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BrIan I feel lIke we never left. Were back. Fresh outfIts, shower. At least three of us have. Steve I smelt IrIsh sprIng. BrIan absolutely. Its change of pleas. I lIke to smell IrIsh. 6 00 a. M. On the East Coast, wednesday, September 18th and thIs Is Fox FrIends. Fox news alert. You are not goIng to belIeve thIs. Israel reportedly rIgged. Hezbollah pagers wIth explosIves months ago and sent them off wIth messages ImpersonatIng terror leadershIp. A lIve report from tel avIv. Speaker MIke Johnson on that and more. AInsley plus, trump makes hIs fIrst publIc appearance second AssassInatIon Attempt as he rallIes new York Voters today. And as Kamala HarrIs fInally shows up to talk to the black journalIst group, lIke trump dId In july, they seem a lIttle more welcomIng for Kamala HarrIs. Have you attacked black journalIsts callIng them a loser sayIng the questIons that they ask are, quote stupId and racIst. Why should black voters trust you . Why Is joy Important to you to Insert Into thIs e
Good to be with you. Im katy tur. This is a monumental day, the Federal Reserve cut Interest Rates for the first time in four years. This was an aggressive 50 Basis Point Cut or half a Percentage Point that will move markets and Mortgage Rates. It might also move the tide of the election. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell followed the announcement with a speech of his own, appearing to signal more aggressive cuts to come, indicating that inflation is finally under control, all of this, just 48 days before the president ial election. Big day. Joining us now, nbc News Business and data reporter, brian cheung, national Affairs Correspondent with the nation John Nichols, and director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy Institute of politics and msnbc political contributor, John Della volpe. Nbc Business Correspondent Christine romans will be here in just a second. Brian, i shall begin with you, explain what We Saw, and also tell me what he said in his news conference. Yeah, and its stil
Devices somehow set to detonate at the same time, the people wearing those pagers were members of the iranian back backed Group Hezbollah, which the u. S. Considers to be a Terrorist Group. Hezbollah now blames israel for the attack we have Reporting And Analysis on all the latest developments from Tel Aviv to washington. First, we go to cnns Jeremy Diamond Standing by for us in israel. Jeremy, were learning more about how hezbollah communicates, opting for pagers over smartphones why and where are these pagers being well, jake, this appears to have been a low effort to avoid israels high tech surveillance, but it appears to have backfired on hezbollah becoming a vulnerability as a hundreds of these pagers to have exploded simultaneously. Today, you can see in the video from multiple security cameras, including an a free store for example where these pagers appear to have exploded. One of them in a bag that was being carried by a man. The result of this is that we now see that a 2,800
Former President Trump wrapping up a swing through some West Coast states appearing to leave the door open to another debate with vicepresident Kamala Harris when asked by Fox News. This as harris held a rally in pennsylvania Last Night as the campaign launches new Tv Ads focusing on the economy. Im jacqui heinrich. Griff jacqui, welcome. And we have a busy day indeed. Harris sitting since becoming nominee, and shes been criticized by the economic plan. Mark meredith has the latest. Griff, good morning to you, former President Trump said repeatedly hes not interested in another debate with Vicepresident Harris even if the public wants to see it happen because we saw more than 67 Million people tune in for that debate earlier in the week. Trump critics and even some of his staunchest supporters were surprised at trumps debate performance. One republican senator calling it a missed opportunity. Last night at his rally here in las vegas, trump accused abc by boosting her fact checking her