Place across lebanon. Heres a crowd gathered in beirut, in the aftermath of explosions. Weve also verified these videos of ambulances apparently taking the wounded to hospital in tibnin, in the south of the country. How many were injured . Reports say more than 2,500 people were hurt, with some killed. So what happened 7 it appears that what were blowing up were these pagers used to receive messages. The militant Group Hezbollah had switched away from using phones to using pages over Fears Israel could track those phones. But that decision appears to have been exploited to target them. We cant verify this Close Up of what appears to be a blown up pager, but the markings appear to match a particular brand. Its not clear how they were detonated simply hacking into them remotely or making them overheat would not be able to make them explode. And so, one possibility is that all the pagers were physically intercepted at some point and had small amounts of explosives planted inside, ready to
Hezbollah fighters targeted by exploding pagers. There arent many parts of the world where pagers are still a thing. But a few months ago the his Brother Leader Hassan Nasrallah called on his fighters, those on the front lines, to stop using smartphones because israel he said had the technology to infiltrate the signal. But it seems israel also had access to the company manufacturing the pagers, or some part of the supply line. Each was fitted with a small amount of explosive, that was somehow triggered by a Signal Israel controlled. Unwittingly his brother have done israels bidding. Handing out pagers to loyalists who for weeks would be carrying them on their person. Until today when simultaneously they exploded. Almost 3000 people have been wounded. Including many who were standing near the target. A little girl is said to be among the dead. Leavens to be among the dead. Health minister said the leavens Health Minister said the explosion was a major Escalation in the region. Were See
Even though it appears that it could soon be ending, and we are live in New York City with every nasty detail. Donald trump could emerge from the courthouse any day now. Defense now presenting its case after the prosecution rests, calling Legal Advisor to Michael Cohen, bob costello, to the stand. It comes as cohen admits under oath that he stole money from the trump administration. So what goes next . Lets get right to it with nate foy. Whats the latest, nate . Its been a busy day for sure, neil. And bob costello is talking about his conversations with Michael Cohen. He described cohen has manic during those conversations, pacing back and forth. And he just said cohen told him during that time that trump knew nothing about the Stormy Daniels deal. Judge marchand is allowing trumps lawyer to ask costello around a Pressure Campaign theory. Marchand said Costello Cannot testify about cohens State Of Mind during those 2018 meetings. During cohens crossexamination today, he admitted he kne
The last time in early 2019 saw a month of widespread disruption to the Worlds Largest economy. Erin delmore reports from new york the clock is ticking on capitol hill. The democrat led senate and the republican led house will need to agree on a deal to fund the federal government past september 30th. Right now, the senate has bipartisan support on a stopgap bill that would extend funding until november 17th. But House Republicans have rejected it. Theyre fighting over Government Spending levels with hard line conservatives calling for deeper cuts and tying any Government Funding Bill to the ongoing issue of immigration and security at the us s southern border. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy has a handful of holdouts in his Republican Caucus who have said theyll oppose any short term funding bill. Several are threatening to oust mccarthy from his post if he doesnt meet their demands. Any shutdown would impact hundreds of thousands of federal workers, many of whom would be out of work wit