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Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, President Trump delivering the longest State of the Union address in recent history. Key takeaways and moments of bipartisan unity. Mario Tsu at the White House. Senate lawmakers examine fraud in government programs designed to help small businesses around the country. Jason Blair has the takeaways from the hearing on Capitol Hill. President Trump's nominee for Surgeon General testifying before the Senate, Casey Means, explains her stance on vaccines and autism. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers resigning from Harvard University. What the latest Epstein files say about his relationship with the disgraced financier. The FBI searches the home and office of the Los Angeles school superintendent. The nature of the investigation remains unclear. David Lamb has more. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City, here's Tiffany Meyer. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. Kevin Hogan in for Tiffany Meyer. President Trump declaring the State of the Union is strong. In a historic and wide ranging address, he highlights everything from securing the border to bringing back faith to American life. And now we go to NTD's Washington correspondent, Mario Tsu at the White House. Mari, good evening. You were at the Capitol last night covering the president's address. What were some of the highlights and moments of bipartisan unity? Hey, Kevin, yeah, good evening to you. President Trump last night making history with the longest record of the State of the Union address, clocking in at just under an hour and 48 minutes, and the large focus of the president's address last night was on his administration's immigration and crime policies. This is as he demands the full and immediate restoration of all funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The president is also last night calling on Congress to pass what he says he will call the Delilah Law. That would be a law banning any state from granting commercial driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. The president stressing his reasoning there that many illegal immigrants do not speak English and thus have trouble reading basic road signs. And the so-called Delilah Law is named after a little girl who was in the audience last night, Delilah Coleman, who was 5 when she was critically injured in a car crash caused by a trailer driven by an illegal immigrant. She miraculously survived those critical injuries and was there with her father. Take a look. Marcus, a fantastic man, Delilah, please. You are a great inspiration. Please stand up. So tonight I'm inviting every legislature to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle. If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. You should be ashamed of yourself not standing up. You should be ashamed of yourself. President Trump is also honoring and vowing justice for Anna Zaruzka. That's the mother of 23 year old Irina Zaruzka, the Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed last August in Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train. Her killing attracted a lot of attention and intense criticism over why the suspect was on the street despite 14 prior arrests. Take a look. She had escaped a brutal war only to be slain by a hardened criminal, set free to kill in America, came in through open borders. Mrs. Zaruzka, tonight, I promise you we will ensure justice for your magnificent daughter, Irina. How do you not stand? I'm asking this Congress to pass tough legislation to ensure that violent and dangerous repeat offenders are put behind bars and importantly, that they stay there. Meanwhile, Kevin, a historically unprecedented number of lawmakers actually boycotted President Trump's State of the Union last night, north of 70 lawmakers. And there are also a counter addresses scheduled at the same time. There's the People's State of the Nation there on the National Mall here, and there was State of the Swamp at the National Press Club. And House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Democratic lawmakers who did attend to silently defy the president's remarks, although some were more vocal about their dissent, including Representative Ilhan Omar, who during his part about immigration policy was calling the president a liar and a murderer during his speech. And meanwhile, Governor Abigail Spanberger of Virginia gave the official Democratic rebuttal criticizing President Trump's immigration policy. Take a look. Our president told us tonight that we are safer because these agents arrest mothers and detain children. Think about that. Our broken immigration system is something to be fixed, not an excuse for unaccountable agents to terrorize our communities. But Kevin, there were a couple moments of bipartisan unity last night. One of them notably was when President Trump called to end political violence against other fellow citizens, and he asked his special guest, Erica Kirk, the widow of assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to stand and for her to get some honor there. And there was also a rare moment of bipartisan standing ovation right at the top of President Trump's address when Team USA, the men's Olympic hockey team who won gold over this past weekend, entered the chamber. Take a look. And for all of these reasons, I say tonight, members of Congress, the state of our union is strong. And to prove that point, to prove that point, here with us tonight is a group of winners who just made the entire nation proud. The men's gold medal Olympic hockey team. Come on in. What a special job you did. What special champions you are. Thank you very much. President Trump also announced that he'll be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Team USA hockey goalie Connor Hellebuck. Hellebuck made 41 saves this past weekend, many of them spectacular, during the U.S. victory over Canada. The team spent their day visiting the White House prior to coming to President Trump's address, President Trump announcing last night that the women's team will do the same, although they couldn't make it last night due to a scheduling conflict. Back to you. The president did campaign on unity and definitely a long speech, certainly no shortage of topics to discuss in terms of American domestic and foreign policy. Thanks for that comprehensive update, Mari. Absolutely. President Trump last night touching on topics ranging from the economy and border security to the military and key legislative priorities. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are responding. NTD's Chris Bobb reports. They're blocking the removal of these people out of our country. And you should be ashamed of yourself. Sharp reactions following President Trump's State of the Union address. Representative Ilhan Omar, one of the House Democrats who attended, commenting later on her interruption of the president. The president talked about protecting Americans and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents. House Speaker Mike Johnson also addressed the interruption by Omar and Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. If they'd gone a step further, we probably would have ejected them. But I think it was good for them to be there. I think it's good for the American people to see the shame that they brought upon their party and upon themselves. It showed what they're all about. They have been obstructing the Trump agenda. They've been obstructing the America First agenda. Many lawmakers took to acts following the speech. Senator Elizabeth Warren highlighted issues she said were not addressed. What happened to that promise that he was going to cap interest rates on credit cards at 10 percent? Nothing. And what's he doing to get private equity out of the home buying market? Nothing. What did he say about the 15 million people who've been kicked off their health insurance? Because of Donald Trump's one big beautiful bill? Nothing. And Representative Nancy Mace pointing to themes she felt the president emphasized. He talked about everything we needed to. He talked about the cost of living, affordability, rent, mortgages, grocery store prices, energy prices, wages being better than ever, economic growth that we've had, keeping our communities safer, addressing illegal immigration, deporting the worst of the worst, the most violent illegal aliens who are here in our country, the rapists, the murderers, the pedophiles. He did a fantastic job acknowledging our military. He bestowed not one but two congressional medals of honor. I never felt more proud to be an American than I did tonight. Other lawmakers highlighting moments they say stood out to them, including border security and the presence of the U.S. Olympic hockey team. Republicans promised safety and prosperity for our nation and we've delivered. The border is now secure. Gasoline prices are at a five-year low. Certainly the highlights were seeing the gold medal winning hockey team and certainly those medal of honor winners that stood forward to protect our nation. And I think President Trump's final message that there's no challenge that America can't meet. One noticeable legislative update came from Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who confirmed Wednesday that he will be bringing the Save America Act to a vote in the Senate, saying he aims to put Democrats, quote, on the record. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Chris Bobb, NTD News. Senate lawmakers examined fraud in government programs designed to assist small businesses. This after President Trump announces what he calls a war on fraud during his State of the Union address. Entity correspondent Jason Blair has the highlights. Government programs should never be able to be exploited at the American taxpayer's expense in the first place. The Senate Small Business Committee examining instances of fraud that occurred in business relief programs during the COVID pandemic, including the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans. Committee Chair Joni Ernst highlighting some case examples. In 2024, music artist Chris Brown exploited these awards to the tune of $10 million, even though the RRF program had a 20 location limit for franchisees. Restaurant chain Core Life Eatery, with 29 locations, still got served $7.8 million. Ernst says that certain states also have cited similar issues. A few weeks ago, Administrator Loeffler suspended more than 110,000 California borrowers who took home over $8.5 billion in potentially fraudulent COVID relief funds. The recent fraud investigations in Minnesota have uncovered at least $9 billion from state and federal programs, including $400 million in PPP loans. Ranking Member Senator Ed Markey, without going into detail, alleging that President Trump is lying about fraud in Minnesota. Trump said the Somali community in Minnesota is plundering America and has pillaged $19 billion from the American taxpayer. You know, Trump lied and cynically weaponized fraud to demonize immigrants. President Trump announced a, quote, war on fraud on Tuesday during a State of the Union address. He says the problem is rampant in several states around the country and is contributing to higher medical bills, rent, insurance and crime. The Somali pirates who ransacked Minnesota remind us that there are large parts of the world where bribery, corruption and lawlessness are the norm, not the exception. Importing these cultures through unrestricted immigration and open borders brings those problems right here to the USA. Trump said he's putting Vice President J.D. Vance in charge of the effort. We are working on it like you wouldn't believe. One expert at the Senate hearing saying that fraudsters rarely target just one project. For example, in one project, we found over 40,000 instances where the same person appears to have reported a low income to obtain housing benefits and also a high income to obtain small business administration benefits. Reporting in Washington, D.C., Jason Blair, NTD News. President Trump's nominee for Surgeon General testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Ranking member Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders asking Casey Means about her stance on vaccines and autism. The American Medical Association, I don't know if you're a member of it or not, is the largest professional association of physicians representing over 270,000 doctors. And they wrote in November that, quote, an abundance of evidence from decades of scientific studies shows no link between vaccines and autism, end quote. In contrast, Secretary Kennedy has said, quote, I do believe that autism does come from vaccines, end of quote. Doctor Means, who is right? Is the AMA right? Is the scientific community right? Or is Secretary Kennedy right? I am not here to complicate the issue on vaccines. And also, I, as a physician, am very careful with my words. And I don't think it's responsible to say that we're not going to study when kids are getting many medications. I think it's important to just keep it on the table. Senator's question means about a range of topics from pesticides to chronic disease. The Surgeon General is the country's chief doctor tasked with providing Americans with the latest health information and recommendations. Means is Trump's second nominee for the role after withdrawing his prior pick in May. Means graduated from Stanford University in 2009 and went on to obtain her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine. She spent several years in private practice in Oregon before co-founding Levels, a health testing company. Means has said she will resign from her position with Levels and forfeit or divest stock options and company and stock in the company if her role is confirmed. And former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard at the end of the academic year, commit a university review into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Documents released by the Justice Department last month showed email correspondence between Summers and the disgraced financier. Summers served as Treasury Secretary under former President Bill Clinton and President of Harvard for five years starting in 2001. He has been on leave from Harvard since November. Summers resigned from the board of OpenAI the same month after Harvard announced its review. His decision comes amid a series of resignations by influential figures across academia, business and government after their ties to Epstein were revealed. The FBI serving search warrants today at the home of a school superintendent in Los Angeles. It's unclear what the investigation is about but the school district says it's cooperating. NTD's David Lam reports. The FBI conducting a search on Wednesday at the home and office of a Los Angeles school official. A spokesperson for the FBI Los Angeles field office confirms that agents were at the headquarters of the LA Unified School District and at the home of A third location in Florida was also searched. It's unclear what the investigation is about but the school district says it's cooperating with the investigation and doesn't have further information at this time. Carvalho himself and immigrants who had once overstayed his visa has been vocal about protecting students from ICE activity at schools. He's been the Los Angeles public schools superintendent since 2022. Before that he oversaw Florida's largest school district for more than a decade. The LA Unified School District is the nation's second largest with more than 500,000 students and covering more than two dozen cities. The office of LA mayor Karen Bass says it has no information about the search of the school district's headquarters. David Lam, NTD News, California. Coming up, Cuba says border guards shot and killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida registered speed boat off the Cuban coast. President Trump speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today just a day after mentioning Ukraine in his State of the Union address. Aryan Pasdar has the next steps the and Australia's Prime Minister evacuated from his home after a fake bomb threat targeting him and a performing arts company. Why the Chinese Communist Party wants to stop the performances? Jack Bradley reports. Welcome back. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says U.S. authorities are doing their own investigation into an incident early this morning. This comes after Cuba says its border guards shot and killed four people and wounded six aboard a Florida registered speed boat off the Cuban coast. Cuba's interior ministry claims the crew aboard the vessel opened fire on the guards first, who then returned fire. Here's Secretary Rubio just moments ago. We have our embassy on the ground in Havana working this as we speak, asking for access to the people that were on those vessels. We are going to verify that information independently and reach our own conclusions. Cuban officials claim the commander of the Cuban vessel was wounded in the shooting. The ministry released a statement following the incident, saying Cuba would protect its territorial waters. Florida's Attorney General says he has directed the Office of Statewide Prosecution to investigate. Secretary Rubio says the result of the investigation will be presented to policymakers, including the president, for potential further action. And President Trump speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today after mentioning Ukraine in his State of the Union address. Trump's speech coincided with the four-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, and today's international correspondent Arian Pasdar has what Trump says about the ongoing conflict. Think of that 25,000 soldiers are dying a month. President Trump revealing the shocking number of monthly casualties on the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war. On Wednesday, a day after his State of the Union address, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy says U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitcock and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner joined the call as well. According to Whitcock, the delegation working on peace in Ukraine has been making significant progress. We've made more progress in the last eight or nine weeks than we've made in the last four years. And so I'm going to take that as a positive and hope that we can continue and build on that success. Trump says he already ended eight wars since returning to office, adding that now it's time to end one more. We're working very hard to end the ninth war, the killing and slaughter between Russia and Ukraine, where 25,000 soldiers are dying. Also attending Trump's State of the Union address, a woman from Ukraine who got emotional during the president's speech. Trump says the woman escaped Ukraine with her late daughter, who was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina. She had escaped a brutal war only to be slain by a hardened criminal, set free to kill in America. Trump also praises that the U.S. changed strategy in its support for Ukraine, instead of donating weapons to Kiev. Washington now sells them to NATO, which then sends them to Ukraine. And everything we send over to Ukraine is sent through NATO and they pay us in full. They pay us totally in full. The U.S. recently managed to start trilateral talks with Russia and Ukraine. Kiev says the next round of talks might take place in the coming days. And in New York City's Times Square, people commemorating the four-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war. I thought it would end a lot sooner, but unfortunately it's still going on. It's just heartbreaking. Protesters held various signs, such as, no Russian oil means no war. Trump often raises a similar point, calling on the international community to lower oil prices because this way Russia would have less funds to finance the war Australia's Prime Minister was evacuated from his residence yesterday, following a hoax bomb threat targeting a New York-based music and dance troupe. The latest in the Chinese Communist Party's threats against Shen Yun. NTD's Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has more. A world-renowned performing arts group targeted by the Chinese regime. New York-based performing arts company Shen Yun has become a main target of the Chinese Communist Party. That's because it revives traditional Chinese culture under its tagline, China before communism. The company has faced repeated fake bomb and death threats, all hoaxes with no harm ever done. Now a head of state is caught in the middle. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to evacuate his home after threats sent to the dance company. Large quantities of nitroglycerin explosives have been placed around the Prime Minister's lodge. If you proceed with the performance, the lodge will be blown into ruins. Federal police searched the site and confirmed it was a hoax, but evacuated the Prime Minister as a precaution. We shouldn't allow such hate crime and foreign interference continue in Australia by the Chinese Communist Party. This is unacceptable. I want to make sure that we have a united front. I'm very pleased to hear that the Prime Minister is safe and well and that the threat came to naught. Shen Yun's performances in Australia haven't been impacted in the slightest and are going on as planned with its world tour, but sadly the group is used to these threats, even though no actual attacks have ever occurred and no performance has ever been cancelled because of these threats. There's never ever been any actual bomb weapon. Last month Shen Yun received an email targeting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and last year is when the threats started piling up in the U.S. February 11th, 2025, politicians and congressmen from all countries who support Falun Gong will become targets of attack and even shooting Trump and driving a vehicle loaded with explosives into the White House are not ruled out. With even their tour bus tires being slashed. And it's cut in such a way that the tire would not deflate immediately, but would explode at high speeds on the highway. In China, some family members of the performers are repeatedly harassed. My first emcee partner was from Beijing and the National Security Bureau would visit her family in Beijing every single weekend telling them we know what your daughter is doing, get her to stop it. We had an ARHU player. This is a musician soloist. When she was performing with us, her husband was jailed for three years and tortured. Now Shen Yun has grown to eight companies performing for millions in over 200 cities worldwide, seeking to revive traditional Chinese culture, a culture with a rich 5,000 year history, but nearly destroyed by communism. Shen Yun continues its global tour from now until mid May. And despite the interference from the Chinese regime, Shen Yun says that they are not deterred. For NTD News Washington, I'm Jack Bradley. Coming up, President Trump covered a lot of ground in his State of the Union address last night. Is he delivering for the American people on the economy, public safety, and national security? Our panel of distinguished guests from both ends of the political spectrum offer their thoughts. In the Supreme Court today, a homeowner argues that his local county cheated him out of the fair market value of his home. Arlene Richards reports. And testimony continued today at the closely watched social media addiction trial with an expert witness taking the stand. Christina Corona was inside the courthouse and reports what the jurors heard. Hi again. Supreme Court justices today seem skeptical over whether a homeowner who didn't pay property taxes should get the fair market value of his home after it was sold in a tax foreclosure sale. Arlene Richards has more. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday over whether a Michigan county violated a family's constitutional rights by selling their property as part of a tax foreclosure for well under its market value. The county sold the house for $76,000 at auction. The homeowner, Michael Pung, said it was worth $200,000. Pung ultimately received the proceeds from the sale minus the $2,200 in taxes owed, but he still sued the county in federal court. He argued the taxes should have been taken out of the fair market value of the property or the $200,000 and that this was an illegal taking under the Fifth Amendment. Under the Fifth Amendment's taking clause where the government has taken someone's home for public use, the law requires that the homeowner receive the fair market value of the property. Several justices pointing to the long history of real estate foreclosure law seemed skeptical that the county had violated the Fifth Amendment. What do you do with the fact that the English and American legal traditions seem to permit these sorts of foreclosures? Show me cases that don't involve the unfairness of an auction where the courts have given damages greater than the auction price. The Michigan county argued that foreclosures are routine and have been used by all levels of government for centuries and that the takings clause does not apply to these types of sales where the property was not taken for public use but rather to settle a delinquent tax. In 2023, the Supreme Court sided with a 94-year-old grandmother whose property was sold in a tax foreclosure sale. The Minnesota county in that case did not give the grandmom the balance from the sale. They instead kept it and used it for public amenities. And because of that case, Pong received the balance of the foreclosure sale of his property. Some justices raised questions about the timing of the sale and whether a valuation of the property could have been conducted and whether or not this was actually a taking and not a foreclosure. The court is expected to make a decision before its term ends in June. Arlene Richards, NTD News. The social media addiction trial resumed today with jurors hearing from a data science expert about how platforms generate billions of dollars in ad revenue. NTD's Christina Corona reports from the courthouse in Los Angeles. We're outside the Los Angeles Superior Courthouse where an engineer and data science professor took the stand today. Professor John Chandler testified saying how social media companies generate billions of dollars through ad revenue from young users under the age of 18. Professor John Chandler told jurors that research estimates showed platforms made billions of dollars from users under 18, including roughly $5 billion from Instagram and more than $2 billion from YouTube in a single year. However, YouTube attorneys pushed back questioning how Chandler calculated watch time and ad exposure and pointing out that he does not personally use Instagram or knew all of the features offered on the app. Jurors were also shown how ads play on the YouTube app and showed Bad Bunny's NFL halftime performance as an example of how ads pop up. Plaintiff attorney Mark Lanier went into detail describing how ads are customized to certain users, saying when they log into their YouTube they are actually logging into their Google account, which can send them ads based on their search history. He also mentioned how children who lied about their age are being fed adult advertisements. For years, big tech has hidden behind predatory design, coercive tactics to manipulate, exploit and addict my generation of young people, stealing the meaning of digital community right out from under us. And I say no more. Many survivor parents attend the trial each day and on Wednesday about 20 held a press conference outside the courthouse. They called for what they described as common sense legislative solutions to address social media's impact on young users. One mother who lost her 12-year-old son after what she says was a dangerous online challenge urged tech companies to change what content is allowed for children. The plaintiff, identified only as Kaylee GM, is expected to testify later today. She is expected to describe her time on social media and how it contributed to her depression, anxiety and body dysmorphia. Reporting from downtown Los Angeles, Christina Corona, NTD News. And there's so much to unpack from President Trump's State of the Union address last night. Let's bring on our panel to dive further into the president's messaging surrounding the condition of our nation and the democratic response. Joining us now are Taylor Hathorn and George Carrillo. Taylor is a visiting fellow at the Independent Women's Forum for American Safety and Security. George is a former democratic gubernatorial candidate for Oregon and CEO of Hispanic Construction Council. Great to have you both with us. Taylor, first, your thoughts. What did you make of the president's speech? I thought it was an excellent speech. I did a pre-State of the Union panel with NTD the day prior where I talked about I thought it was incredibly important for the president to give specific examples of how the economy is doing better under this administration, under this president, than it was a year ago. And I talked about the importance of explaining the reason that we have had the successes that we've had abroad and the importance of explaining why Iran, why this conflict is something that Americans need to be aware of. And I think that he did a pretty good job of that. And I would say due to the CPS poll that was released earlier today, over 70 percent of Americans agree with me. Well, very interesting. Taylor, just a quick follow up with you. Iran, Venezuela, no doubt Ukraine. What about China? Yeah, I mean, he really didn't touch on China very much. And that was not surprising to me. I wish that he would have talked a little bit more about China. But I think we're still in a little bit of a dance with China right now. I mean, there is no doubt that they are our greatest adversary at the moment. But we have so much connected to them in terms of our economy that I think that President Trump is still using the diplomatic and diplomacy and deterrence strategy rather than just going all in on them at this moment. But there's no doubt that China is the leading cause of many of the ailments behind our society. I mean, you just look at their involvement with the precursor chemical shipment on our southern border about the fentanyl crisis and you can and you can see just that. Yes. And President Trump saying that fentanyl is down about 56 percent coming across the border due to his policies. Now, George, what about you? Give us the big picture of the speech from your perspective. I think the president missed the mark. He really needed to talk to the middle of America and the lack of his empathy when it comes to affordability and understanding what's happening in the country really hurt him. And it's going to definitely hurt them in the midterms. This was not a speech about the state of our union. It was more about the state of Trump and what he believes is reality. And there is just a lot of false claims, a lot of time that was wasted when he really needed to talk about the things that the American people wanted to hear about, because right now he is not pulling well. He is not doing well in the areas that he was elected for. When we talk about immigration, he's failing in that in that category affordability. He's failing in that category. He's failing the American people across the board. And he knows it and his party knows it. And they're going to pay the price for it coming in the midterms. George, let's unpack this. You said there were false claims. What were they? Well, when he talks about how much he's done in the past year, when he says he and his administration contributed 18 trillion dollars of new gain into the GDP, that's that's not true. When he when he talks about historic murder rates over the past 125 years, that's not true. I can speak from personal experience of being a police officer and a sheriff deputy. You know, I've lived that life. And I can tell you that the rates are not at historical low levels. These are things that the president tries to claim because everything he says needs to be right. And that's not always the truth. And the American people really do need to fact check what he's I hear what you're saying, George. Let's go back to you, Taylor, for a moment. Trump says he's working to uphold law and order. He invited the mother of the Ukrainian refugee who was murdered in Charlotte, allegedly by a repeat offender released on no cash bail. Do you think he delivered a unifying message on law and order? I mean, I do think he he did. And I would also say back to my panelists is that President Trump is polling at about 44 percent right now, but he's polling at 52 percent on the border and immigration. So it's really not bad like they think it is. And the facts check that he gave about one hundred and twenty five year low on crime. The CBS fact checkers came out last night and said that that was, in fact, true. That is that it is the historic lowest crime rate that we have had murder rate in over one hundred and twenty five years. I mean, so, yeah, I think that did he give a unifying message for criminals? No, he didn't. He gave a unifying message that the American people expect their government and their elected officials to stand up for their safety and security primary, first and foremost. And I think the Democrats that were sitting on the other side of the aisle, I watched that speech last night and I was kind of discouraged that none of them stood up, you know, and many of them rebutted saying, well, Trump laid a trap for us. We weren't going to buy into that. I think that it would have done a lot of good for the Democratic Party leading into the primary or leading into the midterms, actually, to have several of them stand up and say, you know what, we do think that this is our primary role and responsibility to protect the sanctity, safety and security of Americans. But we want to work with the administration in making sure that there is a pathway to legal citizenship for those who did illegally initially cross the border, but who have contributed fairly and justly to our society. That is the method and the strategy that I would have gone with. But sitting down for a murdered woman who was killed savagely after escaping the Ukrainian Russian war on a subway when she was just going home, I mean, that's shameful behavior from the Democrats. Absolutely shameful. Thanks for your input, Taylor. George, I'd like to give you a minute to respond to your co-panelists. Sure. I think it's shameful that right now we have an administration and we have a society that does not believe in checks and balances. We have ICE that's running around thinking that they can do whatever they want to American citizens, that they can mistreat people just because of their legal status. That is not what America is about. That's not what I signed up for when I defended this country as a United States Marine. It's not what I would do as a police officer patrolling the streets of our communities. Right now what ICE is doing is they're overreaching their power. They're killing U.S. citizens. They are overreaching their authority. They're violating constitutional rights. And right now what is shameful is that the president, his administration, especially Secretary Gnomes, is not holding agents accountable. This is the reason why there is distrust in our law enforcement. This is what separates communities. And these are the things that need to change. So yes, as Democrats, why would we stand up for something like that? I'm hearing your point of view. Taylor, let's play some sound from last night and we'll get your reaction to this really quick. My preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy. But one thing is certain, I will never allow the world's number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon. Can't let that happen. As the nation knows, President Trump took decisive action in Operation Midnight Hammer to derail Iran's uranium enrichment. Is the world safer for it? And do you think most Americans who heard his speech see it this way? So the world is definitely safer from what we did with Operation Midnight Hammer. But the problem is, is that we're not safe yet. A lot of American citizens don't understand that Iran, the IRGC, and the Ayatollah are the leading cause of terrorism around the world. I mean, they're the proxies, not just with Hezbollah and Hamas, but in Latin America too, supporting and filtering our drug trade up through Latin America into the United States. These proxies have killed thousands of American lives, including the lives of Marines who probably served with my co-panelists. And so I think left, right, or center, we can all agree that Iran having nuclear weapons would be detrimental and destructive, not just to the United States, but to the global world order as a whole. I mean, these are not people that you can reason with. The Ayatollah is not a rational person, but the Iranian people are. Iran pre-1979 revolution looked a lot different than what it did today. And they could end up being a major ally of ours in the Middle East. And I look forward to the day to see that happen. But do I think that it is resonating with the American people? No, I don't think it is quite yet. They don't want another forever war. They don't want to be in the Middle East for another 20, 30 years. And so the president needs to continue to do a better job and a good job of explaining to the people that decisive military strategic action and strategic interventionalism is not the same thing as war with Iran. Understood, Taylor. And the Iranian people are just brilliant people. And alluding to what you're saying, victims of the bloodshed that we saw in the protests there due to the Iranian regime. Now, George, welcome to respond to all this. And like the Iran nuclear issue, he touted other foreign policy decisions like arresting then Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. It's a decision that ignited a lot of hope in many Venezuelans. Are actions like these resonating with Americans? So sorry, I lost connection there for a brief second. George might be coming back online. Let's see if we can get a comment. Yeah, go ahead, George. Yes. So this is the one area that I do agree with the president. Iran should not have nuclear capabilities. What I believe hurts the president is that when he came out and said that everything was obliterated, that the job was completed. That was a misstatement by the president. And so right now the American people just don't have, I think, the energy to be faced with another forever war. But I do think we do need to take some very drastic steps. If we're not successful in that arena, then we do need to move forward. And I do believe that the actions that the president would be taking at that point need to happen. But when I think about other foreign policies, like what happened with Nicolás Maduro, that's something that needed to be done. I don't necessarily agree with the tactic of how it was done, especially with him being in power. There's other ways I think that the American people would have preferred or I would have preferred to see him out of power. But now we are facing too many different conflicts right now between Cuba and Venezuela. And now what's happening in Mexico with the cartels and what's happening with Iran, we're really spreading ourselves really thin and we really need to start thinking about what is the priority here? What is really going to keep the American people safe today? And that's something that I think that the president and his administration really need to hammer out because it's too many moving pieces. Great hearing both of your input. George Carrillo and Taylor Hathorn, thank you both for joining us. Thanks a lot. In one area of bipartisan agreement last night, President Trump's proposed retirement plan, which would provide a government match of up to $1,000 annually. What would this mean in practical terms for American workers? For more analysis, hear a panel discussion tonight on Capitol Report at 7 p.m. Eastern time. And coming up, the TV ratings are in for Sunday's thrilling hockey finale. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Penguins deal with Sidney Crosby's Olympic injury. Dave Martin joins us to discuss. And now for your sports news, we're joined by NTD's Dave Martin. All right, Dave, we got a power-packed rundown here, some NFL news, but let's start with hockey. What do you say? The Yes, and it was a record amount in a way, anyway. 26 million viewers saw Jack Hughes' golden goal in overtime to win it on Sunday. Now, while overall the event averaged 18.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched sporting event with a start time before 9 a.m. Eastern time in U.S. history. So it's a record in that way, anyway. Of course, if you only tuned in for overtime, you missed goalie Connor Halibut's incredible performance. Now, he was really the difference maker in this game. Now, the U.S. had that early 1-0 lead, but during the second and third periods, Canada was much more the aggressor and made many more shots on goal. 42, in fact, to 26 for the U.S. Halibut saved all but one of those 42 shots. A couple of those saves were absolutely incredible. He definitely deserves that medal of freedom. But back to the TV ratings. If you combine the 8.7 million people watching in Canada, then the North American audience was nearly 35 million for Hughes' golden goal. So, quite the classic. We are the champions. All right, all right, all right. Can't wait. Elsewhere in the game, Team Canada. They definitely deserve to sing that, that's for sure. Team Canada got the gold medal game without Captain Sidney Crosby, who was out with what was termed a lower body injury. Do we have any more information on that injury? Yeah, well, his NHL team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, announced today they placed him on injured reserve and that he would miss at least four weeks of play. So, whatever it was, it was significant. Now, he was injured in the Olympic quarterfinal game against Czechia. It looked like his right leg bent awkwardly, there it is, as an opposing player fell on him. He left the game, he did not return, and he missed the two games after that, the semifinals and the finals there. Now, of course, while Team Canada has great players like Connor McDavid and Nathan McKinnon, those two lead the NHL in points and goals, respectively. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, he is their leading scorer for them with 27 goals and 59 points, roughly about 20th in league in both categories. And the Penguins were off to a very good start this season, tied for the fifth most points in the Eastern Conference, so a big loss. Crosby, meanwhile, he scored Canada's golden goal, actually, back in 2010, when the Canadians beat the U.S. in overtime. Oh, man, so exciting. Come full circle here. All right, NFL news time. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelty has yet to announce whether he'll play next season. How are the Chiefs handling the situation with the preseason progression, the offseason progression? Yeah, they're in a tricky situation because if he retires, they want to act as soon as possible to replace his production, which won't be easy. Even though he's 36 years old, last year he led the team in both catches and receiving yards, though those were his fewest catches in more than a decade. He still owed a roster bonus of $12.5 million next month. It may be possible that could be moved. Let's actually listen to what Chiefs general manager Brett Veach said about it yesterday. Yeah, I think we've kind of taken a different approach with Travis in the sense that I think, you know, we've kind of prepared for either scenario. And Coach had mentioned on Friday, he's had great dialogue with Travis on our end, myself, Chris Shea, Travis's crew. We've had some good dialogue there. And I'm sure we're going to see him here just like we will all the other players, agents, and we'll continue that dialogue. But Travis is the best. He's an icon. And hopefully he comes back and we'll just kind of let that process play out. It's not your typical, hey, 27-year-old, first time at free agency. I mean, Travis has done everything. He's accomplished everything. He's about to get married. He's got a lot going on. And so I don't think there's an element of you know, you need some sort of deadline timeline, but at the same time, I mean, it's Travis Kelsey. So we're going to just continue to have positive dialogue and see where this thing ends. But I think we're trying to position ourselves that either way, you know, we have a plan moving forward. So they're in a wait and see with Kelsey. Oh, man, that situation. All right. Well, thank you, Dave. Thank you, Kevin. And that's all for this evening's broadcast. I'm Kevin Hogan. I hope you and your family have a good evening.