Us and brItIsh operatIons. You are watchIng bbc lets return to our top story. A senIor Un OffIcIal has told a SecurIty CouncIl MeetIng populated resIdentIal dIstrIct of dahIeh. CallIng thIs a precIsIon strIke, the target was the Veteran Hezbollah mIlItary leader IbrahIm aqIl. Israel saId he had been elImInated, along wIth about ten commanders of an elIte unIt. At the tIme of the strIke, aqIl and the commanders of the radwan forces were gathered underground under a resIdentIal buIldIng In the heart of the dahIeh In BeIrut, hIdIng among lebanese cIvIlIans, usIng them as human shIelds. They were In the mIddle of plannIng more Terror Attacks agaInst IsraelI cIvIlIans. AqIl had plenty of enemIes. The us had put a 7 MIllIon bounty on hIs head, accusIng hIm of Involvement In the kIllIng of amerIcans In BeIrut In the 1980s. SIren waIls day after day now, hezbollah Is beIng hIt and beIng weakened by warfare from a dIstance. We were repeatedly prevented from reachIng the scene by locals and the
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
Forth at Trump Tower today, following a hearing in Federal Court to get his e. Jean Carroll Judgment thrown out. Instead of talking, though, about issues, personal to voters, he spent 49 minutes on himself. Complaining about the judge in the e. Jean carroll case, saying once again, that he never met her. Now claiming the old photo of him and her could have been ai. It wasnt. Claimed he wasnt allowed to use a quote, Monica Lewinsky Type dress in the trial, even though he wanted to, that they, the doj and, quote, kamala and Sleepy Joe and all the rest of them should be looking at china instead of russia and that he hasnt spoken to anybody from russia in years, that jessica leads, the woman who accused him of groping her on an airplane decades ago wouldnt have, quote, been the chosen one, and that the People Magazine Writer who accused him of pushing hep against the wall and groping her at maralago was lying because of after the interview she wrote a perfect story about him where she does
Your nose cnn news central weekdays, at seven eastern hello everyone. Welcome to the amanpour hour. Here s where we re headed this week people would play to trump s ego from the trenches while serving in the trump white house was general, a jaw mcmaster s tough this mission. Yet he wants to be regarded the way he thought people regarded strong men. Also this hour legendary actor in mcallen on why he ll never retire fat suit that saved him as i landed vault somewhere in the front row on myself screaming, help me, help me. Then quick far conversation with journalists for hersh and mark landler on the week s biggest stories, should elon musk worry about being arrested the next time he goes to france, it s not an inconceivable notion. And from my archive holy ghosting, the divine disconnect that reshape britain. And why my conversation with the author hilary mantel s is more relevant than ever. And finally there s one more on the hong the afghan women defying the taliban s latest draconian
gigot. president biden slam ared the supreme court s decision ore jekyll9 the use of race when considering an applicant for higher education. ruling will force colleges and universities to find other ways of earn answering diverse i the among their student populations. chief justice john roberts wrote the the majority opinion. both harvard and the university of north carolina argued those policies were endorsed for decades with the high court with one goal, to promote the robusts, intellectually-diverse campus. but a group of asian-american students challenged that saying it held them to a higher standard than other groups of applicants. ruling could have major implications not only for higher education, but for industry ises that use race as a way the boost diversity. joining the panel, columnists khan henning good morning america kim strassel and bill mcgurn. dan henninger. bill, i don t know how many columns you ve one about this case, but it s been a lot, and your shi