Biden, Netanyahu react after Israel says it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

ISRAELI FORCES HAVE KILLED THE MAN THEY SAY WAS THE CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7-TH, 20-23 — WHICH STARTED THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA. 

THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET Yahya SINWAR FOR A YEAR — DESCRIBING HIM AS A QUOTE “DEAD MAN WALKING” IN THE DAYS AFTER HAMAS’ FIRST ATTACK. 

BUT — IT APPEARS THAT WHILE ISRAELI FORCES **HAD** BEEN TIPPED OFF SINWAR WAS IN THE RAFAH AREA,  TROOPS JUST HAPPENED TO COME ACROSS SINWAR UNKNOWINGLY DURING BATTLE AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL LATER THEY REALIZED THEY HAD KIILLED ISRAEL’S MOST WANTED MAN. 

THE I-D-F RELEASED DRONE VIDEO OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE  SINWAR’S FINAL MOMENTS — SHOWING A MAN WITH A WOUNDED HAND, WHO THEY SAY IS SINWAR, SITTING DOWN IN A DESTROYED BUILDING AND THROWING A PIECE OF WOOD AT THE DRONE. 

HE WAS FOUND WITH A BULLETPROOF VEST, GRENADES, AND 40-THOUSAND ISRAELI SHEKELS. 

ISRAELI LEADERS CELEBRATED HIS KILLING AS A SETTLING OF SCORES — AND SAID IT COULD BE A TURNING POINT. 

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU | ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER 

“While this is not the end of the war in Gaza, it’s the beginning of the end. To the people of Gaza I have a simple message – this war can end tomorrow. It can end if Hamas lays down its arms and returns our hostages.” 

U-S OFFICIALS ARE HOPING, WITH  SINWAR IS OUT OF THE PICTURE,  A CEASE-FIRE CAN FINALLY BE REACHED BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. 

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN — WHO HAS ALREADY TRIED TO BROKER CEASE-FIRE DEALS — SEEMED TO HAVE RENEWED HOPE WHEN SPEAKING TO REPORTERS IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWS OF SINWAR’S DEATH THURSDAY. 

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 

“Now’s the time to move on. Move on, move toward a ceasefire in Gaza, make sure that we move in a direction that we’re able to make things better for the whole world. It’s time for this war to end and bring these hostages home.” 

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE’S SENDING SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN TO ISRAEL TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT’S NEXT. 

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS SAID ISRAEL WILL KEEP FIGHTING UNTIL ALL THE HOSTAGES, FROM OCTOBER 7TH,  ARE FREE — AND THAT IT WILL KEEP CONTROL OVER GAZA LONG ENOUGH TO ENSURE HAMAS DOES NOT RE-ARM. 

AND WHILE SINWAR’S DEATH HAS SPARKED OPTIMISM THE WAR IN GAZA WILL SOON END, IT WON’T BE THE END OF FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 

JUST THIS MONTH — ISRAEL OPENED A NEW FRONT AGAINST THE MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON AFTER A YEAR OF TRADING CROSS-BORDER FIRE. 

HEZBOLLAH HAD BEEN STRIKING ISRAEL AS A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY WITH HAMAS.   IN THE WAKE OF SINWAR’S DEATH, IT  ANNOUNCED A QUOTE “TRANSITION TO A NEW AND ESCALATING PHASE IN THE CONFRONTATION WITH ISRAEL.”

AS THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INCHES CLOSER TO ITS FINAL TWO WEEKS,  THE CANDIDATES EACH GARNERED 

THE SUPPORT OF TWO BILLIONAIRE REPRESENTATIVES TO SPREAD THEIR MESSAGE TO VOTERS ON THURSDAY. 

SPACEX AND TESLA CEO ELON MUSK, WHO HAS APPEARED ALONGSIDE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT TRUMP RALLIES AND  EVENTS, HELD A TOWN HALL AT A PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL NEAR PHILADELPHIA. 

MUSK CALLED ON PENNSYLVANIANS TO REGISTER TO VOTE – AND DESCRIBED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BATTLEGROUND STATE TO THIS ELECTION. 

ELON MUSK | TESLA CEO 

“You show what matters by your actions, not your words. And my actions are I’m here. I’m in Pennsylvania, and I’m here for a very important reason, which, yeah, which is, I can’t emphasize, I can’t emphasize enough that Pennsylvania is, I think, the linchpin in this election. And this election, I think is going to decide the fate of America, and along with the fate of America, the fate of Western civilization.” 

MEANWHILE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS CALLED ON MARK CUBAN, NBA TEAM OWNER AND STAR OF THE TV SERIES “SHARK TANK,” TO REACH VOTERS DURING A RALLY AT A COLLEGE CAMPUS IN WISCONSIN. 

IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE CROWD – CUBAN TOOK AIM AT TRUMP’S TRADE POLICIES. 

MARK CUBAN, ENTREPRENEUR 

“I mean back in the 90’s, in the early 2000’s, he was a little bit coherent when he talked about trade policy and he actually made a little bit of sense. But I don’t know what happened to him. The way he’s been thinking about tariffs and trade now, something’s a little bit lost. And now his trade policies, particularly with tariffs, are basically just gibberish.” 

AS FOR THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES, THEY BOTH MADE AN APPEARANCE AT LAST NIGHT’S  AL SMITH CHARITY DINNER IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH RAISES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND IS A TRADITIONAL STOP FOR BOTH PARTIES TOWARDS THE END OF THE ELECTION CYCLE. HOWEVER, BREAKING FROM TRADITION, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS DID NOT APPEAR IN PERSON – INSTEAD SHE SENT IN A VIDEO — APPEARING ALONGSIDE FORMER SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE STAR MOLLY SHANNON WHO REPRISED ONE OF HER FAMOUS CHARACTERS. 

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS 

“The Al Smith Dinner provides a rare opportunity to set aside partisanship. 

Molly Shannon: “Oh, sorry, sorry.” 

Harris: “Hey, what’s going on? Who was that? 

Shannon: “I’m sorry. Mary Katherine Gallagher, Mary Katherine Gallagher. It’s so nice to meet you.” 

Harris: “Very nice to meet you, Mary Katherine. Right now, I’m trying to record my speech for tonight’s dinner.” 

Shannon: “Yeah, I know. I just want to say that I’m Catholic. And tonight is one of the biggest dinners next to the Last Supper.” 

Harris: “It is a very important dinner, and it’s an important tradition. And I’m so proud to be a part of.” 

IN HIS SPEECH — FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CRITICIZED HARRIS FOR NOT SHOWING UP TO THE EVENT IN NEW YORK, THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO DO THAT SINCE 1984. 

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 

“It’s been a long tradition for both Democrat and Republican candidates for president of the United States to attend this dinner. You know, it is a rule – you got to go to the dinner. You got to do it, otherwise bad things are going to happen to you from up there. You can’t do what I just saw on that screen. But my opponent feels like she does not have to be here, which is deeply disrespectful to the event and in particular to our great Catholic community. Very disrespectful.” 

IN A STATEMENT REGARDING HER ABSENCE, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAID THE VICE PRESIDENT WOULD BE CAMPAIGNING YESTERDAY AND QUOTE “THE CAMPAIGN WANTS TO MAXIMIZE HER TIME IN BATTLEGROUNDS THIS CLOSE TO THE ELECTION.”

THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HALTED THE EXECUTION OF A MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE 2002 MURDER OF HIS 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. 

A JURY CONVICTED ROBERT ROBERSON OF KILLING THE TODDLER IN A CASE OF “SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME”,  WHICH HIS ATTORNEYS, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS LAWMAKERS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS NOW SAY WAS BASED ON FAULTY AND OUTDATED SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS. 

THE LAST-MINUTE STAY CAME JUST OVER ONE-HOUR BEFORE ROBERSON’S DEATH WARRANT WAS SET TO EXPIRE. 

HOWEVER A LEGAL BATTLE IS STILL ONGOING  AND A NEW EXECUTION DATE **COULD** BE SET AFTER ROBERSON’S POTENTIAL TESTIMONY BEFORE TEXAS LAWMAKERS NEXT WEEK.  A HOUSE COMMITTEE  SUBPOENAED HIM ON WEDNESDAY AS IT RE-CONSIDERS THE LAWFULNESS OF HIS CONVICTION.

NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE DEATH OF POP SINGER LIAM PAYNE – WHO DIED AFTER FALLING FROM A THIRD-FLOOR HOTEL BALCONY IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA ON WEDNESDAY. 

A PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY REPORT,  FROM THE ARGENTINIAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE,  SAID PAYNE DIED OF “MULTIPLE TRAUMAS” AND “INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BLEEDING.” 

THE AUTOPSY FOUND A TOTAL OF 25 INJURIES ON THE SINGER’S BODY, SUFFERED FROM THE FALL. 

THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL STUDIES TO HELP IN THE INVESTIGATION. 

ON SOCIAL MEDIA — LIAM PAYNE’S BANDMATES FROM THE GROUP ONE DIRECTION PAID TRIBUTE TO THEIR FRIEND IN A JOINT STATEMENT THURSDAY – SAYING QUOTE “WE’RE COMPLETELY DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS OF LIAM’S PASSING. IN TIME, AND WHEN EVERYONE IS ABLE TO, THERE WILL BE MORE TO SAY. BUT FOR NOW, WE WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GRIEVE AND PROCESS THE LOSS OF OUR BROTHER, WHO WE LOVED DEARLY. THE MEMORIES WE SHARED WITH HIM WILL BE TREASURED FOREVER. FOR NOW, OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, AND THE FANS WHO LOVED HIM ALONGSIDE US. WE WILL MISS HIM TERRIBLY. WE LOVE YOU LIAM.” 

LIAM PAYNE WAS 31 YEARS OLD.

THE CITY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA IS GETTING ITS FIRST FEEL OF FALL — RELATIVELY SPEAKING — AFTER 21 STRAIGHT DAYS OF RECORD-BREAKING HOT TEMPERATURES. 

FROM SEPTEMBER 24-TH TO THIS PAST MONDAY —  THE WEATHER SERVICE RECORDED NINETEEN,  NEW ALL-TIME HIGHS ** AND** TWO DAYS TIED PREVIOUS RECORDS — ALL TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS. 

PARTS OF ARIZONA, NEVADA AND NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN GRIPPED BY THE RECENT HEAT WAVE — WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES.   MORE SPECIFICALLY : 10 TO 20 DEGREES HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND — COOLING THINGS DOWN.

FINALLY THIS MORNING – YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN A NICHOLAS CAGE MOVIE TO GET YOUR HANDS ON AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT FROM AMERICAN HISTORY —  NO, YOU JUST NEED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 

A RARE COPY OF THE US CONSTITUTION WENT ON AUCTION THURSDAY EVENING IN NORTH CAROLINA – WITH THE WINNING BIDDER SPENDING NINE MILLION DOLLARS. 

THE DOCUMENT WAS PRINTED 237 YEARS AGO – AND IS THE ONLY COPY OF ITS TYPE BELIEVED TO BE PRIVATELY OWNED. 

THE COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION WAS FOUND TWO YEARS AGO WHEN A PROPERTY IN NORTH CAROLINA WAS BEING CLEARED OUT. THE PROPERTY WAS ONCE OWNED BY SAMUEL JOHNSTON – THE STATE’S GOVERNOR IN THE 1780S. 

THE DOCUMENT ALSO CAME WITH A LETTER FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON ASKING FOR THE CONSTITUTION TO BE RATIFIED.