Good evening. I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight. The

leader of Hezbollah says Israel crossed a red line and vows retribution for the exploding pagers and walkie-talkies that killed some of its members.

The Teamsters Labor Union decides not to endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in decades.

The head of the union tells us why.

And political and environmental concerns clash in Papa New Guinea,

where the controversial practice of deep sea mining is moving forward

without the knowledge or oversight of some key government stakeholders.

We don't have any offshore operations.

Alan, we've just been on a vessel in the Besmark Sea that is pulling up the ocean floor.

Seriously.

How do you feel about that?

Sure.

I had no idea. Welcome to the news hour. The leader of Lebanese Hezbollah labeled a terrorist

organization by the US told his followers today that they would exact revenge on Israel for two days

of attacks that killed dozens and wounded thousands.

In Beirut, pagers and walkie-talkies exploded on Tuesday and Wednesday targeting members of Hezbollah but also injuring others.

The news hour is told that Israeli officials told their U.S. counterparts they planted the explosives and as Nick Chiffrin tells us

tonight they're bracing for retaliation and a warning some images in this

story are disturbing.

Today in Beirut, Hezbollah buried its fighters and vowed vengeance.

And Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised to continue attacking Israel, so long as Israel continues

attacking Hamas in Gaza. This will be confronted with a severe reckoning and just retribution in expected and unexpected ways.

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