A second day of explosions in lebanon this time involving walkietalkies used by hezbollah. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed in tuesday s walkietalkie explosions. More than 400 others were wounded. Hezbollah, coming to bury its dead in south beirut today. Casualties of a new chapter in middle east warfare, killed not by air strikes, but by exploding pagers. Apparently, a message from mossad. Among the dead, an 11yearold boy. But even the mourners weren t safe. Explosion. Suddenly, the sound of another blast. Chaos and panic filling the street and a rush to evacuate one of the wounded. The authorities say, this time, walkie talkies exploded, not just in beirut. Here, at a cell phone shop in the southern city of sidon. Israel is being blamed for the past 2a hours of unprecedented attacks. Sirens. Well, one more ambulance there passing by. We ve been seeing them in the last half an hour or so. Also fire brigade trucks. People have been looking at the sky, worr
Former Vice President mike pence will join the organization as a distinguished Visiting Fellow Pt what exactly is that job . What exactly is he going to do there . Its kind of beside the point. But heritage is very excited to have him. Working together with the former Vice President , heritage will continue to support and defend our Policy Accomplishments while also fighting back against a socialist agenda pushed by those on the left. Thats what mike pence is going to be doing. Hes going to be fighting socialists. Full timish. On a visiting basis. Congratulations, mr. Pence. Heres an unexpectedly awkward thing, though. The Heritage Foundation in this announcement today repeatedly describes their new hire as the former Vice President and, indeed, mr. Pence yesterday unveiled new letterhead proclaiming that he has opened an office now which he is calling the office of the former Vice President. The reason that is surprisingly awkward right now is that no matter what he does with his post
In may, it was revised to a gain of three million jobs. Initially a drop of 2. 75 million was reported for may. Thats a huge revision and a very bullish sign that the economy is ready to come back once it reopens. Also, by the way, we get the jobs report for june tomorrow. A gain of three million jobs is expected as the nation begins to open up and by the way, larry kudlow will join us on that very subject tomorrow morning. Do not miss it. We are seeing a battle, meantime, between government and business once again as cases of the virus rise in some areas. In houston, the mayor putting several businesses on a socalled wall of shame on the citys website after they defied lockdown orders. Those businesses, all bars, by the way, not happy at all. In arizona, a gym owner is suing the state over the order to shut down again and is vowing to remain open despite those orders from the governor. Confrontations are arising. Another battle as we head towards the long Holiday Weekend, whether or n
Disney has postponed its plans to reopen disneyland in anaheim, california, indefinitely. We will talk about that. It was a volatile day on wall street. Stocks rising nonetheless. I want to bring in kailey leinz, who has been following it with a choppy session, but still ending about 1 higher. What happened . We saw the fluctuations between positive and negative territory until the last hour of trading. We saw the furious rally into the close. Likely people taking advantage, using it as a buying opportunity. One caveat is the volume was about 17 below average for the past 20 days. Obviously, investors trying to take advantage from yesterday, despite the fact we are seeing worsening headlines, in regards to the spread of the coronavirus. Texas and florida having to pause reopening because of researching cases. Research in cases. They took part in the rally, smallcap kind of a proxy for the recovery story. They are more domestically oriented. The nasdaq lagged marginally, but it wasnt te
Terrorist. Plus, the Prince Andrew sex scandal. His accuser speaking out to critics who claim this photo of them together is a fake. Americas got talent gets controversy. The investigation into why judge Gabrielle Union was fired. And from the new warning about porch pirates stealing your packages to the tourist floating above this swarm of sharks to this perfectly choreographed end zone celebration. All the trending stories to jump start your tuesday. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Im marci gonzalez. And im trevor ault. Janai and kenneth are off today. We begin with round two of a deadly storm slamming new england right now. Heres a live look at the radar. People in some areas are waking up to two feet of snow leaving roads a dangerous and icy mess for the morning commute. Schools are closed in boston today where 6 inches are expected as the storm lashes the coast. In fact, hundreds of accidents have been reported including this bus crash that shut down interstate 90 east of albany,