NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 18)

Welcome to Entity Evening News. Our top story tonight, two gunmen and three victims are dead after an active shooter situation at a San Diego mosque. President Trump calling off scheduled attacks on Iran amid fresh hopes of a peace deal. What he's instructing the military to prepare for and how the Treasury is targeting China's efforts to aid Iran. The U.S. suspending the Permanent Defense Advisory Board with Canada. What the Trump administration says about Canada's defense commitments. And a person in Colorado dies from the hantavirus. Health officials say the case is not related to the virus hit cruise ship. In Southern California, a woman admits to paying homeless people on skid row to register to vote. Federal prosecutors also charge a San Diego man in an alleged attack outside an L.A. synagogue. Christina Corona with that. And President Trump dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax documents. In exchange, the Justice Department has created a $1.7 billion fund to compensate victims of government weaponization and lawfare. Jason Perry with that. And in the high stakes trial of Elon Musk versus OpenAI, the jury reaches a verdict saying Musk brought his lawsuit too late. His claims dismissed. David Lamb has more on Musk's response. This is MTV Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. San Diego police reporting at a press conference today that two gunmen and three members of a San Diego mosque are dead. Police saying upon their arrival at the San Diego mosque center, they immediately observed what appeared to be deceased victims out in front. There are three deceased adult males, and those are presumed victims at this time. On behalf of the FBI, we extend our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of the victims of this tragic incident. There were two subjects, both teenagers, and both are confirmed deceased. So the suspects at this point appear to have died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. There were no officers involved in firing their weapons, but that is still very preliminary at this point. But that's what we believe. Two males, at this point, we believe them to be 17 and 19. Police chief said the threat has been neutralized and the children are safe. He said the Islamic Center does have security and that one of the deceased is a security guard who works there. Also the Islamic Center does have cameras and they're going to be reviewing that footage to get more information about the incident. Police responded to a call of an active shooter and arrived at the center within four minutes. Chief said his officers immediately deployed inside the Islamic Center and started working from room to room. At this time, police don't know the circumstances that led to this incident, the details of what happened, or the exact time when it occurred. The chief said the details will come out in the days ahead. Next, President Trump announcing he's holding off on a planned military attack on Iran scheduled for Tuesday. That says the U.S. Treasury is targeting the Chinese regime's efforts to prop up Iran. We now go live to NTD's White House correspondent, Mari Otsu, at the North Lawn. Mari, good evening. Hey, Kerry, good evening to you. That's right. President Trump today saying that he's instructed the U.S. military that we will not be doing that scheduled attack. It was scheduled for Tuesday on Iran tomorrow. He also says, though, that he's instructed the military to be fully prepared to go forward with a, quote, full, large-scale assault on Iran on a, quote, moment's notice if an acceptable deal is not reached. President Trump saying that this request was made to him by Gulf allies, who is saying that there are serious negotiations underway with Iran, hopeful that a nuclear deal might be made. And here's the president just moments ago. Take a look. I put it off for a little while. Hopefully, maybe forever, but possibly for a little while because we've had very big discussions with Iran. And we'll see what they amount to. I was asked by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE and some others if we could put it off for two or three days, a short period of time, because they think that they are getting very close to making a deal. And if we can do that, where there's no nuclear weapon going into the hands of Iran, I think And if they're satisfied, we will be probably satisfied also. The White House has been stressing from the beginning of this conflict with Iran that the president always prefers diplomacy, but that he does have a red line, and that's that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And I heard President Trump after his talks with CCP leader Xi Jinping explaining the difficulty of negotiating with the Iranian regime. Take a look. We really had the confines of a deal. No nuclear. They were going to give us the dust, nuclear dust, everything we wanted. And every time they make a deal, they the next day, it's like we didn't have that conversation. And that's taken place about five times. There's something wrong with them. Actually, they're crazy. And you know what? Because of that, they cannot have a nuclear weapon. This comes as President Trump condemns media coverage of the Iran operation, saying the media has lost its way, quote, if Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent USA. The failing New York Times, the China Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, corrupt and now irrelevant CNN and all other members of the fake news media will headline that Iran had a masterful and brilliant victory over the United States of America. It wasn't even close. And throughout negotiations, President Trump repeatedly saying talks with the regime are complicated by their fragmented leadership, which broke into different factions in the wake of Operation Epic Fury's initial strikes. We knocked out all of their leaders, number one, and then we knocked out all of their leaders in the second division, and we knocked out numerous of their leaders in the third division. And they're very confused. This coming as the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports still holds strong. Central Command reporting the U.S. has now redirected 85 commercial vessels with key oil exports and imports slowing sharply. And to add more economic pressure to Tehran, the U.S. Treasury extending a 30-day waiver to allow countries that are energy vulnerable to purchase sanctioned Russian oil that's now stranded at sea. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson writing that the exemption, quote, will also help reroute existing supply to countries most in need by reducing China's ability to stockpile discounted oil. The Chinese regime has been stockpiling a large amount of cheap sanctioned crude by buying about 90 percent from Iran at a highly discounted price and buying oil from Russia Meanwhile, Secretary Besson calling on G7 nations to ramp up economic pressure against Tehran. We'll also be discussing sanctions and terror finance, and we call upon all our G7 and indeed all of our allies and the rest of the world to follow the sanctions regime so that we can crack down on the illicit finance that is fueling the Iranian war machine and get this money back to the Iranian people. And Treasury Secretary Scott Besson, meanwhile, directly calling out the CCP for financing Iran, which he calls the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. And this is coming amid reports that China is still supplying Iran with weapons amid this conflict and this backdrop growing even more complicated as Russia's Vladimir Putin is preparing to go to Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping just four days after President Trump's visit. Back to you, Kerry. Thanks for that update, Mari. Next, the U.S. is pausing its participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense with Canada, the War Department saying Ottawa has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments. The department says it will use this opportunity to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense. The board formed in 1940 to serve as a forum for a strategic discussion related to defense cooperation. It consists of both military as well as civilian representatives from both countries. The Pentagon references a speech by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in January. In that speech, Carney criticized the U.S. and asked middle powers to band together. The undersecretary of war commenting, quote, Real powers must sustain our rhetoric with shared defense and security responsibilities. Only by investing in our own defense capabilities will Americans and Canadians be safe, secure and prosperous. And President Trump has dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for their involvement in the leak of his tax documents. And in an exchange, the Justice Department has created a $1.7 billion fund for victims of weaponization and lawfare. NDD's Jason Perry has more on that. Since President Trump began his first run for office, he has faced tactics some would describe as lawfare and the weaponization of government, including an incident in which an IRS contractor leaked the president's tax returns to the media. And in January, President Trump, along with two of his sons and the Trump family business, sued the IRS and the Treasury Department for $10 billion, saying the leaked tax returns caused reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment and negatively affected President Trump's and the other plaintiffs' public standing. The lawsuit argued that IRS and Treasury safeguards to protect the tax returns were so inadequate that it took the agency about three years to find out that the tax returns were stolen. And now on Monday, Trump's attorneys filed a court notice dismissing the $10 billion lawsuit. And in exchange, the Justice Department said it has created a $1.7 billion fund to compensate people who believe they have been victims of government weaponization and lawfare. Officials say the new anti-weaponization fund will be able to issue formal apologies and monetary awards to people who file claims. Those who have accused the government of weaponization include January 6 defendants, pro-life advocates who were prosecuted for protesting at abortion clinics, and parents who were labeled as domestic terrorists after speaking against gender and racial ideologies at school board meetings. The Justice Department says that President Trump, his sons and the Trump organization will not receive monetary damages, but will receive an apology. Jason Perry, NTD News. And as we just heard from Jason, a $1.7 billion anti-weaponization fund will now compensate individuals who are affiliated with Trump and targets of the Biden administration. Tune in for panel debate tonight on Capitol Report with Steve Lance at 7 p.m. Eastern. Next, in the high-stakes trial of Elon Musk against OpenAI, the jury reaches a verdict in Oakland, California. It decided that the lawsuit was filed too late. And DD's David Lam reports on that. In the Musk v. Altman trial, the jury of nine unanimously decided that Musk's claims are Now, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers also said that the court accepts the finding as well. Musk filed the lawsuit in 2024, but the events that were in question happened before 2019 when OpenAI received investment from Microsoft. Musk claims that the companies breached OpenAI's charitable trust and sought unjust enrichment. After the three-week trial, the judge dismissed the jury and recited a poem about the importance of their service written by another judge. One of the remedies Musk was seeking was the removal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman. Now OpenAI can continue to move forward with its plans for its for-profit structure. This comes at a time when there's buzz about OpenAI and SpaceX going public, potentially making it the largest valued tech showdown yet. Montana's Attorney General recently reached out to the SEC over concerns of self-dealing. OpenAI's IPO is reportedly expected to be worth over $1 trillion. Elon Musk recently shared on X saying that he will appeal the verdict and that the judge and jury didn't rule on the merits of the case, but rather a calendar technicality. David Lam, NTD News, California. And coming up, a New York State court judge today ruling partially in favor of both sides in the Luigi Mangione case. He said some evidence found in Mangione's backpack is allowed and some is not. Which side benefits the most? Arlene Richards has those details. And in Southern California, a woman admits to paying homeless people on skid row to register to vote. And federal prosecutors charge a San Diego County man in an alleged attack outside an LA synagogue. Christina Corona with that. And two fighter jets collided during an air show in Idaho. Fortunately, all the pilots parachuted to safety. Hi, my name is Brady. When I was born, my parents thought everything was OK. My mom and dad were so excited to take me home. 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Judge Gregory Caro taking less than 5 minutes on Monday ruling that a search of Mangione's backpack conducted at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania was unlawful. He excluded a loaded magazine and ammunition recovered during that search from being admitted at trial. Caro said that search was conducted without a warrant and there was not an emergency that justified an immediate search without the warrant. Other items found during that search included a sandwich, a cell phone, and a flash drive. On the other hand, the judge ruled that a later search at the police station was lawful allowing prosecutors to keep key evidence including a 9mm handgun and silencer for their case at trial. Police also found in that later search a notebook containing handwritten notes including a to-do list, getaway directions, and how to avoid surveillance. In addition, the judge ruled that some of the statements Mangione made to police prior to his arrest as well as statements he made to correctional officers at a Pennsylvania facility would be admissible at trial. Other statements he made in response to police questioning after he was officially placed under arrest are excluded. The split decision gives both prosecutors and the defense partial victories as the case moves toward the trial. The judge's ruling today sets in motion the next steps for the trial. He's scheduled another hearing to be conducted virtually on June 3rd in which they will discuss scheduling as well as the trial itself. Arlene Richards reporting from the New York State Criminal Court here in New York City. And staying in legal news, federal prosecutors in L.A. announcing two criminal cases today. One involves a woman who admits to paying homeless people to register to vote. In the other, prosecutors charge an individual with a hate crime for allegedly attacking a Jewish man near a synagogue. And it is Christina Karotz from Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors announcing on Monday that a long-time California signature gatherer has admitted to paying people to register to vote. Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, of Marina Del Rey, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of paying another person to register to vote in a federal election. Prosecutors say Armstrong was paid for each signature from a registered voter. So when some homeless people were not registered, she allegedly paid them to sign up. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Asaley posted undercover footage on X, originally released by journalist James O'Keefe, showing Armstrong handing cash to homeless individuals. She would then gather, starting in 2025, stacks of voter registration forms from the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters and then go to Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to have homeless people first sign the voter registration forms and then sign the signature petitions. Prosecutors say Armstrong offered small amounts of cash, cigarettes and phone cards in exchange for the registrations. Not only did Ms. Brown pay people to register to vote, which is illegal, it is a federal crime, she also induced them to place false information on the voter registration forms. She had them put her address as the address to receive the ballots. What she was going to do with those ballots when received was to be determined. This case is important because it shows how easy it is under California law to corrupt the state's voter rolls and thereby corrupt the state and federal elections administered by the state. Armstrong appeared in federal court in Santa Ana Monday morning for her arraignment. She faces up to five years in federal prison. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors also announced a hate crime charge against 28-year-old Zaid Ghidistani of Carlsbad. Authorities say he punched a Jewish man near Adas Torah Synagogue in Los Angeles during a pro-Palestinian protest in June 2024. Ghidistani allegedly approached the victim from behind and without warning or provocation struck him in the face because of his actual or perceived race or religion. Officials say the victim suffered pain, redness and swelling in what they called an unprovoked attack. Per the indictment, Mr. Ghidistani posted photos of the attack to his Instagram account, that's the pictures you see on the side there, saying whooped the Zayos today and the chosen people sometimes need a good smack to wake up. Assaili says he makes it very clear. We have zero tolerance for any crimes against religious institutions or for people based on their religious characteristics or race. We are committed to that. We have multiple investigations. If convicted, Ghidistani faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Christina Corona, NTD News. Next, naval aviators parachuted to safety yesterday after two fighter jets collided during an air show. It happened near Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. Here's more on that. A road closure, a smoking field and a massive burn scar. The aftermath of a fiery crash during an air show in Idaho Sunday, about two miles from Mountain Home Air Force Base, roughly 50 miles southeast of Boise. That explosion on the ground occurring moments after two fighter jets collided in the sky. We were actually watching two planes right in front of us doing, you know, the air show and watching them for quite a while. The midair crash happened on the second day of the Gunfighter Skies air show. We didn't actually see the collision happen, but we did see, you know, the aftermath. We, of course, started looking at the road and that's when we saw that big black plume of smoke behind us. Officials say all four crew members involved in the crash ejected and were able to parachute to safety. First responders mounted a swift response to the fiery aftermath of the crash. The base went on lockdown after the incident. And according to the Mountain Home Police Department, the remainder of the air show was canceled. The Mountain Home Air Force Base gunfighters released a statement confirming emergency responders were on scene. According to the statement, an investigation is underway and more details will be released as they become available. And the government's recently released files on UAPs, which are more commonly known as UFOs, have received one billion views. UAP is an abbreviation for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon. Department of War also saying today that it's preparing to publish a second batch of files on its website. You can view the photos, videos and documents at war.gov slash UFO. And coming up, a person in Colorado dies from the Hantavirus. Health officials say the case is not related to the virus hit cruise ship. Stay with us for that. There is a road laid out for me. Boxes everywhere. And this is going to be Addie's room. I think you're really going to like it. I hope so. Yeah. I know this road is there for me. First night here. But Amy seems cool. Yeah. Ways down by the river. I got this. I'm really free. Take me down to the river. Hi, I'm Ryan Blaney, a third generation race car driver. And we dedicate a lot of our time to going as fast as possible. My grandpa Lou is the reason why my dad and I started racing. And I'm really proud to follow in his tracks. But when my grandpa was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, it was a very unexpected bump in the road for us. I've learned a lot on this journey with my grandpa Lou. And the memories of my grandpa will always be with me. 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Good evening, Iris. What did the president tell you moments ago? Good evening to you as well, Cary. So just moments ago at a health care event, President Trump telling NTD that he's very concerned about Maryland voting. As Americans are now heading into the midterms. Specifically, he's pointing straight at a major ballot error that happened in the Maryland primary election. Where some voters got the wrong party's ballots. And now is causing the state to send out some 500,000 replacement ballots in place. And President Trump saying that is a big red flag when it comes to Maryland voting. Also telling me that he's now asked law enforcement to look into the issue. Watch. Thank you, Mr. President. On election integrity. So a lot of Republicans, including you, are speaking out against a massive mail-in ballot error in Maryland. Yeah, terrible. How concerned are you about election integrity as Americans are heading into the midterms? I'm very concerned about it. I'm very concerned about mail-in ballots. We're the only country in the world that's doing mail-in ballots. And mail-in ballot is by just the nature of it. It's going to be corrupt. You want to have proof of citizenship. You want to have a voter ID. You want to have all these things. 500,000 ballots, illegal ballots were sent out. And they were totally fraudulent. And then they said, oh, we'll pull them back. Well, they didn't pull them back. And they have 500,000 new ballots go. So what happens to the original? Are they going to come in? And are they going to come in and infect our system? So it's a very, very serious thing that's happened. And I've asked the law enforcement to look at it very, very strenuously. And President Trump earlier today also took to social to decry the major mail-in ballot era in Maryland. So basically, Maryland State Board of Elections is saying that a vendor era caused some voters to get mail-in ballots for the wrong political party. And because they don't know how exactly how many are affected, they're now sending some more than 500,000 ballots to people who requested mail-ins in the first place. Of course, this is all coming ahead of the state's June 23rd gubernatorial primary. And while the state is saying that this is an isolated administrative error and that it will be fixed in a transparent manner, Republicans are sounding the alarm, including the president, saying that it really exposes how vulnerable the whole mail-in system is. And President Trump also using it as an occasion to push for the Safe America Act, which would allow for stricter voting rules, including voter ID, a proof of citizenship, as well as restrictions on mail-in ballots. Back to you. Thank you, Iris. Next, a patient in Colorado has died of hantavirus. State health officials say the case is not related to the virus-stricken cruise ship. The death was reported in the Denver metro area over the weekend. The identity of the adult patient has not been released. Local health officials say the person was exposed to local rodents, and the virus was a different variant from the one on the cruise ship. They add that this strain of the virus occurs regularly in Colorado at this time of year. An investigation is now underway. Health authorities emphasize there are no cases of hantavirus connected to that cruise ship in the U.S. so far. They say the risk to the general public also remains very low. Hantavirus is primarily spread by rodents, and it can also transmit between people only in rare cases, though, and after prolonged close contact. Incubation can take about six weeks. And staying with health news, the U.S. is imposing travel restrictions due to the Ebola outbreak. Non-citizens have been to certain African countries in the past 21 days will be denied entry. Countries are Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as South Sudan. U.S. officials are also going to step up public health screenings and monitoring of other travelers who have arrived from areas that were affected by the Ebola outbreak. The news comes as one U.S. citizen has tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The CDC earlier issued travel advisories urging Americans to be cautious in the affected countries. The agency says that it spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids and is not transmitted through the air. They add the current risk to the American public remains low, but officials are closely monitoring the outbreak, and they're also supporting containment efforts overseas. The World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency of international concern over that situation. And joining us to discuss those developments on hantavirus and Ebola is Jeffrey Tucker. He's founder and president of the Brownstone Institute, as well as author of Life After Lockdown. Jeffrey, thanks for joining us this evening. For those who don't know, you actually founded the Brownstone Institute in response to the global crisis created by the COVID-19 policies, not by the virus itself. Now we have these two situations with hantavirus and Ebola. How are you looking at these outbreaks and the responses you're starting to see from these health agencies? It does seem like every few days we're getting another big scare about infectious disease, and I think the information flows are getting a little bit confusing. Every time one of these viruses floats across our screen, we think, oh, no, we're going to do the COVID thing all over again. And let's just say very clearly and plainly here that in the case of Ebola or the hantavirus or the other, the novel virus and all the rest of these things, none of these things have any pandemic potential at all. I mean, there's really no circumstances under which either of these things would ever become a pandemic. So we can just rule that out right now. And this is for very specific reasons having to do with the character of these viruses. Ebola is a wicked killer. It's got a very high case fatality rate between 50% and 80%. And in the microbial kingdom with these pathogens, what you see typically is a tradeoff between the severity, in this case very severe, and its prevalence, in this case not very prevalent. In fact, this one's unique, Ebola, in the sense that you cannot really spread it asymptomatically. And it has a fairly short period of incubation. What that means is that it's wicked and it's not really controllable through any vaccine. They've been trying for decades and decades because the pathogen mutates so quickly. It also does not spread very far, which is why there's had so much success over decades, whether it's private corporations or public health officials in really containing this particular virus. I understand why the travel restrictions went into place on this. I normally wouldn't defend that kind of action, which I think is kind of extreme. But I will say that over decades there has been a long history of using methods like quarantining of the sick and restricting travel for this particular virus. The hantavirus is another issue entirely about which we could speak. Yeah, so let's do that now. And I'd like, if you could also, what is the appropriate response? Because in the past, of course, with COVID, the response, some might say, was worse than the risk of the actual virus. So if you could go into a little bit on hantavirus and then explain what the appropriate response should be for both Ebola and hantavirus. Yeah, so just back up to your comment concerning the coronavirus, the COVID. Now, here you had a very widespread virus. And conversely, with a very low case fatality rate. So that is consistent with what I said. There's always this trade-off between prevalence and severity. There's one condition here, which is the period of incubation or latency. In other words, if you can spread a disease far and wide while carrying it asymptomatically, you've got a real problem on your hands. Now, that's not the case with Ebola. And now the hantavirus poses a slightly different set of challenges. One is that it is said to have a very long latency period, an incubation period of up to eight weeks. During which time, presumably, you could spread it. But here's another footnote to that. There's really very little, if any, record that we have of any spreading of the hantavirus with the exception, I mean, no human-to-human transmission at all, with the exception of one strain. But even that is very difficult to transmit except with extremely close contact, exchange of body fluids, and that sort of thing. So why are we suddenly hearing about some deaths from this virus? Well, it turns out this virus is a very old world. It's like an ancient virus. And it comes through and is spread by rats and mice and close contact with rodents. So that is not unusual. In fact, I have some friends in New Mexico that tell me that they've known for decades, if not generations, that when you're cleaning out the shed, you definitely want to mask up for fear that the place has been infected by rodents. And you can catch this virus, which also similarly has a very high case fatality rate and a long latency period. I hope I'm not getting too complicated here. But again, it doesn't tend to spread between people, which is another way of saying it's like each, while we'll also add that in the case of the hantavirus, there's really no chance to vaccinate against it because of its forever mutating forms. And it's the same case with Ebola. So vaccines work for really stable pathogens like measles, but they don't work for these viruses that are constantly changing clothes. They have a big wardrobe and they're changing breakfast, lunch and dinner clothes. They're always mutating around. And those are the ones that resist the vaccines. Again, there's zero pandemic, near zero. I don't want to ever say zero, but near zero chance that either of these visitors from the microbial kingdom could ever become anything remotely like COVID. So neither of them will provide a good pretext for any kind of restrictions on basic civil liberties and that sort of thing like we saw in COVID. Jeffrey, I do want to, as we start to finish up, I just want to get your understanding of, since it seems like COVID-19 has never had its 100% mea culpa, what is the trust in the World Health Organization who's playing an active role? And are we at a place where the U.S. government under the Trump administration is in a good working relationship in restoring public trust in how to handle these global coordinated events? Well, let's just say we have a very long way to go. I'm afraid that all this news coming out of the World Health Organization and even the CDC or wherever it's coming from, people are very skeptical of it. They wonder if it's true. When they hear the word that, oh, the vaccine's on the way, you know, they think, well, there's no way I'm going to get that. I mean, the loss of trust here is profound, and we still haven't really had the transparency and sort of truth. And as you say, the mea culpa has still not come from, not only from the U.S. government, but from any government in the world, much less any kind of close investigation of the injuries that have been imposed by the vaccine itself. And I think we have to get there in order to get the healing done. I will add just one final comment on this. The amount of attention given to infectious disease is truly and massively disproportionate to its actual threat to human life on the planet Earth, especially in a time when we have an epidemic of chronic disease about which people are not really speaking. I don't know why we want to talk about these pathogens and the infectious disease so much when they don't really represent an imminent threat to human life to the same extent that just general ill health does. And that's what RFK and Trump, too, are trying to address right now, primarily. Well, the long march for MAHA, we'll be keeping a keen eye on that. Always appreciate your insight, Jeffrey Tucker. Thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. And next, President Trump announces a major increase in the number of prescription drugs that are now available from TrumpRx, adding generic versions to the website. The administration also adds home delivery and new search functionality. NDD correspondent Jason Blair has that. We're increasing the number of drugs available on TrumpRx by nearly seven times. President Trump announces that TrumpRx.gov is adding over 600 generic drugs to its inventory. Consumers will now have one source to ensure that they're getting the lowest possible cost. New additions also include a home delivery option and more pharmacies. Introducing MapSearch. For the first time, you can see chain and local independent pharmacies on the same map. You can now look up brand name drugs and see the generic version. TrumpRx was launched in February. The site is free to use and doesn't require a sign up. The website says it lists discount drug prices from manufacturers that have agreed to most favored nation pricing. The Trump administration describes most favored nation pricing as getting prescription drug prices in America at comparable and or better prices than they are in many other countries like Canada, Germany, and France. The website lists two ways to get the listed price. One is if the drug has a coupon on its webpage, you can print or download the coupon and bring it into your pharmacy to get the listed price. The other is if the drug doesn't have a coupon, there will be a link to go buy the drug on the manufacturer's website. The prices are for out-of-pocket buyers. However, the site says the listed prices might be lower than an insurance copay and encourages people to check. Reporting in Washington, D.C., Jason Blair, Entity News. Next, we turn our attention to the nation's capital where U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro says she's planning to hold parents accountable for disruptions caused by their kids. This comes after another violent gathering involving teenagers in the city's Navy Yard neighborhood. How are people in D.C. feeling about the proposal and public safety in the city in general? Entity's Sam Wong was out in the Navy Yard area of D.C. to hear from those residents. Are you aware of the teen takeover in this area and how has it affected your perception of public safety in D.C.? I am aware of it and I believe that it is a heavy responsibility of the parents to understand where their children are at all times as well as what they're doing and who they're doing it with. In terms of how it impacts my view of safety around here, I don't know. I think the current administration is taking steps to kind of curb those activities. There was a big swarm of teens, kids in the area. So what happens is the small fights end up breaking out and it becomes a big group fight. I was just there just behind that tree sitting at the benches and me and my friends had to keep backing up and trying to move away from that area just for the fact that the swarm kept growing, the swarm kept finding, the swarm kept pushing. When you see people jumping on cars, assaulting each other and things like that, it makes D.C. look really bad and it makes the youth look really bad. D.C.'s U.S. Attorney has been talking about holding parents accountable for their kids' action out here on the streets. What do you make of that? I just feel like it's a 50-50. There has to be some sort of redirection starting, yes, at home and in the communities to try to be like, hey, this is getting dangerous and unsafe for everyone. Some of these kids don't have a dad or a mom in the house, which is unfortunate, but at some point these parents need to be held accountable. I agree with it. I understand it as well as being a parent. A lot of times you can't have your eyes 100% on your children, but there are many ways and many things that you can do to have better accountability and better understanding. And from Paris to Kuala Lumpur, long lines formed outside Swatch stores ahead of Saturday's launch of Royal Pop. It's a series of colorful pocket watches. The hype required police mobilization at multiple stores around the world. Many had to shut down and cancel the release events for the weekend. NDD's Sean Marshall has more on this story. The watch released by Swatch has been causing some global chaos for the past couple of days. The new Royal Pop collaboration with Audemars Piguet is a pocket watch that costs around $420, but it's resold instantly for $1,500. A full set of the eight Royal Pop models fetched more than $25,000 on Live Marketplace StockX on Sunday. In the U.S., 19 Swatch outlets were closed over safety concerns on release day. The hyped-up launches caused fights at multiple stores, and there was even a drug overdose. People camped out for days, some as long as seven days, to get the watch. People at the Spring Street store in Soho were disappointed when the store never opened on drop day due to unsafe crowds. They allowed customers in on Monday, but the NYPD had to secure the area for crowd control. Jeffrey had to wait seven days for the release. Stores in several European cities were also temporarily shuttered, while Swatch preemptively canceled launch events in India and Dubai. Police in both the U.K. and U.S. reportedly made arrests after crowds failed to disperse. On Saturday, police in Paris, France, and Long Island, New York, had to use tear gas on crowds, and many stores stayed closed. I queued for like two days out here in the tent. So I just want to get this watch because Swatch collabed with a really good brand. I'm not going to forget. That's AP. And it's really good to have this collection in my watch collection. Swatch posted an announcement to social media, stating, We kindly ask you not to rush our stores in large numbers to acquire this product. The Royal Pup collection will remain available for seven months. Sean Marshall, NTD News. And coming up in the NBA playoffs, the reigning champion Thunder face their biggest challenge yet as their nemesis, the Spurs, come to town for game one. 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But what's happening with that first series in the West? You can't stop talking about his Knicks, can you? You know, the Thunder... This is their year, you know. 71-72. It's been a while. It's looking like it. Before I was born. You guys have about five and a half decades of tumultuous times. This could be it. Could be our year. We'll see. We'll see. Hopefully they just beat each other up so much that the Knicks can just roll right through. We'll see. The Knicks are probably open for that right now. I mean, the Cavs just had back-to-back seven-game sets. Meanwhile, at the Knicks, I don't even know if they've played seven games totally. They've been on break for a while. You know what? Let's talk about the Thunder. The Thunder versus the Spurs tonight. The Spurs have really had their number in the regular season. They've won four of their five matchups. Meanwhile, the Thunder, though, 63-14 against everyone else. One and four against the Spurs. The Thunder are still without all-star guard Jalen Williams. Right behind him, A.J. Mitchell. Their backup has really played great this year. Just a second-year guard out of UC Santa Barbara. Was an unheralded second-round pick in 2024. He's averaging 19 points per game in these playoffs. The Thunder play 8-30 tonight. Game one against the San Antonio Spurs. And then tomorrow, tomorrow is your big day. Cleveland against the New York Knicks. The Knicks haven't played in, what, nine days? They've been sitting around. Hopefully, they've been still practicing that new offense that's going through Carl Anthony Towns. They look great, though. But as far as this series, I'm very interested to see if the Thunder can kind of reverse their fortunes from the regular season. I don't know what the Spurs did to have their number in the regular season. It was kind of baffling, to be honest with you. You can't teach height, Dave. You cannot teach that 7'4 height, can you? But, you know, the Spurs, they had a little more trouble with everybody else than the Thunder did. So it's, I don't get it. That's what you want in these. You don't want to know the outcome. You want to just have to watch and see. It wasn't fun watching the Thunder sweep through the first two series. That was boring. Let's see them break a sweat this series, all right? Well, it's a game of matchups, isn't it? It is. It sounds like San Antonio has had their number. That's so true. The Thunder, maybe if you say their biggest weakness, they don't have a true center maybe on their lineup. They've got some really good power forwards, though. So that's where we're at with that, OK? All right, a lot going on in the NBA. We'll be watching with great interest. We'll miss you for jury duty tomorrow night, which will frustrate me in terms of getting to talk about the Knicks. I'll give you a call on the phone right now. All right, we'll phone you in. Let's talk about golf in the PGA Championship. That was incredible yesterday. Englishman Aaron Rye was given 290-1 odds heading into last week to win the PGA Championship. He actually entered Sunday just two shots off the lead, but had a great, especially final 10 holes yesterday. He got that eagle on 9, then he had birdies on 11, 13, 16, and 17. That birdie on 16, by the way, a 68-1⁄2-foot putt there for a birdie. It was the second longest birdie putt, or putt, really, I should say, of the week. And so he actually kind of won it going away by three strokes over second place John Rahm and Alex Smalley. And with the win, not only does he get that big $3.7 million check, he also gets a career exemption to play in this event for the rest of his career. Like I said, plus a five-year exemption to play in the other two majors. So Aaron Rye, first Englishman to win the PGA Championship since 1907. Can you believe that? It's been over 100 years. Sports is all about the underdog, isn't it? Isn't it? You've got to love the underdog. I know, especially in golf. I was like, I'm not huge on golf, but I never heard of this guy before. Comes out of nowhere. It was a very crowded field the first three days. All of a sudden, I think it was a seven-way tie for the lead after like two or three rounds of it. It was crazy. So quite a story there. Aaron Rye. Every golfer's dream to just make the cut, and then you go and you win the whole thing. Amazing. Let's talk about something that, honestly, I'm not sure what to make of it. It's like we're talking about pro sports, because you always talk about their salaries, but we're talking about college football. Brendan Soresby with Texas Tech reportedly signed for $5 million, and he's filed for an injunction against the NCAA to reinstate his eligibility. It seems like a lot is wrong with this story. A lot is going on, you know? He was probably the most coveted player in the transfer portal last winter after a big season with Cincinnati. Two seasons with them. Was it Indiana before them? Red Raiders signed him. They've signed a lot of good players over the years. A few months later, though, the NCAA reportedly started investigating him for gambling on games he previously played in, which isn't against the law, but it is against NCAA rules. Now, according to the injunction, Soresby is currently ineligible to play due to his prior violations now with the NCAA sports gambling rules. Now, Soresby, meanwhile, has been in an inpatient treatments facility since last month after he revealed he placed thousands of bets on sports. Now, his legal filing says he suffers from clinically diagnosed gambling disorder, calling it a mental health condition. Now, the filing also says Soresby offered the NCAA a two-game suspension. The NCAA, though, rejected that, apparently. Soresby, though, for his part, said he never bet against his own team or any players on his team. He also said he never used any non-public information in deciding on those bets. Now, meanwhile, the Red Raiders were very good last year, 12-2. Will probably be a preseason top 10 team, I would guess, with Brandon Soresby there. Without him, I'm not sure. So this is one of those we'll have to follow and see. This is one where, though, you get kind of bits and pieces and you don't quite know. I don't think we know the full story yet, but $5 million is getting in the portal. He's obviously a big deal, and he was very good last year for Cincinnati. So this is a... I'm sure Texas Tech is trying their best to make sure their guy is eligible, as any team would do. And these, call them kids, call them professionals, whatever you want to call them, I mean, they are generating the interest. They should get some kind of compensation, but, of course, the Trump administration authoring some kind of thing called the Save College Sports Act or something to that effect, you know, where do you sit on all this, Dave? Well, they'll still get their compensation. The only thing that does, I think it's going to limit them from being in the transfer portal more than once before the four years. That's the big thing, which is like free agency. A lot to look out for in sports and college sports particularly, Dave. Thanks for joining. Appreciate it. Thank you, Kerry. And that's all we have for today's news, but for around-the-clock original coverage, you can visit us at NTD.com or use our NTD app. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Kerry Dunst. Good night.