there are two dates coming up where she's likely to attend if she is feeling up to it. one is the remembrance day service in november. that's for members of the military and veterans, it is a big event here in the uk. and the second is her carol service in december. it is something that she has spearheaded and is very proud of and would like to attend, again, if she's up to it. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. so lovely to see her on the mend. that does it for us today. we'll see you back here tomorrow. same time, same place. you can catch our show online, around the clock, on youtube, and other platforms. thanks for being here. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with breaking news out of lebanon. just moments ago, we learned

that there have been new explosions rocking the country. one day after a massive coordinated attack causing pagers to explode across all lebanon. right now, the death toll after yesterday's attacks on pagers stands at 12, including two children. more than 2700 people were injured, including the iranian ambassador, according to lebanese authorities. joining us now, raf sanchez from tel aviv and clint watts, nbc news national security analyst. what do we know about the new round of explosions? >> reporter: jose, in the last couple of minutes, lebanese state media is reporting what appears to be a second wave of explosions, all across lebanon. we're seeing reports of blasts in beirut, the capital, and in the south, near the lebanese border and in the valley, a hezbollah stronghold. lebanese state media is saying

the devices that exploded today are two-way radios as opposed to pagers. it is a very fluid situation. it is not clear if all of the devices that blew up are radios, walkie talkies, as opposed to pagers, but this does appear at least in some instances to be a different kind of communication device that is exploding today, compared to the ones that blew up just a little over 24 hours ago. the lebanese red crescent is saying it has sent 30 ambulance crews across the south of lebanon. but we are seeing reports really all over the country at this point, so, this appears to be a second wave of blasts, and once again, jose, it appears to be on a large scale. and it comes just one day after you and i were live on air trying to process this almost unbelievable set of reports coming out of lebanon that pagers in the hands of hezbollah members, clipped to their belts,

on their -- in their pockets had all exploded simultaneously at around 3:30 p.m. it didn't take hezbollah very long to point the finger of blame at israel, saying this was a massive israeli covert operation. the israeli government is continuing to refuse to say whether or not it was responsible, but two american officials have now confirmed to nbc news that israel was behind yesterday's attack. those officials say that the united states was not given advance warning, and that the u.s. was continuing to try to gather information about what exactly happened in lebanon. and, jose, people may be wondering, why is it that hezbollah, this fearsomely armed militant group, is using pagers. the technology from the 1980s, 1990s. and the answer is, hezbollah believes pagers were more secure than smartphones, that they were less vulnerable to electronic surveillance by israel, that

turns out to have been just an absolutely deadly mistake on the part of hezbollah as those pagers blew up simultaneously all across the country yesterday. this is a very widespread public health emergency in lebanon now. hospitals are overwhelmed by the scale of the 2700 wounded in yesterday's attack. and every indication is that more ambulances are racing into hospitals today, carrying more wounded people. we have confirmation from the health ministry that 12 people were killed in yesterday's attack. some of them were hezbollah members, hezbollah fighters, but the health ministry says at least two children were also killed and, jose, the question at this point, many, many questions, one of them, how is that israel got into the supply chain and managed to plant these small explosives inside what appears to be thousands of communication devices, the

pagers that blew up yesterday bore the logo of apollo gold, that is a taiwanese communications company. but overnight, that firm saying that the pagers that blew up in lebanon were, in fact, produced by a company in hungary, which used the apollo gold logo. now, we were able to reach that hungarian company earlier today, pretty shaken sounding woman identifying herself as the ceo says that her company doesn't actually make pagers, they just act as intermediaries, so what appears to be the case is that at some point in the supply chain israeli operatives were able to get in, plant these explosives before these pagers were delivered to hezbollah. and the big picture here, jose, is we are feeling a whole lot closer to all-out war today than we were a week ago. that has been a constant threat as israel and hezbollah have been skirmishing over the border, since october 8th, just

one day after the hamas attack. but this is a period of major, major escalation and i can tell you here in israel, people are on the one handshaing their heads in astonishment in what appears to be the unbelievable craft work of their intelligence agencies carrying out this covert operation on a scale that is really unlike anything we have ever seen before. but i can tell you, people are also deeply, deeply anxious because hezbollah has vowed to take revenge and as we talk about jose, hezbollah is far more powerful than hamas and a major war would be defer stating for both sides. jose? >> yeah, and, clint, let's talk about this, because the massive amount of pagers or beepers that were affected, right, yesterday, thousands of them, now we're seeing the possibility of these two-way radios being affected by it. this would be, clint, more than

just this apollo gold supply chain interception, if it is also in two-way radios, what is your reaction to this? >> yeah, jose, this has been something that has been under way for quite some time. well designed by the israelis if it is them. and what they have been able to do is find two communication methods to really destroy those. so, you know, i was reading some of the analysis, questioning why israelis did this, if you think about it just from hezbollah's perspective, a few weeks ago, as raf said, moving away from cell phones because they thought they were being intercepted, yesterdaying losing 2800 pagers andwalkie-talkies. this is devastating for hezbollah in terms of their own internal operations that they wanted to do anything, if there

was an israeli assault on the southern border, or if they wanted to organize their forces to do something inside israel, some rumor that they were going to do retaliation. this really cripples their ability to do that. it is all hands on deck now for a second day. also, just points to the israeli intelligence that they pulled this off, their complete intelligence on everything, hezbollah, how they communicate and to get into two different communication systems. not the same vendor probably that provided the pagers is going to be the one providing walkie-talkies. putting those explosives into all of these devices, that's a major operation, takes quite a bit of time, would be very difficult to keep concealed over a long time. and then when you see this just in succession, once yesterday on the pager system, now on walkie-talkies, really portends to is this the first phases of a larger israeli operation that may be to come? >> and just thinking of what raf was reporting, in israel there

is a certain awe among many in israel at the unbelievable craft work that the intelligence division was able to carry out. just how difficult and how deep is something like this? >> yeah. it is international, to pull something like this off. they would have to know what communication systems and suppliers hezbollah would be using and leaning on. they would have to put essentially placements, recruit people in each of these supply chains, that's a major undertaking. and then actual executing the operation in terms of -- they're putting explosives in each of those devices. you can just imagine, jose, nearly 3,000 pagers, maybe several hundred walkie-talkies, that's not something that just happens instantly. that's putting in explosives, programming and putting them back in and keeping them in a supply chain way that would not

raise suspicions of hezbollah. massive undertaking of their intelligence services and this would really speak to a combination of human and signals intelligence like we have not seen before. >> raf sanchez and clint watts, thank you. appreciate it. now to the race for the white house, and just 48 days to go until election day. soon vice president harris is going to be speaking to the congressional hispanic caucus institute's annual leadership conference. >> we want to start on an issue -- >> i mean, my heart breaks for this community. you know, there were children, elementary schoolchildren who it was -- it was school photo day.

you remember what that's like. going to school on picture day. dressed up in their best, got all ready, knew what they were going to wear the night before, and had to be evacuated. children. children. a whole community put in fear. >> meanwhile, more than 100 former republican members of congress and national security officials have come out in support of vice president harris saying trump is unfit to serve as president. this as the former president is scheduled to hold a rally near new york city this evening, one day after a town hall in battleground, michigan, first big event since sunday's apparent assassination attempt. he spoke about the phone calls he receives from both president biden and vice president harris after the attempt. >> president biden, i want to be nice -- he was so nice to me yesterday, but you know in one way i sort of wish the call

wasn't made because i do feel a little -- he's so nice, i'm so sorry about what happened and all that, but i have to lay it out, we have very important -- the same with kamala today, she could not have been nicer, but the fact is -- the fact is we have to have people that are respected by the opponent, by the other side. >> with us now, nbc news correspondent ali vitali in new york and jasmine wright. donald trump has a big rally in new york this evening. tight security after sunday's apparent assassination attempt. why is he in new york, not really a battleground state? >> that's an excellent question, jose. one i was asking myself. on the security piece, it is a heightened sense here on the ground, but having been to hundreds of these rallies at the this point, we see the similar posture we see getting into all of these rallies. so a heightened sense of posture on the ground, but business as

usual security posture that is already high, he's a former president, he's been the president, he has had secret service for years now. the fact that he's in new york certainly is catching the attention of many people, because you don't expect to see a republican nominee for president campaigning in new york state, less than 50 days until election day. nevertheless, trump is here, he's crowing on his social media platforms that he thinks this could be an opportunity for republicans to retake the state at a presidential level. i think that is a far fetched theory, but the opportunity is less trump's and more house republicans because in 2022, this is the state that really tipped control of the house chamber for house republicans on long island specifically. you look at the district where we are right now, in and around nassau county, this is an area that president biden won in 2020, but it flipped from a blue held seat to a red seat in 2022. congressman anthony d'esposito now, the incumbent, who is defending himself for re-election, upcoming in 2024,

but trump's presence here, though on long island, you watch it get more progressively red as you go out to the further tip of the island, this is an area that is a swing state, that the democratic campaign committee, according to my conversations with my sources there, is really targeting this specific district and this specific county, they say that if they can't flip the seat, that would spell signs of trouble at potential other places on the map. so this is a really tough swing district. and it could spell problems for this specific incumbent to have trump here. according to our conversations on the hill, congresswoman elise stefanik said the long island delegation will be here. they have votes in congress. the politics behind the politics, as we see the former president here on long island. >> and jasmine, just over an hour from now, the vice president is scheduled to speak at a leadership conference. what's behind this? >> i think what you're seeing the vice president do this week is really lean into all of these constituencies that are a key

part of the democratic base. we saw her yesterday speaking to mabj, and today we see her speaking to latino constituents trying to stop the hemorrhaging that we had seen when biden was still on the top of the ticket and really trying to speak to those folks. we're going to hear her talk about the economy, because the campaign understands that that is a major issue for latino voters across the country, but we're also going to hear her talk about her story, again, the campaign is consistently competing with this idea that voters don't know who she is, and what she would do in office. so all of these events, yes, they're putting her into black markets, latino markets, but they're all trying to get to the goal of explaining who she is to voters who may not know just yet. >> ali vitali and jasmine wright, thank you. still ahead, sean "diddy"

combs just spent his night in jail. pleading not guilty to crimes including sex trafficking, kidnapping and forced labor. why his lawyers are heading back to court today. plus, new reporting on how at least two women have died because of their state's strict abortion restrictions. we'll talk to the reporter who broke the story. and next, to venezuela, to speak with maria corina machado, the opposition leader who continues to fight for democracy in the wake of the contested presidential elections. thank you, we'll be chatting in just a second. she's still in hiding as the maduro regime ramps up its violent oppression. s up its violent oppression ndrome, and lower back pain, we wondered, could these be warning signs of something bigger? thank goodness we called his cardiologist because these were signs of attr-cm, a rare and serious disease... ...that gets worse over time. if you see any of the warning signs, don't wait, ask your cardiologist about attr-cm today.

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to find one today. 17 past the hour. this morning, the repression in venezuela is escalating as the regime of nicolas maduro says it has arrested a fourth u.s. citizen yesterday over what they claim is the plot to kill him. it comes as maduro clings to power nearly two months since the disputed election, despite evidence he lost that election in a landslide. the u.n. now warning the regime is committing human rights violations and those violations have intensified, reaching, quote, unprecedented levels of violence. since the vote, on the 28th of july, 25 people have been killed, more than 2400 have been arrested, including over 100 children. joining us now, venezuelan opposition leader maria corina

machado. thank you for being with us. i know that your situation is very complicated. it gets more complicated by the hour. where do things stand for you right now? >> thank you so much. this is a very important opportunity for us to convey to every single democratic citizen in the world the fight we are giving in venezuela because as we said, we won by a landslide to almost two months ago and every single person that was involved in the election and the structure to defend the vote and prove our victory today are either in hiding or exiled, under asylum or in prison. it has been brutal wave of regression of the regime, but they have not managed to suffocate or force this on the

country. every day that goes by, maduro is weaker. every day that goes by we are stronger. our people are willing to fight, not only here, but around the world, just as we understand the importance that freedom for our country and for the region and for the security, national security of the united states. >> you spoke to u.s. secretary of state blinken yesterday, what was that conversation like? >> we had a conversation with the secretary of state, and it was the second conversation we had. it was clear to support the united states needs to -- the venezuelan people, and the congress. everybody knows how we won and how maduro pretends to go forward, power by strength. that is not going to happen. maduro has to be held accountable for every single

crime he has committed. we need actions, international justice, and also diplomatic actions, it is important to understand that every day he will be weaker, more isolated, and that international community is committed to act in favor of the people and defending our right to be free and to respect what our sovereignty expresses on our votes. >> oftentimes words can be cheap. they can cost very little. but action is more complicated. what action are you calling for? >> first of all, we need, as we said, concrete and urgent action s every single perpetrator --

the united nations presented their report and showed the cruelty -- those perpetrators need to know they will have consequences and real consequences because this sends a message to those that the regime is repressing not to do it. at the same time, these regimes involved in these illicit activities, smuggling of mineral -- and many other criminal activities from -- there has to be an approach of no enforcement toward these regimes. we have seen some assets in -- and some vessels being intercepted related to drug

trafficking by several countries in the region. that has to be -- to go further. so that regime understands that the region as a whole will support the right into freedom, because of one thing, and it is very hard to say, migration has a way to increase dramatically from before the election to what we're seeing right now. just with brazil, the election was 50 people a day. last week we had days of more than 800 venezuelans crossing the border toward brazil. this is a disaster for us. that's what maduro wants. he wants to see people fleeing and these will be very -- for the region. >> i'm wondering venezuela has the largest oil reserves on the planet, extraordinary amounts of gold and minerals and you

referred to some of them and yet the country is immersed in poverty. how do you fight against a regime that has all the money in the world and is able to buy rent and influence friends all over the place, how is it that you can have any hope of succeeding? >> it is a very, very hard struggle. we have been doing it for 25 years. and lately you the only thing i've heard is that it wasn't possible to -- it wasn't possible to bring our country back together, to bring back hope a year and a half ago. they told me it wasn't possible to carry independent primaries organized by the people. with all the sources of the government against us, then they told us it wasn't possible to have an election, and that we

won't be able to register our candidate. and we did. it wasn't possible to win and we won by a landslide and then they told us it wasn't possible to prove maduro's fraud and we have digitalized them, put it in a web page and now the whole world knows that we won. maduro has been -- he's isolated more and more. even by those that used to be -- in the region and further. certainly the drug cartels, the cubans are all involved supporting maduro. but he has lost all support he had, our society and even on the structures that needs to support him. i'm talking about the police and the military. this is the moment in which we need to put more and more

pressure -- the cost of staying in power is higher than the cost of leaving power. that is the moment in which he's going to sit down and negotiate with us the transition. >> maria corina machado, we'll continue our conversation going forward. thank you very much for your time and for being with us. >> thank you. we will prevail. thank you. up next, sean "diddy" combs remains behind bars this morning, facing federal charges including sex trafficking. we'll break down the charges with a former prosecutor involved in bill cosby's and r. kelly's trials. interest rates are due to be cut today for the first time since march of 2020. what that means for the economy and for your wallet. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. even works on colors. i slide tackled. i see that. it's got to be tide. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose.

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28 past the hour. right now, music mogul sean "diddy" combs is in a brooklyn jail before back in court for a bail appeal hearing this afternoon. he was denied bail yesterday after prosecutors charged him in a sprawling indictment accusing him of using his business to abuse, threaten and traffic women in order to fulfill his sexual desires. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. joining us now is nbc's julia ainsley and christina gibbons fedden who prosecuted bill cosby and won a civil case for r. kelly's victims as a sexual abuse litigator.

what can we expect today? >> we're going to hear an appeal from combs' lawyers as to why he should be released on bail, pending his trial. now, they offered a pretty substantial bail package yesterday, about $50 million they said he would pay if he could be released pending trial. but the judge in the case, magistrate judge in the southern district of new york said no, because what they were talking about here was the serious offense, with sex trafficking, and that she couldn't trust him not to tamper with witnesses, or to flee, especially considering his history of substance abuse and having anger issues. i sat in that courtroom yesterday for about two hours, and heard from his defense that they really gave a preview of what we could expect to hear at trial, where they argued that this is different from the cases of jeffrey epstein and r. kelly that dealt with children, because children can never consent and it seems that they are going to argue that the women, the victims involved in this case, did consent. a little previous to what we

might see at trial. >> julia ainsley, thank you very much. you prosecuted high profile cases. what is your reaction to this indictment? >> it is significant indeed. and i think one thing to kind of bootstrap off of julia, just because they're not children does not mean we're not circumstances of coercion or intoxication, facility it is a of intoxicants, specifically ketamine and ecstasy and all the other drugs that were utilized or alleged to be utilized in these quote, unquote freakoffs that the indictment talks about that could render a person incapable of consent. that was an issue that we dealt with regard to the prosecution of bill cosby as well. so, when we're looking at this, one thing to realize is that, yes, adults can be sexually abused, can be coerced, can be physically intimidated, and though can be convicted as well. >> what are you thinking the prosecution is preparing for as far as the case and preparing for this, 14-page indictment

was, you know, substantial, talked about years of this going on. what do you think the prosecution is preparing now? >> i think the indictment was very clear in what the prosecution is preparing for. but even more is the pretrial detention letter that was used and argued all of the evidence that was argued as well. they're going to be utilizing all of the testimony that -- from the victims and the witnesses. and the pretrial detention letter talks about how they actually had a grand jury subpoena for over 300 people, but they ultimately have 50 witnesses and victims who are going to describe the years of physical and sexual abuse, the manipulation and the coercion. and to corroborate that testimonial evidence, they're going to have guns, some with serious numbers etched off to show that physical coercion, they're going to have electronic communications, financial records of paying for hotel damage because of these freakoffs and video footage from these freakoffs as well. so they're going to be able to show all of that and the

coercion and the sexual exploitation as well. >> thank you very much for being with us. really appreciate it. and we have breaking news to tell you about, new information after this new wave of device explosions reported across lebanon this morning. back with us is raf sanchez from tel aviv. what is the latest? >> reporter: well, jose, lebanese state media is now saying potentially hundreds of people injured across lebanon in a second wave of explosive handheld communication devices. at this point, state media is saying three people were killed, these same reports are saying that while yesterday we saw pagers exploding, today in at least some instances we're seeing two-way radios, walkie-talkies blowing up. so this is just a pretty stunning development, a little less than 24 hours after this massive chain of explosions that injured some 2700 people and

killed at least 12, lebanon is once again reeling from blasts and we should stress, jose, this is all over the country, it is in the capital, beirut, it is in the south, near the israeli border, it is in the east, in the becca valley, which is a hezbollah stronghold, so once again, ambulances, all across lebanon, rushing to different locations, trying to treat the wounded, you are seeing emergency rooms, once again, filling up with wounded people, doctors involved in the treatment yesterday during the pager attacks say they saw a number of injuries to the face, from people who seemed to have been looking directly at the devices at the time they exploded, also a lot of injuries to the side where these pagers were either clipped to a hezbollah member's belt or they were in a pocket. we should stress that while this operation appears to have targeted hezbollah members, it is not just hezbollah members who have been injured.

you can imagine when you have thousands of explosions going off on the street in supermarkets, on buses, there will be civilians caught up in it. the health ministry says at least two children were killed in yesterday's blasts. we don't have any information at this point about civilians killed today. israeli government remaining tight lipped about the attack yesterday, and the attack today, refusing to say one way or another whether it was involved. the two american officials tell nbc news that israel was involved -- responsible for yesterday's attack at least. >> just to think of how they were able to get into thousands of pagers, to prepare them to explode, and now hundreds maybe of two-way radios again, they had to physically get into them. just the depth of this operation

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39 past the hour. we're learning new details about two women who propublica reports died after they could not access

legal abortions and timely medical care in georgia. the outlet obtained reports from a state committee tasked with investigating pregnancy related deaths. this morning, it published new reporting about the case of 41-year-old candy mill, the committee called her death preventable after she opted self-manager abortion at home, afraid to seek medical care in her state. this comes to days after the outlet published another piece about the death of 28-year-old amber thurman who died after georgia doctors waited 20 hours to perform a routine dnc or a dilation and curtage. joining us now, the propublica reporter behind this piece, and michelle goodwin, from depaul university. you just released this new piece about candy miller, what did the panel say about her death?

>> they decided that her case was preventable, they looked at all of the circumstances and the fact that she didn't have the adequate choices in georgia to seek a legal abortion, even though she had diabetes, hypertension and lupus which has -- which can be dangerously exacerbated by pregnancy. they looked at that and they looked at the fact that she -- her family said that she did not go to doctors because she knew about the abortion ban, and said she is absolutely responding to this legislation. >> and meanwhile, in amber's case, doctors waited 20 hours to remain fetal tissue after she was admitted to the hospital. what does the report say about why they waited these 20 hours? >> we reached out to the hospital and the doctors, they didn't respond to comment. what we know is that the committee of maternal health experts looked at this case,

they said this is the standard of care. if she received a dnc as soon as she arrived, there is a good chance of saving her life. a lot of the lawmakers that passed portion bans and not just georgia promised they have exceptions for the life of the mother or medical emergencies and what i think is really important to highlight is that doctors, medical organizations, healthcare workers, patients have been saying that these laws are written in unclear ways that are not rooted in science or medical standards, that threaten prison time and could lead to women dying unnecessarily. if you go to our website, we have reported in depth on some of these cases where doctors said on the record they didn't know what to do or they turned a patient away even though they had a dangerous condition because of confusion over the laws. so we just know that women are being denied care based on the laws across the country. >> and, michelle, in georgia, there is a narrow exception that

allows abortions to save the life of the mother. but there is no clear standard protocol for how to interpret that. what kind of legal risk are doctors dealing with in georgia, on this issue, when they're dealing with very life and death moments? >> these are critical concerns and let me just say, i used to be at depaul over 20 years ago. i co-direct our o'neil institute for national and global health policy. but these are very serious concerns now that doctors and also nurses and hospitals generally are confronted with, not only in georgia, but across the country, where there are these deeply restrictive abortion bans and even when they make exceptions, doctors are wary of trying to exercise those exceptions in treating their patients because the risks are so high. the risks are death. there could be no higher risk for their patients. but they worry about

criminalization. they worry about civil punishments and fines, they worry about losing their licenses to practice, to give you an example, in texas, the risk is 99 years incarceration. $100,000 fine for each instance of intervening and helping a woman, and the possibility of losing the medical license to practice. and so these times have really been quite chilling and horrific for medical providers, as well as patients, and we should never lose sight of the patients because as you were just describing, women in their 20s, we also have seen these cases involving little girls who are now going to school, as mothers, even -- and states where they say they have an exception, but that's really difficult to navigate if you're 10 or 11 years old. >> and i'm just thinking, totally fair point, michelle, in candy's case, it was significant to state maternal mortality review committee that miller did

not feel she could seek medical care. we discussed the confusing element of these bans for doctors, what does it mean for patients? >> it traditionally has been quite confusing if you happen to be a low income person, a person with low income in the united states. we don't have universal healthcare. and there are ways in which we have stigmatized and stereotyped people who happen to be poor, and if they're poor and they already had children, we know the legacy of the welfare queen mythology and in those stigmas, carry in spaces, they carry in medical spaces as well. and so what we see is already a fraught space where there was already tension that pre-existed, including in incidents i've written about where medical providers will essentially snitch on their patients who are poor, who come in and share their medical history as complicated as it may be in some instances. and so they worry about what it is that they can even tell their

doctors, and then they worry if their doctors might in fact call law enforcement, which some doctors have done, which some nurses have done, which some hospitals have instructed. and, in fact, there is a legacy of cases with dozens of black and brown women being literally dragged out of public hospitals in shackles and chains after conveying to their medical providers that though they wanted to be pregnant, have their babies, but they had suffered from drug addiction. so, there is a lot of fear and mistrust in these spaces that already exist preabortion bans and now with the abortion bans, it is only heightened the level of anxiety, what is fraught, and, of course, the high risks of death. >> thank you, both, so very much. appreciate it. ahead in just a couple of hours, the fed will cut interest rates for the first time in nearly four years. how low could they go? and what it means for you.

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morning. what does today's action mean? >> we have to zoom out and remember what we are talking about and why the federal reserve is doing anything with interest rates. it's because of inflation, inflation, inflation. here is the chart. inflation peaking around 9% in the years after the pandemic. what did the federal reserve do? they used interest rates to make them higher, to make this economy go slower. make borrowing higher. inflation has come down, even though it has gone sideways as of late. you have worry about unemployment now going up. if you see this chart here, it's a little washed out by the fact the unemployment rate did spike to almost 15% during the pandemic. as of late, the unemployment rate has been ticking up from 3.5% to as of the last measure, 4.2%. is the fed slowing this economy a little too much? that's the reason why the expectation is for them to cut interest rates. what would that mean for everybody, average people who don't have all the details about

what the fed is going to do? here are borrowing cost for a 30-year fixed mortgage, auto loan, credit rate. all these rates are higher thanks to the federal reserve. if they cut interest rates, the idea is that all these things could get lower. what we are talking about is either a .25% change or a .5% cut. that doesn't necessarily mean the rates are going to go back down to, for example, on the mortgage, 3.5%. but it could offer a little bit of marginal help to those that have been sidelined on the housing market, hoping to buy their home. we will see when the announcement comes out, which will be at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. up next, mike johnson is about to put a government fund funding bill to a vote. what he said about the chances of a government shut down.

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57 past the hour. the house is planning to vote on a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month. here is what we hear from speaker mike johnson in the last hour. >> we will see -- look, we will see what happens with the bill. we're on the field in the middle of the game. the quarterback is calling the play. we're going to run the play. >> joining us now is julie tsirkin. >> reporter: we in the football puns section of the play, as you heard speaker johnson say. i talked to several republicans all morning. some are going to vote for the bill. some are not for the reason that they don't support continuing resolutions to begin with. they say it really doesn't look good for this six-month continuing resolution that would keep the government funded until

next march. there could be a new administration. that's why johnson is taking this step. he is pairing it with the save act. it would require states to obtain proof of citizenship in person when registering a person to vote. that's something that democrats are not going to sign on to for various reasons. that's also something that the democratic-controlled senate and white house said they would veto. none of that matters, because it doesn't seem like johnson can get this across the finish line and out of his chamber. he has a slim majority to work with. we have seen this happen before all year long. when we get to this point. the bottom line is that we are a couple of weeks away from the election. you heard from mitch mcconnell. he issued a stark warning to johnson, to republican members telling them quite frankly that shutting down the government at this point would be stupid in his words. it would be, of course, something that the american people would blame republicans for. if and when this bill goes down today, what is going to happen

most likely is a bipartisan compromise, a clean continuing resolution through the end of the year, sometime in december. both sides haggling that out. democrats i spoke to, republicans as well, are giving johnson his opportunity to put this play on the floor, as he said. if and when it fails, the grown-ups as we call them will get in the room and try to negotiate something that goes until the end of the year. >> thank you so very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can watch clips from our show at youtube. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the middle east on edge amid a new wave of explosions across lebanon today after hezbollah pagers are blown up