DMV Zone: November 11, 2026

Welcome into the DMV zone. I'm Rita Morocco. It is three o'clock. Let's get to it in a very busy newsroom as it usually is as we kick off. This Wednesday, our big story of the night: nine members of the Kennedy family suing the Trump administration to stop construction of the Triumphal Arch near Arlington National Cemetery. The lawsuit warning the arch could cast a shadow over President John F. Kennedy's gravesite and the iconic Eternal Flame. The plaintiffs arguing federal officials approved the controversial project without required congressional authorization. Professor and attorney Alan Sanders joining us here for a breakdown of more. And the judge after this was passed by the eight to four vote on the committee. The judge pausing things for about 14 days here. This could restart. Of course, we know. Where do things stand right now in the construction? Well, I think the construction is halted right now because of the temporary restraining order that Judge Cheskin issued a few days ago. We'll have to wait and see. Arguments are going to be proceeding to see whether this temporary restraining order can be prolonged into a preliminary injunction. And now we have the Kennedy family joining the lawsuit and adding its claims as to why the arch should not be built. They are both important claims, realistic claims, but also emotional claims, and so this adds a new dimension to the entire proceeding. Yeah, this injunction will last through November 19th, so that'll be a week from today, and obviously we should point out that the Secretary for Health and Human Services for the administration of Kennedy himself, not part of the group that entered in on this lawsuit, but nonetheless, the fact that it's the Kennedy family, does this add more weight to the lawsuit? Yeah, I think it adds an emotional component to it. It also adds a realistic component to it. They are arguing that the entire gravesite of the Kennedy family was planned as a memorial and that the way the arch would impact that would hurt that memorial, so it would hurt the national memorial, but it will also impact them emotionally about how this arch would fit in. For one thing, it would obstruct the line of sight between the Eternal Flame of President Kennedy and the Lincoln Memorial. And also it would cast a shadow on the entire gravesite, so it would alter what that gravesite was meant to be, both nationally, but also what it was meant to be for the family as well. And that's the kind of real harm they want to argue. It's not just emotional, but it's a real harm. It changes the whole concept of the gravesite. The Washington Post has submitted their plans of what that shadow would look like throughout the year, given the position of the sun. The Department of Interior, however, came out with their own forecast, and they rebutted some of what the Washington Post had put out. On the congressional authorization piece here, we've seen this administration really push its executive power to achieve most of their agenda without the need for Congress. How much is true in this claim that there needs to be congressional authorization for this arch to proceed? And how much can the Trump administration continue to push its executive power to achieve the arch? Well, the judge and the preliminary, or I should say, the restraining order said that you did need congressional authorization and that did not happen. And that's one of the reasons that she issued the temporary restraining order. It's also important to note that Congress has the purse string, so it can refuse to fund anything having to do with the arch. It can also pass a law that indicates that the arch should not be built. Now, of course, the president would be able to challenge that in court, but the way Congress usually does things when it wants to halt the president from doing something is it includes whatever measures it wants and must pass legislation. And now that the Democrats, of course, have control of both chambers of Congress, they could add all kinds of restrictions to the arch or to the not building of the arch, as well to other projects that the president wants on must-pass legislation that the president would want otherwise to pass. All right. We will be watching to see what comes next. Once the temporary restraining order is lifted, is there a timeline as to what the judge has requested from, in this case, the Kennedys, from the Trump administration, and moving forward? No, I think the deadline, of course, is, as you pointed out, in a few days. And, of course, the parties have to now put in their motion papers to make the argument as to whether or not the temporary restraining order should be prolonged into a preliminary injunction. Okay. Professor Alan Sanders, always a pleasure speaking with you. We appreciate the breakdown. My pleasure. Take care, Marina. Topic number two here is a failed impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now sparking frustration within Democratic ranks. Eleven House Democrats missing the key procedural vote that helped Republicans block the measure which accused Hegseth of abusing his power and conducting military operations without congressional authorization. The vote decided 11 to 204, and Democrats now facing questions about why. So many lawmakers were absent. We've got political reporter and blogger for Guardian, Shrey Popat, joining us here. And this is a push that is a heavily part of the new Congress that's looking to come in in January. And they were hoping to get at least something on paper before the end of the year. And they missed it because 11 of them weren't present. What happened? Yeah, there's been much sort of commotion about this in the hours since that failed vote. Eleven Democrats missed it. Several claimed they were stuck in traffic. Some had obligations back in their districts. Some said they had family commitments, and others said they had personal issues as well that stopped them from being at the Capitol to cast that vote. But it's really caused a lot of... Discussion about how Democrats plan to show up in the new Congress. Obviously, then they will have a much larger majority. Right now, they have a narrow minority. But there's been a confusion about, you know, why they didn't manage to make it to this vote and sort of what this signals about the actual effort to try and impeach Pete Hegseth and show up for the wider caucus moving into the new Congress. For the vote part, right, on the Democratic side, how much of a failed attempt is Hakeem Jeffries reporting it to his party? How upset is the party at large, given the fact that, to your point, there were some people who did not fly back for the vote. There were some people who alleged this traffic. But at large, what is the party feeling like right now? Could we have gotten this done? Or are they just thinking, you know what, we'll wait till January? Well, there are reports that this morning, Katherine Clarke, the House Minority Whip, And would was sort of said to the wider caucus that the American public is disappointed in the party and that they need to make sure that they are all present moving forward. They obviously have hedged that because if all Republicans had been there and all Democrats had been there, the measure would still not have passed because Congressman Thomas Massie, who introduced those articles, was the only Republican that ended up crossing the aisle. But nonetheless, there's still a pushback because so many. Many Republicans, outgoing Republicans, didn't come back to Washington. In many ways, had the Democrats all shown up, they would have had a significant advantage and been able to make sure that this vote for impeachment ended up on the House floor. Hakeem Jeffries was asked about this last night. He said he hadn't really discussed the wider issue just yet with members of the party. But there is severe pushback against why leadership wasn't able to make sure that all members were on the floor to vote. And obviously, that comes as Hakeem Jeffries is Poised to become the next House Speaker and has launched his leadership bid as well for that. Yeah, a huge failure, especially when we saw what happened for the midterm elections where the American people said, come back, get to work. And we even heard from Michigan Senator-elect El Rashid yesterday say, you need to work, get to work. And that clearly did not happen on the Democratic side. As it relates to the eight articles of impeachment here for Pete Hegseth, this seems like this will happen at some point come the next Congress here. What is the Pentagon trying to do right now? Even the Trump administration, are they trying to do anything to get ahead of what looks like will likely happen come 2027? Well, today we saw that Will Scharf, the White House general counsel, sent a letter to Congressman Robert Garcia, who's set to become the chair of the House Oversight Committee, that key investigative body within the House, essentially threatening the House Oversight Committee, which will be led by Democrats, to say that, you know, Any investigations that sort of verge on quote-unquote blatant criminality will result in criminal investigations against those lawmakers. It's obviously a huge overstep in many ways, considering that this is the body that is in charge of holding members of the administration, but also members of different parts of civil service accountable to scope out waste, fraud and abuse. And so they've really pushed back against that. You know, Democrats seem to be unfazed. They said that, you know, we will be continuing to push ahead with that sort of sweeping oversight that we promised going into the next Congress. All right, Shreya Popat with The Guardian. We so appreciate that. And of course, we'll check with your reporting coming up to see what else comes of all this. Thank you. Topic number three here is residents across the DMV may see or hear drones flying overhead in the middle of the night. Local, state and federal agencies conducting an overnight exercise to test technology that detects and tracks unauthorized drones. The tests are scheduled between midnight and 4 a.m. through Thursday with Friday as a backup date. We've got Washington Post reporter Liam Scott to tell us all about this. What's going on here, Liam? Yeah. Thanks for having me. So just like you said, this is, you know, this isn't in response to any, any threat. Um, I think that's probably the most important thing, um, to, to emphasize here to, to viewers that this is, you know, this has been, been in the works for. For months, that local, state, and federal public safety agencies are testing this technology, which is designed to detect and track unauthorized drones. So they're, like you said, they're doing that this week. And if residents are woken up in the middle of the night, perhaps, by a strange noise, that might be what it is. And there's been a huge push in funding for this counter-drone assessment, if you will. For the possibility, right? I mean, I think there's always, you got to be proactive as opposed to reactive if something were to happen. And it seems as though this is part of the plan. Absolutely. Yeah. So FEMA gave the awarded twenty eight point five million dollars to to the region last year to engage in this this, you know, counter drone exercises to, you know, be able to detect and track unauthorized drones. You know, what I think is really interesting to note here, I spoke with some aerospace experts about this development and. They told me that, you know, unauthorized drones would be a concern in any urban environment because if it crashes, there are lots of buildings, there are lots of people. But what makes D.C. unique is obviously the presence of... Government buildings, government officials, you know, information that could have stakes for, you know, national security. So they told me that's why this is particularly important to, you know, engage in these exercises to be able to, you know, detect and track drones in case they are, you know, operating in the D.C. area unauthorized, potentially, you know, trying to gather. I would rather Confidential information do we have any clarity on like what these drones look like because there's more drones that don't really look like what you and I envision as like the typical Amazon delivery drones and then there's you know the usual like commercial not commercial but the ones that people have like the amateur ones which are very different what are we talking about here because I think that's important also if people look up to the sky sometime in these out in this time frame and they're like what's going on. Yeah, so officials have actually not been, you know, haven't wanted to share that many details about the specific drones, but I think it is worth noting that, you know, people shouldn't expect to see huge swarms of drones. You know, D.C. officials tell me that at most they would see a small group of drones at a time, but more likely it would be just one. Yeah. And, you know, I guess also, you know, worth noting that D.C. has some of, you know, obviously some of the most restricted airspace in the country and in the world. That extends to drones. It's very difficult for people to get permission to fly drones in the D.C. area. They need to get special permission from the FAA. So. So, you know, it is likely that if people see drones, you know, I guess tomorrow morning, early tomorrow morning, that it is related to this exercise. All right, Liam, thanks for the update and of course check out Check out all the details there with the Washington Post and Liam Scott. Stay with us here for a quick break on the DMV, so we'll be right back. We honor our veterans today. It is important to remember that their service doesn't end when they take off their uniform. Many continue giving back to their communities and their countries as police officers, as firefighters, teachers, entrepreneurs, and so much more. Today, we, of course, here at Fox 5, recognize their continued commitment and the many ways they make a difference. Along after their military service, we've got strategic director for concerned veterans for America, John Burns. And we were seeing some of the video there from the National Mall. And we've seen so many honor flights come through D.C. for the past couple of weeks here. It's truly something that as an American, we should all be incredibly proud of. And I know that we're in this. I don't want to call it a weird time because maybe not everybody feels that, but it is certainly a fraught time for so many, and I'm curious from the perspective of veterans how you all feel and where we stand right now at large. Yeah. You know, as I've said before, veterans are a very diverse group of people. We have different opinions, different takes on things. We belong to different political parties, different religions. The veterans that I'm in contact with the most are a little bit concerned about the way things are going. You know, we're in a war. Their prices are high. But mostly they're grateful for the gratitude that the nation is sharing with them. It's interesting you pointed out how many of us serve in other capacities, teachers. Firefighters, police, entrepreneurs, you know, my great-grandfather served in the Fighting 69th, became an MTA engineer. Thank you. Grandfather served in the Navy, built planes for the Cold War at Fairchild Republic. My father served in the 60s, became a police officer, and I served in the Fighting 69th like my great-grandfather, and I'm now a political advocate fighting for better policies. Yeah, and I think to your point, I mean, there are so many skills that parlay far beyond what could be a military base or at times even a deployment, but that translate into Just continuing to be a good citizen for the community. And on this Veterans Day, what's the message there, John? Especially for our young kids, our teenagers who may see, you know, pictures of what's happening abroad. We're talking about the war in the Middle East, who may feel like a sense of, like, do I belong? Do I need identity? Should I go into the armed forces? Are we seeing that more people are wanting to join that? Are we seeing that there's a distancing? Like, what is right now that sentiment? Yeah, it's mixed. There have been some discouraging signals over years. You know, VA health care could be better. In fact, Congress is working on a bill right now as we speak that CVA has supported. I'm going to stop recording. You know, there's been a sense of it's a family business. In a lot of ways, there's been a sense of older veterans discouraging their kids. But recruiting has been up since that, you know, since the last election and the military is filling itself out. So, you know, TBD kind of the needs of the services will change. The size of the services will change. But, you know, I greatly hope that young Americans continue to want to serve. It's a great experience and it does it does bring value to your life and it helps you bring value to your community. When we've added this new division, right, of the armed forces with Space Force, is that something that has renewed excitement for the armed forces as we talk about the exploration of the moon and going to the dark side of the moon and farther into space? Is that kind of, do you think, maybe tapped into the youth? Yeah, I think it's certainly renewed interest from STEM majors and even, you know, high school students who are good at STEM but aren't going to college. It's also, it's introduced a fair amount of ribbing from the extant veterans community who never served in Space Force and didn't have a Space Force when we served. So, you know, it's both a source of hope and a source of some good humor for some of the veterans. There's a little bit of everything. Well, as long as we can all unite behind one flag, I think that's all that matters in the end. Yes, ma'am. John, good to talk to you, and again, thank you for your service and for all the work that you do to continue to allow for a bettering of our community and for those veterans who are coming back home to especially feel like they are loved and welcome back. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks, Marina. All right. On this job market, as we're seeing a showing a growing divide between generations, younger workers facing a tougher time finding jobs. Middle-aged Americans appear to be having more success navigating the current employment landscape. And artificial intelligence may be playing a role in that shift. We've got a reporter covering artificial intelligence's effects on the economy, on job society. For The Washington Post, Shira Ovadek with those findings. Shira, what are you finding here? Because it's very interesting to see, especially Especially the divide on the generations. Yeah, I agree. It was surprising to me. And what we found basically is there's some data and some anecdotal evidence that in white-collar occupations, so think things like sales representatives, software development, business and finance jobs, people over 35 are doing significantly better in the employment market than people under 30. OK, so why do we think that is? Is it because entry level jobs are more administrative, if you will? And that's something that the bot, if you will, could take over AI as opposed to the experience that someone with age and tenure may bring? Yeah, I mean, look, the most honest answer is no one's quite sure why this is happening and if it's a lasting trend. But yes, one of the theories is that. It may be that businesses are automating away some entry level jobs that junior workers used to do, right, kind of more rote kinds of tasks. And at the same time, AI is kind of turbocharging people with more experience and giving them kind of the tools to do even more, more productively than they're used to doing. And that makes them more valuable in the labor market. Are these the first measurable signs that we're starting to see? Of the replacement theory that we've heard with AI taking over those entry-level jobs at the white-collar level? I don't want to overstate this. I will say that this is literally all I do, and there's almost nothing definitive that experts can say about the impact that AI is having on the job market. So for every person who says, yeah, it's clear that AI is hollowing out entry-level jobs, you have people saying, no, no, no, not so fast. There's other things at play. There's been all kinds of tumultuous changes to the economy and to work really since the pandemic. And it's hard to tease out these factors. But, yeah, I do think there are kind of shreds of early evidence that we're starting to see AI affecting some kinds of jobs for some kinds of people. And again, in both good and bad ways. Is there anything that's definitive that we can say on those both sums that you were talking about? Nope. There is really nothing definitive we can say other than the job market is weird. Okay. Well, great. I feel like that's every interview I do across the board about any topic. Everything is weird is a good definition. Sure. Good to talk to you. Likewise. And you can see her reporting and catch it right there with The Washington Post. Stay with us here on the DMV zone. We'll be right back. A new study shedding light on how much misinformation about autism is still circulating in the country. Researchers finding that more than one in four American adults believe childhood vaccines may increase the risk of autism, despite scientific evidence debunking the claim. The study also finding that similar misconceptions about Tylenol used during pregnancy. Got board certified psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, Dr. Mina Merholm, with a closer look at the research. What exactly is the research showing right now? Well, this is showing we're looking at about 30,000 adults, what JAMA looked at here is what is the perspective around real data and misinformation in autism. And as you noticed, as you noted there, that one in four and in one in four number, and what was actually interesting as well is that they saw among those 30,000 that were surveyed, There is also a leaning that was four times more likely to believe misinformation depending on your political leaning, if it was more one direction or another. And what this is really impactful is because what someone believes about the causes of autism dictates also their behavior in terms of avoiding vaccines or avoiding Tylenol, which ironically, mistreating a fever in pregnancy is. Potentially one of the risk factors for autism. So this study highlighted the mismatch between real data, real information, and what's still believed despite that. Right, and how much of it, I suppose, does the data talk about this, is propelled by social media and the proliferation of it? Well, that was actually a very interesting point. One of the things that were pointed out here is social media literacy, not just use. They were able to track that folks who are using social media a bit more, so maybe are a bit more savvy, understand when something might be real or might be exaggerated, was associated with a lower incidence of misinformation. So folks who might be a bit more casual social media users, maybe just see a clip here and there or tune into their favorite author or writer or program, are more likely to be susceptible to believing misinformation. Specifically about what causes autism, as that's been a big topic over the past couple of years. And I suppose to that, right, because you've got the doctor saying one thing, which is what we believe is science and based on fact. And then we've got social media and these so-called experts that are spewing falsehoods. Right. How do you combat that? Because at this point, when you have people who are hesitant, who don't know any better, who may be trying to do what's best. The question here being, how do you fix that? One of the biggest ways to fix that actually is what we're doing right now. This is why I'm glad that we're having this conversation. And the second way to do that is to encourage folks to go to a trusted provider. So, for example, when there is a concern around, well, what really causes this? And am I powerless against what can potentially be causing autism? Well, no. We know even though genetics are the number one identified culprit in autism spectrum disorders, but there are several other factors that if you get great prenatal care and you avoid fever, avoid things like cytomegalovirus, Avoid a medication like Valproate. Several specific things that you can do when you're guided by a trusted provider can actually empower you and get you to a place where you can make choices that can impact your health. So that's why sitting back and just receiving information and saying, well, I don't know, I don't really believe the mainstream is one choice that you can make, but an empowered choice is saying, I'm going to go ahead and have that conversation for myself and make those choices is the way that we would recommend it. Well, we appreciate having the conversation with you. Thank you so much. And, of course, we'll be talking about much more to come as this continues to be researched and we talk about the effects and the conversation worldwide. Thank you, Dr. Merholm. Thank you, Marina. Always a pleasure. We'll be right back. A special day in Fairfax County where some of the county's youngest scholars honor their community's vets in a big way. Fox 5's Stephanie Ramirez capturing some touching moments in Springfield this morning. One, two, three, four. Years came to eyes as this Air Force veteran and his family got a special surprise. We thought they had missed one of the planned events in Honor Walk since we had pulled the family aside to interview them live on Fox 5. But the students waited to make sure this family was also showered with love. Kings Park Elementary School hosting the kids, parents, aunts and uncles or other family members who either served or who are still serving on this Veterans Day 2026. Principal Dottie Lynn. When you look around our building and you see all of our students that are ages two to nine, we know that their voice matters and their families matter and they too provide service and are connected with the military and we wanted to make sure that we could spend some time to honor them and to have lift up their families, their experience, make sure that they felt connected. Principal Lynn says it's personal and heartwarming. The school plans an 8:30 ceremony. Followed by the Honor Walk and a gathering in the school's gymnasium. Across the district, Fairfax County Public Schools says they have around 13,000 students who have family members connected to the military. I spent 11 years in the greatest Air Force in the world. I spent time overseas. This is the father of the family who got that special Honor Walk experience. His daughters are in first and third grade at the school. When we started this event here at Kings Park, I ran into a fellow airman. Believe it or not, after 10 years, I hadn't seen this guy, and we were able to reconnect. We served on the battlefield together and protected our Air Force assets, you know, protected national security. It was pretty awesome. It was really nice to get to see all the community come together. Just great to see all the kids. They care as much as they do and get to share how they feel and it's great. This is the third year this elementary school has hosted this very special Veterans Day and the principal says each year gets bigger and bigger. Guys? Well deserved there. Thank you, Stephanie. Meanwhile, it has been a beautiful fall day. Perfect, some would say. Let's get you outside, give you a live look from the wharf right now. And at Reagan, national conditions are looking good as we're in the upper 60s. Let's check in with our Jennifer Delgado here, where we've had this spate of just great weather. But things are about to change, Jen. Yeah, that's right. You know, Marina, if you look behind me, you can see those temperatures are going to be going down. But today, a fabulous day. We still have, what, What about two hours of daylight before we have sunset happening in the four o'clock hour? Look ahead for us. We know our temperatures, they're going to be cooling off. Tomorrow, high of 64 degrees. We're going to throw in a few showers, and then by the time we roll until the end of the week, Friday and Saturday, our temperature is going to be in the 50s, but it's going to feel like the 40s. So here's your headline for tomorrow. Clouds around and some showers, but not as heavy as we initially anticipated. Here is the view outside right now. This is out in Rockville. You can still see the beautiful leaves on the trees. I tell you what, with the winds picking up as we go Friday into Saturday, a lot of the Those are going to be going down, and then you're going to be out there raking those leaves up very soon. Our temperature right now, 67 degrees out of Reagan, 68 out of Dulles, and the same at BWI. We look at our numbers across the region. They're all above average. The average right now is 60 degrees. We even have some 70s to the south, like Fredericksburg as well as Culpeper. These numbers are unusual for this time of the year, but the high temperatures by the end of the week are unusual for this time of the year as well because we're talking about numbers that you typically see for the start of December, Which is meteorological. So we look at the numbers. We have some temps in the 60s and the 50s. We look across parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley. That is where our next storm system is going to be coming through. As we look, you can see the clouds right now starting to build to the north and west. But low pressure is developing right now across parts of the Ohio Valley. That is what's going to be swinging through as we go through your Thursday. And then eventually it's going to shift off to the east. Will it become a nor'easter as it pulls away? That's another story. But it will not impact us. We'll be right back. Tuesday, 630, but rainfall amounts have really been tapered off and even some of the snow amounts too for parts of the Alleghenies. This will stick around until early Friday and then we're going to dry things out for our weekend. That means Saturday and Sunday will be dry, but it will be a breezy day feeling like the 40s. As we go through your weekend. So how much snowfall are we talking in some of these locations? It doesn't look that impressive. About a half inch. That is just one model. And that's the European model. But we do know with that chilly feel around, you're going to be breaking out the real coats, jackets as well. It's going to feel like the 40s. And that's typically what you see when you get into the middle of December. You can see the temperature departure here showing you 10 to almost 15 degrees cooler in some of these spots. Especially where they're going to pick up some snowfall. This goes through Saturday. And then we look ahead. And we go for your forecast tonight. There's your low, 50 degrees. And then tomorrow afternoon, a cloudy day, 64. But again... Overall, the rainfall amounts look a lot less than we were initially anticipating. So we take it through the 70s. We've got breezy conditions around for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And, Marina, that is going to be enough, I really think, to end that leaf-peeping season for just about everybody. But, look, we've got 50s around all the way through next week. We don't have any 60s. We don't have any 70s. Marina, how are we going to function with this? I don't know, but all I see are the 30s. I'm just looking at the lows. The Lowe's. The Lowe's. Just sleep in a little later. But you're a mom, so you can't do that, really. Yeah, it's going to be. Cold one, okay, at least from what we've seen. Jen, thank you so much. We'll see you back at 4 o'clock. The conviction of Naresh Bhat marking a major turning point in the case, but the legal fight may be far from over. The defense now facing its next decisions, including whether to challenge the verdict and what options remain moving forward. A Virginia trial attorney says that Bhat's own testimony could make an appeal difficult despite his automatic right to appeal in Virginia. He is scheduled to be sentenced in March and faces up to life in prison. We've got trial attorney Dimitri Picardilis with us back again to break this down and what comes next on the legal options. What does this look like for Naresh Bhatt in the months to come? What they're immediately going to do is order a pre-sentence investigation where they're going to look into his past. A probation officer will be assigned to him and study his entire life on an expedited basis. What is the probation officer's role here in these next months and how does that affect sentencing? Well, in Virginia, and there's been no motion by the defendant, as far as I'm aware, the trial judge will conduct the sentencing and ultimately determine what he's going to serve. So what the judge uses are discretionary sentencing guidelines, and she's ordered a pre-sentence report, which will go deep into his life, his prior criminal record, any aggravating or mitigating circumstances, things like that. This is a murder one conviction, which faces up to life in prison in Virginia, a domestic situation. And there you have Mamta, a 28-year-old mother who left behind a child who had not even celebrated their first birthday. Does all that go into considering that sentence? Oh, yes. I mean, the prosecution is going to have aggravating factors here, one being no proper burial. The dismembering and consuming of, now we know, a dead body, and of course, an 11-month-old, she's over a year now, child without a mother, and fatherless for the rest of her life, most likely. Naresh Bhatt decided to take the stand. He was on the stand for several days and that's when we heard that bombshell testimony where he admits to defiling the body. He admits to disposing of the body. He claimed on the stand that she had committed suicide. We now know based on that conviction that he murdered her. How much of a gamble is putting up a defendant on the stand, which ultimately is his decision? Absolutely. He's got a constitutional right to it. And he exercised it to his peril. Because if you listen to some of the, well, I listened to one exit juror interview, and I heard the word lies, lies, lies. He did himself a complete disservice by testifying. But what became to be overwhelming evidence that he had disposed of the body, he thought he was going to concoct a story that the jury would believe. And the jury has spoken and has rejected it. OK, we know that sentencing is scheduled for March 12th. Once that's said and done, what avenues, if any, does Naresh Bhat have left? I mean, I suppose he can file some sort of appeal. You know, I don't want to speculate what he will and won't do. But depending on how the sentencing comes forward and the reasons set forth. But, you know, he is looking at 20 years to life, plus five for concealing, plus five for defiling the body, dismembering the body. So I suspect he'll never see daylight unless there's something I'm unaware of. ...error that was conducted in this trial, which I don't suspect there will be. Trial attorney Dimitri... Yeah, go ahead. No, I just, you know, I just can't help but say it. I mean... He made a very strategic mistake in testifying. I think he thought he was the smartest man in the room, and it turns out he didn't fool the jury one bit. And the timing, as we discussed yesterday, I told you, as I spoke yesterday, that the timing, the turnaround in the verdict, we shouldn't look at it. Well, we can look at it 2020 now, in hindsight, and say... He upset the jury. It is an emotionally charged jury. And to lie, lie, lie, as I've heard the exit juror say, is aggravating. And I suspect it's going to be aggravating the trial judge, ultimately, hands down a sentence. Trial attorney Dimitri Pikralitos, we appreciate your legal insight. Thank you so much. Stay with us here on the newsroom. Have a nice day. We'll be right back. It's hard to fluster me, but I think whatever's about to happen is going to do just that. The thunder from down under is... I was told that, you know, I don't know what I was told. What's going on, guys? What are you guys doing here? So we have a show tomorrow in D.C. Here's my stick. Hi. We have a show tomorrow in Virginia. We're at the Capital One Hall. And make sure you guys get your tickets because you're going to see a lot more of this. This is only a little taster. This is only a little taste. Okay, great. So tell me what the show's about. What's it called? So the people who want to come and see these. Is that a six pack, man? That's like eight. What you got? How many abs do you do? The show is called Thunder from Down Under. And it'll be the best night of your life. You really want to get tickets. Come check it out. You'll see a lot more of this. You'll see dancing, a great production, lights, and just a whole lot of fun. Of course, Angie wanted me to go down under. She would. I see that you got the Australian accent. Makes sense, right? Tell us where you're coming from, the tour, is this global? And how did I become so lucky? Yeah, so we are global. We've actually done 19 different countries throughout the whole year. Now we are... Oh, sorry, I've lost my train of thought. You go. Okay, okay, okay. 19 countries? 19 countries? We've got our base in Las Vegas. We're there 365 days a year. And then we've traveled, as Jimmy said, 19 countries this year. And next year's... How long are you going to be in Virginia? We're only in Virginia for the weekend and then we're back to Vegas and then we're bouncing around North America. We're kind of winding down the tour, but next year we've got a whole bunch of new countries and then visiting our favorites, Netherlands. Oh, your favorites. You've got favorites too. Favorites, Portugal, Virginia, obviously. Okay, Virginia, obviously. So I have a question. What is the key to making a woman feel, you know, like a superstar? I'm absolutely spoiling you on stage when you bring her up. Oh, you're about to spoil us, I hear. Did you get us a VIP package for this? Well, you know, up close, I got the backstage. Oh, baby, you have something to show me, which, please, this is still a family-friendly show, so be careful what you show. But go ahead and, I guess, get down under. I wonder. I wonder. Where's your shirt? You guys got your shirt? Can you hear the music? Why are they putting clothes on? That's what I need to know. Can someone explain this to me? Take it off! Oh my God, I feel like it's high school musical. Where's the music? Angie knows how to. Yeah. Can you give us? There we go, there we go. Can they hear it? Can y'all hear it? It's in my ear. Okay, well, Angie. Guess who's back again? They know as soon as we walk in. I'm starting to speak now. Hurt your side, known to get the color red, the blue. Dangerous man with some money in my pocket. Keep up! So many pretty girls around me and they're waking up the rock and keep up. Thank you. Why you mad? Fix your face. Ain't my fault they all be jacking. Keep up. Players only. Come on, put your f***ing up. You can stop now. Tysons, Virginia, 8 p.m. How long do you guys put this show on? Because, you know, usually you guys are quick. And you know what I mean by that, but go ahead. How long is the show? Okay, well, now you know how they stay so fit. Good luck with your abs, Angelo. They look good, but not this good. Good to see you guys. We'll see you tomorrow night. We'll be right back. So good luck competing with that. Really? You're going to follow that up by coming to me. Let me tell you something. The amount of baby oil. And now the dad bod for the rest of you. Listen, there's a little bit for everybody. These are pearl snap buttons, by the way. Okay, don't get piped down there, Christopher Smith. How you doing? I'm doing great. I'm a little flustered, which doesn't happen often, but it was a fun time, and I'll get there. What are you doing in the Zoom room? I thought for sure you were just going to cancel this hit entirely. Yeah. After that, I couldn't recover. Well, I just kind of figured you would give that a little more time and maybe steal it. No, that, that means a little bit. You can't have it too much. Uh, a recent survey says that about 49% of Gen Zers, Gen Zers, and, uh, they are working from home. That is an important part of this aspect, but they're starting their work day in bed. This is, this is why the work from home model. Which, in theory, should work, doesn't work. You don't think so? I mean, why does it matter whether you're sitting at your desk or whether you're underneath your covers? Because I have friends who I've checked in on in their work-from-home days, and they're getting massages, going to the movies. I mean, it's everything but work. Sounds like jealousy. Maybe. It's definitely, but that's not helping the economy. Oh, well, I also just couldn't function. I would be so bad at it. I would love it. I mean, I'm not, there's a, I would argue that my workday does start in bed because the first thing I do is I grab my phone and I look at my email. So, I mean, I'm not working from home and my workday starts in bed as well because I'm responding to things and all that kind of stuff. Amen to that. Yeah. What's the question? The shirtless port. Well, I just didn't know whether you liked it or not. No, I mean, listen, more power to you. If you can achieve a way to make money and put food on the table by being in bed, doing your laundry, I think go do it. Go do it. Yeah, I wish more of us could. I know. Speaking of the way we start our days, ribeye for breakfast. This protein-maxing thing has gotten out of control. I understand wanting to capitalize on... But no. That's not what I want. I want a croissant. Not even a steak and egg kind of person? Maybe for brunch. Brunch. Like not an 8 a.m. breakfast. Not on a work day either. You want to cook that? Can you imagine? No. That seems a little aggressive. Excessive, yeah. It does seem excessive. I have no interest in doing this either. I did have chicken maple sausage this morning, though. I did question about how you like your steak, though. I did watch yesterday. I watch. I always watch it. Oh, Pittsburgh blue, Pittsburgh rare. I've never even heard of the Pittsburgh aspect. Yeah, it's charred on the outside and blue on the inside. It's basically, you know, mooing. But I also like raw steak, steak tartare. Oh, I do, too. Yeah, that's right. I was actually, one of my most recent nights out, that was probably the best thing I had. Amen. So that's how you need to eat your steak. At a good steakhouse, make sure it's rare inside. If you're doing it medium, you're doing it wrong. I'm just as flustered still after that last segment. I was completely and utterly unprepared. for this segment as well. Also, I've been watching this ship sinking since I walked in today. What's going on? This is the SS United States that used to be docked in Philadelphia for like 30 years, and now off the coast of Florida. They are sinking it to make the world's largest artificial reef. Oh, that's kind of cool. It is pretty cool. And I've been watching it for like the last two hours, which is why I haven't gotten any work done yet. Well, American vessels, nothing like them. A little behind schedule. Okay. Wait. Go get them. We'll see you in the Zoom room. But they also moved it up 24 hours. At 7.30. Yeah, we'll see you there. Okay, I need like some air conditioning and a fan. I can put the ball in the end zone. Well, I just said they were nice, and our news director's choking, because that's after all that, that's what I say. Angela, you're one of a kind, my friend. Listen, it was a little warm outside. You know, this is what we needed midweek, right? Sure. It's like we were thinking, what can get better than this nice stretch of weather that we've had? And then you've got breaking biceps entering the newsroom. Some greasy six-packs coming through.