NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 12)

Good evening, and thank you for joining us tonight Former President Trump meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson for the first time since Trump clinched the GOP nomination The two discussing election integrity as well as other important issues facing the country this at a crucial moment for Johnson speakership Joining us now live as entities White House correspondent Iris Tao. Good evening to you Iris. What do we know about their meeting? Good evening to you Tiff. So right now former President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have just wrapped up their press conference at Mar-a-Lago About election integrity and former President Trump was calling on President Biden to quote close the border while Speaker Johnson says that there could be concerns about hundreds of thousands of votes cast by illegal immigrants in this November election watch Our country is like a dumping ground and we're gonna have it stopped and Biden should do it immediately He should close the border immediately but among the problems that flows from this open border catastrophe is Directly related to this threat to our election integrity and you see states are currently prohibited Believe it or not. The states are prohibited from asking someone to prove that they're a citizen and Speaker Johnson further vowed to introduce new legislation in Congress to Require everyone voting to prove not only stating but also actually prove that they are a u.s Citizen before they get to vote and meanwhile this meeting comes at a time when Speaker Johnson really needs that public support from Trump As Johnson is now still facing an ongoing threat from congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust him as the speaker and that's over both his handling of government funding and also over the Controversial FISA bill that just got passed passed today with Johnson's support and Trump today Was saying this about the motion to vacate watch. It's not not an easy situation for any speaker I think he's doing a very good job. He's doing uh About as good as you're going to do and i'm sure that marjorie understands that she's a very good friend of mine And I know she has a lot of respect for the speaker Meanwhile president biden's re-election campaign today cited a new statement by the chairman of the house's January 6th committee in calling today's meeting between trump and johnson a quote Sham event that should remind the american people that quote trump is a threat to our democracy And biden's campaign further released a new ad today calling both trump and johnson extreme saying they both have the same Extreme mega agenda specifically on abortion and trump Meanwhile was firing back writing on true social that quote democrats are the extremists They support abortion up to the moment of birth and as abortion continues to be this heated topic between trump and biden And trump today during the press conference was asked about why he backed off or no longer supports a national ban on abortion Trump responded by saying that quote. We don't need it anymore because we broke roe v wade back to you tiff Iris, thank you for that update The house of representatives has approved a bill renewing a controversial section of the foreign intelligence surveillance act or faiza Despite opposition from some of the more conservative and progressive members of the chamber Ntd's washington correspondent luis martinez brings us the latest the house of representatives just passed the reforming intelligence securing america act a bill that would see the Reauthorization of a foreign intelligence surveillance act an intelligence tool that allows u.s Intelligence community to intercept communications of foreign nationals abroad Even if those communications incidentally intercept also communications with u.s citizens Let's listen to what house republicans have to say about this important caveat When it comes to the bill, obviously if it doesn't have the warrant provisions in there I won't support a bill that's going to continue to violate fourth amendment rights. It has 56 Reforms in it that are important some real teeth Uh to to kind of get a handle on what the three-letter agencies have been doing Spying on the american people the left flank of the democratic party also drew a line on requiring probable cause search warrants In order to intercept or incidentally intercept communications or data of american citizens Let's listen to what house democrats commented on this warrant. I'm okay with the amendments. I will guarantee that The fbi and other law enforcement and intelligence agency Will not be searching through our garbage Uh without a warrant. I think it's important for us to pass the amendment. Uh that is supported Heavily by many progressives as well as actual Conservatives, it's a bipartisan amendment earlier this week on tuesday freedom caucus members voted against the procedural vote to advance the Reauthorization of fisa on friday those same members voted in favor of moving forward with the procedural vote I spoke earlier today with representative bob good the chairman of the freedom caucus and he defended the change in strategy It was a win to go to two years instead of five years Which is what we accomplished with voting against the rule a couple of days ago because that means hopefully a new government a new white house a new senate and hopefully a house majority will have a chance to Reform the bill even further protect americans constitutional liberties congressman matt gates the republican from florida Did not see the compromise as favorable for americans every one of these members who voted against a warrant requirement They are the deciding vote they own it and some of them may see me showing up in their districts very soon To campaign against them and to stand for the constitution It is important to note that the amendment proposed by representative andy biggs from arizona That would have required a warrant in order to intercept or incidentally intercept communications and data of american citizens did not pass the house floor But the reauthorization of foreign intelligence surveillance act was approved for another two years reporting from washington dc Luis alvaro martinez ntd news As the house approves reauthorization of faiza surveillance powers We take a moment to analyze the national security threats facing america and how faiza plays into them We spoke with casey fleming ceo of black ops partners Casey fleming. Thank you so much for joining us. Great to have you back on the show. Thank you for having me Now fbi director christopher ray is warning of a coordinated attack on the u.s Similar to the recent isis k1 we saw in moscow now He said that throughout his law enforcement career It's hard for him to think of a time when quote so many threats to our public safety and national security were so elevated all at once Why do you think that is why are there so many threats right now? There are so many threats now because the rest of the world the rest of the axis Uh feels that we are very very weak from a government and a military perspective Uh, they also are working on Knowing that we're at each other's throats the division inside the country which also spawned by our our adversaries So that's why they perceive us as being very very weak. And that's why you've seen this incredible increase To threats and risk at this time Now ray also warned about china saying that the chinese communist party is the defining threat of our generation He also said in his prepared remarks to congress that chinese hackers outnumber fbi agents 50 to 1 Now is the u.s under prepared for a threat like this? Why? We are under prepared for a cyber threat From these different adversaries that are all working in unison at least In principle, they're working in unison. Maybe not directly in unison, but they are working in unison. So That threat against the united states and from our perspective just the government resources We have on it are not enough. So we have not taken it seriously And the truth is we need a whole of nation response to a whole of nation threat Hmm now also in the headlines this week is faiza section 702 Christopher ray is actually also urging congress to reauthorize that saying it would help to detect and counter these terror threats Now section 702 has also come under fire from both parties. That's due to the warrantless searches on americans or Civil liberties at stake here. Now. What's your view of this section of faiza? Is it necessary to counter these threats? We've been in this space a very long time and there's nobody who's a better supporter or proponent of 702 and privacy and rights so that side of it and having said that We need to have our own privacy, but not in a time of war and we are at war. It's unrestricted warfare And so we're in a time of war So you have to go back to the time of world war ii and what that means as far as keeping People safe and that comes with less privacy on our data because they're they're among us, so There's no bigger proponent, but there's also no better time and no more urgent time to have a 702 But it has to be managed. It has to be done in a way that it can be trusted by The citizens but at the same time a government can use it to protect us What does the u.s need to do to counter all of these threats? The u.s needs to at this point in time needs to understand our enemy and their strategy first and foremost second thing is we have to Restrict and ban all foreign influence at all levels in our country All levels of government and even even military and and military suppliers So it's that piece of it and we need to warn the american people and train the american people of really what's coming after them In this overall strategy of unrestricted warfare all those things combined and then focus on a whole of nation response because again, we are at war That's really what needs to take place On the note of the american people. How can americans protect and prepare themselves for a potential cyber or terror attack without ending up in that Fear-mongering end of day state. What steps can americans take? The steps americans need to take number one is it's not fear-mongering anymore You've had so much data to show you you are at war, which is everything short of conventional war at this point So understand that your data is being weaponized against you social media is being weaponized against you And understand that your fat you are in charge of your family and your family's safety and you have to take it as such Social media cannot be trusted at this point no social media, that's tick tock, that's Facebook that's instagram. It's no foot. No social media. It's been even if it is american social media it has been Misappropriated and it's been infiltrated and subverted So all those things combined say that you need to you need to stay educated on really what's going on today And mainstream media is not going to cover it. You need to go to other sources to cover really what's going on uh, and uh That's really where you've got to go You can't mainstream media again will not educate you where you need to be educated Look outside of that and actually actually look at mainstream media and what they're not telling you and that's really what you need to know Casey fleming, thank you so much for your time. Thank you for having me On monday april 15th. Donald trump will be the first former american president to face a criminal trial But before the trial begins 12 seats must be filled by unbiased manhattan residents Our legal correspondent arlene richards tells us how the jury selection process works Monday kicks off jury selection for the historic trial that is expected to last six weeks The search begins at 9 30 a.m For 12 fair and impartial jurors plus six alternates who will decide the fate of former president. Donald trump Trump is the first former american president to face a criminal trial He's accused of falsifying business records to cover up a payment made to a former adult film star With whom he allegedly had an affair to buy her silence during his 2016 presidential run Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges lawyers from both sides will help select the jurors The judge typically asks the jurors. Is there any reason you are unable to serve? Usually jurors must explain why they want to be excused But for this trial judge juan mershon decided to skip that step to move the process along more quickly People who don't want to serve get in a line and are immediately dismissed Others who remain must complete a questionnaire and read their answers out loud Lawyers can eliminate individuals for a particular reason called strike for cause or for no reason at all called peremptory challenge Potential jurors must answer 42 questions that cover topics such as occupation and education To deeper questions like whether they can be fair and impartial or if they ever attended rallies for or against trump Jurors will be subject to an intense media spotlight Including dozens of reporters packing the courtroom. Although jurors names will not be released to the public Attorneys from both sides will know jurors names and have the opportunity to search their social media accounts and voting histories attorneys will choose from a pool of several hundred people a process that could take up to two weeks or until 18 impartial jurors are selected arlene richards ntd news And be sure to stick around for the second half of the show We'll have expert analysis on trump's hush money trial and its impact on america The biden administration saying today it's forgiving another round of student loan debt to the tune of 7.4 billion dollars The move will impact some 277 000 borrowers It's part of a program enacted by the white house to make it easier for some specific groups of borrowers Like public sector workers to qualify for loan forgiveness The program also includes a repayment plan that creates a shorter pathway to loan forgiveness for many low-income borrowers Republicans have sharply criticized the program. They argue the president is transferring the cost of student loan debt To taxpayers who chose not to go to college or who already paid for it themselves In total the biden administration has authorized the cancellation of 153 billion dollars in student loan debt For nearly 4.3 million people. That's more than nine percent of all outstanding federal student loan debt Welcome back. I'm tiffany. Meyer. We have some breaking news from texas One person was killed and 13 others injured when a man drove an 18 wheeler into an office building of the texas department of public safety or dps The office issues driver's licenses This happened in the rural town of brenham about 70 miles northwest of houston Local officials said they believed the crash was intentional They identified the driver as 42 year old clannard parker He stole the truck and was fleeing pursuing deputies at the time of the crash Authorities said parker was uninjured and taken into custody. He is facing multiple felony charges Authorities added that parker was denied his commercial driver's license at the brenham's dps office yesterday afternoon Turning our attention now to the middle east where fears are growing of a wider regional war Israel is preparing for a potential direct attack on its homeland by the iranian regime President biden today said the attack could come quote sooner than later and warn iran not to carry out the attack We are devoted to the defense of israel We will support israel. We will defend help defend israel Defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much The white house earlier today said the threat is quote real credible and viable and said it is watching the threat very closely And is in constant communication with israel The threat of an iranian attack came after an airstrike on iran's consulate in syria killed seven people including a top iranian general Israel Israel's military has not claimed responsibility for the deadly strike But said it is highly prepared for a range of scenarios if iran retaliates An attack from iran's territory will be solid proof of iran's intention to escalate in the middle east and stop hiding behind its proxies Idf spokesman daniel hagari said israel has been attacked by iranian proxies from nearby countries for weeks Most prominently by the houthis of yemen and hezbollah in lebanon He said while israel's defense systems intercept most of these threats. The country is still on high alert Israel's defense minister yoav galant said that an iranian attack on israel would warrant an appropriate response In a meeting with galant secretary of defense lloyd austin assured israel. They could count on full us support to defend against iranian attacks Meanwhile the u.s. Said thursday it had restricted its employees in israel and their families from personal travel outside big cities The u.s. Embassy released a security alert citing an abundance of caution saying government personnel are authorized to travel only between tel aviv jerusalem and beir sheva In an effort to avoid escalation in the region secretary of state antony blinken on thursday met with turkish chinese and saudi arabian foreign ministers The white house meanwhile said they were in communication with iran We communicated to iran that the u.s. Had no involvement In the strike as I just mentioned that happened in damascus and we warned iran not to use This attack as a pretext to escalate further in the region or attack u.s Facilities or personnel at the same time the white house affirmed the u.s's ironclad commitment to israel's security Israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu made strong comments about iranian and other possible threats He spoke to israeli troops at an air force base on thursday And we established a simple principle whoever hurts us we hurt him On thursday, the military said israeli jets hit hezbollah military targets in the areas of lebanon Netanyahu statements come as israel pulls his troops out of the gaza strip in preparation for an assault on the southern gaza city of rafa It's been over six months since the war broke out between israel and hamas and the jewish state is facing unprecedented pressure from the international community Entities kelly wright was in israel recently and spoke with former israeli ambassador to the u.s Michael oran to find out more about the challenges facing the nation as the war rages on You've done a lot of work here, uh, not just for israel, but also I think for the world to see What israel is its character its people And it's being tested right now like never before What are your concerns about going forward And we really feel very lonely in the world that the world doesn't understand us waves of antisemitism sweeping across north america In europe such as we haven't seen in many many decades and The feeling that uh that we are facing Potentially existential threats which the rest of the world doesn't appreciate and we're not just talking about hamas in the south In the south hezbollah in the north backed by iran Has between 150 and 170 thousand rockets. It's inconceivable These are bigger rockets than anything. Hamas has fired at us. They're longer range. They're very very accurate And the estimate israeli estimate for the rocket fire daily That we would be receiving From hezbollah is between two and six thousand rockets a day Which is just really truly inconceivable and by the way, we could be sitting here. I don't want to get you scared It could happen right now. We could be sitting here right now. The sirens go off and all of a sudden tel aviv Will be pummeled with these types of rockets And our systems will be overwhelmed In addition, we're facing iranian-backed militias in iraq And syria, we had a naval base in elad the southernmost port of israel was hit just the other day by a drone aircraft launched by a shiite militia in iraq The houdi rebels in yemen can hit us with their rockets. And of course, there's iran itself So I don't know a country on earth that has faced the type of challenges we faced the un The resolution. Yeah Talk to me about that The un today condemns israel more frequently than all other countries in the world combined combined this tiny country A tiny democratic country fighting for its life against evil Uh, and it makes you think okay. Why is new york actually hosting the un? Why does this country why is this organization which? Is so in my mind blatantly anti-semitic and often very often anti-american Why is it hosted in a city that has one of the largest jewish populations in the world? Uh, the capital of the arts and and a free thought maybe the un should move to a more I would say hospitable Uh environment like damascus or tehran or qatar or qatar Can israel afford a ceasefire? Israel can afford a temporary ceasefire in exchange for hostages Israel cannot afford a permanent unconditional ceasefire permanent ceasefire means that hamas wins means that hamas gets away with mass murder Permanent unconditional ceasefire means that hamas comes out of the tunnels declares victory Reasserts its control over gaza rearms regroups and amounts the next Deadly attack. This is precisely what the leaders say over and over again. They'll do it a million times over again That's what a permanent unconditional ceasefire means a temporary ceasefire that releases some hostages um We'll have to pay a price for it because hamas will rearm during that period but we're willing to take that price Um, yes, but not not a deal That requires israel to basically declare that it lost the war And by the way, even when that deal hamas is not going to give back all the hostages They'll always keep some for you know for a rainy day quote unquote a bargaining chip a bargaining chip. Certainly We're dealing with evil Keep that in mind Thank you And as we mentioned kelly wright was in israel recently talking to hostage families rabbis and pastors and jewish and arab people To hear their stories and try to find a path toward healing. He'll have a special report on what he learned coming out on april 26th Welcome back if you're just joining us now, here are some today's top headlines Former president trump met with house speaker mike johnson at mar-a-lago This was their first meeting since trump clinched the gop nomination The two discussed election integrity as well as other important issues facing the country The biden administration announced another round of student loan forgiveness worth 7.4 billion dollars the move will impact some 277 000 borrowers and focuses on groups like public sector workers and those with low income Israel is preparing for a potential direct attack on its homeland by the iranian regime President biden said the attack could come quote sooner than later and warned iran not to carry out the attack The house passed a revised bill to reauthorize section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act or faiza for two years The bill does not include a warrant requirement for the controversial spy powers Trump's unprecedented hush money trial will begin in new york on monday Judge, juan mershawn today rejected one of the former president's final bids to delay the trial What can we expect and how will the case affect the u.s Legal system joining me now is paul caminar lead counsel at national legal and policy center paul Thanks for joining us now on monday trump will be the first former u.s President to face a criminal trial with jury selection beginning. What can we expect? Well, we can expect a lot uh starting with the jury selection on monday And that's going to determine whether he's going to get a fair trial or not So they'll ask the jury some questions and just about an hour ago the trump lawyers filed a motion to make the judge Separate the question he's going to ask at the very beginning He's going to say is anybody here cannot be fair or impartial or do they have a conflict that they have to go to work? Etc. Raise your hand and then he's going to let all those people go but the trump lawyers are saying wait a minute We want you to separate those questions We want to know who can be fair and impartial and who has a conflict because they have a job or something like that So that may the judge may grant that so we're going to see jury selection on monday and there's 42 questions That the jurors are going to get to see whether they can be fair and impartial in this case On that note the jury selection process will look for 12 fair and impartial jurors with six alternatives Now this is new york that we're talking about. How likely are we to find 12 fair and impartial jurors? Very unlikely because you like you said new york 90 percent of the new yorkers voted for joe biden So, uh, you know if I were running the case, I would say that nobody who voted for biden or trump in the last election I can be on this jury that way you have people who are basically apolitical and there are some people that are like that Uh, but unfortunately, uh, you're going to get a Basic heavy jury that favors, uh the prosecution but if he has one juror who's on his side That becomes a hung jury and and then he's not found guilty. So that's still a possibility On that note paul. How long do you see this trial going on for from the jury selection to the end? Jury selection should take probably a good part of the week and the trial itself six to eight weeks So that's about how long this one will take And how much of that time will trump have to be present in the court? What exactly is required of the former president during this trial? Well as a criminal defendant you have to be there at the trial and and obviously, uh, you can perhaps Not be there for some parts of the trial, uh, like the jury selection, uh, perhaps uh, but uh, he said that look, you know, uh, he he could probably do some campaigning in the evening after the uh day Proceedings have taken place, but it is clearly Uh taking a lot of his time away from the campaign trail On the note of the campaign trail with so much time in the courtroom There leaves little time for the campaigning but trump is bound to try to make the most of this situation However with the gag order imposed on him will be he a will he be able to hold daily press conferences outside the court? If he wishes to what are the limitations here? Yeah, I I think he will uh, because this is donald trump after all and although he does have a gag order Uh, the gag order doesn't make him not able to talk at all So I think he will give his opinion on the proceedings He said he might even testify himself, but I i'm not sure that will happen But I think he'll be very outspoken Uh and make sure that he doesn't cross the line of the gag order Now trump is the presumptive republican nominee for president and he is also the first former president to go to trial What precedent does this set and how could this historic trial change america? Well, it's clearly unprecedented. This is the first time in american history that a former president is being tried for criminal prosecution Uh, so this is setting a precedent there's three other criminal Proceedings that are still pending against donald trump and and this is basically, uh showing that the american system Depending on how you look at it that even former presidents can be prosecuted but keep in mind Uh in about a week or so the supreme court's going to hear the argument of whether trump is immune from some of these federal prosecutions by Jack smith, so that one will also decide for future Actions whether the former president can be hauled into a criminal court Paul caminar lead counsel at national legal and policy center. Thank you so much for joining us Thank you for having me. My pleasure Elon musk meets argentina's president. Javier. Mille analysts say the two men have a lot to gain from each other And it is dave martin has more Billionaire elon musk meets argentinian president. Javier. Mille at giga, texas The two have repeatedly supported each other on x this is the first time they're shaking hands in person musk Obviously has both capital to deploy and a vast audience so they can support each other And javier mille maybe offers elon musk an example of a man who not in the entrepreneurial world But in the political world is showing a path that could happen in other countries Economist fergus hodgson says the two can work together argentina's economy is struggling inflation is nearing 280 by partnering mille could attract outside investment and argentina recently gave musk permission to sell Starling services in the country and it has the fourth largest lithium reserves vital for electric vehicles There's actually a lot there argentina has tremendous natural resources in terms of mining opportunities There are many mining companies Copper gold silver the like there are lots of resources that just have been basically stuck So people have known about them but not really had the ability to utilize and export them hodgson says Argentina is also important in the u.s. China competition for global dominance China is argentina's second closest trading partner and it has a lot of interests in the country But malay has been openly hostile to china openly friendly to the u.s Analysts say this is good for the u.s But hodgson says whether malay can unleash argentina's untapped potential is yet to be seen This is dave martin for ntd news Welcome back. I'm tiffany meyer now for your sports news. We're joined by ntd's dave martin dave a lot to cover in sports But let's start in golf where the masters second round is almost complete now tiger woods fared well yesterday But how did the second round go today? Yeah, he actually did a little better today and shot an even par that was like four birdies four bogeys That puts him at one over for the tournament, which is below the projected cut of five over So he's probably going to make the weekend cut that's significant because that represents his record 24th straight cut made at the masters that breaks a tie with him and freddie couples and gary player from the most all time Now despite making the weekend cut, I mean he's still eight or nine shots off the lead last I checked So if he's gonna have any chance at winning this thing He's he's obviously gonna have to pick up the pace this weekend But at least he doesn't look like he's laboring walking around the course I mean that's been an issue ever since that car accident three years ago And he's had a number of surgeries on his leg and foot ever since not to mention he's 48 years old But in any case he still draws a crowd Now over in baseball more details have emerged in the federal case against the former interpreter for shohei otani What is the latest on this? Well, he and that is ippei mutsuhara Um what surrendered to law enforcement today? He's actually due in court in in los angeles very shortly actually now federal authorities are alleging He stole 16 million dollars from shohei otani And authorities say it was all used to pay his gambling debts now Some of the reported details here are just incredible according to the complaint against him. He placed 19,000 bets with one bookie over a two and a half year period that's an average of roughly 25 a day I don't even know how someone has that much time on their hands in any case his alleged winnings total 142 million his losses were like 183 million. So there's this 40 million dollar deficit So it's a very a very sad case of why not to gamble? I mean it's very addictive for one thing Once you get in over your head in debt if you try to gamble your way out of it, I mean good luck You've got to remember bookmakers. They don't get in this business to lose money, you know, only their clients do that Now over to football news tom brady made some interesting comments yesterday when he said he wouldn't be opposed to a late season Return to the nfl. What do you make of this? Do you think he's coming back? No, uh, you know, he had a lot of opportunities last year if he wanted to do it He could have done at the beginning of this off season he didn't do it If he would he's gonna do it. I think he would have done it by now already I'm baffled that this actually made headlines today I mean, I guess it's tom brady, but he'll be 47 when next season starts I'm sure he's still in great shape. But once you take a year off at this age, especially there's not a long track record Of coming back, you know as your old self. I mean michael jordan came back his second retirement was a three-year retirement when he came back He still had more than 20 points a game He was a far cry from the mvp that we knew dylan sanders did the same thing a three-year retirement He came back with baltimore for a couple of unmemorable seasons Uh, reggie white even came back after one year of retiring. He was not the same and all those players I mentioned they were roughly 10 years younger than what brady is right now So I think fans obviously would love to see him back and he's left the door open slightly i'll say but I don't think this is happening Well now in college basketball news the university of kentucky has announced byu coach mark pope as its new basketball coach What's been the reaction to his hiring? Yeah, I I think the fan base was hoping for a bigger name hire here I mean kentucky is one of the premier programs in college basketball They have the most wins all time second most national titles all time play the best players They want to play there. So this is a very this is a blue blood program But unfortunately a number of possible big names hires seem to express publicly that they were happy where they were I mean fans probably wanted dan hurley of yukon. He just led them to two straight titles scott drew Name was mentioned. He's he's turned baylor into a powerhouse when nobody thought that was possible But I also think the way former kentucky coach john calipari who just left, you know earlier this week The way he left might have scared off some candidates. I mean he won nearly 80 percent of his games He won six conference titles 11 to four final fours and a national title in his 15 years there And it it seemed like he was maybe feeling the heat from fan base just because they had lost in early rounds in the tournament The last few years now pope is considered a good coach. He just doesn't have that long track record yet He's done well at byu, but he's not the national name coach. I think they were hoping for Well davis always thanks for joining us. Well, thank you tiff And in other sports news soccer's biggest event the fifa world cup is heading to the new york city area Entities kevin hogan spoke with a regional authority to find out more Get excited for the kickoff The 2026 fifa world cup is sprinting to east rutherford new jersey at the metlife stadium The event's going to have a huge impact on the new york new jersey area Boosting its economy with the wave of tourists and affecting regional transportation systems That'll have to maneuver like a winger through a crowded defense I'm going to pass this over to our playmaker judy ross Who's the senior director of operations at the meadowlands chamber of commerce? Oh overall, it's a two billion dollar economic impact for the area We are very excited to have all the international visitors coming for world cup 26. What can they expect when they get here? Well, we're making plans. We want to welcome everybody with open arms And we want them to have the most best experience when they get here We want them to understand that it's not just what's happening at the games It will be what will be happening in the region as well We want them to experience the meadowlands From beginning to end that's fascinating and new york city city hall says that there's going to be about a million Visitors coming and half of them won't even be ticket holders. Do they have any way to enjoy the game if they're not going? Well, we want to make sure that they do have opportunities. We Will plan on having watch parties in the area We know we're going to try to activate some of the local communities To make sure that there are activities for those that don't have tickets. Excellent Yeah, and the mayor's office also says that this is going to support 14 000 jobs So it's going to be just a huge impact. What about transportation? Have they made any adjustments? We recently spoke with new jersey transit kevin corbett the president and ceo of new jersey transit and he did assure us They are making many many changes additions to routes They're looking at their buses and the trains And making big enhancements to accommodate all the extra visitors That'll be here a big series of games that are going on here, especially the final What about the hotel industry? Are they going to be the ones that benefit the most from this? Well, I certainly hope so not only the hotels the restaurants even our attractions people have downtime We want them to visit all the attractions in the area Certainly grab a great meal in one of our fancy restaurants and our casual restaurants as well It sounds like fun and mayor eric adams. He says that this is a generation defining moment What is the historical significance of having the world cup come here? Oh, it's it's so significant for our area in addition to some of the larger events that we've had this is going to be uh 10 times that you know, it's it's we say it's super bowl on steroids because It's not just north america. It is the world. So we are going to be welcoming the world Here's what these new yorkers have to say. Well, it's going to be a good world cup, you know It's hopefully uh, mexico takes it in terms of economy in terms of finances It would bring like a lot of revenue to this to the to the city or the state So it's a great idea I mean there you know, there is going to be expenses and money coming in It's not like just it's not just only about money coming in because there is also going to cost like police Right. Imagine how many police officers we will have to Get involved in it. So they're going to be pulled off from the streets to kind of support the the world cup And that's all for today's news for around the clock coverage visit us at ntd.com or download our ntd app Thanks for tuning in. I'm, tiffany meyer. Good night