NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 16)

Welcome to Entity Evening News. Our top story tonight, in just a few hours, President Trump to deliver a primetime address on elections. What the White House says to expect, and why the president says the news doesn't get any bigger than this. Mari Otsu at the White House. The Trump administration says the biggest terrorist threat is no longer what it was after 9-11. Attacks from organized far-left groups are now on the rise. Officials from more than 60 countries have gathered at the State Department. Deadly flooding is forcing rescues across central Texas as rivers continue to rise. Meanwhile, Canadian wildfire smoke is blanketing the Northeast, creating unhealthy air quality across New York City. Christina Corona reports. ICE announces a record-breaking number of illegal immigrants arrested in the Rio Grande Valley in a single day. This comes as President Trump overturns a DHS directive so that ICE agents can once again make traffic stops. Jason Perry has the details. Protests are taking place in cities across Ukraine after the government removes the country's defense minister just six months after he took office. Ariane Pasdar has what we know about the possible reason for the dismissal. And a former senior advisor to the Federal Reserve headed to prison. He was convicted of making false statements to federal investigators about sharing restricted information with Chinese intelligence operatives. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Kerry Dunst. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. In just a few hours, President Trump will address the nation on elections. The news, he says, doesn't get any bigger than this. We now go live to NTD's White House correspondent, Mari Otsu. She is at the North Lawn. Mari, good evening. What can we expect tonight? Hey, Kerry. Good evening to you. Yeah, a really big night here at the White House. Press Secretary Lovett today returned to the White House briefing podium for her first time back since maternity leave, and she's confirming that President Trump tonight will indeed address election integrity and specifically the 2020 election. She's also urging every American across the nation to tune in. Meanwhile, she's also urging all of the media to cover this honestly, saying that there will be lots of facts and evidence that the president will reveal. Take a look. I think the American people will be relieved to hear what they are hearing from the president of the United States and his commitment to transparency and the focus on the integrity of our elections tonight. I think all Republicans and Democrats should recognize this should be a nonpartisan issue. If we don't have safe and secure elections in our country, we cannot have a country. It is a vital part of our democracy, of our constitutional republic. Sources tell NTD that President Trump's address will include alleged efforts by foreign countries, particularly China, to interfere in American elections. His remarks coming as the president actively pushes for the Save America Act's passage in Congress, with lawmakers now attaching many elements of the act to the third reconciliation bill. We should have the safest and most secure elections in the history of the world. And what the president will be speaking about tonight will show you that perhaps that is not the case. And we need to make some adjustments moving forward, including the Save America Act. It's really, really big news. And our country has to shape up. But that's what we're going to be talking about Thursday is it doesn't get bigger because without free and fair elections, you don't have a country. The White House also pushing back on critics who say the speech should address economic issues as we head into the midterms, highlighting the administration's actions on affordability. The world's most famous sore loser will deliver a primetime presidential sour grapes address to pursue his six-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control and the cost of living continues to rise for Americans across the country. For private sector workers, real wages have increased by roughly $1,000 since President Trump took office, after falling nearly $3,000 during the previous administration. Press Secretary Levitt saying President Trump could also address Iran tonight as Central Command conducts a sixth consecutive night of strikes against the regime. This comes in response to Iran repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreement with the U.S. by striking commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran very much continues to talk to the United States of America and express that they want to make a deal with us because they are suffering devastating blows on behalf of our United States military. But Kerry, all eyes are on President Trump, who will be addressing the nation at 9 p.m. here from the East Room at the White House. More details, I'm sure, will be revealed then. Back to you. Thank you, Mari, for that update. And as Mari just said, the president's primetime address, less than three hours away now. He's expected to present new findings about the 2020 election, and that's expected to be the focus. But are American elections at risk? Don't miss the analysis tonight on Capitol Report with Steve Lance at 7 p.m. Eastern, just after evening news. Next, the Trump administration is launching a new international campaign against the growing threat of far-left political violence and terrorism. And to these Washington correspondent, Jack Bradley brings us more. The Trump administration says the global threat of terrorism has changed. Instead of focusing solely on radical Islamist groups, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is urging allies to confront a growing wave of far-left political terrorism. For far too long, however, our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot, a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left. The State Department hosting leaders from more than 60 countries across Europe, Asia and the Western Hemisphere to expand efforts, sharing intelligence and coordinating investigations. Rubio says for years, academia and think tanks have considered terrorism by far-left Marxist groups to be just an extreme outcome of overzealous means, but virtuous ends. So many people in positions of power have repeatedly dismissed acts of violence and even terrorism as legitimate forms of political expression so long as they served a left-wing cause. He points to the 2020 riots following the death of George Floyd, where police arrested thousands. But many Democrat-run city governments dropped or never pursued charges, and mainstream media coverage at the time saying that protests were mostly peaceful. Political violence carried out by far-left groups have increased in the US and Europe since 2016, but it's still prevalent today. Germany reported a 40 percent rise in far-left violence just last year, with Antifa carrying out much of the attacks. Officials say these extremist networks coordinate internationally, sharing funding, communications and even training across multiple countries. We will identify illicit funding, however artfully it is concealed. We will dismantle the networks that sustain political terrorism, however respectable their fronts may be. At the same time, the State Department just announced a new policy that restricts visas to members of designated foreign far-left terrorist groups. That directs, for the first time in American history, all of our law enforcement and intelligence agencies to work together to disrupt, identify, defund, debank, arrest and prosecute these political terrorists that are operating in our country. Last year, the State Department designated four groups as foreign terrorist organizations, offering up to $10 million in rewards targeting their financial networks, and are even considering adding more groups to the list. For NTD News Washington, I'm Jack Bradley. And two more Mexican cartels are now on the list of US designated terrorist groups. This comes as the Trump administration continues to disrupt narco-terrorism networks in the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces that he has designated the Juarez cartel and the Los Viagras as foreign terrorist organizations. The Juarez cartel operates on the border with Texas, and it was responsible for killing nine Americans in Mexico in 2019. Los Viagras operates in a Western Mexican state. Six other Mexican cartels have already been designated as terrorist groups, including the notorious Sinaloa cartel. Terror designations allow the US to take more aggressive action on the groups that freeze their assets in the US. Rubio says in a statement, quote, under President Trump's leadership, we will never stop fighting against violent narco-terrorists from flooding our nation with deadly drugs. And Immigration and Customs Enforcement announcing that they've arrested a record-breaking 238 illegal immigrants in a single day in the Rio Grande Valley. And in another development, President Trump has overturned a DHS directive so that ICE will once again be permitted to conduct traffic stops. NDD's Jason Perry has the details. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, announced a record-breaking 238 illegal aliens arrested in a single day in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. ICE said the arrests were made in partnership with federal, state, and local law enforcement. The arrests took place on June 18, and ICE just reported it on Tuesday. Among those arrested were Jose Castillo-Mendoza, convicted of attempted kidnapping and sexual battery, and Manuel Morales-Gueronimo, an alleged Pisces gang member convicted of assault causing bodily injury. Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt returned to the podium on Thursday, detailing this week's arrest of criminal illegal immigrants. A Mexican national convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child in California, a Nicaraguan national convicted of second-degree child molestation in Rhode Island, and a Mexican national convicted of lewd acts with a child under 14 with force in California. These are egregious crimes. And again, I think we can all agree that none of you would want these individuals living in your communities. And you have this administration to thank that they are on their way back home. In a recent development, White House Border Czar Tom Homan told reporters on Tuesday that ICE agents were going to stop conducting traffic stops and that the policy would be reviewed in light of two recent shootings. However, on Wednesday, a White House official said that President Trump overturned the Homeland Security Directive that would have stopped ICE agents from making traffic stops. In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised ICE agents for their work and said, We cannot give up one of ICE's most important and effective crime-fighting tools, the traffic stop. Once we do, we are playing right into the criminals' hands. A reporter at the White House asked Levitt about the issue of ICE agents wearing body cameras. Over half of all ICE field offices now do have body cameras, and the remainder of the field offices are expected within 60 days. We expect to fully execute on the promise of body cams to all field offices across the country very soon. ICE says that you can report crimes and suspicious activity by calling 866-DHS-2ICE or completing the online tip form at ICE.gov. Jason Perry, NTD News. Keith Sonderling highlights his experience with fighting fraud during his confirmation hearing to become Secretary of Labor. NDD correspondent Jason Blair brings us the key takeaways. Department of Labor plays a significant role in making sure that there's no fraud, because all fraud is a theft on taxpayer dollars. During his Senate confirmation hearing to become permanent Secretary of Labor, Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling highlights the Department of Labor's aggressive push against unemployment fraud. What we saw in the unemployment system during COVID time, $135 billion was stolen, gone. Social Security numbers were being stolen. Millions of dollars were going out to people in jail, to dead people. Sonderling also highlights his work as a member of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vice President J.D. Vance. I sent a letter to 53 governors and governors of territories. We're telling the states, verify first and pay later. During the hearing, Sonderling defending the transfer of education programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor. It makes zero sense that DOL, an agency whose expertise is in supporting wage earners and job seekers, that it's being tasked now with taking over complex education programs. I think it makes a lot of sense. Our systems at the Department of Labor are more sophisticated based on prior reports and implementing those recommendations than the Department of Education system. Senator Josh Hawley pressed Sonderling to strengthen the joint employer rule, accusing companies like Amazon of trying to exploit it. It is absolutely vital that the joint employer rule not excuse Amazon's ridiculous efforts to game the system and prevent people like this from being treated well, getting a good paycheck and getting health care. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will likely vote along party lines within the next week. With Republicans in the majority, Sonderling is likely to advance to a full Senate confirmation vote later this month or early August. Reporting on Capitol Hill, Jason Blair, NTD News. The House Budget Committee has approved the framework for President Trump's third reconciliation package. Now, the proposal would fund national defense, provide aid to farmers and include a $10 billion grant program to encourage states to adopt key provisions of the Save America Act. NTD's Chris Bobb has more on that. We had to use Reconciliation 2.0 just to fund homeland security. My Democrat colleagues would not do that unless we defunded ICE and CBP. Now we're at Reconciliation 3.0. We still have obstruction. The House Budget Committee on Thursday approved the framework for President Trump's third reconciliation funding package, moving the legislation one step closer to a House vote. We're going to use reconciliation because we're not going to let our troops be held hostage. Secondly, we're going to strengthen our food supply. We're not going to be begging China or anybody to feed our families. Thirdly, we have to do something to give confidence to the American people that there is, in fact, free, fair, and accurate elections. The proposal would provide $73 billion for defense and intelligence, $12 billion in agriculture assistance, and $10 billion in grants encouraging states to adopt key provisions of the Save America Act, including proof of citizenship for voter registration and voter ID requirements. House Speaker Mike Johnson discussing the proposal Wednesday. We're going to pass the Save America Act into law as much of that as possible. The Save America Act ensures, as you know, that voters have proof of citizenship to register to vote, and they show a valid ID when they turn up to vote at the ballot box. These common sense policies are supported by 83 percent of the American people. It's almost a 9 out of 10 public opinion poll. Rather than including the full Save America Act, the reconciliation package would create a $10 billion grant program encouraging states to adopt proof of citizenship and voter ID requirements. Some conservatives say that incentive-based approach falls short. I don't want to be deluded, and of course I'm concerned. Unfortunately, we don't have too many choices. We never get what we want, right? We get something similar to what we want sometimes. The save language that's in there is real reform and not just fake save language. It's actually going to compel a state like California to actually check citizenship when they're registering and check voter ID. Then that's something that I would consider. Lawmakers are also concerned about how Congress plans to pay for the $95 billion package. If you want to increase military spending, that's great, but there's plenty of places we can find the fraud and the waste to pay for it. I don't know why we're not trying to do that. House Republican leaders hope to bring the budget resolution to the floor next week before lawmakers leave Washington on July 24th for the month-long August recess. If approved by both chambers, committees can then begin drafting the final reconciliation legislation. Chris Bobb, NTD News. Protests are taking place in cities across Ukraine today. The government of President Volodymyr Zelensky removing the current defense minister only six months after he took office. It's not yet clear why he's being fired. NTD's international correspondent, Arjen Pasdar, has the story. Ukrainians are seen taking to the streets of Kyiv on Thursday, protesting the removal of Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov. The 35-year-old tech expert took over the position only half a year ago. Fedorov published a lengthy farewell statement late Wednesday, highlighting what he said were major achievements during his brief tenure. Fedorov says he inherited a ministry with no available budget, but took the risk of redirecting salary payments into mid-range strike capabilities, drones and other modern technologies. When you read the list of his accomplishments, only one question comes to mind. How is it possible to do all of that in just six months? It's not officially clear yet why he's being let go. But Ukrainian media have been reporting on conflicts between Fedorov and senior military leaders. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, acknowledging that the conflicts are, quote, systemic. To be honest, the president is not supposed to pick sides in this kind of situation during wartime. I would very much like unity. But the defense ministry and the general staff did not find unity. If the sides cannot resolve the issue, I will have to resolve it myself. Zelensky added that he wants to keep Fedorov in his team. But Fedorov on Thursday, saying he declined an offer from Zelensky to become an advisor to the president. Zelensky is now appointing the acting head of Ukraine's security service, Yevheny Khmara, as acting defense minister. Zelensky says Yevheny Khmara has gained extensive experience with technological combat operations, saying this is exactly where our defense efforts should be focused during this war. The Ukrainian president is asking parliament to approve Khmara for the position. Meanwhile, the fighting between Russia and Ukraine continues. Ukrainian officials say three civilians are dead after a Russian guide bomb struck the southern city of Saporizhia on Thursday. Residents are seen clearing the debris after the attack, as houses and non-residential buildings are damaged. A former senior advisor to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. John Harold Rogers convicted of lying to federal investigators about sharing restricted Federal Reserve information with Chinese intelligence operatives. What this defendant would do is he would get Federal Reserve information and information that was classified, and he would take the classification marks off, send this stuff to his own email, and then forward this stuff to this Chinese operative. He sold out his country and other members of the Federal Reserve Board, and he hid behind a lie, and you can't hide behind a lie. John Harold Rogers was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of making those false statements to federal investigators. Prosecutors say Rogers had access to confidential monetary policy information from the year's 2010 to 2021, and they say that he secretly provided restricted documents to a female Chinese intelligence operative and others affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party. According to prosecutors, getting advanced access to the Fed's interest rate decisions could have given Beijing an edge in trading its roughly $1.5 trillion that it's holding in U.S. Treasury, potentially leading to enormous profits. Rogers also sentenced to 12 months of supervised release after he leaves prison. And John Rogers has also served as a professor at one of China's leading universities, Fudan University. While it's not a military college, it has participated in research that's used for both military and civilian purposes. Next, it's being called a historic moment in the FBI's war on fraud. A suspect allegedly involved in the Feeding Our Future scam has been extradited to the U.S. to face justice. The Justice Department announcing today that Abdukerm Abdullahi Aidla has been transferred to Minnesota after he surrendered in Somalia. The DOJ says Aidla was among those originally charged in the $250 million Feeding Our Future scheme back in September of 2022 in Minnesota. He is facing 31 charges, including wire fraud, money laundering, and federal programs bribery. This comes nearly four years after the original indictment. Up ahead, deadly flooding forcing rescues across central Texas as the rivers continue to rise. Meanwhile, Canadian wildfire smoke blanketing the northeast is creating unhealthy air quality across New York City. Christina Corona reports. And analysts say airport security could become more efficient and more reliable if President Trump's nominee to leave the TSA is confirmed. 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It's prompting rescues and evacuation orders. At the same time, smoke from Canadian wildfires has pushed down to New York City and its air quality is at an unhealthy range. It's prompting health officials to urge residents to limit their time outdoors. Antity's Christina Corona has more on the weather. At least one person has died as dangerous flooding continues across central Texas, where heavy rain has triggered flash flood emergencies, water rescues and widespread road closures. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the victim died overnight between Kerrville and Confer. There are more than 1,300 state personnel from more than 30 agencies that are already activated, including agencies like the National Guard, the Texas Department of Public Safety, our Texas Game Wardens for the Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Texas Department of Transportation. More than 75 people have been rescued and a disaster declaration now covers 59 counties. On Thursday, the Texas Department of Public Safety rescued a young girl, her family and their two dogs from floodwaters in Uvalde. The flooding is hitting the same region devastated by last year's catastrophic floods, which claimed more than 130 lives, including children and counselors at Camp Mystic. The Guadalupe River near Confer rose more than 25 feet in about an hour, while some communities have already received up to 16 inches of rain. Forecasters warn isolated areas could see as much as 20 inches before the storm moves out. Meanwhile, another weather hazard is affecting millions in the northeast. Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, prompting air quality alerts across the region. Smoke from hundreds of active wildfires burning in Canada has been carried south. New York City's air quality index reached the red or unhealthy category Thursday morning, as smoke drifted from South Canada. Officials opened cooling centers, distributed canine 95 masks and urged residents to avoid prolonged outdoor activity, especially those with heart or lung conditions. When the FIFA World Cup finals set for Sunday in the New York, New Jersey area, many fans are wondering whether smoky conditions could affect the match. Sunday morning, I think we're going to be seeing a cold front come through the area and it should kick out any remaining smoke that we're seeing. So pre-match conditions, we may still see some of that haze and smoke hanging around the New York, New Jersey area, but by the time we get into the first half of the game, I think most of that smoke is out of the way and we should be dealing with a beautiful day out there. Forecasters expect the thickest smoke to clear by Friday, though another round of haze is possible this weekend. Christina Corona, NTD News. Stay safe out there for sure. Next, President Trump's nominee to be the next administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, or the TSA, testifying before a Senate committee today. David Cummins outlined priorities aimed at improving the passenger experience while also strengthening aviation security. NTD's Arlene Richards has more on that. If confirmed, we will explore various ways to protect our people. A Senate committee focused on transportation convening on Thursday to consider advancing Trump nominee, David Cummins, as the next administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA. Millions of Americans pass through TSA checkpoints every day, and senators question Cummins about how he plans to improve airport security without slowing travelers down. If confirmed, my very first responsibility will be to go out to our airports. An upgrade of our technology is long overdue. They want us to rapidly deploy next-generation baggage scanning and passenger screening systems to make their work more secure and efficient. I am committed to the modernization of our aviation security and to ensuring that TSA is positioned to stay ahead of emerging threats. Cummins said modern screening technology can help speed passengers through checkpoints. The bags go through quicker, the people go through quicker. And our checkpoints become more secure, and the travelers, of course, are delighted by that prospect as well. Earlier this year, many TSA officers were required to work without timely pay during two government shutdowns, contributing to staffing shortages and long security lines at some airports. A government shutdown would be profoundly disruptive for the traveling public. How would another shutdown affect TSA's workforce? What's likely to happen is we're going to have significant attrition. We're going to have mass call-outs again. We are aggressively pushing the expansion of the SPP program because these airports need resilience. And having private contractors pay the TSOs during a shutdown provides resilience. The SPP, or the Screening Partnership Program, allows commercial airports to replace federal TSA officers with private security contractors. Cummins is calling for an expansion of the program to provide more SPP airports that would pay federal workers, which he says happened during the last shutdown. If confirmed by the Senate, Cummins would lead the TSA during a period of rising passenger volumes and ongoing debate over modernizing airport screening and preventing future disruptions. Arlene Richards, NTD News. The latest IRS migration data shows that billions of dollars are leaving blue states for red states. American citizens are voting with their feet and they're running away from high taxes. And today's Sean Marshall has more on that. Billions of dollars are leaving blue states for red states, according to the latest IRS migration data. You know, we're seeing a reverse gold rush coupled with the out-migration of Wall Street jobs to other less-taxed, lower-cost states. Manhattan in New York and Los Angeles, California are getting hit hard. A Fox News report found that Manhattan was first in the nation gaining new tax filers between 2022 and 2023, but lost $922 million in adjusted gross income as high-income taxpayers left, only to be replaced by lower-earning new arrivals. L.A. lost over 17,000 taxpayers. That translates into $2 billion of taxable income. In New York, Queens and the Bronx come in at number two and number three. That translates into over a billion dollars in lost taxable income. That's money that's necessary to fund schools, infrastructure, public safety and social services. The Hollywood home of Los Angeles County led the nation with the highest net loss of 17,496 tax filers. And as wealthy taxpayers leave and take their money with them, that tax burden shifts to middle class and to working class people. Okay, that exacerbates the affordability crisis. It's no coincidence that some of the cities that have the largest affordability crises today are states that have long had anti-business and big government policies that have driven out wealthy taxpayers along with businesses. E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital, it's very, very clear that people ultimately vote with their feet. And when they feel like they're getting taxed too much, they go somewhere else where they will be taxed less. All 10 counties with the largest net losses in tax filers were located in either New York or California. Sean Marshall, NTD News. California's new transportation bill just became law. It modernizes the state's DMV operations, and it gives millions to driver access to mobile IDs. And today's David Lam has more on that. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the state's new transportation bill after much back and forth with lawmakers. Millions of Californians may soon get access to their driver's licenses on their phones. Raising the cap on the mobile driver license pilot program from 15 percent to 60 percent of the state's licensed drivers. 60 percent, millions more Californians now eligible to go through a simple process that I myself am about to do. It's part of legislation designed to modernize the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Newsom says the state is cutting the red tape that slows government down. Review and submit. Looks good. Don't like the photo, but that's another who likes their DMV photo. Along with more digital ID access, DMV offices could also reduce the number of mailed notices and not have to print physical driver handbooks. But the new bill also raises privacy concerns regarding the DMV's use of the state-by-state system, which lets the DMV access driver records across different states. California will share data, including names, social security numbers, and birth dates. Opponents of the system say this information should be private and express concern over how it could be used in immigration enforcement. But Newsom's office says that the system doesn't record immigration status and ICE doesn't have access. David Lam, NTD News, California. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosting a ministerial conference to address the growing concerns about rising terrorism threats, particularly from the political left. That meeting attended by 60 nations. Joining us to discuss the challenge and the potential solutions is Alvin Liu. He's president at Courage is a Habit, and he's also a strategist. Alvin, thanks for joining us. For those not too familiar with this threat, can you explain why Secretary Rubio felt the need to host the conference? Well, absolutely. It's good to see you again. We all know that all the violence in America and beyond comes from the left. And the way we do this test here is, if you go down to any blue city, would you feel more comfortable putting a Trump sticker or putting a Kamala Harris sticker? You know where the violence is coming from. So he had to address that. And I thought he did a great job. The speech was absolutely amazing. He hit everything right on the nose. And he didn't, you know, mince words. He didn't pull back. He wasn't politically correct. He was great. And everything that they're talking about is very, very necessary because of all the violence over the last 20 years from the left. However, what we have to understand as Americans is that he's talking about violence or when you're seeing them as an adult, but they're being homegrown in our children in government K through 12. And that is where they're developing all these Marxists and socialists and Antifa. They're making them out of our children using our tax dollars. Wow, that is alarming the way you describe it there. Now, the secretary suggested that for years there was this double standard that if you're, as you point out with the sticker analogy, if your cause was from the political left, that somehow extremism and even violence were acceptable or even justified and written off as such. So I want to get your thoughts on that. Maybe some examples that you may have in mind. So this comes, this kind of training comes in government K through 12 called restorative justice. And that teaches children that a crime when a crime is committed or in the school's case, some kind of violence, attack, some kind of bullying, the punishment has to depend on what color skin you are and where you're coming from. So for example, when most adults were going to school, it was basically, if you're violent, you get suspended. And it happens again, you get expelled today. They're teaching kids. Well, why did he do it? Is it because America's oppressive? Is it racist? They teach kids things like words are violence. And so one of the examples that secretary Rubio gave is when a white terrorist plants a bomb is terrorism. But if it's done by the left is because they're fighting against oppression and racism. If it's done by a trans person is because they're being oppressed and being erased because we don't accept transgenderism is that type of idea. Now, where did that idea come from? They didn't just pop into someone's head when they're 25 or 30. It popped into their minds when they're five, not 25. And the reason why we all miss it is because it comes in under be kind, inclusive, welcoming schools, social, emotional learning, mental health, that kind of thing, empathy. And so when an illegal alien kills somebody, they go, well, Americans, they commit crimes too. And they brush it aside. So those are some examples that he was talking about. Yeah. You bring up some of these kind of Orwellian themes about the language actually shifting and what it's actually meaning from the definition of the word. I want to play this clip from the secretary's conference. He points to a connection of leftist political violence to foreign adversaries. Let's play that. Antifa militants and their comrades travel from across Europe and to the Americas to participate in each other's attacks, to funnel propaganda and training materials. And they work alongside hostile foreign states that share their mission. Like Iraq's Iranian proxy networks, who are increasingly intimately tied to leftist militant groups around the world. The Cuban regime's sprawling intelligence and ideological network helped to build the far left in our country and in our hemisphere. I'd like to get your reaction to that, that the things that we're seeing on the streets in our cities here have a connection to foreign adversaries. Absolutely. And the reason why the left always seems to be in such lockstep and that they don't step outside their mission at all is because whether you're talking about America or Australia or Canada or the UK or anywhere in the West, the one North star that they all have is communism. So it doesn't really matter what happens in our particular respective countries. Their goal is always communism and it's always to tear down. So because of that, what he's saying is possible because it doesn't matter if you're raising money in Australia and then doing terrorism in California or you're raising money in California and doing terrorism in the UK because the goal is always the same. And I always describe communism as a really bad matchup for normal everyday people because normal everyday people just want to take care of their own family, their own business and their own communities. And then try to, if you leave me alone, I leave you alone. And that sentiment might be good if you live in a high trust society and you're not under attack, but it doesn't work. That sentiment doesn't work when you're dealing with communism because the second a communist foot hits the floor in the morning, he's all about infringing on you and a good person's always about compromise. And that's why it's such a bad matchup. I see how that sort of exploits that gap in that opening. So with the secretary shining a light on this and gathering 60 of his colleagues in various countries, obviously secretary of Warhead Seth is constantly meeting with his colleagues in other countries. But do you see this gathering in DC by secretary Rubio on this topic? Is this potentially a turning point? Is it a watershed moment? I think so. I mean, I think also it's credit to him because he's got the personality and the courage and the heart to do that. And it takes somebody to drive everybody towards being more offensive. And the one I really love about him is that he's very offensive minded. This is something we talk about our courage is a habit all the time. Stop playing defense, stop apologizing for what he was saying is so true about this movement is a movement of people who want to tear down good and excellent and builders. I just recently wrote an article on The Federalist talking about that socialism, which is what he's talking about, is the movement of the lazy, of the jealous and of losers. And we as everyday Americans, we have to start using those terms to describe these people because that's exactly what they are. And so I love seeing that coalition that he's pointing out that he's pulling together. But I'm more so love seeing that offensive mindset to say we're not going to just sit here and play defense and only react when something happens because there are homegrown in each of our countries and it starts at your kindergarten level. Well, Alvin Liu, President Courage is a Habit. Very great to have you this evening. Thank you for joining. Great to see you. And President Trump is set to deliver his major primetime address to the nation tonight at 9 p.m. The president confirmed that his dress will cover election integrity and administration officials say that this speech will include remarks on voting machine security and efforts by foreign nations to influence U.S. elections. You can watch that live on NTD with our special coverage starting right after Tiffany Meyer tonight. She's on at 8 p.m. Eastern. Next, this coming July 20th, that will mark the 27th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's brutal persecution of Falun Gong. As America marks its 250th birthday, the International Religious Freedom Builders Forum shining a spotlight on this issue today, bringing together different faith groups, institutions and government officials. This Monday, July 20th, marks the 27th anniversary of the CCP's cruel campaign to eradicate Falun Gong. The U.S. government takes attacks on members of religious groups such as the Falun Gong seriously and is committed to using all appropriate tools to pursue accountability for Chinese officials' involvement. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a Chinese spiritual practice based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. Although Falun Gong is embraced worldwide, practitioners in China have been subjected to a brutal persecution campaign since 1999 July. In China, where I came from, simply saying the words I'm a Falun Gong practitioner could get a person arrested, tortured or even killed, having their organs harvested while they're still alive. Meanwhile, here in the U.S., the Chinese Communist Party has been using a variety of tactics to attack and discredit Falun Gong. Those tactics include lawfare, violent threats, physical assault, surveillance, diplomatic pressure and more. Among those on the receiving end of this campaign is Shenyuan Performing Arts, a New York-based dance company founded by Falun Gong practitioners. If CCP can weaponize the American media, social media, bailout government agencies and took advantage of the judiciary system to target Falun Gong and Shenyuan, they can do that to any other groups of their choosing. In addition to Falun Gong, the forum highlighted other persecuted groups in China, including Christians, Tibetan Buddhists and Uyghur Muslims. Coming up in the NBA, LeBron James dropping a hint on his free agency while making his first public appearance since he left the Lakers. Dave Martin joins us to break it all down. The bladder control aisle. You won't shop here again. Your private business is your own. The constant struggle is over. Now there's a better way. It's HGIS. We home deliver bladder control products. We understand how you feel. 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Well, there's still a whole lot of options out here, but James probably broke his silence today. It was the first time he'd spoken publicly since it was announced he was not, he was coming back to the Lakers. He did not say who he's actually going to. Now James was doing a live recording of his Mind the Game podcast right here in New York City's Jacob Javits Center today. He did say, I won't hold you guys up too much longer, so it sounds like he'll at least be making a decision soon. We got that, which is nice. We got that going for us. It's nice, which is nice. The 41-year-old James said he could possibly play both a 24th and 25th NBA season. James is already the current record holder with 23 seasons played this past year. In that 23rd season, he averaged 21 points, just over seven assists a game, and that seven assists was seventh best in the NBA, so he can still play at a very high level. Now one team James probably won't be going to, the Indiana Pacers. Now the podcast today was co-hosted by Pacers all-star point guard Tyrese Halliburton. Halliburton revealed that he's tried to recruit James via text message, but James' response was a pair of laughing and crying emojis, you know? So much less when I reach out to James for an interview. I don't really get much. You don't hear back. I get ghosted. At least he got a response here. I think an Ohio guy views Indiana as like a no-go territory, maybe. All right, well let's move on. Let's move to some golf news now. We've got the British Open underway. No one has emerged as the leader. What's going on over there on the other side of the pond there? Yeah, we've got a dozen players within two shots of the lead here after round one. American Jackson Subar at the top of the leaderboard of treating a 5-under-65 today, and that's despite three bogeys. The 83rd-ranked Subar countered those bogeys with birdies on 14 and 16, followed by an eagle on 17, so he's finished strong there. So he is in first. Meanwhile, number one-ranked Scottie Scheffler, three shots behind after shooting a 2-under-68. Scheffler, meanwhile, got off to a very fast start. Birdies on four of his first five holes. None after that, though. Meanwhile, second-ranked Rory McIlroy, rough day with a putter, missing a trio of four-foot putts in just a range of four holes there. That was 7, 8, and 10. So he finished with a 2-over-72, putting him seven shots off lead. Elsewhere, our 2026 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark gives a shot behind McIlroy, finishing 3-over-par, tied for 106th overall. So Clark and McIlroy definitely gonna have some work to do if tomorrow they're gonna make the weekend cut, which is the top 70 players plus tops. All right, we're heading toward a conclusion there with the cut coming. Let's stay in the country club world of sports, and let's talk tennis. We've got third-ranked Carlos Acaraz, who was ranked number two, but his injury preventing him from playing. Definitely at Wimbledon, I think the French as well, where he's very dominant. He's missed the last two majors. I mean, he's been dominant at all of the majors. I'm gonna say that for sure, but yeah. He is entering next month's Cincinnati Open. Now, he hasn't actually said that he's recovered from the wrist injury. Obviously, you wouldn't enter it otherwise, though. And he hasn't played since April. But Acaraz won the Australian Open in January. That was already his seventh major title. He had a 22-3 record on the season when he got injured. Now, he's also the reigning champion at the Cincinnati Open, and this year's Open is also gonna feature his rival, number one-ranked Yannick Sinner. Now, these two have combined to win now 10 of the last 11 major titles. You had second-ranked Alexander Zverev finally getting in there, the only one besides those two to win a major, winning last month's French Open. In any case, Cincinnati Open is from August 13 to 23, and then a week later, the U.S. Open begins. And like I said, Acaraz, the defending champion there as well. So we finally get the Acaraz versus Sinner back. If you remember last year, those three met in the finals of three straight majors, French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open. So it's a fun rivalry to get back. Just watching him serve there on camera, I mean, it's like you're watching Nadal's little brother. And then Sinner, of course, Italian, not Swiss, but he has the style and the smoothness of Federer. It's just amazing to watch them battle. Yeah, of course. I mean, 20 years ago, it was Federer-Nadal, it seemed like, at the finals of every major final. We finally get the big three kind of moving away. We've already got the big two in their place, you know? All right. Well, you're going to want to stick around for this one. I know you love our viral videos. This one is about the Blue Angels. Thanks for joining, Dave. Thanks, Gary. And a screaming fast, ultra-low pass by the famous Blue Angels has officials taking a close look at a beachside performance that has gone viral, for better or for worse. Here's what happened. Take a look at a startlingly low Blue Angels flyby that buzzed spectators on a Florida beach. But was it flirting with disaster or just fighter jet fun in the sun? It happened during a show over Pensacola with the famous flying jets called Breakfast with the Blues. Witnesses say one jet flew so close to spectators, it produced a mini tornado that sent sand tents and chairs flying. Some say it was thrilling to witness. Others may not have been so thrilled about it. Because according to WEAR, leadership from the Blue Angels say they're now doing a safety review of the low altitude incident to make sure pilots stuck to strict Navy and FAA safety standards. Eyes on the skies in parts of the US were seeing orange as plumes of smoke from massive Canadian wildfires near Ontario began pouring over the border and shrouding the skies with trippy tangerine colors in places like Massachusetts and upstate New York. Additionally, air quality alerts have been issued in major cities like Boston and New York City, as well as Midwestern cities like Detroit and Chicago. The National Weather Service is advising residents in affected areas to close windows and limit outdoor activities. You know, healthy air isn't just a necessity for us humans. Pigeons need clean air too. Watch as an Oakland, California firefighter administers oxygen treatment to a pigeon that was observed struggling to breathe following a vehicle fire. According to a post by the Oakland Firefighters Local 55, the pigeon was in distress and came up to the crew seemingly seeking help. So they broke out the oxygen and allowed the pigeon to puff away until it felt well enough to fly away. And another reminder, President Trump set to deliver a major primetime address to the nation tonight at 9 p.m. We're just two hours away. You can watch that live here on NTD with our special coverage. It starts right after Tiffany Meyer tonight. Tiffany goes on at 8 p.m. Eastern time. That's all for today's news. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Cary Dunst. Good night.