Its a good steppingstone. Jericka and Tonights Eye on america. The new neighborhoods popping up with plenty of houses, but none for sale. Well explain. This is just the perfect inbetween for us. Jericka the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im Jericka Duncan in tonight for norah. We begin with the growing tensions in the Middle East following those exploding Pager And Walkietalkie attacks in lebanon. The highly unusual attacks targeting the Terror Group Hezbollah killing at least 37 people and leaving thousands wounded. Tonight, israel says it struck hundreds of Hezbollah Rocket Launcher barrels inside lebanon before they could be fired into israel. Earlier, hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered his widely anticipated response to those exploding devices pointing blame firmly at israel, saying the attacks could amount to a declaration of war. And it is that wider war the world has feared since an assaults between Hezbollah And Israel have escalated since october 7th. And
Now at breaking point. [bell ringing] norah major news for the economy. The fed cutting Interest Rates for the first time in four years. What it means for your wallet. Its a huge problem, and its getting worse and worse. Norah and Tonights Eye on america. Mortgage rates are coming down, but what about the Supply Shortage of homes . We look at one solution. Im the first person in my family to be a homeowner. Norah the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and Thank You for being with us on this wednesday night. Theres a lot of news at home and around the world, and we want to start with the number one issue for americans the economy. The federal reserve made a big move today, cutting rates by half a percentage point. Thats more than expected, and it is the first Rate Cut since the Covid Pandemic in 2020 and the largest since the 2008 financial crisis. So tonight the big question is, what does it mean for your Credit Card bills, your mortgage, your auto loans, and
The cost already off the charts. More than the gdp of some entire countries. And the dramatic rescue of a 52yearold israeli hostage grabbed from a tunnel in southern gaza, raising new hopes for the 108 people still being held by hamas. What were learning about how the idf pulled it off. So much to get to but we start in georgia where democrats are suing the State Election Board over new rules they say will sow chaos and uncertainty election day. The rules allow Election Boards in 159 counties to make what they call reasonable inquiries about the vote count before certifying the results, but the rules dont explain what reasonable actually means. The lawsuit alleges that even individual Board Members can have the power to delay certification while they hunt for Election Irregularities and then a Battleground State like georgia that could mean holding up not just the state results, but potentially, then, National Results as well. All of it coming as trump keeps fueling the idea that the o
1968. All the cool kids are saying it. Liz cheney has decided her lifes mission is now to defend democracy. Jim acostas new cnn show in which he uses there were democracy in the way some people use prepositions. In every sentence. At 2 00 p. M. Eastern tomorrow there is a zoom webinar on democracy, which are welcome to attend in case you havent heard enough about it already. Every left of Center Nitwit on twitter will be there. All of them will be fretting about the future of democracy. Pretty amazing. Its easy to make fun of an event like that. And of course we have a moral obligation to. Bloviates about democracy, insert jokes here but if we are being honest about it you should be a little worried about the state of our democracy. How is our democracy doing . Well, lets see. Another way to describe Demoss Democracy is popular representation. When the government does what citizens want it to do you have a democracy, and when it doesnt, you dont. You know longer have a free country tha
1968. All the cool kids are saying it. Liz cheney has decided her lifes mission is now to defend democracy. Jim acostas new cnn show in which he uses there were democracy in the way some people use prepositions. In every sentence. At 2 00 p. M. Eastern tomorrow there is a zoom webinar on democracy, which are welcome to attend in case you havent heard enough about it already. Every left of Center Nitwit on twitter will be there. All of them will be fretting about the future of democracy. Pretty amazing. Its easy to make fun of an event like that. And of course we have a moral obligation to. Bloviates about democracy, insert jokes here but if we are being honest about it you should be a little worried about the state of our democracy. How is our democracy doing . Well, lets see. Another way to describe Demoss Democracy is popular representation. When the government does what citizens want it to do you have a democracy, and when it doesnt, you dont. You know longer have a free country tha