NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 29)

Welcome to Entity Bidding News. Our top story tonight, more details emerge after a gunman shot and killed four people in a Manhattan office tower before turning the gun on himself. The NYPD says they found a suicide note. The suspect allegedly drove cross-country from Las Vegas to target NFL headquarters. US and Chinese officials today wrapped up trade talks in Sweden. Arianne Pazdar has what President Trump said about extending a tariff pause for China, which is facing a deadline in two weeks. Israel releases video saying armed Hamas terrorists are stealing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, senators on the Hill share their thoughts on the aid situation in Gaza. Jason Perry reports. President Trump backing NYPD as he mourns the victims of the New York City shooting. What he's urging the police to do and why he's stressing he has no interest in seeking a trip to China. Iris Tao at the White House. The EPA proposes a reversal on climate change regulations. It says have cost over a trillion dollars, how this impacts consumers and what climate experts are saying. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Tiffany Meyer. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. Updates on the fatal shooting in New York City. As part of their investigation, the NYPD says they'll question a man who allegedly supplied a gun part to the suspect. Police say the shooter was targeting NFL headquarters yesterday evening. The perp in this case, Shane Tamora, is a Las Vegas resident who most recently worked an overnight security job at the Horseshoe Las Vegas. A suicide note found in his possession at the scene spoke to a possible motive in the shooting and may explain why he targeted NFL headquarters. In that note, Mr. Tamora claimed to be suffering from CTE, possibly from playing high school football, and he blamed the NFL. CTE is a chronic traumatic condition that's believed to be linked to repeated head injuries. The NYPD says the suicide note said, quote, study my brain, I am sorry. The New York City Police Commissioner said on Monday that the suspect, Shane Tamora, was seen walking out of a black BMW with an AR-15 style rifle and that the 27-year-old opened fire in a Manhattan office tower, killing four people, wounding one and then taking his own life. Some of the victims who died included an NYPD officer, a director at the investment firm Blackstone, a security officer and a property management staff member. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that an associate of Tamora purchased a part used in the suspect's firearm. Investigations are underway. A vigil for the victims is scheduled at 8 p.m. tonight in Bryant Park. U.S. and Chinese officials today finished trade talks in Sweden. They discussed a possible extension of a pause on tariffs, which could affect billions of people in the globe's two largest economies. NTD's Arian Paustar has more. China is the most unbalanced, imbalanced economy in modern times. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said he had a very productive meeting with Chinese officials on Tuesday. The two sides finished the second and last day of trade talks in Sweden. Washington has been accusing Beijing of flooding the world with cheap goods, undermining U.S. markets. In April, President Trump introduced reciprocal tariffs on Beijing and halted exports of chips made by U.S.-based company Nvidia to China. Beijing responded with restrictions on critical minerals. Then in May, the two sides agreed to a 90-day tariff pause to stop the tit-for-tat. That truce is set to expire in two weeks. After Tuesday's talks, Chinese officials said both sides agreed to extend the pause, but Secretary Besant later clarified the situation. Nothing is agreed until we speak with President Trump. President Trump commented on the possible extension of the pause while aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. He says the decision is due on Wednesday, after he speaks with Besant. If they're going to brief me tomorrow, we'll either approve it or not. Besant also confirmed that the two sides discussed only Chinese exports, not U.S. exports, which would have included chips made by Nvidia. And some have speculated that Tuesday's talks could pave the way for a potential meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Besant was asked whether the two sides worked on a possible meeting. What we discussed was implementing the desire of the two leaders. Our meetings were just to implement the will of the leaders, not to discuss if there would be a meeting. Trump previously said he might travel to China in September after being invited by Xi. If he makes the trip, Trump could also meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin while there. Ariane Pastor, NTD News. While in Scotland, President Trump cut the ribbon at his newly opened golf course and took aim at nearby windmills. NTD's international correspondent Malcolm Hudson has details on the final day of Trump's visit. President Trump walks across the grounds to the sound of Scottish bagpipes. It's the opening ceremony for his brand new 18-hole golf course near Aberdeen, Scotland. He cuts the ribbon and takes the first swing. It's going to be great. I look forward to playing it today. We'll play it very quickly and then I go back to DC and we put out fires all over the world. We did one yesterday. As you know, we stopped a war, but we stopped about five wars. So that's much more important than playing golf. As much as I like it, it's much more important. This wraps up his five-day visit to Scotland. Initially billed as a private visit, the trip quickly morphed into a diplomatic mission, including a trade agreement sealed with the European Union and bilateral meetings with British officials. Trump praised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the US-UK trade deal. It's a very big deal and a great deal for the country and it's a great deal for everybody. So I just want to thank him and everybody that worked so hard on it. They've been trying to get it done for 12 years. We got it done. So somebody did a good job. In the morning, Trump turned his attention to energy. He said on Truth Social North Sea oil is a treasure chest for Britain, but said UK taxes are too high to motivate energy companies to drill. Oil and gas companies in the UK face a 78% tax. And British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband decided to ban new drilling in the North Sea, instead prioritizing renewable energy. On Monday, Trump took pot shots at the windmills off the coast of his Aberdeen golf course. When we go to Aberdeen, you'll see some of the ugliest windmills you've ever seen. They're the height of a 50-storey building. And you can take a thousand times more energy out of a hole in the ground this big. This big. It's called oil and gas. He said windmills require massive government subsidies in order to run. This includes subsidies that pay energy companies when the windmills are not running. Trump said there's a fortune to be made in oil and gas, as well as far cheaper energy for the British people. Malcolm Hudson, NTD News. In the Middle East, reports of starvation in the Gaza Strip continue to make headlines. Israel says they have increased aid deliveries to Gaza, but that some residents aren't receiving any because Hamas is stealing it. NTD's Jason Perry has the story. A video released on Tuesday showed hundreds of residents in the Gaza Strip swarming a truck carrying humanitarian aid. The chaotic scene highlights what appears to be a desperate need for more aid to be delivered to residents in the territory. However, a video released by Israel on the same day showed a much calmer situation around a different truck carrying humanitarian aid. Israeli forces said that armed Hamas terrorists hijacked this truck carrying humanitarian aid as residents stood around and watched. A woman in the Gaza Strip explained that people sell the aid at high prices after it's distributed to residents for free. All the products are expensive, and we know that it is all American aid and was distributed for free. But those here are selling them for high prices. They should have mercy on the children and people's condition. But there is no mercy in this country. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, more trucks carrying humanitarian aid were seen crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip for the third day in a row. Israeli forces started pausing military operations in certain parts of the Gaza Strip for 10 hours every day to support aid deliveries. And the Jordanian armed forces continued airdropping aid into the Gaza Strip for a third day in a row, and reported airdropping about 15 tons of food and basic supplies so far. Some senators in D.C. shared their thoughts on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. To me, Israel has the resolution of this problem in their hands. They should be sponsoring and encouraging and supporting a massive humanitarian program in Gaza. They have not done that. There's no country on earth that spends the kind of time, effort, and money to feed their enemy than Israel does. Meanwhile, Israel's foreign ministry shared another photo on X that they said CNN, The New York Times, and other media used to promote the false narrative that Israel is starving children in the Gaza Strip. The Post says, quote, unlike his brother standing by his side, Mohammed Zechariah Ayyub al-Matuk suffers from cerebral palsy. Israel's foreign ministry also shared another picture with fake news stamped on it, and accused global media of using the photo to spread the same narrative. But Israel said, quote, 11-month-old Sila Barbak isn't starving. He suffers from a pre-existing chronic gastrointestinal illness unrelated to the war. Jason Perry, NCD News. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel doesn't significantly improve the situation in Gaza. NTD's Washington correspondent Jeff Bradley has the details. The U.K. will recognize the state of Palestine. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing that he'll recognize the state of Palestine by the end of September at the U.N. General Assembly. That's unless Israel takes steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza and bring about an immediate ceasefire. This comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said he would do the same, Israel condemning the move, saying it would establish a state run by Hamas terrorists. Ending the war while Hamas remains in power in Gaza, that will be a tragedy for both Israelis and Palestinians. Establishing a Palestinian state today is establishing a Hamas state. The U.S. says a ceasefire in Palestinian state rewards Hamas, and it shows that they can get what they want through the murder of innocent civilians like we saw on October 7th, 2023. In any other normal environment where someone was so utterly defeated, they would surrender. In this case, that just does not occur. And part of it is because of perhaps the hope that they receive on how long the suffering lasts, how much that pushes the world to acquiesce to their arguments. Now if the U.K. and France recognize Palestine, then the U.S. would be the only permanent member of the U.N. Security Council not to. And this week, the U.N. is hosting a conference on a two-state solution in New York City. The State Department calling the conference unproductive and ill-timed. Far from promoting peace, the conference will prolong the war, will embolden Hamas, and reward its obstruction and undermine real-world efforts to achieve real peace. President Trump said over the weekend that the U.S. is working to send more food into Gaza, but such efforts continue to be obstructed by Hamas. But a lot of that food is getting stolen by Hamas. You know, they're stealing the food, they're stealing a lot of things. You ship it in and they steal it. Then they sell it. The negotiations over the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal broke down last week. Hamas didn't really want to make a deal. I think they want to die. So now we're down to the final hostages. That's when President Trump said that the U.S. and Israel are looking for alternative means to get the hostages home and bring this brutal conflict to an end. They're going to have to fight and they're going to have to clean it up. Reporting by Jack Bradley, NTD News. President Trump hails the NYPD as he vows to get to the bottom of the deadly Manhattan shooting. Now back in Washington, he's also ramping up pressure on Russia while weighing the next tariff move on China. NTD's White House correspondent Iris Tao has more. Boy, that's a bad one. That's a bad one. Condemning the deadly shooting in New York City, President Trump on Tuesday hails the NYPD and says he trusts law enforcement agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence. He also confirms he's spoken to Mayor Eric Adams. Now the president is on his way back to Washington after wrapping up a five-day visit to Scotland which included a trade deal with the European Union. It's going to bring us closer together. Talks with the UK leader on trade and Ukraine and an announcement of a peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia. And then I go back to D.C. and we put out fires all over the world. We did one yesterday. As you know, we stopped the war, but we stopped about five wars. Vowing to put out fires around the world, President Trump on Tuesday doubling down on is now short and deadlined to further sanction Russia unless it agrees to a ceasefire in ten days. Ten days from today, we're going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on. All this as the clock is still ticking as the U.S. and China could resume triple-digit tariffs on each other in less than two weeks. The latest round of trade talks did not yield a deal, but Trump says he will decide whether or not to extend the current tariff truce on Wednesday. And while Trump says he could meet with China's Xi Jinping by the end of the year, he's pushing back on media reports that he's seeking such a meeting. He stresses that he's not seeking anything and that if there were no invitation from China, he would have, quote, no interest in going. Reporting from the White House, Iris Tao, NTD News. The Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposal to rescind a 2009 finding that linked human-caused climate change to public health risks. The finding is the basis for multiple regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, power plants and other sources. A statement released by the EPA says if the proposal is finalized, it will reinstate consumer choice, making it easier to purchase safe and affordable cars. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called the proposed rollback one of the largest deregulatory actions in the history of the United States. According to the EPA statement, the finding has been used to justify over one trillion dollars in regulations. Some climate scientists say global temperatures have continued to rise and could potentially reach a threshold that would be nearly impossible to reverse. 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Today marks six months to the day since 67 people died in a midair collision over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport. That's 67 mothers, fathers, as well as three highly respected soldiers who dedicated their lives to defending our nation. Senate Republicans unveiled this Tuesday the ROTOR Act in response to the midair collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter over the Potomac River earlier this year. One of the most important parts of this bill is the requirement that all aircraft, military and civilians use both ADS-B out and ADS-B in. ADS-B is critical for aviation safety. ADS-B, or Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Systems, help pilots receive important information like weather and traffic information, as well as transmit an aircraft's position, altitude and velocity to air traffic controllers. Twenty-two years ago, the NTSB recommended this. By the way, sometimes people get concerned about cost, and I don't think we should be concerned about cost when it comes to safety. The cost to deploy this technology is not that great. Family members of victims of Flight 5342 asked lawmakers to ensure that the federal government has the sufficient funding to implement the safety recommendations as soon as possible. This is a very personal matter for all of us, but we hope that by being here and sharing our story, you all buy into this also and that you do support the efforts of the secretary at the Department of Transportation, that you advocate for that additional funding that we need to update the air traffic control systems and all of the systems that control our national airspace. The National Transportation Safety Board will begin this Wednesday a three-day public hearing to review the evidence collected on the tragedy over the Potomac. An investigative hearing is not like the end of the board meeting where we present our conclusions. It's to develop more facts for the investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board estimates that the conclusions of the investigation will be made public early 2026. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Luis Eduardo Martinez, NTD News. A chemical found in products commonly sold at gas stations and convenience stores could soon become classified as a controlled substance. The FDA has made a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration to review synthetic 7-OH, which is found in many Kratom-related items. NTD correspondent Jason Blair reports. The Trump administration is deeply committed to preventing another wave of the opioid epidemic. Kratom products come in drinks, capsules, gummies and other forms, and they are legal in most U.S. states. Our agencies have been asleep in the wheel for all of these other crises. And now we're going to wake up and we're going to start to stop this before it starts. Kratom is a plant found in Southeast Asia. FDA Commissioner Marty McCary says the items commonly sold in the U.S. contain 7-OH, which he says is a synthetic concentrated byproduct of Kratom. Our focus is not on Kratom. Our focus is on 7-OH, which, according to the Journal of Medical Chemistry, is 13 times more potent than morphine. The FDA announced that they made a recommendation to the DEA to classify 7-OH. Marty McCary also said they sent a letter to every U.S. physician, published a report, sent letters to distributors, and they also plan on continuing to educate the public. I've talked to many doctors who don't know what 7-OH is. We also want to create a national conversation where parents talk to their children. With the opioid crisis or the drug epidemic we've had throughout the country, it's affected almost all of us, either directly or indirectly. 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Both inside China and overseas through transnational repression campaigns. NTD's Melina Wyskup has the story. These bills address several issues, including human rights issues that the regime is perpetuating inside of China, subjecting its own citizens to forced labor and religious persecution. Another bill seeks to expand sanctioning powers over the Chinese regime's human rights violations, particularly against weaker Muslims. And another bill introduced addresses its aggression towards Taiwan. Lawmakers are also addressing transnational repression. That refers to the CCP's efforts to silence dissidents abroad. That's happening here, even in the U.S. We know there's an effort underway currently on the part of the CCP to ramp up its censorship and efforts to repress people here in America. These bills were introduced by members of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, who held a hearing on this exact issue last week. It's particularly important that we establish a clear government-wide definition of transnational repression, one that recognizes as a threat to democratic institutions and to fundamental rights. Including American citizens has intensified and globalized with Beijing not only targeting Taiwan across the strait, it is projecting intimidation across borders, institutions, using political transnational repression as tools of coercion among people across the globe. And currently, the Chinese Communist Party is using its proxies to weaponize the U.S. legal system, to threaten and silence groups, including even media outlets like our own that dares to speak out against the Chinese Communist Party's abuses. The chairman of the commission, Chris Smith, recently referred to this repression as transnational terrorism. And his characterization is depicted by a bomb threat that occurred at the Kennedy Center earlier this year to try to stop Shen Yun from performing. That's an American company that displays Chinese culture and also exposes the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong. As for these bills reaching the president's desk, well, since there are both Republicans and Democrats that support them, it's likely that they will have strong bipartisan support. But since they've been introduced, it's now ultimately up to congressional leaders, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to put these votes on the schedule. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskup, NTD News. Joining us now is Sam Brownback, former U.S. ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom. He currently serves as the co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Summit. He's also the chairman of the National Committee for Religious Freedom. Ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. Great to have you. Now, there's been a slew of bipartisan bills introduced in the House targeting China's human rights violations, including transnational repression. Now, this comes amid the recent trade talks between the U.S. and China in Sweden. How important is it, in your view, that the U.S. bring up human rights as part of those discussions? Well, I think it's critical that they bring up human rights as a part of that discussion. The Chinese only care about money and power. So you've got to hit one of them to get their attention on this. And so I think the best, easiest, most appropriate one for us to do at this point in time is hit the money. And they are doing these things. They are doing the transnational oppression. I've done interviews with a number of people that speak out against China in this country, and several of them have had oppression brought against them by Chinese or people hired by the Chinese government. This is going on all the time and it should stop. And it should and we really should push back much more aggressively against that transnational oppression or terrorism, as Chris Smith called it, in this country. And digging into China's long arm, experts are warning that China has been using data to manipulate and threaten people as part of its transnational repression. For example, using data to digitally surveil the relatives, property and relationships of overseas dissidents, then using that information to threaten them. How should the U.S. and allies counter something like this? Well, I think the first step is really calling it out. And that's what I appreciate about these bills. Second one is, is that I think we need to provide more protection for individuals that are getting attacked. And then what is happening so often is that the Chinese Communist Party is using our system and our principles against us. So they bring lawsuits. They threaten lawsuits. They do investigations on people. They plant stories with media. And I think we need to start waking up and saying, look, they are using our system, our openness against us, and we should fight back and we should call it out. And we should call it evil and get it and push it to stop. Needs to be raised at the highest levels by the administration in interaction with Chinese officials. And I think it ultimately the real way to get their attention is make it a part of the trade talks. So you have actual trade sanctions that go on if these actions continue. When I was governor of Kansas, we were getting probed. Our state records were often by Chinese or Chinese affiliated groups to try to find information out here that they could use and somehow apply to their sorted ends. This has been happening for a long time. And Ambassador, when it comes to those who are targeted, one example is Hong Kong activist Chloe Chung, who talks about living in fear, even though she's now in the UK as Hong Kong authorities have put a bounty on her, all for taking part in pro-democracy protests back in Hong Kong. Now, given examples like these, what policies could world leaders implement to put an end to communist China's transnational repression? You know, I hate to keep repeating it, but it's really you got to go with the money. It's either money or power. That's what they understand. And you got to get you got to get a hold of one of the other of them. So you either got to put sanctions on for it or you really have to threaten something back against against them. The other thing we really should do is we should support openly these groups that are in China that are standing for freedom in China. Groups like Falun Gong, groups like the Tibetan Buddhists, groups like the Uyghurs, groups like the Christians that are in China, the underground church that's there. We should be much more vocal and open in our support of those groups that are fighting for their freedoms in those countries, standing up to the Chinese Communist Party. I mean, if if we would stand up and be more publicly favorable towards Falun Gong at the highest levels of our government, it would blow their minds in Beijing if we did that. And yet these are people, Falun Gong participants, Muslim Uyghurs, Christians that are simply standing up for basic freedoms that we believe in, religious freedom, the right to be able to speak out that are actually guaranteed in Chinese constitution to them, but they don't get to participate or have. Ambassador, speaking of Falun Gong, last week, Russia sentenced a Falun Gong practitioner to four years in prison for being part of a Falun Gong organization. It declared, quote, undesirable. Now others have been targeted as well. And as you just mentioned, these practitioners simply want to practice their faith and help fellow practitioners in China who've been persecuted there for 26 years now. What's your response to Russia's actions which mirror the Chinese regime's? It's part of the coming together more and more of the axis of evil. It's China, Russia, North Korea, Iran. This is an operational axis and they're helping each other. They're supplying weaponry. They're supplying this sort of human rights abuses. If China doesn't like Falun Gong, we're not going to like Falun Gong. Remember, too, religion, free religion, is one of the things they fear the most because it's people of faith that will actually stand up, that answer to a higher power than the government. That's one of the things we as a U.S. government can be more supportive of is people of faith because they're the ones in the belly of the beast pushing back against this tyranny. Now, the State Department and several lawmakers have condemned Russia for its repression of Falun Gong. What do you make of the U.S. response so far and what steps do you think the U.S. should take to hold Russia accountable? I think we need to do a lot more, particularly in this area of religious persecution, because they're just continually stepping it up more and more. If you're a member of the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, you're fine in Russia. You're part of anything else. You're going to be oppressed. You're going to be attacked. You're going to be run out. You may be put in jail. You may disappear. That's what is happening to people of other types of faith. And that needs to be pushed back on much more and it needs to be elevated as an issue more and more. This is something the American people really care deeply about, religious freedom. It's what our country was founded upon. And it's a key part of having freedom for people at all. It's that freedom of the soul. It's one that's very precious to us as American public. And I think we need to be more vocal, more aggressive, more pushy and standing up for it. Ambassador Sam Brownback, as always, thank you so much for joining us. My pleasure. Coming up, a special birthday celebration for the longest serving member of a local VFW chapter in Washington, D.C., how she says she made it to her one hundred and ninth birthday after the break. Is deep sea fish oil really healthy? Due to pollution in the oceans, most fish contain heavy metal elements and radioactive substances. That's why it's so important to choose a pure source of Omega-3. Puritan Green Vegetable Omega-3 is made from porcelain and pyrolysis, which are rich in nutrients and minerals, especially vitamins A, D, E, calcium and iron. 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It was very, very well liked because no matter what culture or what sort of walk of life you're from, I think people, they see it and they immediately understand what that energy, what that message is. And they they're drawn to it because everybody kind of needs a little bit of that in their own life of, you know, the steadfast calmness and something to hold on to. It's definitely an inner peace in the midst of something very chaotic. And for a lot of people right now, the whole world is very, very chaotic. So I guess that's another reason why so many people are very drawn to this. Welcome back. I'm Tiffany Meyer. A special birthday celebration took place in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. The local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary marked the birthday of its longest serving member. Evangeline Paradis turned one hundred and nine. Take a look. What's your secret? I wish I knew. Evangeline Vanjie Paradis celebrating one hundred nine years of life. Surrounded by family, friends and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Vanjie was born in New York in 1916 during World War One. Her family moved to Washington, D.C. when she was only five. Her father, a member of the U.S. Navy. The veterans have always been in my system because my dad was in the Navy and the veterans have been good to my family. After 30 years of working in the Pentagon, Vanjie retired with the highest civilian award given to federal employees, but her service did not stop there. After retirement, she volunteered with the AARP and Vanjie is still an active member of the VFW Auxiliary. Volunteerism, she says, that is what has kept her alive so long. Do what you can for others and the reflection will be on to you. She is the oldest member in this entire national VFW Auxiliary nation. We're so proud of it. And I'm going to cry because she should be a role model for everybody. The highlight of her birthday celebration Saturday when her little sister, 102 years old, flew in from Vegas to surprise her. How do you want to be remembered? For my volunteerism, for the people in need. I don't want to see, you know, poor people suffering. This is a great day for me. I thank you all for coming. I'm just, I'm overwhelmed. But you know what? What? I think I deserve. And that's all for today's news. For on the clock coverage, visit us at ntd.com slash live or download our NTD app. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Tiffany Meyer. Good night.