The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- On Tuesday, Iran launched at least two waves of ballistic missiles at Israel—amounting to roughly 200 missiles in total. Initial reports indicate that the missiles were intercepted by Israeli defense systems—with one casualty, a Palestinian man who was killed by shrapnel. In a statement, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) noted that “10 million civilians” were ultimately targeted by the “Iranian projectiles.” 3:10pm- War in the Middle East Escalates. Patrick Kingsley, Aaron Boxerman, Eric Schmitt, Ronen Bergman, and Farnaz Fassihi of The New York Times write: “Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of Israel on Tuesday, the Pentagon said in a statement, adding that Austin ‘made it clear that the United States is well postured to defend U.S. personnel, allies and partners in the face of threats from Iran and Iran-backed terrorist organizations.’ The Pentagon announced on Monday that it was sending ‘several thousand’ more U.S. troops to the region, adding to its force of some 40,000 already in the area.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/01/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah/here-are-the-latest-developments?smid=url-share 3:20pm- Dockworkers Launch Massive Strike. Paul Berger of The Wall Street Journal writes: “Dockworkers at dozens of U.S. ports are digging in for a massive pay increase, seeking to flex their power in a strike that aims to strangle the flow of trade across much of the country…About 60% of containerized trade moves through the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports where ILA dockworkers last year unloaded about $588 billion of imports, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence…J.P. Morgan equity analysts estimate a ports strike would cost the U.S. economy between $3.8 billion and $4.5 billion a day, some of which would be recovered once normal operations resume.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/dockworkers-launch-strike-at-ports-from-maine-to-texas-dbbeec39?mod=hp_lead_pos8 3:30pm- Kash Patel— Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense & Author of “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel. Can we expect continued military escalation in the Middle East? Patel determines: “We are in a world war.” He continues: “Our adversaries want Donald Trump to be defeated”—noting that the Biden-Harris regime did nothing after determining that Iran interfered in the 2024 election via a hacking of the Trump campaign.