NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (August 14)

Welcome to NTD Evening News, our top story tonight. A historic drop in crime, President Trump taking his midterm message to New York. What he unveils and what New York's GOP candidate for governor tells NTD about communism. Iris Tao has more. Luigi Mangione's attorney is wasting no time today seeking dismissal of state murder charges after he pleads guilty to federal stalking charges. Mangione is facing life in prison. All out from the 2020 presidential election, a Nevada judge dismisses a case against six Republican electors who cast their votes for President Trump. A $5 billion investment into the rail system. Now, the Transportation Department plans to improve safety and give Amtrak passengers a better travel experience. A new report details Harvard's ties to the Chinese Communist Party. House investigators say the university prioritized lucrative financial ties over U.S. national security. And the streets of D.C. are abuzz with preparation for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. This will be the first race of its kind in the nation's capital, and visitors and locals alike say this is a celebration of American patriotism and spirit. NASA says it's celebrating America 250 with an epic in-person event. Kids won't want to miss. Jason Blair has more on that. This is NTV Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Cary Dunst. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. A new congressional report accuses Harvard University of prioritizing its financial ties with the Chinese Communist Party over U.S. national security. Investigators found more than 140 papers that Harvard researchers co-authored with Chinese universities which are linked to the country's military. Antitese Molina-Weiskopf has more. Lawmakers and top government officials have persistently warned of Harvard's connections with the Chinese Communist Party. Even more troubling is Harvard's partnership with our adversaries. Campus research programs have partnered with the Chinese Communist Party. Now a report by House lawmakers alleges the university repeatedly prioritized financial ties over American national security and human rights. People don't want to acknowledge that this is happening. We did different investigations. Harvard University, great program for leadership training and all that, was training a Chinese paramilitary organization that was involved in the genocide with the Uyghurs. His committee reviewed thousands of documents and interviewed Harvard personnel to conduct the investigation. The report detailed Harvard's collaboration with China's National Healthcare Security Administration, some sessions held with members of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, or XPCC. The group was sanctioned in 2020 over human rights abuses. Another example detailed in the report, a non-profit established by Harvard dubbed Harvard Global that investigators say was designed to circumvent federal disclosure laws on foreign donations. No American university should be helping the hidden agendas of the Chinese Communist Party. The Trump administration reports that Harvard received more than $600 million from China. That's more than any other American university. Chairman of the Education Committee called it unacceptable, insisting the American people deserve to know where foreign money is flowing on our college campuses. The lack of transparency around foreign relationships should concern every American. As we see stolen research. As for sensitive research, investigators found collaboration between Harvard and Chinese entities that the U.S. has blacklisted. One such research paper focused on bio-inspired soft robots. The work has potential military applications, including underwater detection. Another study involved magnetic materials and acknowledged partial support from the U.S. Army Research Office. In a response to Fox News Digital, Harvard said that it shares the committee's concern about geopolitical risks and also that the report contains mischaracterizations that do not reflect its record of compliance. Lawmakers are calling on Congress to pass the Deterrent Act to require more transparency from universities and researchers of foreign ties. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Galena Weiskopf, NTD News. The latest fallout from the 2020 presidential election. Nevada judges dismissing a criminal case against six alternate electors who cast their votes for President Trump. After the 2020 election, the six Republican electors gathered outside the Nevada legislature to sign a certificate giving the state six electoral votes to President Trump. Joe Biden was later certified winner of Nevada. Nevada's Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford brought these charges against the GOP electors, accusing them of forgery. However, Nevada Judge Mary Kay Holthus disagrees. She found there was a lack of evidence to show the electors intended to deceive government officials. The Nevada Attorney General's office plans to appeal the ruling. Three similar cases against Republican electors in Arizona, Michigan and Georgia have also been dismissed, but a case in Wisconsin still ongoing. A woman is now facing federal felony charges after the World War Two memorial in Washington, D.C., was vandalized. Prosecutors say 41 year old Melissa Ferris spray painted the words, quote, Clean Hands Dirty, followed by a dollar sign on the memorial Thursday. Soap was also poured into one of the fountains, filling it with mounds of bubbles. Investigators say a witness photographed Ferris at the scene, and she later posted videos online admitting to the vandalism. Ferris is now in custody, faces two federal felony charges, depredation against U.S. property and destruction of veterans memorials. Each charge carries up to 10 years in prison. And President Trump condemning the vandalism, he writes on social media, quote, Our beautiful World War Two memorial was just hit by spray painting vandals. There can be no greater insult to those American heroes who died in World War Two. First, the reflecting pool. Now this we are on their trail. The memorial honors the more than 400000 U.S. service members who died in the war and the 16 million who served. State Department is scrapping a Biden era D.I. policy for the American Foreign Service. New review details how D.I. was incorporated into training and promotions. And it is Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has more. The State Department finding Biden era guidance that encouraged Foreign Service officers to incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion into their work, using it as a metric to judge whether or not people were eligible for promotion, trying to force diplomats to peddle this woke dogma internationally. Part of their training involved books like White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement in Defense of Looting, How White Women Tears Oppress People of Color and the Case for Reparations, among others. Training materials also included a D.I. toolkit for Foreign Service officers that promoted Black Lives Matter, white privilege and systemic racism, all in foreign languages. But D.I. extended beyond training at the department. It was a factor in employee promotions. A 2022 Biden administration document listed D.I. as one of the principles officials should consider when evaluating employees for promotions. The Biden administration defended this approach, arguing more diversity would make for more effective diplomacy. Diversity and inclusion make our diplomatic team stronger, smarter, more creative, more innovative. But critics say that employment decisions should be based on performance and qualifications alone, not race or gender. You should be promoted based off of whether you can do the job best. This follows President Trump's first day executive order on this, directing federal agencies to eliminate D.I. programs. The State Department is continuing to follow through with that directive. Jack Bradley, NTD News, Washington. Luigi Mangione pleading guilty today to federal stalking charges. And he's Arlene Richards has the latest. I knew what I was doing was illegal. Word spoken by Luigi Mangione as he pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges. I shot Mr. Thompson and he died. Mangione continued. Today is a solemn and significant day. With today's guilty plea, Mr. Mangione has accepted full responsibility for the death of Brian Thompson, arising from the events of December 4th, 2024, outside of the United Health Care Investor Conference here in midtown Manhattan. Mangione entered the courtroom in a tan federal prison uniform, hands cuffed behind him and wearing a long, solemn face, not once smiling. A stark contrast from his appearance just four days ago in a state court. Thompson's family was in the courtroom Friday. We hope they can take some solace in the fact that from the beginning we have brought the full force of the federal government to bear in this case. The results achieved today now allows our office to seek the maximum penalty allowed life imprisonment, which, as I've conveyed to Mr. Thompson's family, is what we intend to see. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said in a social media post that they remain committed to seeking justice. Meanwhile, Mangione's attorneys have filed a motion seeking to have the state's murder charges dismissed under New York's double jeopardy law. It was a single tragic event, yet he's being prosecuted twice for the same conduct. Judge Margaret Garnett advised Mangione that he would be asked some additional questions necessary for a pre-sentencing report and for her consideration in deciding what sentence she would ultimately impose. The next hearing is scheduled for December 18th, where it is expected that Mangione will be sentenced. Arlene Richards, NTV News. And public safety and communism, two defining topics as Republicans vie for Democrat held seats in New York and President Trump taking his midterm message to his former home state. NTV's White House correspondent Iris Tao has more on the president's visit and fresh numbers from the FBI's annual crime report. Counting New York, where in twenty twenty four he flipped red for the first time in two decades. President Trump touting a historic reduction in crime amid his ongoing crackdown. One million fewer assaults, robberies, burglaries, thefts. The numbers, every single numbers, first time it's ever happened. Every single number is the lowest number in recorded history. The White House telling NTD that twenty twenty five saw the largest year to year decrease and violent crime. The latest numbers include murder, robbery, car theft, all down about 20 percent and burglary down over 15 percent. Rape also down over 7 percent. I spent 10 years working for President Trump. He reads about each and every case that we work on. He feels the pain of those that have lost loved ones. As midterms approach, the president tie in crime to a larger theme, warning New Yorkers about the dangers and consequences of communism. The communists want to turn America into a third world country, and we're not going to let that happen to New York, New York State. Communism is at the top of the list of concerns as we talk to voters in New York who came out to support the president. I don't want to see any. Socialistic. In our country, I want to keep it, I want to keep it American, I even welcome the Democrats to come on board with the Republican Party. The biggest issue right now for me is socialism. It's kind of scary right now. I mean, you know, they've been poisoning our kids minds in the schools now for years. So I'm just hoping people wake up to it. With an anti-communism message, the president also here to boost Republican candidates and increasingly tight races in New York, including two House seats and a bid by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to take on incumbent Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul. While Governor Hochul, ahead of Trump's visit, criticizing the administration's approach with ICE, Blakeman tells NTD the Democrats are endangering the economy with communist policies. Do you believe that New York is falling on the path of communism? Zoran Mondami talks about collectivism, talks against property rights. So that sounds like communism to me. Why would you want to destroy an economy that's the most prosperous in the world? On the economy, the president saying he's bringing prices down and announcing. And after we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States. The president has been vowing to keep the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. naval blockade remains in full force and effect. He asked today that as Iran is still being squeezed economically, the U.S. continues to move millions of barrels of oil out from the region every week. Reporting from Long Island, New York, Iris Tao, NTD News. And the largest reduction in violent crime in U.S. history, as we heard from Iris, under President Trump, what do the numbers show? Tune in for an exclusive in-depth report tonight on Capitol Report, followed by panel discussion. That's with Steve Lance at 7 p.m. Eastern, just after evening news. And the Transportation Department will be investing over five billion dollars into the rail system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announcing today that those funds will serve three distinct purposes. We're going to close over 30 grade crossings and upgrade over 1000 with new infrastructure and technology. Now, grade crossings, those are the intersections where roads cross railroad tracks at grade. It's the second leading cause of death in the rail industry. So nationally, there are more than 2000 accidents a year and 200 deaths a year at these accurate rail crossings. So this announcement is actually going to save lives. The grant package totals five point three billion, it will include two billion dollars to buy 43 made in American train sets to replace Amtrak's aging fleet in high demand quarters. It will also include one hundred and forty million dollars to overhaul 41 locomotives currently serving Amtrak's Midwest and Pacific routes. Duffy says two billion of the package comes from canceling funding for California's high speed rail project. The secretary calls the California project a, quote, boondoggle, saying it was never going to be built. Instead, Duffy stresses that the new investment will improve safety and give better travel experiences to the riders taking the Amtrak. He says the Trump administration wants to make passenger rail great again and usher in the golden age of rail. And the streets around the National Mall are abuzz with preparation for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. This will be the first IndyCar series race in Washington, D.C., and it's part of the celebrations for America's 250th birthday. Here's more from NTD's Fiona Gee. I want to give you a taste of what it's like on the ground, quite literally, I'm only a block or two away from the Capitol building. And as you can see around me, the street is completely empty. It's been fully blocked off in preparation for next week's race. Fences are going up. Workers are building risers and bleachers in preparation for audience members. So just imagine come next weekend when both sides of the road are filled with spectators and they're cheering and their applause and their excitement. And this very road I'm standing on is going to be filled with race cars being driven lap after lap after lap. Just imagine the thundering noise, because like that poster behind me says, freedom doesn't ring. It revs. The track takes drivers around the heart of D.C. against the backdrop of some of the city's most iconic views, including the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument and the National Archives. Drivers will race a total of 147 laps or 250 miles. That's around the distance between New York City and Boston. The race will run for two days on August 22nd and 23rd. Super excited. I think it's awesome. It's America's birthday. Two hundred and fifty years. What a great opportunity to show some race car driving and just some excitement here in Washington, D.C. I think that's a great way to celebrate. Yeah, because driving racing, that's kind of one of America's pastimes, I suppose. So, yeah, I think it's a cool thing. How does it make you feel as an American to see this coming to D.C.? Very patriotic. It's exciting. Until next week, there's going to be a big race on Friday. And how does that make you feel? It makes me feel excited. Honestly, I'm super excited. Why are you excited? Because I don't think anything like this has come to Washington, D.C. before. I'm just visiting from Tennessee. So seeing something new like this come to Washington, D.C. is super exciting. Honestly, I think it would be a really nice change for D.C. also, because there's a lot of things happening in D.C. nowadays, and this would be a really nice change, honestly. So you've never seen anything like this in D.C., have you? Never, never. So it's going to be a good change for sure. Yeah, really exciting. I'm really happy to be here in Wachita. It's something fun where people can come together and watch a new sport. Yeah, look, this is obviously it's brilliant. Look at that. It looks wonderful. And I'm sure it's going to be even better when it's done. It makes you feel good. It makes you feel like there's good things happening in Washington. And I'm just glad to be here at this time. And I'm really proud of what America is doing, even as a Londoner. You know, it's just nice to see our fellow neighbours over the pond doing well. We're only a little over a week away from that race. Whoever crosses that finish line behind me first after driving 147 laps next Sunday is going to be winning that Grand Prix. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Fiona Gee, NTD News. Thank you, Fiona. Coming up, Border Patrol says for 15 months in a row, they have released zero illegal immigrants from the southern border. Homeland Security says they continue to face criminals with felonies. David Lamb has more. And a federal investigation has found serious failures at California women's prisons. The DOJ says those failures allowed sexual misconduct by staff to continue. Christina Corona reports. Whispered across generations, a hidden secret unveils the essence of longevity and vitality. A timeless legend regarding energy and wonder rooted in ancient health wisdom. We proudly introduce Puritan Black Ginseng, a 100% natural, organic energy drink made from premium six-year-old Korean ginseng. It takes 2260 days and nights from seed to growth, undergoing a meticulous nine-step process of steaming and drying. Black ginseng reaches its full potency, enriched with ginsenicide, RG3 and enhanced absorption efficiency. No sugar, no caffeine, no artificial ingredients. 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In one year, we removed 2,000 illegal migrants with criminal records ranging from attempted murder, rape, burglary, robbery, carjacking, drug dealing, gang activity. Blakeman says Nassau County's formal cooperation agreements with ICE helped authorities transfer those offenders into federal custody. Because we cooperated with our federal law enforcement partners, we were able to do it in an orderly way. But hours before President Trump's appearance, Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James gave Nassau County 11 days to formally terminate its agreements with ICE. They say five of the 12 law enforcement agencies notified by the state intend to comply with New York's new restrictions. Nassau County's police department and sheriff's office are among the seven remaining agencies. In a joint statement, Hochul and James saying, quote, Our job is to enforce the law, and that is exactly what we plan on doing. And the governor saying this on Wednesday. We are not disallowing cooperation with local law enforcement when it comes to crimes. Blakeman argues terminating the formal agreements will make it harder to transfer offenders already in local custody directly to ICE. President Trump's appearance allows Blakeman to cast that dispute as a clear choice for voters and present himself as an ally of the White House on crime and immigration. The event also comes as the governor's race shows signs of tightening. A new Siena poll gives Hochul a 10-point lead, 49 to 39 percent. Her numerical advantage was 20 points in June, although the survey sampled a different type of voters. On illegal immigration, Hochul leads Blakeman by only one point, 45 to 44 percent. The ICE agreements must be terminated by August 25th. Chris Bob and T.D. News. Thank you, Chris, for that. Next, the Justice Department says California failed to protect female prisoners from sexual abuse and harassment by staff. The findings followed a federal investigation into these allegations spanning decades. And it is Christina Corona has more. The Justice Department says it found a longstanding pattern of sexual misconduct at two California women's prisons, the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women in Chino. Federal officials say prisoners made more than 375 allegations of staff sexual misconduct between January 2023 and June 2025. In May of 2024, CDCR sustained multiple sexual misconduct allegations against a CIW sergeant for providing contraband in exchange for sexual favors from prisoners. He was caught on camera caressing a prisoner's breasts and turning off his body camera. Officials are pointing to several cases, including a sergeant whose job was to investigate staff misconduct. He himself was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to receiving child pornography on the job. The Justice Department says California failed to protect women's rights under the eighth and 14th Amendment. Now, the DOJ wants more cameras, better reporting, stronger investigations and improved staff training. If state officials do not address these concerns to our satisfaction within 49 days, we will initiate litigation under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Prisons Act. In a statement to The Epoch Times, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says it has a zero tolerance policy for sexual abuse. They also say they have strengthened investigations and expanded camera coverage and will work with the DOJ on its recommendations. Christina Corona, NTD News. Coming up, a bold claim from President Trump today. He says that after defeating Iran, he'll be declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory. We'll receive analysis from Middle East expert David Wormser. Every day, thousands of kids start vaping, and I can't let this happen to my kid. 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President Trump told an enthusiastic crowd at a rally today in New York that he'll declare the Hormuz Strait a U.S. territory after Iran is defeated, which he says will be pretty soon. Joining us now for analysis is David Wormser, Middle East affairs analyst with the Center for Security Policy. Good to see you this evening, David. Thank you for joining. I want to get your reactions to the president's comments. Well, I mean, they're interesting. He's definitely trolling the Iranians who have been declaring sovereignty over the territories, but not territory, the waters of the Straits of Hormuz. So this is clearly kind of a trolling of Iran. If he were serious about it and you never know what the president, he might be. There are certain legal procedures and legal preconditions that are necessary. He does have the authority under U.S. law to do such a thing. He then could turn it over to Congress to define the territory. There are Article three. Yeah, it's no Article four, Section three of the Constitution. But but it doesn't it still has legal international law implications. Specifically, the prohibition of acquisition of territory by force. Although, again, we're at war with Iran. So and Iran has been at war with us since since 1979. So there are provisions for occupying territories under those conditions. So legally, it's it's a rather murky thing. I wouldn't want to be the lawyer to have to work it all through. But I'm sure a clever lawyer in our legal departments in the White House and State Department could find some path to there if that's necessary. But I think more than that right now, he's just trolling the Iranians. He's trying to make it clear to the Iranians that their demand and seizure and claim of sovereignty over the straits is just it's it's not going to happen under our watch. Yeah. And being you're pointing out all of these aspects of the Constitution where there might be a legal path for it, but it's not like a canal where it's really land, it's an international waterway. So how would, you know, claiming it a territory actually work? Yeah, that's a really good question. I mean, waterways are a bit different. We have the law of the sea, but law of the sea is, again, connected to land, even though its name it is under certain conditions of land masses. The waters that are adjacent to those land masses are governed by the law of the sea. And we, of course, don't have any land adjacent to that. So it's it's very difficult. I mean, I don't know if there's an island there that is sort of a questionable sovereignty, even if it's just a small little island. There is a you know, when you get into this, you get into some of these comical laws that we used to read about as kids. But the 1856 Guanos Island Act, which is if there's a small uninhabited island with guano on it, it can be claimed. So, you know, whether we can send our seals to see if there's guano there, we'll see. But but at any rate, we're really getting to that sort of territory. It's very difficult to claim that that that water mass, not even land mass as U.S. territory, to be honest. And I guess in theory, if we were at a war with Iran and we win that war, perhaps we could claim that that territory adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz is now a U.S. territory. But I just want to get your view as to what you think our Gulf allies might be thinking about these comments and the prospect of the U.S. controlling the Strait. Well, I think they see it probably also as a trolling attempt of the Iranians. I think they understand that there is. By the way, under a defensive self-defense, any territory in the world that is used to attack a country, that country, if it's the aggrieved country, does have the right to seize that territory and keep it. That's that's under international law, an established right. So if we can establish that the Straits of Hormuz or land in the Straits of Hormuz has been used in any shape or form from which to attack the United States, then, yeah, that would drive it. But I think everybody in the in the Gulf more or less understands that we're not going to we're not going to make that U.S. territory. It's also dangerous because once it's U.S. territory, if we don't defend it, then then it's a sign of American weakness that we're not even defending our own territory. And that's quite a far flung territory for us to commit to the permanent defense of in that way. I think it's really the the people in the Gulf understand this is an attempt to tell the Iranians you're being ridiculous by claiming that the passage, it's an international waterway. It doesn't belong to you. And the United States is showing you exactly how ridiculous it is that you're trying to claim it. OK, so we have the two parts of his statement. The one, as you point out, likely provocative and to troll them. And we're talking about it. So clearly it had its intended effect. But the other part of his statement was that after we finish defeating Iran, which would be soon. So I want to get your view as to what that process looks like between where we are today and that point in time where where we have, you know, declared victory. Well, yeah, now, interesting, of course, part of the process of declaring victory could involve recompense for the war that was inflicted on the West. And we could go all the way back to 1979 when, after all, it was Iran declared war on us, not the other way around. And we could claim reparations. We could seize assets, which include oil. So part of the process to get the victory could be to seize the oil structures of Iran, Harg Island and so forth. The only problem with that is Harg Island is where the oil comes out of Iran. It isn't where the oil derives from. Originally, that is much more geographically spread out territory, a lot of it in the Akhlaz province, which is a big province in southwestern Iran. I don't know if we actually occupy that. So really, the only process I see to a resolution of this is a non-invasion method of bringing down the Iranian regime, which would involve immense pressure to the regime, damage being done kinetically to the regime, command and control, constant applied pressure over time, destruction of its assets and its ability to fund itself and pay its operatives. And then finally, to arm the opposition and organize and train the opposition. So I think that's the real path here to victory. And along the way, we may acquire assets that would allow us to demand payment in islands. And we could acquire land through agreement, namely that the Iranians could say as part of the peace resolution between us and Iran that they grant us these islands. But I think along the way, the only thing we're really looking for is perhaps some control of the oil so that we could recoup some of the costs of this war in the defense. Well, it does seem like the economic, the naval blockade, all of these things are really starting to pressure the regime. We'll have to keep a close eye over the next days and weeks as to what unfolds. David Wormser, always appreciate your analysis. Thank you. Thank you. In over 100 hours after the earthquake in Colombia, first responders are still finding survivors trapped under the rubble. Rescuers say the race against time is not over yet, as every life counts. And today's international correspondent, Ariane Pasdar, has the story from South America. Sports venues, tents and more earthquake victims in Colombia are sleeping in makeshift locations after disaster struck on Monday. Our building came down. We're being left with nothing, nothing at all. But thank God, thanks to him, that we are all OK and healthy. Colombia's recently inaugurated president, Abelardo de la Estrella, saying tens of thousands of families are affected and hundreds of people tragically declared death. We have 45,000 affected families and 280 deceased victims. The number of missing people has risen to 380. These people are the priority. Because of those missing people, first responders are still doing what they can to speed up search and rescue efforts. And there's still hope. Even four days after the earthquake in the coffee city of Pereira, firefighters found a man alive under the rubble of a collapsed building on Friday, 96 hours after the disaster. A volunteer rescuer is taking matters in his own hands, saying every life matters. Sometimes they don't let me in because I'm not from any institution, but we, the elders, have knowledge. We know what this is. I have a bloodhound sense of smell. My heart has told me all my life I'm going to die saving lives. Now, the U.S. keeps sending support as well. In a recent statement, the State Department says that the administration's top priority remain Americans stuck in Colombia. Those people can reach out to the local embassy. And the department also provided links in case people want to donate money to the victims. Those links can be found on the department's home page. Aryan Pasdar, NTD News. Next, illegal border crossings in July hit a historic low, according to Border Patrol. They say they released zero illegal immigrants into the country from the southern border. And it is David Lam reports. U.S. Border Patrol says they released zero illegal immigrants from the southern border into the U.S. for the 15th consecutive month. Illegal crossings in July remained historically low. Apprehensions were 94 percent lower than the monthly average under the prior administration. In an interview on Fox, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullen says they are continuing to find and detain people who come to the U.S. 70 percent of the people we encounter every day have a felony charge or have been charged or have already served time for a felony that we're deporting. Border Patrol data show there were more than 100,000 enforcement encounters at the southwest border between October 2025 in June this year. I don't pick and choose which laws I'm going to enforce. I enforce our nation's laws. That means I'll enforce it with our own agency and I'll force it with the criminals on the streets. That's my assurance. According to Border Patrol's 2025 to 2029 strategy report, the agency's plan to tackle illegal immigration includes expanding infrastructure such as checkpoints, barriers and permanent towers across the nation. David Lamb, NTD News. And as President Trump touts his administration's effort to reduce violent crime across the country, what do D.C. residents have to say about the National Guard's presence in their city? NTD's Sam Wong was out in D.C.'s Anacostia neighborhood to hear from the people. The National Guards have been out here for more than a year now. Have you noticed any tangible results? Oh, they all right. They don't bother me. It's nice to be here to protect people. I support the troops being in the city because I know a crime has dropped due to their presence, especially on the metro. Yeah, it's a it's a big difference. It's a big difference. You know, we got a lot of young kids and everything walking around. And, you know, there's a lot of accidents and the young youth is kind of taken over with crime and stuff like that. But it's getting better. But they do make a big difference. One of the greatest things about the National Guard being on the grounds is that people are more conscious of what they do, because it's like the old adage, who are you and no one's looking. There's always someone looking now. The neighborhood is improved as far as graffiti and things being destroyed, property damages, a bandos, things of that nature. I was talking to a lot of people out here. People were giving credits to the Trump administration for sending the troops here. What do you think? I give credit to him, too. I give him credit for that, because in fact, we had babies being killed and metropolitan couldn't. They weren't doing enough. It seemed like they weren't doing enough to get the protections we need for our children, our communities. Oh, yeah, I definitely get them credit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I give them credit, you know, so they make sure everything going on, they're backing up the people at the station, they're walking around. It makes a real good effort on the stations. It should be in all the stations. That's what I think. An American missionary pilot kidnapped in Niger has been released. His organization, Serving in Mission, says he's in good health and he's back in the U.S. Kevin Rideout was abducted in Niger's capital, Niamey, last October. President Trump confirmed Rideout's release in a Truth Social post, saying the missionary had been kidnapped by terrorists in West Africa. No group has claimed responsibility for his kidnapping. Niger and neighboring countries Mali and Burkina Faso have been fighting terror groups for over a decade, notably al Qaeda and Islamic State. In June, gunmen from an al Qaeda affiliate attacked the main airport in Niamey, killing 11 soldiers and two civilians. It was the second attack at the airport this year after Islamic State militants launched an assault in January. And as part of America to 50 celebrations, NASA will host a two day air and space show in Florida. NASA says people will be able to see the future taking shape with the latest space tech aircraft, possible rocket launches and more. And it is correspondent Jason Blair reports. As we celebrate 250 years of American leadership, Max Power will give visitors demonstrations of next generation hardware that could one day be operating on the lunar surface. America's 250th birthday celebrations aren't finished yet. NASA announces a two day event, it says, will be one of a kind with the goal of inspiring the next generation of space explorers. Space hardware, NASA and D.O.W. aircraft, interactive mission simulators, moon rovers. You're going to have Apollo astronauts there. Artemis astronauts will be there behind the scenes experiences. One hell of an air show and maybe even a rocket launcher to the showcase is scheduled for November 7th and 8th at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Isaacman also says that NASA is taking a major step toward using nuclear power for space travel, as well as launching SR1 Freedom to finally get America underway on nuclear power in space. SR1 is NASA's planned first nuclear powered interplanetary spaceship. It's scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in late 2028 for Mars. We'll see the day where American astronauts, NASA astronauts may plant the stars and stripes on on planet Mars. And Isaacman confirms that Artemis three is scheduled to launch next year on a mission to the moon. Artemis three rocket is being stacked right now in the Vehicle Assembly Building. And following that flight, we will return American astronauts to the lunar surface. He says alongside that effort, NASA is building a moon base and hardware and components for it will be on display at Max Power in November. Reporting in Washington, D.C., Jason Blair, NTD News. Looks like quite a show at the Kennedy Space Center. Thanks to Jason for that report. Coming up, NTD's traditional Chinese martial arts competition enters its semifinal stage as contestants and judges look to revive traditional Chinese culture. Dave Martin has more. Hi, my name is Brady. When I was born, my parents thought everything was OK. My mom and dad were so excited to take me home. I still get goosebumps telling the story. Several days in, his skin started to become very cold and clammy. We noticed that he had become blue around his mouth and something was just very off. Packed up as fast as we could. Brady stopped breathing twice on the way to the pediatrician. And that was one of the number one things that just haunts me to this day. 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But until then, I'll keep helping the American Heart Association. So please join me. Just call the number on your screen or go to helpheart.org to become a monthly donor and help save lives. I trod on my glasses yesterday and I had to pay up front for a new pair that I can't even pick up for another 10 days. So I looked for another way and I found Select Specs. I ordered online. My new glasses just arrived this morning and I can pay over the next few weeks. This is the way to buy glasses. See now, pay later with Select Specs. Next day delivery and deferred payment options only at selectspecs.com. Welcome back to NTD Evening News. I'm Cary Dunst. Normally, Dave Martin is here with me in the studio, giving you the day's sports headlines. This time, he sends a story about reviving tradition. While modern martial arts competitions usually involve some kind of hand to hand combat, that wasn't how ancient Chinese traditional practice first began. Traditional martial arts were once about martial virtue. That practice is being revitalized in NTD's traditional martial arts competition, which kicked off yesterday. Here's Dave Martin. NTD's traditional martial arts competition is going on right here in New York City. But what is traditional martial arts and how does it differ from today's modern martial arts? I asked around to find out. Traditional Chinese martial arts is the art of your body, basically of moving your body in the most efficient and the most natural way. And being able to fight is just a side effect. It's not the goal. It's by far not the goal. And it's not the reason why you should actually start traditional Chinese martial arts. I got up from a new one. Gold in this event in 2024 says he's lucky that he's only practiced real traditional Chinese martial arts as opposed to the modern form. So my journey began when I was eight. I saw the Monkey King TV series, the really old one from 19. I think what is 1986, something that one with a real bad animations. Well, it's great. And I told my mother, yeah, I want to be like Monkey King as well and do wushu. And so she learned a little bit when she was younger and introduced some some just basic movements. And that's how I started. But Opperman isn't the only one who got interested in this practice through TV. I grew up watching the old Star Trek TV series with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and all that. And the old Avengers detective show. And I spy and stuff like that. So I was always watching somebody put their hand on the tables, jump sidekick somebody or, you know, William Shatner chopping somebody. So that was cool to me. You know, that was that was cool. So that's how I actually got into it. Ronald Wheeler, who's practiced martial arts for nearly five decades, says explaining traditional martial arts to today's mixed martial artists has its challenges. They box, they kickbox, they do Muay Thai. They do Krav Maga. They do MMA. They do Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. And they would always say, Ron, what is all that stuff that y'all doing waving your hands in the air? What what is all that? And I'm like, first of all, it's not a bunch of stuff. So let's calm that down. Secondly, it works. But according to Opperman, it doesn't work without someone having martial virtue or wu de. He describes that wu de as not using what you were able to do to do bad, but to do good. That's very easy to put it. And I think wu de traditionally wasn't something that was taught specifically. It was more something that was transferred by the teacher, by the teacher living by it and paying attention to who he chooses as his students. And then I realized doing that is quite important. And I had many students or many people who wanted to learn who I said, I'm sorry, maybe in a few years when your mindset changes. Fellow competitor Chris Chappell says the training teaches him to relax. And if you're constantly training yourself to relax and be calm in order to do the system, you're not going to be the kind of person that will explode if somebody actually bumps into you into the streets. NTD's traditional martial arts competition features both a weapons category and an unarmed category with men's, women's and junior divisions in each. The semifinals start Friday afternoon with 60 competitors in action. Meanwhile, the finals will take place on Saturday and will be live streamed on NTD. So make sure you tune in. This is Dave Martin for NTD News. Thanks to Dave for that. Next, having a beloved grandmother turn 100 is reason enough to celebrate. Now imagine how cool it would be to celebrate by going skydiving with her. Check this one out. Watch a California grandmother celebrate turning 100 years old by jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. This wasn't Ruby McNally's first leap of faith. KCRA reports it's become a tradition for the fearless Roseville woman who made jumps at 80 and 90. What's there to be afraid of? And now at the amazing age of 100. And this time she was joined by several family members, including grandchildren who took the 13000 foot plunge with her. There's not that many other people on planet Earth that can say I'm going skydiving with my grandma that's 100. Yeah, I mean, it's pretty special. Ruby says she hopes to do it all again when she turns 110. So a pair of goats walk onto a bus in Portland, right? It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it actually happened in video from one of the city's bus stops, according to transit operator TriMet. Two white pygmy goats waited patiently for passengers to board, then stepped onto the bus themselves and milled around a bit inside before being shooed back out by a passenger. I'm not surprised. Oregon is more a duck country after all. And that is all for today's evening news around the clock. 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