Capitol Report Full Broadcast (Nov. 5)

And we just had a new baby. And then all of a sudden, within a day or two, she's on life support and fighting for her life. And I knew something was pretty wrong. A little less than a week after I came home, I couldn't breathe. That's when we decided to go to the hospital. And I was given the diagnosis that I had peripartum cardiomyopathy, which is basically a pregnancy-induced heart failure. They told me my only chance was a heart transplant. And the American Heart Association helped make that possible. Their research helped save me. This could not happen without monthly donations from friends like you. Your sustained support helps fund life-saving research that leads to medical breakthroughs, like those that gave Jen a second chance at life. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, and we urgently need your help to save lives. Go to helpheart.org or call now to become a monthly donor today. Your donation of only $19 a month, just 63 cents a day, will make a difference through prevention, early detection, treatments, and cures that help save lives. I am very thankful for the American Heart Association. I'm grateful for just every day that I get with my children. Please go to helpheart.org or call now with your donation of just $19 a month. Join our community of monthly donors, and you'll get this limited edition t-shirt you can wear to show you're helping save lives. One simple act today can save your life or the life of a loved one. So please, call or go to helpheart.org now to help save lives. Behind every headline in Washington, there's a story that could shape your future. With the Capitol Report on Roku, you get more than just the news. You get direct access to the White House and the Capitol. Every day we bring you exclusive interviews with lawmakers, analysts, and experts, plus in-depth coverage of the decisions being made in Washington, D.C. Broadcasting live from the nation's capital, you witness events as they unfold, straight from the heart of Washington. Now you can watch it all on your home TV with Roku. Just search NTD, add the channel, and Capitol Report will be right at your fingertips so you can bring Washington straight into your living room, keeping you connected, informed, and always a step ahead. Let's go ahead. Out for me. Boxes everywhere. And this is going to be Addie's room. I think you really are going to like it. I hope so. Yeah. I know this road is there for me. First night here, but Amy seems cool. The waves down by the river I got this. Take me down to the river and wash me. August was born three pounds, 9.8 ounces. When I first saw him, it was like a whole range of emotions, joy, sadness. There's going to be obstacles. You're going to feel like, why is it happening to me? You're going to realize you're not the only one. There's no perfect way. Your own way will be the perfect way. You're gonna protect him with all your might. Just seeing him happy, it's just joy, you know? I look through his eyes. I envision like the whole future with him already. To throw the first football to him, give him ice cream for the first time. Oh man, he can smile now. I'm happy because he's advancing in life, you know? He's growing. Being a young dad, it's not giving up. It's shifting. My life is now devoted to his life. Why are you so sad? You've got a roof over your head. You've got to stop with that depressing stuff. That's what my people think. You alright? It just feels like it's coming from everywhere. Everywhere. Do you want to talk about it? You can talk to me if you're feeling sad. Whenever you need to talk, I'm here, okay? For decades, I've taught you everything I know. But only you can prevent wildfires. Are you sitting at home living in pain? Maybe it's in your hands, maybe your back or your hips. The good news is you don't need to live in pain. Why? 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And the American Heart Association helped make that possible. Their research helped save me. This could not happen without monthly donations from friends like you. Your sustained support helps fund life-saving research that leads to medical breakthroughs, like those that gave Jen a second chance at life. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, and we urgently need your help to save lives. Go to helpheart.org or call now to become a monthly donor today. Your donation of only $19 a month, just 63 cents a day, will make a difference through prevention, early detection, treatments, and cures that help save lives. I am very thankful for the American Heart Association. I'm grateful for just every day that I get with my children. Please go to helpheart.org or call now with your donation of just $19 a month. Join our community of monthly donors and you'll get this limited edition t-shirt you can wear to show you're helping save lives. One simple act today can save your life or the life of a loved one. So please call or go to helpheart.org now to help save lives. Behind every headline in Washington, there's a story that could shape your future. With the Capitol Report on Roku, you get more than just the news. You get direct access to the White House and the Capitol. Every day we bring you exclusive interviews with lawmakers, analysts, and experts, plus in-depth coverage of the decisions being made in Washington, D.C. Broadcasting live from the nation's Capitol, you witness events as they unfold, straight from the heart of Washington. Now you can watch it all on your home TV with Roku. Just search NTD, add the channel, and Capitol Report will be right at your fingertips so you can bring Washington straight into your living room, keeping you connected, informed, and always a step ahead. Go ahead. I'm starting Boxes everywhere. And this is going to be Addie's room. I think you're going to like it. I hope so. Yeah. I know this road is there for me. to speak First night here, but Amy seems cool. The waves down by the river now. I got this. Take me down to the river and wash me. August was born three pounds, 9.8 ounces. When I first saw him, it was like a whole range of emotions, joy, sadness. There's going to be obstacles. You're going to feel like, why is it happening to me? You're going to realize you're not the only one. There's no perfect way. Your own way will be the perfect way. You're gonna protect him with all your might. Just seeing him happy, it's just joy, you know? I look through his eyes. I've envisioned like a whole future with him already. To throw the first football to him, give him ice cream for the first time. Oh man, he can smile now. I'm happy because he's advancing in life, you know? He's growing. Being a young dad, it's not giving up, it's shifting. My life is now devoted to his life. Why are you so sad? You've got a roof over your head. You've got to stop the dead person stuff. That's a white people thing. You alright? Feels like it's coming from everywhere. There you are. Wanna talk about it? You can talk to me if you're feeling sad. Whenever you need to talk, I'm here, okay? For decades, I've taught you everything I know. But only you can prevent wildfires. Your treat? I think it's your turn. I'm just looking for the senior discount. Just one of the perks of growing older. There's more than one. We have our own life insurance. Right, from Colonial Penn. And you can't get it unless you're over 50. Over 50 and healthy, I bet. No, just over 50. That's right. Colonial Penn whole life insurance is just for men and women over 50. If you're between the ages of 50 and 85, your acceptance is guaranteed. There are no health questions, no medical exams. To enroll, all you do is fill out a simple form. You spent years looking out for your family. The way we see it, you've earned the right to continue protecting them, no matter what your health or income. Call now to learn more about the coverage designed just for you. Call 1-800-624-6556 for free information and a free beneficiary planner. That's 1-800-624-6556. Call now. Why are you so sad? You've got a roof over your head. You've got to stop with that depression stuff. That's a white people thing. You alright? It just feels like it's coming from everywhere. There you are. Do you want to talk about it? You can talk to me if you're feeling sad. Whenever you need to talk, I'm here, okay? Good evening. Tonight on the Capitol Report, Russian and Ukrainian officials welcoming a temporary ceasefire brokered by the First Lady of the United States. Could it be a stepping stone toward lasting peace in the region? I think it's great. I think she's doing a great job, and I think we're going to be very close to settling Russia-Ukraine. And Vice President J.D. Vance weighing in on what went wrong for Republicans in the midterms, what he and others are saying the GOP needs to change. This is Capitol Report, live from our global headquarters in our nation's capital. Here's Steve Lance. Good evening, President Trump telling NTD inside the Oval Office that a lot of things are in the works to preserve his legacy, hinting at upcoming actions on tariffs. He also warns that Democratic Socialists now elected to lead Los Angeles and D.C. will hurt those cities in the long term. Joining us now live is NTD's White House correspondent, Iris Tao. Good evening, Iris. What did the president tell you today? Good evening to you as well, Steve. So despite the prospect of Democratic-controlled Congress for the next two years, the president today telling NTD that a lot of things are in the works and cooking for the next week to protect his legacy, including his tariff policy. How else do you plan to preserve your legacy in the next two years and onward? So we're going to do a lot of things. You'll be seeing a lot of things over the next week. Two weeks, we had a lot of things cooking, and we took the tariffs off, you know, every, right, we're building over 3,000 factories right now, every factory would come to an immediate halt. And Steve has another part of his efforts to protect what he's done. He signed a new executive order to designate the White House's Oval Office as well as the Cabinet Room as national monuments, meaning that no major changes can be made to them unless there's congressional approval. And he also touted to NTD what he calls the many accomplishments for the past two years, including no tax on tips and his policies to cut taxes from the big, beautiful bill, as well as the record on the border. But he's also issuing a new warning as Democratic Socialists are now elected to lead both D.C. as well as Los Angeles. They will be joining New York City's Mom Donnie, making three major cities now to be led by Democratic Socialist mayors. The president telling NTD that it will be a disaster. Three major cities are going to be led by democratic socialists. There'll be change but unfortunately usually that happens so late that you'll never be able to bring back a city or a country or a state. They're very tough on a city, a state, or a country. That's been proven over a thousand years with different names And on the stock market, as the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 suffer their biggest losses on record, a thousand years with different names here. the president tonight saying that that's due to Democrats' wins in the midterm election. The president, though, telling Americans, do not fear as things will come back stronger. Back to you. So, Iris, the president today also revealing to you some potentially major progress on the Russia-Ukraine peace deal front. Tell us more. Sure. So President Trump telling NTD today that we could be very close to a settlement between Russia and Ukraine. Now, this comes just days before trilateral meetings planned for next week in Abu Dhabi, among the three countries, as well as as Melania Trump, the first lady today, brought together Russian and Ukrainian officials here at the White House as they celebrated a temporary ceasefire in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshki. Here's what the president said about how that meeting. Do you see that as a stepping stone for a larger peace deal? How close are we to that? I do. I do. I think it's great. I think she did a great job. And we're, I think we're going to be very close to settling Russia-Ukraine. It's going to be a very big, it's going to involve more than Ukraine, and I could even say it might involve all of Europe. And as we might be inching closer to a peace deal, President Trump's top diplomat today says he loves his job and is not going anywhere. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a new interview today, dismisses reports about him potentially leaving the administration, saying that it's always been his intention to stay until the end of President Trump's term. Iris Tao, live from the White House. Thank you, Iris. And Democratic turnout reaching record highs this midterm cycle. Joining us now to discuss Tim Golding, Americans for Prosperity Actions Senior Advisor for Michigan. Tim, great to have you with us. So what drove this surge in voter turnout in this particular midterm cycle, in your opinion? Cost of living, I think, was the biggest driver. People are tired of paying more at the gas pump. They're tired of paying more for bacon and eggs. You know, they used to be able to buy both. Now they can buy one or the other. And that was a big driving change. The voters in Michigan are tired, or were tired, as it showed on the election night, of this Republican status quo. They want action. They want things done. And they didn't feel that things had been done in the last two years that would make their cost of living easier, their way of life easier, and they rejected the Republican ticket. Do you see a path to reaching that through the Democratic platform, obviously, combined with a president that has veto power? As well as the Trump administration saying that it's lowering costs, but economic change takes time. So did voters run out of patience? Is this a product of that? Or did Republicans fail to get their economic message across? I think it was both. I mean, you had the president and other leaders for a long time this year talking that the economy was great. Everyone was doing fine when people weren't. And we heard it every day at the doors. We were The cost of living was just too high. It does take a long time to dig out from underneath the Biden era inflation and COVID and all those different things. Those things are still lingering on. But the Republican Party did not help itself by reckless wars and tariffs that need to end. That just didn't do well, didn't bode well for people. The reckless war, you know, the thing in Iran not being wrapped up in a timely fashion like the president promised makes the cost of fuel go up and people can't afford to fill their cars with gas to get to work. It's a real issue. And the Republicans didn't deliver like they promised to do. And they were rejected at the polls. And if the Democrats change that in the next two years. Working with the president, great. But if they don't, we'll hold them accountable and we'll replace them in 2028 with Republicans who can get the job done or want to get the job done. Now, what does Abdul Al-Sayed's senator-elect representing Michigan, what does his win say about how Michigan voters feel and what could it mean for the people of Michigan? Well, he's certainly an interesting character. You know, he was running on socialist policies and platforms, but the Michigan voters were not voting for socialism. They were not voting for government control of health care, nationalized energy, rent control. They weren't voting for any of that. They did not. Michigan families, American families don't want socialism. A very large percentage of people want free markets and small businesses to thrive. They were voting for a change. Again, they wanted to send a message to the Republican Party. The status quo wasn't getting it done. It's still too expensive for us to live. It's too expensive for us to have a business, to make things ends meet. And they didn't do enough to show the American families, Michigan families, that they were working hard enough for them. And they want the Democrats to have a crack at it now. And if they don't, we're going to hold them accountable. President, just saying on Truth Social, the stock market crashed today because the, as he puts it, Democrats had a big Tuesday. So sad to see you only have yourselves to blame, President Donald J. Trump. Your reaction? Well, I wish we could stop with the identity politics and the name calling and all those different things on both sides of the aisle. That needs to stop. We need to get back to working on policies and things out for American families. The stock market did react accordingly, too, and maybe it was 100% because of the Democrats having as many wins as they did, and their thoughts on AI and different things and investments may be stopping. There probably is a correlation there somewhere, but at the end of the day, we need to stop, again, the name-calling, the picking on one another, the hatred, the division. A lot of the people we talked to in Michigan at the doors, we knocked on over 900,000 doors This election cycle. One of the big things they talk about is civility in politics. They want politicians that go to Washington to get things done and stop fighting and bickering one another, work across the aisle and get things done that make American families and businesses thrive and prosperous again. Tim Golding, appreciate you joining us. Thank you. Republicans are now speaking out about what went wrong after the major midterm defeat. Joining us now to discuss Audie Bushell, Democratic strategist, former South Carolina City Councilwoman, and Mark Meckler, president of the Convention of States Foundation, America First Policy Actions senior advisor for Michigan. Great to have you both with us. So, Vice President Vance posting a long message on X explaining why Republicans lost the midterms. He listed four reasons, one of them saying end the war. Focus on cost of living, inflation, put America first, change our relationship to Israel. Our voters showed up, and the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. That's the vice president there saying that in the post-mortem assessment. Audie, Republicans have taken big losses before, including in 2020. What do Democrats need to do in the next two years to deliver for their voters? Well, I think exactly what you just said. Yes, 2020, we had some great gains, but we haven't seen this historic nature of states that have flipped. For the first time in decades, like my home state, where we have our first Democratic senator for the first time in 28 years, since probably the Obama era. And I think what makes this point in time the most distinctive and the most crucial is that people didn't vote them in just because they were Democrats. They voted them in because they had practical solutions for problems that everyday Americans were facing, especially in red states like Texas and South Carolina. And so over the next two years. Democrats need to be focused on delivering, being able to show exactly how they made people's lives better, less of the performative, you know, statement releasing, tweet sending. And I think you see that even with some of the super left end of the party already starting to have opinions about the potential leadership for the House Democrats and the Senate Democrats. But regardless, it's been very much a populist movement. And you've also seen the generational tides turn. And so I think that that's what you need to focus on. This is a different era of Democrats, and they have to focus on delivering, not just talking politics. Now Mark, Vice President Vance ended his post by urging frustrated Republicans to back candidates who share their values. What is your post-mortem assessment and what do Republicans need to do to recalibrate and claw back the confidence of many voters? Look, I think this was not a yes election. This was a no election. I think voters were incredibly frustrated. Republicans promised a lot and delivered little. They promised affordability. They promised secure elections. They promised to put America first. And we didn't see these policies in action. We saw tariffs. I'm actually surprised to see the president talking about tariffs in the Oval Office today. Those raise the cost of living on everyone. It is what I can argue whether they're good or bad, but they raise the cost of living. And so we just saw Republicans not deliver for the American people. We saw actually a lot of Republicans vote for Democrats because they were just fed up with Republicans. And I actually think it's much more simple. I think the formula is affordability. If Republicans want to return prosperity to the American people, they have to do the hard work and actually return prosperity or they're not going to win again. Mark, just a quick follow-up. How do you think the GOP is going to manage the lame duck session? Well, there's a question versus should or how will they? What I think they should do is they should ram through every single piece of their agenda that they have failed to do. They should make housing more affordable, medical costs more transparent, free up the meatpacking industry so that it's not a cartel anymore to bring down grocery prices. They should end the war in Iran immediately. President Trump should do that. We should get out of there and let them handle their own neighborhood, all the things that he promised. And I would say in the Senate, they should end the filibuster. The Democrats have said over and over, Vast majority of them who are running for office, but they will end the filibuster as soon as they take power. So I think Republicans should do that right now, ram through a Republican agenda, and then President Trump should, you know, any attempt to change that, and then let the record stand for itself. I think the economy will roar, the people will thrive, and I think Republicans would take power again in 2028. Oddly, Florida notably resisted some of the blue wave. Governor Ron DeSantis has been very public about his views on the Republican losses. Here's what he had to say. Why haven't we done immigration? Shut off H-1B visas. Why haven't we codified Trump's immigration executive orders? Why haven't we stripped jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases? There's so many things that could have been done. They didn't even attempt it, Laura. So, oddly, Florida obviously staving off that blue wave to a certain degree with Republicans keeping their congressional seats in their state legislature. Why do you think Democrats were not able to perform as well in Florida as they did in other states, including your home state of South Carolina? Well, a couple of things. When it came to South Carolina, we have always been notoriously stubborn about not being told what to do, whether that's Democrats or Republicans. And what you saw was a lot of Republicans that were upset that the, you know, late Senator Graham's sister was essentially being anointed to the seat. And they felt that there were a lot more capable candidates that would represent their values. And that was something that Senator Senator Annie Andrews was able to capitalize off of that and she had You know, 17 months between also the death of Senator Graham to continue to campaign and build those inroads. And so I think that was a big factor of why we were able to flip that seat in Florida. You know, while Governor DeSantis is coming on and saying, you know, why didn't we do X, Y, Z with Trump's agenda? He successfully, after his presidential run, very much separated himself from a lot of the national MAGA movement and focused on Florida. And I think that's been key for whether it's the blue wave or the red wave is candidates that actually remember you're not representing the swamp in Washington. You're representing your state, which is going to be very different by state. That is really where I think Florida did well. They focused on their people. And so you saw a lot of incumbents still win. And you also saw a lot, you know, the first, I think, black governor that. Has ever been elected in the state. And a lot of that was a reflection of really being focused on the state. Mark, something interesting took place. A lot of conservative ballot measures passed in states that flipped to Democrats. For instance, Kansas. Are conservative voters really moving left? Or are they punishing Republicans for not delivering on conservative issues? Okay, I think you nailed it. This is why I say this was a no election, not a yes election. If you look on the issues, the voters still support Republicans. Look at those ballot initiatives. They supported conservative Republican ideas. They are punishing Republicans for not delivering on those ideas. Going back to Florida, the reason that Ron DeSantis won and was so successful is because he's a good governor. He's a good executive. He delivered on the ideas that he promised in that state. And it proves that good governance matters. Honestly, it matters more than sort of the fringe policy, social stuff at the edges. Ron DeSantis turns the lights on within 24 hours when there's a hurricane. People care about that a lot more than what's the abortion policy in the state. As of now, the outcome of Alaska, that Senate race there, still unclear. It's razor thin. There was some controversy around it. President Trump today weighing in on that controversy surrounding the ballot stacking to NTD's Iris Tao. Let's have a quick listen. So they cheated on thousands of votes. Everyone knows it's a cheat. And they should be mandated to take the fake Dan Sullivan's votes and the other person they put in it and give it to the real Dan Sullivan. And when that happens, he wins by thousands of votes. Additionally, Alaska uses ranked choice voting, which can be complicated for voters to navigate. Does this system create opportunities for spoiler candidates to influence the outcome of the election? So I think that any type of, you know, voting system is going to have pros and cons. There is actually an initiative here in South Carolina to get rid of straight ticket voting because, I mean, I even have come onto your show and said, I don't know if Annie Andrews is going to win because we have straight ticket voting. But what we saw is regardless of the voting. You're going to see voter behavior change based on the environment that's around them. I think it's unfair to say that it's a fake person because it is another real person that has the same name. Whether or not he was recruited, I haven't been following close enough to make that. You know, decision. But I will say that it is going to always be a pro and con. We are still a two party system, which makes it difficult for people that have viewpoints on both sides of the aisle or slightly more extreme than both parties to be able to be a viable candidate. And that's where I think Democrats this cycle did a very good job of falling in line for the first time since, again, 2008, in my experience. And I attribute that to millennials that said, hey, we're the big tent party and we're going to accept people with different religious backgrounds and people that may be DSA, may not be DSA. And that's exactly what I think will continue to be our successful formula for 2028. Now, Mark, it appears as though the DOJ is escalating its investigation into this matter. How might this investigation affect the certification process in Alaska? Well, it should. And one of the things that's really driving me crazy is I'm hearing a lot of Democrats saying, well, we know it's bad. We know it was dishonest. We know this guy wasn't a real candidate. We now know for sure the documents are out there that he was sought out because his name was Dan Sullivan. They were searching for that all over the state. We know that the Democratic Campaign Committee was involved in this. We know that Mary Peltola's campaign was involved in it. Whether it's legally cheating or not, we all know it's bad and it's dishonest. And we actually know nobody voted for that guy for real because nobody knew who he was. He didn't campaign. Nobody could identify his photo. And he disappeared. I mean, he has literally now just completely disappeared. They've tried to find him. He's gone. He's not a real candidate. That's cheating by any measure. And any Democrat that would support that should be embarrassed for themselves for supporting that. Everybody in the country should call for clean elections. And that means that you don't put a spoiler candidate on the ballot in order to make people. Ida B. Wells, Mark Meckler, greatly appreciate both coming on. Thank you. Voters across the country weighing in on more than 100 ballot measures in this year's midterm elections. Among the biggest issues, abortion, voter ID, and gun rights. The results were mixed with voters in some states moving in opposite directions. Let's take a closer look. Voters in several states made their voices heard on some of the country's most divisive issues, and the results weren't all pointing in the same direction. On abortion, voters in three states backed measures protecting access. Virginia and Nevada approved constitutional protections for abortion rights. And in Missouri, voters rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have ended protections approved by voters two years ago. But in Idaho, voters rejected a proposal that would have established a statutory right to abortion up to about 24 weeks, which is when the fetus would be capable of living after birth. The results were also divided on voter identification or voter ID. Voters in Ohio, North Carolina, and Nevada approved measures strengthening photo ID requirements for voting. But voters in California and Colorado rejected proposals to add identification requirements for mail-in ballots. In Massachusetts, voters approved a proposal that would allow eligible citizens to register at their polling place on Election Day. Several states also approved measures reaffirming that only U.S. citizens can vote in state elections, a requirement already in place for federal elections. And on to gun rights. Arkansas voters approved a constitutional amendment declaring gun ownership a fundamental individual right. And in Idaho, voters chose the Winchester Model 1873 as the state's preferred gun. A symbolic vote that does not change the state's gun laws. But in Massachusetts, voters decided to keep their state's restrictions on gun ownership, such as penalties for owning so-called ghost guns. All of the results show voters were willing to weigh in directly on major political and cultural issues. But their decisions depended on the state and the question in front of them. The latest in the Chinese Communist Party's influence operations right here on U.S. soil. A recent report finding China is using social media to pose as Americans and spread divisive political content operating just ahead of the midterm elections. NBC's Washington correspondent, Jack Bradley, has the details. The Chinese Communist Party is behind an effort to repurpose established media accounts to amplify politically divisive content. That's according to a recent report by online intelligence firm Graphika. So with China, thousands of... Fake accounts, personas that seed or generate or post content. And then there's a second wave of fake accounts that come along and amplify that content, try and boost it. Accounts with tens of thousands of followers, targeting critics of the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese dissidents, and Falun Gong. A spiritual practice brutally persecuted in China. Those same accounts now amplifying posts about U.S. immigration, mass shootings, and election integrity. Repurposed to sow political division in the U.S. One account, Coolture, with over 200,000 followers, once posted about Filipino food and culture. But after going silent for two years, it returned with pro-Beijing messaging, then to U.S. politics, circulating content both supporting and criticizing President Trump. X has since suspended the account this week. And this influence operation spreads across numerous social media platforms. Both of them were using ChatGPT to generate content, which was then posted on social media by accounts posing as Americans. And both of them in their own ways were trying to jump on existing debates in the U.S. And if you like, give them a bit of a CCP steer to steer them in a direction which might be in line with CCP strategic objectives. In 2023, Meta removed thousands of accounts and pages associated with this network spreading pro-Beijing narratives and targeting critics of the CCP. Jack Bradley, NBC News, Washington. And a decisive victory for Democrats in the midterm elections, but what does it mean for China? We'll look at the facts to find out. Find out more tonight on China in Focus with Tiffany Meyer at 9.30 p.m. Eastern. And coming up, how are everyday Americans reacting to the Democrats' midterms victory? We're hitting the streets right here in D.C. to hear what the people have to say. That's next. Are you sitting at home living in pain? Maybe it's in your hands, maybe your back or your hips. The good news is you don't need to live in pain. Why? 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In a two-day Arkansas operation, 393 commercial truck drivers were taken out of service by the Department of Transportation. The department says that almost half were not proficient in English, something Secretary Duffy has said is an ongoing issue. You have to speak English to operate a commercial motor vehicle. I didn't create that rule. President Trump didn't create that rule. That rule has been in place for decades. We have schools. that know the rule and still pass people through their school who can't speak the language. Out of the 393, officers also referred 74 people to federal immigration enforcement and 44 people were arrested on criminal charges. With the announcement, Duffy said, gone are the days of dangerous and many times illegal and foreign drivers putting American lives at risk on our roads. Under the Trump administration, we are restoring law and order. Officers ran checks at weigh stations along Arkansas highways and freight corridors. They did more than 1,700 inspections from October 27th to October 29th. This effort is the third wave of Operation Highway Shield. The first wave took 176 drivers out of service in Florida. The second wave covered Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio and took 766 drivers and vehicles out of service. Jason Blair, Entity News. And with Democrats sweeping both the House and the Senate in the midterms, how are everyday Americans reacting to the results? And what should the next Congress be prioritizing? NTD Sam Wong was out in the National Mall right here in DC to hear from the people. What was your reaction to the results? Did it surprise you? Not necessarily. I mean, I was kind of expecting things to go a little bit different. People are They want everything to change right away and sometimes things don't change right away. I think from the media blitz, I expected it to go exactly the way it did. I'm definitely not surprised that there was a blue wave and I'm very excited for what the future holds with that. I think it does show, like it goes to show, People's sort of attitudes towards where we are now in America. Usually whoever's in power, the other party takes control on the midterms. It almost always happens that way. So I did expect it. Did I like it? No, but I expected it. I've watched what's been happening with the Republican Party for a long time and they've lost their way. You get the feeling that The Republican Party would rather lose than allow the MAGA movement to continue on where it is, and not knowing that there is a greater spiritual and cultural movement that is rapidly growing in this country. One of the things that a lot of people are talking about is affordability, right? Do you think the Democrats, once they get control of Congress, do you think they're going to effectively address this issue? I think it'll definitely take time, like for anyone to get a hold of how our economy is right now, like it's going to take time to do. No, of course not. All they do is raise taxes and have silly ideas. So this would all be ashes if Iran had nuked us. So, you have no choice to go to war? Oh, they'll try to address it, but the solution that they're going to offer is not going to make it better, it's going to make it worse. More government spending, more government programs is not going to reduce the affordability crisis because it's all about the debt. What should the next Congress prioritize? I think right now, security, every country's got their own border. Not everybody's allowing everybody to just, you know, filter right in. What they'll end up prioritizing is our investigations and impeachments. They'll be engrossed in that rather than addressing the affordability crisis, addressing the immigration problem, because why is housing so expensive? You have all these extra people in the country from the last administration. Nobody can afford a house because it's supply and demand. Representatives from both Russia and Ukraine at the White House today, First Lady Melania Trump, hosting them after successfully brokering a first-of-its-kind partial ceasefire between the two countries. Ukraine saying it now expects more U.S. support after the midterm elections. NTD's international correspondent, Ariane Pasdar, reports. We must use the courage we brought to Oleshky to find common ground through a shared concern. For the suffering of innocent people. First Lady Melania Trump saying Russia and Ukraine should continue moving closer toward peace. She's hosting representatives from both countries at the White House on Thursday, discussing the positive outcome of a partial ceasefire in the Russia-controlled Ukrainian city of Oleshky. The town gained global attention when its residents became stranded by heavy fighting, leaving them without food and medicine. The ceasefire marked the first time since the start of the war that both sides managed to adhere to a truce, allowing for aid to come in and residents to evacuate. The Russian representative thanking the First Lady for the initiative, while also praising President Trump's peace efforts. President Trump has asked President Putin to support a number of initiatives on exchanging of prisoners, on releasing US prisoners, on humanitarian efforts, and President Putin supported those ideas. The First Lady now says the two sides should continue building on that momentum. Together we can create something more enduring than a temporary ceasefire. Meanwhile in Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Russia could have created something more enduring a long time ago. We have just had a humanitarian operation in Oleshky. And this operation proved something very simple. When Putin wants the fighting to stop, it stops. And Ukraine's foreign minister, suggesting Kyiv expects more US support after the midterm elections. We expect new steps to support Ukraine. USA needs us because our security is indivisible with USA security. He added that Ukraine needs the leadership from the U.S. and President Trump. Ariane Pastar, NTD News. That is all we have for you tonight on The Capitol Report. Stay connected to the stories that matter and visit us at NTD.com. From the nation's capital, I'm Steve Lance. Have a nice evening. See you back here tomorrow. Every case on this show has a version that everybody knows, but we tell the one that the evidence supports. A killer who wrote to the newspapers and a symbol that outlived him. Six real murders that became the opening scene of a supernatural franchise. A tiny evidence bank and a family finally willing to talk. Thirteen stolen artworks, frames still empty. 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