NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 19)

Welcome to NTD Evening News and here are tonight's top stories. Major moves following President Trump's ban on three media outlets from the White House. Reporters from those companies reportedly denied access today. And the President announcing a historic Greenland deal, allowing permanent U.S. control over the island's security. Reactions from the former ambassador to Denmark and others. In college football, Lane Kiffin and LSU travel to Ole Miss today to face his former team. In a much-anticipated showdown, Dave Martin joins us with a closer look. Therapy isn't one-size-fits-all. We bring you the science behind some of the approaches helping patients today. And hidden for centuries beneath an ancient landmark, a remarkable piece of ancient Rome has been restored and it's now being revealed to the public for the first time. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Don Ma. Our top story tonight, journalists from CNN, MSNOW and Politico were denied access to the White House today. And their press badges have now been revoked. This comes after President Trump announced a ban on Friday targeting those outlets. CNN, MSNOW and Politico backed their reporters in separate statements, saying they will defend their First Amendment rights under the Constitution. In a post on Truth Social, President Trump said the ban is, quote, a result of their constant reporting fake news. The president adding, quote, media outlets shouldn't be able to constantly write or report fiction and lies when they're covering the president of the United States, the Trump administration or the United States of America. President Trump previously banned the Associated Press from the Oval Office and other spaces. Reactions are coming in after President Trump announced a new security deal with Denmark and Greenland. The president says the deal gives the U.S. permanent control over security of the island. NATO is welcoming the move. It's an agreement. So it's very, very welcome. We are not going in deep for that again. We have a lot of stuff going on there from the military point of view. Military speaking, we are taking great care of that. Greenland's Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen also reacting, saying, quote, the arrangement recognizes Greenland's interests and our place in international cooperation. It is for the benefit of us all. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rasmussen with a similar statement, saying the agreement will help strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic area. And President Trump announcing today that he's forming an A.I. force modeled after the Space Force. It will support and oversee the rapidly growing industry. The president also announcing he'll name an A.I. czar in the near future, saying, quote, we are leading China and the rest of the world, and I intend to keep it that way. Meanwhile, from a crackdown on fraud to the campaign trail in North Carolina and good news for fishermen, the Trump administration is moving its vision for America forward. N.T.D.'s Daniel Monaghan has your White House week in review. President Trump was out on the campaign trail stumping for Senate candidate Michael Watley. He urged North Carolinians to pretend that he himself is on the ballot. So the Democrats gave us the dark age of America and we turned it into the golden age. Attorney General Todd Blanch addressing unlawful voting, saying 11 people were charged in the prior 10 days and that hundreds of cases are under investigation. In under two years, this administration has charged nearly four times as many non-citizen voting cases as the last administration brought in four years. The Supreme Court this week blocking President Trump's bid to tighten mail-in voting rules. The president reacting, saying the Supreme Court has really let our country down. The real question is whether the president of the United States is allowed to be critical of another branch of government. And the answer to that is absolutely. Of course he is. The Environmental Protection Agency finalizing a rule repealing most of the carbon emission limits for coal and natural gas-fired power plants. The Biden administration didn't care that they were closing plants or that Americans would lose their livelihoods. They were set on waging a war doused in climate radicalism. The agency also proposing a separate measure that could restrict similar regulations in the future. The White House Fraud Task Force announcing 870,000 people have been permanently barred from obtaining federal loans over suspicion of defrauding COVID-era small business programs. Well, we think it makes sense that if you were caught stealing from the American taxpayer, you shouldn't be able to benefit from these loans anymore. The announcements are part of the Trump administration's broader effort to tackle widespread fraud. Tensions with Iran continuing this week. President Trump saying the U.S. will ultimately cease its activities in Iran once its objectives are achieved. Unless we decide to stay and keep the oil like Venezuela. You don't talk about Venezuela anymore, do you? And Canada in the spotlight. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen inviting America's neighbor to become the first associate member of the EU. And dear Mark, I said we must urgently reimagine our partnerships. So I would like to work with you on opening the door. I think it's laughable. The whole thing with Canada. Canada has been a terrible trade partner. President Trump threatening to impose steep tariffs on Europe or curb trade if he viewed any such move as a hostile act. Canadians are united that nobody is going to tell us what language we speak. No one is going to dictate our culture or with whom we can strike agreements internationally. President Trump signing an executive order expanding hunting and fishing access on public lands. We believe that public lands belong to the American people and to the public. And hunters, fishers and outdoorsmen should be able to access them. And finally, American mining is back with a blast. Plumes of red, white and blue smoke fill the Minnesota air as the first new iron ore mine to open in the U.S. in nearly 50 years kicks off with a bang. Officials are calling the mine another historic milestone as President Trump continues to prioritize domestic mining and cutting reliance on foreign minerals. Daniel Monaghan, NTD News. The battle over A.I. regulation hits Capitol Hill alongside efforts to sanction bad actors and address rising energy costs. Lawmakers scoring several bipartisan successes this week with the campaign season now in full swing. NTD's Melina Wyskamp has this week's roundup from Washington, D.C. Regulating artificial intelligence. The debate hits Capitol Hill. Two Republicans battling on the Senate floor as one proposed a kill switch, another quick to squash it. The A.I. companies have to have a fire extinguisher. They decide when they use it. The risk of giving bureaucrats unfettered control over A.I. outweighs the benefits of imposing an immediate ill-thought mandate on A.I. companies. Both Republicans and Democrats agree on the need to impose guardrails. A growing sense of urgency upon members of Congress that this has to be done. But I don't think for a minute that we ought to cede the future when it comes to A.I. to China or any other adversary. Senate Leader John Thune is negotiating with Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar on a bill to impose guardrails amid warnings from top A.I. companies. But the world in which things could go very seriously wrong is the world in which we just keep going without safeguards or with not enough time. Though a vote on the guardrails is unlikely before the midterms. Meanwhile, several bipartisan successes on Capitol Hill this week, like making data centers pay for their own electricity costs. To protect Americans' data from foreign influence. But it's also going to protect our neighbors' pocketbooks and it's going to keep their electric rates low. Another bipartisan vote to sanction bad actors. Giving President Trump the tools today to end this senseless war. I want to try to channel my inner Lindsey Graham. This is a big friggin' deal. The sanctions bill was championed by late Senator Lindsey Graham prior to his unexpected death in July. It essentially aims to put economic pressure on Russia and Iran, but it would also allow President Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on goods from the top five countries that import Russian oil. That directly targets China, since the regime is the top importer of Russian crude oil. It will ensure America's adversaries, not only Russia, but also China and Iran, suffer for their coordinated campaign of aggression. President Trump swiftly signed it into law on Friday. Two Trump administration officials appeared for hearings on Capitol Hill this week. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant defended the state of the economy. We are creating regulatory certainty, tax certainty, trade certainty, and energy certainty that is bringing in trillions of dollars into the U.S. Do you believe that the president can make a declaration about $5,000 for each American without the consent of Congress? We are currently examining that at Treasury. And FBI Director Kash Patel testifying on the agency's track record. According to the Uniform Crime Report, we delivered the largest reduction in the murder rate in the history of America. Do you pledge that you will not in any way interfere in the will of the American people when they go to the polls in November? I pledge unequivocally that I will not participate in your charade of lies. Senators returned to Capitol Hill next week, finishing up work before the midterms, while the House opted for an early exit. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskopf, NTD News. California Governor Gavin Newsom is taking new action on artificial intelligence. He says an executive order will speed up what he calls a America first AI policy safety policy. NTD's Christina Corona tells us more. California Governor Gavin Newsom is moving to speed up oversight of artificial intelligence, including a potential kill switch for powerful AI models. His new executive order calls for independent safety checks and audits of AI systems. It dramatically speeds up our new law, creating a framework for truly independent safety checks, independent verification organizations, as well as moving the timeline up for oversight of AI auditors up by a full year. The order also brings together experts who will have two months to recommend changes to California's AI safety laws. That includes third party reviews of AI systems and more reporting of serious incidents. The CEO also begins an effort to tighten our safety and security requirements for powerful AI systems as well as models, laying the foundation for requiring third party safety verification on an ongoing basis, as well as more mandatory reporting of incidents like the hugging face hack and advancing efforts to create an emergency shutoff, otherwise known as an AI kill switch. The announcement comes as some AI researchers are warning about the risks of rapidly advancing technology. Former anthropic and open AI researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job and warned unchecked AI could wipe out civilization. There is a substantial probability that this technology could kill everyone. One of the anthropic models was trying to pretend to be someone it wasn't to get some code approved, to get some change approved. There's many ways a model can make itself manifest in the world. The governor is also calling on the federal government to adopt stronger AI oversight. Christina Corona, NTD News. A book signing event in the nation's capital Thursday night sheds light on the dangers of communism. The new book, America's 100 Years War, makes the case that America's ideological battle against communism remains ongoing. NTD's Sam Wong has more. Communism by definition is evil and it's illegitimate. From the rise of socialist ideologies in U.S. elections to influence campaigns coming from the Chinese Communist Party, the battle against communism did not end with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Communists are very directed. They know what they want to destroy. So they go after the church, they go after religious belief, they go after the family, they go over traditions, and they go after the ideas industry, particularly the education system. Dr. Bradley Thayer lays out a staunch warning in his new book, America's 100 Years War, How to Win Against Communism. He says the ideology has evolved and is making its way into American discourse and institutions. Communists have the most unpopular ideas, but they're the best at imposing them. In the 20th century, communism was responsible for the deaths of roughly 65 million to more than 100 million people worldwide. The largest portion of that death toll comes from China. Thayer argues that an important step in America's victory against communism is recognizing its illegitimacy, starting with the CCP. The Chinese Communist Party is, in every sense that matters, a product of Soviet imperialism. It was Lenin who generated it. And we should think of the Chinese Communist Party today as a colonial government. Today the CCP poses major challenges to the United States on geopolitical, economic, and technological fronts. We're here in Washington, D.C. The pressure is always to accommodate the Chinese Communist Party. AI is clarifying because we have to treat them like the Soviet Union. We didn't give the Soviets uranium. We didn't help them with ballistic missiles. We didn't help them with targeting. What we did is we choked them out economically. We choked them out financially. And that's how we took them down. Thayer argues that a Chinese identity rooted in 5,000 years of civilization is a vulnerability for the CCP. He adds that calling attention to the regime's corruption and human rights violations is critical. We should have a tribunal, for example. Chinese Americans or the larger diaspora population can hold the CCP on trial for the crimes they've committed against the Chinese people. Sam Wang, NTD News, Washington, D.C. Coming up, we'll take a closer look at the new Greenland security agreement. We unpack it all with a former U.S. ambassador and security policy expert. 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. 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Joining us now is Carla Sands, former U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, including Greenland and the Faroe Islands. She's also chair of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the America First Policy Institute. So ambassador, so good to have you this evening. So President Trump saying this is a forever agreement. It's going to give the United States permanent control over security in Greenland. To start off, would you mind to speak to us about the scale of this achievement? What has been accomplished? How significant is this? It's huge, Don, and thanks for asking. This is important because it's something that's been on the back burner for President Trump now for almost 10 years. President Trump has made a win for, I would say it's a three-way win. The U.S. has won. Denmark has won. But I think the Greenlanders have won, too. The Greenlanders are a little nervous because they haven't read the text yet. And if the Danes are celebrating, it makes the Greenlanders a little nervous for their behalf, their equities. But I think as a matter of fact, this is great because Greenland has told us for the decades past that they're going to go independent. So when they go independent in this century, the United States will be their security partner. Just like Iceland went independent in the 20th century and left Denmark, Greenland's going to do the same thing. And this deal gives our U.S. military complete access, much less friction than in the past. When I came in as ambassador, there were problems with our diplomacy between Greenland and the U.S. Our relationship was broken. My predecessor under Obama had broken the diplomatic relationship. So we were able, the Trump administration and I, was able to put a consulate in Greenland to reestablish our diplomatic relationship. All this had happened under President Trump's first term. And now to see President Trump say, yes, and now we're going to come in and secure Greenland and have full access, it does create less friction than we had in the past when we had to kind of go and do these tripartite meetings and everything was very, very formal. Now it's basically going to be what we need, we're going to get in order to make sure that Russia and China, and especially China, don't control the region. If I may, one more point. When I got there to Denmark and Greenland as ambassador, I was told that China, Chinese companies, and they are Chinese state-owned, had minority interest in a majority of those critical and critical earth mineral mines. And there was no U.S. ownership of any of those mines. Today in the Wall Street Journal is an article that claims that the Danes had kept Chinese critical investment out, anything sensitive. It's not true. It is fake news. The Danes allowed the Chinese full access. In fact, Denmark controls the foreign policy of Greenland and the entire government of Greenland and most of the CEOs were flown to Beijing in 2017. The red carpet rolled out for them. The C-suite executives around the table, what can we do for you? And they tried to pull them into their Belt and Road Initiative. So don't believe the stories that the Danes are telling. They allowed China to do a lot and they allowed Russia to do a lot in that region. And there are other issues that the Danes didn't take care of. But this is a great day and a win. It's for all of us, a great win. You're saying this is a great win. Can you also speak to us about Greenland's geographical location and why it matters so much to the U.S.? And how does this benefit the U.S. and national security? Sure. And that's really the bottom line, right? Why should we care? Why should the American people care that we, that President Trump and his team just achieved this win to control the security in Greenland? It's because of the location. Greenland is part of North America. It's right off the U.S. northeast coast. And it's one third the size of the continental U.S. So it's humongous with only about 57,000 people living there. So about the size of a small town or medium-sized town in the United States. And so it's unsecure. Denmark has the security and the foreign policy controls over Greenland. Basically, Greenland, the Greenlandic government controls the rest. But defense and foreign policy are two big things, right? And President Trump understood that without Denmark securing Greenland, and in fact, in the first Trump administration, President Trump said to the prime minister of Denmark, look, Greenland's not secure. You need to do more investments in the Arctic. You have to secure it because it's our neighbor. And she said, yes, I will. I'll invest $200 million. But she didn't. She invested about $2 million. And that was just for education, not for security. So Denmark had no interest or ability to defend Greenland or to develop it. So President Trump understands that Greenland controls the seas of the North Atlantic. And that's that big G.I.U.K. gap. And G.I.U.K. means Greenland, Iceland, and the U.K. So it's the North Atlantic seas. And that's where a lot of trade, our biggest trade is with the E.U. It's more than a trillion dollars a year. And that goes across the seas by ship, but also by plane. And then we have our defense, our offense and defense capabilities. We have to be able to get across the Atlantic. Whoever controls Greenland will control those seas and those skies. And Ambassador, you mentioned Chinese companies in the region earlier. I think we'd be remiss if we didn't go a bit deeper into this issue, because how notable do you think it is that China and Russia are being shut out as a result of this deal? Because President Trump is saying, quote, no U.S. adversary can ever have a base in Greenland or have a military presence in Greenland. What is your reaction to this? Well, I'm thrilled that President Trump has included that in the agreement, because Greenland's so large that there are people coming in and out that the Greenlanders and Danes don't even know who it is or that people are coming and going. It's so gigantic. They don't really have a control of their AOR, their area of responsibility. Now that it's going to be United States responsibility, we'll make sure that we have the technology and the personnel to know who is coming and going. This is a really big deal with the Russian ships and subs and the Chinese ships. And the fact that, for instance, those Greenlandic undersea cables get cut by ships that come in the area that are scientific ships or fishing ships, whatever. There's a lot of mischief. But there's also malign goals. China wrote a paper in 2018 called The Polar Silk Road. And in that, they claim the right to 40 percent of what's in the water and in the ground in the Arctic because they have 40 percent of the world's population. And they said they're a near Arctic country, which there's no such thing. There's nothing, nothing even close. And they're not close to the Arctic. So China's conflating things. But, you know, when you muscle, if you're persistent, sometimes you get there. I mean, look at them with the Spratly Islands. Xi told Obama, oh, we're not going to do anything there. We're not militarizing the Spratly Islands. We're just doing some things. But as a matter of fact, they made it like a giant military base, just this little coral reef that isn't even theirs. It belongs to another country. It's disputed. And so, for instance, China will make an effort to take advantage everywhere they can. And it's very, very insidious how the Chinese Communist Party works. And I'm not talking about the Chinese people. I'm talking about the party run by Chairman Xi and his henchmen. And so as President Trump meets with him this week, we have to look at the successes that President Trump has achieved in the United States. We're forecasted to have over 5 percent growth in the third quarter. He has removed the racist DEI policies from government and private sector. He's kept boys out of girls' bathrooms and out of their sports. The things he has done, like securing our borders so that the people, often enemies, but certainly people breaking into our country, can't. Let's not forget that China is now preventing their own citizens from leaving. And Ambassador, earlier you said this is a three-way victory. I'm wondering if we can highlight that a bit further, specifically on how Greenlanders benefit. I know you touched on this briefly, but maybe you can elaborate a bit further, paint us a clearer picture. How does this benefit Greenlanders? John, I'm really projecting here because the ink's not dry on the agreement. But as a matter of fact, I mentioned that Denmark can't afford to develop Greenland and doesn't really have the interest. They do a welfare payment, like a transfer to the Greenlanders every year. But it's just enough to keep their economy bumping along. It's kind of like when you go to a town that's run on welfare. So there's a lack of motivation for many of the citizens. It's sort of a malaise over their economy. And it doesn't mean that there aren't movers and shakers in Greenland doing very well. But in general, the people, it's like a welfare state. And so they don't have the opportunity because there hasn't been investment. Denmark's not going to do it. So I think if American companies with the backstop of DFC, Development Finance Corporation, and Ex-Im Bank, will be able to take the risk to invest in Greenland to help grow their economy so that Greenland has the Greenlandic dream achieved that they're capable of because they have tons of natural resources, beautiful places, sites to see. And they could really benefit. I think the easy win would be tourism to grow their tourist sector, but also diversify their economy further so that it's not just fishing. Because most of the economy in Greenland is from fishing and from the Danish welfare transfer. It's about 350 million a year. Well, all right, Ambassador. It's been terrific hearing your comments today. Thank you again for being on the show tonight. Thanks, Don. For the first time, residents in Russia-controlled territories in Ukraine are voting in Russian elections. Officials say some polling stations have already been affected by drone attacks. NTD's international correspondent, Arian Pasdar, has that story. Polling stations across Russia are open throughout the weekend to vote for Russia's lower House of Parliament. It's the first parliamentary election since the start of the war over four years ago. Also for the first time, residents in Russia-controlled territories in Ukraine are voting in a Russian election. Everyone is confident that the voice of Donbass residents will be heard. All our problems, all our wishes, together with our candidates who will pass and implement them. Ahead of the election, the NHL's highest all-time goal scorer, Alexander Ovechkin, made headlines when he appeared in a political ad for the governing party that backs President Vladimir Putin called United Russia. The Washington Capitals player explained his decision. The thing about the video, I'm Russian. As soon as I'm done playing hockey, I'm probably going to stay there. I'm going to live there. My kids are going to live there, family. And the ongoing war is affecting the polling process in various locations. In the Krasnodar region, one polling station had to be moved after a drone attack shattered its windows. In the Luhansk People's Republic, 14 polling stations were switched to backup power after drone attacks damaged power lines. Meanwhile, the Kremlin also keeps attacking Ukraine, striking a passenger train on Friday. Officials say at least one civilian is dead and eight others injured. Footage shows the damaged train, debris from the attack, and police officers at the scene. According to local officials in the Kharkiv region, the remaining passengers have been evacuated and the train is now stationary. Coming up in college football, Lane Kiffin and LSU travel to Ole Miss today to face his former team in a much-anticipated showdown. Dave Martin joins us with a closer look after this break. 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So a lot happening today, including baseball news, but I want to start with you with college football. So a number of ranked teams in action today. Can you talk to us about where things stand? Yeah, number of ranked teams in action. So I've got a whole lot of scores for you. Let's start with the games that have already ended. We've got a number of blowouts here to start the day. 14th ranked Penn State already beat Buffalo 55-13. 6th ranked Ohio State beat Kent State 59-3. Number 2, Georgia won at Arkansas 45-17. Now those are the games that have finished. A number of games are in the second half right now, including 12th ranked USC, which leads Rutgers 35-28. 16th ranked SMU, trails number 23, Louisville 28-24. 17th ranked Utah leads Utah State 33-0. Number 19, Michigan leads UTEP 45-14. 9th ranked Texas A&M, meanwhile, trails unranked Kentucky 28-14. Also going on right now, 10th ranked Alabama, trails unranked Florida State 21-13 at the half. 18th ranked Iowa, having no trouble with Northern Iowa, leading 49-0 there. And 4th ranked Indiana, defending champions, lead Western Kentucky 24-0. Now tonight, we've got the big ones. 7.30 Eastern time. 7th ranked LSU hosts, or I'm sorry, is at number 8 Ole Miss. It's Lane Kiffin's current team versus his former one. LSU looks like they will have starting quarterback Sam Leavitt available to play after him being listed as doubtful as late as Wednesday. Also tonight, starting at 7.30 Eastern time, Michigan State is at Notre Dame. 7.30 ranked BYU is at Colorado State. And at 8 PM, number one Texas hosts UTSA Longhorns coming off that win over Ohio State last Saturday night. That was kind of the game of the weekend. So they vaulted to number one in the rankings. So hope you enjoyed all those scores there, Don. It was a big game. It's a big day today. A lot of games going on. Would you say a lot of those college players, their aspirations are to move into the NFL, or this is just sort of a transition for them? Well, you know, it's getting a little complicated right now because before the name image likeness stuff came aboard and you could actually make money in college, yes, all of them were, of course, trying to go pro in some way. Now, though, you can, I mean, not every, of course, only maybe the top 5% are going to make it into the NFL every year. Meanwhile, there's, I don't know, 75% of the players who are at least on the Division I level are going to make some money actually playing college football. So it's not quite the same. It's actually helped a lot of kids stay in school. They want to stay because a lot of them can make six figures, at least in school, just starting for a good season. Six figures while still in school. Five figures, six figures, even seven figures for the best of them. Like the quarterback for LSU tonight, I guarantee he's making $4 or $5 million this year. Well, I missed my opportunity. You know what? I did, too, for a couple of reasons. I wasn't good enough. But, you know, some other people obviously were. So which sport would you have gone for? You know, I would have gone for basketball or baseball. I got to try out in baseball. Basketball, I loved playing basketball. Football, I got to say, I learned quickly, was not quite my sport. You have long legs, though. You know, I do have long legs. But you've got to be able to somehow seize a couple moves ahead. You've got to be able to catch the pass without worrying about getting hit head on. When I played, it was in the era where there wasn't much, you know, protecting players. You get hit in the head and everybody just kind of went with it. Now there's a whole bunch of protection. Well, maybe not football if there's not a lot of protection. But speaking of NFL, tomorrow, 14 games on the schedule. What matchups are you looking for? All right. First of all, Bears versus Vikings for one thing. Now, Chicago put up 59 points in their win last week. Vikings look like they can hang with them, though. They will beat it without starting quarterback Kyler Murray, who suffered a concussion in last week's game. Carson Wentz instead will be starting for them. Wentz came on in relief of Murray last week. So they'll be at 1 p.m. Eastern time tomorrow. Also at 1 p.m., the Patriots host the Steelers. Now, New England has had a rough loss in week one. Drake May uncharacteristically throwing three interceptions. They will face the Steelers who have Aaron Rodgers on quarterback. Rodgers has the lowest interception rate in NFL history. But he will be without one of the starting wide receivers. That is Michael Pittman. Then the Sunday night game, Chiefs versus the Colts. I'm very interested to see whether the Chiefs can kind of regain the explosive offense that kind of put them into winning their Super Bowls here. That's why they went out and signed running back Kenneth Walker in the offseason. Walker was great last week against Denver. And a look ahead to Monday night's game, when Aaron Donald is scheduled to make his NFL return. Donald was a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year who retired after the 2023 season. He unretired recently. He's scheduled to make his return to the NFL on Monday night against the Giants. So I'm definitely looking. I know you only asked for Sunday's game, but I threw in Monday's game as well, because I think we're all looking forward to that. At least I am. I mean, he's going to be 35 years old. The list of players who have, like, retired for a year in the NFL and come back to even be close to their self is very, very low. I mean, when Tom Brady retired, he only retired for, like, what, six weeks or something like that. A couple years ago. So it wasn't like it was a whole year or two. Two years retired at age 35. We'll be interested to see. But he was probably the best defensive tackle in the history of the league. So Dave, as you were speaking, I was paying attention to your B-roll and a lot of protection for those football players. So when you're saying during your days in school, there wasn't a lot of protection, what's the difference? Well, you know, they've done a lot of research into concussions, for one thing. Now, it used to be you could, you know, tackle a person. You pretty much lead with your head. You're like a missile going after somebody. And meanwhile, like if you're a receiver, you're looking to see where the ball is coming and to catch them. So you're not, you can't, while you're doing that, it's tough to see someone actually coming at you. And so there's plenty of times where people will get, you know, some pretty bad injuries just by getting hit head on just because. Are concussions like the top injury? Yeah, concussions are the top injury. I would say they're maybe the most protected injury. We'll say that. So now they have a whole bunch of new rules that protect what they call, I wouldn't say innocent. They protect players who are unprotected. Otherwise, like a receiver would be one thing. So that's one of the things they've done. Unfortunately, it's not enough to get me to play. Well, speaking of which, let's talk about baseball. The New York Yankees placed Aaron Judge back on the injured list yesterday, talking about protection, calf strain, right? So are they expecting him back for the playoffs? I don't think so. The Yankees have actually been very mum on this injury. Now, Judge left Wednesday's game with stiffness, they called it, in his leg. He had an MRI on Thursday that revealed the calf strain. The Yankees did not say how severe it was. They did not offer a time on in his return either. When manager Aaron Boone was asked whether Judge would return for the playoffs, he simply said, I don't know. Now, the playoffs start soon, September 29, which is just 10 days away. Judge is eligible to come off the 10-J injured lifts on the 27th. But even a minor groin strain typically takes two to three weeks to recover from. And unfortunately, this is pretty much summed up Judge's season, the reigning two-time MVP, this all June, July, and August with that fractured rib. It's actually somewhat amazing. The Yankees have not only stayed in playoff position, but they've actually clinched a playoff spot, though they are probably not going to actually win the division. So tough news for Yankees fans, but at least they are into the playoffs. Yeah, it's a tough sport. But it's a little bit slow for some people's liking. Do you agree with that or no? You know, I do agree with it. They have made it. They've definitely tried to make it a lot, I guess you could say, quicker. The big problem is the ball just is not being played enough. Usually, you're just seeing the pitcher throw to the catcher and back and forth. There's too many strikeouts and walks. It used to be the ball was in play a whole lot more, and so there's a lot more action. If you're a fan that hasn't been following the game, it is pretty slow to watch, I will say that. It has made it better. They got that pitch clock at 22nd, though. It used to be like no pitch clock, and so pitchers would take like a minute in between pitches. So I will say it's gotten better, Dom. All right, let me just ask you one last thing here. Yesterday marked the 27th anniversary of Jim Moore's Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Rays. What's so special about his career that they made a movie out of it? Well, I would say multiple things. For one thing, Morris was 35 years old at the time of his debut, which is actually the age most players are actually retiring very old for a rookie. So this is back in 1999, but he was actually a first-round pick back in 1983 of the Milwaukee Brewers. Toiled away in the minor leagues until 1989 for injuries. Seemingly ended his career. So he retired then, became a high school teacher out in Texas, and also a baseball coach throughout the 1990s. But after his players saw how hard he could still throw, his upper 90s he could throw, they convinced him to make a comeback in 1999. Now Morris agreed, but on one condition. The team had to make the playoffs. They did, and the rest is history. Morris then got, soon thereafter, got a tryout with the Tampa Bay Rays. And we just, in a couple months, all the way up to the big leagues. Pitching for two seasons there before calling up quits. Hollywood ends up making a movie out of it called The Rookie back in 2002, starring Dennis Quaid. So very interesting story. I mean, he pretty much did not play baseball for 10 years there between 1989 and 1999. But I mean, he's still coaching it. So he's pitching to his players, and all of a sudden they're like, well, you can throw 98 miles an hour. That is what you need to be pretty much to be in the big leagues. And so he goes up there. Plenty of players that get drafted never even make the big leagues. So then all of a sudden he gets a tryout. The tryout is into the minor leagues. He's only there for a couple months, and they realize his stuff is good enough to be in the big leagues. He gets there at age 35. It's an interesting story. All right, Dave, I'll ask you later if we're going to watch that movie. But we're out of time today. It's been great to speak with you. Thank you. Thank you, Don. And Americans continue to put a lot of trust on traditional therapy like talk therapy. But the practice has evolved over the years. In this preview of Vital Signs, clinical psychologist Dr. Jessica Russo unpacks some of the research-based forms of therapy out there today and how they help patients overcome problems in both the mind and body. Here's more. Dr. Russo, wonderful to have you join us on Vital Signs again. Thank you so much for having me. One of the things that when we talk about treating trauma, psychotherapy is the iconic trauma intervention. It's the enduring movie cliche from Prince of Tides to analyze this. Therapists in the armchair, patient lying on the couch, sharing their soul. I'm sure there's been a lot of advances over the years. Does psychotherapy still have something to offer, in your opinion? I think it absolutely does. I think any therapy has something to offer when they are allowing the patient to connect to their unconscious experience or connecting to their body. When we talk about connecting to the body, we're talking about the unconscious mind. So any therapeutic modality can do this. When talk therapy first started, first became popular, this was the 19th century and it was the talking cure. And this was free association. So the idea was to throw out a word and have a patient just immediately respond without having to think. So without accessing that conscious mind where we have so many defenses, right? Our intellectualization, our rationalization. This is where we don't want to look at things. So if we're just thinking and talking from our conscious mind, we're not going to get anywhere. The mind-body practices have a way of directly accessing the unconscious. So sometimes they can work better, but traditional talk therapy is still great as long as you have this component of connecting the unconscious with the conscious. Very interesting that that theme has permeated psychotherapy or these interventions for trauma from the beginning, this idea of accessing the conscious even in talk therapy. You mentioned mind-body practices. What would you give as an example of that? EMDR is a great one that's very popular now. There's been a lot of research to show that this really works. It's an eight-stage process with a focus on bilateral stimulation. And this is something we're all hardwired to do. From the very beginning, we crawl. So we put up our right hand and then we move our left leg. It's always bilateral, right? We run, we walk. And people will say, you take a walk, you'll feel better. That's not just being out in the fresh air, but it's the bilateral stimulation that allows things to get moving. So with trauma, things get stuck. With bilateral stimulation, you can unblock that stuck process, get things moving again. So it can be very, very healing. There's something called focusing. I do a lot of that. That's with a big F. That is a process that helps you access unconscious content through bodily awareness. So you notice your core, your throat, chest, and abdomen. If there's tension there, maybe you get butterflies in your stomach. You want to notice, okay, what's that about? And then you're starting a dialogue with your unconscious mind, and then you can get to all of this material that you've blocked through your conscious mind. And there's so many other modalities, neuroemotional technique, somatic focusing. There's a lot out there. Interesting the way you frame that as a kind of communication from the unconscious, if I understood correctly, the uncomfortable feeling, the butterflies in the stomach, the tension is a way that the unconscious is communicating with the conscious mind. Yeah, that's the point of any kind of therapy. You've got to get the unconscious on the same page with the conscious, because if you can't see it in front of you, there's nothing you can do. EMDR is something that's always intrigued me. And I know it's not completely understood how it works and how it produces these quite amazing effects in people that are comparable to some of the leading treatments for trauma. What is your theory on why it works? What are the prevailing theories on why it works the way it does? Well, there's two theories. One is the REM sleep model. So the hypothesis here is that what's happening in EMDR with the bilateral stimulation, traditionally, a therapist would move her hand back and forth. So this was eye movement. So your eye is going back and forth. Same thing that happens during REM sleep. During REM sleep, we're processing events and memories, and we're doing it in a way so that when it's healthy, not when we're traumatized, what the brain is doing is it's siphoning off all the extra material, the intense affect that goes with memories or could go with memories, down to the most important pieces. And these are the pieces we can learn from. So that's the idea with EMDR, eye movement desensitization reprocessing. So the theory is developed by Francine Shapiro. She came up with this idea that with trauma, we maladaptively process information or store information. So we believe that the traumatic event that has now passed is still happening. This is how our body's reacting. So we get stuck on this loop. But with a bilateral stimulation, it helps to unblock that. And this may be because of just simply the movement. It may be because it's getting the content out of the right hemisphere where there's a lot of emotional activation into the left hemisphere that can more accurately analyze and look at things with some distance and say, okay, this was scary. It's no longer happening. To see that full interview and others on how to optimize health, go to ept.ms forward slash vital signs. Vital signs offers general health information, not intended as medical diagnosis or advice. Please consult your doctor before undertaking a new health regimen. Coming up, a lost piece of ancient Rome has been uncovered beneath one of the city's most famous landmarks and is now open to the public for the first time. More after this break. Boxes everywhere. And this is going to be Addie's room. I think you're really going to like it. I hope so. First night here. But Amy seems cool. I got this. My 15 year old son, Ethan and I had a fun and relaxing morning. We returned home and Ethan walked to his best friend's house an hour later. I heard the ambulance scream by the street carrying my beautiful boy. Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house with an unsecured gun. He had zero chance of survival. The father of the gun owner, he stored his three guns and bullets in a shoebox. How do you feel? That has to be the most horrific experience that a human could ever have. David, would you give any advice? First thing you do is not keep your ammunition with your weapons and that your weapons need to be locked at all times. For decades, I've taught you everything I know. How to safely build a fire and how to control the flames. But I can only teach wildfire prevention. Only you can prevent wildfires. A major discovery in Rome is now opening to the public. It's a massive mosaic and Fresno is depicting everything from elaborate architecture to a detailed Roman port city. The works have now been restored and are being shown to visitors for the first time. From above, an underground discovery comes into view. The recently restored painted city fresco and great mosaic sits in an underground gallery at the Baths of Trajan near the Colosseum and now opens to the public for the first time. Visits are limited to groups of 15 with weekend access starting this month as part of a trial period. Officials are watching how the delicate works respond to increased humidity and the climate before opening them more widely. But the Baths of Trajan are more than a place to bathe. They had not only traditional thermal facilities but also, for the first time, gardens, places for sports and places of culture. In fact, most likely, archaeologists understood that the exedra above us contained the shelves of a library. The mosaic stands about 15 meters high with columns, architectural details and figures spread across four levels. It is a subject that develops across four levels because we have the two upper levels with this perspective of a scene that is almost theatrical, that is organized with stands and architectural projections that are truly surprising. The Baths of Trajan date back to 109 AD, covering 15 acres and was, at the time, the largest bath complex in the world. It incorporates the earlier Domus Aurea and a grand semi-circular upper-level library. Archaeologists believe the space is part of the bath complex. The painted city shows a walled port from above. Gualtieri says it's the largest wall fresco of its kind from ancient Rome. Above all, it allows you to see, to have a view of a Roman city as it was and of a Roman port. The lower part of the port was discovered by our archaeologists recently. In short, it is a detailed description of a port of extraordinary wealth, very dense with buildings and colonnades. It is impressive to see that Roman ports were like this. They're not so strong now, so it's really something unique. I don't want to exaggerate, but they tell me that I can say it is the largest fresco and the largest mosaic ever found from the Roman era, intact or partially intact of this type. Excavations continue around the two works, which are now preserved as part of a museum. And that's it for tonight. Thank you for watching NTD Newsroom. I'm Dan Ma. Good night.