NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 14)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. I'm Chris Beers. Our top stories tonight. President Trump says a peace deal with Iran has been reached. The president saying this could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace. War Secretary Pete Hegseth says the deal is a wall that will stop Iran from ever getting a nuclear weapon and that military pressure, not diplomacy alone, forced Tehran to negotiate. New diplomatic signals on the war in Ukraine. President Trump speaking with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky in separate calls. We have the latest. Twelve dead after a skydiving plane crashes shortly after takeoff in Butler, Missouri. Security concerns at America's polling sites and preparations for the FIFA World Cup. We hear from Homeland Security. New York City basketball fans have a late night after the Knicks win the NBA finals and the NYPD works overtime to keep the crowds moving. NTD's Sean Marshall has the story. UFC Freedom 250 festivities kicking off at the White House. Fighters meeting face to face for a ceremonial weigh-in before matches begin. Joe Rogan and Dana White welcoming fighters and fans. A saber from the Revolutionary War and a two-time champion chainsaw carver at a festival inspired by American freedom. NTD's Niku Pani takes us to the America the Beautiful festival in upstate New York. This is NTD Evening News live from our global headquarters in New York City. A deal with Iran has been reached. President Trump making the announcement on Truth Social saying, quote, the deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all. The president adding, quote, I hereby fully authorize the toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz and simultaneously herewith authorize the immediate removal of the United States naval blockade. Ships of the world start your engines. Let the oil flow. Regarding the deal, the prime minister of Pakistan saying in a social media post, quote, the official signing ceremony will be on Friday, June 19th in Switzerland, this coming despite Israel's retaliatory strikes against the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group today. The Pakistan prime minister thanking the United States and Iran for agreeing to pursue a diplomatic resolution. He praises Qatar for its key mediating role. He also acknowledges contributions from Saudi Arabia and Turkey in supporting the process, adding that with the agreement in place, mediators will now organize meetings this week to prepare for technical negotiations and an official signing ceremony. President Trump also saying that any agreement would be signed electronically by himself or Vice President J.D. Vance. Efforts to end the war in Ukraine back in focus. President Trump speaking by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier today. The conflict at the center of the conversation. In a separate call, Trump also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the Kremlin, Trump said ending the fighting is vital. He also expressed a willingness to work with European partners and Ukraine on a potential path forward. The Kremlin says Putin responded positively to the message on Ukraine and indicated support for continued talks. Russian officials also confirmed that Putin congratulated President Trump on his 80th birthday, which is today, of course. In a separate call, President Trump also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky says he congratulated the president on his birthday as well and thanked him for the US's support for Ukraine. He described the conversation as detailed and said they discussed efforts to bring peace closer, including the battlefield situation and conditions for ending the war. The exchange comes as Ukraine continues to push for a diplomatic path forward and international support for ending the conflict. We have one wish for President Trump, all Ukrainians do, that peace can finally be achieved so that we can achieve this success together with America, together with all our partners. In an interview on CBS's Face the Nation, War Secretary Pete Hegseth says military pressure, not diplomacy alone, forced Tehran to negotiate the peace deal with the United States. He says any deal will permanently block Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The secretary arguing the US's proposed agreement differs fundamentally from the Obama-era nuclear deal because Iran would receive benefits only after meeting US requirements. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, never, full stop. And this deal, as we talk about aspects of the deal, some of which have come out publicly are totally wrong, it is performance-based. No money released to Iran until they perform. There's no trust and verify. There's no trust here, and we're going to verify everything. Nuclear material will be destroyed and removed. The nuclear program will be dismantled. The straits will be open, no tolling. The JCPOA was a path to a bomb. What this deal will be will be a wall to a bomb. The war secretary saying recent Hezbollah attacks against Israel have not derailed negotiations, but warned Iran must rein in its terror proxies forces if it wants the deal to move forward. Hegseth saying Hezbollah's behavior will be an early test of whether Iran intends to follow through on any commitments made during negotiations. We're attuned to what's happening with Hezbollah firing rockets into northern Israel, which they need to stop doing. And Iran needs to encourage them to stop doing that in very adamant ways. And Israel was very measured in its response, understanding that a deal is on. And if Iran wants this to hold, they need to pull back Hezbollah, no doubt. On the issue of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium and other nuclear material, Hegseth saying those materials will ultimately have to be destroyed or removed. When asked if U.S. troops could be involved in securing nuclear materials, his response was all options are on the table. Some 20,000 people gathering today for a march in Geneva in protest of the Group of Seven summit that starts Monday. The protest began peacefully but later turned violent toward law enforcement with masked demonstrators causing damage in the streets. Protesters were seen throwing objects at a U.N. building in Geneva on Sunday as a Group of Seven summit was about to take place just across the border in France. Masked demonstrators used tools to damage shelters and set fires in the street. Police fired tear gas as individuals ripped bricks from the ground to throw at police. Elsewhere, a water cannon truck fires at a group of protesters wearing helmets gathering in the street. One protester is seen sending fireworks into police. Demonstrators say they came to protest against the G7 as a symbol of concentrated political and economic power. Damage to property also reported. Shop windows smashed, a bus stop destroyed, and broken glass scattered across the ground. The G7 summit will take place on June 15th to 17th and will bring together world leaders including from the United States, France, Britain, and Canada alongside the European Union. Joining us now to discuss the peace deal between the United States and Iran is Rod Martin, geopolitical analyst and CEO of Martin Capital. Great to have you back Rod. President Donald Trump announcing on his birthday, I might add, that a peace deal between the United States and Iran has been reached. Your reaction? Well I have to admit a bit of surprise. I didn't think they'd get it over the line today but they did and it's very clearly a win. You know the vice president couldn't have been clearer and PTAG Seth also. The terms here are effectively an Iranian surrender. No nuclear program, no toll booth on the Strait of Hormuz. Not that they had any way to enforce that in the first place. This is exactly what we set out to achieve and it's very clear to me that the last 72 hours or so when the Iranians were very much testing the blockade and testing our resolve resulting in US strikes on key locations in the country absolutely helped push this over the line and do so in the correct time frame. So we'll see what happens over the next couple weeks as the details get negotiated but this is a clear win. Yeah definitely a lot to watch here. Now the Pakistani prime minister saying in the social media post quote both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts including in Lebanon. Are you confident this will hold? No not at all and permanent is such a fun word. I mean that's very aspirational. I hope very much that that is true but you know we already have hostilities at the moment in Lebanon that you know have to go away. The Iranians have to rein in their proxy army Hezbollah which just rains missiles down into the north of Israel unendingly. For peace to hold they're gonna have to restrain that. There's no getting around it. Likewise you know we're going to remove what President Trump calls the nuclear dust and he was downplaying the timing on that. The reason isn't Iran. The reason is that this is going to be a Herculean technical operation. It's buried under a mountain for heaven's sake and there are really only two countries on earth that could even possibly attack this. The United States and China we're certainly not going to let the Chinese go in and do it. So you know there are a bunch of ways between now and a permanent resolution for this to go horribly awry but as it stands we have a win. We have what amounts to an Iranian surrender and that's exactly what the president has been seeking from the beginning. If he wanted to do a bad deal he'd have done it a month ago. Yeah and to your point it's been a long circuitous journey getting here. What's to stop things from remaining long and circuitous as we head towards a potential peace if any at all. Now we're expecting mediators to hold a series of meetings this week in preparation for the official deal signing on Friday. That's according to the Pakistani prime minister again. What could these meetings involve? There's an awful lot to sort out. I mean first and foremost there's the nuclear program. Apparently from what we're hearing bits and pieces of at this point the Iranians may be permitted some reasonable commercial enrichment. That's not crazy. You know if you have five percent enriched uranium you're in no danger of turning that into a bomb. Secretary Hegseth was also extremely clear this is not trust but verify. We do not trust them at all and we're going to verify everything. So we're going to have to work out the technical details of that verification process. That is a difficult thing to achieve and it's not going to be good enough to do what the IAEA has done in the past that did not work. This is a lot more like the nuclear arms verification process that we engaged in with the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War. That is difficult. It's complex. They're going to spend a lot of time meeting about this. Rob let's turn to oil. Of course a very prescient topic. President Trump announcing the Strait of Hormuz is now open toll free and that the U.S. blockade is over. How soon could that produce some relief for the gas pump for Americans? Reasonably quickly. Now the thing is it's not a one for one deal. You got to understand crude oil does not burn in your car. That's just not how that works. So you still have refining capacity issues. May take a minute for some of this stuff to ramp up. But the truth is the United States gasoline prices that we're all unhappy about but it's still lower than it was under Biden and it's come down about 10 percent in the last week. Those U.S. gasoline prices are more influenced ultimately by our relative lack of refining capacity and we are moving forward on that. The truth is we actually have most of the refineries in the world that can handle Venezuela's heavy crude. Bringing Venezuela back online means a lot more oil is flowing to those refineries and that will get us some serious relief on gasoline. The other factor of course is just the coupling of domestic crude oil prices to the global market. WTI, West Texas Intermediate, is usually cheaper than Brent crude which is the global benchmark but they're still tied together and this should give us some significant relief pretty fast. And we'll definitely be following that very closely. How could this agreement with Iran impact President Trump's posture going into the G7 summit? I mean that kicks off tomorrow in France. Well I suspect he's going to be a very happy man. He's also not going to be terribly happy with the degree to which our European allies were relatively useless. We are dealing with so-called partners who function as dependents, who do not pay their share of what has to be done to defend the alliance and there are some real issues there. Another issue that's probably not on everybody's radar yet is that the French have come to realize that the Chinese are dumping into Europe in a huge huge way that is highly destructive of European industry. The French planning agency actually described it as an outright de-industrialization of Europe over the next 10 years if Europe does not take a stand against massive Chinese overcapacity and dumping primarily into Europe now because the President has taken care of that in the United States. So it's going to be interesting to see Donald Trump, the Japanese and the French perhaps line up to a degree against Germany and a few of the others who are more interested in ongoing engagement and apparently de-industrialization of their own countries. That will get some interesting comments. Okay and Rod, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked about this week about his expectations for the G7 summit in terms of an end to the conflict in Iran. Here's what he said. I just if I may clarify and I think I did say it this way was that Canada prepared to contribute and we remain prepared to contribute to once the strait is open to maintaining the opening of the strait and the guarantees in and around that and there's various ways to do that. I expect, I'm hopeful maybe is the best way to put this, that there will be additional progress in terms of establishing a cessation of hostilities and something for the G7 and the main countries from the region. So just in closing here Rod, what do you expect to come out of the G7 in regards to the conflict in the Middle East which now could be over? I think Mark Carney gave us a preview. We're going to have some of our partners, so-called, step up and really want to take an active role in a war that's already resolved. You know where was Mark Carney when we asked for minesweepers? Where was Mark Carney when we asked for a few frigates to help escort some oil tankers? Nowhere. And of course the foreign minister of Germany, same deal. You know this is not our war. Well Ukraine is not our war. Serbia was not our war. But we were there and we are there. So you know there's going to be a whole lot of, oh yeah, yeah we're part of this too. And honestly it's a bit laughable and I don't think the president is going to be ungracious about it. But he's probably not going to let them off easily with it either. And we'll see what they can actually do. Now the truth is they can be meaningfully helpful if they will actually send some ships that have the function either of minesweeping or of maintaining freedom of navigation in international waters. That would be beneficial. Love to have that, but it's a little late. All right, geopolitical analyst Rod Martin, thank you so much. We always appreciate your insight. Thank you. Concerns are growing about the health of Senator Mitch McConnell. He's in the hospital after being admitted earlier this morning according to his office. A spokesperson says the Kentucky Republican is receiving what they describe as excellent care, but did not release details on his condition. McConnell is the longest serving Senate party leader in U.S. history. The 84-year-old has faced a series of recent health issues in recent years. He was hospitalized earlier this year after experiencing flu-like symptoms. And in 2023, he suffered a concussion and broken ribs after a fall. We'll be keeping you updated and we wish him a speedy recovery. Coming up, a look at New York City celebrating in the streets after an NBA finals championship victory. Plus, security concerns at America's polling sites in preparation for the FIFA World Cup. We hear from Homeland Security. And a savor from the Revolutionary War and two-time champion Chainsaw Carver at a festival inspired by American freedom. We take you to the America the Beautiful Festival. More in just a moment here on NTD Evening News. This land. Our America. Built on hard work, determination, and grit. Sometimes the days run long. But hope? It never runs out. Even when the food does. For America's veterans, working parents, even kids. Because in every corner of every town, even yours, millions of hardworking neighbors are facing a hunger crisis. Many for the very first time. In this land of plenty, affording food shouldn't require second jobs and third shifts or choosing between your groceries and bills. 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At least 11 skydivers and one pilot were killed after a non-commercial plane crash soon after takeoff in Butler, Missouri. The plane took off from Butler Memorial Airport, watched by family members of those on board. The passengers were setting off to take a skydiving trip. Airport officials say the plane was unable to get altitude and made a sharp left turn and hit the ground about 300 yards from the runway before catching fire. Emergency responders were able to put out the flames, but there are no survivors. Victims have not yet been identified. The private plane was operated by Skydive Kansas City. The single-engine aircraft is popular for skydiving and can carry as many as 17 passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating and our thoughts are with that devastated community. Next, NTD's Sean Marshall was in Midtown Manhattan after the Knicks NBA Finals victory. Here's a look the city celebrating and the NYPD doing their best to keep things under control. Some people have waited 53 years or even waited their whole entire lives for the Knicks to win an NBA championship. Crowds watched on screens big and small all across New York City as the Knicks rallied back from a 16-point deficit against the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. NYPD isolated blocks and created choke points to keep the large numbers of Knicks fans under control as people filled into the streets of Midtown Manhattan. According to the police, around 2 a.m. a 17-year-old was shot near 42nd Street and Broadway. Police took the victim to the hospital because an ambulance could not get through the crowds. Four people were stabbed and slashed and one of the school buses, which was being used for World Cup transportation, was lit on fire and engulfed in flames. Other buses and five police cars were also damaged. In all, 63 people were arrested with charges including assault on a police officer, criminal possession of weapon, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated the New York Knicks in a Truth Social post on Sunday. He said, What incredible playoff wins we have all witnessed, especially the last four, maybe the greatest in the history of basketball. Tonight a superstar was born. His name is Jalen Brunson. The city will officially celebrate the Knicks on Thursday with a parade and city hall ceremony. Sean Marshall, NTD News. From polling places to packed stadiums, Homeland Security officials say they're ready for whatever comes next. Speaking on the State of the Union earlier today, Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen discussed how federal agencies respond to potential threats. If a threat were to arise, for whatever reason, at a polling station, say a bomb threat would be called in, our ICE agents are more than just Immigration Custom Enforcement. They're also trained to have SRT, which means that we can have an emergency team respond quickly. Mullen says Homeland Security personnel work alongside federal, state, and local partners to respond when threats emerge. He also addressed security planning for this year's FIFA World Cup. There's not specific threats. There's a threat because of the amount of people coming in. We have five to seven million visitors that's going to be here over the next 35 days now. So there is always a threat of that. Are we safe? Yes, we're going to have a safe and one of the best World Cups in the history of this event. The tournament is expected to bring millions of visitors to the United States over the next several weeks. Federal officials say they'll continue monitoring the security environment throughout the event. UFC Freedom 250 is happening tonight at 8pm on the South Lawn of the White House. Seven matches are lined up, including two major bouts. A ceremonial weigh-in exhibition took place last night with all contenders meeting face to face. UFC commentator and podcast host Joe Rogan emceed the event with UFC CEO Dana White welcoming the fighters. The main event is a lightweight title bout between the U.S.'s Justin Gaethje and Ilia Tapuria from the country of Georgia. Dana White stood between the fighters so as to avoid any pre-fight rumbles. Brazil's Alex Herrera and France's Cyril Ghosn are set to face off in the co-main event. The winner will gain the heavyweight interim title. The weigh-in also included a tense moment between American fighters Josh Hokit and Derek Lewis. The event takes place on President Trump's birthday. He'll have dinner with his family before the fights start. The other fights featuring fighters from America, Canada and Brazil. For those who can't make it down to the White House, the event will stream on Paramount+. As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, one festival in New York bringing together families for a weekend of patriotism and community. NTD's Niku Bani takes us to the America the Beautiful Festival in Port Jervis, New York. Flags, family and plenty of red, white and blue here in Port Jervis, New York. Patriotism is taking center stage. New Century Festivals hosting its fourth annual America the Beautiful Festival. Well I love it. Every year beautiful fireworks and everybody's very nice. This year the theme is America 250, celebrating the nation's milestone birthday by honoring those who make our freedoms possible. We need to appreciate what we have and protect it and really say thank you to those amazing heroes, the veterans, the first responders, the military community. We don't say thank you enough. This year's event features live music, food vendors, living history demonstrations and even a visit from George Washington cutting a birthday cake using an original 18th century saber that came from the Revolutionary War. Dennis Beach is a two-times world champion chainsaw woodcarver from Pennsylvania. After competing all over the world, he says he came out of retirement for the weekend to join the festival and shares his thoughts on America. I think we are the freest country there is. The festival itself began with a Chinese immigrant's wish to give back to America. One of the organizers, Jin Pang, she's a Chinese immigrant. She actually approached me four years ago and she said we want to do a festival to celebrate America. We love our freedom here and I was very touched. So we started with this festival partially because for her, the freedom in America really hit home because when she was getting her master's degree here, her mom was imprisoned back in China and she was imprisoned for six years for practicing a spiritual discipline called Falun Dafa. And when she was petitioning to have her mom released, she was very touched by the American spirit. Since then, the event has continued to grow. Organizers this year expecting about 5,000 people. Nikobani, NTD News, New York. Police officers in Fort Worth, Texas saved a missing boy from a near drowning on Friday after finding the youngster partially submerged near the Trinity River. The department said the missing child report came in around 12.05 p.m. Officers searched the area and one of them noticed something yellow sticking up from the weeds near the water. When the officer moved closer, they found the child partially submerged along the shoreline. One of the officers entered the water and brought the child safely to shore. Look at that in that video there. In a social media post, the Fort Worth Police Department writing something that sometimes the difference between tragedy and relief is measured in seconds. And I'm sure his family is very relieved. Coming up, we speak with lawyer turned travel blogger Jen Ruiz about how to navigate the World Cup travel season. Stay tuned. I am so glad you ladies are here. You each have your own rooms. Thank you. Get settled in. I'll call you for dinner. Adopting teen sisters, it's a lot. Girls, you're gonna 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. Here you go. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome back. The 2026 World Cup began Thursday. Today's matches include Australia and Turkey, which got the ball rolling earlier today with a match in Vancouver, followed by several more matches. Here's what took place so far. Australia defeated Turkey with two goals to zero. The Australian team put its younger stars out front while veteran players sat on the bench. It was a gamble from the Australian side, but it worked out well, like a passing of the torch from more seasoned players to the team's feisty young talent. Forward Nestor Irencunda scored the first goal in the 27th minute of the game. Then midfielder Connor Metcalfe kicked in the second goal for Australia. The small Caribbean island of Curaçao fell seven to one to a relentless German team. Curaçao was considered to be within the kingdom of the Netherlands. It went into the tournament as the smallest nation ever in both physical size and population to take part in a World Cup. Curaçao goalie Eloy Ruhm showed frustration at his team's defense as he tried to fend off kicks from Germany. The little nation put up an admirable fight against four-time World Cup winner Germany, but was ultimately overwhelmed by the German offense. On the first day of the World Cup, the U.S. team played against Paraguay, defeating them four goals to one. One of the U.S. goals was kicked in accidentally by Paraguay into their own goal. President Trump congratulated the U.S. team via Truth Social, saying they defeated a very good Paraguayan team. Other matches today include Japan versus the Netherlands, Ivory Coast versus Ecuador, and Sweden versus Tunisia. The U.S. is set to play its next match against Australia on Friday. Staying with the World Cup, we're joined by travel blogger, author, and TED Talk presenter Jen Ruiz to discuss the World Cup travel season. Thank you so much for being here, Jen. The 2026 World Cup is the largest ever with 48 teams and 104 games spread across 16 cities and three countries, the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. How are the games affecting travel so far? We are seeing bursts of travel in specific cities, so some places are seeing more traffic than others, so it's not necessarily uniform. There's been both a surge in places that you would expect there to be, but also some places that aren't seeing as much traffic as usual. Depending on where you're going, it could be hit or miss, but we're definitely seeing, of those cities that are getting the surge, increased pricing for pretty much everything from Ubers to hotel rates. Everything has been chaotic leading up to an event this big, but there's definitely ways to navigate it intelligently. How do you navigate it intelligently? Give us some tips. First and foremost, when it comes to accommodations, you want to be making sure that you are looking at all your options. Now, with the games already beginning, you're looking for last-minute drops, last-minute availability. You can check out different websites like Hotel Tonight. If you are going to be traveling to multiple cities, you always have the option of shipping your luggage as opposed to checking it. That could save you time at the airport, could save you on fees. Websites like lugless.com will allow you to do that pretty easily. You also have the ability to take public transportation into the games as opposed to the ride shares, which can see that surge pricing and can be difficult and have long wait times if there is increased traffic in the area. It can just be hard to catch a ride. Definitely see wherever possible if you can take advantage of public services that are available. Sure. Speaking of public services, we did hear about this $98 round-trip ticket from Manhattan to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium just recently to see Brazil and Morocco, I believe it was. That ticket is usually something like $12.50, a big leap up. So are we seeing that kind of multiplying of fares that high in other cities as well? I do think that that's a distinctly kind of New York, Miami, LA problem because these are cities that tend to see large influxes of travel all the time. So an event like this does give them the upper hand where they do have limited availability and the ability to charge these increased prices in cities where people are already expecting to pay more. The price that you're going to pay for a ride share in New York City is completely different than what you would pay in any other rural area or any other smaller second tier city generally. So this can be an issue in some of these larger cities, which is why planning ahead would have been ideal. But now that we're down to the last minute, wherever possible, possibly alternatives like in New York specifically, they have the bike rentals where you can rent bikes and use that as a means of transportation. You have Blade if you're looking for something different and you want to have a shared helicopter service. That's something where you might be saving or paying as much as you would for a ride share for something that takes you five minutes instead of an hour. So in New York and those bigger cities, there are a lot of unique services that you wouldn't find in other cities that can maybe make up for that price gouging. Okay. And I want to play the CEO of MetLife Stadium in New Jersey describing the scale of this year's World Cup. Watch. It's just the magnitude of the event. It's unbelievable how much it's grown from the hospitality to transportation to everything else that's included, all the logistics. It's probably a hundred fold since 1994. And also compared to an NFL event or even a stadium concert, this is a hundredfold compared to that. So Jen, how does this year's World Cup compare to past World Cups? I think the World Cup is always a big event, right? You have people that have been planning this for their entire lives. You have people that are going to be undeterred and the location doesn't matter so much as this is the year that we're going, this is the plans that we have. So the World Cup is really significant on a global scale to a lot of people. And I don't think that the location or being in the US is going to, I think if anything, it could impact it possibly negatively. If people are finding that they're having issues coming into the country or that, you know, that it's cost prohibitive for any reason. But I think that despite all of that, the World Cup is an event that exists location independent because people are so passionate about the sport that they're going to follow that sport wherever it goes. Yeah. And some people are, it's like a religion almost. So what can, what do you think air travelers who fly regularly between World Cup cities, maybe they don't even like watching soccer, what can these kinds of people do to avoid the travel chaos in their cities? Or is there just no avoiding it? I do think that it becomes difficult when you're in a city that's inundated with a lot of events, generally, if possible, try to stay out of the downtown area. So staying anywhere, maybe closer to the airport, if you're somebody that's going to be transiting or making any connections, as opposed to having to go into the city, you can just avoid all of that traffic. I think also early morning flights, you know, red eye flights, they always statistically have the least people, you have kind of an easier time at the airport when it's a little bit emptier, or, you know, things are just getting started or winding down, as opposed to midday. Also, in general, I always recommend taking advantage of things like clear pre check TSA pre check, these programs allow expedited processing and the ability to go through lines quicker. So you are able to skip the large, you know, three hour security lines, I have both of those, and they are very handy for domestic travel within the US. All right, travel writer Jen Ruiz, always good to see you. Thanks so much for your insight. Thank you. Next, President Trump touting the new deal with Iran taking to truth social again just now saying, quote, This great deal will bring peace and security to the whole region and Vice President JD Vance reacting on Fox to the Iran deal announcement calling it a big moment for America, highlighting three major achievements and what they mean for Americans, including first, the Strait of Hormuz will be immediately reopened. And second, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Third thing is, and this only happens to be clear if Iran delivers on their promise. And so there's an approach here where we verify and where there are real benefits so long as Iran meets their end of the obligation. But if the Iranians comply with his deal, it is going to fundamentally transform the Middle East for the next 50 years. It's going to end the war. It's going to make the Middle East more investable. It's going to mean a lot of prosperity, lower energy prices for the American people. Vance adds that the logistics of the signing are still being sorted out. He confirms he will attend and says it's possible President Donald Trump himself will be there as well. The signing ceremony is scheduled for this Friday in Switzerland. We will definitely bring you live coverage when it happens. Switzerland goes to the polls today to vote on whether to cap its population at 10 million people. Some have likened the referendum to a Swiss Brexit and some businesses fearing it could be an economic blow. Here's more. At a luxury lakeside hotel near Zurich, manager Martin von Moos is concerned. Switzerland is readying for a pivotal vote whether to cap its population at 10 million people. Sunday's referendum, which has been likened by some to a Swiss Brexit, has alarmed businesses who fear an economic blow should the proposal succeed. There's concern it could damage relations with the European Union, Switzerland's biggest export market, and limit access to skilled labour. In Switzerland, for example, over 50 percent of our hotel staff are foreign nationals. If we no longer have access to these skilled workers, it would be very difficult to continue operating the hotel and restaurant industry in Switzerland at the current level. Meanwhile, backers of the cap, championed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, say an expanding population is straining housing and infrastructure like public transport. The population grew to 9.1 million by the end of 2025, up almost two million from 2002, when free movement between Switzerland and the EU was introduced. SVP lawmaker Ivan Pahud said the cap would protect the country. We're not going to eliminate traffic jams overnight, but this will allow us to adapt road and rail infrastructure and build housing, but not at a pace that would ultimately prevent us from absorbing this massive influx of people. On the other side, however, Green Party lawmaker Daphine Klopfenstein describes the move as extremely dangerous and utterly xenophobic. Business critics point to the damage they say the population cap could inflict on one of Europe's most resilient economies. 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Terry Conway left a Fortune 500 CFO role to take over a small soft crab company on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay and built it into a global seafood brand. Expanding into 17 countries, brought real adventures. Detained during a military coup in Nigeria and stranded near Lyons after a Jeep ran out of fuel in Mozambique. Terry shares these stories with Bay Area Innovators host Steve Isbas, plus the lessons in trust and risk that shaped his journey. Terry, you had other adventures. I know you mentioned some of your adventures are similar to like Indiana Jones type adventures. Maybe we can talk about Nigeria. Nigeria seems to be a place where things didn't work out as well as you thought they would. But I mean, even going there, it's already an adventure, but you wanted to establish a business. Tell us a bit about what happened there. I'm an acquaintance from the University of Maryland. I knew the ambassador in Nigeria to the whole economic, the whole European Union. And he was begging me to go there and set up a tilapia farm, which I was in the tilapia farm business in Costa Rica at one time. So got off, plane landed. Before I knew it, two very muscular people grabbing my arms and saying, what are you doing here? Are you a CIA? I said, no, no, no, no. They were in the went off to the integration room and these people that had these scars on their face, trying to be as intimidating as possible. And I kind of laughed and no, no, I'm here to set up a fish farm in Northern Nigeria. No, you're not. Let me see all your papers. Okay. You look at them all. So after half an hour of this, and I was kind of sweating it out. I hadn't told anybody I was going to be there. I didn't, I didn't have a phone. I didn't know how to contact anybody. Hey, I'm stuck in Nigeria. Come rescue me. But I said, go into the lobby and you'll see somebody there with a little sign says handy on it. And you ask him what I'm doing here. Five minutes later, they were back from my passport saying, sorry for the inconvenience. These are military people or government people or whoever was in power at the time, I guess. So coups were quite frequent in Nigeria at that time. So even the pilot, the one who took you to Northern Nigeria also wasn't that forthcoming with the trip, right? Well, that was, that was another trip. I was kind of hoodwinked into trying, Hey, there's a lot of crabs in Mozambique. Oh, different country. Okay. Okay. I guess I'm the retired government person. I know all about these plentiful crabs and Mozambique. You got to go there. So I kind of, I kind of fell for it. So I went to South Africa. They had a charter plane for me there. And I said, well, why, why do you have to fly? He said, well, you can't use the roads. They're all full of banditos. What do you mean banditos? Well, we're in the middle of a civil war. Really? Okay. So when I got off the plane, there was a big barrier there. I said, what's this barrier for? I said, well, we're in the middle of a civil war. We had little rebels that raided us not too long ago, killed one of our people. Really? And you got me into this? On the way back, uh, the pilots who were handling this, uh, charter kind of charter flight kind of a freighter said, you know, a good friend of mine has this, um, kind of a safari type plantation. Do you want to stop? And he has a jeep and we can take a tour around the place. Yeah, sure. That sounds very interesting. So another dirt road, I went to get in the jeep. They looked at the cascades and said empty. And these two pilots said, let's go anyway. When your instruments say you don't have any fuel to you pilots, you can't fly. Well, let's go anyway. So we hopped in this jeep and we're going about touring around. It was very interesting. About three o'clock in the afternoon and all of a sudden the jeep runs out of fuel. Really? What are we going to do? Well, we're all going to have to get out of the jeep and we're going to have to walk very tightly to the plane where we can leave. All right. And by the way, the lions are sleeping this time of day. Lions? Yes, lions. Okay. So we huddled up and walked briskly to the plane. I got to ask you this. So, you know, you were doing this to grow the business, but did you enjoy traveling? You had to enjoy the adventures and the traveling, at least to some degree, right? Otherwise, what was it doing the business more important? Actually, I really enjoyed the travel. I mean, it was long. It was hard to sleep upright. But the excitement was working with different cultures, family businesses, and these 17 countries I had visited. These people, these family companies were very gracious. They took good care of me. They found food that was acceptable for me. Didn't burn your mouth too much. So that was fun. Plus, I was building the business. I was exposing the brand worldwide. Handy had a good brand back in the States, but it became an international brand. Very excited about that. And I was building something that could last a long time for my family. You can watch more of this interview on NTD Plus or Epoch TV. Thank you for watching NTD Evening News. For round the clock original news coverage, visit us at ntd.com or download our NTD app. I'm Chris Beers. Have a good night.