NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 30)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, President Trump welcomes Stephen Hubbard to the White House after freeing him from a Russian prison. It's just ahead of the final push before Tuesday's midterms. The president holding several rallies to help increase voter turnout. And four more people charged in Minnesota in alleged health care fraud schemes. This comes as the federal government ramps up its effort against fraud in the state. And days before the midterm elections, non-citizen voting is becoming a top issue at the ballot. Trump administration is taking on states and judges to ensure only votes made by U.S. citizens count. Arlene Richards breaks down the most recent clashes. And the largest cryptocurrency heist in industry history. Analysts say a North Korean hacking group stole billions of assets from Binance. David Lam 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 welcoming Stephen Hubbard to the White House after securing his release from a Russian prison. NTD's Washington correspondent Jack Bradley now joins us. Jack, what can you tell us about Hubbard's release? Well, the president welcoming him at the White House after releasing him last week came after a phone call he made with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Hubbard's an American retired teacher and veteran. He was imprisoned in Russia for over four years, starting in 2022, accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. He was living in Ukraine at the time, and he denies this. The president says that if that he. If he gave in to the pressure that was being put on him to put sanctions on Russia, he wouldn't have been able to secure Hubbard's release. Take a look. They wanted me while I was negotiating for you. People, stupid people, wanted me to put sanctions on Russia. If I would have put sanctions on Russia, your sons would have said, that wasn't good. The Russians laugh at these sanctions. I wouldn't have lasted another year. An emotional moment there in the Oval Office with Hubbard and his family saying they nearly lost hope that they would ever see him again. Gary and Jack, the president is going to go into the midterms with several more rallies planned this weekend. What's the latest on his midterm schedule? That's right. So President Trump's rallying tonight in Florida and attending two back-to-back rallies this Sunday in Iowa and in Kansas. That's after both of those latter events were canceled to accommodate for more tele-rallies. Now the president's doing both the tele-rallies, about 20 of them, and the in-person rallies ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. Over the past month, the president has held around two dozen in-person rallies in 19 separate states. Each event drawing tens of thousands of attendees and at each the president speaking for around an hour and a half. Now, Trump says that if Republicans win control of Congress, he'll give out $5,000 checks to Americans, showing the importance that he believes in winning the midterms to maintain his policy agenda. That's as Democrats right now are saying that if they retake control of Congress, new investigations and potential new impeachments are coming. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have said, you know, if Democrats win control of Congress, he could become the next speaker. He said that he would pressure Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to resign if that happens. Take a look. It means that we're gonna hold him accountable in the same way that we held Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem accountable. But they were kind of pushed to the side by the president. And Pete Hegseth needs to be pushed aside by the president, or we're gonna have to deal with that situation if he is not. This comes just as Hegseth fired a senior general at the Pentagon over allegedly leaking classified military information to the press. He removed also several other senior military leaders since taking office, aiming to shift the military's culture away from DEI to a more merit-based approach. President Trump defending Hegseth, saying that he's been one of the best to serve in that role. Take a look. All they do is they talk about impeaching everybody. I mean, honestly, if we wanted to play that game, we could play it just as well. But they're talking about Pete Hegseth. He's doing a great job. He's a great warrior. I think he's the best at his job in many, many years. The president's speaking tonight in Daytona Beach at 7 p.m. Eastern. He's likely to keep touting his policies, leading to stronger border security, a record high stock market, less taxes and regulations, and of course, more investments. Kerry, back to you. All right. Thank you, Jack. And as tensions mount in Alaska's U.S. Senate race, House Republicans are now getting involved. The Oversight Committee launching an investigation into the campaign of Senate candidate Mary Peltola. And to these, Melina Weiskopf reports. Republicans accusing Democrats of attempting to rig a U.S. Senate race in Alaska, a key battleground that could decide the balance of power. Following a criminal probe launched by Alaska's governor, House Oversight Chairman James Comer is launching an investigation of his own. Clearly an effort to deceive. We have seen the evidence. We know that this was coordinated, not just with our staff, but with also... With Democrat operatives. He's seeking testimony from Democratic Party operatives, including top aides from the Peltola campaign, who were allegedly involved in getting the second Dan Sullivan to enter the race. The chairman says he's open to investigate even Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer over National Democrat campaign aides' alleged involvement. Regardless of how the midterms turn out, Republicans will have two months in a lame duck session to pursue the investigation. Peltola pushed back on the investigations, calling them a distraction. I knew nothing about any other candidates on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters. The criminal probes into Peltola and her aides comes after the DOJ filed a lawsuit last week seeking to block results from being certified if Senator Sullivan loses votes to Daniel Sullivan. Vice President J.D. Vance was asked if a criminal prosecution is warranted. For months now has pretended that she has had nothing to do with the fact that they have put a fraudulent person, a person explicitly designed. To confuse Alaska voters on the ballot, she is trying to steal a Senate seat from the voters of Alaska, and it's disgraceful. In the primary, Peltola was ranked at the top, with Senator Sullivan in second place with around 68,000 votes, while Daniel J. Sullivan took 4,000 votes. Alaska is one of seven toss-up races for the Senate, where Democrats need just a net gain of four seats to flip the upper chamber. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskopf, NTD News. And the U.S. attorney in Alaska is saying today that there is an ongoing criminal investigation into the state's U.S. Senate race. We are aware of the recent New York Times reporting regarding the Peltola campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that they orchestrated a sprawling conspiracy to recruit and prop up Daniel J. Sullivan as a sham candidate, and we are taking that extremely seriously. The Justice Department takes every. allegation of this sort extremely seriously when it comes to voter corruption or disrupting the integrity of the election process. Alaska's U.S. attorney Michael Heyman says he's the lead local attorney working with officials in Washington, D.C. on this investigation. The case involves a Republican Senate candidate with the same name, of course, as the incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. Meanwhile, the DOJ currently pursuing a related civil lawsuit. If successful, it would block certification of Alaska's Senate results due to the alleged voter confusion. Heyman says he's conducting a criminal investigation alongside that civil investigation and that the probe has been ongoing for months now. Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign, they're accused of recruiting that second Dan Sullivan. Peltola denying knowing anything about that effort. And only a couple of days now until we know the results of that tight U.S. Senate race that's also happening down in Texas. We now welcome NTD's Fiona Gee. She has been on the ground there in Texas all week. And today is the last day of early voting in the Lone Star State. Fiona, what's going on today there? Yeah, Carrie, you're right. Today is the last day of early voting here in Texas. I'm in today. It's just south of Houston. I'm outside Rob Ray's tap room. That's where Attorney General Ken Paxton, he's going to have a rally later on this evening. People are already starting to stream in. If you can see behind me, if my umbrella isn't covering it, the room is filling up quick. Earlier today, actually, I was at one of the polling locations here in Pearland, one of the busiest ones, actually. And you can see, you know, we've been seeing those numbers, according to AP, as of Wednesday, so two days ago, around 6.3 million Texans had already cast their early ballots. That's up around 50 percent from back in 2022, when it was at around 4.2 million Texans who had cast their ballots. I had a chance to speak with some voters and volunteers outside of that polling location. Republican and an independent, and they both told me what the biggest issues they think facing Texas are and why it's important to vote. Take a look. The most important thing an American citizen can do is vote. I think the most important thing is closed borders. We have to have closed borders. This location is probably 80-20 Democrat. But I've seen a lot of Republicans here, and I've seen a lot of split voting. I think the independent candidate is the way to go for just breaking the mold and the whole entire cycle of the two party system right now. You voted early. Why was that important for you? It was extremely important for me. I wanted my voice to be heard. I want to make sure that I got my ballot in as soon as possible. This is exciting to see this many people show up. and break the mold of the low voter turnout. Right now the cost of living is pretty high. I would say probably right now the biggest issue that I have is the property taxes. It's not the government that's running the show anymore, it's the people that's running the show and that's what our founders meant this to be. All right, Carrie. So I'm in front of something pretty interesting. I told you, I promised you yesterday I'd get you a look at Attorney General Ken Paxton's tour bus. So here it is behind me. And Carrie, this is only for your show that I'm going to do. I'm going to I'm going to put down my umbrella. And let myself get wet in the rain so that you guys can get a better shot of this tour bus. If you look, something interesting that Paxton's been doing at all his campaign rallies is at the end, when people are coming up to take photos with him, he's also letting them take a pen and sign his tour bus. So if you look behind me, this whole tour bus is filled with signatures and messages from Paxton supporters. We've got, God loves the great state of Texas. Someone else wrote, we've got your back. Another says, we are blessed to have you as our next U.S. senator. So that's a bit of a reflection of the sentiment at these rallies. And it's not just this side of the bus that's covered in these signatures. It's the front. It's the back. It's the other side of the bus. So it's really interesting to see that. It's a great way to get people interacting with nominees, you know. And also, it's also a way to get more people to come out and vote. This is, you know, it's the last day of early voting, like I said. And then the only other opportunity. Next, new health care fraud charges in Minnesota. Four people charged in alleged fraud schemes totaling more than $40 million. Federal officials say they're using a whole of government approach to tackle the fraud in that state. President Trump has made clear that the war on fraud is not the work of one department. But a mandate that we must carry across the entire administration. Four people are charged in an alleged fraud scheme totaling tens of millions of dollars. FBI Director Kash Patel making the announcement in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The subjects intended to defraud thousands of victims of over $41 million, money that was supposed to go to those in need, with our precious taxpayer dollars funding that bill. The arrest follows 17 search warrants that FBI agents and partners served in a single day. Thank you very much. Beyond the arrest, federal officials say they're going after Minnesota fraud on several fronts. CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz says CMS signed an agreement with the Treasury Department to use its forensic accountants and financial crimes data to go after the people at the top of the health care fraud schemes. We need to go upstream to capture those folks. We don't want the foot soldiers. We want the people who hired the foot soldiers, the ones who hired them. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald, who leads the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, says these announcements are just a sliver of the, quote, immense work underway. Just this week alone, five defendants have been charged with health care fraud offenses in Medicaid fraud schemes involving more than $48 million in intended loss, including $29 million in schemes that have been uncovered for the first time. Earlier this week, a Minnesota man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the... $250 million feeding our future fraud scheme. Prosecutors say he spent his share of the money on shopping sprees, two luxury vehicles and a million dollar home in Plymouth. Jason Blair, NTD News. And non-citizen voting is in focus in states all across the country. The debate over whether non-citizens should be allowed to vote is heating up. From the Justice Department announcing election integrity changes to judges scrutinizing the department's ballot requests. And it is Arlene Richards brings us the highlights. In Texas on Friday, a U.S. attorney announcing charges against five alleged non-citizens he says have been illegally voting in U.S. elections. Mohamed Omar Hassan from Nigeria, who got legal status under Joe Biden. Ali Khan from Trinidad and Tobago, who got status under DACA but expired. Diego Benavidez Rodriguez, Mexico, status under Obama. Karen Hinojosa Martinez, Mexico, status under Bush. And Jose Vasquez Mendoza, Mexico, status under Obama. All five of these individuals have been charged with illegal voting, lying on their immigration paperwork, and falsely claiming to be American citizens. According to a DOJ press release, one of them is an illegal immigrant. The other four are lawful permanent residents who don't have U.S. citizenship. Our elections demand the highest confidence of the American people. But when fraud and illegal voting like we see here happens, it shakes that confidence to the core. The defendants all face up to six years in prison and fines ranging from $10,000 to $250,000. While the Texas U.S. Attorney's Office says it's dedicated to restoring Americans' confidence in elections, the Washington Secretary of State, Steve Hobbs, explained on Thursday why it's not unusual for non-citizens to be on voter rolls. Mr. Secretary, I spoke with an immigration attorney today who told me based on the numbers he's getting, he would not be surprised if hundreds, if not thousands, of non-U.S. citizens are either mistakenly or automatically being enrolled to vote in Washington State when they go to the DMV, apply for a driver's license. What do you make of that? So it's not unusual for non-citizens to be, to actually be on the rolls. That happened. A non-citizen maybe wasn't listening in response to what the person said behind the counter. The counter of the person behind the counter might have clicked the wrong box. So we never said that there are none on there. He said they verify every voter signature and record when they return the ballot to ensure they only vote once. But in terms of a separate system to identify non-citizen voters... We don't have a system that can... Identify whether someone is an actual non-citizen. That's why when people go up and get their registration done at a DOL, They're asked if they're a U.S. citizen. They're asked to sign the form. They're testing whether or not they're a U.S. citizen. Hobbs urged people to check their ballots and make sure they don't falsely sign the declaration, saying that would be a Class C felony. Over in the District of Columbia, a federal judge is ordering the Justice Department to disclose how many states have received letters asking them to set aside ballots of alleged non-citizen voters. At a hearing on Thursday, Judge James Boasberg said he wanted to see letters beyond the states that filed the lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by Democratic congressmen from New York as well as the Nevada Democratic Party. It alleges the Trump administration is trying to interfere in state election procedures by claiming that states allowed non-citizens to vote in the midterm elections. Boseberg set a quick deadline of October 31st and suggested the case could be closed if the Justice Department says they would stop sending out those letters. He said he will issue an opinion on Monday. Arlene Richards, NTD News. Coming up, former FBI Director James Comey's attorneys back in court. He's facing a third round of charges, alleging that he leaked confidential information to the media. Does the Justice Department have enough evidence this time? And early voting closing in multiple states today. Voters across the country share what's important to them ahead of Election Day. 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Former FBI Director James Comey's case is back in court today. Federal prosecutors telling the judge they've gathered more evidence and they may present additional charges. The case is accusing Comey of directing an associate to leak classified information to the media in 2016. Now, the 10-year statute of limitations expired this year. Two previous Justice Department investigations had not resulted in charges, but prosecutors say they found new information since the last two investigations. Comey, he has denied wrongdoing, and he has argued that the prosecutors are using a legally questionable tactic to bring these charges without getting an indictment. Prosecutors are urging the judge to give them more time to finish presenting their case to a grand jury and seek an indictment which they say would include events from April of 2017. And four cities across the country are getting $300 million in federal funding to fight crime. The Justice Department is selecting them as the winners of the Models Cities initiative. Jacksonville, Florida, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jackson, Mississippi, and St. Louis, Missouri will be sharing the $300 million prize. The Justice Department is selecting them from nearly 50 cities that competed to show how they would reduce violent crime. The DOJ launched the Model Cities Initiative earlier this summer to incentivize cities to strengthen public safety. Federal funding will help with local police recruitment, equipment purchases, training, and other services. The funds will come from the One Big Beautiful Bill. Attorney General Todd Blanch says these four cities are setting an example for advancing public safety to keep their communities safe. Blanch will travel to to the four cities soon and reveal how the funding will be divided among the four cities. And coming up, the largest cryptocurrency heist in industry history. Analysts say a North Korean hacking group stole billions in assets from Binance. David Lam has more. And in a Ukrainian city, a first-of-its-kind partial ceasefire brokered by First Lady Melania Trump. It is now in full effect. It's the first time since the start of the war that neither Russia nor Ukraine has violated the truce. Ariane Pasdar has the details after the break. It's time for the nation to decide. This election will bring you must-watch races, on-the-ground coverage, and the balance of power. Our panels will break down the results and what it all means for you. And we'll track the nation's direction with real-time voter data as soon as it drops. The economy, socialism, and a lot more is on the ballot. The Nation Decides, 2026 midterms. Next Tuesday at 6 p.m. Eastern, only on NTD. Lay it out for me. Boxes everywhere, and this is gonna be Addie's room. I think you're really gonna like it. I hope so. Yeah. I know this road is there. First night here, but Amy seems cool. 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It says user funds remain safe and pledges to cover all losses. The exchange adds, We have found no evidence of any wallet private key leak. We will share a detailed technical post-mortem once the investigation is complete and the facts are fully verified. President Trump commenting on Friday. No, it was a hack. That's the problem. You know, the old-fashioned way when you used to sign a check? Yeah. Take it out. These are different. People never see the money anymore. No. So I've always felt it was a little bit dangerous. But no, they say they have it pretty much under control. We'll see. Scott Schober, cybersecurity expert and CEO of Berkeley Varitronic Systems, says it was likely a large coordinated attack. Well, first thing I thought of as I said, is that a typo? Do they mean 6.3 million? And I said, billion, yikes, that's a staggering amount of money. It's the largest single really cyber attack against cryptocurrency, to my knowledge. Analysts suspect that communist North Korea is likely behind the attack, pointing to the hacking unit Trader Trader. North Korea is notorious for meddling in cryptocurrency and cyber attacks. So they've got a long history. And when there's a history of something like this, it tends to be found out later on as they do the forensics and say, yep, it was North Korea that ended up doing it. It's still early to tell, but there's certainly attribution toward North Korea. And it's state sponsored, too, I should point out. It would likely be. Schober says there are concerns over the security of cryptocurrency exchanges. Most people I encourage to is if you do get involved in cryptocurrency, keep it on a cold wallet where you can keep it secure in your person as opposed to going to an exchange and having things on the cloud and keys up there. U.S. Secret Service says it's working around the clock to recover the stolen funds. David Lam, NTD News. And joining us now is Kyler Schmitz. He's vice president of AI company Patmos. Kyler, can you break down how hackers were able to hijack billions of dollars from Binance, particularly for an audience that may not be too familiar with how a crypto exchange works? Most certainly, and great to be back on here. So, you know, we're still learning a lot of details about how specifically these systems were compromised, but one thing is really clear, we're seeing an uptick in the frequency of these incidents as well as the severity of them. A lot of that can be attributed to the use of artificial intelligence tools in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in software. So when code is written, whether that's in a crypto exchange like Binance, software that's on your computer, There is opportunity for mistakes to be made in that code that leave doors open. And a human being can identify these doors, but an AI can really identify these doors. So what was used, what specific tools, what specific methods of attack? We're still learning a lot, but one thing is really clear is that these are becoming more frequent and hackers are finding new and different ways to exploit vulnerable code in applications that run on everything from infrastructure to financial platforms, like what we've seen with Binance. And of course, as you point out, this attack on crypto, recent attacks also include military bases, power grids, water grids, even grocery store refrigeration, resulting in tons of spoiled food. So what more should institutions and organizations be doing to secure their networks? What's really interesting about these attacks is that not all of them are made with a demand or some sort of request. The attacks in France and what the Pentagon has been tracking as a potential cyber attack on cooling equipment just shows that anything that runs critical infrastructure is vulnerable. And so organizations need to be mindful of that, that this is not just a corporate laptop or a server that's at risk of being compromised. Critical infrastructure that cools that server, that powers that laptop, is now in the crosshairs. And just like you would have an application on your laptop or your phone that needs to be updated, organizations need to make sure that they're updating the software and the security procedures around that critical infrastructure. So we have to think a lot more broadly about how we secure these assets, not just what we traditionally have thought of, but when we're looking at cooling equipment, heating equipment. grid and utility equipment. All of this is increasingly targets for bad actors, state-sponsored bad actors, nonetheless. Yeah. And as we switch from large organizations and corporations, even grocery stores, but now to like the consumer lens, you know, unless you're the Amish, which actually they may be onto something, you're using some kind of online service, whether it's banking, payments like Zelle or Venmo, Apple Pay, you know, just Just checking the news and the weather, what should consumers and individuals be doing to protect themselves and their family? First and foremost, be aware of how your data is being used, and so one of the things that we really advocate for here at Patmos, not just through the lens of cybersecurity, but just business practice and consumer data, is understand how your data is being used. Make sure that you're not putting it in places that are vulnerable. There's risk with anything. Someone can take a sticky note off your desk that has a password, or they can get to it through a vulnerability on software and compromise your online presence. So risk is out there, but consumers need to make sure they're doing business with organizations that take security seriously, that architect their systems with that first and foremost in mind, but then also take personal responsibility for how you store your data. Don't send credit card information over email. You know, there's some common sense things out there that we all forget about on a day-to-day basis, but this needs to be front of mind because we're only going to see an increase in these types of exploits. And just for the layman who, you know, may be using that same password across a couple of different services, what are just some real, as you point out, common sense things, but that actually gets the majority of people? What are just like two or three really basic things that everybody can do that would make a huge difference in protecting themselves and their family? First and foremost, don't give your data to organizations that are not credible and that don't take security seriously. And these types of exploits can happen anywhere, but you want to make sure you know who you're doing business with when you hand over personal information. Second thing that we can all do is what enterprise organizations have already learned, which is rotate your passwords, don't use family names, don't use common phrases. And then again, the absolute foolproof way of this is where you have sensitive data, make sure that you're not putting that in an online forum unless it's absolutely necessary and with an institution that is built to handle that type of sensitive data. And Binance is really interesting because they are architected as a security-first organization. And so we're going to learn a lot as we learn more about how this was actually exploited and the methods that were used. But we just don't have that detail yet. And as we start to round up, we're heading into the holiday season. It'll be here in just a few weeks. Are there particular risks that tend to heighten during that heightened period as people are rushing to get those gifts in time and maybe not taking as much care as they normally would because of how busy they are? 100%. And I can't really speak to that from a professional sense outside of we do see like with increased commercial velocity, more money being spent means more opportunity to do bad things if you're a bad actor. You know, I personally even get emails pretending to be the CEO of our company asking me to buy Amazon gift cards. There's an element of common sense when we approach these things, but some of these hackers are really clever. So it is very much important for the average American, the average global citizen to be. aware that these risks exist and going into the holidays that there probably is going to be an increase in frequency. So very well said. I got that same request for gift cards from my CEO. It turns out it wasn't my CEO. All right, Kyler Schmitz, thank you so much for joining, breaking this all down. Thanks so much. And early voting closing in multiple states today. Voters across the country share what's important to them ahead of Election Day. NTD's Jason Perry has more. Voters across the country sharing their thoughts on what's important to them ahead of Tuesday's Today's midterm elections. I think for our business I know which way, you know, when you're running a business you kind of need things one way and as an individual, as a parent, I was a single parent for years and years, I'm looking at things a different way. Cost of living is getting crazy, even just with the gas. Rent prices around here are absolutely insane. Even for a single, it's pushing $2,500. Everything is more expensive, the gas, the food. I have multiple kids. They eat a lot. A resident in New Hampshire says he thinks President Trump is doing a good job. I know he has his shortfalls, and he's not perfect. But he's, I think, in the long term, really do the best for the country and so it's costing everybody a few dollars more for gas and other things but you know in the long run i think it's going to benefit everybody a retired u.s veteran in texas sharing his thoughts we don't need socialism in this country we don't need more or less People coming across the border illegally and all that stuff. A construction worker also in Texas sharing his thoughts on illegal immigration. We're low on workers because they're good workers. They like to work, support their families, you know, making money. Now they all went back to their country. Mostly I voted because, hey, You know, toss your opinion in the pot and maybe it weighs the scales a little bit and maybe it has to have positive impacts. We have to show up and vote because our vote is what actually changes what's going on in the world. Friday was the last day of early voting in multiple states ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. Jason Perry, NTD News. And with the midterms right around the corner, NTD's Sam Wong spoke with voters on the National Mall in D.C. about some of the key issues that are shaping the elections for them. Have a look at that. So, midterms coming up. If you have to pick one issue that's deciding your vote, what is that? That's a great question. The economy, probably. Probably big issues are economy, just the country moving forward is a, truly a country moving forward is one. I just say get out and vote because you don't have the right to complain if you don't take a vote. Well, it's kind of a tie. I usually always vote on the abortion issue and immigration to some degree. How confident are you feeling about the way our elections are conducted nowadays? Where we live in southern Minnesota, I'm very confident, right? Minneapolis, not so much. It used to be, like our age, we're in 40s and 50s, it was election day. You would go cast your ballot on election day and not having months and months of just abilities to mail in things. And who knows where they're coming from and who all's doing it. Why not take that... misconception of voter fraud away by just showing ID you know like it should be mandatory. Considering where the country is heading right now would you say the country is better off than it was two years ago? Absolutely. Things are taking off I mean we we need to get this country reinvigorated again with Building things and making things and selling things and producing things. And I think that's finally starting to come back around. I do. I mean, it takes time to turn some of these things around, right? Even the war. I mean, nobody likes the war, but... The long-term, maybe, of it will be good. I wouldn't say I'm better off or worse off. It was difficult under the Biden administration. Inflation, after some of the spending they had during COVID and this Inflation Reduction Act kind of set the economy on fire. Inflation was pretty overwhelming. It's come down a bit, but not enough. We've got to get control of costs, for sure. Like everything else, it's cyclical, it'll come and go. They'll resolve the Iran issue eventually. In a first-of-its-kind partial ceasefire brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, it's now in full effect. It's the first time Russia and Ukraine adhere to a truce since the start of the war. People in a heavily contested Ukrainian city are finally being evacuated thanks to this ceasefire. NTD's international correspondent, Arian Pasdar has the latest. A rare sight in the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday. Officials from both Moscow and Kiev standing shoulder to shoulder in the middle of the war zone. First Lady Melania Trump brokered a ceasefire for the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Oleshky. The town gained global attention as its residents became stranded by heavy fighting and mined roads. The residents ran out of food and medicine. The truce took effect on Tuesday, which is also when security forces started demining the roads so supplies and evacuation forces could reach the city. Two groups of buses arrived in the city on Friday, successfully evacuating the residents and bringing them to Crimea. One group is carrying people who choose to go to the Russian side. The ones in the other group of buses will go to the Ukrainian side after arriving in Crimea. Amir. I would like to point out that this is the first time since 2022 that a ceasefire has been established along such a large section of the front and has lasted so long. Neither Neither side has violated the ceasefire even once. Our common appreciation from Ukraine and from Russia goes to the unique role of Melania Trump, who assisted this humanitarian mission. This is the first one since 2022. The ceasefire is set to last until Sunday. Meanwhile, the fighting continues in other parts of the two countries. Black smoke was seen rising over a Russian oil refinery on Friday after a reported Ukrainian drone attack. The Kremlin now accuses Kiev of defying the U.S. They once again defied Trump. I would say they even simply ignore him, although Trump insisted in this matter and continues to be insistent. But they are not complying. President Trump had called on Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, saying the strikes are part of the reason for high gas prices in the US and across the globe. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday saying Ukraine plans to continue long-range strikes on Russia, although he didn't specifically say those plans include striking oil refineries. Aryan Pastar, NTD News. And President Trump says the war with Iran is going to end very soon. Here he is speaking with an interview with Kansas City radio station KCMO earlier today. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and they won't have a nuclear weapon One way or the other, it's going to end very soon. and that's going to end very soon. They want to make a deal, but, you know, they've got to make a deal, a guarantee. We need a guarantee there'll never be a nuclear weapon. President Trump is predicting that gas and diesel prices will fall once the conflict winds down. The president suggests that U.S. military operations would continue until the U.S. secures a guarantee from Iran preventing the country from obtaining nuclear weapons. President Trump's remarks come amid the looming prospect of renewed military strikes against Iran. The president previously said strikes would not take place until after the midterm election. And Mar-a-Lago gets a defensive upgrade. The Secret Service has deployed additional air defense and anti-drone systems around President Trump's estate in Florida. The equipment includes mobile missile systems designed to defend against drones, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles. Officials have not disclosed the reason for the increased security, nor whether the president faces a specific threat. The deployment comes as President Trump prepares to return to Mar-a-Lago for the Halloween weekend. NORAD has also imposed temporary flight restrictions over Palm Beach and the surrounding area through Sunday. The security measure follows an incident last week when fighter jets intercepted an aircraft that had entered that restricted airspace over Palm Beach. And Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back in the kitchen, and he's serving up something spooky for Halloween. At the home of Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantis, Kennedy got the whole family cooking, and they were carving as well. Take a look. Hi, I'm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., your HHS Secretary, and today we have a big Halloween treat. I'm at the home of FDA's Acting Commissioner. Kyle Diamantis with his amazing family and we're going to make pumpkin seeds and we're going to make pumpkin cookies. Pumpkin cookies are very healthy. So pumpkin seeds have a lot of nutrients packed into them. They're considered a nutrient dense food, right? That's something we look for. This part is healthy eating, lots of vitamins, minerals, good source of protein. So this is a great treat. And again, something everyone can make at home. with the pumpkins they carve for Halloween. Real food builds community, right? We're doing it in our houses. We're not out eating. We're not getting treats from the store. We're here doing it at home, teaching the kids how to cook. Pumpkins grow in all 50 states, from Alaska all the way to the Deep South. But Illinois produces more than any other state. Kennedy telling the family before he got on his new diet, he used to love sugar and sweets as well as chocolate and butterscotch, but now he's eating a lot more fermented food. He says he doesn't miss the sugar anymore. As part of his real food show, Kennedy is traveling across the country. He's connecting with renowned chefs to show families how they can cook delicious, nutritious meals with real ingredients at affordable prices. And coming up in college football, a pivotal match in the SEC with playoff implications. It's just one of a number of great games this weekend. Dave Martin joins us with a look ahead. I'm pulmonologist Dr. Jamie Rutland. Did you know we take 20,000 breaths a day, and when we inhale, we invite all the contaminants in the room into our airways? Indoor air quality can be five to even 100 times worse than outdoors. Meet the Air Doctor. 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Yeah, the team actually hasn't said what his official status is yet. is yet. He suffered a broken rib last night, a long 53-yard catch in the second quarter, immediately taken to a hospital for x-rays and a CT scan. Everything checked out, though, so they actually brought him back to the stadium. He re-entered the game amazingly in the third quarter, caught two more passes. Really a pretty amazing story. So the Packers won last night, 27-19 over the Panthers. Watson, meanwhile, finished with a game-high 113 yards, receiving despite that hospital visit in the middle of the game. Certainly, the broken rib is going to be an issue going forward, but he played through it last night. Now, elsewhere in the league, two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson will play Sunday versus the Buffalo Bills. Now, Jackson hasn't played since October 4th after suffering a high ankle sprain, but he did practice the last three days, and he's a full participant for Baltimore. So Ravens will face the Bills at 1 p.m. Eastern Sunday with a dozen games on that day. That looks to be a really good matchup to go. Lamar Jackson, obviously, and Chris Allen. Two of the toughest, grittiest quarterbacks in the game. But let's get back to... The grit of Watson. What, do they have a hospital, like, under Lambeau Field? Like, how does that work? Well, let's be honest. Why did they just say they took scans in the stadium, you know? They followed him all the way there, it seemed like, on the telecast last night. And they show him coming back. He never actually got out of his uniform. Like, he wanted to go there, and he was asking, apparently he was asking them as soon as he got there, well, if I check out, can I go back to the game? And they're like, well... I guess so, if you do. He did. Amazingly, though, playing with a broken rib has got to be rough enough. I guess under the padding, maybe you can deal with it, but that's difficult enough. I guess it knocked the wind out of him also, that big... Well, jumping for the catch, I'll say that. Is this the WWE or the NFL? Anyway, let's move on to the other football that happens on Saturdays and big matchup in the SEC, and I'm sure a bunch of other great games. And the fans are going to coincide with Halloween, so it's going to be rowdy for sure. Yeah, we've got plenty of good matches tomorrow. Let's actually go by conference. I'm going to start with the Big Ten for second-ranked Ohio State. It's going to be playing at unranked USC Saturday night. Trojans, a respectable 6-2 record, but no wins over ranked opponents. That game is in primetime starting at 7.30 Eastern time. Also in the Big Ten, 20th ranked Northwestern is at unranked Oregon. That game starts at 3.30 Eastern time. Ducks maybe have fallen out of the top 25 poll, but they're still plenty dangerous. In the SEC, this is a game you mentioned, Gary. Third ranked Georgia takes on rival Florida. Gators are ranked 17th. They've had an up and down season. Losses to Missouri and South Carolina around the wins against Ole Miss and Texas. That game starts at 3.30 Eastern time. Also in the SEC, 12th-ranked Ole Miss hosts Auburn at 12.45. Tigers have a 4-3 record. One of those wins, though, was over Georgia. That game starts at 12.45, like I said. In the Big 12, 6th-ranked Utah takes on unranked Cincinnati, the Bearcats. Again, they've got a respectable record, 5-2 there. That game starts at 3.45. Also in the Big 12, 13th ranked Texas Tech, host number 22, Arizona. Both of those teams trailed the Utes by a game, though, in the Big 12. Finally, in the ACC, number one Miami is at North Carolina, Bill Belichick's Tar Heels. They've really played a number of close games this season, just a 4-3 record to show for it. That game starts at 7.30 Eastern time. Who knows, maybe Belichick and the Tar Heels can pull the upset. No top 10 games, anyway, but a lot of mid-tier matchups here. You know, the irony here is, you know, the transfer portal, but especially the money paying the players, People were worried it'd be like the Yankees, you know, and it would just be like these mega teams in the mega conferences. But it seems like we're actually getting more parity. You know, surprisingly, I think Oregon actually was reported to have the highest payroll. And like I said, they've dropped out of the top 25. Yeah, Penn State's down and we see Northwestern ranked. Yeah, it's just... You know, I think to me it also shows how much it is coaching. You know, I mean, you can have all the talent you want. And I'm not saying Oregon's coach is bad at all. Because I think they're going to rebound. But, yeah, they had reportedly, anyway, the top payroll in all of college football. You also have injuries to deal with. Most of these are 20-, 21-, 22-year-olds. You're never quite sure what you're going to get out of them. But, yeah, it's kind of worked out that way. It's kind of fun. Well, we have fallback on Sunday, and it's starting to get to the nitty-gritty in the football season. We're turning the page. But let's talk NBA. It's still early, but Ja Morant, one of the most exciting players in the game, great dunker. Injured, though. Yeah, Ja Morant expected to miss about four weeks here. He's got a grade two left hamstring strain. Morant injured last night while playing against his former team, that's the Memphis Grizzlies. Now, Morant was dealt to Portland this summer in somewhat of a surprising trade for Jeremy Grant and Chris Murray. He's, though, teamed up with Damian Lillard to give the Trailblazers a very formidable offense right now. Portland off to a 3-1 start while ranking third in the NBA, scoring at 123 points a game. Elsewhere in the NBA, though, tonight we have 10 games on, including a rematch from opening night as the New York Knicks take on the Philadelphia 76ers. This game, though, will be in Philly. Knicks have rebounded a bit from their 0-3 start, winning their last two games. Meanwhile, LeBron James and the Lakers off to a 4-1 start. James playing much more of a distributor right now, averaging 15 points, 7 assists per game. The game starts at 7:30 Eastern time. Like I said, it's one of 10 games on the night, So we'll see if See if your Knicks can get a little redemption here. I'm going to regret this, I'm sure. But one other headline, you and I face off in fantasy. The big data says I got a 60% to 40% edge. When Tiffany took you down last year, I prompted her. She didn't say anything. But you know I'm not as classy as Tiffany. We'll have to see what happens on Monday, though. Stick around. Come back on Monday to see who wins. Bring up some bad memories for me here. Starting quarterback is on a bye week too, Dave. It's all right there for you. You know, this year I've really relied on people forgetting to set their lineups too in order for me to get my few wins that I've gotten. My team just is not very good at this point, and so unless everybody else gets a whole bunch of injuries, I'm afraid my team is probably not going to win. I've just had to face facts, all right? Unless I can get someone to agree to a really lopsided trade. It doesn't seem like you guys are going to allow that. Well, the producer's saying no mas, but we will definitely be picking up this story. We'll make more time for it on Monday. Thanks for tuning in. For Dave Martin, I'm Cary Dunst. Be true, kind, hold the line. We will see you soon.