Capitol Report Full Broadcast (June 11)

Good evening. Tonight on the Capitol Report, a peace deal with Iran in its final stages. Why President Trump is holding off on strikes and when he expects the deal to be signed. It's a very detailed memorandum of understanding, also agreed to by many other countries that have great influence over them, and everybody wants it done. Two dollars a vote. Ballot harvesting allegations straight from Skid Row. What's happening in California as President Trump urges national voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote? We need to have voter identification, which we don't have right now, on a national basis. We need it for, and the voter ID is very important, we need it for proof of citizenship. And a major surveillance program set to expire Friday evening. Now Republicans are warning of national security risks. This as the U.S. prepares for the World Cup and America 250 celebrations. Consequences could be severe. The consequences, to be frank, could be fatal. This is Capitol Report, live from our global headquarters in our nation's capital. Here's Steve Lance. President Trump saying a deal with Iran could be signed as early as this weekend, and that all parties involved have agreed on the details. We go now live to NTD's White House correspondent Mari Otsu standing by at the North Lawn. Mari, good evening. So a whirlwind past couple of days. What's the latest when it comes to Iran? Hey Steve, good evening. Yeah, that's right, a whirlwind few days here indeed, and President Trump today is now announcing that a deal with Iran is in its final stages, saying that it could even be signed as early as this weekend. The president is floating Europe as the location for that signing, and while he says that he wouldn't be able to be there for that if it indeed takes place, he says that Vice President J.D. Vance will be there, as well as bringing up other members of his negotiating team, that special envoy Steve Whitkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. And Steve, this is coming as the president is calling off all scheduled strikes and bombings on Iran, the president earlier saying that he'd expected to hit them, quote, very hard tonight. And here's President Trump earlier in the Oval saying that his Take a look. President Trump saying he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of other Gulf countries, and that discussions and final points have been in both concept and great detail approved by all parties involved. Prime Minister Netanyahu's office releasing this statement that says that despite Israel not being a party to the memorandum, the prime minister expressed his appreciation for President Trump's commitment that the final agreement at the conclusion of negotiations will include the removal of enriched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on missile production, and the cessation of Iran's support for its terrorist proxies. President Trump saying that the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports will remain in full force and effect until this transaction is finalized. And when this deal is signed, is the United States going to immediately lift the blockade? Yes, that's part of the deal. And you'll have oil prices dropping like a rock. The strait will officially open as soon as we sign, which could be soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe. President Trump's announcement coming after the U.S. had been launching self-defensive strikes against Iran for the past two days, with the president saying he believes they're now sincere about a deal in part because of these recent attacks. Because they've taken a pounding. They've taken a pounding like very few people could take. And they want to make the deal a lot more than I do. And we were hitting them very hard for the last three days. We're going to hit them even harder tonight. These developments are coming as President Trump reiterates the dangers a nuclear Iran poses, saying very few countries, Iran included, could commit atrocities they do against their own people. That's after Iran killed tens of thousands of regime protesters earlier this year. They shoot them and the rallies dissipate very quickly. There are not many countries, China was one that was able to do it in Tiananmen Square with the tanks. That tank operator, boom, rolled right over them when they went in front of the tank. There are very few people that can do that to their own people. And meanwhile, Steve, President Trump is nominating Jay Clayton. That's the current U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and former SEC chairman to be the next director of national intelligence and new cabinet member replacing Tulsi Gabbard. Back to you. Mari Otsu, live from the White House. Thank you, Mari. And as the world waits for Iran to sign this memorandum of understanding, what could actually be in it? And is there reason to be confident this time around? Joining us now to discuss is Hal Kemper, retired marine intelligence officer and CEO of Global Risk Intelligence and Planning. And I might add, former colonel. Now, Colonel Kemper, the president seems to have been able to come to some kind of consensus with the leadership inside of Iran. Let's take a look. We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran. And we're going to be subject to finalization of documents. We should get done over the next few days. Probably have a signing maybe in Europe. But it's a very detailed memorandum of understanding also agreed to by many other countries that have great influence over them. And everybody wants it done. Colonel, the president listed multiple parties as approving this potential agreement, including Israel and Iran, many of the Gulf states. What does this tell us about the conflict, perhaps, say, in Lebanon in the whole deal? Well, Steve, it's kind of interesting. When you saw what Bibi Netanyahu had said about the things that he thought were going to be in the MOU, it was very interesting to talk about the cessation of support to the proxies. If that is part of the MOU, that would potentially take Lebanon off of the table, so to speak, as something that was being negotiated with Iran. If their support of Hezbollah is something that this MOU is supposed to address, then that would seem to take pressure off of Israel, take pressure off the government of Lebanon in terms of what's going on with Hezbollah. Of course, leading up to this, that's been the reason that over the last weekend that Iran fired a bunch of missiles into Israel. It's been a reason that things got ramped up to where they are in many ways because of that. So hopefully that is being moved aside, and that will allow government of Lebanon and Israel to deal with Hezbollah as an internal Lebanese issue. Colonel, the president was asked why he's confident that Iran will come to the stringing us along. Here's a look. Because they've taken a pounding. They've taken a pounding like very few people could take, and they want to make the deal a lot more than I do. It's a great deal for the United States and for the Middle East, and I think ultimately great for Iran because they'll be able to build up their country. I really believe it's a regime change because I find these people to be much more rational than the people that are no longer with us. Historically, Colonel, over the decades, the Iranian regime has proven to be duplicitous. You just heard the president there saying we've been through multiple rounds of killing their top leadership. We're now on tier three. Do you think that this could be different? And in an agreement like this, what sort of, I guess, safeguards are inside of an agreement to make sure that they don't renege? Steve, that's going to be the critical issue, is it's going to have to have a lot of safeguards, a lot of ways that we can verify. President Reagan once said of the Russians or the Soviets, trust but verify. Well, in this case, it's verify but verify. We have to have all these things in, and not just inspectors, but international, recognized international inspectors with full access to all of these locations. The Iranians are notorious for moving stuff surreptitiously to avoid inspection, to delay inspectors from going in there. I'm not sure what we're going to eventually arrive at going after that enriched uranium and any enrichment capabilities. But at some point, we're going to have to go in there, get the stuff out. But to get the stuff out, we got to make sure we're going to all the locations where it's hidden. And we have to assume that the Iranians will try and hide that stuff. So this is part of it. Part of it is building an inspection regime, a surveillance regime, a verification regime that makes sure that all these things are happening. Seems true with the support of the proxies. They'll probably just come up with some other way of getting money to those proxies and providing support clandestinely to them. We're going to have to have a way to not only discover that, but also address it formally with the Iranians and some way to enforce that, that they stop. And do you think there will be some type of zero tolerance policy built into this or an understanding that if they don't comply, then it will be right back to where it started? And does it seem like the recent strikes from the past two days really helped to bring Iran to the table and perhaps the president's clear message that the United States was going to take over Card Island? Absolutely. I think that's actually a big part of it. The strikes, first off, I'm not entirely sure that the drone that took down the Apache helicopter intentionally hit it, or it could have been a midair collision. I can see a variety of scenarios where that could have happened. It's just not clear. It's a very unusual thing that they would use a drone like that to take down a helicopter. So I'm not quite sure what happened there. But even with that, we responded, responded forcefully. I should mention, we not only hit those places around, you saw it on the map, where we hit around Bandar Abbas and some of those other places, Qeshm Island, stuff around the strait. We also did strikes down south. And the strikes down south were in Jask. Jask is the alternate oil terminal. If Card Island is taken out, Jask is what they have. It doesn't have the capacity of Card Island, but it is there. And then today, this morning, president said, we might take Card Island. And I think those two things juxtaposed really weighed heavily on the minds of Tehran. And I think that's what really moved things along, because they realized there's a point here where we may not be able to export any oil, have no revenue. And at that point, the clock really ticks loud, because the economy will collapse. It's going to be very interesting to see how history records this moment. There's been a lot of talk about the president going back and forth and how he's managed the negotiations. But it's maybe proving to be something for the record books here. With that said, Colonel, the president does say that the memorandum will prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon. That's really always been the most important aspect of the agreement, the red line, if you will, the reason for the operation. When asked about the nuclear dust, the president said, nobody's getting close to it. So Colonel, what do you think will happen to Iran's uranium? I think initially, they may do something where they basically isolate, quarantine those areas where we think it's located. And then to go in there and take it out, that's a very lengthy thing. I was a director of intelligence of a multinational consequence management task force that was over there many years ago that dealt with issues of WMD and WMD related materials, weapons of mass destruction, sorry, related materials to include things like enriched uranium and anything like that. I can tell you to go in there with all the stuff you need, all the equipment, all the protective gear, everything that's necessary. That's not something you do easily. It's very engineer intensive. There's a lot of footprint on the ground that you have to have in order to pull it off, the logistics of getting it in and out of the country. So that's going to take a cooperative arrangement. I mean, it could potentially be done forcefully, but usually a cooperative arrangement with the host country in order to get that out. So it's not something you'd just go in and just grab it and take it out, especially if it's a place that's been destroyed, as have some of these places have been destroyed, in some cases, very decisively destroyed. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Hal Kemper, greatly appreciate you joining us. Thanks. And the 10% Trump tariffs can stay in place for the time being. A federal appeals court today extended its hold on a lower court decision that had thrown out those tariffs. There are the 10% global tariffs that the president put in place under a 1974 trade law. The legal fight is far from over as the appeals court is now reviewing the full case. We'll be bringing you updates as they continue to come in. And President Trump doubling down on his push for Republicans to pass the Save America Act. He's also rolling out a new move today to protect the American fishing industry. Joining us now live is NTD's White House correspondent, Iris Tao. Good evening, Iris. So what did the president tell you were in the Oval Office during the signing? Good evening to you as well, Steve. So President today, while signing a proclamation inside the Oval Office and telling NTD that America needs voter ID as well as restrictions on mail-in voting to protect America's voter as well as election integrity. He says that they need it for the upcoming elections. This week, President Trump calling on congressional Republicans to attach the Save America Act to the budget reconciliation process package just meant for funding the Pentagon. The president saying that that's really needed in time for the midterm elections, adding that the bill, if it advances with Republican support, would only need a simple majority. Here's what the president told us today about why it's important for national security. Watch. Mr. President, on the Save America Act, you are now urging Republicans to add that to this third reconciliation bill. What's your perspective on why election integrity matters so much for national security, from your perspective? Well, we need it for our elections. We need to have voter identification, which you don't have right now, on a national basis. We need it for — and the voter ID is very important. We need it for proof of citizenship. Do you believe it? The Democrats are fighting. They don't want you to prove your citizenship when you vote. You know why they want that? Because they cheat. And the president today inside the Oval Office signing a proclamation to bring back the fishing industry more to the U.S. The president specifically is restoring commercial access to three areas of the Western Pacific Ocean. And inside the Oval Office, the president hosting a group of fishermen, as well as representatives from the industry from all across the country, including a third-generation fisherman that was moved to tears when he thanked President Trump for doing something that he says no other president has done for them. Watch. After that, 3,000 employees and 715 fishermen. Thank you, Mr. President. Did you ever think that somebody would come along and save it? Let me just be really clear. There's never been a president to do this. It's very nice. And see, President Trump often brings in everyday Americans from all walks of life into the Oval Office as he signs proclamations or executive orders that directly matter to their everyday lives. And the president today telling NTD that he believes these everyday Americans built America. Watch. How important is it for you to listen to everyday Americans when it comes to policymaking on a daily basis? These people built the country, not the complainers. The complainers didn't build the country. These people built the country, whether it's fishermen or farmers or anything else. Me, guys like me, they built the country. And a president also using this occasion to criticize Somalians in Minnesota, who he says not only did not build anything, but also ripped off our system. Back to you, Steve. And today's Iris Tao, live from the White House. Thank you, Iris. And right now, you're looking at a live shot of the United States Capitol, where lawmakers have failed to pass an extension to FISA, while Republicans are warning it's a big risk to national security. Back with more after the break. They're just young people, hungry, homeless, and vulnerable. Covenant House is helping young adults facing homelessness. We're providing safe shelter to thousands, but the need is overwhelming. Please call or go online now with your gift of $19 a month. We'll send you this blanket as a reminder of the comfort your gift provides a young person tonight. 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At the same time, a separate fight is emerging over the president's call for a new reconciliation bill that would include the Save America Act. NTV's Chris Bobb reports. The consequences could be severe. The consequences, to be frank, could be fatal. Americans should not have to face that risk because of partisan game-playing by the minority leader of the Senate and the House. Friday evening, the authority behind Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire. House Democrats blocked a short-term extension Thursday morning that would have pushed the program's expiration to July 2, despite a request from President Trump and warnings from Republican leaders. House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized Democrats after the House vote. We just offered a simple, clean three-week extension of the FISA national security law. The Democrats, 199 of them, voted against a clean three-week extension for political purposes. And when the Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, also known as FISA, is a critical national security tool. Well over half of every item in the president's daily brief is derived from Section 702. It has stopped terrorist attacks. It's stopped the flow of deadly drugs into our country. It's protected our troops overseas. Republicans say the program helps monitor foreign threats and comes at a critical moment as the United States prepares for events expected to draw millions of visitors. After the House vote failed, Senate Republicans tried a narrower approach. I'm going to suggest that we do at least a one-week extension to keep the lights on at this agency. At a time when we're hosting the World Cup, we've got 250th anniversary celebrations going on around this country. This is a time of risk for the American people. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden objected, arguing Congress should not extend the surveillance authority without additional transparency and reform requirements. Every day that 702 is in effect without reforms is a day that Americans' rights are under threat. I believe Americans deserve new guardrails. Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected that argument, saying the immediate issue was preventing the authority from lapsing. This is a program that works and works effectively to keep Americans safe. Senator Tom Cotton also pushed back on criticism of the program. Section 702 does not surveil Americans. It is, to put it simply, about foreigners in foreign countries. The FISA fight comes as President Trump pushes a new reconciliation package that would include roughly $350 billion for defense spending and the Save America Act. But after the Senate parliamentarian ruled the measure could not be included under reconciliation rules, Trump called on Republicans to remove her. Leader Thune said Tuesday there is a bigger challenge. Anybody who follows this process closely knows that we don't have the votes. The only way you could get there is to undo or get rid of the legislative filibuster, and there aren't even close to the votes here in the United States Senate in order to achieve that. Utah Senator Mike Lee disagreed with suggestions that the parliamentarian has the final say, writing on X that, quote, the Senate parliamentarian works for the Senate, not the other way around. She doesn't rule, she advises. The Senate parliamentarian's opinion is only advisory. Vice President J.D. Vance, as presiding officer, could choose to rule differently and allow it. But if any senator raises a formal objection, a point of order under the Byrd rule, it would take 60 votes in the Senate to overrule that objection and keep the Save America Act provisions in the bill. Chris Bobb, NTD News. And as President Trump is urging Congress to move ahead on Reconciliation 3.0 and the attached Save America Act, national security continues to hang in the balance. Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack says 19 states issued driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, putting our elections in jeopardy. She joined me earlier to discuss what's at stake. Congresswoman Kat Cammack, thanks so much for joining. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. It's great to have you. Congresswoman, President Trump now urging Congress to pass Reconciliation, what's being called 3.0, which includes additional defense spending, perhaps his biggest priority, the Save America Act now being packed in there. Why is this such a pressing issue? Well, a couple of things here. No doubt about it. The Save America Act is absolutely critical to get across the finish line. So I couldn't agree with the president more that we have to find any means by which we can get the Save America Act across the finish line. And so whether we explore that through Reconciliation 3.0, whether it goes in any other must pass package, we are open to any and all options as it relates to the Save America Act. It is what folks are demanding and it's what we in Congress know and have known for all along that election integrity is paramount. So we're looking forward to figuring out ways that we can navigate the Senate parliamentarian's birdbath, which is effectively the procedure by which Reconciliation goes through. And then, of course, on the defense front, no doubt about that. We are living in one of the most precarious geopolitical challenging times of our recent history. And so we need to be fully resourced. But we need to know the devil of the details. Right. And that is something that is very interesting when we're talking about reconciliation, because you have to find that offset. And when we look at some of the other priorities that are on the docket, whether it is housing, whether it is health care, bringing down the cost of fuel, that is something that has to go along with this package. So we're going to be working with all of our stakeholders and partners to figure out the best way that we can put Reconciliation 3.0 together to get it across the finish line into the president's desk. Speaking of those details, when it comes to the Save America Act, voter ID, one of the provisions widely supported across the aisle by almost all Americans, yet citizenship, proof of citizenship appears to be a sticking point for the Democrats and even a few of the Republicans in the Senate. Talk to us about why you think that is. And do you think that proof of citizenship is a valid argument to maintain election integrity? Well, it's very simple. You have 19 states currently in the country that issue driver's licenses to non-citizens. And of those 19 states, 15 actually engage in automatic voter registration. So that right there tells you that, hey, we've got a problem. And when my friends on the other side of the aisle push back and say, oh, but they have to attest that they don't have citizenship, that they're not eligible to vote, I'm sorry, but a checkbox is not sufficient for us to ensure that people with driver's licenses, and in many cases, real ID, are not voting in our elections. And of course, we've seen across the country from California, Iowa, Illinois, New York, you name it, we have seen instances where non-citizens, people who should have never been voting in the first place, have cast ballots. So this is a real issue that has real implications, especially when you're talking about some of these races that come down to the wire. Any vote that should have never been cast is a problem. But let's not forget, I serve with individuals that they won their race by six votes, six votes. So it irks me to no end when people say that this isn't really a problem. It is a problem. And I think we need to do everything we can to ensure the integrity of our elections and ensure that confidence of voters going into the polling locations. It's a good reminder. A lot of elections really do come down to a very razor thin margin. And with that said, I live in Washington, D.C., my apartment here. I've gotten mail-in ballots from previous people. I don't know if it was the wrong one. And D.C. actually is one of those places that registers and allows non-citizens to vote in these local elections. It's just infuriating because this is never the way that the founders intended. This is just such an important right that you look around the world and people have given everything. And certainly in our case, we have as well, blood, sweat, tears. People are so proud to go and cast their ballot. I'll never forget when I was in middle school, and this was at the beginning of our engagement in the Middle East in the Iraq War, and people were holding up their purple thumb, the purple thumb where they had cast a ballot. And they were so proud. People were crying. And then you think about how some folks are a little bit glib these days about voting here in the United States. And I have to remind them, I don't necessarily care about your politics, but this is one of the most incredible fundamental rights that we as Americans enjoy, and it is reserved for U.S. citizens. So we have to protect this at all costs because the foundation of our republic depends on it. It's amazing some of the things we take for granted, certainly perspective at critical times is very timely. At the Energy and Commerce Committee, which you are a member of, you're looking into flaws with healthcare transparency, particularly in its pricing. This is an issue that all Americans can relate to. Here's a clip from one of the recent witnesses. Poll conducted just last month by the United States of Care found that more than 7 in 10 Americans believe healthcare costs are unaffordable, and nearly half have faced financial pressure for medical bills in the past two years. Congresswoman, how does a lack of transparency ultimately contribute to healthcare costs? Well, I mean, we've seen where about 54, 55 percent of people, their plans are through their employer. And when the employers aren't given the information about how things are billed out and billed for, they're not able to negotiate. And so it's that opaqueness that you have these carriers, these insurance companies, that they are able to effectively stick you with premiums that are quite frankly ridiculous, that cover basically nothing. And then you have providers that they'll bill for certain things, and then your insurance company says we'll only cover X number. And then you're wondering, but wait a minute, once you get the bill and you're saying, well, it says that this procedure was $1,000, my provider billed for $5,000, and now I'm supposed to cover like 500 of this? It doesn't make sense. There's so much vertical integration in the space between PDMs and brokers and whatnot that everyone seems to be taking a chunk of the pie and overbilling for these servicers rendered, which is where the transparency element comes in. So as Congress has enacted more of these transparency reforms, there's been this bit of a grace period where hospitals and other providers have not been forced to comply with posting cash prices. And I think that's a very big problem. If you know what the cash price is, you start to ask questions like, well, wait a minute, if I pay out of pocket $250 for this MRI, which by the way, you can get an MRI in Florida for $250 out of pocket, but then if you bill it through your insurance, it's 7,500. Make it make sense. And the fact is you can't. So that right there shows how broken the system is, how inflated some of these prices are. And of course, when we look at the whole pie, our spending on healthcare, it is a massive driver, if not one of the biggest drivers of costs here in the United States. So the transparency element is a big, big part of it. Once we're able to get our hands on the information, then it's important that we take action immediately. So you have to have both the transparency and accountability component kind of married in this effort to fix healthcare. Really important to be talking about these things. And next step is action. Congresswoman Kat Kamek, really appreciate you joining us. Appreciate you. Thanks. And the U.S. State Department under Secretary Rubio is sanctioning Cuba's state-owned energy company. Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the regime's elites have weaponized energy as a means of social control and profit. In a post on X, the Secretary of State accused the Cuban government of hoarding fuel for decades. The secretary went on to say that the regime instead uses those resources to fund the Castro's private jet and state security forces that repress the Cuban people. Rubio said Cubans have endured blackouts and fuel shortages as a result. He went on to say that in post that, quote, President Trump wants a new future for the Cuban people with greater economic and political freedom and opportunity. Secretary Rubio, his comments come as the United States continues to enforce an oil embargo against the communist governed island. And fake job offers are targeting Americans who have access to sensitive information. The FBI warning that Chinese agents are behind it. At the same time, the U.S. just sanctioned several Chinese companies for helping Iran acquire weapons. And to these Washington correspondent Jack Bradley reports. The FBI is warning Americans to be on the lookout for Chinese agents posing as fake employers online, targeting current and former U.S. government employees that have access to sensitive information. China's intelligence services may be targeting you using deceptive online job offers. It comes right after the FBI seized 13 websites saying that they were set up by Chinese Communist Party agents who were posing as employers with lucrative job offers. In those cases, investigators say Chinese agents reached out to U.S. government employees on major platforms like LinkedIn. The applicants were offered money in exchange for sensitive information and the FBI warning that the threat of Chinese spies online persists. If a job sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The crackdown comes as Washington increases pressure on Beijing over another national security concern. The Treasury Department has just sanctioned 11 people and companies accused of helping Iran obtain weapons and military equipment. Nine of those targeted are based in China and Hong Kong. Officials say that these companies helped Iran's military and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps obtain weapons, the same weapons that are used against U.S. military personnel in the region. The move freezes any U.S.-based assets and prohibits Americans from doing business with the sanctioned individuals and companies. Whether through online recruitment schemes or sanctions, Washington is increasingly putting pressure on threats tied to Beijing. For NTD News Washington, I'm Jack Bradley. And China-linked ChachiBT accounts are being used to influence the minds of Americans. But what ideas are they trying to push? Find out more tonight on China In Focus with Tiffany Meyer at 9.30 Eastern. And right now you're looking at a live shot of the White House with election integrity back in the spotlight. This comes as several homeless residents in L.A.'s Skid Row are now allegedly using fraud in the city's mayoral race, saying they were paid to vote. We'll unpack that after the break. I am so glad you ladies are here. You each have your own rooms. Thank you. Get settled in. I'll be late. You want breakfast? No, thanks. We're good. They're always in their own world. Twice the work, twice the surprises. Just try it. But if you think of it that way, they're also twice as fulfilling. Is it okay to call you mom? Of course you can. You see certain things get reincarnated in your children. My daughter is very much inspired by my wife's artistic pursuits. So my daughter started making necklaces. She makes what we call affirmation fashion. I tell her every day that you're black is beautiful. You're black is beautiful. You're black is beautiful. And if there's anything better than being beautiful, it's being smart. And if there's anything better than being smart, it's being kind. 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Joining us now to react to these developments, we have Nicole Brenner-Schmitz, democratic strategist, and Jim McLaughlin, pollster and GOP strategist. Great to have you both with us. I want to play a clip from that expose and get your thoughts. Have a look. You can pay workers to circulate petitions, but you cannot give someone cash money to make them register to vote. You can actually see in the hands of the fraudster a copy of the California voter registration card. And this didn't just happen once. It happened over and over and over again. We witnessed it 28 times on video. We spoke to a nearby homeless person who claims the petitioners are scheming and seems to be very aware that they're taking advantage of the homeless population's desperation. They scheme. I don't like it. Now, Nicole, ballot harvesting legal in the state of California. We'll preface the question by saying that. But what do you make of this? And should private NGOs be allowed to harvest ballots with such little oversight? Well, I think California is trying to pass laws to have that oversight. And look, let's put it very clearly. People on both sides of the aisle are absolutely appalled by this kind of behavior. This is not something that is endorsed by either party. And 99 percent of people in both parties would say that this is a problem. But this is also a video from someone who has a history of heavily editing videos. So I'm glad that it's over in law enforcement. They should do their investigation. And I trust that they will do that fairly and honestly, and then we'll see what comes of that. And if this was truly happening, then they should be prosecuted. Jim, what is your response? And do you think allowing ballot harvesting puts our institutions at risk? And in states like California, why do you think Republicans are so bad at it? You know what? The reason we're bad at it is because, quite frankly, it's just so dishonest. And look, over in Europe, when a couple of the countries over there, they went to vote by mail, this mass vote by mailing, and it's just ripe with fraud. This is third world country stuff. And look, how far are we out? We're more than a week and a half away from the election, and we still don't even know the final vote tallies here. In a place like Florida, which is obviously a well-run state in contrast to what goes on in California, they do early in-person voting for several weeks. They do a large-scale vote by mail program where you have to have ID. And they have early in-person, excuse me, they have election day voting. And usually the polls close at 7 o'clock in Florida on election night. And by 8 o'clock, we know who won and lost. This is just crazy. And by the way, if everything, even if it is done properly and honestly, when it takes this long to do it, it just breeds voter mistrust of the system. Meantime, as you mentioned, after over a week of waiting, the California gubernatorial primary has finally been called. Steve Hilton will be advancing to face off against Xavier Becerra. The slow count has cast a shadow, as you just laid out, Jim, over election procedure. Here's Steve Hilton. There's a line in the law that says that actually the proof that you mailed your ballot on or just before election day, even if it arrives after election day, it's not just a postmark. You can write it. You can handwrite the date. So just to be really clear what that means, you can backdate your ballot. By hand. By hand. And it will be counted. That's how insane this system is. So Nicole, is there a case to be made that California laws enable or don't adequately prevent voter fraud? You have to have a postmark on your ballot. That's the way it is. And vote by mail is extremely popular in so many states, Utah amongst them. I mean, these are places where people have the ability to vote, their kitchen table and send it in. A lot of people have jobs that are not nine to five. You know, it would be great. I would love lots of access to early voting. I would love if the polls were open late into the evening and early in the morning in all states for people who don't have those normal jobs. But vote by mail is not fraudulent. It's been shown again and again. And it's just a ridiculous conspiracy theory to say that voting by mail is inherently fraudulent. John, I'd like you to reply to that. You look at states like Colorado and Washington State and obviously California. Well, places like Washington and Oregon, they used to be swing states since they've gone to this mass vote by mail stuff. And you have people that are noncitizens, people that are registering to vote in other states. It is just ridiculous. And, you know, that's the line is that they're conspiracy theories. But remember how the Democrats told us that the Georgia election law, you know, that was going to be racist. And Major League Baseball went and moved the All-Star game out of Atlanta. Well, they've had record turnout since that law passed, which, by the way, is very similar to Florida election law. And they've had record turnout, not just overall. They've had record turnouts in terms of Hispanic voters, in terms of black voters and literally the whole idea here is we want people to have confidence in democracy. And we have the Democrats who love to say that they're the party of democracy. They're making democracy basically a laughingstock throughout the world because the rest of the world knows that this is just flat out wrong what's going on in California. It's simply to protect the Democrats and keep them in power because there's such failures. They have to use these tactics to win democracy, to win elections. Speaking of fraud, President Trump answered a question today from our own NTD's Iris Tao about the Save America Act. Let's have a listen. Well, we need it for our elections. We need to have voter identification, which you don't have right now on a national basis. We need it for and the voter ID is very important. We need it for proof of citizenship. Do you believe it? The Democrats are fighting. They don't want you to prove your citizenship when you vote. You know why they want that? Because they cheat. Nicola, you got a poll this March found nearly 60% of Americans support requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Does democratic opposition to this bill look in incriminating for Democrats and sort of out of touch perhaps with public opinion? No, Democrats also pretty much agree with that. That's why that poll is there. And this would exist in most of the states and in the state of Georgia where we elected two democratic senators. You know, I mean, this is just him grasping at straws. He's frustrated that this bill hasn't passed. John Thune doesn't want to move it through the Senate. Thune's made that very, very clear. So he's trying to attach it to another bill, which is something Americans hate. They hate Christmas treeing bills. They don't appreciate that you can't just pass legislation about what it's about. They cram other things in. He's got a problem with his own party, not Democrats. Thune and Republicans don't want to move this approach bill, and they don't want to move the SAVE Act. It's not Democrats holding this up. It's his own party. Jim, Republicans weren't able to unify behind this bill. You have a lot of folks that are disgruntled. Not a lot, but a few key votes with President Trump. Now the president is urging them to pass it along with a reconciliation bill. Do you think that they'll be able to agree on it this time around or at least get 50 people to come to the table? I think they will be. And look, the president is 100 percent correct on this. 80 percent of Americans, over 80 percent of Americans want voter identification. Over 80 percent of Americans tell us that they think only American citizens should be able to vote in American elections. By the way, there's parts of California, including in San Francisco, where foreigners can vote in local elections. I mean, it's just simply absurd. And again, it's an affront to our democracy that you're allowing people that are in this country illegally, you are allowing foreign citizens to vote in American elections. Nicole Brenner-Schmitz, Jim McLaughlin, we appreciate both of you joining us. And right now you're looking at a live shot of the White House. Three charged with smuggling unaccompanied minors over the United States border. Part of a big push to locate over 300,000 missing children. We found 146,000 kids so far. We still have nearly 300,000 missing. We'll be back with more of that just after the break. 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Click to place the order and your new Select Specs glasses are delivered right to your door. Ordering your prescription glasses is as easy as 1, 2, C with Select Specs and selectspecs.com. And welcome back to the Capitol Report. Smuggling minors into the U.S. illegally. The Department of Justice charging three Guatemalan nationals in a scheme to bring unaccompanied children across the southern border. Entity correspondent Jason Blair reports. We found 146,000 kids so far. We still have nearly 300,000 missing. The Department of Justice is charging three individuals with smuggling conspiracy and fraud involving unaccompanied children who entered the U.S. illegally. All three are illegal aliens from Guatemala who allegedly took part in a wide-ranging conspiracy to smuggle more than a dozen children into the United States by scamming the system and exploiting the loopholes created by the last administration. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche says this indictment is one example of the many ongoing cases involving what he calls super sponsors. There are over 15,500 super sponsor cases. These super sponsor cases are when somebody sponsors more than three children unrelated. The DOJ also announcing the sentencing of an individual convicted of smuggling a 14-year-old girl into the country. By submitting false paperwork and lying on the forms, claiming to be her brother, proceeded to sexually assault this young woman. These two cases, while only two, help explain how what was going on is really the stuff of nightmares. Blanche says the DOJ, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services are working together to go after individuals who have brought children into the country illegally. Reporting in Washington D.C., Jason Blair, Entity News. And as enthusiasm builds around the FIFA World Cup, a massive watch party is taking place in the National Mall right here in Washington. Organized by Freedom 250, the FIFA World Cup Fan Zone is attracting soccer fans from across the country and the world. Entity Sam Wong was out in the National Mall at the event to hear from the people. How does it feel to be part of the celebration here today? Oh, it feels great to be here. I'm in town from San Diego and so to come out here and see the game. Mexico, we're rooting for Mexico today, so yeah, it's awesome. We're so happy to be here. It's like, the weather is good, my company is good, so we're having just fun here. It feels nice knowing that there's a lot of people that like the sport, you know, especially here in the United States because there's a lot of people that say that, you know, a lot of people don't like the sport. It's just, it's nice to see so many people out here today. We're here on my wife's work and then I got the opportunity to come and watch the game today. I was, I didn't even know we're playing today, so being here at this time at the Capitol is awesome. I mean, D.C. has never done this before, so it's a great opportunity for all the residents to, and you know, locals to come here and actually watch soccer, so it's great. And we're hosting, so it feels special. You got a team you're rooting for in this World Cup? Uh, man, Argentina, you know, Messi's the GOAT. I just hope he can finish his career with another World Cup. Mexico, of course, yes. Right now, Mexico, but if you ask me, I'm rooting for France. We're Colombians, so we're always rooting for the Colombians, but this round, I'm gonna go for Brazil. It is America's 250th birthday. How does it feel to be out here celebrating this moment in front of the Capitol, watching the World Cup with so many different kinds of people? Man, it feels great. Actually, this is just the start of it for me because I'm going to the UFC 250 at the White House. It's nice to see that they're doing a lot of things for the events and, you know, I'm just happy to be here. Oh my gosh, it's awesome. Like, look at this view. It's beautiful. The Capitol, the game, it's America. We're, you know, land of the free, so we all are here and just enjoying it as much as we can. You know, America, man, it's just unbelievable being part of this year that is taking place, you know, 250 years. Came a long way, yes. I think it's incredible. I mean, ultimately, we get to, like, show the world who we are as a nation and to do it in the Capitol and having all the sites and all the activities, I think it's amazing. That is all we have for you tonight on the Capitol Report. Stay connected to the stories that matter to you and visit NTD.com and download the NTD mobile app. From the nation's Capitol, I'm Steve Lance. Have a great evening. See you back here tomorrow.