NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (August 19)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, a 50% tariff averted at the 11th hour. President Trump declaring Canada came to the table and agreed to key U.S. demands. And from a new trade deal to a major new landing zone, more than 50 years in the making, Mariotsu is at the White House. And results are in for the Florida primaries with a major upset for the DSA in a House race. How lawmakers and the president are reacting to the nominees, Fiona G reports. In the Charlie Kirk assassination case, prosecutors fighting to keep the death penalty on the table for the accused killer. They argue Tyler Robinson knowingly put others at risk when he allegedly fired toward a crowd of thousands. Christina Corona reports. Pentagon is requiring 30 U.S. universities to audit their infiltration from foreign adversaries. We explore the Chinese Communist Party's playbook of infiltrating higher education, a century in the making. Day two of the high profile trial against Meta, a former engineer says the company prioritized user engagement over safety. He alleges that teenagers need to navigate 10 screens just to restrict app notifications. David Lamb has more. 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. President Trump declaring a major trade breakthrough with Canada, he's pausing a sweeping 50% tariff just hours before it was set to hit. This comes after Ottawa agreed to key U.S. demands. We now go live to NTD's White House correspondent, Mari Otsu, at the North Lawn. Mari, good evening. How did we go from a 50% tariff this morning to now a deal with Canada instead? Hey, Kerry, good evening to you. Yeah, well, it appears that that imminent threat of that 50% tariff really pushed this one down to the wire. The breakthrough coming after weeks of negotiations and just hours before those sweeping tariffs were supposed to be put in place to hit roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. That was everything from Canadian alcohol, wine, honey, to even hockey equipment. Take a look. It was supposed to be a 50% straight across the board tariff. That was going into effect at 7 o'clock this morning, and I delayed it at the request of Canada for three days. President Trump saying after a conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney last night, the U.S. paused the tariffs, quote, based on the fact that Canada and the USA, subject to the finalization of documents, have a deal. Canadian Prime Minister responding, quote, substantial progress has been made, although there is important work still to be done. President Trump touting the new deal as a big win for American manufacturers and farmers, the latter of which he says have been hurt very badly by Canada. The tariffs will be nonexistent for our farmers. Our farmers were paying tremendous tariffs into Canada, and those tariffs are going to be totally eviscerated, down to zero. Last month, the president threatened the duties on Canada in response to what he called trade discrimination against American cars, alcohol, and dairy products. We've been screwed by tariffs used against us for years by China, by Japan, by South Korea, by Germany, by everybody, by Canada. Canada's nasty. And the Trump administration putting Ottawa's approach in some striking company, saying the policy and legal bases for these levies respond directly to measures Canada took against the U.S., a retaliation only shared by Beijing. So I've got two countries in the world that have retaliated against the United States for trade measures, the People's Republic of China and Canada. That's not the kind of company you really want to be running in. And from a new trade deal to a new addition here at the White House, President Trump taking reporters on an impromptu tour, unveiling a permanent helipad on the South Lawn. The president saying powerful presidential helicopters were tearing up the grass when they landed, with officials seeking a permanent pad for more than 50 years, with Sikorsky, the company behind presidential helicopters, now picking up the tab. This is a helipad at the highest level. It can land any helicopter in the world, no matter how big, no matter how powerful, no matter how strong. And as the White House opens up a new landing pad here at home, President Trump says another critical passageway is open abroad, the Strait of Hormuz. Right now, the Strait is open. A lot of boats are coming through. People aren't reporting that. And Kerry, the Energy Department is also rejecting reports of low traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, insisting oil is still flowing out of that critical waterway at significant volume, citing daily military escort reports. The Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, says that commercial vessel trackers undercount ships because many have turned off their AIS beacons, those trackers in that conflict zone in the Gulf. Back to you. Thank you, Mari. And results are in for yesterday's Florida primaries. This was the last state to see a significant push by the DSA before this November midterm. And the results are shedding more light on voter sentiment. Here's NTD's Fiona Gee. A major upset for the DSA in Florida's 25th congressional district. Representative Jarrett Moskowitz won over DSA-backed Oliver Larkin in the Democratic primary. A major point of contention between the two was Israel, with Larkin calling for an end of U.S. military aid and Moskowitz being a vocal supporter of the country. The gubernatorial race turned out as expected. Representative Byron Donalds won the GOP nomination with President Trump's endorsement. Former Republican David Jolly won the Democratic nomination. Florida also saw a special Senate primary to serve the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's term. Senator Ashley Moody won her nomination with President Trump's backing, while DSA candidate Angie Nixon won on the Democrat side. The president reacting to this win, saying Nixon will, quote, go down to certain defeat at the hands of Ashley Moody. DSA candidates who win their primaries could face a serious question of electability in the November election, Senator Moody also weighing in, saying that this is not just a race for a Senate seat, but a race for the future of the country. There are people right now that are signing up proudly for a socialist party. Many would call it a communist party. And they are bending on everything that this country stands for to join this radical fervor. In Alaska's Senate primary, the Associated Press has called a win for incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and former Democratic Representative Mary Peltola. Alaska has an all-party primary, so the top four vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will advance to the general election. Around 80% of votes are in right now, but the Associated Press has not called a win for the third and fourth nominees yet. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Fiona Ji, NTD News. And with Democrats in Florida electing a moderate in the gubernatorial race and a socialist in the Senate race, what trends are we seeing among the left-wing voters here? Tune in for panel discussion tonight on Capitol Report with Steve Lance at 7 p.m. Eastern. And prosecutors asking a Utah judge to keep all charges against Tyler Robinson. That's the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk. Charges include aggravated murder, which could carry the death penalty. They say the evidence shows Robinson also put others at risk when he allegedly opened fire toward a crowd last September. NTD's Christina Corona has more. In a new 19-page filing, prosecutors argue there is more than enough evidence for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, to go to trial. They are also fighting to keep the death penalty on the table. Prosecutors say Robinson put other people at great risk when he allegedly shot and killed Charlie Kirk during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University last September. They say Kirk was speaking to a crowd of about 3,000 people when he was shot in the neck from a rooftop. Prosecutors say some people were in the line of fire while others near Kirk were in what they call a zone of danger. The defense argues no one else was shot and the single bullet hit its intended target. But prosecutors say that does not mean other people were not at risk. They also point to Robinson's alleged target practice with a suspected murder weapon, saying he sometimes missed the target completely and seldom hit the bullseye. Prosecutors argue that shows he knew firing toward a large crowd could put others in danger. They also say the defense ignored key evidence from last month's preliminary hearing, including alleged admissions, DNA evidence, eyewitness testimony, and surveillance video. The next court hearing is on September 1st when both sides will make oral arguments before Judge Tony Graff. He'll then decide whether there's enough probable cause to send the case to trial. Christina Corona, NTD News. A Chinese national has been charged with voter fraud in Massachusetts. The Justice Department saying he submitted a fraudulent voter registration and ballot by impersonating another Chinese national. The DOJ alleges that Yu Peng's son voted in the 2024 presidential election in the name of his victim, who was a lawful permanent resident. After registering to vote and casting a ballot, son allegedly sent a tip to Homeland Security Investigations in 2026, claiming his victim voted illegally. Son is also accused of submitting two fraudulent immigration forms on behalf of this victim and the victim's wife. The DOJ says the couple had their green cards confiscated as a result of this action. Son has been charged with fraudulent registration and fraudulent voting, and he faces up to five years in prison for each count and will be deported afterwards. And newly released documents reveal the Chinese Communist Party accessed U.S. voter registration files and plotted to interfere in the 2020 election while U.S. intelligence hid that evidence. Here's more with John Solomon, chair of the White House Government Transparency Task Force, breaking down the key documents. The White House Government Transparency Task Force recently declassified documents revealing Chinese Communist Party influence efforts during the 2020 election. But a declassified memo released on Tuesday reveals U.S. intelligence kept the evidence hidden out of fear it would brand the agency as part of the deep state. John Solomon, chair of the task force and award-winning journalist and founder of Just the News, spoke to American thought leaders about some of the key documents. China began penetrating and collecting Americans' voter registration files. They bought some lawfully, they stole some illegally, and they hacked some illegally. They used all three tactics and they eventually got enough information on 220 million voter registration files. Solomon said the Chinese hackers could use the non-public data to vote in the election. You could go in and vote for me early and then I would show up in the polls on election day because maybe I'm an election day voter and they would tell me, sorry, Mr. Solomon, you can't vote because you already voted. It would have been China voting for you. He said there were other nefarious things that China was in a position to do. China could have gone in and changed your address in the voter file. And you'd show up and say, here's my license. I'm like, sir, you're not at that license. You're registered over here. You can't vote or the best you can do is vote provisionally and maybe we will or maybe we won't count you. According to Solomon, the intelligence community saw this as a threat in January of 2020, but they didn't alert the states that were being targeted. And by 2023, tens of millions of files in 18 states were hacked. He believes all 50 states' voter files have now been accessed. China, according to an FBI confidential human source, twice validated, not once but twice, checked out as good by the FBI, reported that China was sending some driver's licenses into America to possibly request ballots and to create fake votes for Joe Biden. Solomon says the FBI ordered that the report be destroyed, preventing intelligence agencies from investigating further. He revealed even deeper secrets about the intelligence community, including a dual justice system and what he called a shadow government. You can watch the full American Thought Leaders interview on Epoch TV. The Pentagon is ordering several universities to audit infiltration from the Chinese Communist Party and other foreign adversaries. Just how entrenched has the CCP become in higher education? And it is Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has more. The Department of War this week notifying 30 universities they must audit their ties to foreign adversaries by the end of the month. Multiple outlets citing U.S. officials report Harvard, MIT, Georgetown, and other top schools are among them. These schools partner with universities or research facilities in China, Russia, or Iran. The Pentagon specifically naming China's rebranded Confucius Institutes, which promote Communist Party-sanctioned materials on American campuses. Congressman John Molinar, chairman of the Select Committee on China, says these partnerships pose undeniable national security risks. Some analysts say infiltrating higher education is part of the Communist Party's playbook, a tactic it used a century ago to take power in China. The Chinese Communist Party views infiltration of higher education as a key factor to overcome an enemy. What they did 100 years ago to the Nationalists was first elite capture, and simultaneously grassroots activism to move things in the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. Here we are 100 years later, and it looks like we're watching a replay. With Pentagon-funded projects being taught directly to Chinese nationals. Department of Defense at the time had funded a class on advanced weaponry at a major Midwestern university, and when they walked in to do the spot check in the class, they were teaching the class in Mandarin to not U.S. students. So the program was ended. But it is still happening in different places in our country. Last week, Congress reported that Harvard had 140 research partnerships with Chinese military entities. Harvard disputes that, saying the report mischaracterizes its commitment to national security. But Harvard received more than $600 million from China, more than any other U.S. university. Chinese leaders also pay some American professors to educate their military. American researchers, American federal grant recipients, people working, in some cases, at the Pentagon, going over for these weird professorships or limited lecture series. Journalist Natalie Winters identified dozens of researchers who worked on Pentagon-funded projects, then went on to work for China's military. The Pentagon's audit deadline may be a test of whether these schools choose national security over Beijing's money. Jack Bradley, NTD News, Washington. Next, statistics show that more than one in three children entering foster care do so because of parental substance abuse. Trump administration announces new efforts to strengthen preventative care for families that are struggling with addiction, aiming to intervene before a crisis forces children into the foster system. NTD correspondent Jason Blair has more. Too often, government interference after addiction has already pushed a family into crisis, and a child is at risk of entering foster care. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is announcing expanded federal support for two programs that target addiction treatment for parents with a strong focus on prevention. The first is the family-based recovery, and the second is called the Wellness Recovery Action Plan, or WRAP. Kennedy says acting states can use them to reach families earlier, as well as claim federal reimbursements immediately. He says Iowa is the first state to act. Governor Reynolds and her team have already updated Iowa's prevention plan to put one of these approaches to work. Federal statistics show that about 34% of children over the age of one put into foster care are a result of parents suffering from drug or alcohol addiction. For children under one, it's 55%. The early years of a child's life are critical. We can go to them before it becomes a crisis, in their homes, in their communities, and in places where family life is actually happening. Kennedy says the Trump administration will continue to prioritize programs that demonstrate success when put into action. We will support approaches that produce those outcomes, including peer support, community organizations, and faith-based organizations. The announcement is part of the Trump administration's Great American Recovery Initiative, which started in January. And on Thursday, First Lady Melania Trump is teaming up with IndyCar and Fox Corporation in an effort to expand academic opportunities for individuals transitioning from foster care. Reporting in Washington, D.C., Jason Blair, Entity News. Coming up, a former top science advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. He's admitted he hid records from FOIA requests tied to the origins of COVID. He now faces up to five years behind bars. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signs an executive order aimed at curbing the growth of AI data centers. He says his order will prioritize Pennsylvanians over developers. And day two of the high-profile trial against Meta, a former engineer says the company prioritized user engagement over safety. He alleges teenagers need to navigate 10 screens just to restrict app notifications. David Lamb has more. I'm Jonathan Lawson. If you're 50 to 85, please listen closely. The lock I wanna talk to you about isn't the one on your door. It's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees that once you're insured, your rate can never go up at any time for any reason. Many policies you see don't have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock from Colonial Pen. This plan was designed for people on a fixed income with coverage options that start at $9.95 a month. That's less than 35 cents a day. Your rate is locked in for life. Coverage can never be canceled and your acceptance is guaranteed. You cannot be turned down because of your health. See for yourself. Call for an information kit and gift. Both are free with no obligation. 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It was very, very well liked because no matter what culture or what sort of walk of life you're from, I think people, they see it and they immediately understand what that energy, what that message is. And they're drawn to it because everybody kind of needs a little bit of that in their own life of, you know, the steadfast calmness and something to hold on to. It's definitely an inner peace in the midst of something very chaotic. And for a lot of people right now, the whole world is very, very chaotic. So I guess that's another reason why so many people are very drawn to this. Welcome back to NTD Evening News. I'm Cary Dunst. A former top science advisor to Dr. Anthony Fauci facing possible prison time after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge. NTD's Daniel Monahan has more on the case. You solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony Dr. David Morin spent 16 years as a senior advisor inside the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The agency Dr. Fauci led for decades. Prosecutor say Morin's conspired to dodge Freedom of Information Act requests tied to a bad coronavirus research grant connected to the Wuhan Institute of Virology corresponding through his personal Gmail account instead of his government email to keep records out of public view. It's a pattern he was pressed on two years earlier during a congressional hearing. But on February 24th, 2021, you wrote, quote, I learned from our FOIA lady here how to make emails disappear after I'm FOIA'd but before the search starts. So I think we are all safe. Plus I deleted most of those earlier emails after sending them to Gmail, end quote. Did the NIH FOIA office instruct you on how to delete emails or avoid FOIA? No. Morin's told lawmakers he hadn't deleted evidence but under his own guilty plea, he now admits doing exactly that and hiding grant-related communications. On October 25th, 2021, another scientist wrote, quote, David is concerned about the privacy of text and other messages from his cell phone to you and me because he has been using a government phone. This came from Tony, end quote. Sir, did you ever have any conversations with Dr. Fauci regarding using personal phone or email to communicate with Dr. Thassin? I don't remember it. It's possible. I probably wouldn't have remembered it and I don't remember it. He and I usually never talked about that kind of stuff. Court documents show Morin's accepted wine as a gift for what a co-conspirator called his behind-the-scenes shenanigans and was offered further perks, including meals at Michelin-starred restaurants in exchange for helping push back on the theory that COVID leaked from a lab. He's due to be sentenced November 12th in federal court in Maryland and faces up to five years behind bars. The case lands as a separate push to hope Fauci himself and contempt of Congress sits with the Justice Department. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. On day two of the federal trial against Meta, a former engineer says the company prioritized user engagement over safety. The landmark trial would decide what penalties the tech platform could face. NTD's David Lam reports. Witnesses testifying on the second day of Meta's federal trial. California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression, and suicide. Meta's lawyers previously estimated that its penalties could reach $1.4 trillion, but attorneys general say that $200 billion is more likely. I'm proud to co-lead this national fight to demand accountability and to demand justice. Prosecutors claim that designs such as infinite scroll, automatic video playing, and push notifications are designed to be addictive and gain maximum engagement with young users. Facebook whistleblower and former engineering director Arturo Bejar continues his testimony. He states concerns he had with Meta's approach to safety, designs that keep users on the app, and the notification system. For example, he says that on Instagram, if a teenager wants to change notifications to show only when receiving a message from a friend, they have to toggle many buttons going through 10 different screens. 29 states are suing Meta in the federal case. They allege Meta also misled people about the platform's safety and collected personal data from minors without parental consent. The eight-person jury will advise on the trial, but Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers decides the outcome and penalties. On the first day of the trial, family members held a large sign with names of the victims who suffered from social media. Meta has denied the allegations. It says it provided employees with resources for platform safety tools. The company also argues that Bejar's opinions were beyond the scope of his duties. The trial is set to last six weeks, and state attorneys general are expected to testify. David Lam, NTD News. Coming up, a Democratic socialist wins the Senate primary in Florida last night. What the trend says about the Democratic Party, we're gonna speak with an expert for analysis. And significant changes taking place in both Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainians keep protesting their government while Russia is dealing with major financial problems. When I arrived in the U.S. at 19, I struggled to find job opportunities without a high school diploma. My name is Ariel Marquez, and my entire life changed when I took a chance and I got my high school diploma at age 22. Everything I have, my education, my career, my marriage, I owe to the Adult Literacy Center and my teachers. They were with me every step of the way, helping with my English and math, making sure I pushed through all the challenges. 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Part of it was that Alex Findman, the guy who was the establishment choice, really had never been involved in Florida politics or much involved in Florida life at all. He was kind of a carpetbagger in the state. The other is that Nixon really had been a state representative. She knew people around the state, and she played a ground game. And he played an air game. And it turned out the people who turned out in Democratic primaries wanted somebody with experience, somebody who was closer to their communities, and didn't want somebody parachuting in and buying a nomination with $7 million. Now with these notable significant DSA victories that we've been seeing, it looks like we'll see two competing forms of populism this November, the DSAs and the GOPs. Which brand do you expect to appeal more to young voters? You know, I think some young voters will be attracted by the DSAs type because they've been formed by college and they aren't turned off by the woke stuff. But I think a lot of them are gonna be turned on by the MAGA version, which gives them hope and opportunity and supports the traditional values that America has that tends to be where the majority of young people are. And I suspect that when given the choice, you'll find them plunking down for the Republican. And which voters do you think will determine the balance of power in the upcoming midterms in November? There's gonna be a lot of different types of voters, but the most important type are gonna be Hispanic voters, is that they are a large number in a lot of the key House and Senate races. They are caught between a Democratic Party they used to like but are unhappy with, and a Republican Party that promised them immediate changes in their economic situation, but it's taking longer. And they're gonna have to decide, do we wanna stick with the party we just joined, the one that they've moved to in the last four years, or do they wanna go back to the one that disappointed them? I think the outcome of that decision is gonna really be important for control of the Senate and especially for control of the House. And can you break down the Hispanic vote a level deeper, how it looks nationally versus different pockets of the country and how it plays out essentially as we approach November? Yeah, I mean, different types of Hispanic voters based on ethnicity or based on religious practice vote differently. Florida Hispanics tend to be more from South America or from Cuba, less from Mexico. And I think they're much likelier to stick with the Republican Party, both because Cubans have always been more Republican and because these are the sort of voters who fled socialist or communist regimes. And I think the move of the Democrats to the left will impact them a lot differently. Among Mexican-descended or Puerto Rican-descended voters, I think how they feel about the difference between the economy where they may be disappointed with Republicans and the culture that the Democrats are pushing. And maybe even the concern that, yeah, the Republicans haven't delivered yet, but this socialism stuff is really not going to help me. I think the Hispanics and the Puerto Ricans are the ones who are most up for grabs and the ones that Republicans have to do the most to create that clear contrast with Democrats going into November. Hispanics are pushing nearly 20% of the population at this point. If you look to the next crucial block of voters in November, what would you say that looks like? You know, the next crucial block of voters in most states are going to be whites without a college degree. That's the group that has been a big mainstay of the Democratic-Republican Party in the Trump era. They are people who really, really dislike socialism. They really dislike the move towards woke cultural ideas, but they have been hit in some cases by the tariffs, in some cases by declining or stagnant real wages, and they're going to have a choice. I suspect they will come back to the Republican Party because they've been pretty loyal since they switched 10 years ago. And if you can win them back, if you can keep them on your side, pretty much guarantees Republican control of the Senate and gives them the maximum opportunity to control the House. Oh, very interesting. Now, a lot of these Democratic primary races are seen as significant fractures within the party as we've known it historically. In your view, this November, will that determine the party as a whole moving further to the left and, you know, in the next general, 2026 or 2028? The Democratic Party's far left wing has been growing in strength over the last 15 years, and it's been moving the party to the left. And now it's at a critical mass where they're either close to or a little bit over half of the party's voting base. 2026 outcomes, particularly in cases like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, where the far left candidate is in a swing state as the Democratic nominee. You know, if he can win against expectations, but if he can win, then that'll show a lot of establishment Democrats, well, maybe we have to move with where the energy in the party is. If he loses, then that gives an argument for establishment Democrats to maintain their control a little bit longer. But the fact is the Democratic Party is moving in this direction, at least since the beginning of the 2010s. It's not going to stop. And I think the 2028 nomination is where the battle's really going to be fought out for the near and medium-term control of the Democratic Party. Wow, you've broken down a lot of the different nuances in the voting blocs. Really appreciate you sharing your analysis, Henry Olsen. Thank you. And as socialism expands its footprint within the Democratic Party, how are everyday Americans reacting to the trend and to the policies that come along with it? And did you see Sam Wong was out on the National Mall in D.C. to hear from the people? What do you make of this rising trend of democratic socialism happening right now? It's a shame because I think a big part of it is it's mostly the younger generation and schools haven't been teaching proper history. I mean, they're looking for something different than what we got today, which is, obviously a lot of people feel like the system doesn't work for them. We got a lot of history, socialism doesn't work. I mean, I don't know why we're ignoring history, but. I'm a registered independent. I don't think they really know, or the masses here don't really know what socialism is and what it leads to. I think it sounds great if we could take care of everybody and all live in harmony, but go and show me the study where socialism and then ultimately communism ended up being that. I honestly think, in a way, people need to stop hating our president so much. You don't go off the path in totally opposite directions just to spite him. And I feel like that's what happens a lot. Some of the DSA policies include abolishing the Senate, abolishing the military, abolishing the presidency. What do you make of this series of agenda being put out right there? I cannot for life believe that it's being taken seriously. I understand we need to fix some things in Senate and whatever, but to get rid of it in the House and to just get rid of the government the way it is? Ridiculous. They're doing the same thing they did with all the monuments and the thing like that. Let's just get rid of our history. Let's get rid of all this. That's not what we are about as the United States. It looks like the destruction of the country, or that's what it could lead to. I don't think that would happen. I mean, I'd like to think the majority of people would be smart enough to not go with it. It's a bunch of promises with no actual rationale or, I think, well-articulated logic behind it. So just firing up some people that are prone to being fired up. No more refundable tax credits for illegal immigrants. The Trump administration strengthening enforcement of federal law that bars illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits. Treasury Department and the IRS are proposing new regulations that clarify who are eligible for refundable tax credits. Rules apply to the Adoption Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit, the American Opportunity Tax Credit, and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Only U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and other qualified foreigners, such as asylees and refugees, will be eligible for the tax credits. Illegal immigrants will not be eligible. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant commenting, quote, under President Trump, the days of illegal aliens collecting taxpayer-funded benefits are over. American taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for benefits going to those who are barred by law from receiving them. And Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has signed an executive order aimed at curbing the growth of AI data centers. Shapiro saying his order will prioritize Pennsylvanians over developers. I know you want the right to weigh in on decisions about what your community looks like going forward, and this executive order allows for that. I know you want the right to be able to weigh in on what kind of community you raise your children in. This executive order puts that power back in our local communities. I know you want the right to be able to say no to bad projects and developers who don't listen to your concerns, who treat you with disrespect, who try to raise your utility costs or pollute your resources. This executive order returns that power to the people. Shapiro's executive order directs the state's Department of Environmental Protection to draft, quote, strict guardrails for developers. AI data centers designed to use more than 25 megawatts will now require a consent order and approval from local municipalities or counties. According to the governor's office, more than 100 data centers have been proposed in Pennsylvania. The state has received permitting applications related to 20 of them. 14 data centers are currently in development. And Ford announces that it will expand domestic production of Lincoln vehicles beginning in 2030. The automaker says Lincoln will phase out Chinese imports for the U.S. market. Lincoln currently manufactures its Navigator model at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The automaker assembles the Aviator at its Chicago plant. Both of these models are exported to markets in Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East. Gas-powered cars and electric vehicles imported from China are subject to steep tariffs. The import duty on the Lincoln Nautilus, for example, that's the main vehicle Ford imports from China, is over 52%. The announcement comes as Ford rival General Motors plans to move production of its Buick and Vision from China to the U.S. starting in 2028. The White House is calling Ford's decision, quote, the Trump effect. And significant changes are taking place in both Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine's ousted defense minister is calling for wartime presidential elections and some Ukrainians are taking to the streets in his support. Meanwhile, the Russian economy is dealing with major financial problems. NTD's international correspondent, Arian Pasdar, has the latest. Some Ukrainians are taking to the streets on Wednesday, calling for wartime presidential elections. The demand comes from the nation's ousted defense minister, Mikhailo Fedorov. President Vladimir Zelensky let him go after only six months in office. Before he was fired, Fedorov had called for significant changes to Ukraine's military system, including modernization. He now wants the nation to hold wartime presidential elections. Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia. We must find a lawful, safe, and realistic mechanism that would allow Ukraine to restore a fully functioning democratic process, even under conditions of a long war. Zelensky was never re-elected, as the nation canceled presidential elections due to the war. Meanwhile, in Russia, the country is dealing with major economic challenges. This graph by the Institute for the Study of War shows the decline of Russia's annual GDP growth, falling to below 1% this year. At the same time, Russia's defense spending keeps rising, as this graph shows. On top of that, the Kremlin is dealing with growing international sanctions. One sign of Russia's economic crisis is that, just last week, a Russian state-owned bank fired its chief economist, Andrei Klepach, a sign of growing internal frustration. The Ukrainian strikes on warehouses belonging to Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, dealt the latest blow to the nation's economy. The pace of the economy is affected by a range of factors, including external pressure and terrorist attacks on industrial and infrastructure facilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin is now ordering the government to help rebuild the sites. Arien Pastar, NTD News. Coming up in baseball, the MVP race continues. Will Shoei Ohtani win his fourth in a row, despite his pitching injury? Dave Martin joins us to take a look at the race. An important message for Americans ages 50 to 85. You seen that life insurance thing I got in the mail? From Colonial Pen? Yeah, that's it. What's over there? The recycle bin. I sent for this. You're buying life insurance now? 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And that includes this past season, even after they sold the team because the Buss family still retained a minority ownership stake, 17.8%. In the NBA, you have to have at least a 15% ownership stake to retain, to still be governor. So that's how she stayed in that role. But her ownership is tied up in that family trust together with her five siblings. It's not owned individually. Now, her siblings have voted to sell the shares through the family trust via a tag-along provision that came along with the last sale. They believe they have enough votes to do that. Jeannie Buss is reportedly though contending that a court ruled in a 2017 as co-trustee, she would have the final authority on this. So we're gonna see how this all wraps up. It tells me like, this could take a while in the courts for this thing to wrap up, but it's a big deal. I mean, the Buss family, since 1979, they've owned the team, very successful. 11 NBA titles during that time, more wins than any other team. So I'm interested to see how this goes. Indeed, yeah. I mean, she was the one, I don't know if she was the youngest of all of his children, but she was the one from the very get-go who really got involved. She was the one that Jerry Buss wanted to run the team. He had her in mind. He had Kobe Bryant in mind. I remember saying that. Jerry West he had in mind, but she was the one. So they've been successful still through her time. They won the NBA title in 2020. They've got LeBron, they had LeBron James, but he led them to that title. Now they've got Luka Doncic. So this is very interesting to me. She's probably the most famous of the owners in the NBA right now. Very interesting, LeBron. There was probably a seat at the table for him, but it looks like he wants to win now and I don't blame him. Very interesting over at Philly. Let's move to the NFL now. Pro Bowl cornerback, Trayvon Diggs. He's gonna reportedly sign in Seattle with the Super Bowl champion. Yeah, this is according to ESPN. 27-year-old Trayvon Diggs. He was a Pro Bowl pick back in 2021 and 2022, but he was also an All-Pro selection. He's played in just 22 games in the three years since due to a number of injuries. Diggs, also the brother of Pro Bowl wide receiver Stephon Diggs, who signed with the Washington Commanders also this offseason. Philly runs in the family there. Elsewhere in the NFL, ESPN is also reporting that New Orleans running back Alvin Kamara is gonna be sidelined for the next month due to a sprained MCL. Now, Kamara is a five-time Pro Bowl selection at running back, but he's played just 11 games last year due to an injury. Fortunately, New Orleans signed running back Trayvon, sorry, Travis Atien in the offseason to split time with him. So they, well, we'll see. But they look good in the running back position. Meanwhile, the NFL's preseason will continue tomorrow night with two games and they got two more Friday night and then a whole slew of games on Saturday and then one more on Sunday. This is week two of the preseason. Only got three preseason games, of course, now that we've got a 17 game schedule. So in a few weeks, the regular season starts. And if you're doing fantasy, get those injury reports before you get your number one pick tanked. All right, let's move on from that and talk about baseball. Now we're really coming close now. We're getting towards September. We've passed the front half of August. What's going on with the MVP race? Yeah, we've got quite a competition, I would say, in the national MVP race between Shohei Utani, who's won the last three MVP awards before the last five, and Pete Crow Armstrong of Chicago. Both are really on fire right now. This week, Pete Crow Armstrong, or PCA as they call him, being the first player in baseball history and a walk-off home run in a two-game span. That was on Monday and Tuesday. He also became just the 13th player since 1900 to follow a walk-off home run with a lead-off home run the very next game. Of course, you have to be a lead-off hitter to do this, of course. Now he cooled off a bit today, going over four in the Cubs, three nothing loss to their cross-town rivals, the Chicago White Sox. Right now, he's really top five in a whole bunch of categories, including four home runs, where he has 31, good for fourth in the league. Now right behind him, though, is Joey Ohtani, who has 30 home runs, including three in just the last two games. Ohtani, as I mentioned, has won three straight MVP awards as a two-way star. He hasn't pitched in more than a month due to a couple of injuries. His Dodgers play at the Colorado Rockies tonight, 840 Eastern time. So be sure to watch it, all right? I like a good three-letter acronym. You taught me a new one. PCA. Yeah. With the Cubs. I got that now. The Cubs. Saturday Night Live, right? There we go. The Bears, the Cubs. All right, Dave. Lots to look out for. Thanks for joining. Thank you, Kerry. And next, a task force unit of the US Marshals serving a warrant were taken temporarily out of action by an unlikely foe, an unstable second floor deck. Here's what happened. Harrowing body cam video shows a task force of US Marshals serving an arrest warrant in Missouri when a rickety deck gives way, causing the group to come crashing down to the ground. Another body camera captured an up-close look at the incident, which the Marshal's office says left members of the task force unit with injuries, but none described as life-threatening. Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. The office said the suspect being pursued when the fall happened was not captured then, but was brought into custody later that day. In Illinois, it was falling glass that one campus police officer just narrowly avoided as storms battered buildings at Illinois State University. The video shows the officer hunkered down amid intense rain and wind when the glass comes crashing down just feet from his feet. The officer later shared the video featuring his understandably shocked expression and equally understandable gratitude to still be alive. Finally, one last fall was caught on camera, but this one was way less harrowing and way more hilarious. Employee Carter Sampson's day at Wisconsin's Gillis's Frozen Custard took a turn when he was caught on cam fumbling a vat of custard mix, resulting in one spectacular splatter. I could just feel my hand slip, and as soon as it slipped, I just, I don't remember anything after that other than being covered in the shake mix. To no one's surprise, Sampson's sloppy slip-up is going viral, but Sampson told WISN he's all right with the internet infamy, saying sometimes you just gotta laugh and move on. And that is all for today's evening news, but for around the clock coverage, you can always visit us at NTD.com. You can also use our NTD app. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Kerry Dunst. Good night.