NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 26)

Welcome to Entity Evening News. Here are our top stories tonight. The latest on a proposed peace deal from Iran. President Trump weighing in on what he says makes Iran's offer unacceptable. President Trump cancels nearly $1 billion of funding approved by Congress. We unpack the move with an economist. A rare September nor'easter is kicking off the fall season, bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the northeast. Don't take this lightly. Don't tempt mother nature. Don't risk your life. And in college football, President Trump on hand today to witness number one in a thriller down in Tennessee. Entity's Dave Martin joins us with all the details. And one of the most important frescoes by a 14th century master is restored to life in Italy, featuring St. Francis and the chapel. This is Entity Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Arlene Richards. An update on a proposed Iran ceasefire. President Trump today saying he's rejecting Iran's deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz immediately, calling the deal not acceptable. Because they're dying. Why they're dying? The president says Iran is losing so badly because they outsmarted themselves by closing the strait in an effort to cause a problem for the world. But now he says the U.S. has total control of the strait after the U.S. put up what he calls the greatest blockade in military history. According to President Trump, massive amounts of oil are coming out of the strait, including 29 ships coming out yesterday. The president says he's open to making a deal, but he's not allowing Iran to use the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration is moving to pull back what it calls masterful spending. President Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in funding approved by Congress using a rare pocket rescission. The cuts target initiatives related to illegal immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion. The move allows the funding to expire before Congress can act. The majority of cuts target federal programs aiding immigrants, including illegal immigrants. Republican Senator Susan Collins from Maine responded saying the funds were intentionally withheld to complete what she called unlawful cancellation. Meanwhile, the White House says it's committed to cutting spending that does not benefit U.S. citizens. From the United Nations to a deal signed with Denmark and Greenland, a busy week for the Trump administration. The president defending national sovereignty, criticizing mass migration and rallying allies against cartels. Entities Daniel Monahan has your White House week in review. President Trump addressing the U.N., accusing the organization of failing to protect cultural heritage. With their ceaseless promotion of mass migration, these globalists are actively destroying the greatest cultures and most extraordinary heritage in all of history. There is no human right to illegal immigration, but there is a right to remain a sovereign nation. And we want to remain a sovereign nation. And so should you. The president saying he has used strength to make America the most powerful country in the world. While others have spoken of peace, I have made peace. While others have ignored threats, I have confronted them. President Trump meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky this week. Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying both countries expressing interest in a limited ceasefire involving grain and energy. Ultimately, we all want this war to end. And that's the one thing about Russia and Ukraine, I will say is that war is not going to end on the battlefield. That war is going to end, I think everyone acknowledges, with a negotiated agreement. President Trump meeting with 14 Latin American and Caribbean nations in the Americas, an anti-cartel coalition launched by the Trump administration. The U.S. cartels have waged war on the people of the hemisphere now. We're waging war on them. President Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signing an agreement that permits a larger U.S. military presence on Greenland. We'll be working very hard and very much in conjunction with each other. A deal that can last forever. This deal is good for the United States. It's good for Greenland, for Denmark, for the NATO alliance, and therefore also good for Europe. President Trump holding talks this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. A trade truce that was set to expire November 10th now runs to January 10th. The Trump administration urging Beijing to fully deliver on its commitments. The friction between the Trump administration and certain media outlets continuing this week, a judge ruling that White House access must be restored to the three barred networks, CNN, Politico, and MSNOW. And I think that these outlets have an obligation to be fair. President Trump invited by New York City Mayor Zoran Mondani to Gracie Mansion. The pair discussing quality of life issues for New Yorkers, including affordable housing. I appreciate the president, his interest in this, and we also know the president not just as the leader of the country, but also as someone who has built quite a lot of housing here in our city. I don't know... Secure elections in the spotlight. The Justice Department unsealing an indictment Tuesday, accusing a former US postal worker of throwing hundreds of mail-in ballots into a dumpster in Utah. Election integrity, which includes ballot integrity, by the way, should be a nonpartisan issue. First Lady Melania Trump discussing her favorite part of being first lady, speaking on Fox News. To have a power to change children's and people's lives, and also with the Ukraine and Russia reunification. The first lady also ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. A week of high-stakes diplomacy at home and abroad, with the midterm elections now less than six weeks away. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. And President Trump says it's a big day for American auto workers and car buyers. He announced today the adoption of new fuel economy standards that eliminate an EV mandate put in place under former President Biden. He says the new standards will take the waste out of building cars in America, which means lower prices for consumers. And a rare storm is taking over the East Coast this weekend, as an early season nor'easter delivers strong rain and winds. New York Governor Kathy Hochul warns people to stay away from water. Stay out of the water. Stay away from the water. Don't go near boats. Just be smart if you live in those coastal areas. Because between the vicious rip currents, the heavy winds and the mammoth waves, conditions are extremely dangerous. Anyone who goes in or near the water this weekend is literally gambling with their life. Conditions are expected to worsen around tonight's high tide and coastal areas such as along the Jersey Shore. Seeing flooding. Meanwhile, more than 70,000 people in the region are without power as strong winds of up to 60 miles per hour knock down trees and power lines. The storm is also disrupting travel and events in the region, causing flight delays and cancellations, and forcing some concerts and sporting events to be canceled or rescheduled. And Tesla has opened a new factory in Nevada. The company says the facility will increase production of its electric semi-trucks. And it is David Lam reports. Plans for ramping up the number of electric semi-trucks to hit the road are seeing reality. Tesla opened its first heavy-duty truck factory in Sparks, Nevada on Thursday. The car manufacturer plans to produce 50,000 of its semi-models each year at its 1.8 million square foot space. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the trucks will have self-driving features in the near future. So this is really going to be a game-changer truck. The semi was first unveiled in 2017. Tesla offered the trucks in limited quantities to early customers, including PepsiCo. It's going to be really also a driver's truck. Drivers are going to love driving this truck because it just has so much acceleration. It's almost like a sports car in truck form. Tesla has said it invested at least $6.2 billion into the Gigafactory since 2014 and hired 11,000 employees as of 2023. The factory opening comes as competition increases across the globe for electric vehicles. Other competitors like Aurora Innovation and Kodiak Robotics are already conducting driverless tests and moving cargo on public U.S. roads. Also, the long-awaited Tesla Roadster was teased this week, hinting at the debut of Tesla's electric sports car next week. David Lam, NTD News. TikTok heads to trial. An Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, made the app addictive to young users and misled the public about its safety. It's the first case against the company to reach trial in the nationwide wave of lawsuits over social media's effects on teens. Alabama alleges TikTok's algorithm pushes young users toward violent and self-harm content. It also says the company misled users about the Chinese government's access to their data. TikTok says teen safety is a key priority and argues that federal law shields it from liability. The trial begins Monday in Montgomery and could last up to three weeks. And coming up, President Trump cancels nearly $1 billion of funding approved by Congress. We unpack the move with an economist. At this moment, neighbors are packing and loading boxes. And inside, food for a family, breakfast for a child. And not a moment too soon. The economy is crushing moms like me right now. 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There are real consequences to controlled media and NTD's founders know them firsthand. Our freedom of thought is the price. This is the lesson that guides us in everything we do. We know the value of a free society and we take seriously the responsibility to preserve it. We are NTD. Today, the Trump administration taking action on what it calls wasteful and harmful spending, clawing back nearly $1 billion. And joining us now is economist Michael Bussler. He's also a professor of finance at Stockton University and a public policy analyst. Michael, welcome to the show. Good to see you. Thanks for having me. It's always my pleasure to be here. All right, so before we begin, Michael, I want to highlight where some of the money would have gone according to the administration. So we have $567 million for taxpayer-funded HHS services for non-citizens, $15 million for a Biden-era welfare program for illegal immigrants, and $70 million for education funding for WOKE International Education. So what is your reaction to this? So first of all, look at the big picture a minute. So Congress authorizes spending. They're supposed to pass a budget every year. They don't do that. They pass what's called a continuing resolution, which buys some time for a while. But anyway, so they pass a spending. The executive branch, the president, is responsible for spending what Congress has appropriated. Now, President Trump said, look, you've appropriated nearly a billion dollars here for things that we haven't spent yet, and I don't think we should spend the money. So the fifth year runs out September 30th. It's technically illegal for him just to say, I'm not spending the money, although you might question why that's the case. If the president feels that money's been authorized but really shouldn't be spent, he would argue he has the right not to spend it. However, the way it's supposed to work, if he just doesn't spend it, it's called a pocket rescission, which is technically illegal. So to stay with the law, he approached Congress and he said there's $810 million funds that we won't be able to spend by September 30th, and we'd like to not spend it. Historically, the executive branch doesn't take that position. If Congress has authorized funds, the executive branch usually says, let's make sure we spend it because if we don't spend it when we apply for more spending next year, we won't be able to get it because Congress will say, look, last year we gave it to you, you didn't need it. So usually, the executive branch will just spend the money to make sure it's in the budget. But President Trump recognizes that we have an annual budget deficit approaching $2 trillion per year. We have a public debt, which is the accumulation of all deficits, $40 trillion, and any areas where the president feels that spending can be reduced, he's going to try to do that. Now, you talk about this pocket rescission, you say this was illegal, but do we expect him to do this some more? I think he will. This happened last year, and it got to the Supreme Court, and there was some kind of an emergency ruling that allowed him to do it. But they said this is not a permanent thing. It's just a one-time thing. So President Trump would say, look, I was able to do this last year. I'd like to do it again this year to try to keep spending down, reduce the deficit, and eventually work on the public debt. So I think he's going to try to do it. Now, if Congress says no, you have to spend it before September 30th, we have a little bit of a problem, and I'm not sure what he's going to do. Well, you know, President Trump has his own opinions as to what's wasteful, but people have different opinions on that and what's wasteful or harmful spending. But many might be unaware of what we're actually spending money on. So how do we change that? So this money is being spent primarily on non-citizens, and President Trump's whole position is America first, the U.S. citizens first. And if someone is not a citizen, President Trump's view, if they're not a citizen, they shouldn't be entitled to any benefits that citizens would be entitled to. Now, some states disagree with that. California, for instance, is very generous with their spending on non-citizens, even offering them health care. Trump takes a different view that we should, we're having enough trouble meeting our budgetary spending for citizens. I don't think he would say we should spend money on non-citizens. Members of Congress, I'm not sure that they agree with that, particularly the Democratic Party, they feel that these immigrants are in the country, and since they're in the country, they should be entitled to some benefits, health care, welfare, that sort of thing. And President Trump disagrees. So we'll have, by the end of the month, somebody's got to resolve this. So you say a lot of the spending is being done on non-citizens, and we need to change that and spend more on the citizens. But is there anything else that would make a significant dent in our $40 trillion national debt? No. I don't know why Congress isn't doing anything. I've been talking about the public debt for decades, and every president that comes into office says, well, we'll get through this year. If we can't get a budget, we'll pass a resolution. Let's get through. I'll kick the can down the road and the next president could take care of this. And this has really been going on since Reagan, when he ran up, similar to what President Trump is doing, he ran up very large deficits. He did cut social programs, but like the president, he increased military spending to make the military stronger. And the reason a lot of the Democrats have a problem with this is they say, look, you just asked Congress in fiscal year 27, which begins October 1st, you just asked Congress for $1.5 trillion in military spending and you have your reasons for it, etc. But the Democrats are going to say, listen, we don't need to spend all that money on military and defense of the country, etc. We should spend more money on social programs. And that's why we think this money should be spent. Somebody has got to eventually say we can't keep spending money we don't have. Already, the 10 year Treasury bond is up over 5 percent. The 20 year is well over 5 percent. Hasn't been that way in a number of years. Part of the reason is we have such large debt and we're borrowing so much money, higher interest rates are necessary to attract enough capital to buy those those bonds. But we have to do something at some point. The first thing to do, as I always say, if you're stuck in a deep hole, we have a 40 trillion dollar public debt in a deep hole. The first thing to do is stop digging. So what does that mean? Stop running deficits every year. So we'll try to balance the budget. I don't know how much of an effort Congress has put into this because they've only balanced the budget for four years in the last 63. But I don't know how much of an effort. But at some point, we're going to have to say, look, we're going to have to balance the budget so the public debt doesn't get any larger. Once we do that, we can work on some ways to do that. But the immediate concern is to balance the annual budget. President Trump says we have to spend more on militaries, all kinds of problems. But there's some social programs here that we can cut and it won't cause any harm to American citizens. So that's why he's in favor of this. Well, you mentioned American citizens, and I wonder how how much American citizens really know the significance of the national debt. I mean, to some, it might just be a number they hear tossed around kind of casually. But what are the real world impacts of this national debt? So the average American, he's been the average American has been hearing that the public debt is a problem and it's going to create problems going forward. And they've been hearing that for 20, 30 years now. So they're getting a little bit numb to to to hearing this. But as I say, the debt is getting very large and we need to do something about it. So how does it affect the average person? It drives up interest rates. If you go to get a mortgage today, the mortgage rates are over 7 percent now. A year or a little over a year ago, they were down under six. Part of the reason for that, part of the reason is inflation is so high. But part of the reason is that the public debt is so large that interest rates have to go up in order to attract capital to affect the average person. Higher interest rates. And although you don't see this easily, if the federal government is taking 40 trillion dollars out of capital markets, it could create a capital shortage. And I would argue we really have a capital shortage today. And when you have a capital shortage, business goes to expand. They can't raise capital. Consumers want loans. Banks have to get from depositors and other areas. But with the debt as large as it is, that demands on capital markets will continue to raise interest rates. That's going to hurt consumers, mortgages. Eventually, all other interest rates will tend to trickle up. So it's really the immediate impact is interest rates. The longer term impact is, look, the federal government will spend over 7 trillion. Well, they spend that much money, but 7 trillion dollars, 7.3 trillion this year. Of that, almost 1 trillion dollars goes for interest on the public debt. So if we had a smaller debt and lower interest payments, that's money that the federal government could use for more productive things, more social programs or whatever the government decides. You know, Michael, I think that a lot of people understand what a budget is. They understand what debt is. But for some reason, you know, it's kind of hard to understand the government's debt. Michael Bussler, thank you so much for coming on and thanks for your expertise. Always my pleasure. And count down to the midterms. With the November elections just weeks away, the federal government has released its plan to secure the nation's election infrastructure. The plan from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency outlines potential threats to voting systems. It also lists free services the agency offers to state and local election officials. The 13-page document warns of software flaws, hacks on voter registration, databases, insider threats and physical risks such as bomb threats. It says longstanding safeguards like having ballots handled by bipartisan teams of two can address most insider threats. It also points to other common practices like allowing observers during ballot counting and keeping strict chain of custody procedures. The plan recommends paper ballots, saying they are easy to review and help ensure transparency. And a warning from law enforcement after primary wins across the country, including three that ousted sitting Democratic members of Congress. Democratic socialist candidates now face voters in November. Their national platform calls for fully abolishing the police and prisons. And it is Daniel Monahan spoke with a retired police chief who says voters should take that plan seriously. Retired police chief Tom Weitzel says he stayed out of politics during his career because he had to work with both sides of the aisle. But when the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, put out their public agenda for policing police, the courts, even corrections, I was shocked. And they're blunt about it. And there doesn't seem to be any real pushback, even from some top police leadership in America. Weitzel says police should take the DSA at their word. Abolish police, dismantle policing. And their agenda says things such as they do want to dismantle policing. They want no prisons. They want no police unions at all. They support having no misdemeanor offenses in America. DSA co-chair Megan Romer lays out the group's goals, confirming the DSA wants to abolish the Senate, ICE, and prisons. Speaking on Fox News. Is there anybody that should be incarcerated? I mean, rapists, child predators, murderers? Yeah. So the long-term plan, when we think about most people who are in prison, they are mostly in prison for crimes of poverty. But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the really, you know, like the murderers and rapists. Yeah. So when we get rid of this need for crimes of poverty to exist, when we get rid of that destabilizing force that creates so many people who are living in desperate situations and doing desperate things, that brings those numbers down to very small numbers. To at least get educated on what their agenda is, because they are picking up steam and they are getting supporters. So if there's anybody out there that says, oh, you know what, this is just going to go away. Well, I have news for you. It's not just going away. The DSA also wants to end qualified immunity for police, which is legal protection against certain civil lawsuits. Weitzel says that alone would stop recruiting in its tracks. So if they take away qualified immunity from law enforcement, nobody's joining the force. I can tell you that right now. Because, you know, if you make a mistake, it's a mistake. You should have qualified immunity. The retired police chief says you can forget about calling 9-1-1 to report certain crimes. They don't even want the police responding to lower level crimes. So, you know, nuisance crimes are what people used to call me when I was still active as a chief in Riverside on quality of life issues that they call the police about. Forget about it. That's not happening. The police will not be responding. The DSA platform also calls for civilian oversight boards with real authority over the police. Weitzel says that would take command away from the people trained to lead. You know, police need to be accountable too. OK, but not accountable to DSA because DSA doesn't want to be accountable to anybody. So they want civilian oversight boards to literally run the departments, produce policies, procedures for police agencies. The end result, he warns. Yeah, like I said earlier, total lawlessness in the country and chaos. And you would have police officers leaving the profession en masse. And I'm talking about large numbers. With November approaching, Weitzel says elections matter and that voters should read the DSA's platform before casting a ballot. Daniel Monaghan, NTD News. Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping departed on Friday from Washington, D.C. after his first visit to the White House in over a decade. Lawmakers used the summit as an opportunity to denounce Xi and the Chinese Communist Party over Beijing's harmful actions on the global stage. NTD's Fiona Ji reports. This week in the nation's capital, lawmakers calling out Xi for his aggression against America and Americans. She's a despicable person that is killing us with fentanyl, building a military to try to defeat us. Our commander in chief should keep in mind that his guest is a brutal, unelected and oppressive dictator who seeks to dominate his neighbors and whose massive military arsenal is aimed directly at the United States of America. Others saying that China cannot be trusted in the AI race and in the technological industry in general. Well, I don't trust China. I haven't trusted China. And I think we need to treat this the same as we do with our nuclear triad. We need to have strategic deterrence. I do think China poses an existential threat to our status as a world superpower. They want to be the world's sole superpower. Another hot button issue is China's violation of human rights and persecution of religious groups. Decry Xi, who I said is the number one villain around the world when it comes to human rights violations. You are a disgrace and you need to leave American soil because you do not stand with our values as a country and we will hold you accountable for what you've done to my constituents and to so many around the world. Representative John Molinar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, also saying that Xi could learn a thing or two from the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence, which he saw on a visit to the National Archives Museum earlier today. Molinar writes, quote, America's values are life and liberty for all people, while the values of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party are tyranny, genocide, and oppression. We can only hope that Xi Jinping's visit to the home of America's founding documents inspires him to end his cruel policies and allow the Chinese people to have freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and free, prosperous lives. Now that Xi has left the United States, the work still remains. Lawmakers are urging Americans to realize the threats posed by the Chinese regime and to come together and work as a team to counter them. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Fiona Ji, NTD News. And coming up in college football, President Trump on hand today to witness number one in a thriller down in Tennessee. And Denise David Martin joins us with all the details. 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, 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. Being a cowboy, I don't know anything different. I had a very successful career. Life was fast. I was preparing physically. I wasn't doing anything mentally. And then I got hurt. I dug into mental health. I wanted to be better as a person. I start my day with a workout. I live life eight seconds at a time. Find a place to stop and just breathe. Love your mind. If you love them enough to crawl into a play place to get them to come down, then surely you'll check nhtsa.gov slash the right seat to make sure they're in the right car seat. For decades, I've taught you everything I know. But only you can prevent wildfires. What's happened to this world we're living in? Why? For the four years he has been on this earth, he has known nothing but war. Wherever I go, the things I see, I just want to turn away. The dreams I have, the stories I could tell, will they still be possible? This year, more than ever, I need a brand new world, a Ganjing World where I can improve myself and be inspired. My stage can be anywhere and everywhere, but it begins here. Ganjing World, a brighter way of life. And now for your sports news, we're joined by NTD's Dave Martin. Dave, good to see you as always. Good to see you, Arlene. How's it been today? I hear it is a big college football day today with President Trump. Hopefully you saw me screaming there at some point. It was a very exciting game, I'll say that. Maybe it didn't go that great for Tennessee, at least the whole game. Trump, though, saw a very exciting game here. Texas holding on for a 20-17 win over the 14th ranked Volunteers. It was the first time any sitting president had visited an island stadium in Tennessee for a football game. It was a real defensive struggle, actually. Texas' defense mainly was a little better, though, in getting 10 sacks of Tennessee's quarterbacks. Now, for perspective, Tennessee only completed 18 passes on the day. They did make it close, though, at the end. They were recovering an onside kick, but to no avail. They were not able to get a field goal to send this to overtime. Elsewhere today, though, 7th ranked Ohio State beat Illinois 42-19. 11th ranked Texas Tech beat Sam Houston 49-14, plus Notre Dame blew out Purdue 49-10. 16th ranked Louisville, meanwhile, fell at home to Wake Forest 30-27. Right now, we've got a bunch of good games going on right now. 2nd ranked Georgia leads Oklahoma 31-6 in Athens. 4th ranked Ole Miss fresh off their big win over LSU last week. They trail 21st ranked Florida 31-21 in Gainesville. 15th ranked Utah leads Iowa State 24-10. Number 18, Michigan trails. Number 17, Iowa 14-13, plus 25th ranked Houston leads Georgia Southern 35-21. And number 13, Penn State leads Wisconsin 17-0 at home. Tonight, we've got some more games. Actually, number 6, Miami plays Central Michigan in a game that's just starting right now. Then at the top of the hour, Arlene, I've got like five more games here. We've got 8th ranked Alabama playing South Carolina. That's at 7 p.m. Eastern time. A couple more big games between ranked teams. We've got 10th ranked LSU faces number 23, Texas A&M. That's a big one because both teams lost last week. And then big 20, we've got 4-0 USC facing number 24, Oregon. Now, if you remember, Oregon lost two weeks ago. Last week, they looked pretty mad if they lost. They won. They beat Portland State 84-0. So the big news is a whole bunch of games are going on. Number one, Texas won, and Trump was there to see it. All right, and you know, speaking of President Trump, I have a few little notes here that I found out about this. So he's attended more college football games than any recent president, and just so happens that he's in Tennessee and Texas wins as the Congress has been trying to solve a debate over this role of money in college sports. Now, there's this act, right? There's a bill going on. Tell us a little bit about that. Yeah, the Save College Sports Act. Well, the money that the players are getting, I'm all for it. I think it's great for the game, great for the players. It actually keeps the players in college, so that's always a good thing. The bill has not been passed yet, but basically, the bill is going to allow the players, or it's going to kind of limit the players, restrict them, but only one transfer before you become a grad student. So basically, one every four years. At this point, you could transfer every single year, play for a different team every single year, because really, the transfer portal is like free agency in these pro sports. You go to the highest offer. For the players, it's great because you do maximize value, and I think maybe sometimes the fans aren't so thrilled about it just because it's hard to keep track on your team, exactly who is there and who is not. It's like a new roster every year. Basketball and baseball, it's kind of crazy that way. So that's really the big part that I see the Save College Sports Act. Yeah, from what I understand, it's probably going to pass pretty soon. I mean, they had a big press conference about it, so I think they're hopeful that it'll happen. Yeah, everything I've seen about it, it seems to have bipartisan support, so it seems like this is going to happen. Right. So let's move on to baseball. The regular season ends tomorrow. So where does this thing stand there? Yeah, we've got two playoff spots left, one in each league, American League, National League, four teams still in competition for them. Now, one of those spots is the National League wildcard, the final wildcard spot there, down to Philadelphia and Arizona. Now, the Phillies lead the Diamondbacks by one game with two to play, but that lead was four games with five to play just a few days ago. Arizona's got hot. They've won six straight games overall. They still have to win tonight against San Diego to have a chance. Now, they do hold a tiebreaker over Philadelphia if the two teams end up tied tomorrow if Philadelphia plays the Rays right now. Now, the other playoff spot left is the American League for whatever team can win the AL West Division. We've got two teams alive there, Houston and Texas. Texas plays Minnesota today in a game that was delayed by rain at the start. Houston, meanwhile, plays tonight against the A's. Should these two teams end in a tie, Houston owns the tiebreaker advantage there. Like you said, tomorrow is the end of baseball's regular season, and then the playoffs begin on Tuesday. And I think really the big story of the playoffs is going to be, you know, can the Dodgers win a third straight World Series? Will Shohei Otani be a factor? He's been injured for, I believe, the last two months. Plus, we've got Aaron Judge of the Yankees. These are the two people who've won MVPs each of the last two years in both of the leagues. Both players have been injured, so we'll have to see what those two players have here for the playoffs. Well, I'm also wondering about the Tigers. As I saw, there was a very heartfelt sendoff to Justin Verlander, the pitcher. So tell us about that. Yeah, Justin Verlander, future Hall of Famer. It was a very touching sendoff, I'll say. 43-year-old Justin Verlander made his final start of his big league career today. Pitched five and a third innings for Detroit, allowing just two earned runs. The Tigers, meanwhile, pulled off a comfort behind, winning three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Quite an exciting end to Verlander's career. Now, earlier in the game, it was a very touching moment when he left the game. His seven-year-old daughter, Genevieve, ran out to the mound to give him a hug as he left. He got a very nice ovation from the fans. Also, his wife and youngest son were also there with a pregame ceremony in his honor. Now, Verlander made his major league debut all the way back in 2005. He's won three Cy Young Awards. That's the fourth most all-time. He's one of just 25 pitchers to win an MVP as well. He also won a pair of World Series titles with Houston there. His 266 wins are 37th most all-time. He's eighth career in strikeouts. He will be in the Hall of Fame as soon as he retires, which it will be at the end of the season. Five years from now, I'm sure he will get on as the first-ballot Hall of Famer when all is said and done. Congratulations to him. I watched it. It was really touching with his daughter running out there, giving a big hug. He didn't want to let her go. He was tearful, but I think it was a nice end all. It was. If you saw the ceremony beforehand, of course, he's wiping back tears. Obviously, his daughter, his wife, holding their young son as well. It was really nice enough. I got to say, Verlander, he had a lot of success against my favorite team. He was very good against the Royals, but I will definitely miss seeing the guy compete out there. He was one of the best. All right, and now for something we haven't seen before. A new segment, Once Upon a Time in Sports. Tell us about it. What do you got? Here we go. 25 years ago this week, the sports world, specifically the NFL, unpaused after the 9-11 attacks. As soon as 9-11 happened, everything seemed to be put on pause. The stock market paused for about a week. News coverage, of course, was 24-7 about the attacks there over the tragedy. The sports world paused as well. 9-11 was a Tuesday, and by Sunday, the sports world still in mourning. So there was no NFL games then on September 16th. So they didn't actually start playing again until September 23rd. When they did return, they honored, of course, all of their first responders. It was really the stadiums were as patriotic as they got. Fans brought flags there. Players wore NYPD and NYFD hats in appreciation of those first responders. Really, I never saw more patriotism in general living in this area than I did in those first couple of weeks after 9-11. And I'm not just talking about sporting events. I remember seeing flags all over the highways as well. I mean, on my commute, I would see flags everywhere. It felt like everybody was just nicer, at least for a couple of weeks there. There was this real sense of unity. And you saw it, of course, in the sports world as well. I don't think I'll ever forget what happened there. You know, I always love sports history, and I think everybody loves to hear all the good things that happen in sports history. 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This masterpiece by Giotto, The Stories of St. Francis, has undergone a four-year restoration. The frescoes were unveiled ahead of the 800th anniversary of the saint's death on October 4th. Painted by the Italian master in the early 1300s, it adorns a chapel in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence. Work to remove centuries of wear allowed for new insights into the techniques used by Giotto and his collaborators. What this restoration allows us to see and interpret, which is almost an unveiling, as it has removed the later additions and layers that obscure Giotto's original vision, is the extraordinary mastery of an artist who transformed Western painting, an artist who knew how to draw upon a profound capacity for expression. The frescoes cover about 180 square meters inside the Bardi Chapel and tell seven key stories from the life of St. Francis. St. Francis was a 13th century Italian friar who gave up his wealth to live a life of poverty and founded the Franciscan religious order. The scenes show Francis giving up his worldly possessions, the founding of the Franciscan order, and his famous trial by fire, where he offered to walk through flames to convert the Sultan of Egypt. They also depict his death in an apparition after his death. The frescoes become famous for the way Giotto captured human emotion through facial expressions and gestures. A great many decorative details have been lost. However, what this restoration has gained, thanks to the fresh perspective arising from the research carried out over recent decades, is the opportunity to reinterpret the architectural innovation that underpinned the entire structure, which Giotto considered fundamental. The restoration strengthened the most fragile parts of the fresco, removed dirt and damaged materials, and replaced old restoration materials with ones better suited to the original plaster. The story also reflects a long tradition of private support for the arts. In the Middle Ages, the wealthy Bardi banking family funded the chapel and commissioned Giotto to paint the frescoes. Today that tradition continues. About 250 private donors contributed nearly $800,000 toward the $1.5 million restoration. The Bardi family were prominent Florentine merchants, but above all, bankers in the Middle Ages, who were of course the patrons of the time, what we would call today a patronage chapel, and whose story remains relevant today because, in the case of the Santa Croce project, the organizers have brought together a team effort, a collaborative endeavor involving numerous patrons who have, in fact, chosen to support this restoration, ranging from local patrons with ties to the area to international patrons. During the restoration, experts digitally recorded the lines and markings Giotto used to plan the figures and architecture. For the first time, researchers can see these details together, revealing how precisely Giotto designed the scenes. The restoration also supports the idea that several painters worked under Giotto's close supervision to create these complex frescoes. Niku Bani, NTD News. And that's the news for this evening. Thank you for tuning in. I'm Arlene Richards. Good night.