P.M. Edition for Oct. 3. A possible strike on Iran’s oil facilities could push prices higher just weeks before the U.S. presidential election. And deadly workplace accidents continue despite a regulation meant to prevent them. WSJ reporter John Keilman explains why. Plus, credit reporter Matt Wirz on the Wall Street rush to get ordinary investors into private credit. Tracie Hunte hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Day: October 3, 2024
More explosions tore through the Lebanese capital today as Israeli military says it hit Hezbollah targets in Beirut. Israel has also continued to warn people in southern Lebanon to leave their homes – including in the region of Nabatieh. It comes as the Israeli army says Hezbollah has fired 200 rockets into Israel today. One of the most senior leaders of Hamas – which is designated a terrorist organisation by the UK and other governments – has told the BBC that the current crisis they provoked in the Middle East, which has led to the deaths of thousands of people in the past year, is justified. The Deputy leader of Hamas, Khalil al Haya, said the October 7th attacks, which killed 1200 people, mostly Israeli civilians, were necessary to place the issue of Palestinian statehood back on the global agenda. He insisted without it, the cycle of violence in the Middle East would not end. Also in programme: we discuss the UK government’s decision to give up sovereignty of the remote but strategic Chagos islands after 200 years of rule; and whether the hit US sitcom ‘Cheers’ is set for British remake 30 years on. (Photo: Beirut Bachoura neighbourhood Credit: Louisa Gouliamaki for Reuters)
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5PM ET 10/03/2024 Newscast
Voters in a record number of states, including the battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada, are set to decide this fall whether to enact far-reaching changes to how their elections are run. This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, voting correspondent Ashley Lopez, and campaign correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben. The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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How to make sense of political polls
As Election Day looms, we’re seeing more and more headlines based on poll results. Some declare Trump and Harris neck and neck , while others state one candidate has a small advantage over the other. But how can we make sense of all these polls flooding the news cycle? Today, Martine Powers speaks with The Post’s deputy polling director, Emily Guskin. Emily explains how a poll comes to be, what to look for when trying to understand whether a poll is trustworthy and breaks down once and for all what “margin of error” really means. Today’s show was produced by Ariel Plotnick, with help from Bishop Sand. It was edited by Reena Flores and mixed by Sam Bair. Subscribe to The Washington Post here .
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