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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening, i'm john yang. tonight, iran is saying that it might not respond in kind to israel's first ever open attack on its soil if there's a ceasefire in gaza and lebanon. more than 100 israeli fighter jets and unmanned drones struck iranian military targets. iran's state run news agency said 4 members of its military were killed. >> the long anticipated retaliatory attack came early saturday morning. israeli defense forces that it struck targets where missiles are billed and stored. their answers were in april and earlier this month. those follow the killings of iranian and hezbollah leaders which iran blamed on israel. on state tv, iran's ruling regime played down the damage. >> although the country's integrated air defense systems successfully confront of the act of aggression, committed damage has been caused to some places. the scope of the attack is being investigated. john: idf spokesman daniel hug ari indicated israeli retali

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation by viewers le you. thank you! john: good evening. i am john yang. the death toll and destruction are growing in the middle east amid more fighting on both of israel fronts. in northern gaza, there was heavy bombardment after 22 people were killed and airstrikes. they say supplies are dwindling and bodies remain uncollected in the streets. in southern lebanon, the israeli military ordered residents of 23 viages to evacuate for their own safety. they claim hezbollah is hiding weapons and launching attacks from the area. the group denies it. in syria, the u.s. military says it has conducted a series of airstrikes targeting isis camps. central command says they will disrupt the terrorist group's ability to plan and carry out attacks against the united statesnd its allies. the military said there were no civilian casualties. they are working to assess the damage from hurricane milton claimed for at least 10 deaths. more than one million people remain without power. governor ron desan

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this program was made possible for the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your by viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome. fears of a regional war in the middle east accelerated today. iran is bracing for an israeli response to yesterday's barrage against israel. >> israeli forces have suffered significant losses as their ground invasion of love -- lebanon pressed on today. eight soldiers were killed in combat and israel continued its bombardment of lebanon and gaza, killing dozens. >> war in the skies and now on land as well. the first full-scale ground incursion into lebanon. it met little resistance. today, a different story. it soldiers crossed barely half a mile into lebanese territory when they were ambushed by hezbollah fighters. >> i would like to send my condolences from the bottom of my heart to the families of our heroes who felt today in lebanon. we are middle in a tough war against an axis of evil that seeks to destroy us. >> hezbollah is keen to show that it remains ready to fight. despite crippling attacks on leadership. the group has been prepari

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to youron by viewers like you. thank you. anchor: welcome. more than 2 million floridians still have no power tonight after hurricane milton tore through the state. many others have returned home to assess the damage. anchor: the storm has been tied to at least 10 deaths. state officials say 1600 people were saved by search and rescue teams. we have a report on what life now looks like in communities that have faced a one-two punch. reporter: matthew king and his family are deciding which of their precious memories to keep and which have to be thrown away. nearly everything from their grandmother's home in bradenton, florida, is molding, soaked by hurricane helene two weeks ago and then pounded by hurricane milton two days ago. king was here with his dad and grandmother the nights that helene rolled in. >> we were not sure if it was going to drown us. we had to start packing up bags. get suitcases ready. by the time we were ready to get out, the water was coming through the doors and the wall

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "newshour." the race for president ran through the tar heel state. amna: vice president harris and former president trump rallied in north carolina one of the states that could secure a victory. in rocky mount president trump urged voters to send him back to the white house. >> this is a choice whether we will have four more years of gross incompetence. amna: continuing to sow doubt. >> i'm hearing all sorts of stories we aren't going to have results. we spend this money on computers. paper is not very sophisticated. amna: the vast majority, 97% of votes will be recorded on paper. the head official in charge of u.s. cybersecurity told "newshour." >> first, i remember election infrastructure, the voting systems where americans cast their ballots not connected to the internet. so very difficult to hack into those voting machines. secondly, over 97% paper ballot. that voters can look at and verify themselves. amna: vice pres

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the “news hour.” one of the world's most-hunted men is dead. sinwar was killed by israeli troops yesterday in southern gaza. today, and after dna testing, israel confirmed the mastermind of the october 7 attacks on israel was indeed dead. amna: those terror attacks just over a year ago killed more than single day for jews since the c were a necessary tool in reigniting the palestinian cause. but the war he helped launch, has destroyed gaza, and the lives of its people. but he also defined victory as his and the group's survival. and today, sinwar and nearly all of hamas' leadership is dead. geoff: we know tony blinken is heading. to the region. what is his goal? nick: on hostages he hopes new leadership in hamas will be able to make a deal that sinwar is not. on the day after the u.s. has been negotiating with arab partners to take over security in gaza as a transition to palestinian authority governance but there is no agree

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the newshour. as we near two-week mark to election day, former president trump traveled to north carolina to see the aftermath of hurricane helene while vice president kamala harris toured swing states alongside former republican congresswoman liz cheney. >> the democratic nominee for president campaigned with unlikely company today -- presentation. >> this election is presenting for the first time probably in certainly recent history, a very clear choice and difference between the two nominees. and i think that is what, as much as anything, is bringing us as americans together. >> vice president kamala harris spent the day in moderated conversations with former republican congresswoman liz cheney, starting in pennsylvania. >> i spent time working in countries where people aren't free and are struggling for their freedom and i know how quickly democracies can unravel but i tell you, again, as someone who has seen firsthand ho

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. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions tor pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to “the newshour.” florida is racing to prepare for hurricane milton, a storm that could be one of the worst to ever hit the state. milton rapidly intensified over unusually warm waters in the gulf of mexico. it's now a category five storm, and is expected to barrel into the tampa bay area late wednesday, less than two weeks after hurricane helene hit the southeast. william brangham starts our coverage. william: today, residents of western florida filled cars with gas, stocked up on supplies, and loaded sandbags, ahead of what could be a direct hit by a major hurricane. >> honestly, with this one, it's kind of one that we're worried about, and the way it's kind of coming straight towards us, just so we're trying to brace out for it as much as we can. william: as the day wore on, even stores nearly 100 miles inland began to run out of supplies. governor ron desantis implored floridians to be ready for the worst-case-scenario

. >> the program was made possible by by corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions tor pbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. jeff: welcome to the "newshour." three weeks to go until election day and the race for president remains a dead heat. vice president kamala harris is in detroit tonight meeting with business owners and hitting t radio waves to make her case especially to black male voters. but we start tonight in chicago where donald trump talked tariffs and tax cuts at an economic event and defended recorded conversations he's had with vladimir putin since leaving office. here's stephanie sy. stephanie: donald trump faced a grilling and was evasive when asked directly after his recently record phone calls with russia's president. >> can you say yes or no whether you have talked to vladimir putin since you stopped being president. >> well, i don't comment on that. if i did, it's a smart thing. if i'm friendly with people, if i have a relationship with people, that's a good thing not a bad thing in terms of a country. he's got 2,000 nuclear weapons an

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "newshour." with just 11 days to go, both vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump veered away from battle territory and into the deep red state of texas. amna: a lineup of pop stars join harris on the trail. but we begin with trump who's cha lated his rhetoric even in this final stretch of the ranks laura baron-lopez begins our coverage. laura: the former president continuing his anti-immigrant rhetoric. >> what kamala harris has done is cruel. it's vile and it's absolutely heartless. we'reline like a garbage can for the rest of the world to dump the people they don't want. amna: in nearby houston, kamala harris respond. >> he really belittles our country. this is a former president of the united states who has a b bully pulpit who and this is how he use it that somehow the united states is trash? >> after his remarks, trump sat down with joe rogan. their conversation will be uploaded to streaming

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to "the newshour." former president trump is courting voters tonight in the state of georgia, but he is also facing blistering new criticism from his longest-serving chief of staff. john kelly is sounding the alarm on trump's witness for office, something vice president harris pounced on today. lisa: in swing state georgia south of georgia -- >> president donald j. trump. lisa: former president trump fielded questions in front of a crowd, a faith town hall of christians. >> when you have faith, when you believe in god, it is a big advantage over people that do not have that. it's a big advantage. lisa: overnight, far harsher words from john kelly, trump's longest-serving chief of staff, someone who was at his side for nearly a year and a half. in scathing comments and audio interviews with "the new york times," kelly said from behind the scenes displayed the tendencies of a fascist. >> admires people who are dictators. he has

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtation from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the “news hour.” both presidential candidates took their campaigns to the midwest today, fighting for crucial wins across the so-called blue wall. vice president kamala harris is in wisconsin tonight. but we begin in michigan, where former president donald trump gave a familiar, and false, rallying cry. laura barron-lopez starts our coverage. laura: in central michigan this afternoon, donald trump was on defense. >> you know last time, last election, we did great in 2016. a lot of people don't know, we did much better in 2020. we won, we won. we did win. it was a rigged election. it was a rigged election. you have to tell kamala harris, that's why i'm doing it again. laura: the stop in a key battleground state comes one day after a federal judge unsealed a court filing from special counsel jack smith's case charging trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. in 165 pages, prosecutors outlined new details about trump's,

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. with just 20 days until election day, for both 2024 presidential candidates, the battle is on, to find and reach the few remaining voters who can still be persuaded. geoff: vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump held events today to try and broaden their appeal. here is lisa desjardins. lisa: former president donald trump digging in at a fox town hall, repeating that other americans are the enemy and making a declaration unprecedented in modern times. he would use the military to quash dissent. mr. trump: it is the enemy from within. they are very dangerous. they are marxists and communists and fascists. lisa: he made these comments on sunday. mr. trump: the bigger problem are the people from within p it should be very easily handled if necessary by the military. lisa: those words vice president harris has called unhinged. vp. harris: donald trump is increasingly unstable and as has been

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "news hour." both presidential candidates brought their campaigns to the southwest today. former president trump stopped in new mexico, a detour from battleground territory, while vice president kamala harris jetted off to arizona. but before she left, harris spoke with reporters about what's on the line, on election day, just five days out. laura barron-lopez begins our coverage with this report. >> among the stakes in this election are whether we continue on with the affordable care act or not. laura: in between campaign stops today, kamala harris warned that healthcare is on the ballot following a vow, from house speaker mike johnson, for, quote, massive reform, if donald trump is elected. >> nowe have further validation of that agenda from his supporter, the speaker of the house. the american people, regardless of who they're voting for, know the importance of the affordable care act, which is also called obamacare, in

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and from contributions to yourbs news station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "newshour." the labor department today issued one of the last jobs reports before the presidential election. and the numbers are strong. 254,000 jobs are added in september beating expectations. the unemployment rate fell from 4.2 to 4.1% and wages were up averaging a gain of about 4% compared to a year ago. overall the report paints a picture of a robust american economy which for most voters remain their top issue this election year. for more, let's turn to wally adeyemo. welcome back to the "newshour." >> thank you for having me it's great to be here. amna: overall, sit a very strong report. if there are any weak spots, there's a lingering concern around manufacture. it's the only sector that lost jobs. what explains that? >> you're right. it's a very strong jobs report. and not only the report this time, but the back revisions that showed that we created more jobs over the summer than people had known that demon

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the news hour. two weeks from today, the final votes will be cast and polls will close in this year's presidential race. until then, the trump and harris campaigns are making their cases in battleground states across the country. laura baran lopez has this report. >> both presidential nominees made appeals to critical voting blocks. >> the level of genius entrepreneurship, energy they have, it is an incredible community. >> former president donald trump received a warm response from latino business owners and religious leaders at his golf club in miami. he used a dark language to describe the state of the country. >> we are a nation in decline. we are left at all over -- all over the world. they laugh at us. they can't believe what is happening. all they think about is transgender operations. all they think about is we want men to play in women's sports. there is a sickness going on. >> in the final sprint to election day, and -- rep

the program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the news hour. the labor department today issued one of the last jobs reports before the presidential election, and the numbers are strong. 254,000 jobs were added in september - beating expectations. the unemployment rate fell from four-point-two to four-point-one -- 4.2% to four .1 percent. wages were up averaging a gain of 4% compared to a year ago. overall, the report paints a picture of a robust american economy - which, for most voters, remains their top issue this election year. for more, let's turn now to deputy secretary of the treasury, wally adeyemowelcome back to the newshour. thank you for joining us. >> it's great to be here. >> it is an overall strong report. there is a lingering consent around manufacturing, the only sector where they lost jobs. what explains that? >> you are right that it's a very storm -- stronger jobs report and not only the report this time, but the backward revisions that showed that we've cr

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourtion from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "news hour." more than three million customers are without power tonight after hurricane milton blew through florida and caused widespread flooding along its west coast and inland. amna: the hurricane, and its fierce winds, cut a path of destruction across many cities and towns. at least six people were killed. but the very worst fears around storm surge were avoided. william brangham begins our coverage with this report. william: this is milton's path of destruction. the massive hurricane tore across florida overnight and today after making landfall near siesta key in sarasota county. it came ashore as a category 3 storm, with 120 mile an hour winds. first responders across the state worked overnight and through the day, rescuing people stranded by flood waters, and from homes damaged by debris and falling trees. in pinellas county, water rescue crews worked for hours, saving hundreds of people who'd been trapped in an apart

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. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> welcome to the news hour. with just 20 days until election day, for both candidates the battle is on to reach the few remaining voters who can still be persuaded. >> vice president kamala harris and trump held events today to broaden their appeal. >> former president donald trump digging in at a fox town hall repeating that other americans are the enemy and making a declaration unprecedented in modern times, that he would use the military. >> it is the enemy within and they are very dangerous, they are marxists and communist and fascist and they are sick. the bigger problem are the people from within. we have some very bad people, we have some sick people, radical left lunatics, and i think, it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by national guard or by the military. >> those words vice president harris is called unhinged. >> donald trump is increasingly unstable and as has been said by the people who h

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the "news hour." it was one year ago today that hamas gunmen launched a surprise terror attack on israel, killing and wounding thousands, and abducting hundreds more. in israel, and around the world, memorials marked a year of loss, a year of trauma, and a year of war that is still unfolding. it was not yet dawn. still, families of israel's victims had already gathered to remember. lighting candles and choking back tears for the more than 360 people who were killed at the site of a music festival one year ago. when the sun finally rose, club music echoed. it was the last song that festival-goers heard on october 7, 2023 before the shooting started. and, in pain laid bare, the solemn ceremony pierced by the anguished wail of a victim's relative. families spoke of the moment everything changed. >> it seems to be like yesterday was the last day we saw him. for us, yesterday was the last day of the old life. geoff: in jerusal

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♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to yourbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the "news hour.” election day is officially one week away, and both candidates are racing to get their final messaging out to voters. geoff: vice president kamala harris is delivering a major speech in washington, d.c., tonight, but we start in florida, where former president donald trump held an event today featuring several guests. lisa desjardins has our report. lisa: at mar-a-lago this morning, former president trump laid out three closing issues by calling up three americans affected by them. woman: homeland security did not do their job. lisa: a mother whose daughter was killed by an undocumented immigrant. man: the cost of doing business now is two, three, or four times what it was just a few years ago. lisa: a man who said inflation is harming his dry cleaning business. woman: her story isn't unique to our family. lisa: and a woman whose daughter-in-law was killed during the 2021 afghanistan withdrawal. the event was

. ♪ announcer: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ geoff: welcome to the newshour. a weekend of death and destruction gave way to another day of carnage today in gaza and lebanon, as israeli forces struck multiple sites in both places, killing dozens. israel suffered its own losses, as its troops in the north came under fire from hezbollah. amna: that drone attack killed four israeli soldiers. but much focus fell again on gaza, and an israeli attack outside a major hospital in gaza's north. that's where leila molana-allen begins our coverage tonight. and a warning, images and accounts in this story are disturbing. leila: burned alive in a hospital bed. an iv that was supposed to heal became shackles. last night in deir el balah, central gaza, screams echoed through the night as an israeli air strike hit a makeshift tent village outside al-aqsa hospital, setting the tents and part of the building ablaze. >> there were people trapped inside the fire, and we were unable to pull them out. a

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the news hour. amna: close mallet in north carolina, one of the crucial swing states that could security victory in next week selection. in north carolina, will trump urged voters to send him back to the white house. mr. trump: this election is a choice between whether we will have four more years of gross incompetence. amna: continuing to so doubt about the security of the election. mr. trump: i'm hearing all sorts of stories. we will not have the result by tuesday night. if you go back to paper ballots -- paper is very sophisticated, believe it or not. amna: over 97% of votes cast in this election will be recorded on paper. the head official in charge of u.s. cybersecurity and infrastructure told the news hour recently. >> election infrastructure, the voting systems where americans cast their ballots, not connected to the internet. very difficult for somebody to hack into those voting machines. secondly, over 97% paper ball

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to the newshour. with the presidential election just 12 days away, new polling shows the presidential race is neck and neck. geoff: it's adding urgency to the harris campaign, the vice president is now consistently painting her opponent as an existential threat to democracy. this, as donald trump is in the sun belt tonight focusing on a -- focusing again on immigration. lisa desjardins reports. lisa: former president donald trump campaigning today down in the desert in the pivotal state of arizona, where election workers in maricopa county are already tabulating ballots from early voters. like these in phoenix. >> i did vote for kamala. a lot of reasons personally. >> i like the way the country ran when he was in charge. not liking his personality, absolutely but i like his policies. lisa: trump is at arizona state university to rally the college crowd and put the spotlight back on one of those policies, immigration. >> she has e

this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: -- geoff: welcome to the news hour. tonight, the middle east stands on the precipice of regional war. iran launched a massive attack on israel with at least 180 ballistic missiles. amna: israel is vowing serious consequences. tonight, we have teams in both tel aviv and beirut. we start in tel aviv, where our nick schifrin witnessed the impacts of those strikes. nick. nick: i watched and filmed iranian ballistic missiles attack israel's largest city. israeli air defense and u.s. air support trying to defeat those missiles and tonight for israel, everything has changed. tonight over tel aviv, grew some deadly fireworks, the largest aerial attack ever launched against israel in direct impacts. dozens of direct impact across greater tel aviv including just outside the city where the bomb squad had to make sure it was safe. this is the impact site for one of those iranian ballistic missiles and if you see the size of this crater, that's about

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. john: good evening. i'm john yang. the pentagon said today it's sending israel an advanced missile defense system and the 100 u.s. troops needed to operate it. the announcement came just hours after iran warned the united states to keep forces out of israel. the move bolsters israel's protection against a mislle barrage like the one iran launched two weeks ago. it comes as israel steps up its assault on gaza and lebanon. in gaza late today, at least 13 people died when a tank shelled a school sheltering displaced people. overnight in central gaza, an airstrike killed a family of eight, including six children. israel warned people in northern gaza to leave, but residents say there's nowhere to go and they're running out of supplies. in southern lebanon today, an israeli airstrike on a century-old market killed one person and wounded several others. israel said it struck more than 200 hezbollah targets as it told more villages to evacuate. d

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