NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 4)

Our top story tonight, relatives of a deceased Iranian terrorist living in the United States. Federal law enforcement arresting family members of a former Iranian general who was eliminated during the first Trump administration. Arium Hazdar has comments from the State Department. A federal judge orders President Trump to stop collecting data from colleges and universities, the latest development in the president's push against race-based policies in higher education. And in college basketball, the final four is about to begin, with the winners today advancing to the championship game. NTD's Dave Martin joins us with a preview. This is NTV Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Arlene Richards. Federal law enforcement arresting family members of a now-deceased Iranian terrorist. NTV's international correspondent Arium Hazdar has the latest on the Iran war. During his first term, President Trump eliminated Qasem Soleimani, a major general for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed the number one terrorist anywhere in the world, Qasem Soleimani. Now today, the State Department announcing the U.S. is revoking the visas of his relatives who are living in the U.S., despite supporting an anti-American cause. His niece, Afshar Soleimani, and her daughter are now in ICE custody, with the State Department saying, Afshar Soleimani pushed this propaganda for Iran's terrorist regime while enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles. The State Department notice ends saying, the Trump administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes. At the same time, President Trump is increasing pressure on the Islamic regime, saying, remember when I gave Iran 10 days to make a deal or open up the Hormuz Strait? Time is running out. 48 hours before all hell will rain down on them. Glory be to God. Earlier this week, the President also pointed out that the U.S. is not as dependent on the passage as other nations are, as the U.S. produces most of its oil domestically. The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait. The countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage. Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves. Meanwhile in Iran, the rescue mission for a crew member of a downed American fighter jet continues after the plane was hit on Friday. This comes after the U.S. struck over 10,000 Iranian targets and completed thousands of missions, as the chairman of the Institute for the American Future told NTD's newsroom. There is hardly a better endorsement of American air dominance than the fact that we've flown 13,000 missions over Iran in the last few weeks, and this is the only plane they've been able to shoot down. Another U.S. aircraft was later shut down as well, as it was on the rescue mission in Iran. However, the pilot of that plane has already been accounted for. Ariane Pasdar, NTD News. President Trump posting a new video on True Social of what he calls a massive strike in Tehran. As you can see on the screen here, the footage shows a night sky over what appears to be Tehran with multiple explosions flashing, with smoke billowing from structures on the ground. In the post, the president says, quote, many of Iran's military leaders who have led them poorly and unwisely are terminated along with much else. We'll keep you updated with the latest developments as they come in. A federal judge orders President Trump to temporarily pause its collecting of race data from public universities in 17 states. Last August, the president ordered colleges and universities to disclose more student admissions data in an effort to track the use of race in the higher education application process. The Supreme Court in 2023 ruled against the use of affirmative action in college admissions. In a ruling yesterday, a federal judge in Boston said the federal government likely has the authority to collect the data. But the demand was rolled out to universities in a, quote, rushed and chaotic manner. He cited the multitude of problems presented by the new requirements. Last year, President Trump said the persistent lack of available data paired with the rampant use of diversity statements raised concerns about whether race was still being considered in college admissions. From a historic mission to the moon to major developments in the Iran conflict and fraud investigations at home, President Trump shaping a pivotal week on the world stage. And today's Daniel Monahan has your White House Week in review. NASA launched the Artemis II mission from Florida, sending four astronauts in a nearly 10-day journey around the moon and back. Former NASA astronaut Jerry Linninger on Fox News. The things with the Trump space policy is unreal. He started it his first term, and this is a fruition of it. President Trump addressing the nation on the war in Iran this week. Tonight, every American can look forward to a day when we are finally free from the wickedness of Iranian aggression and the specter of nuclear blackmail. The president telling nations worried about oil stuck in the Strait of Hormuz to buy from the U.S. and to take matters into their own hands. Build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before, should have done it with us as we asked. Go to the Strait and just take it. The U.S. and Israel continued strikes across Iran. A video shared by President Trump appears to show a large-scale strike on an ammunition depot in Isfahan with massive flames rising into the sky. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will visit Washington next week. The trip comes after President Trump criticized Europe over Iran war inaction and threatened to withdraw from NATO. President Trump's White House ballroom project was approved by Washington planning authorities on Thursday. However, two days earlier, a judge ruled the work cannot proceed without congressional approval. The Pentagon sharing new information on the war in Iran. War Secretary Pete Hegseth saying U.S. firepower Our strikes are damaging the morale of the Iranian military, leading to widespread desertions, key personnel shortages, and causing frustrations amongst senior leaders. The Trump administration is lifting sanctions on Venezuela's interim president, Delsi Rodriguez. The move opens the door for Venezuela to reopen embassies in the U.S. and regain control of state-owned assets abroad. Meanwhile, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces the launch of a national program to measure, understand, and remove microplastics from the human body. We are focusing on three questions. What is in the body, what's causing the harm, and how do we remove it? And Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says service members will now be allowed to carry personal firearms on U.S. bases. Our war fighters defend the right of others to carry. They should be able to carry themselves. The move reverses a policy that restricted privately-owned weapons on military installations. The Justice Department says eight suspects were arrested on federal charges that they schemed to defraud the nation's healthcare system out of more than $50 million. Half of the 1,800 prospects should not be in business if we are able to identify the red flags, and that's what we're basing these numbers on. And Pam Bondi is out as attorney general. She says she's moving to an important private sector role where she will continue fighting for President Trump and his administration. The president confirming the move in a true social post, calling Bondi a great American patriot and a loyal friend. And President Trump signing an order to strengthen election integrity, requiring federal agencies to verify U.S. citizenship, create voter eligibility lists, track mail-in ballots, and prioritize prosecution of election fraud. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. Coming up, more on the U.S. move targeting the relatives of notorious terrorist Qasem Soleimani in L.A., the downed U.S. jet in Iran, and President Trump's ultimatum for the regime. We hear from retired Lieutenant Colonel Darren Gov. Looking for a healthy and smooth-tasting brew? 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We're now bringing in retired Lieutenant Colonel Darren Gobb, a geopolitical strategist, former battalion commander, and former Black Hawk pilot for the U.S. Army. He's also the author of Veritas Vincent. Thank you so much for coming, Colonel. Hey, good evening. Thanks for having me. Now, the State Department's revoked Soleimani's niece and grandniece's green cards, and they say his niece is an outspoken supporter of the Iranian terrorist regime, now that she promotes their propaganda and celebrates attacks on U.S. soldiers. So what is your reaction to the administration's move? Yeah, I think it's ultimately a good move, specifically because of what she's advocated for. And that's, I guess, the biggest difference that's truly important here. If they were over here and seeking to get away from the Iranian regime and the ideology that infects that country, and seek to live in decent freedom here in America as a result of what they've seen, that would be one thing. But because they apparently are advertising that they're on the side of the ideology that is in Iran and their dictatorship, removing their green cards, absolutely a good move. Now, the State Department is also emphasizing it won't allow the U.S. to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes. So we've seen it tackle the visa issue before, especially in terms of support for Hamas. So how important is securing our immigration system to protecting U.S. national security? Well, securing our immigration system and cleaning out what was let in is probably the number one priority that would ensure that we can remain being a free and independent nation versus not being so. That's how important it is to ensure that, one, that only American citizens are voting in America's elections, and two, that people come here legally through a process and become familiar with what it means to be an American, our government, and everything. If you're here attempting to destroy America from inside, then you must be deported. There's absolutely no way around it, and again, the difference is national survival. Now, Colonel, I wanna move on to the fight in Iran. Now, we're now in day two of the reported U.S. search and rescue mission for a jet crew member in Iran. Now, Israeli officials confirmed the initial search to Epoch magazine Israel on Friday, and whether it's still ongoing, we can't independently verify. The U.S. hasn't confirmed anything publicly, so what are some factors a rescue team might be considering in a search like this? Well, first of all is, in this case, where did they eject? And in that case, that gives you a parameter for being able to scale down the scope to certain geographic limitations. And I've been teaching search and rescue and personal recovery for the military for many years, and that is absolutely critical. Now, there are systems that the pilots would carry, and those would help narrow it down once those systems are up and operating. I don't know if that is working here. Next thing becomes, what is the threat situation on the ground that determines what they think, what kind of duress the actual isolated personnel are under, and then also what kind of threat a recovering force would be under if they were launched to go back to go pull them out of this location that you're on. That's part of it. There's also how much water do we think they have? What's the access to water? All these kinds of things are considerations to basically determining how long the survivability is of this person and whether or not we can recover them. There are many other things that go into this, but those are just a few off the top of my head. Well, you talk about the threat situation on the ground and whether or not this person can survive. What can you tell us about what a service member ejecting somewhere in enemy territory might be thinking and going through and how are they trained for situations like this? Well, I know exactly how they're trained because I'm one of those people who did it. I've trained hundreds of air crews on how to survive behind enemy lines and deal with this kind of a situation. So I'll tell you first and foremost that the training takes over because I've also been a person shot down. I know exactly how this feels. That's what human beings do when we've been repeatedly trained on a specific scenario. We're gonna lean on that training in order to survive. So the first thing they're going to do is go towards that. They're gonna say, okay, where am I? What is my situation as far as my medical situation is concerned? What is the threat in my area the best I can assess? And if I need to move, where do I need to move? And by the way, there are other things that are pre-briefed before every mission that a pilot or anybody who could become isolated will take part in. That way, those who are looking for them have an initial idea of what they're gonna do and how they're gonna move. But it ultimately comes down to the quality of their training and the plan they have for such a situation going into any mission. Now, this downing of a jet really highlights the risk our troops face in this conflict. But as some have put it, this doesn't mean Iran has an edge over the US. Now, CENTCOM putting the following numbers, and I'm gonna read them here. Over 12,000 Iranian targets struck, 13,000 combat flights, and over 155 Iranian vessels damaged or destroyed. So what is your reaction to these numbers? Well, first of all, these numbers lead to, my advice to the American people would be to maintain perspective. Yes, this is dominating the news because it is the number one mission in Iran right now, as it always would be. Anytime there's an isolated person, it doesn't matter whether it's a pilot or whether it's special forces or somebody else, that becomes a mission, the focus. And everything else will take second place, even though some of it will continue. But to see this many missions completed across Iran, knowing what the air threat was in Iran and how familiar I am with the nation and the threat they do have for air defense systems and other things, for one aircraft to be shot down at this point, all things set aside, that is an absolutely impressive number. And we should be proud of our U.S. military as a result of that. But we also need to remember that we're also expertly trained in recovering our own. We will turn every asset we can towards the remaining person to make sure that we get them back. And finally, Colonel, the president today telling Iran they have 48 hours left to make a deal or open up the Strait of Hormuz before, quote, all hell will rain down on them. So what options does the president have if the deal doesn't materialize? Yeah, that's a great question at this point. As you go back to those numbers you listed on what we've already struck, there are always going to be things left. And so some of that is going to be those things that can affect the straits themselves and what we may not have already eliminated. But as he said before, he's willing to go after specific infrastructure throughout Iran to include their electrical capacity and other things. Recently, we saw him destroy a bridge that had been used for military purposes. So that's why it was destroyed. And I think all of those things are on the table, but I'm certain he is hoping that he doesn't have to do any of it. Yeah, I'm certain he's hoping that as well. Colonel Darren Gobb, always great to have you on. Thanks, Ronnie. Have a good day. Coming up in college basketball, the Final Four is about to begin with the winners today advancing to the championship game. And today's Dave Martin joins us with a preview. And as humanity pushes forward in space exploration, how close are we to discovering life beyond earth? A leading scientist explains the search from microbial life in our solar system to technological signals from distant civilizations. You are not hidden. There's never been a moment you were forgotten. On streets across America, homeless young people are cold, abused, in danger. Covenant House is helping young people with nowhere else to turn. Please call or go online now with your gift of $19 a month. You'll help provide hot meals, safe shelter, medical care, and love. We'll send you this comforting blanket as a reminder of the love you're showing a young person this holiday season. 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Dave, good to see you as always. Yeah, good to see you, Arlene. And I know you've got a lot of baseball news for me today, but I want to start with college basketball, if that's all right with you. That's fine with me. So we've got this Final Four just got underway with UConn facing Illinois. Now you didn't pick UConn, did you? I'm sorry, I picked Duke last week, but it was very, very, very close, all right? Duke led 99% of the way. Other than that, I got the other three right. Well, we got UConn facing Illinois, followed by Arizona versus Michigan. And so what do you make of these matchups? You know, both are very good. The second one to me is the main event. Arizona versus Michigan is the Big 12 champ versus the Big 10 champ. Both of these teams are ranked really in the top three or four the entire season, and for good reason, they were very dominant. They're both a high scoring game, are both, I'm sorry, high scoring teams average nearly 90 points a game. Both had very little trouble getting here. I mean, both teams won all four NCAA tournament games by double digits thus far. I mean, it's kind of amazing that we got two teams that are really overshadowing UConn right now. This is our quest to win three titles in a four-year period, which I don't think any team has done really since the 70s when UCLA did it. So I'm not quite sure actually why UConn is not even favored against Illinois going in the game right now. Now, I just saw it was 11-7 early in that UConn game. The Illinois though, they've looked very good in this tournament. They beat Houston last weekend by 10 points, which if you watch Houston this year, it's very difficult to do. But anyway, as for my picks here, I know you wanted me to get these picks here. I am going, even though the game started, I'm going to go with UConn beating Illinois in the first game. All right. And then I've got Michigan edging out Arizona in the main event, if I've been calling it main event. So you've learned your lesson, you're picking UConn this time. I'm picking UConn this, I mean, listen, that Duke led 99% of the way. I was this close to picking all four winners last week. I just thought we'd point that out for once. Because usually I'm pretty wrong on those. And in those cases, we just don't follow up with all my bad picks. That one was a near perfect weekend. Whatever, UConn. Three out of four is not bad. Three out of four, I'll take that for sure. All right. Yeah, so that's it. So I guess the women also have a final four. I didn't know that. And we got a bit of an upset last night. South Carolina beat UConn on the women's side to advance to the championship game. How about that? Yeah, that was an incredible defensive performance by the South Carolina Gamecocks. They beat the Huskies 62 to 48. It was the first time, or I'm sorry, the third time in their tournament history of 170 something games for UConn to score less than 50 points in a game. Plus it snapped UConn's 54 game winning streak. That's the fourth longest of all time. Meanwhile, for South Carolina, it avenged their loss to UConn in last year's championship game. Now afterwards, the two head coaches got into a heated argument in the handshake line that really ended up being the big story of the game. R.E.M.A., Gino R.E.M.A., UConn head coach today released a statement apologizing to the South Carolina staff and team for his outbursts. So South Carolina is gonna advance to tomorrow's championship game. They will face UCLA. The Bruins beat Texas last night 51-44 to advance. But the women's championship game takes place tomorrow at 3.30 Eastern time. That should be exciting as well, right? That should be a good one. Now we're gonna move to college sports news, all sports. President Trump issuing an executive order yesterday aimed at saving college sports. So what is this about? Yeah, basically this executive order, it really just kinda, it doesn't actually change anything yet. It orders the appropriate governing bodies to kinda restore some order and fairness in college sports. Really, that's what they're saying. One of those orders is a five-year participation window for athletes where they have four seasons of play. Basically like it used to be. You have five years to play for four seasons and then you get a redshirt years the other year. Now that players are paid, players have taken to even suing the NCAA or whatever governing body to try to get an extra season. Sometimes they even haven't been successful. Also we've got a limit of one transfer for players unless you're a grad student. Now it used to be you could transfer but you'd have to sit out a year so you'd redshirt that year unless you're a grad student. Now students, I mean they enter the transfer portal every single season. So some of them end up playing four years for four different teams. As a fan of someone, it really does start to take away from the game. I know they're getting paid, which I'm all for, but it kinda takes away when you've got a new roster to look at every single year as a fan. There's not much continuity at all. But the executive order also orders them to fix revenue sharing in a way that protects Olympic sports and women's sports. Now right now, schools can pay their players a total of 20 million, but it's however you wanna do it. And so mostly that goes to the main revenue sports, men's basketball and football, of course. So Trump's order really calls on Congress to enact this. Also for the education department, the FTC, and the attorney general to make sure that those schools enforce it as well. So nothing has yet changed. This is really calling for action from Congress. The interesting thing to me is it really makes the NCAA look kind of useless right now. They're usually the ones that are enforcing this. They really have not had any control yet. So this is an attempt anyway to make it happen. So we'll have to see. I didn't know Congress could get involved in it, or the president even, for that matter. They're usually not. I think NCAA leaders have been calling on someone to do something. Because the NCAA has kind of sat back ever since they allowed players to be paid. It's really been a lot of chaos. There's not rules about players, like the payments. Each state has their own rules about this. It's really made for a lot of chaos going on. So if someone is calling for someone to do something, Trump is the guy to do it. All right, well let's shift to baseball. Pittsburgh Pirates called up 19-year-old rookie Connor Griffin this past week, and he made his debut yesterday. What do you make of that? Yeah, he looked pretty good. He got a double and an RBI in his very first at-bat. Pretty incredible. He later scored. He's the first teenager to play any position in the big leagues since 2019. I mean, it's not easy to do. He will turn 20 later this month, though. But anyway, last year he was named baseball's minor league player of the year. So he's a very highly-touted prospect. Now, he and the Pirates are playing the Orioles today, and he's gonna be starting there at shortstop again. In fact, all 30 teams are in action today. A few games already complete. Let's take a look at a few scores here. Right now, the Tigers already beat the Cardinals this afternoon with 11-6 Detroit. Four home runs in the win. They're now 4-4. So is St. Louis with the loss. White Sox beat the Blue Jays 6-3. Japanese slugger Munataka Murakami hit his fourth home run today of the season for the White Sox. Vlad Guerrero Jr. finally hit his first for Toronto. Toronto falls to 4-4. Chicago now 3-5. And the Brewers beat the Royals 5-2. This is the first of a doubleheader today between those two teams because they rained out one yesterday. Game two will be tonight. We've actually got nine total games on tonight, including the Phillies versus the Rockies. Now, the Phillies won it yesterday against the Rockies, 10-1. If you remember last year, everyone beat the Rockies. They lost 119 games. It was the sixth most in Major League Baseball history, which goes, you know, 150 years back. So it was quite a bad season. Right now, they are off to a 2-5 start, which actually, if they continue that, they'll have a much better year than last year. That's good for them. Yeah, you know, for them, it's actually good, but that would still probably be equal to last place, but just an FYI they're playing. All right, Dave. Well, thank you so much for that update as usual. Thank you, Arlene. All right. And for the first time in half a century, humans are returning to the moon. What do everyday Americans make of NASA's Artemis II mission? And Denise Sam Wong was out on the National Mall in D.C. to hear from the people. Artemis II going around the moon, what do you think? I think it's great. I think the kids are excited about it. It's like, it's a whole new world for them. I think the next step they ought to take is landing on the moon. And then Mars. And then Elon, he's gonna help us go to Mars. I like it. I like how we are exploring the moon and just doing what we need to do to just find out new stuff. Yeah, I think it's absolutely awesome. I'm really excited to hear what's to be said about everything they're doing. Well, I hope it's the start of a new space race. I remember the space shuttle launches in the 80s and the 90s, and every single one of them was on television. And it was exciting to see that we're kind of back to that. My grandparents and millions and millions of Americans, I think something like 80% of Americans watched the original moon landing on TV. So to be able to have that moment for our generation feels really significant as well. It's kind of a mark of the times and how much we've advanced since the first initial moon landing. What do you think about the possibility of extraterrestrial sightings out there? I feel like there's at least something out there. I don't know if it's like what we need to believe as humans. I definitely think there's stuff that we don't know that's out there. I don't think they look like humans at all, but I think there's probably some microscopic little aliens out there roaming the planet. There's people out there somewhere. They're not like us, but they're out there. And everybody's keeping it a secret. The government's keeping it a big secret. I think it's really funny how much people care about extraterrestrials because I think it's kind of a red herring because you only have one planet. So I think we should focus on issues on our own planet rather than worrying about aliens. I don't think there's a reason to think that there's not. I mean, they've already found water out there, so certainly you could have energy and why not? I don't know. I mean, never say never. Space is a big place, but I don't know that we have, I don't know that I have a strong opinion either way. I wouldn't be surprised either way, to be honest. Do you think space is a really important vantage point for us to have a leverage over adversaries such as China? We have to have everything over China and definitely space, but everything else. We can't let them buy any more land in America. There's gotta be rules. They gotta stop doing that. We live down in South Carolina and there's a lot of golf courses down there and they're buying them up. Yeah, I mean, I absolutely believe that. I think as goofed on as it was, the Space Force is a valid branch of the military. I think we should put a lot of our military resources towards satellite defense. I think, I mean, that's what won us the Vietnam War is outspending Russia in space infrastructure based on technologies that we never even created. Whoever can establish a permanent base there or at least a temporary base there will have a strategic advantage in both science, but probably also, unfortunately, in defense as well. As Artemis II makes its journey, it's also renewing questions about whether we're alone in the universe. Frank Martiz is an astronomer and senior scientist working in the research for extraterrestrial intelligence, also known as SETI. He explains that today's hunt for life extends far beyond radio signals, ranging from probing oceans on distant moons to analyzing the atmospheres of Earth-like exoplanets for signs of biology or technology. In this conversation, Martiz also outlines what would happen if a potential alien signal were ever confirmed and how the world would be told. Now, at SETI, it's mainly looking for signals, right? Yeah. Collect signals from far away, right? So SETI is a search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Yes. It's a different way of finding intelligence or finding even microbes. Observe the inner planet, inner solar system, planets like Mars, or dig the ocean to find, to analyze the water in the ocean of Europa or Enceladus, which are moons, but we believe there is an ocean underneath the icy crust. We can explore the caves of Mars. Maybe there is life there. So this is one way. That would be very primitive life. That would be very primitive life, microbiological life, probably. Then we have the search for life by analyzing the lights of exoplanets, planets in orbit around other stars. So we know now the universe in our galaxy has, in average, in our galaxy, there is two planets per stars. Average. In average. And we know that there is at least 300 million of those planets that could look like Earth in size and also the temperature, close to the temperature which is compatible with liquid water on the surface. Yes. That's a lot of words. So now what we're trying to do at the SETI Institute is to look at those planets, find them, analyze the light, and maybe see the signature of life on this planet. It could be basic life, like microbiological life, or maybe we're gonna find something more interesting, such as the light of cities, for instance, or technologies, because technology has a signature, and technology will lead to finding intelligence. And then the third way is to search for technosignatures. So this is basically searching for an alien civilization which is using technology to communicate. Maybe they're using radio. Maybe if we listen to the stars in radio, we may see signals which could infer that there is intelligence there. It could be the TV or the radar or something like that. Or it could be also lasers. Maybe the civilization is so advanced that they have created this technology to accelerate gigantic solar cells, and they use powerful lasers to do that. So we need to find those lasers. That's the third way, that the search for technosignatures. Now I have to ask you about the protocol. Let's assume that SETI discovers a signal, be it laser or radio or whatever, that's in some way artificial. What would you do? What would be the steps that, if you discover it somehow or someone told you, what are the steps that you would approach this discovery, I guess? Well, the first thing we will do as scientists is to confirm that this is a real signal, and it's not someone playing with a cell phone nearby the antenna or shining light into our instruments. Could be that, right? So what we're gonna do is to ask our colleagues who operate the same type of instruments to listen or to watch this part of the sky and confirm the existence of this technosignature. So this will take time, probably a few hours, but after a few hours, we will get the confirmation of this. When the signal is confirmed, there will be a recording. This now will be recording continuously and analyzed to make sure it's not coming from a satellite, because we now launch satellite, a lot of them. So maybe this is coming from a satellite or maybe a spacecraft that we have launched a long time ago. So there will be this work to assess and to be sure that this is truly coming from a non-human technology. And that's difficult. To be very honest with you, this is not that easy because radio, they bounce. There is always this weird phenomena. There is always someone who is wearing something that emits radiation, for instance, that could basically make us make mistakes of thinking that it's an alien technosignature. When this is done and it's confirmed that it's not coming from a human and the image, the signal is recorded, there will be a committee that will basically decide what, how to announce it. So we have derived a protocol at the SETI Institute, at the SETI, sorry, SETI Permanent Committee that has been redesigned as we speak. It will be announced probably next this year, in 2026, end of this year. But part of this protocol is to make an announcement with all the scientists involved and also warn in advance the United Nations and the president of the country where the discovery was made. I see. And when this is done, everybody will have access to the data and make their own analysis. That's key, I think. And then we will have people, other instruments, following and tracking this signal. It may be very boring, to be very honest with you. You may hear, oh, scientists think they found something. And it will take a long time for this, maybe we found something to, yes, we truly found, detected the first technosignature. Frank, thank you so much for your time. It's been a fascinating conversation. We really appreciate it. Thank you for having me, Steve. Coming up, the New York Auto Show, the oldest of its kind in North America, is underway for its 126th year. We take a look at some of the new models and features. And from traditional hand-decorated eggs to Belgian chocolate masterpieces, we take a look at how people around the world are preparing to celebrate Easter. What has lasted 5,000 years was once almost lost. The world awaits the divine culture's return. See it at least once in your lifetime. Shen Yun returns to David Koch Theater, March 25th through April 12th. Get your tickets now at shenyun.com. According to ancient Chinese medicine, purslane is considered a medicinal herb and is used to help lower cholesterol, improve vascular functions, and prevent diabetes. 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Get your new dining room and save at your Furniture Superstore Mathis Home. The oldest auto show in North America, the New York Auto Show, kicked off yesterday for its 126th year. New model unveilings, innovation, and U.S. manufacturing are among the main focuses this year. NTD was at the media and industry preview before the show opened to the public. Introducing the Boulder Concept. Hyundai kicking things off with a world premiere of the Boulder Concept, their first ever body-on-frame concept vehicle. This is not just styling. It is the design built on American values and lifestyle. Body-on-frame gives us the freedom to expand this authentic approach to variety of lifestyles. Hyundai is aiming to produce its first U.S.-built midsize pickup truck before 2030. The company is looking to grow in the pickup segment here in the U.S., which has the biggest market of its kind in the world. We are doubling down, expanding our expectations and our operations, and bringing more products to the U.S. Subaru unveiling two new SUVs, adding to its lineup of vehicles built for people who like spending time outdoors. And Infiniti introducing the all-new QX65 Crossover, the first new nameplate in five years. Midsize SUV, five-seat premium vehicle is the heart of luxury in the United States. The whole idea of this vehicle was really to present to the market an extremely flexible and diverse interior packaging-wise. A lot of utility, a lot of space in this vehicle, wonderful powertrain, standard all-wheel drive. However, we do speak a little bit to the heritage of the Infiniti FX from 20-plus years ago. And so we bring in that design language into a very versatile package. Nissan, Infiniti's parent company, which has faced years of financial challenges in restructuring, displayed several vehicles as it works towards stabilization. We brought back really exciting vehicles, different trim levels on those vehicles too, like we've added for the Nismo Z over there. The six-speed manual is coming back over there. We have Smyrna, Tennessee, also in Mississippi as well. So we do a lot as far as manufacturing in the North American market, avoiding whatever tariffs, making sure there's no new tariff pricing added on there. Across the show floor, automakers rolled out refreshed lineups, including three-row family SUVs and performance-oriented models. Many of the vehicles on display are built here in the United States. Everything is new on our all-new Atlas here. This is our 2027 model, and it is the debut of the second generation of the Atlas. It is predominantly a North American car. We're going all hybrid now for our normal production run of the Camry, so efficiency as well as a lot of power under the hood, and then all the luxury and comfort stuff. We have a lot of U.S. factories. The RAV4, some of them are made in Japan, but some of them come out of Mississippi and some of them come out of Canada. So, yeah, a lot of North American plants. The media preview days featured a range of updates across the industry, including redesigned family vehicles and special edition models. Many automakers continue to emphasize vehicle production in the United States. The auto show runs through April 12th and remains open on Easter Sunday. And as Easter approaches, we take a look at a traditional craft from Slovenia. In the lead-up to the holiday, women in the southeast of the country prepare intricately hand-decorated Easter eggs. Those who wanted to gift someone, to give an Easter egg to someone they liked, they had to put in the effort and make a design with old scissors, small knives, or a razor, the one used for shaving. That is how this tradition started. I was not much of an artist while in school. I can't say that I drew nicely, but when I started making Easter eggs, sometimes I surprised myself. I wonder where I get the inspiration. Hi. The eggs dyed red with onion skins, which is a common method in Slovenia. The eggs are cooked for at least an hour, then stored in cold conditions and maintained with oil to help them last. Designs range from messages of love to floral designs, animals, and religious motifs. The only rule, the two sides of the egg cannot be identical. Master craftswomen organize workshops in primary schools to keep the tradition alive. And the land of chocolate is also gearing up for Easter. 40 of Belgium's most famous chocolatiers coming together to showcase handcrafted chocolate with Easter eggs, themed artworks in the country's capital. To fail a planned technique, there are a lot of different techniques, like molding, coating, and detailing. You can sculpt, you can mold, you can shape chocolate. I have to confess that when I'll see someone taking a bite, I'll think to myself, wow, that really took me a lot of hours of work. But that was part of the point too, to enjoy making it and then to enjoy seeing people enjoy eating it. So it really is a circle, an infinity symbol that starts over every time. So it's perfect. So my interpretation was, because the theme this year is movement, I decided to do a golden carross, a coach, golden coach, and inside is a gold egg. Quite magical, it's whimsical. The Belouf French for nice egg was started four years ago as a friendly competition for Belgium's top chocolate makers. The theme of this year is pleasure in motion. Chocolate makers made trains, rockets, bicycles, wheels, carriages, hot air balloons, and motorcycles. The mechanics of movement influencing the design. The exhibition is open to the public until April 8th and admissions and art sales will be donated to a Belgian cancer research organization. Each artwork is on sale for 900 euros or about $1,000. And thank you for tuning in. I'm Arlene Richards. Good night.