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JD Vance–Tim Walz · Vice-presidential debate · 2024-10-01

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JD Vance–Tim Walz · Vice-presidential debate · 2024-10-01

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Brennan on Hurricane Helene’s impact

FactVote context: Helene: damage reported before the debate

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Helene: damage reported before the debate

Context begins 00:02:20 · Claim window 00:02:25–00:02:31 · Margaret Brennan
Let's get started. Tonight, our country is facing several unfolding crises. The Middle East is on the brink of war. Americans are suffering from the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Helene and now a labor strike as 25,000 dock workers from Maine to Texas are picketing. We're going to begin tonight with the Middle East, Margaret. Thank you, Norah. Earlier today, Iran launched its largest attack yet on Israel. But that attack failed thanks to joint U.S. and Israeli defensive action. President Biden has deployed more than 40,000 U.S. military personnel and assets to that region over the past year to try to prevent a regional war. Iran is weakened, but the U.S. still considers it the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, and it has drastically reduced the

North Carolina reported on September 30, 2024 that more than 500 people had been rescued, more than 450,000 customers remained without power, and more than 400 roads were closed following Helene.

Period: North Carolina update, September 30, 2024

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  • Related to Margaret Brennan’s quoted words. This record does not verify the entire speaking turn or establish political causation.
  • The source measure, covered population and period are specified above. Placement uses approximate caption alignment only; audio comparison and independent human listening remain outstanding.
  • These are preliminary figures for one state on the day before the debate, not final regional totals. Power customers are not a count of individual people.
  • Placement uses approximate caption alignment only; audio comparison and independent human listening remain outstanding. Publisher transcripts can contain errors.

Sources checked 2026-09-30.

Footnotes (3)
  1. Published 2024-09-30 · NC DPS: September 30 Helene response update
  2. Published 2024-09-30 · NC DPS: September 30 Helene response update
  3. Published 2024-09-30 · NC DPS: September 30 Helene response update
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