Notices by Steve Herman (w7voa@journa.host)

"We are aware of reports of US strikes in Yemen. We will share more info as it becomes available," says a US defense official.

US-UK airstrikes have targeted
Yemen including Hodeidah airport, according to Al Masirah TV, which is run by the Houthis.

President Biden is making a rare appearance in the White House press briefing room.

US businesses added 254,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

"We must defeat Donald Trump on November 5th," says former Rep. Liz Cheney (Republican-Wyoming), speaking at a political rally in Wisconsin on behalf of the Democratic Party presidential candidate, VP Kamala Harris. "He is petty, he is vindictive, he is cruel. And Donald Trump is not fit to lead this good and great nation."

A judge has sentenced a former county clerk in Colorado to nine years behind bars for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 presidential outcome. https://www.denverpost.com/2024/10/02/former-colorado-county-clerk-tina-peters-sentenced-to-9-years-for-voting-data-scheme/

Here's how some uncommitted swing-state voters reacted to the VP candidates' debate. https://wapo.st/3XMLjmQ

Gov. Walz asks Sen. Vance to state that Trump lost the 2020 election. The Republican VP nominee reverts back to accusing Democrats of censorship.
"That is a damning non-answer,” retorts Walz.

Trump backs out of 60 Minutes interview. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/media/trump-backs-out-60-minutes-interview-cbs/index.html

The attack on Israel is a "legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts," according to a statement from Iran's mission to the UN in NYC. "Should the Zionist regime dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue. Regional states and the Zionists' supporters are advised to part ways with the regime."

Iran confirms it is attacking Israel with missiles. The IRGC says this military action is in retaliation for the killings of Haniyeh, Nasrallah and Nilforousha.

One of Cambodia’s best known investigative journalists, Mexh Dara, has reportedly been arrested at a checkpoint and detained.

“This followed Facebook posts he made about environmental damage at a rock quarry that officials denounced on Monday as causing ‘social disorder,” according to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand.

Jimmy Carter turns 100 today. His life has overlapped with that of 17 other US presidents so far: William Howard Taft was still alive when Carter was born and Calvin Coolidge was the president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/01/compare-jimmy-carter-100-presidents/

“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel," according to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid.

(AP) - More than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it — an unheard of amount of water that has stunned experts. https://apnews.com/article/rainfall-helene-carolina-tennessee-georgia-climate-change-flood-fcba634e14a0ffa1a8e1fa85d7e2b390

A judge again strikes down Georgia’s six-week abortion ban. https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-again-strikes-down-georgia-abortion-law-allowing-abortions-to-resume/4PWIUSQDMNAPRNRQ6HEA7LPQC4/

“It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a Commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies during this period when the fetus cannot survive outside the womb any more so than society could -- or should -- force them to serve as a human tissue bank or to give up a kidney for the benefit of another." — Judge Robert McBurney, Superior Court of Fulton County

“Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group he led, Hezbollah, were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of terror. His death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians.” - President Biden in a statement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/28/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-death-of-hassan-nasrallah/

Media reports say a federal grand jury has indicted numerous Iranians on charges related to hacking Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. The indictment is expected to be unsealed tomorrow.

Helene is now a Category 4 hurricane.