NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 3)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. I'm Chris Beers. Our top stories. President Trump says the U.S. is going to help free up ships in the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday morning. Meanwhile, Iran is calling for a two-month ceasefire while negotiations continue. Tehran says the U.S. has responded to Iran's latest 14-point proposal. It comes as a cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple Oil prices may be cooling off. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessen says prices may ease later this year, pointing to markets showing slower prices. Spirit Airlines is shutting down operations, leaving travelers scrambling to rebook as major airlines step in with limited-time deals to get passengers home. The U.S. withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany. Is the move a response to the chancellor's criticism of the Iran war? Our guest explains. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. President Donald Trump said today the United States will begin efforts to free up ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz starting tomorrow morning. In a post on Truth Social, the president said the U.S. will guide their ships and safely out of the Strait in response to requests from countries from all over the world. The president said the process, titled Project Freedom, will begin Monday morning, Middle East time. He called the move a humanitarian gesture, as the ships are running low on food and other necessities. He also noted that any interference with the process will, quote, unfortunately have to be dealt with forcefully. The U.S. has responded to Iran's latest 14-point proposal. Tehran says it's received the response, but no details on it have yet been released. According to Iranian state media, Iran today requested a two-month-long ceasefire, while further talks continue. Here's more. Iran is asking the U.S. for a two-month-long ceasefire, with the condition of reaching an agreement on a peace plan within the first 30 days. Iranian officials sent a message to the United States via Pakistan on Sunday, making the request, according to state-run media. Iran's semi-official Tasnim News said it's part of a 14-point proposal that includes the release of Iranian frozen assets, sanctions removals, and lifting the naval blockade while withdrawing U.S. forces from around Iran. Crucially, it mentions a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz. Without elaborating, President Trump told reporters on Saturday that he was reviewing Iran's 14-point proposal to bring peace to the region. I'm looking at it up here. I'll let you know about it later. They told me about the concept of the deal. They're going to give me the exact wording now, yeah. The president has told congressional leaders that hostilities with Iran have terminated. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch reiterated this point on Meet the Press Sunday. He said there have been no hostilities, no exchange of fire in almost a month. This weekend would be the 60-day limit for hostilities without Congress notification, under the War Powers Resolution. Also on Sunday, a cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple small craft. The report came from the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center. All crew on the unidentified northbound cargo ship are safe. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant is signaling optimism that oil prices could ease later this year. Energy markets, however, remain volatile amid ongoing conflicts with Iran. In a Fox interview earlier this morning, Besant said markets are already pointing to lower prices ahead, citing trends in oil futures. He says that could mean relief is coming after recent price spikes tied to the conflict. Three weeks ago, the president gave the order to Treasury, myself, to begin economic fury. And the way to think about that, we were running a marathon over the past 12 months, and now we are sprinting towards the finish line. And I can tell you that we are suffocating the regime, and they are not able to pay their soldiers. This is a real economic blockade. Besant says the effort is a broad economic pressure campaign involving multiple parts of government and backed by the U.S. Navy. He says the goal is to tighten financial restrictions on Iran and disrupt funding to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which he accuses of corruption. The Trump administration has been ramping up efforts to block shipments and crack down on money flowing into the regime. Besant adds that the pressure is already showing up in markets. You can see in the futures market that oil prices are already lower three months, six months, nine months out. Besant's comments come as President Trump reviews a new Iranian peace proposal, but is unlikely to accept it. He said the Iranian regime has not yet paid a big enough price. U.S. Attorney Janine Pirro clarified some lingering questions about the suspect who was accused of trying to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. It is very clear who the intended target is. It is very clear based upon the fact that as soon as this president said that he was going to be at the Hilton for the White House Correspondents dinner on March 2nd, he then made the decision to hatch the plan. We have a lot of evidence that indicates his intent and the fact that everything that he did thereafter, whether it was, you know, following what the president was doing, where he was going to the day of the event at the hotel, tracking on his phone, is the president in the ballroom yet? Has the president sat down yet? What time will dinner be served? This is clearly the president is a target. Pirro also cleared up any confusion about who shot the Secret Service agent. Earlier questions arose about whether it was a case of friendly fire, but Pirro said it could only be from the suspect's gun. President Trump, in earlier comments, also said it wasn't a case of friendly fire. Video footage appeared to show the suspect aiming his shotgun at a Secret Service agent as he bolts through the security checkpoint. The video also shows the agent firing multiple shots of return. We now can establish that a pellet that came from the buckshot from the defendant's Mossberg pump action shotgun was intertwined with the fiber of the vest of the Secret Service officer is definitively his bullet. He hit at that Secret Service agent. He was had every intention to kill him and anyone who got in his way on his way to the killing the president of the United States. This was a premeditated violent act calculated to take down the president and anyone who was in the line of fire. Pirro also says the agent himself can say for himself that he was shot at by the suspect. He says the quick reaction from law enforcement prevented a much more tragic situation. He also says there will be more video to show what happened after the suspect is seen running out of frame with current videos. Spirit Airlines has officially shut down operations after years of financial strain. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the airline no longer has flights in the air as of Saturday morning. Major U.S. carriers are now moving in to help stranded passengers rebook trips. They're also capping costs to match Spirit Airlines lower fares. Here's more. Spirit Airlines is shutting down operations marking the end of one of the country's most recognizable ultra low-cost carriers. On Saturday U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy addressed the collapse. This morning at 3 a.m. Spirit Airlines ceased operations. So what that means is Spirit does not have airplanes in the air flying as of this morning. Also their call centers are closed and they don't have staff at ticket counters. So if you have a flight scheduled with Spirit Airlines, don't show up at the airport. There will be no one here to assist you. What Spirit Airlines is now going to do is go through an orderly liquidation process. We'll see how that develops over the course of the next several days. The Transportation Department says major airlines including United, Delta, JetBlue and Southwest are now offering reduced fares and extra capacity. They say it's to help stranded travelers get home. There's a short window for these rebooking deals aimed at helping travelers find a way to reach their destinations. Southwest is only offering its deal in person at airport ticket counters up until May 6th and United is giving travelers up to two weeks to rebook, which can be done online. Meanwhile, the collapse is also fueling political backlash. Members of the Trump administration are blaming the Biden-era DOJ for blocking a proposed 2022 JetBlue merger they say could have saved the airline. And a former Biden advisor is now asking if that decision still makes sense as thousands of workers face uncertainty. Joining me now to discuss is Epoch Times reporter and aviation expert Jacob Berg. It's great to have Jacob. Were you surprised by the collapse of Spirit Airlines or did you see this coming? Yeah, thanks for having me. And honestly, it wasn't a huge surprise for me. Even before the company filed for bankruptcy twice in the last year and a half, it was facing rising costs and growing debt, especially considering it had cited billions in losses since 2020 when it filed for bankruptcy the first time in November 2024. So it kind of seems like the massive increase in jet fuel costs over the last two months was probably the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. So Spirit chief Dave Davis says the sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks ultimately has left us with no alternative but to pursue an orderly wind down, just like what you're saying. But how much of that, how much of a role did the price of oil play in this failure? And how much of that was the background that we were just discussing? So it likely played a huge role, at least in the recent months. So right before the war started on February 28th, it was like the US jet fuel index average was roughly around $2.50 a gallon. And then it nearly doubled to just under $5 in the beginning of last month. And it's tended to stay at least above $4 to some extent in the week since, although it's kind of jumped up and down. And right now it's a little over $4. So the company had said, I think it was a few days before the war started, that it was hoping to emerge from Chapter 11 by sometime late spring or early summer. So we can't know for sure, but it likely played a part in the end. Talk to us about Spirit's business model, Jacob. Their whole thing is low cost airfares. I mean, when I think of airlines, I think of an expensive business to be in and charging low fares means perhaps potentially low margins. So did that have a role in the company's demise? Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to say. It's literally the whole concept of an ultra low cost airline, whether it's Spirit or Frontier, they're operating on the smallest margins you essentially can imagine in the industry. So anytime there's shifts in the market, whether they're rising oil prices or cratering demand during a global pandemic like during COVID, you're just going to see profits fall immediately. So let's get a bit into the impact of all of this. Could the collapse of Spirit have significant impact on the monthly jobs report going forward? Yeah, I imagine it probably will to some extent. So when I was looking at the data today on where Spirit was stood when it shuttered its business yesterday, it was employing around 17,000 people in total, which includes several thousand contractors. So now multiple competitors of Spirit have already pointed out or announced that they're going to announce a hiring pipeline, trying to let some of the workers affected know to reach out to apply. And pilots, I believe even flight attendants are high in demand right now. So we're hoping that a lot of these employees might be picked up by other airlines, but it's going to be hard to know until we see that jobs report. But I imagine some form of an impact for sure. And let's just get back into the background a little bit. I mean, a proposed merger between Spirit and JetBlue was struck down by the DOJ back in 2022. Do you think that could have saved these jobs? Yeah, so I was looking at that again, and as with everything, it's hard to say. But to be clear, with that, there were a few things at play. For one, as we know, the DOJ under the Biden admin, they had sued to block that merger. And it was a federal judge in the beginning of, I believe it was 2024, basically ruled against the merger. It was a Reagan appointee. And he had said that he found the merger to be anti-competitive and basically would cause rising costs for consumers. And another thing too, looking back at the proposed deal, when JetBlue was talking about taking Spirit, one of the things they talked about was taking out some of the seats in Spirit's planes. The idea to be with basically have less capacity on the planes and have a little bit more room for travelers. And when I see that, the idea is kind of like, how would have Spirit survived through that merger? In other words, would we have seen the Spirit from before surviving through that merger? Or would we have seen a new company that was no longer the same ultra low cost airline it was previously? And so in other words, would we have seen the same employees kept through that deal? We don't know for sure. It's really hard to say. Yeah. And we will never know for sure now. How do you think the end of Spirit Airlines will impact the airline industry as a whole? I imagine it's going to have a big impact. We had Spirit and Frontier as these two critical ultra low cost airlines. And losing Spirit immediately is going to remove a really critical option for a lot of Americans. And with oil prices rising and that hurting all of us right now, that's one big option lost for so many Americans. Yep. And with lower supply perhaps comes higher prices. Epoch Times reporter and aviation expert Jacob Berg, thank you so much. Thank you. Coming up, the U.S. is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany. Is the move a response to the German Chancellor's criticism of the Iran war? Our guest explains after the break. I can't get a hold of my mom. I'm sure it's nothing. I've called her five times. I'm sure she's fine. Is grandma okay? Help. I've fallen and I can't get up. Don't worry, ma'am. We're sending help right now. Hello? Hello, this is Life Alert, your mother in emergency, and we dispatched paramedics to her home. Oh my gosh. What happened? She had a fall, but don't worry. She is safe, and the paramedics are helping her right now. Thank you. 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U.S. Africa Command says the two soldiers went missing during a hike in southwestern Morocco while taking part in a training exercise. Officials say they were last seen near coastal cliffs and did not return as expected. Search teams were deployed immediately with helicopters, ships, mountain rescue units, and divers now involved in the effort alongside Moroccan forces. The soldiers were participating in African Lion, a multi-country exercise involving more than 7,000 troops from over 30 nations. The exercise is designed to strengthen regional security cooperation and joint military readiness. The Pentagon announced it plans to pull 5,000 troops out of Germany. The withdrawal is expected to be completed over the next 6 to 12 months. The drawdown would bring numbers back to roughly three 2022 levels before President Joe Biden's build-up following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Pentagon said a brigade command team now in will leave and the long-range fires battalion that had been set to deploy there later this year would now no longer do so. Germany hosts around 35,000 U.S. troops, the largest American military presence in Europe. Here with us to discuss the U.S. troop withdrawal from Germany is Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center. Rick, it's great to have you on the show. When asked about the reason for this drawdown, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said that the decision follows a thorough review of the department's forced posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground. Why do you think the U.S. is withdrawing troops from Germany and do you think it's related to Germany's position on Iran? Well, we certainly understand that President Trump is a transactional kind of guy. He's not beyond disagreeing with allies that disagree with him. America taking a great chance and devoting very significant resources to eliminating an Iranian nuclear threat, a threat that would impact Europe before it impacts the United States, is a big deal. When Europeans, all of them, decided not to contribute, even passively such as contributing mine sweepers to find mines in the Gulf of Hormuz, that certainly angered President Trump. So while the Pentagon, of course, would explain the decision to withdraw troops and not to go forward with the deployment of a missile battery as having been the result of a long study and consideration, one has to assume that President Trump's peak is also involved in this decision. Now, the German defense minister on Saturday says the drawdown should spur Europe to strengthen its own defenses. How do you think Europe should respond? Well, Europe has been responding to President Trump's very strong pressure, both during his first term, and since taking office again in 2025, by increasing defense spending, by becoming more serious about their own defense. However, they're a long ways away from being able to independently deter or defeat Russian aggression in particular, and still require the tactical nuclear forces and much of the conventional capability provided by the United States. So President Trump addressed reporters about the troop drawdown from Germany. Let's watch that really quick here. We're going to cut way down and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000. How many more troops could the US cut from Germany and could we see troops withdrawn from other European nations? Probably several thousand more from Germany, where we have our largest concentration. But there's also been mention of withdrawing troops from Italy. And that's important to watch because the United States has naval installations in Italy that are very important to our conduct of operations in the Middle East. So what does all this mean for NATO, the US pulling troops out of Europe? The US has been there for decades, especially since World War II. Well, it's unlikely that the US is going to withdraw completely. That would be destabilizing. That would invite aggression from Russia. That would then force the United States to deploy many times the number of troops that it has today in Europe to deter or defeat Russian aggression. The decision not to go ahead with the deployment of missiles is also troubling to an extent because the Russians have theater nuclear forces far in excess of that of the United States and the Europeans. And while the United States could deploy some small number of new theater missiles, certainly not enough to match what the Russians have pointed at Europe, every little bit helps deter the Russians and are frankly quite necessary. So how do you think Putin looks at this move to withdraw troops from Germany and the expected further withdrawal of troops from Germany and other European countries? Well, the Russians are always quick to exploit such a vision between the allies to accentuate divisions. And the Russians at first will use this to do just that. But they will also think more about potential aggression. Can they pick off one of the Baltic states? Can they promote some kind of crisis in Poland with low level aggression? That's the kind of opportunity the Russians will seek to exploit at first. But the Russians, of course, aren't in control of the whole agenda here. Any move that they make will cause a reaction. It could cause the United States to deploy a far larger force to Europe. But taking forces away can only encourage the Russians to consider aggression and advanced psychological operations to further divisions between the allies. And where do you see all of this going, what we're talking about? I mean, we've been looking at, you know, immediate responses, you know, short-term impacts. But what's the larger story arc you're seeing here between the U.S. and Europe of which this move to withdraw troops from Germany is a smaller part? Well, the Europeans, of course, could certainly slow down Trump's withdrawal trajectory by even a few countries contributing some kind of military support to the effort against Iran. If that effort comes to require ground forces, that would be the real cue for the Europeans to step up. If they fail to step up to an urgent requirement for troops on the ground to defeat the Iranian Revolutionary Guard or to help to enable cities to defect from the IRGC regime and encourage other city areas to do the same, if the Europeans fail to help us, then that would loom very large in President Trump's calculations. He would probably double down on withdrawing American forces to deter the Chinese in Asia, to deter the North Koreans, other fronts that require American attention. Definitely a lot to watch here. Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, thank you so much. Thank you. Coming up, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today confirmed Israel's plan to purchase advanced aircraft, the F-35 and the F-15IA. Plus, in an unprecedented move, Beijing issuing a nationwide order to block U.S. sanctions targeting Chinese refiners. That's after the U.S. Treasury sanctioned these companies, accusing them of trading Iranian oil. 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These aircraft bolster Israel's overwhelming aerial superiority, a superiority that was proven in Operation Rising Lion, June 2025 war with Iran, and now in Operation Roaring Lion, 2026 war with Iran. Our pilots can reach any point in Iran's sky, and they are prepared to do so if required. Netanyahu's statement was released after news broke of the deal worth tens of billions of dollars. Israel is purchasing the two new combat squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA advanced fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing. It's the first step of a much bigger plan worth $119 billion to bolster Israel's aerial superiority. Tensions rising between Washington and Beijing over Iran as a pre-scheduled Trump-Xi summit draws closer. This is the U.S. Treasury sanctions several Chinese refineries, accusing them of supporting Iran's oil industry. China's Commerce Ministry yesterday issued an order to block the sanctions, something Beijing has never done before. NGD's Flora Hua brings us the latest. China has ordered the entire country to not comply with U.S. sanctions on its oil refiners. These refiners are among the entities targeted by the U.S. Treasury for allegedly trading Iranian crude oil. The U.S. State Department said on Friday that the sanctions were designed to disrupt Iran's illicit oil trade. The U.S. Treasury has named some Chinese private refiners as the biggest customers of Iran's oil. In response, Beijing has threatened to sue Chinese organizations or individuals, such as banks or suppliers, if they comply with U.S. sanctions and stop doing business with those refiners. Analysts point out that Beijing's move is putting those Chinese banks and companies in a very difficult position. A senior economist says doing business with a sanctioned company could lead to secondary sanctions on themselves, which can cause further escalations between the U.S. and China. China's move stems from a 2021 policy called Blocking Rules. The policy is designed to counter such U.S. sanctions. The rule was revised and expanded last month, and now Beijing is using it for the first time on the five refiners, which were sanctioned by the U.S. beginning from last year. It's worth noting trade data shows 80 to 90 percent of Iranian oil was exported to China before the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, and the timing is very sensitive. President Trump is expected to visit China to meet with regime leader Xi Jinping on May 14th. Next, a man who was shot by ICE agents then arrested by the FBI after his release from the hospital has been indicted by a federal grand jury. The following video contains material some viewers may find disturbing due to the graphic nature. Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez faces two counts of assaults on federal officers with a deadly weapon, among other charges. The incident stems from a traffic stop last month in which federal agents fired at him as he allegedly tried to get away. 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So it was Captain Jack and there was a stronghold in that area and the U.S. Army, I guess, attacked and then Captain Jack was able to hold them for like months, right? And can you tell us about more of that story? You know, obviously 1849, there was that big gold rush push. There was a few folks coming before, during, and then directly after that. The war began in that 1872, 1873, and then 1874 was the violent removal Brian mentioned. The Modoc people had been asked to, during the Treaty of 1864, to move up to the Klamath Reservation and live on Klamath tribe's lands and that didn't go really well for Captain Jack's band. They tried twice to move up there and live at peace and make a living. The federal government took a long time to ratify the treaty and was not providing the supplies and protection that the Modoc people needed to exist on Klamath tribe's land. And so Captain Jack, he didn't represent all the Modocs, but he led his band back to the homelands and that's what led to the war. They all ended up down at the stronghold and really held out over that next winter and into the following year against really what most people call the full might of the U.S. Army. They thought, the Army folks thought they would be able to run the Modocs out of those lava beds very quickly. They soon found that they weren't going to be able to do that. There was a lot of loss, especially among the private local residents, the volunteer forces who left their guns behind on the battlefield and things like that. But eventually they were able to cut the Modocs off from their water source and when that happened, the Modoc people, Captain Jack's band, had a plan. They just disappeared into the lava flows. The Army didn't know where they went and then that next battle was the last kind of big battle that the Modocs won when a search party was resting and they got caught by surprise by the Modocs who at the end of that battle, one of them stood up and said, we don't want to kill you all the day. So even at that point, they could have inflicted greater losses to the U.S. Army, but chose to let the survivors leave after the battle had been won. It wasn't soon after that where they just, they lost the next battle and then disbanded and there was a bunch, there was some people who helped the Army find Captain Jack and the other leaders and that's what led to their capture and the ultimate hanging and violent removal on cattle cars to Oklahoma. How many Modocs survived the war? Yeah, I think it was 133 I believe was what was kind of remaining after what, who was captured. I don't have the exact numbers, but that's about what they put on the cattle cars to send out to Oklahoma. It was a very difficult trip, but they all made it to the first stop at Baxter Springs or the place where they got off the train and then there was disease. They had to build their own quarters once they finally found them a place in Indian Territory. You know, there was the Quaker ring. I won't get into that, but we thought we could trust the Quakers and that wasn't the case in Indian Territory. They really took advantage of us forcefully removed tribes and that led to a lot of disease and malnutrition and at one point they were down to, I think, 62 total survivors before they started rebuilding. So it was about 62 at its lowest and then rebuilding from there and they're at about 365 today. Now, looking forward, what are some of the priorities for the Modoc Nation and also for you Brian, especially, and Ken, what would make you happiest to see? You know, you talk about restoration of the land, but what would make you, you know, most content as far as the land and as far as your nation? I'm gonna start that, you know, there's a lot of Modoc people who are not Modoc Nation members and I think one of our biggest goals is to benefit all Modoc people. So the work we do is to reconnect the Modoc Nation. The Modoc people were removed from this landscape because it was destined to be or it became a very modified landscape. You know, you see the dry lake bed behind us, but what you don't see are the ditches, the holes through the mountains, the dewatering on a landscape scale that occurred after their removal. So we're looking for postage stamp restorations that can lead to something bigger hopefully in the future, but we take what we can get now so we can create a place where is owned by the Modoc Nation, where Modoc people can go and harvest those materials, practice their traditional cultural rights, and just kind of be Modocs on Modoc land. A lot of that goes on up on the reservation, all that that has been maintained, that heritage and culture is strong up there, but that's not on the Modoc land and it's not the Modoc Nation doing that. So that's our ultimate goal here is to give them a foothold, give them a place to be, but then recreate some of what was sacrificed of the Modocs, just amazing homelands. I can't say enough about how this area was. It was it was perfect the way it was created. On May 1st each year, groups protest around the country for May Day. In New York City alone, there were multiple protests in each borough. A candidate for Congress was even arrested at the Stock Exchange. NTD's Sean Marshall looks into the communist origins of May Day. On May 1st, socialist groups, labor groups, unions, and communist groups carry out protests around the world, a gathering known as May Day. But many don't know of the communist origins and the way that it is celebrated today. In 1894, the U.S. deliberately created a separate September Labor Day under President Grover Cleveland to avoid radical ties to communism. Well, there are really two different but overlapping beginnings to May Day. On the one hand, May Day is often thought of as a spring festival, hence schools will often have a maypole with little children having that opportunity, the gathering of flowers, and of course the roots of that form of May Day go back to Greco-Roman times. There's a second history of May Day that goes back to the early 1880s and then beyond, and it was picked up by Soviet propaganda in particular and broadcast around the world. So, I'm aware of the communist origins of the labor movement as a whole. Now, a lot of people aren't communists who are in unions, right? But Marx said that in order to usher in communism in the United States, we need to do it through the unions and we need to do it through cultural Marxism because the American people are too patriotic to accept communism in this country, so they're trying to sneak it in and be deceptive. And that has to do with that in the 1880s in the United States, there were efforts going all the way back to New York City in 1882, protest movements or demonstrations on behalf of an eight-hour work day. I actually haven't looked into the exact origins, but I would imagine who's pushing it. You have Roy Neville Singham and all of that stuff. I would imagine it's a communist So, in the 1880s, beginning in 1882 in New York and moving to other places, there were a variety of days, sometimes in September, sometimes other times of the year, in which protests by workers towards better conditions at work against child labor, and in particular in favor of a standardized eight-hour work day for all workers. That's 1882. As many people know, there was a horrific incident, a four-day rally that ended in tremendous violence. It's often called the Haymarket Affair of 1889. It is a complicated set of issues of workers in Chicago, a mass rally demonstrating of pushback by the police. And of course, it is believed that an anarchist threw a bomb into the crowd. Eight people were killed, as I understand it. There was other violence that happened. It's a complicated situation, but because of the deaths and then the trials and the harsh punishment of those involved, this Haymarket incident became a rallying cry among the labor movement and particularly on the hard left. Are you aware that it's originally a communist holiday? That I am aware of, yeah. I'm aware that it's a communist holiday, and it doesn't surprise me that it's a big hit here in New York City because these people are trying to push communism in New York City. What are your objectives out here today? My objectives? To be honest with you, I really don't want wars either. I'm actually with them. But as far as communism, it doesn't work anywhere. That's why people have moved from Russia and Venezuela and Cuba, and they've come to this country to have a better life. And instead of having a better life, they have people like this that want to push the actual communism that these people tried to get away from. 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Alongside the diplomacy, attention turning to the First Lady's wardrobe and the bigger story fashion can tell. NTD's Niku Bani has more. The First Lady's ensembles during this week's royal visit are creating a buzz. And in the sum, earning her the title best-dressed First Lady since Jackie Kennedy or even in US history. Multiple outfits across King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit, three in particular standing out as crowd favorites. For the daytime events, American designers Ralph Lauren and Adam Lippiz in white and pale yellow. And for the white Thai state dinner, a powder pink Christian Dior haute gown complete with white opera gloves. Some online noting the resemblance to the Greek statue winged victory of Samothrace. Others seeing it as a nod to the dress worn by former First Lady Kennedy in 1962, also Christian Dior couture. I think there's a very conscious kind of way that she's thinking about her dressing for state visits for the inaugural. And it is so reminiscent of Mrs. Kennedy, who I think we all think of as the queen of First Lady style. I certainly do. Now, First Lady Melania Trump often favors Christian Dior designs known for its new look style from the 1940s, often featuring very feminine silhouettes. These inspired from late 19th century to early 20th century historical fashion. And she is very aware of what looks good on her. She is very meticulous too with measuring down to the last half inch her sleeve or the cut of something more aware probably than any other First Lady. We got a deeper inside look into First Lady Melania's approach to fashion in her 2026 documentary Melania. Meetings between her and her fashion designer Hervé Pierre highlighted the First Lady's meticulous attention to detail. The documentary focusing on her two inaugural looks, her striking coat and hat combo and her black and white evening gown, which now lives in the Smithsonian. However, many conservative commentators say the First Lady hasn't received the credit she deserves in the world of fashion. Award winning historian Keith Lee, who specializes in women's history, says if politics could be put aside, the First Lady's fashion sense could elevate the United States. I think fashion is a great, it could be a great connector. She would be such a good representative for the American fashion industry, both at home and abroad, if people would allow that, if people would get past the politics. Beyond fashion, First Ladies have historically held a soft kind of power, helping shape relationships and influence outcomes, often behind the scenes. I think the big takeaway is that clothes are not, they are not superficial. They are diplomatic armor, they communicate messages, they mean something, and they can sometimes change perceptions in a very positive way. Historically, fashion has been used to communicate the character and traditions of a people. As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, moments like these highlighting the First Lady's role and conveying the value of an administration. Nikubani, NTD News. Thank you for watching NTD Evening News. For around the clock original news coverage, visit us at ntd.com or download our NTD app. I'm Chris Beers. Have a good night.