new explosions in lebanon. this time walkie-talkies detonated. who the u.s. says is behind the attacks. breaking overnight, the search for a suspect seemingly

over in kentucky. police find the body of a man they believe is the gunman in a highway shooting nearly two weeks ago. an aggressive move by the fed, cutting interest rates by half a percentage point. what it means for your wallet. live from new york, it's the 50th season of snl. the guest host and musical acts you'll see as the season kicks off. and what was once lost is found, almost 50 years later. the treasures that remained in one woman's wallet after it was stolen at her work. it's thursday, september 19. "early today" starts right now. we begin in the middle east where for a second day, wireless devices detonated, they killed at least 20 and wounded hundreds. today at least 12 were killed including children. two u.s. officials say israel

was behind the attack. for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. what more do we know? >> reporter: good morning, frances. well, according to a news agency close to, or affiliated with hezbollah, on wednesday, just walkie-talkies across lebanon started exploding in people's hands. and, according to "the associated press," explosions were even heard at a funeral for people who were killed the day before when pagers exploded in people's hands all around lebanon. now according to the lebanese telecommunication ministry, all of these walkie-talkies were the same model produced by a japanese company called icon, which confirmed in the past it did ship some of its products in the middle east but only until ten years ago when they went out of production. so they can't confirm whether they were the original ones produced by them or perhaps they could have been counterfeit

products, replicas that could have been produced anywhere at any time. icon said all of the products exported abroad go through official distributors and through very strict security checks. and the ministry of lebanon telecommunications said they were not purchased through official distributors, and they were not licensed. all this information is very useful for investigators to find out where they came from. now israel has not confirmed that it is behind the attacks. there is a suspicion it is behind the attacks. u.s. officials believe israel is behind the back-to-back attacks. but the israeli defense minister, yoav gallant said the center of gravity is moving north to the border with lebanon, frances. >> claudio, thank you. federal officials say iranian hackers sent e-mails that included stolen material from the trump campaign to the former biden campaign. they added that there is no

information suggesting the recipients refplied. the now harris campaign says a few individuals were targeted with what looked like spam. former president trump commented on truth social claiming that this means vice president harris was illegally spying on the trump campaign. but federal agencies, including the fbi confirmed last month that iran was behind efforts to compromise both presidential campaigns. and they also accuse both russia and china of trying to interfere in the election as well. breaking news. police in kentucky believe the search for a dangerous gunman is over. a body has been found in laurel county, a week and a half after a shooting spree on the highway left five people seriously hurt. two civilians helped troopers find the body when they spotted vultures. >> there was about 50 vultures up there. so we got our boots on, started down over the hill, and got way down, i've had a cold for the

last five or six days. i can't smell nothing. and she'll all of a sudden said oh, god, i smell something. >> police believe the body belongs to the suspect, joseph couch, because of items they found. official identification is expected today. sean "diddy" combs will remain behind bars for now. the music mogul returned to a new york courtroom where he was denied bail again in his federal sex trafficking case. attorneys for combs argued that the brooklyn jail where he is being held has horrific conditions which are not appropriate for pretrial detention. the prosecutors say combs is a danger to the community and say they fear he would intimidate witnesses if released on bail. with this appeal denied, combs will remain in jail until his trial, which may not start for at least a year. harvey weinstein has pleaded not gylfiuilty to an additional crime charge in new york. he had emergency heart surgery earlier this month. he is now charged with the

sexual assault alleged to have happened in the spring of 2006. it comes about two months before a separate retrial. at least 80 women have accused weinstein of sexual harassment or assault. he has also been sentenced to 16 years in california for a rape in los angeles. weinstein denies any wrongdoing in all the cases. a powerful union made a surprising move this election season. the teamsters are refusing to endorse either presidential candidate. it's the first time they haven't backed a nominee since the mid '90s. garrett haake has the reaction. >> reporter: in a blow to vice president harris, the powerful teamsters union announcing it will make no endorsement in the 2024 presidential race. harris becoming the first democratic nominee not to win the backing of america's largest union in nearly three decades. the union releasing an internal poll showing 58% of its members support trump. 31% back harris. in a statement, writing it was, quote, left with few commitments

on top teamsters issues and found no definitive support among members for either party's nominee. >> any reaction to the teamsters decision not to endorse? >> no, it's a great honor. they're not going to endorse the democrats, that's a big thing. >> is it going to make a difference? >> i this i ink it will. teamsters carry a lot of weight. >> reporter: the harris campaign saying, quote, teamsters locals across the country have already endorsed her, alongside the overwhelming majority of organized labor. it comes as we're seeing signs of new, sighter security measures for trump. the fbi directi sayin saying h devoting the full agency to investigate the plots on trump. >> today i got a very nice call from kamala. it was very nice.

>> reporter: meanwhile, she blafrted trump's call of mass deportations of undocumented migrants. >> donald trump and his extremist allies will keep trying to pull us backwards. they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation in american history. imagine what that would look like and what that would be. how's that going to happen? massive raids? massive detention camps? what are they talking about? >> and our thanks to garrett for that report. residents in north carolina are now working to clean up the massive mess left by monday's historic storm. governor roy cooper visited hard-hit areas wednesday and added four additional counties to the emergency declaration. our nbc affiliate in wilmington spoke with a carolina beach resident who said she lost everything in the storm. >> reporter: sheila marshall has

lived on fourth street in carolina beach for over 20 years. >> i lived here forever, and it has never, ever, everybody flo flooded like this before. i've dealt with florence, floyd, but this was one for the books. because there was no preparation or, you know, so i've lost everything. >> reporter: floodwater rose from the nearby lake and inundated marshall's garage. destroying her belongings. >> i lost my car. my golf cart. my rv, my car. everything, refrigerators. yeah. i pretty much lost everything. >> reporter: marshall says unlike past storms, she did not prepare for what happened on monday. she says high water seemed to come out of nowhere. >> i knew that there was water in here yesterday. i was, like, okay, it's going to

come, and it's going to go. it just never went. >> reporter: trevor and trey eason co-own handy andy's and helped sheila. they are also shocked at what monday's storms did. >> this one really caught everybody off guard so much. as soon as it was clear to come over here, we came over and, seemed like so far, the biggest thing for everybody was just clearing stuff out for them. the water's still here. it's not time to fix yet. it's time to clear out. >> reporter: marshall just thankful for the help and for friends. she says at the end of the day, she just lost stuff. >> i'm very blessed. i'm not, you know, it could be a lot worse. so, it's just stuff. and we can replace it. >> our thanks to emma for that report. and flooding concerns in new england and the mid atlantic is happening today, plus severe weather and storms for the midwest. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all for us. what are you watching? >> hi, frances. we've got flood concerns, as you

mentioned. up and down the east coast. 22 million people are included in these flood advisories at this time. we have really strong onshore winds happening thanks to a stubborn low sitting just offshore. as we deal with high tide times, we've got a full moon this week. the flooding along the coastal communities will be problematic. here's the low that i mentioned. here's that big batch of rain that's going to work into parts of new england as we get through the day today. likely for folks closer to the coast. we see the rain spin on in. this is something we watch for tomorrow, too. and eventually the system will move away. meanwhile, across parts of the midwest from kansas city to duluth, the chance for strong winds, hail and strong winds are going to be the main threat for you. otherwise, looking ahead to your friday, really nice, quiet conditions out west. warm conditions centered across the midwest, and a couple coastal showers still sitting with us. the hot temperatures, but the sunny conditions last for the east as we get into your saturday n dallas this

afternoon. partly cloudy skies for mobile and new orleans. and that's a look at your forecast, frances. back to you. >> looking good. thank you so much, angie. in wisconsin over two dozen people were hurt at an apple orchard with when a wag on ride lost control and overturned. one person was air lifted to the hospital. at least three injuries are life-threatening. it's unclear how many children were hurt, but all of them have since been reunited with parents. coming up, some relief for americans as the fed cuts interest rates for the first time since the pandemic. what it means for your money, next. means for your money, next. honey... honey. nyquil severe honey. powerful cold and flu relief with a dreamy honey taste

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key interest rate by half a point on wednesday for the first time in four years. this as the fed spent years trying to whebring down inflati. kristine romans has the latist on what it means for your money. >> reporter: the federal reserve delivering a jolt to the u.s. economy. a half percentage point cut to its benchmark rate as inflation is making progress toward the target of 2%. fed chair jerome pouwell saying the economy is in good shape. >> inflation is coming down. the labor market is in a strong pace. we want to keep it there. >> reporter: and powell indicated rates are likely to come down further this year and next. the fed's campaign to rein in inflation which hit 9.1% in june 2022 drove borrowing costs for homes, cars and credit cards to their highest levels in decades. for families like ben and hayley williams, the hope is lower rates will help the household budget. they have almost $11,000 in

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>> amazing. you know? >> reporter: the last time she saw it was in 1977. when it was stolen from the salon where she worked. >> i suppose it was a little too much temptation for somebody. >> reporter: darlene never filed a police report. she didn't want anyone to get into trouble. >> it wasn't that big a deal. because i didn't have that much money in it or anything. i don't think. maybe they got $10, $12, if they were lucky. >> reporter: now darlene is the lucky one. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: after 47 years, her lost wallet was found. a plumbing crew found it in the ceiling of the building where darlene worked in 1977. >> there's a lot of memories. >> reporter: they were able to track her down, because darlene still lives at the same address listed on her 1977 driver's license. >> i remember the shirt even that i wore.

i mean, i wore it for years. it was a great shirt. >> reporter: minus a few dollars in cash, darlene is pretty sure all the wallet's contents are still in tact. >> my library card, obviously, expired. >> reporter: there are coupons. >> coupon for 7 cents. >> reporter: loyalty cards. >> you got enough stamps, you got $5 free of bread. >> reporter: credit cards. >> we will an exxon card and texaco card. this is my business card. >> reporter: appointment reminders. >> i had an appointment with dr. mcdonald here in town. >> reporter: even in a check she never got to cash. >> for $9.58. >> reporter: but for all the items turned time capsule, darlene says these photos. >> that's my mom and my niece and nephew. >> reporter: are the most valuable. >> they were important to me. >> reporter: photos of nieces, of nephews. of darlene's parents. and her daughter. >> her name was jessica. >> reporter: jessica passed away

just months before darlene's wallet was taken. >> just like walking through history, you know, looking at my wallet and my pictures and my old cards and, yeah. it's, it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: an unexpected surprise, and a trip down memory lane. >> stamps. >> reporter: that's got darlene smiling like it's 1977. >> that's so sweet about her daughter. she should make a shadowbox out of all tha

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