Capitol Report Full Broadcast (Oct. 1)

Good evening and welcome to the Capitol Report on NTD Television. I'm Steve Lance. Here's what's coming up. A special guest joining the White House Press Secretary, Caroline Leavitt, at the briefing today. And the latest from the White House on the government shutdown. And the Supreme Court allowing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to keep her job, at least for now. The justices will take up the case next year. In day one of the government shutdown, what seems like a straightforward proposal to continue current spending levels of government has devolved to an all-out messaging war. We'll hear from President, Representative Monica Dela Cruz. And on our panel tonight, roughly $18 billion of funding for New York City infrastructure projects put on hold over unconstitutional DEI principles. What does this mean and is the move justified? We'll discuss with Dan Turrentine and Katie Zacharia. This is Capitol Report, live from our global headquarters in our nation's capital. Here's Steve Lance. And Vice President J.D. Vance joining Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt in the briefing room today. We go live now to NTD's correspondent Mari Otsu, who was there at the briefing. Good evening, Mari. So talk to us about what the White House is saying about the government shutdown that's currently underway. Sure, Steve. Good evening. The White House is blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, saying that it impacts active duty troops, critical food assistance, and flood insurance as we are entering hurricane season. And Vice President J.D. Vance had a surprise appearance at the briefing room today. Here's what he said. Watch. Whatever those disagreements are, you don't shut down the government over it. For the first time since the Democrats have been in politics, they're now saying that unless we get every policy item that we demand, we're going to shut down the people's government. They're trying to take a hostage, and we're not going to let them. The White House website featuring a shutdown clock and the press secretary leaving this message on the White House comment line. Thank you for calling the White House comment line. Democrats in Congress have shut down the federal government because they care more about funding health care for illegal immigrants than they care about serving you. Meanwhile, Vice President Vance says he doesn't think the shutdown will be long. He's calling on more moderate Democrats to join Republicans in voting to keep the government open. So three moderate Democrats joined 52 Republicans last night. We need five more. While Republicans have offered a clean short-term budget bill, the White House criticizing Democrats for holding the economy hostage for what it calls free health care for illegal immigrants, though Democrats say that's not what they're demanding. Political leadership of their party has got it into their heads that the only way to be compassionate is to be compassionate to illegal aliens rather than American citizens. No, the law, the law is clear that no Medicaid, no Medicare, no ACA can go to any undocumented immigrant. And Steve, I don't know if you've seen this, but the White House has been replaying this deepfake video that President Trump originally posted to Truth Social of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero. Jeffries, Jeffries responds like this. Watch. Don't cop out through a racist and fake AI video. When I'm back in the Oval Office, say it to my face. Hakeem Jeffries said it was racist. And I honestly don't even know what that means. Like, is, is, is he a Mexican American that is offended by having a sombrero meme? I make the solemn promise to you that if you help us reopen the government, the sombrero memes will stop. And I talked to the president of the United States about that. But while Republicans and Democrats are spending the first day of the government shutdown blaming each other, iconic sites around the country have closed, including Pearl Harbor Memorial in Hawaii and the JFK Library in Boston. Steve, back to you. And to these Mario to live at the White House. Thank you, Mario. Day one of the government shutdown currently underway and Senate Democrats blocking a procedural vote to reconsider the continuing resolution to reopen the government, otherwise known as a CR. Our Washington correspondent Louise Martinez is with us in studio. Louise, great to have you back. So talk to us what's going on in the Hill right now. And what's the latest on the attempts to reopen our government? Well, right now, Republican strategy in the Senate is to put the CR, the continuing resolution that they've already passed through the House for a vote again to put maximum pressure on Democrats and show the American people who's deciding to close the government. So they had a procedural vote to see if they can go ahead with a final third vote of the continuing resolution. And it failed. Fifty five people, senators voted in favor. That's three Democrats that joined again, as well as last night with Republicans to try and keep the government open, but didn't reach the 60 vote threshold. Let's listen to what a couple of those Senate Democrats had to say about today's vote. No, I don't believe that it's ever going to be a good, good choice to shut the government down. This isn't entertainment. The tariffs are already hitting high costs in my state. That hasn't been addressed by this administration. And my concern is with the shutdown, there's going to be more costs to Nevadans, including not only our workers that are federal workers and so many that are there, our tourism industry, which is a major revenue generator for our state. So that's why it was important for me to vote against a shutdown. So, Steve, as we just saw there, Senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania, a purple state, and Cortez Mastos from Nevada, also a purple state, joining Republicans with also Senator Angus King from Maine. And the strategy that Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune has is to hope that in the coming days, other Democrats will join enough to keep the government open. All eyes are on Senator John Ossoff from Georgia and any other senator from the Democratic side that is seeking re-election in 2026. Certainly a lot of messaging, a lot of folks. We heard it's going to come down to who wins the messaging war. But one point that I heard earlier today that I think puts things into perspective is that the Democrats actually voted for this exact same CR. This is not something new. Nothing's really added to it. So are the stakes really worth it for them to not vote on something that they've already voted for? What are they really trying to get out of it? And what is ultimately the impact, the real-world impact of this shutdown? Who's going to be mostly affected? Well, what you just said is completely right. So politics, political theater aside, or political messaging aside, this continuing resolution that Republicans are putting on the table, it's levels of government funding set by Democrats during the Biden administration. And actually, Republicans decided not to go with Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts that were proposed by DOJ during this funding battle, and instead accepted something that Republicans, of course, are not okay with, which is Biden-era levels of government funding. And who's going to be impacted? Well, first of all, I think it's important to say for the American people, anyone who's looking to cash their Social Security checks will still receive their Social Security checks. Medicaid, Medicare beneficiaries will still receive those benefits. But there's about 750,000 federal employees that could be furloughed. In the case, for example, of the Department of Education, some 95% of the Department of Education will be furloughed. The only people that will stay on the job are those that are dealing with student loans and student aid. And then if we look at HHS, they're going to furlough about 32,000 out of their 80,000 employees. Military, active-duty military personnel, TSA, Border Patrol, DEA, all will stay on their posts but without pay. Now, the last government shutdown in 2018, after those 35 days, Congress passed a law that everyone is going to get paid after government is reopened. So those people that are remaining at their posts but not receiving a paycheck will receive a paycheck once government reopens. And obviously right here in the DMV, the DC, Virginia, Maryland area, you have tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, many of which live in Virginia. It's not quite the midterms yet, but November has a pretty consequential governor's race, and this could have an impact there. What is the administration saying about these layoffs, about the people who might actually lose their jobs as collateral damage from the government shutdown? Well, we've heard from the White House that they didn't want a government shutdown. Now, we have a government shutdown, and the White House now has greater latitude to decide what is or what isn't essential personnel. So they're going to be able to lay off people, dismiss them from their jobs. These are people who will not get their jobs back once government reopens. And OMB Director Russell Vought has warned Democrats that in the next two days, they might start sending those letters of notices of being laid off. Now, this is important because this is all political strategy. So you have the White House saying that in two days, they're going to start sending those notices, and the Senate Republicans teed off the next vote for Friday. So Democrats will have yet another chance on Friday to reopen government if they join with Republicans in voting for the continuing resolution. Fascinating stuff. Lots of moving pieces. Happy to have you break it down. Luis Martinez, thank you. And the White House is freezing roughly $18 billion in funding for infrastructure projects in New York City. This coming just hours after Congress failed to reach the budget deal, leading to the shutdown. The Office of Management and Budget Director, Russ Vought, announcing that decision earlier today, saying it's to make sure that the money is not being spent on, quote, unconstitutional DEI principles. Vought specifically naming the Hudson River Tunnel and the 2nd Avenue Subway. The Department of Transportation already pausing a $30 million payment to those two projects. In a statement, the agency says it's reviewing whether any unconstitutional practices are happening. And OMB Director, Russ Vought, wrote on X Today that roughly $18 billion for those projects will be put on hold, as we just mentioned. Joining us live to break it down is Dan Turrentine, co-host of Two Ways, The Morning Meeting, and The Group Chat, along with Katie Zacharias, Senior Legal Advisor to Fix California. It's great to have you both. So Secretary Vought, OMB Director Vought, saying that this is to prevent funding tied to what he called unconstitutional DEI principles. Dan, let's start with you. What impact do you think that this will have on those projects? Well, as you said, they're withholding, but I think it'll ultimately get paid when this is settled. But the goal of both sides going into this feel very comfortable with their position. The goal is to make the other side feel uncomfortable and seek peace, basically, to sue for it. And Democrats, when the conversation's on health care, feel like they're on solid ground. The problem is the reason we Democrats have been successful in the past is once the government shuts down, people get upset. Take up the garbage in my street. The construction workers on the Second Avenue subway here in New York City are going to want to get paid and move forward. And people just say, gosh darn it, I don't care who's at fault, end this. And that's where Democrats are running a real risk. The longer this goes, people just get agitated and say, I hate D.C., stop it. Katie, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying President Trump and Russ Vought of the OMB are threatening projects that would have a monumental impact on commuters in New York City. Do you think that there's any validity to his point? Look, President Trump is using his authority as president. And honestly, this is the Schumer shutdown. Schumer had an opportunity to be able to make a deal with President Trump, and he came with this trillion-dollar ransom deal and basically is holding the American people hostage. So for $18 billion infrastructure project to be used as leverage, President Trump should do that because it benefits all of the American people if they can make a deal here. And it's not just this project for the federal workers, for the military, for the parks and rec. All of these people will suffer if the Democrats don't come to the table with a reasonable deal and make it with President Trump. And Dan, I don't know if you saw the segment earlier with Louise Martinez, our Capitol Hill correspondent. When it comes to this CR, the Democrats voted for it before. So are the things that they're asking for really that consequential that they are going to take the risks that Katie just outlined? Well, I think you're right. From a PR standpoint, it's terrible for Democrats because I think 13 times they voted for continuing resolutions. In the past, it was Republicans who were threatening to or did shut down the government. And again, this is one of the reasons Democrats ultimately won. It's a very clean, simple message. Just continue as things are. I think Democrats do have a strong hand on health care. The problem is just trying to tie, as my colleagues said, everything else to it. And I think ultimately what's going to happen is they're going to pass this continuing resolution. Democrats will hold, and Republicans will ultimately cut some deals on the Obama health care taxes, because even a lot of Republicans don't want to see premiums go up. But, you know, Democrats asked too many things and it became too complicated and they're losing the messaging work. Katie, with regard to the director of OMB, Russ Vogt, getting ready to, you know, he ultimately gets to decide who gets fired, who doesn't. Is this something that the Democrats, you know, might regret if he's able to start gutting, you know, permanent Washington? Well, this was the agenda before, right, that President Trump got elected on, was to cut down on OMB, cut down the federal government. And if the Democrats pretty much give him this open door, then I would say they're going to start taking those steps. But I want to address the health care issue. I'm out here in California, and Gavin Newsom, our Democrat governor, decided that it was a great idea to give every illegal immigrant health care on the backs of the California taxpayer. So what they're actually trying to address here, and Vice President J.D. Vance did discuss this, is health care for illegal immigrants. This is not an all around health care controversy. This is that the Democrats have been championing health care for illegal immigrants, immigrants who are not here legally, that are not paying taxes, that are using the system and taking from the American taxpayer. And so we suffered. Gavin Newsom shut that program down in California, because guess what? It bankrupt our Medicaid, our Medi-Cal program, which is to provide health care for those who can't afford it that are citizens or that are paying taxes. So this controversy should not be a controversy. And you have people like Maxine Waters supporting this, outwardly supporting health care for illegal immigrants. And the United States, just like California, cannot afford to do that. Speaking of California, there's a big trend right now on social media, a big push, what we're seeing to cancel Netflix, gaining some traction. Elon Musk jumping on board, referencing a show director's comments on Charlie Kirk, but also transgender content and other DEI priorities. Dan, where do you see this going? Oh, look, I mean, on some level, there's great irony because Democrats were very aggressive about this type of stuff in the last decade. Look, the free market will take care of this. People are upset about content on Netflix, whether they don't like their shows or they think they promote the wrong values and they'll go somewhere else. And, you know, whether it's Budweiser with beer or Target versus Walmart, the free market, I believe, will take care of this. But it's good copy to see people go after things like Netflix. Katie, what's going on in the great state of California? Just saw tourism in Los Angeles is down roughly 50 percent. Is the pressure going to be enough here to motivate Netflix's business decisions like we saw a few years ago with Bud Light, perhaps? Well, as it was discussed, that's really a free market decision. If people do decide they don't like the content on Netflix, then they can leave Netflix and Netflix will suffer financially for promoting that. If people are not playing in droves like they did with Budweiser and other woke ideology companies that have embraced this, even Cracker Barrel changed course. If Netflix does suffer, they will change course because at the end of the day, similar to Amazon Prime and other places that have experienced this or Amazon Video, Prime Video, to be specific, people do react. Companies react when the money goes down and they're not and they're not able to deliver for their consumers, for their shareholders. Maybe all they'll need to do is have another Dave Chappelle special to balance things out. We'll wait and see. Dan the Supreme Court today deferring the Trump administration's request to overturn an injunction on President Trump's efforts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Cook remains in office until at least January of 2026. Arlene Richards brings us more. In a very brief order on Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts declined to grant the Trump administration's request to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her job. The unsigned order states that the matter is, quote, deferred pending oral argument in January 2026. It sets in motion a briefing schedule that will allow both sides to lay out their arguments on paper before the in-person appearance in January. Cook can continue working for the bank's board until at least January. The move upholds a lower court's injunction on the firing attempt, which was prompted by allegations that Cook engaged in mortgage fraud. A court of appeals rejected an emergency appeal which prompted the immediate application to the Supreme Court. Trump invoked the Federal Reserve Act in an August termination letter to Cook. The act states that the president can remove a member of the board for cause. He stated that he was removing her for cause, citing sufficient reason to believe that she had made false statements on one or more mortgage agreements. Cook has argued that the firing is without cause because she hasn't been charged or convicted of a crime. She denies the fraud claims. The court's decision today puts in the spotlight the potential for a landmark case over the long-held shield of independence the Fed has enjoyed from the executive branch. Marlene Richards, NTD News. Coming up, the latest state to activate the National Guard to assist with ICE operations. We'll have more on immigration enforcement during the shutdown. And with the White House saying layoffs are imminent, how long might this shutdown last? We'll hear from Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz just after the break. Looking for a healthy and smooth-tasting brew? Drop by Day's Coffee Roasters today and explore our wide selection of specialty-grade, small-batch roasted coffee. 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Take the one-minute prediabetes risk test at doihaveprediabetes.org. Be your own hero. And welcome back to the Capitol Report. I'm Steve Lance. Missouri is the latest state to activate the National Guard to support ICE and address public safety concerns. This while Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth leaving for Memphis, Tennessee amid a crackdown on crime. Entity correspondent Jason Blair reports. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has authorized his state's National Guard to support ICE operations. The authorization starts on October 1st and continues until September 30th, 2026. Governor Kehoe says the move comes after a request from the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of War. The service members will assist with quote tasks such as data entry, case management, and logistical support, enabling ICE personnel to focus on core enforcement and security functions. He posts Missouri is proud to join in the Trump administration's efforts to keep our state and nation secure. Using FBI data, Kansas City, Missouri ranks fourth in the nation for violent offenses per 100,000 people, according to 2024 data. Ranking first in 2024 violent crime is Memphis, Tennessee, with 2,501 violent crimes per 100,000 people. The Trump administration started a federally led crackdown on crime in Memphis on Monday. Just this year alone, they've had 150 murders and it's going to stop. Attorney General Pam Bondi left for Memphis along with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Bondi says she'll be meeting with the Tennessee governor and the Memphis mayor. She says that cashless bail in Memphis is an issue. Someone who committed a violent murder recently in Memphis in 2024, I think, had all had just been let out months before on cashless bail and then commits a murder. Bondi says that after two days of the federal law enforcement operation in Memphis, 53 people have been arrested and 20 illegal firearms have been confiscated. Bondi adds on Tuesday, a missing juvenile was located and three firearms were recovered at the home of a murder suspect. And while the government is shut down, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says that the department will still continue to operate. However, it's 200,000 plus personnel will be going without pay. Reporting in Washington, DC, Jason Blair, NTD News. So how long is this government shutdown going to last? And might there be another one again in seven weeks? We welcome live Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz from Texas. Congresswoman, great to have you. You have a front row seat to all of this. Now, you were planning for this weeks ago. You introduced legislation to continue paying Border Patrol agents during a potential shutdown. This didn't make it to a vote quite yet. Right now, border agents still working without pay. What are your thoughts on this? And are you working on anything further to perhaps get this to the floor? Well, first of all, I'd like to say that this legislation introduction would not even be necessary if the Democrats did their job and voted for a clean continuing resolution, which is simply funding the government at the 2024 rate that they've already agreed to. Now, our Border Patrol and our Customs Agency here in Deep South Texas are beloved. They have done an amazing job protecting not only our southern border, but the entire nation. And so it's completely unacceptable that they will go without pay because of the Democrats. They will struggle to put food on the table for their family and for their children. This is why I introduced this important piece of legislation. Pay our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act. I'm urging leadership to put it on the table. We hope that the Democrats will stop playing these political games very, very soon and feel the pressure from the American taxpayers. And hopefully we won't have to put it on the floor next week because the government will be reopened. But Democrats are persistent on playing these crazy political games. I know you don't have a crystal ball. Maybe you do. But what is your best guess as to how long this shutdown might last? And is it any indication that you're seeing over on the Senate side, three Democrats at this point voting with Republicans? Does that sort of tell a story that this might not last as long as, say, the last one over 35 days? Well, the hopeful part of me is that there are three Democrats that still have common sense, and the common sense to vote for the American people, the common sense to keep the government open, and the common sense to get us all back to work, to work on the legislation and appropriation to fund the government. Now, that's my hope. However, there are so many other Democrat senators, including Democrat Chuck Schumer, who, by the way, voted 13 times during the Biden administration for a continuing resolution, that are still being held hostage by the radical left that is not only holding the Democrats hostage, but holding the American people hostage with their just bizarre and their wants of funding radical left policy. What we need to do is we need to get back to work. Democrats need to fund the government, and they need to do that now. Stop playing games with politics and stop playing games with American taxpayer hard-earned dollars. To your point, it's now being called the GOP spending bill. However, it is an extension of the Democrats' levels of funding from when they were in power and essentially continuing what they wanted, and it does include undoing any doge cuts. Do you foresee Republicans making any further concessions, or is the ball really in the Democrats' court at this point? Well, President Trump, Speaker Johnson, they are doing an exceptional job holding the line of what House Republicans have already voted, which was a clean, continuing resolution. What is so bizarre about what the Democrats want is that they agreed to this. Chuck Schumer agreed to this in 2024. We are not asking anything more or anything less, but to simply keep funding the government at the rates that are already agreed to. That is common sense. It is something that is fair and reasonable, but the Democrats have gone hostage to their left-wing radicals in asking $1.5 trillion to fund radical programs. Absolutely not. They need to stop playing games and reopen the government. Arguably, this is the most important role of Congress to pass this bill. This is a continuing resolution, which really only extends funding for the government for several more weeks until you all have to do the same thing all over again. This one here just continues the negotiation process. What do House Republicans plan to do if there is no long-term deal in seven weeks? Will there be another continuing resolution? It's all about the appropriations process. The more time we waste on these political games, the more delay we get on passing appropriations packages off the House floor. That means that we have to further delay the entire process. House Republicans voted yes to a continuing resolution a week ago. Now, we're stalled in the entire process because of the Democrats. Let me help your viewers really understand what that means. What that means is a delay in new applications for Social Security and Medicare benefits that puts at-risk WIC and SNAP. Close to 25% of my district utilizes those important federal programs. Again, the Democrats need to stop playing these games. They're affecting real lives, real people, and it's stopping the appropriations process. We just need to cut this out. Let's get back to work and let's pass the clean PR in the Senate so we can get on to the real business. Texas Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz, really appreciate you joining us. Thank you. And coming up, find out how the government shutdown might affect some of these federal programs from Social Security to national parks. We'll break it all down. And what would you think if President Trump ran for office again in 2028? We'll hear from everyday folks in Washington to see what they think after the break. Somehow I lost all those years. Where did the time go? I don't know how did I get here and see now. You've done the hard part. You quit smoking. Now do the easy part and get scanned for lung cancer. If you smoked, you may still be at risk, but early detection could save your life. Talk to your doctor and learn more at SavedByTheScan.org. I debate all day. It's what I do. But there are some things that are undebatable, like your mental health, my own mental health. 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But thanks to a law passed in 2019, government employees will receive back pay after the shutdown is resolved. Here is what will happen. Social Security checks will still be mailed, but verification of benefits will be halted and new cards won't be issued. The U.S. Postal Service will continue delivering mail. SNAP, also known as food stamps, will continue, but some programs may be affected if government staff stop working. In previous years, some IRS activities slowed down as workers were sent home, but resumed once the shutdown was over. In any case, it's still necessary to pay taxes. If this goes on for some time, it will cause damage to the economy. It causes a lot of inconvenience for people, too, and they're going to start to get upset. So I don't think the government will allow this to go on for any fairly long time period. TSA workers at the airport will continue to work, but without pay. There will also be delays in passport and visa processing times. The National Park Service will limit activities at parks. The agency estimated that a 2013 shutdown cost the agency more than half a billion dollars. The Small Business Administration will stop processing loan applications. Military service members will still be working, but without pay. It's estimated that more than 800,000 government workers will be sent home, while 700,000 will work without pay. The White House and Republicans have been in a standoff with Democrats over a stopgap bill that would fund the government through November 21st. This time, the White House is planning to permanently lay off federal workers if an agreement is not reached. David Lam, NTD News, California. So is President Donald Trump planning on running for a third term in 2028? Some of the hats that he's been issuing out from the Oval Office, Trump 2028, may indicate could be on his radar. NTD's Sam Wong was out in the National Mall in DC to hear from the people. President Trump's been talking about potentially running for a third term. Perhaps a joke, perhaps not. Would you like to see that happen? I would like to, but it's not going to happen. That's not right. You know, he does say and do some things that even we don't agree, but I don't think that will happen. You would like to see that happen? I would like it, yes. He deserves to be in there, because he's moving everything forward, and that's great. Sure, yeah, but I don't think he can. Is it the 22nd Amendment? I'm not 100 percent sure. I don't even want to comment. I certainly think he will. By the time it comes around, it'll be legal to do so. And would you be behind that? Hell no. Pretty soon, it'll only be Republicans that can own guns, too. President Trump has been talking about potentially running for a third term. Would you be on board with that? Yeah. I'm not a huge political person, but I'm very turned off by the Democrats and just liberals and just all of that. I don't think anybody should be on two terms. That's been a tradition in our country, and I think that's been pretty well established. How about Vance 2028? What do you think? No. No, please no. I don't have that many years left on this planet. I don't want this to go down like this. I see that happening, yeah. Would you be supporting him? Yes. Probably a continuation of what Trump has started, just finishing it out and carrying it through. I really, to be honest, don't know exactly what he's doing right now. I haven't really followed his speeches or interviews, so if it's not Trump, then for sure, Vance. I won't close off to it. I liked what he said a lot more before the election than when he joined the ticket. You're open-minded? I try to be. How about Vance 2028? Yeah. That would be a good call. There's a couple other guys that could be in the running as well. We'll have to wait and see because we really don't know much about Vance right now. But did you ever watch his movie that he made? He didn't make it, but they made it about his life and where he came from to where he is today. It was only God that did that. But I would definitely vote for him in 2028. Blocking traffic and throwing objects at police officers. Protesting erupting across China on the 76th anniversary since the CCP took power. Chinese people around the globe are calling for an end to the CCP's rule. Find more on that tonight on China in Focus with Tiffany Meyer at 9 p.m. Eastern. In the meantime, coming up, are politicians trapping voters in unhelpful policies by promising them an easy way out? We'll hear from Vince Everett Ellison about how to succeed in the United States of America. Turning Point USA holding its largest ever event, drawing over 6,000 attendees. That's despite a suspected bomb threat forcing the campus to evacuate just before. More on that when we return. Kids love it. Parents trust it. Obviously. 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You know that the military was dying. We couldn't get our numbers. We couldn't get people to, we couldn't get young men and young women to join because the military gone woke. And when you have a military class of people, young people that are willing to leave their homes and volunteer for the military, they are a certain type of individual. And I know like you, like me, you've been around them. They have a certain type of ethos. And one of them is this warrior ethos where they're tough, where they don't mind fighting, where they don't mind dying. And they wanna come to a military that is like that. And they don't wanna come to a world military where men are dressing in dresses and where people are not held to a certain standard. And so Pete and President Trump wants to bring his ethos back. I think you really put it into perspective. It's not just a Navy SEAL that's supposed to be that type A, masculine, intense personality. You really want everybody in every branch, whether it's the Marines, the Army, because at the end of the day, the same risk is on the line when you're in the battlefield. The military is really refocusing on its direct purpose, as you mentioned, which is war fighting, lethality and defense rather than DEI and mental health and the like. Is this what President Trump is looking to do throughout the government in all federal agencies? Yeah, it's a reckoning. For about maybe over the last 15 years, we've been playing this game and now we're seeing it doesn't work. Ever since Barack Obama split into the White House, the government has slyly tried to put this whole agenda in there. From LGBTQ when he put out Obamacare and we found out that transgender operations were involved in it, a nine-month abortion was involved in it, as they put DEI in public hiring and they then allowed children to use the bathroom of their preference through all these executive orders. They have been sly about it. And if COVID did nothing else, it woke us up to what they were doing, especially in the schools where they were going to our children. Then we turned around and saw what Joe Biden was doing inside the military, a lot of sex change operations, transgenderism, DEI. They started giving people promotions based upon color and gender, not on merit. And American society started dying. Some people, it was the lockdowns that, you know, and the kids being affected that opened their eyes to some of the Democratic policies. And then you had the transgenderism, the Bud Light boycott, which took place, which was far more than just Republicans to make that happen. Now we're seeing the shooting of Charlie Kirk, the killing, changing people's minds. Talk to us about how people got here and how have initiatives like diversity, equity, inclusion, transgender policies and anti-American sentiment really grown in the United States, specifically in higher education. Well, the Democrats were slick. They took people in America who saw themselves as the losers of America, the ones that couldn't compete. And they said, hey, come to us and we'll pass laws dumbing down the whole country so you can feel good about yourself. And these people gravitated to the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party made no false promises that we are going to fix a system where you are not going to have to compete or work hard and you're still going to achieve great things. And the people gravitated to the party, but this didn't happen. They remained at the bottom. And this is when they became broken. And they understood that there's only one way to make it in America. You have to go out there, you have to earn it. You have to get it. They turned around and they were still trapped in ghetto. They turned around and they were still sitting on the poor street in forties, getting tattoos, going to jail, having abortions. Their society did not compete with ours. We still achieve, and they did not. And they started asking, what's going wrong? And we told them our way is best. Their way is not. They lied to you. The only way to have success in America is to believe in God, believe in yourself, go out there and compete. You have to understand you are responsible for the choices that you make. It is no way to get around it. You have to believe in the process. If you graduate high school, if you get married before you have children and you work full time, you will never ever be poor in the United States of America. And that's just the fact. That's selling author, Vince Everett Ellison. Really appreciate your insights. Thank you. My pleasure. Thank you. And thousands attending Turning Point USA's event last night at Utah State University. That was despite a bomb scare that forced an evacuation in the hours leading up to the event. And today's Washington correspondent, Jack Bradley, brings us more. Turning Point, founded by Charlie Kirk, hosted its largest college event on Tuesday evening with over 6,000 attendees at Utah State University. Each of us certainly feels the weight of this loss. But what we don't do, what we refuse to do is bow to despair. Only in a country like the United States, can you have a tour with a person like Charlie Kirk going out and speaking his mind. People that he talked to, people who were very different than him, people that disagreed with him. You saw those videos just now. He treated them with respect. He treated them with love and he treated them with dignity. The event carried on despite the suspicion of a bomb threat nearby at a campus building. The device was deemed to be non-explosive and it was detonated by law enforcement and the event resumed as normal. Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at one of these campus events last month. It was just two hours south at Utah Valley University. This was the first Turning Point event in Utah since. We have more tour stops coming. We're not backing down. Tim, hopefully you don't think we're totally crazy for doing this, but we have to go on. Charlie would have mandated it. I can tell you that. Let's call it brave. In the face of your fears, you persevere. I mean, I can tell you the security is extraordinarily robust. Magnitudes more than anything we've ever done. And there's a lot of people, I will just say, that are working in conjunction with it. And Charlie's legacy is inspiring more people to come out and support. Conservative political commentator Stephen Crowder said that he's been so moved by recent events that he's gone back on campus in honor of Charlie, continuing his Change My Mind events where he sits down with college students to debate controversial topics. The assassination in cold blood is an act of terrorism of Charlie Kirk. Is that political violence? Crowder said he pulled back from these campus events due to security issues with those in the audience that opposed him turning violent. When I did Change My Mind, it started in 2016. The idea was, hey, calling the left on their bluff, civil dialogue with anyone to the tune of billions of plays and hundreds of hours. And it got increasingly violent. And what I didn't tell people, I told people out there, go do this on your own campus, have these conversations. I advocated for it. And Charlie took it to another level. He was unbelievable at it. I didn't tell people about the threats because I didn't want copycats. I didn't tell them about terrorists from Yemen through Sweden showing up in East Grand Rapids. I didn't tell them about concrete milkshakes. I didn't tell them about my tires getting slashed, about people trying to firebomb my car. Turning Point's national tour continues with some of the biggest conservative names, including Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Glenn Beck. The organization has seen tens of thousands of requests in recent weeks to either join a chapter or create a new one at high schools and colleges across the country. Reporting by Jack Bradley, NTD News. That is all we have for you tonight on the Capitol Report. For around the clock original coverage, be sure to visit us at ntd.com and download the NTD mobile app. From the nation's Capitol, I'm Steve Lance. Have a great evening. See you back here tomorrow.