Georgia Grand Jury Indicts Former President Trump in 2020 Election Case; Hundreds Missing in Maui 2023-08-15 11:38

Good morning. In today's headlines, 96 dead, hundreds still missing in Maui, a lawsuit and revelations about the emergency warning system. We have the stories for you. A Georgia grand jury indicts former President Trump in its 2020 election investigation and some controversy surrounding an apparent premature release of the document online. The transcript interview of an FBI whistleblower has been released. His testimony mirrors Ayer's whistleblower claims, alleging interference into an investigation of Hunter Biden. Some hospitals in the U.S. are still reporting disruptions over a week after a cyber attack hit a health care company. We hear from an expert on whether a ransom is expected and how health care systems can protect themselves. Bone-chilling exposure of China's organ harvesting industry. A doctor speaking under his real name gives a shocking firsthand experience. We have an exclusive report. Texas parents getting back lost time with their children thanks to a new law. But what does lost time mean? We spoke with some Texas fathers. Good morning, welcome to NTD, I'm Kevin Hogan. Good morning everyone, I'm Evelyn Lee. Today is Tuesday, August 15th. Yes it is, and Evelyn, it is a significant time in American history right now. Oh yeah, never has a former president been indicted four times. Yes, and we'll have to see how this plays out in court as DA Fannie Willis says, everyone charged in the indictment is presumed innocent. And so we hope you're having a good morning. We're gonna give you the details in this case. Right, a big update in former President Trump's Georgia 2020 election case. The Fulton County Grand Jury issued an indictment against Trump and 18 co-defendants last night. It accuses them of trying to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. Those charged include former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. All have been charged under Georgia's RICO Act, which is used to target members of organized crime groups. Defendants face between five to 20 years in prison if convicted. Trump is charged with racketeering, soliciting a public official, making false statements and conspiracy. The 2024 presidential candidate denies any wrongdoing. Here's a Georgia DA yesterday. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia's legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia's presidential election results. An indictment is only a series of allegations based on a grand jury's determination of probable cause to support the charges. It is now the duty of my office to prove these charges in the indictment beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis said yesterday she will try all 19 defendants together. The DA gave defendants a deadline of Friday afternoon next week to surrender voluntarily rather than face arrest. It's up to a judge to set the date of the trial. Willis says her office will propose it happens within the next six months. Trump says the case is a form of election interference and claims Democrat prosecutors waited to bring charges until the middle of his presidential campaign. Willis says her office bases decisions on the facts and the law and that the law is completely nonpartisan. The grand jury met for roughly 10 hours yesterday before handing up the 98-page indictment, but a bizarre instance occurred earlier in the day. The Georgia court briefly posted online, then removed a list of charges against Trump. And today's Jeremy Sandberg tells us more. Reuters first reported that Fulton County Courthouse posted online a two-page list of charges against former President Trump on Monday, but then took it down. The county website deleted the post without explanation and the Fulton County District Attorney's office said that no charges had been filed against Trump. The court's mysterious action came as a grand jury was still hearing testimony from witnesses in the Trump investigation. The apparently premature release of the charges sparked concerns about whether the accusations were being predetermined before the grand jurors voted. NTD's Stefania Cox spoke to Epoch Times reporter Janice Heisel about the document's release. There are a lot of concerns out there about tainting the entire process and showing that perhaps that these charges were already lock, stocked, and barreled, decided before the grand jury has voted, which is supposed to not, that's not supposed to be how the process works. It's supposed to be the grand jury makes its own decision. Now, of course, we've all heard the old cliche about you can indict a ham sandwich if you're a prosecutor. I get the grand jury to go along with that. But the concern is that the grand jury is supposed to have some degree of independence and vote on the actual charges. Heisel says the biggest difference in a Georgia and federal indictment for Trump is his ability to pardon if reelected. Say that he were to be convicted of the state charges, that is not within the president's purview to pardon himself if he were to be reelected. So he can pardon himself if he would be convicted on the federal cases, but not here in the state cases. Trump's lawyers condemned the incident in a statement Monday, writing, this was not a simple administrative mistake. A proposed indictment should only be in the hands of the district attorney's office, yet it somehow made its way to the clerk's office and was assigned a case number and a judge before the grand jury even deliberated. Later in the day, Reuters reported the clerk of court's office described, a fictitious document circulating online without specifying whether it was the one listing criminal charges against Trump. The Epoch Times also asked the court spokesman for clarification, but received no response. Jeremy Sandberg, NTD News. And Georgia prosecutor Fannie Willis does have power that other state prosecutors normally don't. A former state prosecutor told NTD's Arlene Richards why. Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis is expected to file RICO charges against former President Trump and others as early as next week. The RICO statute, or racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations, is normally used to tackle organized crime. There are unique differences between Georgia's RICO law and the federal law. The federal statute, for instance, requires that prosecutors show proof that there is a threat of ongoing racketeering activity. In Georgia, only two related acts are needed to prove a pattern. So tell me, what can a Georgia prosecutor do under the Georgia RICO statute that she couldn't do under the federal RICO statute? In the Georgia RICO case, because she has such free reign and because they have situations where people may not necessarily know each other, you get to have hearsay statements introduced in these kinds of cases that are not normally allowed in a courtroom. He said hearsay is when a person testifies about what a third person told him. There are also some challenges. But these cases can go on very, very long. If convicted under RICO in Georgia, Trump could face a mandatory five-year minimum sentence. Arlene Richards, NTD News. The Justice Department is skeptical about a request from former President Trump in the documents case. Trump's legal team has been fighting to get a secure facility reestablished at his Mar-a-Lago estate. On Monday, the Justice Department said the request is not needed or justified. They also mentioned the request is unusual for a case involving classified discovery. The Justice Department says Trump is seeking special treatment and called Mar-a-Lago a social club. Trump says he needs the secure facility to discuss the evidence in the case with his legal team. Trump's team said traveling to a secure facility elsewhere would create too great a burden for Trump and law enforcement. An FBI whistleblower's transcript testimony regarding an investigation into Hunter Biden was released yesterday. The House Oversight Committee interviewed the former FBI supervisor last month. He was responsible for opening the Bureau's investigation into the president's son and remains anonymous. The whistleblower testified that the 2020 transition team of then-president-elect Biden was tipped off about a planned FBI interview with his son Hunter Biden and that the interview never took place as a result. That corroborates allegations made by a former IRS investigator turned whistleblower Gary Shapley. The whistleblower said he understood why FBI headquarters had to inform the Secret Service headquarters but not Biden's transition team. A retired Harvard law professor is questioning the legality of U.S. Attorney David Weiss's special counsel status in Hunter Biden's case. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Weiss to lead the investigation last week. Attorney Alan Dershowitz told Fox Business that it's illegal. Here's Dershowitz yesterday. The regulation provides clearly that special counsel have come from outside the government for good reason. What's so special about a special counsel is that he doesn't have to answer to the president administration. He's independent. A number of congressional Republicans are calling for Weiss to recuse himself. The Justice Department has not addressed the controversy. Coming up, we hear from an expert on how health care systems can protect themselves from cyber attacks. And a class action lawsuit has been filed against Hawaii utility companies. It alleges that power lines triggered the fire. We'll have that and more for you after the break. Did you know Dragging chains can spark a wildfire. Ex-fermented 50-enzyme complex, enhance flavor and remove bitterness. Small batch roasted to a decadent medium dark salting in a brew that is gentle on digestion, low acid, and up to 90% less caffeine than regular coffee. America's first enzyme-fermented coffee today. It's all good, baby. Is it really all good? If you love me enough to routinely test your handyman skills, not to mention the strength of your marriage, then of course you'll visit nhtsa.gov slash the right seat to make sure I'm in the right car seat. Welcome back. Some updates from Maui. At least 99 people are confirmed dead in the Maui wildfires. Officials are expected to begin identifying the victims today. Search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through 25 percent of the Lahaina disaster zone. Officials say perhaps hundreds more people are unaccounted for nearly a week after the disaster. Authorities hope to get through 85 to 90 percent of the disaster zone by this weekend. Maui County briefly relaxed rules allowing Lahaina residents back to their homes. However, that was suspended yesterday after curiosity seekers abused the system, clogging streets used by rescue workers. Officials have urged tourists to stay away from West Maui, but said other parts of the island remained open for business. Here's more on the tragedy in Maui. Desperation was growing in Maui on Monday for these residents. They'd been waiting for hours in long lines of traffic for temporary permits to get to scorched areas of the Hawaiian island they used to call home. It's been almost a week since the fast-moving fire leveled most of the historic town. But many residents were still unable to go back there due to the risks posed by possible hot spots and toxic fumes. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanna Criswell described at a White House briefing the long and hard road ahead to recovery. The White House said President Joe Biden had discussed with Hawaii Governor Josh Green and Senator Matsuya Hirono ways of housing displaced residents as well as longer-term recovery efforts. It's a grim outlook for the island, with search teams finding more bodies on Monday as they resume the work of combing through the charred debris. Officials also say identifying the victims is a tough task since the fire was so intense even metal structures had melted in the heat. The fire was the deadliest in the country in 100 years. It destroyed over 2,000 buildings, more than 80 percent of them residential. The fire has caused an estimated $5.5 billion in damage. Officials haven't yet determined the cause of the wildfire, but a class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hawaii utility companies. It alleges that power lines were brought down by high winds and triggered the fire. Hawaiian Electric Industries and three subsidiaries are named in the lawsuit. In a statement, it says that the firms failed to de-energize their power lines despite weather warnings. Utility companies in California, Oregon, and Nevada turn off power during high winds to prevent fires. That's after a 2019 wildfire in California. Hawaiian Electric Vice President Jim Kelly did not comment on the case, but did say the company doesn't have a formal shut-off program in place. The Biden administration says it's focused on finding those still missing while outrage intensifies over failures to warn residents. Entity's Iris Tao has more from the White House. More than 100 people have been currently dead. That's as specialist teams continue to search for those missing in the ruins of the Maui wildfires. But questions are mounting over why the world's largest siren system stays silent when fires quickly spread into the neighborhood. I hear there were no sirens went off, nothing, nothing. We just had to know that ourselves. It was fight or flight with no warning whatsoever. The Hawaiian governor blamed fire damage to infrastructure. And a FEMA administrator said this. I can't speak to the initial communications and the warning. What we are really focused on right now is making sure that we do have continuous communication to help people understand what resources are available. The state is launching a formal review into its emergency response. The White House is also questioning a lack of comments from the president. The people of Maui, Mr. President. The White House defended President Biden. This is something that the president takes very seriously. But a press secretary also confirms that President Biden has no plans to travel to Hawaii as of now, though she asks that we will hear more from him in the coming days. Reporting from the White House, Iris Tao, NTD News. Our thoughts go out to the victims and their families. Yes, and hopefully all those people were able to get the resources they need from FEMA and others. And questions linger over the recent cyber attack on a multi-state health care system. We hear from an expert on what to expect and what can be done. Joining me now is Andrew Sternke, CEO of DarkBox Security Systems. Thank you for coming on the show today, Andrew. Thanks for having me. As you know, the cyber attack caused many people's lives to be disrupted, with patients seeking the ER being diverted, elective surgeries suspended. The good news is the FBI is investigating, and they're looking into the cyber attack and prospect medical holdings. What are they going to be looking for, and are you confident they'll be able to bring the perpetrators to justice? I'm very confident that they will eventually find out who the perpetrators are. As far as bringing them to justice, that really depends, because unfortunately a lot of these cyber attacks are instigated from overseas, so that makes it a little more difficult on the justice side. Do we expect a ransomware payment to be involved here? I believe so. I do know that the traditional aspect of ransomware these days is to not pay it, but in situations like this where we have lives on the line, especially the patients and their care, that may be something that is possibly looked at. So what do the hackers do with data involved in a breach like this? Basically what they do is they basically lock up the data of the hospital, and in turn that affects their operations. If the doctors, nurses, the staff, if they can't access specific data regarding the patient care, then they're not able to provide services such as operations and whatnot. Because of that, this is a very significant danger to patients, and that's why the FBI is personally involved. So how can we better protect our health care systems from this? The thing about cybersecurity is that it's an ongoing educational factor for all of us, and for organizations such as hospitals, they always have to continuously do risk assessments, make sure that they're always doing their system updates, and another big thing that they need to do is make sure that they have network segmentation. So basically everything should not be running on one network. It should be divided up into various networks. So if one does get taken over, then they're able to just shut down the one aspect, make sure all their staff have specific access controls in place. Some individuals do not need all the access to the various systems, and then make sure that they're always doing regular backups. This is extremely important because if you have all the data already backed up, you can shut things down and just revert to the data that you already have. And so data backups, if they're doing this at least bimonthly, that's good. And then make sure that they have an incidence response plan. When something like this happens, they need to know exact steps that they need to take to quickly mitigate it. Andrew, that's some very good advice on cyber hygiene there. So Andrew Sternke, CEO of DarkBox Security Systems, I really appreciate your time. Great. Thanks for having me. And Evelyn, hopefully the patients in Connecticut where their systems are still down can get the care they need. Yeah, hopefully. It must be a lot of work to do everything on paper now. Yes. And still to come, a doctor with first-hand experience of live organ harvesting in China speaks out. Stay tuned for shocking revelations about the gruesome industry. This is my country, Myanmar. The government is not doing anything. We are the people, we are the people! Did you know ESG is impacting every part of your life? From rising gas prices to global food shortages to out of control inflation, even losing your freedom of speech and being censored on the internet, it's all being driven by ESG ideology. Who's in control? What can you do about it? Find out in The Shadow State, the first documentary exposing ESG. The ESG movement of governments and corporations operates in the shadows. Only the light of truth can expose it. Watch The Shadow State documentary streaming now. Welcome back. Death by donation. Reports of surgeons turned executioners in China are nothing new. But for a Chinese doctor, it is his first time stepping forward with his real name to tell a deeply personal narrative accompanied by profound horror. Zhen Ji, a then-resident doctor at one of China's largest military hospitals, recounts how he witnessed a man's kidneys and eyes carved out for transplant while he was still alive. Now he's shedding light on China's horrifying forced organ harvesting industry. And just a warning, some viewers may find the following content disturbing. I was ordered to take one of his eyeballs by the soldier on the other side. And the nurse handed me a hemostat. I really couldn't stand it. And I said, I can't do it. I can't. The horror Zhen witnessed took place in 1994 inside a van guarded by armed soldiers, then staffed with five surgeons and nurses. He thought they were on a secret military mission near a prison around China's northeastern Dalian city. But what followed has stayed with him for decades. I looked at him. He was looking right at me. This man at my feet during the operation, he was really looking at me. His eyes were moving. Zheng says the man was no more than 18 years old, carried into the van by four soldiers, his limbs tightly bound by ropes. A doctor first sliced open the man's stomach, and two others extracted a kidney each. The man's legs twitched, his throat moved, but no sound came out. Then a doctor instructed Zheng to step on the man's legs and don't let him move. As I pressed down, his still warm body made me think he was alive. A surgeon took a scalpel and made a large incision directly under the xiphoid into the umbilical cord. When the abdomen opened, the intestines came out. And I was really terrified. Another surgeon pushed the intestines aside and retrieved a kidney. Then another got the second kidney. The head nurse swiftly placed both kidneys in a temperature-controlled box. In 2002, while accompanying a military official for a medical checkup, Zheng first learned that Falun Gong adherents were used as an organ source. This is absolutely egregious and I do want to know more about what he has to say. Yes, and here we're sharing a shortened version, but you can watch the full interview on NTD's China in Focus program or visit our website at NTD.com. And yes, it is just truly horrifying and it's no wonder that you see all these pushes for legislation to stop forced organ harvesting. Right, as it should be. And now we're getting to some short headlines from around the world. At least 30 people were killed and over 100 injured in a massive explosion at a gas station in Russia. The explosion was in the southern republic of Dagestan yesterday. The blast occurred after a fire at a nearby car repair shop spread to the station. It took firefighters over three and a half hours to put out the blaze. Germany's foreign minister has abandoned a trip to the Indo-Pacific after a problem with her government plane. Annalena Baerbock set off from Berlin on Sunday on what was supposed to be a nearly week-long trip. But a mechanical problem with her aging German Air Force Airbus A340's landing flaps meant that it had to turn back to Abu Dhabi twice. Thousands of Bosnians took to the streets yesterday to demand authorities act to curb violence against women. It comes after a man shot and killed his ex-wife last week while streaming it live on Instagram. He killed two more people before killing himself. The woman had reported harassment and violence to the authorities. The UK has arrested and charged three suspected spies for Russia. The BBC reports the defendants are Bulgarian nationals who were detained in February during a major national security investigation. They've lived in Britain for years and worked a variety of jobs. Yes, and it's just so important to protect women. Absolutely. Vulnerable people. Yeah, and a lot of developing countries as well. We just spoke about it in an interview. But moving on into the break now. Yes, and two school boards in Southern California have defied the state's transgender school policy. Teachers in these schools are now required to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender. Texas parents getting back lost time with their children thanks to a new law. But what does lost time mean? Some Texas fathers are helping us understand that story after the break. Shen Yun Creations, the streaming platform from Shen Yun featuring world-class dance, past programs, and all original music. master classes behind the scenes comedy and more. Shen you creations dot com. Anyone who's ever sold a home can tell you it is really hard that's why who you work with matters together with home light we've helped thousands of people sell faster and for the best price. Life doesn't always give you time to change the outcome. Prediabetes does. With early diagnosis, prediabetes can be reversed. Take the one-minute prediabetes risk test today. Go to doihaveprediabetes.org. Good to have you back. In Southern California, two schools have recently approved policies that require teachers to tell parents if their child identifies as transgender. This contradicts state guidance. We go to Entity's Jack Bradley with the details. Jack, what can you tell us? Thanks, Evelyn. Two Southern California school districts recently implemented a policy that requires schools to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender. Chino Valley and most recently Murrieta Unified's new policies require their schools to notify parents if their child seeks to change their name, pronouns, or asks to play in sports or use bathrooms or changing rooms that do not match their sex. To dive into this, I spoke with Republican Assemblyman Bill Esaley. About a year ago, the California Department of Education, through a frequently asked questions section, put out some regulations that said schools should withhold gender transition plans from parents. That they should not tell the parents unless they get explicit consent from the minor, regardless of age. This regulation was put out under the superintendent, Tony Thurman. It had no debate. There's no law that requires this. There's no court case. They totally just made it up and they sent it out to school districts acting like it was legally required. So that's where all this really started. And doesn't this regulation or guidance rather violate a parent's constitutional rights to have authority over their kids prior to have precedence over the schools? The Supreme Court has continuously ruled over the last hundred years that parents have a constitutional right to raise their children. That they are best positioned to decide what's in their best interest, not the state, not the government. And that's totally flipped with this policy. So yes, it's absolutely constitutional, unconstitutional. And there's been pushback on these schools passing these policies. Some parents who are opposed to them think that schools are a safe haven from parents who don't agree with transgenderism. What do you think about that? Yeah, I think what's really happening here is they're trying to indoctrinate your kids and they don't want the parents to get involved in the indoctrination process. So what they're doing is they're setting it up on this transgender issue, but believe me, it's going to cover many other issues. But number one, what authority or power does the school have to withhold information from parents? Absolutely none. So regardless of the reason, you cannot do it. And I spoke to Chino Valley Unified School District Board President, Sonia Shah, who modeled her district's policy after Assembly Bill 1314 written by Assemblyman Asale. There is a lot of things in Sacramento trying to divide the families and it has to do with even the education. I feel like they're using education as a pathway and we see our Department of Ed, we see the bills coming down. A lot of it has to do with the sexualization and the confusion towards our children. So with this, it kind of pushes back and it shows Sacramento we're not going to stand for what they're doing. So to me, it was putting safeguards in place because secrets should never be kept from the parent. Can you elaborate more on what the parents were saying to you in regards to this kind of policy? Absolutely. So the parents wanted transparency with a lot of things. Right now we have kids, it's really sad because we have kids that are saying they're fluid. They go from one gender to the next. And prior to the last four or five years, it was always the school districts working alongside with the parents. I mean, if the kid gets a bump, we're calling the parents. If the kid throws up at school, you're calling the parents. If the kid got a bad grade or has behavioral issues, you call the parents. I don't understand why something like this would be an exception. I think it's really sad that they're trying to make exceptions and it just shows their narrative and their direction and their push and their agenda. Shaw says more school boards across California are considering implementing similar policies. Evelyn, back to you. Thank you, Jack. Yeah, and she makes a good point that historically schools were responsible for informing the parents of other behavioral issues, like if they're bullying someone, if they're falling behind in school, so their gender identity would be another issue that they'd have to convey. Right, and if you think about it, parents should be assumed to be the number one person of trust, right? So who else to consult other than the parents because they should be knowing the kids best. Yes, that is a good point. They know what's best for their children. Texas parents getting back lost time with their children thanks to a new law. But what does lost time mean? Some Texas fathers are helping us understand. Here's the story. I went through about 12 years of family court, 43 plus false allegations. Robert Garza says his ex-wife used false accusations to keep their children away from him. Then in March this year, he testified in front of the Texas Senate as a dad and as a parental rights advocate. I chose to come out with a bill called Time Taken, Time Back. It was in the Texas Senate and it was SB 718. This Texas law by Senator Angela Paxton will give noncustodial parents back lost time with their children, the same amount of time wrongfully taken away in divorce court orders. The other thing that it does is it disincentivizes the person making a false allegation in the first place. It could be a silver lining for many divorced Texas fathers fighting to stay in their kids' lives. Some say they're experiencing parental alienation, which according to the National Center for State Courts, is when one parent intentionally displays to a child unjustified negativity aimed at the other parent. I have no contact with my sons at all. I don't know their status. I don't hear from them. I actually didn't even know where my sons lived. Dad of two, Jeff Younger's custody case has been under national spotlight. He says his ex-wife has been transitioning his then eight, now 11-year-old son James into a girl. He says earlier this year, a Texas judge let her move to California with his sons. Stripped me of all notification requirements. I'm never notified of any medical education or anything. It's right after California began its new sanctuary law to allow parents from restrictive states to flee there and transition their children legally. My ex-wife is currently enjoined from doing any kind of hormone treatments or surgeries on my son. Because Texas is a state which does not allow affirming surgeries, California will never repatriate my sons to Texas. Joseph Villarreal says his ex-wife filed restraining orders against him with false allegations. He just wants to see his son again. It's been three years. I've heard his voice three times. I've seen a picture of him twice. These Texas fathers are standing behind a nationwide parental rights movement. Advocate Jeffrey Morgan says in many cases, family courts are not putting children's best interests at heart. It's the best place for the children is to be reared with both parents together in the same home. They need both parents. I came from a broken household. I had no business being around my father whenever I was a kid. As a grown man now, I can see the impact that it had on me. Morgan also says divorce hurts the child's overall well-being and future. Who's more likely to join a gang? Who's more likely to drop out of school? Who's more likely to never even hit college or the ladder of success? These are children of divorce or children that come into being out of never formed families. The law will take effect September 2023. Parents across the state hope it can shed light on their fight against false allegations and parental alienation. NTD News, Texas. Yes, father figures are very important in a child's life. There's a lot of research on this, right? Well, we have to go to break now. So coming up, prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly used stolen FTX funds for political donations. NTD's business host Don Ma brings us more on that case. And more women are dying from excessive alcohol consumption. We speak to a cardiologist about this. And Tokyo has started a trial AI translation program in one of its busiest stations. Here's what customers there are saying. One in five children worldwide are faced with the reality of living without no family dinners, no special treats, no full bellies. 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Can you tell us what happened with Bankman-Fried? year old of instructing two FTX executives to evade contribution limits. This is to by donating to Democrats and Republicans, but mainly to Democrats. He also instructed them to conceal where the money came from. The indictment said that he used the donations as leverage for influence. And then in turn, he lobbied Congress to and agencies to support legislation to make it easier for FTX to continue to accept customer deposits. So Bankman Freed faces seven counts of conspiracy and fraud over FTX's collapse. But actually, federal prosecutors are dropping this campaign finance charge because the Bahamas said it never intended to extradite him on that count. So for context, the Bahamas is where FTX was based and where Bankman Freed was arrested in December 2022. It's interesting hearing how the different jurisdictions play into this. So Sam Bankman Freed will now prepare for his fraud trial from Brooklyn jail. So what happened there? So U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan ruled on Friday that Bankman Freed will be jailed. This is after revoking his bail after finding probable cause that he tampered with witnesses at least twice. So basically, in a nutshell, what the judge found was that he's accusing him of trying to dissuade people from testifying against him. And now, as you mentioned, he's headed to a jail. And this jail is notorious for poor conditions. Apparently, it's been plagued by things like power outages and even maggots in inmates' food. And even inmates deserve these good conditions. That's just that's really interesting that you point that out there. So any other news for us, Don? Yeah. Gas prices is hitting the highest about in about 10 months. This is according to AAA. The cost of regular is above $4 a gallon in 11 states and others are nearing that threshold. And the national average is $3.85. So although prices are up, partly because Russia and Saudi Arabia have been cutting the global supply. And besides that, some tips on donating for Maui fire victims. So make sure your money doesn't go to online scammers. And to do that, here's some tips. First, take extra steps to make sure the charity or organization is legit. Be wary of any kind of emotional appeal that is demanding that you give right away. And another tip is to go with organizations already on the ground, especially because many roads are closed and transportation to the island is limited. And another tip, finally, beware of red flags. So anything from requests for your personal information like social security number to unusual payment methods like gift cards. And that's all from me. Well, Don, thanks for helping these good Samaritans make their donations count. And host of NTD Business, Don Ma, appreciate it. Thank you. So teachers are cheating with chat GPT. And one student's essay, a teacher found the text. I'm just an AI language model. I don't have an opinion on that. Yes, the poor kid forgot to delete that part. Teachers are trying to come up with ways to AI proof their courses, but there may not be a way. NTD's Faye Corder has more for us. Cheating is nothing new, but with smart AI programs like chat GPT, which can write a perfect essay in three seconds, cheating is now fast, easy and free, giving teachers a headache. There are AI tools that can detect chat GPT's writing, but they're not capable of finding all the flaws. I know that people on the front lines are kind of tearing their hair out about how persistent the problem is and how much worse it's getting because the tools are just getting better. Educator Mike Bergen also says the tools are frequently wrong, meaning students who didn't cheat are falsely accused of cheating. There is no foolproof way to detect cheating. Be really engaged, close read at work. Know your students, know their writing styles, know their vocabulary levels, know how they tell stories. That's the first thing that's going to be a flag. If a teacher reads something and says, this doesn't sound like my student, it may not be. Forbes columnist Derek Newton says the most valuable tool is teacher engagement. They should tell students how chat GPT should and should not be used and then pay close attention to their work. I have a teacher friend who teaches high school English. And if a student is a C student and then the next day they're able to summarize Macbeth perfectly, chances are they are using chat GPT. Jeff Hughes is the author of How to Raise Smart Kids with AI. He sees teachers checking students' work by using existing technology, the revisions feature in Microsoft Word. What they're looking at is turning on revisions. So a student would have to show this is my first draft. These are the corrections I made. This is the thought process. And that's available right now. The revisions feature can also tell when something is copied and pasted. So a student can't simply copy and paste a chunk of text from chat GPT. Faye Quarter, NTD News. Well if that program zero GPT doesn't work, then one way parents or students, teachers can do it is just by asking the student, hey, what about this part in your essay? And if they have no answer, well, then you caught them. You know, that's a good solution. But interestingly enough, that seems to be one limitation of AI, right? They cannot tell the teacher if the student wrote something with it. Yeah, another challenge it presents. And up next, more women are dying from excessive alcohol consumption. We speak to a cardiologist. And it translates almost a dozen languages in real time. Is this Tokyo Railway's use of AI the wave of the future? That's after the break. My dad's name was David. He always talked about getting life insurance, and now it's too late. 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Go to doihaveprediabetes.org. According to Marx, everything must be seen through the lens of oppressor and oppressed. Our property rights have continued to get weaker. The threat of these takings is no longer just for public use, but also for better use. This means that the government can't force the exchange of property from one private citizen to another private citizen. This is nowhere near the founding fathers' intentions. We now have a record share of Americans that have never been married, being one of them. In fact, the median age of a first marriage has never been higher. Now you may be thinking this is only affecting single adults, well, not exactly. According to Pew Research, one in four parents living with their child are unmarried. And let's take a look at how many children are currently living with either one parent or no parent. Welcome back. AI technology continues to become more common in our daily lives. A Tokyo train station is now using it to shatter the language barrier. Let's take a look. Tokyo is the most populous city in the world and a sought-after travel destination. Recently, the Seibu Shinjuku train station rolled out an AI program. It translates speech into 11 different languages, including English, Mandarin, French, and of course, Japanese. The display we have introduced can automatically translate between Japanese and other languages. When customers speak in a foreign language, the station attendant can see it in Japanese. And when the station attendant speaks Japanese, customers can read the sentences in their own language. The program helps with directions, tourist information, and assistance with train tickets. So far, travelers have found the clear display both convenient and useful. Google Translate isn't always available because you don't always have Wi-Fi everywhere you go. So places like this, it's also much faster than pulling up your phone, typing everything out, showing it and there's misunderstanding. Having it like this, clear on a screen, it's really nice. The railway chose this station for its trial run since it serves over 100,000 people daily and is one of Tokyo's most confusing hubs. The program is undergoing a three-month test before being placed at other stations. And while some opponents of AI oppose the lack of human interaction, this hybrid of both human and AI may negate that concern. It might sound a bit weird, but you feel safe immediately because there's a human on the other side. So you take your time to explain what you need and you will know that they will understand what you need. AI technology has recently become a hotly debated topic. However, here in Tokyo, travelers find its application to be something both timely and useful. Useful, yeah, right. Well, you'd need that in a cosmopolis like Tokyo. Oh, absolutely. And also a country where it can absolutely not guess what it actually says. I find it really helpful, yeah. Alright, and to end the program, we have some health news for you. A recent study found more women are drinking themselves to death now. And alcohol is more common among women than men. Previous studies have shown that, that women tend to drink more. I spoke to a cardiologist to find out about the effects of alcohol on your health and how much is too much. Joining me now is cardiologist Dr. Fawmi Farah. Good to have you back on the show. Now, let's talk about the new study that shows that alcohol deaths are on the rise when it comes to women. So, why do you think that's the case? There are several factors involved. Alcohol in general can cause a lot of damaging effects to the heart. And one of them is heart failure. Excessive consumption of alcohol can weaken the heart muscle. And there's something called cardiomyopathy, which is a form of heart failure. And that can cause the pump, essentially the pump of the heart doesn't work as efficiently, so the heart fails. And that in turn can increase the mortality. In women, you know, like we are seeing an increased rate of death as a result of alcohol consumption, probably due to the increased rate of alcohol consumption and the various side effects related to that. Now, how much do those women drink that, you know, that death is a result? As in, are we talking about severe alcoholism? Not necessarily. So, the impact of alcohol can vary from individual to individual. Of course, excessive alcohol consumption can impact anyone. And they don't necessarily have to have a genetic predisposition. However, there are groups of people where they don't have to have a ton of alcohol. Just moderate degree alcohol consumption can lead to damage to their organ system, especially the heart. Now, before it actually comes into play, what are some other symptoms of excessive drinking before that that can be warning signs? So, excessive drinking alcohol symptoms usually come from the damage it causes to some of the organ system. So, let's start with the heart. So, one of the common things that happens with alcohol is rhythm problems. So, people can have palpitations, shortness of breath, anxiety, feelings of anxiety as a result of the heart rate going high and having arrhythmia. But also heart failure, as I was explaining earlier. They can have swelling in their legs, shortness of breath, just fatigue in general. They'll see skin differences as well. They will see something called spider veins that will start popping up in different areas of their skin. The liver is one of the other organs that's affected by alcohol. So, they can start seeing jaundice of their skin, which is yellowing of the skin. That's usually in higher level liver damage due to alcohol. So, it can really range from just having shortness of breath, swelling and palpitations all the way to jaundice, having liver failure. So, the scale is wide. Now, is there a rule of thumb of how frequently people can have that glass of wine and still be healthy? That is a tough question to answer. In the past, we used to say one alcoholic beverage a day for women and men. But in the recent past, in the last couple of years, we have had studies that came out and showed that no amount of alcohol is good for the heart. And so, on that note, I would say abstinence is best. That being said, every once in a while, people do want to enjoy a glass of wine. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that. So, moderation is key. Interesting points. Thank you so much, Dr. Fahmy-Farah. I really appreciate your insights. Thanks for having me. You know, Evelyn, it is alarming that even moderate alcohol consumption can be a big risk. So, thanks for bringing this issue to light. Right. It was definitely news to me, too. I was still under the assumption that one glass of wine is fine every day. Because that's definitely something that was repeated or that was the common assumption. Yes, a lot of new information here. Right. So, interesting that she debunked that. All right. Thanks for watching today. That's it for today. We'd love to hear from you at goodmorningatntd.com. That's our email address if you'd like to write us. Thanks for watching. I'm Evelyn Lee. And I'm Kevin Hogan. Thanks for watching us on YouTube. Did you know YouTube only keeps selected videos on its platform? So if you want to make sure you get the full picture, just subscribe to our newsletter. Go to newsletter.ntd.com and sign up. It's free.