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Welcome to NTD News. Our top story tonight, a major breakthrough in the Middle East. The Hamas terrorist group says it will release all remaining hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The group has agreed to parts of President Trump's peace plan and says they are ready to negotiate. Jason Perry with the details. President Trump responds to Hamas agreeing to release the hostages. The president also orders a law enforcement surge to Portland. Mario marotu at the White House. For a fourth time, Senate Democrats rejected a bill that would keep the government open. Republicans are calling on rank and file Democrats to break from their leadership to avoid chaos in the federal government. Luis Adoro Martinez has the latest from Capitol Hill. Police accidentally shot a victim as they shot and killed a terrorist attacking a synagogue in Britain. The victim was barricading the door to stop the attacker from entering. His family praising him as a hero who courageously gave his life saving others. And Shawn Combmes is sentenced to over four years in prison. What the judge says about the case. [Music] This is NTV Evening News live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Tiffany Meyer. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. In a breaking development, the Hamas terrorist group says it will release all remaining hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The group says it has agreed to some parts of President Trump's plan to end the war and is ready to negotiate the details. Entities Jason Perry has the update. After almost two years of war in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas terrorist group said on Friday that they agreed to release all remaining hostages held in the territory. President Trump posted a copy of the statement Hamas issued in response to his plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip. This comes soon after Trump set a Sunday deadline for the terrorist group to accept the deal. However, Hamas has not accepted all 20 points of Trump's peace plan, and they said they're ready to negotiate the details. In the statement, Hamas said it quote appreciates the Arab, Islamic, and international efforts, as well as the efforts of US President Donald Trump. The group reiterated that the hostages would be released in exchange for prisoners. Hamas also said it was ready to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independence. However, the statement did not say that Hamas had agreed to lay down their weapons. If Hamas follows through on its statement, families of hostages will finally reunite with their loved ones, and residents in the Gaza Strip will have the opportunity to move toward a peaceful future. This breaking development comes just days before the 2-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th in which they killed over 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages back to the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, in Israel, over 40 boats were recently intercepted and over 400 pro Palestine activists were detained. Israeli officials have been processing and deporting them. The activists who were on board the flotillaa said they wanted to break Israel's maritime blockade and deliver aid to residents in the Gaza Strip. Organizers of the flotillaa had rejected a proposal from the president of Italy to drop off the aid supplies in Cyprus for distribution to Gaza by another organization. And now that the activists have been detained, a spokesperson for the Israel police said they will collect the aid from the boats and make sure it's delivered safely to residents in the Gaza Strip. And while processing what he said was one of the largest boats in the flotilla, he said this. >> And while we're processing this boat, there's one thing missing, guys. All this aid that they were supposed to bring into Gaza, which explains one thing to me. I'm sure it explains to you that when we and multiple other countries offered them to take this aid and bring it to the Gazins, we could facilitate a safe arrival, they flat out rejected it. And now we know why. Cuz it was never about bringing aid to Gazins, but it was all about the headlines in the social media followings. >> Jason Perry, NTD News. President Trump responding to Hamas saying it agrees to free all the hostages and the White House eyeing aid cuts to Portland as it accuses the city of allowing anarchy. Joining us now live as NTD's Washington correspondent Mari Utsu. Good evening Mari. What is the president saying about the Gaza peace deal? Good evening. Uh, President Trump in in response to Hamas's statement is ordering Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza so that the hostages can get out safely. And this is coming as Hamas says that it agrees to release all of the hostages, both alive and dead, under President Trump's peace plan. Hamas also says it's ready to start negotiations. However, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham notes that Hamas fails to agree to disarmament, which was a key demand, um, a key Israeli demand in the peace deal. Uh, and Hamas is tying that hostage release to further negotiations. But President Trump says he believes that Hamas is ready for quote lasting peace. This is coming just hours after President Trump this morning um took to Truth Social, giving Hamas until 6 p.m. on Sunday, a Washington time here, to agree to his peace deal, threatening Hamas with a military onslaught um if it didn't agree to that. And the president now says that discussions on details are currently being worked out. Tiff, >> I mean, it sounds like a huge breakthrough and a lot to keep our eyes on there. Moving to domestic issues though, Mari, what is the White House saying about the anti-ICE protests in Portland? >> Sure, Tiff. Uh, the White House today is saying it's promising that law and order will prevail in Portland, Oregon. And in the briefing today, press secretary Levit said that she's spoken to President Trump today um about reviewing federal funds that could potentially be cut from Portland. Um she also says that a surge of ICE and Customs and Border Protection resources uh will be surged immediately to Portland. Listen, >> the president has directed Secretary Hegathth to provide all necessary troops to protect war ravaged Portland and any ICE facilities under siege from attack by Antifa and other left-wing domestic terrorists. This is left-wing anarchy that has been destroying this great American city for years, leaving police officers battered, citizens terrorized, and business properties damaged. Trump administration says that it refuses to fund states uh that allow for anarchy. And last night, conservative journalist Nick Sorder was arrested uh while he was trying to document uh anti-ICE protests happening in South Portland. Uh the White House today is condemning that arrest by Portland police. Take a look. Instead of arresting these violent mob members night after night after night who are ravaging this community, the police arrested a journalist who was there trying to document the chaos. This incident is part of a troubling trend in Portland where left-wing mobs believe they get to decide who can visit and live in their city. Nick Sorder says that Attorney General Pam Bondi personally called him this morning and the White House confirms that the Department of Justice is launching a full investigation into Sorder's arrest. Tiff, back to you. >> Mari, thanks for those updates. It's day three of the government shutdown and lawmakers have made no progress in negotiations to fund the government. Reductions in the federal workforce are imminent. Our Washington correspondent Luis Adoro Martinez has the latest from Capitol Hill. >> All around the country right now, real pain is being endured by real people because the Democrats have decided to play politics. We have troops and TSA agents and border patrol agents who are working without pay protecting the country. And you have FEMA services, health insurance policies, for example, that are being stalled in the middle of a hurricane season because the Democrats want to play political games and try to obscure the real facts at issue. Senate Democrats have voted for a fourth time against a bill that would extend current levels of government funding and end a shutdown. Democrats who are in the minority in the House and the Senate have demanded that their healthc care policy priorities be approved and parts of the Republican reconciliation bill be repealed for them to support any effort to reopen the government. >> The the fact of the matter is that the big ugly bill as Trump has continued to uh implement it is absolutely gutting healthc care research all around this nation. Republicans have agreed to negotiate with Democrats on healthc care policy, but not while the government is shut down. Republicans have rejected repealing parts of the reconciliation bill they passed earlier this summer that closed a loophole that allowed for illegal immigrants to access taxpayer funded healthcare. >> We challenge them. We challenge them to tell us why they're not trying to give illegal aliens healthcare again when they put it in their own bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing criticism for past comments he made regarding government shutdowns. As early as March, Schumer rejected government shutdowns. What if I persuaded my caucus to say, "I'm going to shut the government down. I am going to not pay our bills unless I get my way. It's a politics of idiocy, of confrontation, of paralysis. Shutting down government over a policy difference is self-defeating. We can never hold American workers hostage." The pressure is now on reconcile Senate Democrats. There have been already three Senate Democrats who have broken with leadership to support Republicans to reopen the government. Those are Senator John Federman, Angus King, and Katherine Cortez Mastos. We >> have a majority of senators. 55 senators have already voted for this clean, short-term, nonpartisan CR. As the speaker said, no policy writers, no gimmicks, nothing in here that benefits Republicans. This is a straight up 7-week funding resolution, and we need it to keep the government open. >> The Senate will vote again on Monday on a continuing resolution to reopen government. Reporting from Washington, DC, Luis Eluardo Martinez, NTD News. White House budget director Russ vote today said over $2 billion dollar in Chicago infrastructure projects has been put on hold. Vote posted on X of the aim is to ensure funding is not flowing into race-based contracting. The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city's redline train. The move expands funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown. vote froze $18 billion dollars in infrastructure funding in New York earlier in the week and eight billion dollars for clean energy projects in Democratic states have also been paused. With billions in transit funding for Chicago and New York now on hold, how will this work as leverage during the government shutdown? Hear from our panel tonight on Capital Report at 700 p.m. Eastern time. And an update on the Yam Kaport terrorist attack in the UK. Police say they accidentally shot and killed a victim during their response to the incident. The man was helping to barricade the door to stop the attacker from entering a synagogue and was hit when police shot and killed the terrorist. NTD's international correspondent Malcolm Hudson has more from Manchester. >> British police said they accidentally shot dead a victim and injured another victim in the terrorist attack on a synagogue yesterday here in Manchester. They said they did this as they acted to stop the attacker who appeared to be wearing an explosive belt and was targeting Jewish people on Yong Kipur, the religion's holiest day. Officers shot dead the attacker, 35year-old Jihad Al-Shami at the scene on Thursday. In a statement, police said two of the victims were also tragically shot as an unforeseen consequence of the urgent action officers took to end the vicious attack. Rabbi Daniel Walker described the scene as a terrorist tried to batter his way into Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue. >> A number of us um were holding trying to hold were holding the doors and making sure that he couldn't uh get in and we did that until the police arrived. Um and then at some point after the police arrived, another um two people were hurt um inside the foyer. 53-year-old Adrien Dolby was accidentally shot by police as he helped barricade the doors. His family called him a hero who died in the courageous act of saving others. Al- Shami, an immigrant born in Syria, drove a car into pedestrians and then began stabbing people. He was heard to shout, "This is what they get for killing our children." as he tried to get inside the synagogue. 66-year-old security guard Melvin Kravitz was murdered in the attack. Three more victims are in hospital, one stabbed, one hit by the car and another accidentally hit by a police bullet. Al Shami was reportedly on bail after an alleged rape. During a vigil for the victims, Deputy Prime Minister David Lami was heckled by some in the crowd. >> You are all guilty. Do not want speaking here today. >> Shame on you. >> Shame on you. Shame on you. >> Shame on you. >> The crowd accused the government of allowing anti-semitism to grow in the UK and called for an end to ongoing regular pro Palestine marches. Speaking, Lami made the same request for marches planned for this weekend. >> I asked them to reflect with all human dignity, grace, and understanding and to stop and to stand back. Thank you. >> A Jewish community leader expressed worries over the future of Jews in Britain. >> What we cannot get away from is that over two years now, these hate marchers have been chanting lines alongside revolution into father, globalizing to father, talked about hunting down Zionists in the street and this is what that me has always meant to the Jewish community and yesterday our worst fears came true. He said many Jewish people are actively questioning whether they have a future in the UK. In response to the attack, the British government has vowed to redouble its efforts to tackle anti-semitism. Malcolm Hudson, NTD News, Manchester. >> Following the attack, Israel's foreign minister, Gidden Sar, spoke to his British counterpart, Ivet Cooper, and warned that the UK is at a crossroads for quote preserving its character. Sar called on Cooper to oppose the pro Palestine marches in the UK, which he said at times include explicit support for terror. The US carried out another deadly strike against a speedboat in the Caribbean today. Defense Secretary Pete Hges said intelligence confirmed the vessel was smuggling drugs. He posted footage of the strike on X. Video showed a small boat moving in open water before it suddenly explodes. Hex said the vessel was destroyed in international waters off the coast of Venezuela. The defense secretary added that four men were killed in the strike. Trump said on a social media post that the boat was quote loaded with enough drugs to kill 25 to 50,000 people. The operation marked the fourth strike since President Trump deployed US naval forces to the region this summer. It comes after the president notified Congress the US is in a non- international armed conflict with drug cartels. Shan Combmes will be spending more time behind bars. A federal judge in New York City has sentenced him to 50 months. That's four years and two months. The sentencing was for two charges related to prostitution. Combmes got credit for the 13 months he already spent in detention. That means he'll spend just over three more years behind bars. The rapper also got 5 years of supervised release and a must and must pay a $500,000 fine. The judge said the evidence against Comb was quote massive and that deterrence requires significant sentence. Mcomes was found not guilty of more serious charges including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of 11 years and three months while the defense argued for one year and two months. Coming up, flames were visible for miles in Southern California as firefighters battled a massive blaze overnight at a Chevron oil refinery. It was the fourth fire at the facility since 2016. Christina Corona has the details. And an app that lets users track and post the location of federal immigration officers has been removed from Apple's app store. Jason Blair has the details on that when we come back. Welcome back. I'm Tiffany Meyer. A massive fire broke out Thursday night at the Chevron Refinery in Southern California, one of the largest oil refineries on the West Coast. The cause of the blaze remains unknown. NTD's Christina Corona has the latest. >> A massive fire erupted at the Chevron refinery in Elsagundo, California around 9:30 p.m. local time Thursday. The blaze shook homes and sent flames so high they were visible from Malibu, more than 20 m away. Residents reported hearing explosions with some saying it felt like a natural disaster. about 9:35 I uh felt a I heard a little explosion. It sounded like a the start of a 3.0 earthquake and um and that was it. And then a second later there was a another loud explosion and it felt like a fivepoint earthquake. I thought we were actually having the start of an earthquake. >> Fire crews worked through the night and by Friday morning, officials said the blaze was contained. According to the city of Elsagundo, the fire originated at a process unit at the southeast corner of the refinery. Chevron confirmed that all workers were safe. No injuries were reported and the blaze did not spread beyond the grounds. Roads were closed and nearby residents were told to shelter in place, but those orders have since been lifted. According to the company's website, the facility spans 1 and a half square miles, has more than 1100 m of pipelines, and processes up to 290,000 barrels of crude oil a day, producing gasoline, jet, and diesel fuel. The Chevron refinery has experienced at least four other fires since 2016, with the most recent occurring in 2022. California Governor Gavin Newsome and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass say they're monitoring the situation closely. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Christina Corona, NTD News. >> Secretary of Homeland Security Christine Gnome was blocked from entering a public building in Illinois. She shared a video on X that was recorded by media personality Benny Johnson. >> All right. Thank you. So, as much as these local leaders and governors talk about cooperating and having the backs of our law enforcement officers, this is what we have to put up with every single day. And all we're doing is getting criminals as terrorists and cartels and gang members off the streets to make families safer here. It's ridiculous. >> Secretary Gnome said she and her team were trying to take a bathroom break when they were denied access to the Village of Broadview Municipal Building. Gnome said this is a public building that receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year. She explained that she and her team are in the middle of operations to pick up some people with criminal convictions. This comes as the Trump administration stepped up its immigration crackdown in the state with armed federal agents. Agents were seen patrolling streets in downtown Chicago. A controversial app that allows users to post and track the location of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers was removed by Apple from its app store. Authorities say that the app threatens the officer safety. Entity correspondent Jason Blair has more. >> ICE Block, an app that lets users track and share location status of ICE officers, has been removed by Apple from their app store. Apple says in a statement, "We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps based on information we've received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with Icebelock. We have removed it and similar apps from our app store." Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News Digital that we reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the Iceblock app from their app store and Apple did so. Ice Block is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs. And violence against law enforcement is an intolerable red line that cannot be crossed. The app's developers said that they will fight the decision, saying, "The only thing we can imagine is this is due to pressure from the Trump admin." And a federal judge has recused himself from Oregon's lawsuit against President Trump's plan to activate National Guard troops in the state. Judge Michael Simon disqualified himself on Thursday. The move came shortly after papers were filed by the Department of Justice saying that Simon's wife, Democrat Congresswoman Susan Badamichi, criticized Trump's plan publicly. Secretary of War Pete Hagsth issued a memorandum on September 28th that requested 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to be put into federal service for 60 days. The White House gives an update on the progress of the federally public safety operation in Memphis, Tennessee. Since Monday, 153 arrests have been made in Memphis, including five gang members. 48 illegal guns have been seized and five missing children have already been recovered. >> Jason Blair, NTD News. >> And what do everyday Americans make of those apps that are designed to track ICE agents? NTD Sam Wong was out on the National Mall in DC to hear from the people. >> What are your thoughts on all of these apps that are designed for people to track ICE agents? What are your thoughts on it? Should these be made available? No, I don't think they obviously you know where I stand, but no, I don't think they should be made avail. I think these people are doing their job trying to protect you and me as citizens and keep people safe, right? >> That that app is just designed to incite violence. I mean, period. That's the whole goal of that app. >> I'm probably fundamentally okay with that. It's, you know, it's it's private enterprise putting it out, so they can sell that app or do whatever they need to do with that. I think it's people that have nothing better to do, that have no experience with actually dealing with human trafficking that come up with things like that. You know, it's really easy for somebody to sit in Chicago and go, "Yeah, you know, it's horrible. ISIS coming in and removing fathers and mothers away from their children," but they're not actually at the border. There's this part that I don't know if I agree with about doxing ICE members. You know, of course, you know, there do there are some people who are bad in working in ICE, but I also think there's people just trying to make a living. I saw a video of inside that facility literally people protecting these uh illegal immigrants, you know, like using their bodies as shields to protect them and move them to cover. >> Have you been following what's happening in Portland lately with surrounding all these ICE protests as some of them have gone violent? >> Yeah, I think it's ridiculous. I think it's absolutely ridiculous. They're upset about, you know, ICE coming in and removing families. So, let's go burn a building down. Let's go trash our own community and get mad about what we don't like. You know, bottom line is if you don't like it, you can leave. I haven't heard that. I mean, I knew he started making noise about sending troops to Portland, but if it's anything like Washington, I I didn't know what to expect when I got here. >> Leave the hippies alone, man. They just they vibe there. It's It's a cool place. I haven't been there myself, but I know plenty of people who have, you know, they all like they've never said anything about crime. And I've seen videos like of the ICE or like the people who are attacking that building, the ice facility in Portland, Oregon, and like dude, they aren't doing nothing. And I literally saw a video of just two people outside. >> I think there are like it has gotten violence at times. >> It has. I I I haven't seen it myself, but if if you say it has, I I will not deny that it has. You know, I feel like you should be able to express your belief without having to get violent. >> You got to have a rule of law. You don't have a country, right? So, yeah, you you got to arrest them. You got uh bad people in uh high places over there that are not they're not holding people accountable like she said. Look at the companies that are pulling out of stores or of cities like Portland and Seattle. Starbucks closed their they closed their original store in Seattle because they can't handle the crime. Coming up, the FBI cutting ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. FBI Director Cash Patel says they've been working to blacklist conservatives. Jack Bradley reports. And the Supreme Court today has signaled that it will review a gun case that could impact private property owners. Arlene Richards has more on that when we return. Welcome back. I'm Tiffany Meyer. The FBI is cutting ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. FBI Director Cash Patel accuses the organizations of masquerading as watchd dogs while they've been working to unfairly bankrupt and ruin the reputation of outspoken conservatives. And today's Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has more. >> The FBI is ending ties with the American Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. With the Southern Poverty Law Center, or SPLC, this is an organization that started off as a civil rights group, but in recent years, it's been labeling conservatives and faith groups on par with extremist groups like the Ku Klux Clan and neo-Nazis. They've even established a hate map listing all such organizations in each state. Patel wrote on X on Friday that their so-called hate map has been used to defame mainstream Americans and even inspired violence. Violence such as that in 2012, a domestic terrorist admitted to using this hate map to target the Family Research Council. A conservative Christian think tank in Washington DC. >> Now, how did you this building, this organization? Did you did you how did you find it earlier? Did you like look it up online or how did you uh Southern Poverty Law lists uh anti-gay groups and I found them online? >> Okay. A little bit of research went through the website and stuff like that. >> The SPLC added Turning Point USA to the hate map just months before its founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated. The SPLC condemned the attack but has not removed Turning Point from the hate map. NTD reached out to the SPLC but hasn't heard back. The Department of Justice has established an anti-Christian bias task force bringing up a memo under the Biden administration in which the FBI used agents to spy on Catholic churches. >> Pro-life Christians were arrested and imprisoned for peacefully praying outside abortion clinics. The FBI spied on traditional Catholics in their parishes. As for the American Defamation League or the ADL, this is an organization that trains law enforcement in dealing with hate groups. Patel wrote on X this week that the former FBI director James Comey wrote love letters to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them, a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans. Comey was indicted last week by the DOJ. And the ADL said in a statement in response to all this that it has deep respect for the FBI and law enforcement officers. The ADL used to conduct workshops with the FBI and it still does with other law enforcement agencies. And behind all that, the ADL accuses Charlie Kirk's organization Turning Point of Christian nationalism and labeling it far right. That page has since been removed from the ADL's website. For NTD News, I'm Jack Bradley. And joining us now to discuss these latest developments is Scott Walter. He is the president of Capital Research Center and the author of Arabella, the dark money network of leftist billionaires secretly transforming America. Scott, thank you so much for joining us. To start, paint us a picture of how big the SPLC, what role has it played in influencing government and other institutions? >> Sure. Well, as your as your thorough report there explained, it has been around for decades. uh and it initially was created to go after the Ku Klux Clan and it sued them uh and bankrupted lots of the clan and you know accomplished that very admirable mission. But what often happens with uh nonprofits is you know they don't go away just because they've accomplished their mission and especially when they're as good at fundraising as the SPLC is. Now, uh, it has been used not just by the FBI, although that would of course be the most outrageous use of it. That the FBI under Democrat administrations at least has taken its uh its hate map seriously, even though it includes all kinds of mainstream groups like Moms for Liberty and uh, Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, whatnot. But it's been used by many others. Like if you remember, Amazon had a smile program where you could donate uh a few pennies from each order to a charity you liked. Well, charity couldn't be listed if it was on the SPLC's hate list. Uh Hyatt Hotels has refused to let people on the hate list use their facilities. Eventbrite, right, which helps people uh organize uh little local events. They've used it. PayPal has used it. So, it's had a huge and very delletterious effect, even though it's literally tied to uh a shooter at the Family Research Council. And by the way, when they first put Family Research Council on the map, the Washington Post's most obnoxious left-wing columnist did a great column saying, "This is just ridiculous. Family Research Council's a perfectly ordinary mainstream Washington DC advocacy group." He didn't agree with it on much of anything, but he also thought the idea of claiming that it's the same thing as the clan is insane, and it is. >> A lot to unpack here for sure. Now, the SPLC issued a statement today, but did not directly address Patel's comments, instead saying that the organization, as you mentioned, has shared data with the public for decades and remains committed to exposing hate and extremism. Now, what impacts do you see the FBI's announcement having on the SPLC and its future? Well, uh, you know, it's I think its reputation has been eroding in recent years because there have been such, uh, powerful criticisms of it. Uh, there's a whole book by Tyler O'Neal on the SPLC that I, uh, would recommend anybody who wants to go deep on this. And, uh, but I think it's wonderful that the FBI is doing this because, uh, people need to know how ridiculous the SPLC has become. Now, I want to go into the money side because a report by the Daily Signals says IRS filings show the organization has an endowment of over $700 million with over 30 million in offshore accounts. Where is this money coming from? Do we know? >> Yes. one of the founders of the place, although he has since had to leave after being disgraced by sexual harassment uh problems, uh Morris De's, he was a genius at direct mail fundraising. And apparently it is very easy to scare liberals into thinking fascism is coming to America and the Nazis are going to get us all um and the only thing standing between us and a Nazi regime is the SPLC. Donate here. Now, as you mentioned earlier, right, the SPLC has a long history of quite a lot of influence from different administrations using it to Amazon Smile, as you mentioned earlier, using the hate map. Generally speaking, though, can these kinds of relationships lead to a conflict of interest? Uh well th this is you know both in the case of fundraising and in the case of trying to get companies and government agencies to pay attention to them. you know, you have to always be bringing something new, right? So, uh, for instance, Focus on the Family, which is just a mainstream uh, conservative Christian group. For years, SPLC would brag we don't have them on our hate list. Um, and then this last and that shows that we're not, you know, anti-Christian. And then this last year, they put them on the hate list. So, you know, they have to keep upping the ante to get the dollars from the donors and to get uh more business as it were from companies and government agencies. >> I want to expand on that. How has the SPLC impacted the opinions people and institutions have about Christians and conservatives in the US? Well, again, it is something that, you know, uh, journalists who want to make left-wing points against conservative groups are very happy to say, "Oo, the Southern Poverty Law Center has targeted this group," uh, and put it on its hate map. This is a designated hate group according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Um, that is a very frequent trope used against conservatives. Well, Scott Walter, thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> Great to be with you. >> The Supreme Court today has agreed to review a case that could expand Second Amendment rights to malls and restaurants. It's one of five new cases scheduled to be heard in the court's new term, which starts next week. Entities Arlene Richards has more. >> The Supreme Court on Friday has indicated it will take up its latest gun rights case involving a strict law in Hawaii. Hawaii's regulation bans legal gun owners from carrying firearms on private property like stores, restaurants, and hotels. The law requires the owner of the property to give specific permission either verbally or with a sign. Previously, a legal gun owner could carry the firearm into, for example, a store unless the property owner explicitly refused it. The new law flips the carry rule and doesn't allow anyone to carry a gun into that store unless there's explicit written or verbal authorization. The Trump administration has challenged the law in light of the high court's landmark 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights. At that time, the court found the second amendment generally gives people the right to carry firearms. In court documents, the administration argued that most property owners do not post signs either allowing or forbidding guns, which they say makes Hawaii's permission rule function as a near complete ban on public carry. The state argues the concealed carry permit regulations have already been loosened to align with the 2022 regulation. They say the current law strikes a reasonable balance between gun rights and public safety. Lower courts are split on the law with the district court blocking it and the ninth circuit upholding it as constitutional. The high court's justices will consider whether or not to strike down the regulation. Arlene Richards, NTD News. Coming up in the NFL, the Ravens make a decision on injured quarterback Lamar Jackson's status for Sunday. Dave Martin joins us to discuss when we come back. [Applause] [Music] [Music] And now for your sports news. We joined by ND's Dave Martin day. Plenty going on right now, but let's start in the NFL as former MVP Lamar Jackson will miss Sunday's game against Houston because of a hamstring injury. Whom will the Ravens start in his place? >> Yeah, Baltimore has announced they will start backup quarterback Cooper Rush. Now, Rush filled in for an injured Dak Prescott last year for eight games for Dallas. Cowboys actually went four and four in those eight games. Uh Rush, meanwhile, completed roughly 60% of his passes through to 12 touchdowns against just five interceptions. So he filled in admirably there, but he's got some very big shoes to fill this time around with Lamar Jackson. Jackson has won a pair of MVP awards. And even though the Ravens are just one and three this year, Jackson leads all quarterbacks in a number of passing categories, including including quarterback rating and yards per attempt. Of course, Jackson can also hurt teams with his rushing ability. The guy's already a twotime 1,00yard rushing uh rushing yard player. That was back in 2018 and 2019. But Jackson missed every practice this week after leaving the second half of last Sunday's game against the Chiefs with that hamstring injury. And he won't be the only Raven that misses this game. Baltimore will al also be without AllPro linebacker Roan Smith and AllPro cornerback Marlon Humphrey among other players. The Ravens, even though they're one and three, placing one and three Houston, they're actually going to be one and a half point favorites at home. So, the Baltimore short-handed this week, Tiff. >> Well, shifting now to baseball's playoffs. Yankees rookie Cam Schlitler was very impressive last night in his playoff debut. >> Yeah, Schlidler got the start in last night's winner take all game three. I mean, basically, this is like a game seven. He was pretty incredible there. pitched eight shutout innings for the Yankees against their Boston rivals. Struck out a dozen batters as the Yankees won four to nothing. So, New York advances to the division series now. Well, they will face Toronto in the next round. Now, meanwhile, Schlitler made his major league debut less than three months ago. You'd never know it with his performance last night. Did not lock a single batter in eight innings. In fact, the Red Sox only had one at bat with a runner in scoring position. And meanwhile those in those 12 strikeouts meanwhile most ever in a winner take all winner take all game in baseball postseason history. Now incidentally Schlitler is from the New England area. Grew up a big Red Sox fan. They just ended up uh helping just ended up helping his team or his former team former favorite team get eliminated as a member of their rival Yankees. So uh quite a turnaround last night it must have been for him. He certainly obviously is part of the Yankees now and rooting for them obviously. But I can't imagine going against my childhood favorite team like the Royals who of course they would love to see me on the mound by the way. Obviously though, but quite a performance there by Schlindler. >> So we're looking forward to some salty fans. Uh elsewhere in baseball though, we had two other winner take all games yesterday with the Cubs and Tigers each advancing to the next round. >> Yeah, Cubs beat the Padres's last night 3 to1. There was a little drama of course in the ninth inning on their disputed strike three call. Hopefully next season we will not have that issue with the new challenge system that's set to be in place. So Cubs meanwhile will advance to move on to face the Brewers. And the Detroit Tigers eliminated the Cleveland Guardians with a six-3 win. Now in the regular season of course Cleveland made that huge comeback just in September. They were down 11 games to Detroit in September. Came back and actually won the division. But Detroit turns the tables here in the wildcard round. They move on to face Seattle next. So in the American League, Toronto versus New York, Seattle against Detroit. In the National League, it be Chicago versus Milwaukee and LA against Philadelphia. And all four of those series will start tomorrow. >> Something to look for. Then looking at college football though, we have a full slate of games this weekend. What matchups stand out to you? You know, unlike last weekend, there's only two games that have, you know, both opponents are ranked in the top 25. One of them is number three Miami at Florida State. That should be a very good rivalry game. Hurricanes have already beaten Notre Dame and Florida thus far. Seminals, meanwhile, beat Alabama back in week one, but they lost to Virginia last week. So, that game will be at 7:30 Eastern time on Saturday. The second game involving two ranked teams. A bit of a surprise here. Number 10 Alabama is hosting 16thranked Vanderbilt. The Commodores have win they're 5-0. They have wins over South Carolina and Virginia Tech among others. Meanwhile, Bama got a big win against Georgia last weekend. So, we'll have to see if 5-0 Vanderbilt is for real tomorrow. That game is going to be 3:30 Eastern time there on Saturday. There's other other good matchups, too. You've got number nine Texas against Florida. Sixth ranked Texas A&M will face Mississippi State. 14th ranked Iowa State who hosts Cincinnati. And we got number 11 Texas Tech against Houston. Meanwhile, number one Ohio State faces Minnesota. And finally in the ACC, Bill Bich makes his ACC debut as North Carolina faces 1 and3 Clemson. So TF, I'm going to be pretty busy uh watching a lot of sports here tomorrow. I I I think we can call that an accomplishment watching sports. I'm going to say anyway, you know, cuz you know, sports matters. Tiff, >> I'll have a lot of updates on Monday then. >> Plenty of updates. >> Well, Dave, as always, thanks for joining us. >> Thank you, Tiff. >> And that's all for today's news. For on the clock coverage, visit us at ntd.com/live or download our NTD app. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Tiffany Meyer. Good night.