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Search-and-rescue efforts are underway for a U.S. military helicopter. It was carrying five Marines and disappeared in the snowy mountains over Southern California. We'll bring you the details. Denver is reportedly ejecting illegal immigrants from its city shelters. Will other cities dealing with the massive influx of illegal immigrants do the same? Lawmakers today investigating America's election integrity. We bring you what they say about tech entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg and why they say he shouldn't be allowed to donate to election offices. With the recent court ruling, Donald Trump's presidential immunity will not apply in his election interference case. A senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation tells us how this ruling will impact future presidents. Accusations fly at the U.N. The U.S. alleges Russians are using North Korean missiles in Ukraine, while Moscow blames the U.S. for complicity in shooting down a plane. Will these tensions escalate further? Oral arguments before the Florida Supreme Court today on a proposed abortion amendment to the Constitution that would allow voters to decide in November on abortion laws. Welcome to NCD Newsroom. I'm Jack Bradley. A U.S. military helicopter has gone missing. It was carrying five Marines and was on its way from Nevada to California late last night. Search and rescue efforts are underway now for the missing heavy-lift helicopter. It departed the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada and was heading to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego. The helicopter went down around 2.30 this morning in the Cleveland National Forest. The area is currently covered in rain and snow and is under a winter storm warning. This incident comes about two months after the U.S. Air Force Osprey helicopter crashed off the coast of Japan, killing all eight crew members on board. In a turn of events, four illegal immigrants accused of attacking NYPD officers in Times Square have not been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Arizona. That's despite agency claims. That means that the illegal immigrants accused of assaulting NYPD officers are still on the run. That's according to a New York City media organization. NBC says senior law enforcement officers are revealing that those in ICE custody don't match the suspects from the New York incident. New York law enforcement clarifies these individuals, though potentially subject to removal, are not connected to the assault case. House Republicans failed yesterday in their effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He's been accused of refusing to enforce multiple immigration laws. Our NTD's Daniel Monahan has more on this vote. The chamber erupted with Democratic applause when House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the results. On this vote, the yeas are 214 and the nays are 216. The resolution is not adopted. The vote took place after two hours of hard-hitting floor debate. Congressman Chip Roy accused Mayorkas of blatantly ignoring the laws of the United States. He has done so with reckless abandon. He has done so in a way that has led directly to the death of American citizens. Congresswoman Laurel Lee says the head of an executive branch agency can't be allowed to pursue policies that violate the law and endanger Americans. Secretary Mayorkas has willfully and deliberately refused to uphold the laws of the United States. He has violated his oath of office and he has breached the public trust. House Democrats united against the effort, calling the proceedings a sham. Congressman James McGovern says impeachment is a solemn act. It's not something that ought to get thrown around lightly or invoked when you disagree with someone or you don't like their policies. Congressman Glenn Ivey says impeachment should be reserved for high crimes and misdemeanors. But House Republicans have decided to abuse that responsibility for a cheap political stunt. Three Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the impeachment. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene reacting. I'm sure they'll hear from their constituents. I'm sure they're probably hearing from them already. Congressman Mike Gallagher was one of the holdouts. He wrote on X that creating a new lower standard for impeachment, one without any clear limiting principle, wouldn't secure the border or hold President Biden accountable. It would only further pry open the Pandora's box of perpetual impeachment. Another holdout was Congressman Ken Buck. I think the principle is very clear that Mayorkas did not commit a high crime or misdemeanor. And Congressman Tom McClintock, who says the impeachment of Mayorkas would set a dangerous precedent. We can expect it to be leveled against every conservative Supreme Court justice, every future Republican president and cabinet member the moment the Democrats take control. And there'll be nobody there to stop them because we will have been complicit. House Majority Leader Stephen Scalise was absent from the vote due to undergoing treatment for blood cancer. The House is likely to revisit plans to impeach Mayorkas at a later date. But even if Republicans are able to impeach him, he's not expected to be convicted in a Senate trial where Republican senators have been cool to the effort. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. After the failed impeachment vote, Congressman Kevin Hearn talked to NTD about how Republicans could proceed. I do. I do believe he'll be ultimately impeached as soon as we get our majority back to where it needs to be in full force. And either he is willfully violating the law or he is actually carrying out the orders of the president of the United States. Either way, he is not doing his job in defending this nation from the onslaught of illegal immigrants at the southern border. Republican Congress members have been pushing to impeach Mayorkas for months. The two articles of impeachment accused Mayorkas of refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and violating public trust. What's more, the House also failed to greenlight a bill that would send billions of dollars in military aid to Israel. Congressman Kevin Hearn addressed the funding for Israel and growing concerns about anti-Semitism in politics. Hear more on today's Capitol Report at 5 p.m. Eastern. And now Denver reportedly starting ejecting illegal immigrants from its city shelters. In January, Denver city leaders say they would reinstate a policy limiting the days immigrants can stay in state-provided rooms. That's to deal with the growing number of people arriving in the city. Multiple leaders are advocating for more federal aid in recent weeks. That includes the mayor of Denver and both of Colorado's Democratic U.S. senators. Fox News now reports that 800 migrant families will be removed from city shelters. 140 were removed on Monday. The rest will be asked to leave over the next few weeks. Nikki Haley suffered another setback in her presidential campaign. The former U.N. ambassador came in second at the Nevada Republican primary in which she was the only major candidate. Meanwhile, President Biden won the state's Democratic primary, his second victory after New Hampshire. Nevada on Tuesday held its first Republican primary in years, noticeably missing from the ballot former president and current GOP front-runner Donald Trump. He's standing instead in the Republican caucuses on Thursday. In an unusual move, Nevada is hosting both contests, though only the caucuses will provide the winner with delegates. Candidates must choose to participate in either the primary or the caucuses. But registered voters can vote in both if they chose to. This could explain why Nikki Haley finished the contest behind the ballot option none of these candidates. Here's what one voter said when asked why he chose that option. Because I know who I'm going to vote for, I'm voting for Trump. Trump is expected to win the caucuses on Thursday. This will take him a step closer to the presidential nomination. We're not going to have a lot of competition, I think, but it doesn't matter. We want to get a great, beautiful mandate. And this November, we're going to win the swing state of Nevada. You ever think of it as a swing state? Meanwhile, President Biden also faced little competition in the Democratic primary. He won in a landslide vote over author Marianne Williamson and Congressman Dean Phillips, the latter's name not appearing on the Nevada ballot at all. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you. You all are the reason why I'm president of the United States of America. You're the reason. Haley has been focusing her attention on the upcoming South Carolina primary, where she will once again go head-to-head with Trump. But the results in Nevada could put a further damper on her campaign. A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that former President Trump is not protected by presidential immunity in his election interference case. Hans von Spakovsky, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, says by allowing criminal prosecution of presidents, the court is opening a Pandora's box of problems for future presidents. The Supreme Court has in the past said that when it comes to civil liability, a president has absolute immunity for acts committed in office. And the reason for that is if he didn't, he would be met with all kinds of vexatious litigation. But yet, while acknowledging that, the court said, well, we don't think that'll be a problem with criminal prosecutions. There's never really in the past been any criminal prosecutions of former presidents. So we think it's such a rare circumstance that we don't need to worry about it. And therefore, we're not going to give the president immunity. Well, past is not a prologue of the future, because right now we have criminal prosecutions going on of the president for his actions. Spakovsky also says there's never been a criminal prosecution of a former president before this. In this case, the appeals court acknowledged that the president has immunity for acts committed in office in civil cases, but not when it comes to criminal cases. Trump has until February 12th to file an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court. Investigating America's Election Integrity, the author of a bestselling book on election interference, testifying before a House committee today, describes some of the major issues in the election system. We now have lengthy election seasons that can last months prior to and even after Election Day. The situation is so absurd that we have presidential and gubernatorial debates weeks after some people have already voted. We flood addresses across the country with tens of millions of unsupervised mail-in ballots months ahead of elections, frequently to locations from which voters, if they're even alive, have long since moved. We have one side actively attempting to throw its opponent in prison and bankrupt his family, again reminiscent of Soviet Russia. Lawmakers at the hearing are focusing more on private money flowing to election offices. Unlike political contributions, these funds are not regulated. In 2020, tech entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg and his wife reportedly gave $350 million. That money ultimately ended up at local election offices. Republicans at the hearing said that these offices and their funding should be independent. One lawmaker compared the situation to this week's Super Bowl. He said a tech billionaire from San Francisco shouldn't be the one paying the referee's salary, given that San Francisco will be playing in the game. In a bid to curb illicit funds flowing through residential real estate, the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Unit announcing a plan today that would require real estate professionals to flag suspicious activity. The U.S. Treasury has a plan to stop money laundering in commercial real estate. According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, criminals have laundered more than $2 billion in dirty money between 2015 and 2020. The proposal would require reporting from real estate professionals involved in cash transactions for residential real estate. This includes certain people involved in real estate closings who would be required to file and keep records of suspicious activity for the government. The Florida Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments right now on a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would let voters decide on how late women can have an abortion. Approval by the court would allow for the proposed amendment to be placed on the November ballot. I'm not sure that we can really make a judgment as to how the people are informed about this. Obviously, there's a limited amount that the ballot summary can do and everything. But if sort of the bare minimum is that people need to be on notice as to what does the Constitution do now and what are you proposing to change, can we evaluate that without taking a position on whether the current Constitution legally, not morally or politically or whatever, but legally speaks to this issue of any kind of rights for the unborn under this Declaration of Rights provision. Opponents say the language is not clear and too vague. Supporters believe that voters will have no problem understanding what they are deciding on. Florida is one of several states around the country giving voters their pick of the state's abortion laws. The push toward this effort began shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and removed the nationwide rules on abortion. In Europe, is Europe moving from a post-war to a pre-war condition as tensions rise in the Russia-Ukraine conflict? We'll tell you how and why geopolitical experts say there are concerns of potential spillover from the Ukraine war into countries like Poland and Baltic states too. Shares of Snap owner of social media platform Snapchat lost more than a third of their value in Wednesday morning trading. Another bad news after they announced to lay off 500 employees. After being accused of inflating prices, drug maker Eli Lilly settles an insulin price lawsuit that's expected to save consumers. 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NTD's France correspondent, David Vivez, spoke to a geopolitical expert who says there are already signs that this might be on the agenda. A senior NATO analyst asserts that Vladimir Putin is planning to extend the conflict in Ukraine to other EU countries as part of a 10-year offensive plan. This aligns with recent warnings from America's European allies about the potential initiation of a new war on the continent by Russia within this decade. British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has starkly declared a shift from a post-war to a pre-war world, echoing sentiments shared by senior European leaders. According to geopolitics expert Philippe Fabry, there are recent signs indicating a potential escalation by Russia. Russians have started GPS jamming tests in Kaliningrad or the Baltic Sea, which affect a good part of Poland, probably from Kaliningrad or the Baltic Sea, close to Kaliningrad. But these are strong jamming tests that could be used to cover an invasion on the day. So the Russians are sending signals that this is escalating and, for the moment, not absolute. In Europe, concerns arise due to the lack of defense capabilities in European NATO countries. This is showcased by delays and doubts surrounding announced military overhauls and defense funds in France, Germany and Britain, indicating vulnerability. Fabry notes that the war in Ukraine has unexpectedly given momentum to the Russian economy, catching European leaders off guard in a long-term conflict. Now we are in a dynamic of long warfare. Industrial warfare, warfare that can go very far. So it's not something that can be won in 15 days, even if you are extremely efficient. It's something that requires very profound changes. We haven't made those changes yet. Fabry says a Russian invasion of European countries, such as Baltic states, would take months or years to be prepared. It just doesn't seem imminent, because that would mean deploying troops to invade the other stages, which don't seem to be moving at the moment. The EU voted last week to provide 50 billion euros in financial support to Ukraine's economy amidst the current conflict. David Vives, NTD News, Paris. Shares of social media app Snapchat lost more than a third of its value in Wednesday morning trading, after the company reported fourth-quarter revenue that missed Wall Street expectations. Here are the details. The owner of Snapchat has struggled to compete for advertising dollars against heavyweights such as meta platforms and Alphabet. Snap's disappointing results stood in contrast to those of both meta and Alphabet, a sign that advertisers are gravitating towards larger, more stable companies in an uncertain economy. Facebook parent Meta saw an ad sales surge of 25 percent last quarter, while the ad business at Alphabet, owner of Google and YouTube, grew 11 percent. Snap said earlier this week it would lay off 10 percent of its staff, which amounts to more than 500 employees, in order to invest incrementally in the company's growth over time. Snap, whose shares nearly doubled last year, was on track to lose more than $9 billion in market value on Wednesday, its biggest loss since July of 2022. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly agrees to settle a lawsuit with the state of Minnesota, resolving accusations of unfairly inflating insulin prices. They're offering a more affordable insulin option for uninsured customers. As part of the agreement, for the next five years, uninsured residents in Minnesota who pay out-of-pocket for Eli Lilly's insulin will have a cap of $35 per month on their costs. This settlement, pending court approval, follows a lawsuit that started in 2018 against three major insulin manufacturers. The lawsuit accused them of setting high list prices for insulin, while offering rebates to pharmacy benefit managers. This practice, according to the state, left uninsured patients facing high expenses for their diabetes medicine. Last year, under pressure from various stakeholders, Eli Lilly announced significant price reductions for their insulin products, aiming to make them more accessible. The nation's largest bank is about to get bigger. J.P. Morgan is announcing plans to open more than 500 new branches in the U.S. over the next three years. Here's NTD's Don Ma with today's business brief. Okay, thank you, Jack. It seems like the largest bank in the U.S. wants to get even bigger. J.P. Morgan Chase says it's opening more than 500 new Chase locations over the next three years, and those branches will need 3,500 new employees. J.P. Morgan is expanding in major cities and also in new markets like rural communities with few traditional banks there. Now, the company has always bet big on physical locations. It opened more than 650 new branches in the past five years. The bank's CFO says physical branches drive engagement and customer loyalty. J.P. Morgan is the largest U.S. bank both in terms of net assets and number of branches. It has physical locations in every state in the U.S. And a new survey is revealing that inflation and the U.S. presidential election will be the top drivers of global markets this year. Traders told J.P. Morgan that they see inflation as having the biggest impact on markets. At the same time, they're also preparing for more volatility ahead of the likely rematch between former President Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November. The survey also found that investors are also increasingly valuing consistent access to liquidity as electronic trading grows. Plus, recession fears, which took place last year, was pushed down to the list since economic growth beat expectations. And finally, with AI tools rapidly advancing and capable of creating fake, realistic images, tech companies like Meta are setting up policies to protect its users. Meta announced that it's working to identify and tag any AI-generated images that were created by third-party tools on its platforms, Facebook, Instagram, and threads. It already applies a similar tag to photos created with its AI generator tool. Meta is preparing for the 2024 election season and trying to stop the spread of misinformation that could mislead voters. The AI-generated image labels will be rolled out in the coming months in multiple languages. Back to you, Jack. Thank you, Don. And now you're up to date. Thank you for watching NTD Newsroom. I'm Jack Bradley. See you tomorrow.