NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 25)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, President Trump ramping up pressure for Republicans to pass the Save America Act. What's in his meeting with the House Speaker? And a cargo ship is attacked in the Gulf of Oman. The United Nations Maritime Watchdog is pausing evacuation efforts in the Strait of Hormuz following the strike. How the U.S. could Thousands of people are estimated dead after two major earthquakes hit Venezuela. Ariane Pasdar has how the U.S. is responding and what President Trump is saying. Trump administration winning today in Supreme Court rulings involving immigration and the Second Amendment. Arlene Richards breaks down the court's ruling. Anthropic, the creator of Claude, is accusing China-based Alibaba of using fake accounts to train its own AI model on Claude's capabilities. David Lamb talks with a tech expert about the accusation. And one tech giant has settled in yet another social media addiction lawsuit. YouTube has reached a settlement over claims its platform was designed to be addictive while the case against Meta, TikTok and Snap moves forward. Christina Corona reports. This is MTV Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Kerry Dunst. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. Thousands of people are feared dead after two major earthquakes struck Venezuela. United States is already sending support. NTV's international correspondent has the story from South America. And a warning, the story includes content some viewers may find disturbing. A desperate mother in Venezuela is seen crying, calling for her son after two major earthquakes destroyed buildings and more. Almost 200 people are confirmed dead. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the death toll could reach as much as 10,000. Eyewitness footage shows the moment the earthquakes rocked the main airport in Caracas. Another video shows people screaming and running for safety in a major shopping mall as the ground starts trembling. President Trump taking to social media saying the U.S.A. stands ready, willing and able to help. I have instructed all agencies of our government to get ready to move quickly. We will be there for our new and great friends. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he already spoke with Venezuela's acting president, Celso Rodriguez, coordinating U.S. support. The most immediate need, the one they need right now is search and rescue. That's the one they need immediately because you've got to get people out of that rubble within 48 hours or they won't survive. The airport there is badly damaged, so we'll have to rely on the Department of War to deploy assets there. And then we're also helping them with some overhead imagery, especially in coastal areas where they don't have full visibility over what the damage has been and what the impact has been. He added that the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela is also establishing support for Americans who live there or are currently traveling in Venezuela. Meanwhile, the people in Venezuela are dealing with the aftermath of the deadly quakes, which reached magnitudes of 7.5 and 7.2. The building started to crack and things began falling apart everywhere. Everyone was frightened and nervous. Everything is broken. Everything is cracked. I had to sleep in my son's car because we can't go back upstairs. The Venezuelan Red Cross, releasing this footage of ongoing rescue work on Thursday, and the President of Venezuela's National Assembly, highlighting the need for rescue efforts. This is the time to save lives. This is the time to rescue people. This is the time to assist those who are at this moment trapped beneath the rubble. He added that besides the United States, Mexico, Spain and Qatar are sending help as well. Now, this marks Venezuela's strongest earthquake in more than a century. The last major disaster struck in 1967, and a witness who survived that earthquake says this week's disaster is unlike anything he has ever seen. Arian Pasdar, NTD News. And our hearts are with all the people of Venezuela at this difficult time. Next, the United Nations Maritime Watchdog is pausing evacuation efforts in the Strait of Hormuz after a cargo ship was attacked today in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. official saying Iran targeted the vessel with a drone. The strike comes just hours after Iran warned against transiting through the strait without permission. The Secretary General of the UN's International Maritime Organization said the vessel had not been traveling under its evacuation framework. Agency data showed around 50 ships carrying over 1,000 sailors transiting the strait under the evacuation plan from June 23 until today. The pause now comes as the United States and Iran negotiate terms to extend the memorandum of understanding into a lasting peace deal. Washington and Tehran continue to differ on multiple points of any potential agreement, most notably inspections of Iran's nuclear sites. And President Trump calling on Republicans to unify as he ramps up pressure to pass election integrity legislation. Meanwhile, overseas, a new Iranian attack highlights ongoing tensions over the Strait of Hormuz. Joining us now live is NTD's White House correspondent, Iris Tao. Good evening, Iris. What is the latest? Good evening to you as well, Cary. So President Trump, after meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House today, is now ramping up pressure for Republicans to pass the Safe America Act. On True Social, he posted, quote, House Republicans should unify and stop voting down rules or threatening to do so, adding that giving powers to Democrats to control what goes up for a vote would make the outcome worse, adding that we can't let them win. The House has already passed the Safe America Act, which would mandate voter ID, proof of citizenship, as well as put restrictions on mail-in voting. But it's really stuck in the Senate right now as Republicans do not have the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster. Now, President Trump has been demanding Republicans to get rid of the filibuster and through other means to make sure the passage of this election integrity legislation. Previously, he's also demanded them to add it to a third reconciliation bill tied to Pentagon funding. Here's what he told me when I asked him about it earlier this month. Watch. Mr. President, on the Safe America Act, you're 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 yesterday, President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill over the lack of progress Republicans have made to advance the Safe America Act. But after the meeting between President Trump and Mike Johnson today, the House Speaker has now reportedly sent the bill to the White House. Meanwhile, on another topic, due to the recent advances in elections made by Democratic Socialist candidates, both President Trump and House Speaker Johnson now calling them out as the president says the U.S. will never turn into a communist country. Let's take a look. The Democrat Party, the Socialists, the Marxists have nominated some of the most radical candidates to ever run for office, and they're running for Congress. The insurgent left is on the rise. Most of the nation is composed of sane people. They don't want to — you know, if you look throughout history, go back thousands of years, you've always had socialism and communism by different names. It's never, ever worked. It's not going to work this time. Meanwhile, on Iran, new tensions on the rise over the Strait of Hormuz, as a U.S. official confirming to the Epoch Times that Iranian forces have used drones to attack a cargo ship transiting through the key waterway last night. No injuries were reported, but Central Command, after the incident posting on X, is saying that fighter jets of 16s remain patrolling in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that U.S. forces remain present and vigilant throughout the whole region. It comes as though that the U.S. and Iran have been projecting some discrepancies over what's specifically agreed to in the Memorandum of Understanding, with Iran denying that they have agreed to let inspectors in to check on their nucleosides, and also denying that its unfrozen funds, potentially down the road, will be used to buy American farm products. That said, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is speaking in the Middle East as he visits Gulf allies, saying that the U.S. is closely monitoring Iran's actions, not its words. They're now interested in being a nation-state that focuses on the well-being of their own people. If this is what they want for their future, the United States is prepared, alongside with all of you, to work to make that possible, despite our differences from the past. If they choose a different route, then of course this will not lead to a positive outcome. But let's be hopeful that it does, but also realistic. And President Trump has been warning that if what Iran's saying turns out to be false information, negotiations would end immediately. Tonight, the president is meeting with farmers and renters at the Rose Garden at the White House. The administration celebrates wins in both tax policies and agricultural policies that they say will deliver for these everyday farmers. Back to you. Thank you, Iris. Next, the Supreme Court issued four opinions today, all favoring the Trump administration, including two decisions involving challenges to immigration policies at the border and across the U.S. And it is Arlene Richards' reports. The Supreme Court justices on Thursday turning out big wins for the Trump administration in rulings on two immigration cases. Thousands of Haitian and Syrian refugees living in the U.S. on a temporary basis sued the administration after former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced she was ending a program that protects them from deportation. Congress established the Temporary Protected Status Program to keep foreign nationals from being deported while their home countries were in the middle of wars or other extraordinary crises. During oral arguments in April, the administration had argued that courts couldn't review the secretary's decision to terminate the program. A majority of justices agreed, which means many of those immigrants could face deportation. Border czar Tom Homan applauded Thursday's ruling at a press conference in Florida. You know, I've been doing this since 1984. TPS has never been temporary. Temporary means temporary. When the condition of that country gets better, they need to go home. The attorney for the Haitian plaintiffs doesn't agree that their home country is safe. So many Haitians, all Haitians have a fear of returning to Haiti, and many of them have applied for asylum. Homan saying he's grateful for the court's decision and that President Trump is the only president with the guts to follow the law. In a separate immigration case, the majority ruled that Mexican citizens seeking asylum at the border must first cross the border into the United States before they can become an applicant for asylum, which means individuals who are still in Mexico cannot apply. White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson saying on social media, President Trump is putting the American people first and restoring integrity to our asylum system that has been so badly abused for many years. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor saying the ruling could end up backfiring. She says requiring Mexicans to first be in the U.S. before becoming eligible for asylum may result in more illegal border crossings. The court also handing the Trump administration a win in a case involving a Hawaii gun law. In a 6 to 3 decision, a majority deciding that gun owners don't need to get permission to carry guns in stores and other private property open to the public. Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono from Hawaii said her state had historically strong gun laws. She said on social media, this out of control Supreme Court majority is placing political ideology above protecting lives. In striking down the law, the majority said it violated the Second Amendment. Arlene Richards, NTD News. And Secretary of Homeland Security Mark Wayne Mullen gives updates on border security and missing children as well as pressed on ICE detention deaths at a House oversight hearing. NTD correspondent Jason Blair has the key takeaways. There's not one inch of Mexico's northern border that isn't covered by a plaza. Plaza is cartels, nine cartels that control it. Secretary of Homeland Security Mark Wayne Mullen appearing before a House subcommittee on Thursday for a standard annual oversight hearing. Border security and the cartels were a major focus. They're always looking for vulnerabilities to push human trafficking and drug trafficking across our border, and they're getting very good at it. They're even using UAS now. Mullen says that the border wall has been useful. We just discovered our first tunnel in years because our wall is being affected. Mullen says that working to locate 450,000 missing children he described as being released to unvetted sponsors has been, quote, probably one of the most disgusting and disturbing things that we've dealt with. No home checks. No one was going by to see if they're where they're supposed to be. There's a ring of several adults that were keeping kids in an underground bunker in a dungeon. The stuff that these adults put kids as young as two to as old as 12 through, you can't make a horror story that bad. Committee ranking member Rep Rosa DeLauro asked Mullen about children being separated from arrested illegal immigrants. 3,900 children were separated from their families. You should be as upset about the 450,000 kids that were lost. You didn't say a word about it. For four years, you never said a word. Mr. Secretary. The hearing exposed deep partisan divide over border security and the treatment of immigrant children. When Mullen was pressed over ICE detention deaths, he defended federal facilities, noting that they have fewer detainee deaths than some federal prisons. Reporting on Capitol Hill, Jason Blair, NTD News. And drug overdose death rates are dropping, and Homeland Security is catching more drug traffickers. But the problems are far from over. The Trump White House drug czar, Sarah Carter, will join NTD's Capitol Report tonight at 7 p.m. to break down the vast networks of illicit narcotics smuggling and what her office is doing to put a stop to the drug epidemic killing thousands of Americans. Next, President Trump is holding up a major housing package and signaling he wants the Save America Act moved before taking any action on other legislation. Some House members say the president's decision is putting new pressure on the Senate as lawmakers prepare to leave Washington for their recess. NTD's Chris Bobb reports. No bill is more important than the Save America Act. The president did the right thing yesterday by canceling the bill signing unless the Save America Act is attached. I personally think we should not have any more legislation until the Senate comes back in session. The House Freedom Caucus rallied behind the Save America Act Thursday after President Trump withheld his signature from the bipartisan housing bill and signaled he wants the election security measure advanced before any FISA reauthorization reaches his desk. The Save America Act requires proof of citizenship to vote, voter ID, limits on mail-in voting, no sex change procedures for minors, and no men in women's sports. If we can't do this, it's a failure of both Democrats and Republicans. Republican leaders acknowledged the president's push Wednesday, saying the Save America Act remains his top priority. Trump met with House Speaker Mike Johnson Thursday at the White House to discuss a path forward as the standoff continues. Wednesday, Johnson sang. I've talked about this a lot. He has expressed his, the priority and the preference of the Save America Act. We share that. We passed it three times in the House. We'll talk with the president today. He's coming to lunch and the Save America Act is very important. I voted for it six times. I did my job and I got this housing bill passed and I'm confident that the president will sign the bill eventually. We'll just continue to work with him to get that done. But with senators scheduled to leave Washington Friday and not return until July 13th, some are questioning why Congress is heading home without acting on the bill. The only question before us right now is whether the Senate will put America first or continue to put the Senate first. Why on earth is the Senate wanting to recess for two weeks? Now, I get it. America's 250th birthday is coming up. That's great. It's a little more reason why we should finish our work. Congressman Randy Fine posting on X, quote, the Senate has left for another 19 day recess without passing the Save America Act. Meanwhile, House Republicans have already passed it three times. The problem isn't the House, it's Senate leadership. Senators will return for only a brief stretch after the July recess before leaving again for most of August. Chris Bobb, NTD News. Coming up, Anthropic, the creator of Claude, accusing China-based Alibaba of using fake accounts to train its own AI model on Claude's capabilities. David Lamb talks with a tech expert about the accusation. And one tech giant has settled in yet another social media addiction lawsuit. YouTube has reached a settlement over claims its platform was designed to be addictive, while the case against Meta, TikTok and Snap moves forward. Christina Corona reports. Is deep sea fish oil really healthy? Due to pollution in the oceans, most fish contain heavy metal elements and radioactive substances. That's why it's so important to choose a pure source of Omega-3. Puritan Green Vegetable Omega-3 is made from purslane and perilla seeds, which are rich in nutrients and minerals. It effectively improves brain power and is beneficial to the heart's health. 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Experts say that if true, the practice poses an ethical and national security concern. NTD's David Lam has more. Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic is accusing Alibaba, a Chinese tech company, of trying to extract the capabilities of Anthropic's clod AI models. Engineering professor Ahmed Benafa tells NTD this process is called distillation. Alibaba created about 25,000 accounts and asked about 29 million questions, you know, interactions with, you know, with clod. Until they understood the, you know, how the system is working. This is, this is, this is a technique used like teacher and student. Anthropic says that from late April to early June, operators affiliated with Alibaba and its AI team carried out the campaign. In a letter to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Anthropic said the targeted campaign was the largest known distillation attack on Anthropic to date. This behavior is unacceptable. This behavior is not something that companies will do. It's, it is stealing the intellectual property by stealing the behavior of the model. Anthropic stated, we believe combating the threat of illicit distillation requires coordinated action between government and industry, and we will continue working with Congress and the administration to maintain American AI leadership. This comes at a time when the Chinese Communist Party is in a race to outperform the U.S. and other countries on the technological front. It's very risky and it's a national security because they will take the best system. Clod is the best in the market now when it comes to enterprise and the government. If they can train their system based on clod behavior, then they can use it for cybersecurity, for military, for so many things. This isn't the first time Anthropic says it has faced distillation attacks. In February, it said it was targeted by DeepSeek, Moonshot, and Minimax, all of which are based in China. Alibaba has not yet responded to requests for comment. David Lam, NTD News, California. And staying in the tech sector, just months after a California jury ruled in a major social media addiction case, YouTube has settled a similar lawsuit brought by a Florida teenager. The case now moves forward against Meta, TikTok, and Snap in what could become another closely watched trial over social media's impact on young users. NTD's Christina Corona has more. YouTube and its parent company, Google, have reached a confidential settlement with a Florida teenager who claimed the platform's addictive design features contributed to his depression and anxiety. The settlement comes just weeks before California's second bellwether trial over claimed social media platforms harm young users. The teen, identified in court as RKC, alleges that he began using social media at around eight years old and became addicted, leading to depression, anxiety, and mental health treatment. His case is the second bellwether trial overseen by a Los Angeles judge as part of an effort to help resolve more than 1,000 similar lawsuits filed in California. In March, a California jury awarded a 20-year-old woman known as KGM $6 million after finding Meta and YouTube liable for designing addictive platforms that harmed her mental health. Snap and TikTok settled with her before that trial began. Like KGM's case, Florida teen RKC claims features such as infinite scroll and autoplay encourage impulsive use, contributing to anxiety, loss of sleep, and other mental health issues. Google says that the case was amicably resolved and that it remains focused on building age-appropriate products and strengthening parental controls. Attorneys for the teen says YouTube's decision to settle before the trial speaks for itself, arguing social media companies intentionally designed features to keep children engaged. The companies deny those allegations and say they continue to prioritize the safety of young users. Meta, TikTok, and Snap are still scheduled to face trial beginning July 27th in Los Angeles. Reporting from the city of El Monte, Cristina Corona, NTD News. Ten-year-old Max Alexander has made history by becoming the youngest runway fashion designer in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. He's debuted collections in Denver and most recently a 15-look women's collection during Paris' Fashion Week. So I started at the age of four designing. Ten-year-old Max Alexander says he's known exactly what he wanted to be for more than half of his young life ever since he declared to his parents that he was a dressmaker. I just said it and I don't know why, but I just said it. In March, the Los Angeles native showed a women's collection for Paris Fashion Week, cementing his status as the world's youngest fashion runway designer. Being the youngest fashion designer to debut at Paris is very fun and I'm very grateful for it. It was a very fun fashion show. I had 15 dresses and overall it was just a great experience to have a fashion show in Paris. When everybody started clapping when I came out, it was very fun. It wasn't scary for me. I was like, oh, like all these people appreciate me and I should be very grateful for that. With fashion, Alexander says he can let his creativity flourish. My favorite part about making fashion is all the ideas you can have. It's like the creativity is unlimited. You could use any fabric, any material. You can make a dress out of pickles. You can make a dress out of spoons. You can make a dress out of hangers. It's like crazy all the things you could do. But behind his wild imagination is a method to the madness. Think, drape, sew, done, voila. It's called the dress cycle. My fashion ideas come from like the environment around me because like coffee bean bags. My mom is a coffee lover. So I was like, why not make a dress out of coffee bean sacks? Alexander says he leans toward sustainable materials when he designs clothes for women, men and children. At the same time, he still has the concerns typical of a 10-year-old fourth grader, like how recess and lunch periods will be shorter in fifth grade. But even at his young age, Alexander has words of wisdom for other kids in school. Practice always makes perfect. I know teachers always say progress, but it actually is perfect. And big dream, even if you're small, because the size of your brain does not matter. And well done, Max. Next, America's 250th anniversary is almost here, a historic marker in our nation's remarkable history. NTD will bring you special coverage of the Freedom 250 Salute to America celebration, taking place, of course, in our nation's capital this 4th of July. It'll be packed with tributes to the country, the people and the trailblazers who helped define our national identity, bringing America's legacy to life on stage. Plus, a firework show that Freedom 250 says will be the biggest in history. Our coverage starts at 7 p.m. Eastern. We'll see you then. And coming up, countering the Chinese Communist Party's influence in focus on Capitol Hill. A hearing unpacking Beijing's malign campaign in America, from espionage activities to leveraging influence networks. Sam Wong has the details. And it was a busy day for the Supreme Court today, ruling in the Trump administration's favor on immigration and also weighing in on Monsanto, maker of the weed killer Roundup, as well as on gun rights. We're going to speak with Gerard Felitti, senior counsel at the Lawfare Project, for analysis on the rulings. I was a quarterback at Hardaway High School, college first round draft pick. On and off the field, we were taught to not show any signs of weakness. During the football season, I would stop eating. I didn't know I was depressed. I thought that something was wrong with me. For 20 plus years, it was physical, physical, physical. We didn't have any education behind what mental health was. I started to learn it starts here first. If this is together, I'll be better as a father, as a man, and as a husband. Put the importance on your mental health. I'm not scared to talk about it anymore. The first tool is therapy. The second one is positive self-talk. And then journaling, putting your thoughts on paper. We have to redefine what being a strong man is. And heal, love your mind. Boxes everywhere. And this is going to be Addie's room. I think you're really going to like it. I hope so. I know this road is there for me. First night here, but Amy seems cool. I got this. Take me down to the river. Welcome back to NTD Evening News. I'm Cary Dunst. Today, the Supreme Court issuing a series of decisions on immigration, the Second Amendment, and the agribusiness Monsanto. Joining us to discuss is Gerard Falitti. He's the senior counsel with the Lawfare Project. Thanks for joining, Gerard. Let's start with the immigration case on the power that the courts have in reviewing the Department of Homeland Security's decisions to remove deportation protections. In basic terms, what does the ruling mean for the administration? Well, the victory, it really is a big victory for the administration, because the Supreme Court read the law as written to say that it's past judicial review when an administration makes a determination on a temporary protected status. So that decision by the Trump administration to invalidate or to change temporary protected status on designated individuals is something that is beyond the review of the court. Now, the court did leave open the possibility of individual determinations, but it does allow the Trump administration to end the TPS program. And then moving on to the other immigration decision in favor of the president, the court ruled that federal law allowed immigration enforcement to turn away asylum seekers at the border. Can you unpack this decision from SCOTUS? That's a significant win as well for the Trump administration because this really has to do with the stay in Mexico policy that did not actually start under President Trump. It started under President Obama. So this was a policy that was enacted when we had too many people trying to cross the southern border. Border Patrol would turn them away before they actually entered into the United States so that people could apply for asylum or for status while still in Mexico. They never actually stepped foot in the United States. And what the Supreme Court ruled today was essentially that this practice is validated, that unless someone is actually stepping foot on American soil, they cannot pose the same challenges to immigration law as these individuals could. So effectively, what this means is that the government can continue to turn people away before they cross the border, making it easier to enforce border controls. And dissenting Justice Sotomayor said that this could backfire because it would encourage people to cross the border and then apply for asylum. Your thoughts on that? Well, I think that's kind of a moot point because what we have seen increasingly over the last two decades is that many people, when they do cross the border, they do apply for asylum regardless of what the law is or whether they actually stand a reasonable chance of being granted asylum. It's kind of a magic keyword that people have been trained, that immigrants have been trained to use when crossing the border, that they're here seeking asylum. So I think with respect to the justice, that's a little bit short-sighted because it omits the fact that this is what individuals do anyway when they come to the United States. The main issue is whether they are physically in the United States when they're applying for asylum or whether they can do that while outside of the United States and make it easier for border control to not have to stage additional resources for so many people who are crossing the border illegally. Well, two wins on immigration with the SCOTUS today for the Trump administration. Let's move on now to the Monsanto case. They're the maker of the weed killer Roundup and they're ultimately a part of the Bayer Corporation. The court reversed an award by a lower court ruling in favor of the agribusiness this time. Your thoughts on that? Well, that's also a very big decision, but it's very much consistent with how the courts have ruled and how the Supreme Court has ruled in similar cases involving products liability in medicine and in product defect. Essentially, what the court said is that when you have a government agency like the EPA that's saying that you do not need to put a specific warning label on a product like a Roundup about cancer production because they didn't have the studies to show that there was a risk of cancer, then you cannot go into a state court and argue that the Monsanto failed to warn you about the possibility of cancer. In other words, if you are complying with what a federal agency requires as its labeling, in this case, the EPA, you don't have a failure to one claim under state law. So that is consistent with how the court handles cases involving medicine, not just chemicals. And then the final decision of the day was in favor of gun rights in Hawaii. What was before the court here, Gerard? What was before the court here was a Hawaiian restriction on carrying weapons onto public property that was privately owned. And the state passed a law that basically required people who had valid licenses to carry weapons to get permission first from the private landowner, even though the land was meant for or being used by the public. The Supreme Court saw that this was an infringement on Second Amendment rights, and this is consistent with how the Supreme Court has ruled on gun cases in the past several years, starting from Bruin. And this really sends a message to other states, such as New York, that attempts to get around Supreme Court rulings by imposing unconstitutional restrictions will be struck down by the court. And Gerard, with four rulings coming out today, are you seeing any threads or trends in how the court is shaping up? What we've seen is the Supreme Court usually leaves the more challenging decisions for last, the ones in which there was more of a split, on which there was a vehement disagreement by the justices who are in the minority, who are opposing what the Supreme Court is coming down as the opinion. So what we see today was we saw Justice Sotomayor, for example, reading a very vigorous dissent from the bench, which just shows that these are complex cases that have really polarized and split the court in reaching these decisions. And we can expect that the decisions that will be announced next week, including the one everyone is watching for, the birthright citizenship case, will be equally split among the justices and is not going to be something that is a uniform decision. And can you remind us on that, what is the text that is in contention? The text there is an executive order by the president saying that the 14th Amendment does not mean that people automatically have citizenship if they are born in this country, if their parents, if their mother did not have legal status when in this country. Basically putting a complete change on how citizenship at birth has been seen by the courts and by the government for over 100 years, arguing that effectively we've been seeing it wrong and that if you are not in this country legally, if you give birth to someone, that person is not a citizen. That's the crux of President Trump's executive order. And before the court is whether his interpretation is correct or not. Well, it's been a busy day for SCOTUS, and it sounds like more on the way. Gerard Felitti, thank you for joining us this evening. My pleasure, thank you. And today marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. The attack killed 19 U.S. airmen and injured hundreds. And today's Jason Perry has that. 30 years ago on June 25th, 1996, an attack on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia tragically killed 19 U.S. airmen and wounded hundreds. An Air Force security policeman who was there when it happened explained. On Tuesday night, approximately 21, 45 hours, I arrived at Building 131. We noticed a passenger vehicle that looked like a fuel truck. I entered the parking lot from the northwest side. Two men left the truck and entered a white car. We immediately suspected something serious was about to happen. The incident took place at a complex called Khobar Towers, about half a mile from King Abdul Aziz Air Base, also known as Dahran Air Base. A former Air Force colonel who was also at Khobar Towers calling it a permissive environment. People talked about the ability to go off base and to do different things around the area. So, I mean, you still had, we still had our wartime mission to accomplish. But it wasn't where we were wearing body armor. We weren't thinking that we were going to get shot at. However, that perception changed in November 1995, after a car bomb in another part of Saudi Arabia hit a building that housed U.S. military forces, killing five Americans. Security measures were then increased at Khobar Towers. However, seven months later, on June 25, 1996, some airmen noticed a suspicious truck approaching Khobar Towers. There was actually a vehicle that was following the truck. And it wasn't until the folks that they were driving the truck got into the car and took off that we realized that this was not normal and something bad was about to happen. And the truck, filled with explosives, detonated in front of Khobar Towers, tragically killing 19 U.S. airmen and injuring hundreds. The 9-11 Commission report says the attack was carried out by Saudi Hezbollah, a terrorist group that had received support from the Iranian regime. A monument was later set up at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to honor the fallen troops, with a flaming stainless steel sword prominently displayed in the center that burns continuously. Airmen assigned to the 33rd Fire Wing say the sword represents an everlasting legacy forged by fire. Jason Perry, NTD News. And today we honor the fallen and thank them for their service. Next, from infiltrating critical sectors to funding chaos agents in the U.S., the Chinese Communist Party's malign influence on American soil in focus today on Capitol Hill. NTD's Sam Wong has that story. This is not just a commercial war. It is a unilateral campaign by China to reshape and dominate the global order. From espionage activities to information warfare to leveraging influence networks, the House-led committee on the Chinese Communist Party exposing China's malign influence and infiltration on American soil. The CCP does not distinguish between national and subnational targets. State legislatures, municipal governments, school boards, public universities, local businesses, and community associations are all soft targets. Sowing discord is one of the main elements of the influence campaign. According to an ongoing investigation by the House Waste and Means Committee, foreign actors with ties to Beijing have been funding networks of American non-profits to sow discord and even stoke violence in the United States. Much of those funds came from Shanghai-based Marxist billionaire Neville Roy Singham. An expert witness testified to how the Singham network mobilizes, trains, and amplifies protests to vandalize property, burn our flag, assault local law enforcement officers, shut down airports and bridges in major cities like New York City and Los Angeles. Singham is linked to several entities tied to China's United Front Work Department, an agency the CCP uses to exert influence worldwide. And in other areas, there have been instances of Chinese nationals buying American farmland near military bases and critical infrastructure. And in government and higher education, taxpayer-funded research has been inadvertently used to help advance China's military development. So what do you do about Chinese researchers in America? That's one question. But the question that I think is not as nuanced is, why are American universities taking money from the Pentagon to partner with China's military in China to develop weapons technologies? Experts say that being clear-eyed about the nature of the CCP is crucial in understanding the communist regime. So we need to recognize that the regime that commits a genocide in their borders, that is the number one cause of death of military-age men here through fentanyl poisoning, which they do intentionally, it's the same regime that is deeply behind all of the nefarious activities and the things that seem more benign, but ultimately they're not more benign. Reporting from Capitol Hill, Sam Wong, NPD News. And coming up, international fans weigh in on the FIFA World Cup in the New York, New Jersey region, and whether the experience is living up to their expectations. And staying with the World Cup, Team USA gets ready to face Turkey tonight. But will Christian Pulisic be back on the field? NPD's Dave Martin joins us with all the latest. Ready for patio season? Check out the Summer Edit at Mathis Home. We've selected the hottest trends and newest arrivals to save you time and money, making your patio the favorite part of your house. 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They can be worn while reading, studying, using electronics, and provide hours of long-lasting relief. For decades, I've taught you everything I know, but only you can prevent wildfires. Welcome back to NTD Evening News, I'm Kerry Dunst. The World Cup, of course, is bringing thousands of international fans to the New York, New Jersey region, and many say the experience has challenged their expectations about the U.S. With Germany and Ecuador fans in town for today's match at New York, New Jersey's stadium, NTD's Niku Bani spoke with visiting fans about their experience. Videos have been going viral on social media with international soccer fans saying the U.S. has exceeded their expectations in co-hosting the World Cup. Today, Germany and Ecuador fans telling us New York City has been a part of that experience. New York City is the capital of the world. Before the start of the FIFA World Cup, the U.S. co-hosting campaign faced skepticism online, with some questioning whether a country better known for other sports could fully embrace the global game. But FIFA estimates more than a million visitors will pass through the New York, New Jersey region during the tournament, making it one of the central hubs of the World Cup. I know the U.S. from maybe like American football or baseball or something like that, and football is more from Europe. But in the few days we are here, we have very positive expectations, and it's very nice here. And like these Norwegians taking over Times Square for a winning game celebration, fans from all over the world are enjoying New York City and its people. Everything is a surprise. It's huge. It's great. The city is beautiful. Man, I love it. I love it. I'm glad to be in New York. I love the American people. A fan from Germany even snapping pictures with an NYPD officer in Times Square, also touching upon what really matters in this tournament. We've got a picture in America from a thousand kilometers away, and there's a lot of politics, but when you're here, politics doesn't matter. It's about the people and the game. Die-hard fans, though, are always more interested in the action on the field. Either we win today, or we deserve to go home. And even visitors who aren't completely sold on New York City... Here is a lot of noise, many people. ...have high hopes for Team USA. I think U.S. will go maybe at the semifinals. Fans look forward to July 19th, where New York, New Jersey, will be hosting the final of the FIFA World Cup. Niko Bani, NTD News, New York. And staying with sports news, we're now joined by NTD's Dave Martin. Dave, of course, there's some interesting NBA action, but let's talk about World Cup. Obviously, the USA taking on Turkey tonight. Yeah, we got Christian Pulisic hopefully is going to return. It certainly sounds like he will. That's been a big question leading into this week. He's been training with the team. Now, Team USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino indicated Pulisic would probably play this game. Whether he'll start or not, though, is not for sure. We're going to have to probably wait until game time tonight. Now, there's also the matter of the four players who've gotten yellow cards thus far. Because U.S., they've already clinched their group. It sounds like Pochettino won't play them just to make sure they don't get a second yellow card. Now, a yellow card is kind of similar to a flagrant foul in basketball. You can stay in the game if you get one, but they add up. Now, if you get two in the group stage at the World Cup, you get an automatic suspension. But if you can get to the next round with just that one, it'll be a race and you'll start the knockout stage and with a clean slate again. So the U.S. will appear to just not play those four with the way yellow cards already accumulated today just so they don't risk suspension. Sounds like a smart move. So the U.S. plays Turkey tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern time. Kind of late, huh? Yeah, it is a late start. I guess they're more on the West Coast friendly. It's out in California. Yes, all their games are better on the West Coast. Especially for a weeknight. But I guess if you're a true fan, you don't mind staying up till midnight. Well, you know, I'm a true fan. I was hoping it'd be a seven o'clock game. Whatever. And that's just one of six games happening today. What else is catching your eye? Yeah, we had two games on this afternoon already. Ecuador got a very crucial 2-1 win over Germany that should help put them into the knockout stage as well. Germany, meanwhile, had already clinched their spot in the next round. Plus, Ivory Coast should be in as well after they beat in Curaçao this afternoon, 2-0. Then in just a few minutes, 7 p.m. Eastern time, we'll have two more matches. That'll be Japan versus Sweden out in Arlington, Texas. And at the same time, Tunisia versus the Netherlands. That game will be played out in Kansas City. Then at 10 p.m., as I just mentioned, Australia will face Paraguay out in Santa Clara, California, while the U.S. faces Turkey in England, California. Now, they're doing these two matches at the same time for the third and final group games of the group stage on purpose of the games on the same time before teams in the same group so no team has an advantage, you know, of knowing how many points they need to get going into the game over another team. So it's on purpose, just so you know, Kerry. And staying with the NBA, since all of us in New York want to keep talking about the NBA, enjoying our win, other teams are making moves. They're trying to improve their position for next year. What's happening with trades? Yeah, yeah. ESPN is reporting today that Charlotte Hornets, Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for former sixth man of the year, Nas Reed, and a couple of future draft picks here. Now, yesterday ESPN reported the Hornets were in negotiations with multiple teams regarding a trade for ball. It would appear that Minnesota won out those negotiations. Now, in addition to Reed, the Timberwolves offer reportedly included a 20-33 first-round picks, three future second-round picks, plus the right to swap first-round picks in 2028, 2029, and 2030. Now, this trade has not been confirmed yet by the team, but it would appear to give Minnesota a big star player to go along with Anthony Edwards that are out on the perimeter. Now, earlier this week, ESPN reported another blockbuster trade would send Milwaukee's two-time MVP, Giannis Iacombo, to the Miami Heat. That trade has not been confirmed yet, either expected to be soon. So, neither trade yet confirmed. Probably will be, though, when the new season starts, and then I'll be around July 6th. Building their forts and their castles, a lot of action happening there in the offseason. Everyone's got to catch up to their Knicks now. That's right. But the story for tonight is tune in at 10 for USA vs. Turkey, even though nothing on the line, still good to root on the team, right? You know, it would be nice. You know, like we said, they haven't won back-to-back games in 96 years. They've done that. And they did it without Pulisic playing three-fourths of the time. I'd like to see him playing with the team again tonight, just for chemistry purposes. So, I think most Americans are still going to watch this game, no matter what, even though they've clinched the spot in the knockout round. Well, it's June. There's more daylight. So, no reason not to stay up a little later. Dave, thanks for joining. Thank you, Kerry. And that is all for today's news. But for around-the-clock original coverage, visit us at NTD.com, or better yet, use our NTD app. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Kerry Dunst. Good night.