gio. >> gio: so much to watch there, selina.our reporting. >>> we're going to turn to the presidential campaign, ten days to go, more than 35 million people have already cast ballots. the latest polls suggesting that the race is dead even. the candidates crisscrossing the country. beyonce appearing with vice president harris and former president trump going on joe rogan's extremely popular podcast. abc white house correspondent maryalice parks is tracking it all. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, gio. with just ten days to go, both harris and trump with some splashy moments on the campaign trail overnight as that new "new york times"/siena poll was getting a lot of buzz, showing the two absolutely deadlocked, tied nationally going into the final days of the race. this is texas. [ cheers and applause ] vice president kamala harris getting support on the campaign trail from superstar beyonce and former destiny's child trio member kelly rowland. beyonce back at her hometown of houston. >> i'm not here as a c

gio?, as you mentioned, just 31 days to go with all of this happening. all right, maryalice, thank you so much. >>> we're going to go overseas now and to the growing tensions in the middle east. we have team coverage as israel launches new strikes on beirut overnight. ines de la cuetara is in israel, but let's begin here with abc's patrick reevell who is in lebanon this morning. good morning, patrick. >> reporter: good morning, gio. yeah, there were more israeli air strikes here in beirut overnight. we've been watching smoke rise from them in a distance behind me, but looming over all of this is israel's promised response to iran's barrage of missiles earlier this week and the fear that when that finally comes, it could plunge the middle east deeper into a wider war. overnight, explosions lighting up the sky as israel again struck southern beirut. israel hitting lebanon's capital daily as its war with hezbollah intensifies. lebanon's health ministry saying more than 2,000 people have now b

gio?> gio: now to the supreme court beginning its new term tomorrow with major cases ahead and all eyes on whether there could be any case dealing with election rules. abc's alex presha is following this story. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, gio. certainly eyes on election rulings, but let's start with one of the most significant cases of this new term, and that is a challenge to a ban for gender-affirming care for minors. now the justices set to rule whether the restriction which is in place in more than 20 states is discriminatory, and with the election now just a month away, the court could also be forced to rule on appeals to election rules, challenges to how ballots are cast and counted and how contested election results are certified. last session, the justices had a blockbuster ruling on presidential immunity for former president trump and two other decisions that significantly undercut the power of federal agencies. the court's now dealing with alleged ethics violat

gio benitez is in asheville, north carolina, for us. good morning, gio. >> gio: hey, robin. good morning. the devastation here is just so widespread. and that's what makes this so, so difficult. community after community just looks like a war zone. but even with all of this, so many here are holding onto hope. this morning more help on the way. president biden ordering 500 additional active duty troops to north carolina to help in helene's massive recovery and response. the death toll across six states is 230 and counting. apocalyptic scenes at every turn. and how did you escape? which window did you -- >> we opened this window. >> reporter: in the town of fletcher, one family was trapped in their home as the floodwaters rose. this video captures the neighbors rescuing them and their pets using a kayak. >> i was all by myself. i was ready to get out. >> reporter: now he and his brothers are sleeping in the back yard. just look at his car, a total loss. still, he has hope. >> i want to fix it. >> reporter: you're going to fix it? >> yeah. >> reporter: others counting their bl

gio benite, abc news, new york. >> gio thank you. a lawyer representing the accusers who are planning to sue sean diddy combs, says he's made a shocking discovery. andrew van arsdale says that for nearly 30 years, scores of women and men say they were lured into combs's world, then drugged and sexually assaulted after reviewing their claims, he says he noticed a gender difference trending among the accusers since before 2005. >> it was men and women equally, and then after 2005, it seemed to switch a little bit, at least for the reports that have come in to us. it almost went 90% to men being sexually assaulted. >> combs has denied sexually assaulting anyone of any gender, and he's now accusing the government of leaking prejudicial information about his indictment, which his lawyers say will deprive him of a fair trial. >> former president trump are reportedly made in china, despite his repeated complaints about chinese trade. trump is selling the. god bless the usa bible for a minimum price of 59.99, in partnership with country sing

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. >> george: gio benitez is on the ground in north carolina, plus fema adviser deanne criswell. israel intensifies its operations in lebanon, weighs a counterstrike against iran. ian pannell is live in beirut, and one year after the okay october 7th attacks, martha raddatz speaks with the families of those still held in gaza. >> george: good morning, and welcome to "this week." 30 days until the final votes, this presidential race is as tight as can be. across the country, and in that handful of states where both campaigns are focusing their time and money. what will determine the outcome, impossible to know right now. will there be an october surprise or the surprise of no surprise? which side will do a better job of mobilizing their most mobile supporters? what new information, if any, will sway that sliver of undecided voters that could tip the election either way? this weekend, kamala harris was with storm victims in north carolina, and donald trump returned to the scene of his first assassination attempt in pennsylvania. rachel scott is there. she starts us off. good mornin

good morning, gio. >> gio: busy morning of news for boeing. let's start with that faa safety alert.jammed rudder on more than 350 737 planes including the max. the rudder controls the plane's movements. ntsb alerted the faa after an incident with a united plane landing over newark. the plane's rudder panels became nonresponsive. boeing reminded operators of what to do if flight crews encounter those issues. now let's turn to the boeing strike that we thought was nearly over. well, it isn't. overnight talks broke down between boeing and the union representing 33,000 factory workers. boeing said further negotiations just don't make sense and the company actually withdrew its proposal. now the union said the company refused to bargain on wage increases, vacation, sick leave, 401k's and worker pensions. so while you may not feel it right away, it means for now these workers just aren't building new versions of boeing's most popular planes. and that will become an issue as airlines retire though older planes, george. >> george: thank you very much. now a shake-up for the new york jets. t

i think that the future is bright for us, regardless of the direction of the elections >> gio, thank for your time today. >> thank you very much >> hope to see you soon. >>> as we head to break, take a look at shares of starbucks, bouncing back from a sharp drop in extended hours yesterday after they focused preliminary fourth quarter results that showed a 10% drop in traffic to north american stores. also suspending its outlook for fiscal 2025. meantime, mcdonald's is on pace for its worst day since the start of the pandemic after an e. coli was linked to its quarter pounder burgers. the agency says 49 cases were reported in ten states with most of the illnesses in colorado and nebraska ten hospitalizations so far, one death. mcdomcdonald's is removing the quarter pounder from colorado, kansas, and wyoming. we're back after this. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a te

our gio benitez field anchoring from outside asheville, north carolina hearing stories of heroism as national guard troops fly hundreds of missions bringing life saving relief to the hurricane ravaged region. all this as another hurricane now threatens to hit florida and black friday shopping in october. the retailer is offering early sales to kick off the holiday shopping season. that's all coming up right here on gma. >> we're on track to building a better bay area, and a new facility is helping this cause by fighting climate change in an innovative way by creating renewable energy. a plant located next to keller canyon landfill near pittsburgh is supplying power to thousands of people by converting large waste into renewable natural gas. here's how it works. organic material is dumped to convert the landfill or biogas into electricity on the site. now that electricity is then used to power the renewable natural gas plant. eventually the renewable natural gas is piped to a p-g-and-e's receiver station about three miles away. from there, it enters the utility's massive pipeline syst

>>> gio: good morning, america, and breaking overnight, israel launches its retaliatory strikes

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