Least 12 Members Today was Walkie Talkies and at least 14 were killed. Video captured one of the dramatic moments of carnage, a warning the video were about to play for you, maybe difficult to watch. But what youre about to see is device is set off at a funeral earlier today. Here is some of that moment Yesterdays Attack and todays the targets appear to be members of hezbollah, the group backed by iran that the u. S. Desk to me, its a Terrorist Organisation. Cnn has a team in beirut, lebanon and were going to go there in just a moment amidst fears that this could turn things into a wider war. But first breaking news in the Money Lead markets are closing now, on the heels of the highly anticipated decision by the federal reserve to cut Interest Rates in the united states by a halfpoint. That dow finished slightly down 102. 75. After that initial bounce when the news came out two hours ago, Cnn Business Anchor Julia Chatterley is falling all this closely and julia, this is a significant
one of the things that isn t widely understood, is that his previous confirmation hearings from the last time he was nominated to a judgeship and had to be confirmed to the senate, those hearings were so controversial and so heated that the controversy actually continued from those hearings, even after he was named to the court on which he now serves. the controversy around his last appointment as a judge provides a weird back drop to all the beltway talk. when you look at his record, he looks like anything but an obvious choice. at least they were hoping for someone who could be easily confirmed. so we ll look at some of that tonight. to the spent the democrats aren t focusing on how his selection might relate, you should note that things got a little weird in the mueller investigation and the russia scandal. last week in preparation for his first felony trial, president trump s campaign chair requested
jim mcdermott, democrat from washington, and jared bernstein, an msnbc contributor and former chief economist for vice president biden. thank you both for being here tonight. sure. pleasure. congressman, let me start with you. so many americans are hurting. how can you explain to them, let s forget the beltway talk. to the american people, how do you explain what s happening in congress right now? well, reverend sharpton, i discovered the motto of the republican party. they are giving the american people a lump of coal for christmas. there is no excuse whatsoever that they can give for why they are not passing the bill that passed the senate. it was mcconnell it s mcconnell/reid. republicans voted for it. there s nothing wrong with it. it s got the oil pipeline in it. it s got everything they want. but they just want to stop the government from working.