A second day of explosions in lebanon this time involving walkie talkies used by hezbollah. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed in tuesday s walkie talkie 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 11 year old 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,
to washington. i m rich edson in for bred baier. the defense is presenting its case in hunter biden s felony gun charges trial. the prosecution rested this morning. the big question this evening will the defendant take the stand when court resumes on monday. there is a new development in the criminal case against former president trump it. resulted in his conviction last week of 34 felony counts. it involves a social media post that may have foreshadowed that outcome. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight with the details. hello, david. david: rich, good evening. this is an interesting development. the verdict in donald trump s manhattan case came out on may 30th, a day before may 29th, the judge announced today to both parties that someone posted on social media they are a cousin of one of the jurors and they said the juror told them that donald trump would be convicted. essentially foreshadowing that conviction a day later on may 30th. fox news reac
comfort to many americans who are still paying more than they were pre-pandemic for everything from food to shelter, the cost of borrowing money is still much higher. the federal reserve has insisted it will not cut interest rates until it sees the sustained drop anyoneflation. chairman powell, rich, as you know has repeatedly said he will wait until inflation comes back to the target rate of 2%. odds of a ratings cut intlor. now for december 50%. rich: potential for rate cut. people waiting for rate cut that, translates directly to purchasing a home and borrowing money. purchasing a car and borrowing money. when can those folks get some relief? those folks will get some relief when, at least if you believe the federal reserve, inflation comes all the way down to 2%. but there has been a warning, rich, that if you wait until then, you re behind the curve. and the fed doesn t want to be behind the curve. there is still a shot we could see at least a quarter of a percent ghut interes