carolina for the foreseeable future, how can people there apply for assistance, and i would urge you to always remember those that are there and that maybe don't have english as their first language, and maybe don't have or they're living in a mixed immigration status household, don't forget about them, what is it that people can do to search for and get assistance? >> jose, that's a really good point. we want to make sure that we're reaching everybody, and as people apply for assistance, they can do that in a number of ways. they can go to disaster assistance.gov, call 1-800-fema. we know that is limited, which is why we're sends in these

teams, disaster survivor assistance teams. they started in the shelters and they're going to start going into the communities. i know they're going into black mountain today, and they can register people on the spot if they can't get that connectivity, and we will continue to move those individuals through, and as we do that, we always have language services to cover a wide variety of different languages so we can meet people where they're at and their unique circumstance. >> we have heard from people who are affected that they just couldn't see the extent of damage and destruction coming because these are areas that haven't had impacts like this from hurricanes. so going forward, what can fema do to be more prepared for the next storm? what can people do to be more prepared for the next storm? >> ana, this was a historic event. you know, when we talk about hurricane helene, and we think about the storm surge that was coming towards the big bend of florida, you know, we can anticipate and give advanced warning about the amount of

storm surge that they're going to experience. and when i was in florida, in perry, they had 15 feet of storm surge. but when we talk about these kinds of rain storms and in the topography where we're at, it depends on the amount of rainfall, the rate of rainfall, and exactly where it lands. that's where we get these flash flood emergencies, that give us limited time to effectively warn people to get out of harm's way. i know in the asheville area, they were getting rain even ahead of this. when i talked to the locals yesterday and the day before, they were asking people to evacuate ahead of helene just because of the amount of rain that they saw leading up to it. but when it comes to when it's starting to land, and we have these flash flood emergencies, it's not like storm surge. it comes in quick, goes through fast, and it gives limited time, and so we want to be able to get as much warning out as fast as possible so we can get people to

higher areas. >> fema administrator, deanne criswell, thank you very much for joining us this morning. i want to give the phone number one more time to those in need and need somewhere to turn. to get ahold of the resources provided by fema, call 1-800-621-fema. that's 1-800-621-3362. >>. [ speaking in global language ] and up next, one local asheville institution where the owners are just beginning to get a sense of the devastation from helene is 12-bone smoke house. >> the barbecue joint is a favorite of former president obama. among others, it had flood waters reach the ceiling, and the entire building filled with mud. >> the owners of the restaurant are joining us now. brian and angela king. thank you both for being here. seeing those images -- >> thanks for having us.

>> it's heavy to see that. angela, i know you were away when helene hit, and had trouble even getting back to see your business. when you first saw it, what did you think? >> i mean, it's absolutely mind blowing. the level of destruction is just cataclysmic. we went through the building yesterday, and there was mud and water damage in the attic. so, you know, you just can't even describe it. the entire arts district is just absolutely decimated. >> i mean, water and mud in the attic, angela, i mean, how do you process something like that? >> it was really hard to go through there yesterday. even our neighbors across the way, summit coffee, their whole wall is ripped off.

the winery. >> doesn't even exist anymore, just the foundation. >> we just want to say we are very lucky. we have our house. all of our staff is okay, and we have one more location which we're at right now. >> we do have a second location, and we're trying to get that one up and running. you know, once we have water, we can try to help feed people. yeah, i mean, even though we lost our river location, we do feel incredibly lucky that we have this other one that we can try to rebuild from. >> it must be just so overwhelming right now as you assess what need to happen next. i know 12 bones has been a real institution there in asheville. you serve hundreds of customers every day. even former president obama has

stopped in over the years, and has praised the food and the people, and his experience there. talk to us about what 12 bones has meant to you and the community. >> well, i mean, it means everything to us, and i feel like it's, you know, next year is our 20th anniversary, and i feel like we're sort of a hub for the community. somewhere where, you know, all walks of life like to gather, and, you know, just enjoy a good meal, and, yeah, to have part of that taken away, it's just really hard. but, you know, there are just so many people here that have lost everything, their home, car, their business, maybe even a loved one. i mean, just we'll be okay. it's going to take a long time

to recover. yeah, i mean, i think that's the biggest thing is we just want, you know, there are supplies starting to come in. you know, there is money starting to come in, but it's going to be an incredibly long, long and arduous recovery effort, and we're going to need people's help for a long time. >> yeah, angela, i just want to, if i could, just when one sees how many people have lost so much in such a large area of a place that you call home, how do you think rebuilding happens? and i'm not talking just about rebuilding the building. i'm just talking about rebuilding from nothing. >> that's a good question. the cell phone and the internet have been very spotty, so, like my sister still doesn't have

power or electricity, water. so i'm not sure, like, when you see the pictures around town, and the area of western north carolina, it's like devastating. we don't even know where to begin. i know, like, the first responders and everyone that's coming has been huge, and dropping off supplies, but i don't even know. >> one thing i will say, you know, is western north carolina, we're a strong, hearty community here. >> resilient. >> resilient, and you know, i see it -- we've seen it already quite a bit, people banding together, just willing to help out. just any way that we can. offering, you know, whether it's, you know, food or water or gas, something, just everyone's really banding together and trying to help out. it's been wonderful to see.

>> yeah, these most challenging times bring out the best of people so often. real fast before i let you guys go. i know the president will be visiting north carolina today, if you had a chance to speak to him right now, what would you tell him? >> i think the most important thing is it's really going to be a long, long ongoing effort, and, you know, there are a lot of supplies coming in now. but there are still areas that need supplies. but in addition to -- >> well, we just -- guys, we just lost you -- >> they will not have a job for the foreseeable future. >> we lost a little bit of communication with you. i thank you so much for being with us, and we all look forward to a meal at 12 bones smoke house in the future. >> absolutely. best of buck. we are with you. >> thank you. up next, we have breaking news we're following here in new

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then in terms of the response that we're anticipating from israel now after this missile attack by iran? >> reporter: well, we're expecting a response, the question is what kind of response. and what impact will it have on this widening conflict. you know, look, israel last time iran attacked israel, israel responded by targeting very specifically and in a limited way surface to air missile battery inside iran. now that attack by israel was not stopped by iran. it was a message, i think, to iran say we can hit you in the way -- with your capability to attack us. now, will israel decide that now is the time for a much more expansive attack on those kind of iranian capabilities. even talk about whether somewhere down the line, we're not there yet, i don't think,

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