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Our top story tonight, DHS agents surging to Charlotte, North Carolina. The city of nearly 1 million people has seen arrest throughout the day as the Department of Homeland Security cites American safety. A man's been arrested for alleged property damage while trying to confront President Trump's former attorney, Alina Haba. A retired Navy captain discusses the competition between the US and China for foreign workers. Who has the global advantage in college football? Texas A&M needs a miraculous comeback to stay undefeated while Texas and Oklahoma look to solidify their playoff standing. And Denise's Dave Martin joins us to discuss. And music is often said to touch the soul. A celebrated pianist shares the onstage moments when performer and audience connect to so deeply it feels almost divine. This is NTV Evening News live from our global headquarters in New York City. >> Thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Arlene Richards. Our top story tonight, federal agents have converged on the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. Federal agents have been seen today in and around the city making arrests. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Trisha McLaclin released a statement saying, quote, "Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors. We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed." Charlotte Mayor B L criticized the operation, saying it's causing unnecessary fear and uncertainty. Charlotte's population is roughly 900,000, including more than 150,000 foreignb born people, according to local officials. From the end of a record setting government shutdown and a major crackdown on sex offenders to foster care improvements, the Trump administration has faced a busy week of challenges and announcements. and today's Daniel Monahan has your White House week in review. >> The government shutdown ended after 43 days when President Trump signed the federal spending bill on Wednesday. >> And it's an honor now to sign this incredible bill and get our country working again. Thank you. >> Eight Democrats, including Senator John Federman, crossed the aisle to vote with Republicans. In this situation, we both agreed that shutting our government down is wrong for our Commonwealth and for our nation. >> Democrats did not secure their push to extend Obamacare subsidies, though they were promised a December vote, one widely seen as unlikely to pass. Vice President JD Vance criticized Democrats, saying they could have had the exact same deal 45 days earlier, speaking on Fox News. They put the American people through a ton of pain and suffering for nothing. >> A check and say thank you. >> Bonuses of $10,000 were handed out to TSA agents for work during the shutdown who went above and beyond the call of duty. >> For stepping up, taking on extra shifts, for showing up each and every day, for serving the American people, and taking seriously the mission. >> This week also marked Veterans Day. President Trump issued a proclamation reaffirming support for those who've worn the uniform. We say the words too often left unsaid. Thank you for your service. Thank you very much. >> Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Ontario for a G7 foreign ministers meeting. Rubio pushed back against criticism from some US allies over the legality of the US strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. I do find it interesting that all these countries want us to send, you know, and supply, for example, nuclear capable tomahawk missiles to defend Europe, but when the United States positions aircraft carriers in our hemisphere where we live, somehow that's a problem. >> President Trump signed an executive order to improve America's foster care system. >> All of this has been made possible by Melania's incredible devotion to America's youth. This small spark today will ignite a profound and lasting nationwide movement. >> The measure is buil as empowering youth transitioning out of foster care with the tools they need for independence and success. >> The Bible tells us that one of the measures of any society is how it cares for vulnerable children and orphans. >> The president and the first lady enjoy a moment of rest after a hard day's work, taking in the sounds of the Marine Band. The Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of more than 150 illegal immigrant sex offenders. Secretary Gnome comments on Fox News. >> These individuals should have never been in our country to begin with. The fact that they were sexual deviants and perverts and now we've gotten them off of our streets, it's remarkable and we need to do more of it. The operation targeted child predators, rapists, and violent criminal illegal immigrants with convictions including sexual assault of minors, rape, child exploitation, and attempted homicide. In total, more than 230 criminal illegal immigrants were arrested. And the State Department designated four left-wing groups based in Europe as foreign terrorist organizations. It says the groups use force against those they identify as opponents of their Marxist and anarchist projects. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. >> After a series of public disagreements between Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green and President Trump, the leader of the Republican party has announced he'll no longer endorse the Georgia representative. In a truth post Friday night, Trump accused Green of going far-left. Trump said he felt that all Green did was complain about his policies despite his administration's work on border security, tax cuts, protecting women athletes, rebuilding the US military, and other issues. He added that it began after he suggested she shouldn't run for governor on X. Green criticized the president's rhetoric, alleging that she's now being contacted by security firms with warnings about her safety over emerging threats against her. Green says the conflict between her and the president is over her calls to release the Epstein files. Trump said he'll support the right person who runs in Green's Georgia district. With a freshly reopened government, Capitol Hill turns its focus to health care. Co era tax subsidies for Obamacare are set to expire in less than two months. Lawmakers are weighing how to address the higher premiums. And DD's Molina Weissup tells us more. >> Lawmakers are now pivoting to healthcare talks. President Trump has committed to addressing skyrocketing health care premiums and on Capitol Hill bipartisan negotiations are underway. >> Anyway, I think number one is we address the fraud within that program. There's about $25 billion of fraud. I talked about already let's take that $150 billion we're giving insurance companies. Give about a third of that back to patients to consumers to set up their own health care savings accounts. >> While talks look more promising in the Senate, the House shows a stark contrast between the parties. House Democrats have introduced legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years to provide workingclass Americans, middle class Americans, and everyday Americans the certainty that they need. >> Some moderate Republicans are open to extensions, though many want to reform the program or replace Obamacare altogether. >> Am I going to guarantee a vote on ACA uh unreformed uh COVID era subsidies that is just a boondoggle to insurance companies and robs the taxpayer? We got a lot of work to do on that. >> President Trump is floating an idea he called Trump Care. It would create health accounts for people to pay for medical issues. >> Everybody's going to be happy. They're going to feel like entrepreneurs are actually able to go out and negotiate their own health insurance. Call it Trump care. Call it whatever you want to call it. >> And the Epstein files controversy came to a head this week. Lawmakers gained just enough support to force a vote to release all the files. >> The longer this goes on, the more support we gain. And I think the speaker recognized that. >> House Speaker Mike Johnson has rejected their petition, calling it reckless. Instead, GOP leadership is pushing for a different version that Johnson says will better protect the victims. >> We can't have them subjected any further harm. So, we wanted to make sure that they were properly names were properly redacted out of the files. >> A vote is expected early next week. This week, the Republican le House oversight committee released another 20,000 pages of documents. Democrats released new emails that mentioned Trump's name. >> Uh they raised more questions about what the relationship was between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein and what Donald Trump actually knew. >> The president dismissed the Democrats honing in on a few selected emails as a distraction. He wrote on Truth, "The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein hoax again because they'll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they've done on the shutdown and so many other subjects >> should do. If you're going to do it, then you have to go into Epstein's friends. Uh, this Reed Hoffman spent a lot of time on the island. I I was never on his island. Uh, Bill Clinton went there supposedly 28 times. You're going to have to look into his friends. >> President Trump has directed the Justice Department to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to high-profile people. Reporting from Washington, DC, Molina Weissup, NTD News. A man has been arrested for alleged property damage while trying to confront President Trump's former attorney. An FBI spokesperson confirmed today that 51-year-old Keith Michael Lisa has been arrested. Lisa is accused of destroying property in the office of New Jerseys top federal prosecutor, Alina Haba. An FBI bulletin on Friday accused Lisa of being in possession of a dangerous weapon inside the court facility. Attorney General Pam Bondi also confirmed the arrest, adding, quote, "No one will get away with threatening or intimidating our great US attorneys or the destruction of their offices." Haba went on Fox News after the arrest and discussed a trend of threats. >> It is a trend. I've had numerous people, some come to my home. I've had threats online. You know, we saw the 8647. They started the 86 Hava. Somebody got indicted. Um, you know, you may not hear in the news all the threats that every individual in this administration gets, but there are many, and there are too many. One is too many. And >> Senator John Federman gave a positive health update after having suffered from a fall and being hospitalized. The senator made the announcement on X, saying, "20 stitches later and a full recovery, I'm back home with Jazelle Federman and the kids. I'm overwhelmed and profoundly grateful for all the well-wishes." Along with the post was a picture of a wounded Senator Fedterman sporting a smile. His office said he was under routine observation in a hospital in Pittsburgh after falling during a morning walk near his home. >> Coming up, a discussion on recruiting global talent. Which economic powerhouse has the advantage? The US or China? President Trump defended the H1B visa program in an interview this week, saying there aren't enough qualified American workers to fill available jobs, but critics say the steep new fees Trump has imposed could end the program. Meanwhile, China has launched a new K visa that reportedly offers a quicker, more flexible route into research or entrepreneurship in China. Now, could Trump's tightened immigration policies drive talent to China? Joining us now is retired US Navy Captain Arman Kurdian. He's also a foreign policy and national security analyst as well as a California state Senate candidate. Thank you so much for joining us, Armen. >> Thanks, Arlene. So, the White House has proposed a new H-1B system that favors higher skilled workers. And meanwhile, China has launched this new K visa program that targets young science tech graduates and it also touts looser application requirements. So, does the US need the H-1B visa to compete with China in critical industries? >> Well, frankly, if the US education system were in a much better shape than it is right now, it wouldn't be such an issue. But frankly uh we need the H-1B visa program because we are not producing quality graduates and it's starting I know in elementary schools you see a lot of areas in this country with school boards that have been taken over by ideologues instead of folks who are actually concerned and serious about actually teaching kids the skill sets they need to prepare for the future including critical thinking which is exceptionally lacking. So we need to attract talent from all over the world. Now, the US allows 65,000 of these uh immigrants to come in on an annual basis, and we always have more applicants that are actually there. So, uh perhaps it's something that we could look at actually expanding and growing that actual number. >> Now, President Trump has stated that the US doesn't have enough skilled talent to take on jobs that require these high level skills. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant recently talked about this dilemma. So, let's watch. There's 20 30 years we have offshored precision manufacturing jobs. And the president's point here is we again we can't snap our fingers and say you're going to learn how to build ships overnight. We want to bring semiconductor industry back to the US. So I think the president's vision here is to bring in overseas workers where these jobs went >> who have skills >> who have the skills three five seven years to train the US workers then they can go home the US workers fully take over >> now Armen you're a Navy veteran so how important is this H-1B visa to American ship building >> oh it's hugely uh critical uh and that's a actually an excellent example because if you want to look back remember uh during the draw down posts Soviet Union collapse uh you know we had a lot of nuclear submarines we had a lot of ships uh and we were you know the peace dividend so we don't need to build as many but the ship building industries told the government look you can't just stop buying ships you need to keep building them you need to keep buying them because we have a labor uh we got labor that we got to keep working they have to keep up their skill sets they got to keep working so so the draw down took a while So we basically had to keep building ships albeit at a slower pace even though we might have necessarily need them specifically but had we just stopped cold turkey for a couple of years uh then it's it's very very hard to to stand up now the United States if I remember correctly you know can build maybe 0.1% of the world's merchant marine uh capacity Japan Finland uh some of these other seafaring nations are are spitting these things out like popcorn and it is just a very heavy lift for us to do it. Uh there is some effort of foot to bring ship building here to the state of California, but frankly we need ship building all over this country. We are surrounded on two sides by by vast oceans. And the fact that we have to buy a lot of our commercial shipping from other countries is is is a really really bad problem. But it's not just ship building. It's cyber security. It's engineering. It's it's medical. It's biohysics. It's it's all of these things that uh that we're not producing in house. >> So let's go back to what Scott Besson said. said he said that the top talent will come in, train Americans, and then companies will let them go. Now, how likely do you think that will happen? Well, I think it's definitely possible. I mean, if you're talking about bringing, you know, external talent, these like for example, if they're building ships uh at a very rapid pace around the world, then certainly let's learn from them and let's build up our industry. you know, uh, ship building requires very highly skilled labor, you know, welders, metal workers, uh, you know, engineers, uh, all all types of engineers, mechanical, civil, uh, to put these kinds of things together. So, and that's, you know, that's union jobs, that's non-union jobs. Uh, and this is the kind of thing that you need. It's it's a national security issue when you lose the ability to build things in your own country. And we saw that during CO. So, uh, just because we're having them come over here and train us how to do it, that's not a bad thing at all. In fact, I think that's great. Uh, you know, the United States has exported its talent in other parts of the world, you know, when we built the Japanese economy up uh post World War II and now we see that they're uh thriving. They got few economic issues, but they're doing very, very well. Uh, and they've surpassed us in many, many ways. So, uh, if you can learn and you can apply those skill sets and expand the economy, that's what the free market is all about. So, let's talk about this new requirement. There's now an application fee of $100,000 and critics are saying the high cost will actually end the program completely and and damage major US industries. So, what are your thoughts on that? >> I think we'll have to see how uh how many applicants we actually get and actually don't get uh whether that fee can actually be deferred over a longer period of time, say, you know, over 10 or 15 years. Uh and if it's one fee upfront, that might be challenging. uh perhaps you know we're also targeting uh some folks who who are already established in other countries you know not necessarily uh folks who have graduated from recently graduated from college in other countries and bringing that talent over here maybe there are some people who can pay that uh we also have set aides if I remember right I think with Chile and Singapore I hope I got that correct uh in terms of the H1B visa program if those don't get used up that goes into the broader general pool um obviously if we see the number of H-1B visas drop us significantly, then that fee is obviously too expensive or we're going to have to roll it back. But I I have a feeling uh that if we can show, especially under the Trump economy, that a lot of people want to come here. You you've seen how many hundreds of billions of foreign direct investment has been announced under this uh administration. So that is a very positive sign for for us and for the world. And if that continues, we're going to need the people to make that thing go. Now, getting back to this USChina competition here, um, if the US has tightened its policies with this $100,000 fee, do you think that is providing Beijing with an opportunity to position itself globally? >> Very possibly. You know, a lot of countries that are say more neutral uh you know, India, Pakistan, uh other countries that maybe are not necessarily aligned with the US or China ideologically. Uh that could very well happen. Uh China has a voracious appetite for cyber security engineers, software engineers. They're really trying to catch up uh to the US uh industrial uh advantage and um you know we here in the United States have a shortage of well over half a million cyber security jobs. Uh if that talent starts going to China uh that is also a national security issue. Folks are choosing China over us. Uh and we need to monitor that very very carefully. uh everything has to be done uh in balance and with careful analysis and assessment but uh China has been doing this for a very very long time there this is this is not something that's new this is just another facet to their uh goal to become uh dominant world economic power >> I think you're right when you say we need some balance here Arman Kurian retired Navy captain thank you so much for joining us >> happy Saturday >> coming up in college football Texas A&M needs a miraculous comeback to stay undefeated while Texas and Oklahoma look to solidify their playoff standing. And today's Dave Martin joins us to discuss. And as we age, bone loss can lead to osteoporosis, causing bones to fracture easily from simple movements like bending over or coughing. How can we spot the disease before a bone breaks? A doctor shares his insights. And now for your sports news, we're joined by NTD's Dave Martin. Dave, good to see you as always. >> Hi, >> good to see you, Arlene. >> And I guess you're busy today with all the college football games. >> I It's been quite an afternoon of sitting there and watching, you know. >> Yeah. Well, where are we so far? >> Well, I'll tell you what. You know, we we just about had the upset of this season today. Or you could call it maybe the comeback of this season, though. This is a thriller in the SEC, though. South Carolina led number three Texas A&M 30 30-3 at at halftime at College Station. It looked really bleak for the Aggies. They rallied in the second half with touchdowns on their first four drives to take back the league 31 to30. Then they held on late with their defense. So Texas A&M survives. They moved to 10 and0 on the season with the win. They are in first place in the SEC. Now meanwhile in the Big 10, second ranked Indiana had very little trouble with with Wisconsin. They won 31 to7. They're now 11-0. And then ninth ranked Notre Dame beat number 22 Pittsburgh 37 to5. Irish now 8-2 on the season. Let's look at some more scores here. Starting in the Big 10, 18th ranked Michigan hit a last second game-winning 31yd field goal as time expired to win at Northwestern 2422. The game was played at iconic Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Kind of a treat for the fans there. Also, Navy beat 24th ranked South Florida 41 to 38. The midship are now 6-1 in the American Conference. Good for first place. And in the Big 12, Arizona, at 25th ranked, Cincinnati 30- 24. Both teams are now 7-3. Going on right now, we got another big one in the SEC with Oklahoma at number four, Alabama. The Sooners just picked a field go to go ahead 23-21. They are early in the fourth quarter in that one. Then we got another big one, the Big 10. 21st ranked Iowa and US and 17th ranked USC. USC leads that one 26 to 21 right now. Then tonight, well, guess what? We got another big one. >> Four, huh? >> In the SEC, 10th, this is probably the best one of the day. I think 10th ranked Texas is at number five Georgia. The Longhorns are at the very edge of the playoff projections right now. They really need a big a big win today. Would really go a long ways for them. Of course, this is going to be tough at Georgia. Georgia's very difficult team wherever you play them, even more tough at home. They are five and a half point favorites. So those are the big ones that are going on right now. >> So they're already projecting playoffs. >> Yeah, they have these the CFP for the last 6 weeks of the season puts out their projected playoffs if the season would end today. Now, personally, I mean, only the last one matters, you know? So the the first five to me are they're pretty worthless to be honest with you, are they? They're they're media fodder. We we kind of like to talk about them. You know, they say that, you know, this is what we're thinking, you know, so they can start today. They're not above, you know, doing a switcheroo at the last second and all of a sudden putting in somebody else. So, they've already they've already shown to me that these are pretty much kind of useless. Just just fun for us to see. It only matters where you are on the final spot. Now, this week is the second of the six. So, that the final one is released like in the second week of December. So, then we find out officially who's in. So, so not even you can predict like who might be the top teams right now? >> I mean, right now it's pretty obvious who who the top few teams are. Of course, Texas A&M, they're undefeated. Indiana undefeated. Ohio State right now undefeated. Those are pretty obvious that they would be in. I mean, it's a 12 team playoff right now, so you can you can say right now, but they haven't clinched a spot yet. There are some there are some automatic bids you can get you can get. They're the the top five uh highest ranked conference champions get in and then it's seven at large teams that are determined by this committee. >> Well, a lot of games in this in this college football, right? >> A lot of games. It's a fun season, Arlene. >> So, let's move on to baseball where I think there's something from Congress in here and I've got to read it here. It says expressing concerns over what is called a new integrity crisis. Now, this is a letter that Congress sent um to the league and they're saying this is just after the alleged betting scandal that led to the indictments of two players. So, what is at the crux of this inquiry? >> Yeah, this is Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Canwell who lead the committee on commerce, science, and transportation somehow overseas sports league somehow. I don't quite understand why. They're questioning why the alleged actions of these players and especially Emanuel Claus went undiscovered for 2 years as prosecutors alleged. Now, in the federal indictment, this just came out this week, prosecutors say Class's alleged pitch ridging rigging started as early as May 2023. So they want to know how and when baseball found out because both these players uh Claus A and Luis Ortiz were placed on nondiscript nondis nondisciplinary excuse me paid leave back in July after betting firms flagged irregular bets on some pitches thrown by Ortiz. Now it's unclear how class A was linked originally as well at this part particular time. Now this same committee sent the NBA the pretty much a similar letter last month after their own betting scandal. Personally though, I'm I'm kind of actually partial to the sports leagues in this because they don't have subpoena power like a federal prosecutor would have, I wouldn't think. I mean, plus sports betting was also legalized, you know, to the public in 2018. I mean, it's up to each state, you know, to decide on their own. I mean, to to me, it kind of seemed like it was only a matter of time before it would start possibly leaking into sports and you'd have problems like these arriving as the federal prosecutors are alleging. Well, you're saying sports betting is legal in some states. So, are they targeting states where it's not legal? Is that what's happening? >> No. No. What what they are alleging is that these players, you know, took money to to rig these pitches, you know, because they they prop bets, you know, some of the pitches, some of the bets are, well, is this pitch going to be under 98 miles an hour? All right. So, they're alleging that on the on some pitches he that one of them took money to make it slower than 98 on purpose so that these people would win money. That's what they're alleging. And there's also, you know, you know, is this next pitch going to be a ball or a strike. And so, they're alleging that these players were rigging these pitches so that the these betterers were winning money. So, it's not it's not that they're it's not necessarily that their betting is is wrong. is that that if you try to, you know, game the system, that's what that's what they're saying. >> Okay. Well, let's talk more about baseball this week with Shi Otani, who was a unanimous winner of the National League's MVP award uh over on the American League. Not so clear uh who's who's the contenders there and and what happened. >> Yeah, Judge won a very close vote. You know, he had 17 first place votes, 13 second place votes. Meanwhile, Cal Raleigh, the reverse, 13 first place, 17 second place. though very close co we almost had co- MVPs there in the American League if two guys had just switched them around but I think they got it right with Judge I mean for most of the season he really was the clear choice then he had that elbow injury in late July early August that cost him a couple weeks rally took advantage he kept hitting home runs there and I said at one point if he got to 60 home runs it'll be very difficult to ignore him on the MVP ballots especially since he's doing it a catcher I mean such a difficult position and sure enough he got hot late he ended up with exactly 60. But I still think they got it right with Judge. I mean, Judge hit 53 home runs. That's the most ever for someone who also led in batting average. But he really he led right a fair amount in pretty much every ad advanced metric as well. So this is his third MVP award. Just 13 other players have ever done that. Otani, meanwhile, this is number four for him. Only Barry Bonds has more with seven. So quite a week for these guys. >> Yeah, they're on their way maybe to beat Barry Bonds. >> I don't know. Well, they can combine to tie Barry Bonds. That's that's how far away Barry Bonds was in his time. Pretty amazing. >> But, you know, tennis is still ongoing. We talked about this last week about tennis. Carlos Alcarez's play this week at the ATP finals. Uh he's guaranteed him a number one ranking through the end of the season. So, what's the significance of this number one at the end? Yeah, I mean they have rankings all throughout the year, but if you have it at the end, it's kind of more special to players because it really means you you had the best calendar year. I mean obviously at any time you got the it's a rolling 52- week calculation of points and the ATP finals where he's at right now. Uh this is the last tournament of the season. So they get finally get some time off between now and the Australian Open in January. Now Alcres Center have really taken over the rankings the past two years. They've won the last eight grand slams between them for a piece. So, it really was a question of which one or the other. Uh here's actually what Alcarez said after winning. The match was was really important for me. Uh playing for the number one from the number one and the number one. So, it was an it was an instant at the beginning with the with the nerves. Uh I knew that I was uh going to to play the almost the first set with with those nerves which I I had to to be focused on that. I try to handle that pressure, that nerves the the best the best I could. Uh so uh I'm just really really happy with the with the match with the level that I play today and obviously to to be able to end the the GS number one. >> Well, it's it's a great uh a great achievement. Uh it was uh it was the goal to to win the GS number one and uh yeah uh after getting getting the win in this in this match and and know that I got and and I achieved my my goal of the of the year. It means it means a lot. I think I've been playing great tennis. So excited about uh keep it going and uh I'm playing as as my final here in the ATB in the ATB finals. >> So Alcarez finishes the year number one. and he plays Yanik sooner tomorrow in the AT in the finals of the ATQ finals. No matter who wins though, he's still number one. >> And he's number one with that hair, too. >> He's had a lot of good haircuts this year. >> All right, Dave, thanks so much for that report as usual. >> Thanks, Haren. >> All right. And as we age, bone loss can outpace bone growth, leading to osteoporosis or brittle bones, the silent disease that often presents no symptoms until a fracture occurs. On this episode of Vital Signs, rheumatologist Dr. Moheit Shukla joined me Brendan Fallon to explain how the disease develops and how to detect it early on. >> Hello and welcome to Vital Signs. I'm Brendan Fallon. Some of you out there, especially our older viewers, you may be dealing with osteoporosis or related bone health issues. So today's interview, you're going to not want to miss. It's with New York rheatologist Dr. Mohit Shukller. A rheatologist of course being a specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases of the soft tissue, the connective tissue and the joints like osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Apart from being an expert in his field, Dr. Shookler strikes me as a caring human being wanting to get accurate and practical information out to you. So, he's going to be answering some of your pressing questions like how do you know if you have osteoporosis? They say it's a silent disease because it's not easy to detect. We look at the medications, how they work, what's the cost, what are the side effects you should know about, and alternative treatments, including exercises, and even foods that can help. And you might be surprised by some of the foods that can help. This is Vital Science, where we learn how to get healthier from all angles, from the biochemical and nutritional to the things we do that nourish our minds and our souls. I'm Brendan Fallon. Dr. Schukler has decades of experience practicing medicine. He was recognized on the best doctors of America database for 2020. Currently, he's a rheumatology specialist in Flushing, New York. Dr. Shukller, thank you so much for joining me on Vital Science today. >> Thank you for having me, Brandon. >> And I'm really excited and and keen to get your insights on bone health and uh dealing with osteoporosis and I'm sure many of my viewers will be as well. To start with the obvious question, what is osteoporosis? So osteoporosis it's defined as a bone disease where your bone mass and bone strength decrease over time and which leads to increased fractures. So to understand this disease better I would discuss the bone physiology first. So the bone is a living tissue where there is a constant process of bone building by cells called osteoblasts and there is a remodeling of the bone where the old bone is taken out by the cells called osteoclasts. So there is a balance between this bone physiology and in early stages for example childhood puberty you bone cells are working faster and they're making building up the bone more than the remodeling that's happening. So by age of 30 years you build most of your bone or we call peak bone mass. So after that the bone building decreases. So in osteoporosis what happens is the osteoclast or the remodeling of bone occurs faster than the bone building. So that leads to decreased bone mass or we call decreased bone mineral density and that leads to easy fractures. >> What are the main signs that come through? What are the symptoms that someone might have osteoporosis? >> So interestingly osteoporosis is a silent disease. there is no symptoms of osteoporosis. It's only the testing we do we confirm with the testing that there is osteoporosis. However, patients the this disease only becomes symptotomatic is when patients have fractures. For example, a patient coming in in the clinic with a new onset back pain. There's a high suspicion that patient an older female or older male may have a new osteoporotic fracture. So you have to keep that in mind. A patient who has hunched back has decreased height may have a silent fractures in their spine and they may have osteoporosis. These are the few clinical symptoms which we look for in patients who may not have a diagnosis of osteoporosis. And um if you have a patient who's coming in with clinical history of hip pain, hip fracture which was which occurred only with minor stress, for example, lifting something that's not too heavy or coughing, fracturing your ribs, which is very minor stress would should raise high suspicion that there is there could be a potential osteoporosis medical problem in this c this case. I think you you've touched on this a little bit. What are the main methods that are used to diagnose osteoporosis? >> So osteoporosis is diagnosed with a bone density test called the DEXA test or bone mineral density test. It's a form of a X-ray and it's done every two years to monitor if patients have osteoporosis. >> What age should someone start having that that kind of testing done? So the screening recommendations from various societies recommend females who are 65 years and older to have bone density test who do not have any risk factors for osteoporosis. A post-menopausal female who's 50 years and above with risk factors for osteoporosis such as family history of osteoporosis, certain medications they are taking for that can increase the risk of osteoporosis or they have medical conditions that does predispose them for early osteoporosis should do the bone density at 50 years and above. There's no proper guidelines on on screening of men, but we generally look at the medical history. If a male who's on certain medications or hormonal problems such as low testosterone, some risk factors of um osteoporosis, we screen males as well. >> To see that full interview and others on how to optimize health, go to ep.msvitaligns. Vital Signs offers general health information, not intended as medical diagnosis or advice. Please consult your doctor before undertaking a new health regimen. Coming up, what happens when music goes beyond sound? Pianist John Nakamatsu describes the rare moments on stage. When performer and audience connect so deeply, it feels almost divine. And London's famous Q Gardens dazzles with festive preparations. They're gearing up to open a nighttime trail as part of their Christmas celebrations. That and more after the break. For years, Shenyun Performing Arts has given the world a glimpse into what China looked like before communism with the worldclass performances of classical Chinese dance and music. Now, for a limited time, viewers can take a closer look at what makes their performances so breathtaking in a special mid-autumn festival, Technique Showcase, premiering tonight on the video platform Ganjing World. Watch the exclusive premiere tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Ganjing World. John Nakamatsu was a high school German teacher before winning the Van Clyborn International Piano Competition in 1997. He says the most powerful performances are those that go beyond notes on a page. He recently joined Bay Area innovators to share his unique experience of how music can create a connection that feels spiritual, sometimes even transformative. Let's take a listen. >> Been said that the sound of the piano can reach directly into someone's soul. What what do you find most rewarding when you play yourself or when you listen for that matter, but probably more when you play, what is the most rewarding element that you can think of? >> If it's in a performance, I think it's when you really feel that there's kind of this two-way communication between the audience and the stage. That doesn't always happen. I mean sometimes it can be going well but there are really really special evenings where you feel that the audience just is is exactly where you are um where I am. You know what and and that the journey kind of happens very much together. There are other performances where things go very well and um but you feel well you know they're happy and I'm happy but there's been >> more flat separate experiences and also when it goes really well with my colleagues if I'm playing you know with other people on the stage and and there again a lot of those experiences are very positive and really it goes well and everybody's happy but then some evenings where it really goes beyond that and and and that's kind of the inexplicable of of the arts and I I think almost everybody who goes to live performances in the theater, in in dance, in anything has felt that, you know, where a lot of what you go to is good, >> but then something you've heard is is way beyond that, and you might not even be able to say what it is that that moved you so much. But it's a combination of maybe the right music, the the way it was performed, the dynamic of the whole, you know, the your your audience members cuz it's a communal event. It's so that you're not alone there. So that whole energy I think is really real. >> That's why people go to live music, you know, whatever type of music. It's it exists in every type of performance. But, you know, in the classical world, it's it's just it's in some ways more palpable because um you have to invest a little bit more of yourself to really get into that, you know, deep level of of of connection. And whether or not you know anything about it, you can still feel that. my best friend from elementary school back in Romania. He played piano all his life and um actually his parents kind of pushed him into it, but he ended up being one of the best in the country right now. But there's one thing he told me, he he's not the religious person at all. But he told me that often when he plays or sometimes when he composes, he feels this connection. It's almost like a divine connection to something else. It's it's not tangible, you know? It's almost like you said, you don't you can't tell what it is. This is something you experience in in some way. some some connection with something beyond the tangible elements of music or piano. >> I think that's one of the reasons why the passion for doing this doesn't end. There's something about being a part of creating the sound that is not just about the technical realization of the material or the understanding of the score, but when you when you play, you know, music of Bach or Bronze or or whatever it is, and you feel like this is way beyond what we are, you know, that we're kind of the vessels through which this is being imparted, but that we can't I can't really explain how how it'sffect affecting us, how it was created, and and how it might affect other people. And that feeling is kind of an outof body, you know? >> Yeah. >> It's it's just beyond me. And and in the greatest moments of inspiration, I feel that even when I'm not playing, often it's when I'm hearing other people play. And it's it's so magical uh that uh it has almost feel like it has to just occupy a different space and, you know, >> in the cosmos, I guess. >> Yes. Well, I can't help but remember Pavaroti's Nesson Dorma from the 94 concert that he had. At the last note when he ends, you know, it feels like he's somewhere else. It feels like he's connecting with some other element that that, you know, he's almost like an out of body experience and then he comes back and he hears the the applause, right? So, >> well, I think that's the reason why we do that as audience members, but also as performers. It's like, you know, it it it cleanses us. It transports us. It makes it takes us somewhere where we just aren't during the day. You know, we we our 99% of our lives are just spent kind of living life, but every so often when you're when you're kind of taken out of your own body in that way, I it's hard to explain, but I I think it's it's therapeutic. It's it's it makes us better. >> You can watch that full interview on epochtv.com by clicking the talk shows tab to find Bay Area Innovators. London's Q Gardens is getting ready to sparkle for the holiday season. An enchanting nighttime trail will bring the gardens to life with color, sound, and shimmering displays. Here's a closer look. The display includes a light show on Tempered House, various light installations, a dance floor, and an orchestra made of lights illuminating the after-dark landscape of the gardens. This year we've got eight world exclusive um installations as part of the event that includes uh bespoke things like the Palm House show behind me. We've put a bridge over the Palm House pond. We have an orchestra made of lights. We've got blooms blowing in the air. Uh mycelium networks reaching out from under tree trunks. I think one of the things I like about Christmas at Q is that it has very gentle moments like the one behind me where which is very contemplative, but there's also really fun and uh jazzy bits. So, we've got we've got a dance floor. We're encouraging people to dance along with giant headphones. But I think if I had to pick a favorite, um the mcelium network is really beautiful. It kind of explores the the network underground between mushrooms. Uh just feels so fitting at Q. you know, the home of the Fungarium. >> Now in its 13th year, Christmas at Q began as an initiative to attract guests at a traditionally quiet time for the gardens. >> And what was once the the quietest time of year at Q is now one of the busiest. We have more than 300,000 people that are going to be coming over the next 49s to see this amazing show. >> Christmas at Q open to the public today and runs until Sunday, January 4th, 2026. >> And that's the news for this evening. Thank you for tuning in. I'm Arlene Richards. Good night.