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00:00Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, President Trump saying he would designate Antifa a domestic terrorist organization.

00:09The administration condemning political violence in the wake of the assassination of conservative thought leader Charlie Kirk, Mario Tzu, at the White House.

00:17Authorities say the man suspected of killing Kirk told another person in a text message that he would commit the act.

00:23The investigators also say DNA evidence links back to the suspect. Jack Bradley has the latest.

00:30UCLA responds after placing an employee on leave following social media posts in which he appeared to celebrate the death of Kirk.

00:38Christina Corona reports.

00:40A replica of D.C. crime crackdown. President Trump now deploying the National Guard to Memphis, which cities he says will be next, and what's behind a new U.S. strike on a Venezuelan drug boat.

00:50New York Governor Kathy Hochul has endorsed Democratic Socialist Zohra Mandani in the New York City mayoral race.

00:57What President Trump says about her announcement.

01:00This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Tiffany Meyer.

01:18Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight.

01:20The White House doubles down on condemning political violence after the fatal shooting of conservative thought leader Charlie Kirk.

01:28We go now live to NTD's Mario Tzu at the White House.

01:31Good evening, Mari.

01:32In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, there are those celebrating his death, claiming that Charlie Kirk propagated hateful rhetoric.

01:39Conversely, the White House is saying it's these erroneous claims that led to political violence, including the assassination.

01:45How is the administration planning to address this?

01:48Good evening to you too, Tiff.

01:53Yes, the White House is doubling down today on condemning all forms of political violence and radicalization in the wake of Kirk's assassination.

02:01And President Trump tonight, just moments ago, is saying that designating Antifa, a domestic terrorist organization, is something that he would do.

02:10Take a look.

02:12Antifa is terrible.

02:14Are there other groups that you can make up?

02:16There are other groups, yeah, there are other groups.

02:18We have some pretty radical groups and they got away with murder.

02:21And also, I've been speaking to the attorney general about bringing Rico against some of the people that you've been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation.

02:31These aren't protests.

02:33These are crimes.

02:34You can see they're professional agitators.

02:36I had one the other night.

02:37I had four the other night, all in one group.

02:39Total phonies that started to scream when I got into a restaurant, oh, you know.

02:47Vice President J.D. Vance today is hosting the Charlie Kirk show to honor his friend.

02:54And he was joined with other Trump administration officials.

02:57And while much of the show honored Kirk's legacy and his life, a large part of it also focused on making sure to prevent something like this from ever happening again.

03:06So the Trump administration is saying that they're going to go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates, and engages in violence, with President Trump announcing that these organizations are already under investigation.

03:18Take a look.

03:20When you look at the agitators, the American flag burnings all over the place, you know, they're already under major investigation.

03:26We wouldn't celebrate if something happened on their side, and we don't.

03:30These are sick people.

03:31And Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, condemns what he calls a growing domestic terrorist movement in the U.S.

03:39Miller says that people celebrating and cheering Charlie Kirk's assassination is not a fringe phenomenon, but extends to federal workers, bureaucrats, educators, professors, and nurses.

03:48The organized doxing campaigns, the organized riots, the organized street violence, the organized campaigns of dehumanization, vilification, posting people's addresses, combining that with messaging that's designed to trigger and incite violence.

04:01And the actual organized cells that carry out and facilitate the violence, it is a vast domestic terror movement.

04:07Vice President Vance characterizes this violence as a collection of forces like a pyramid.

04:12Not every member of that pyramid would commit a murder.

04:15In fact, over 99%, I'm sure, would not.

04:18But by celebrating that murder, many of these people are creating an environment where things like this are inevitably going to happen.

04:27We can thank God that most Democrats don't share these attitudes, and I do.

04:31Vance recounts being harassed at Disneyland while with his wife and kids.

04:35He also shares the story of a senior White House staffer who had people in his neighborhood hand out leaflets telling people what he looked like and where he lived, encouraging neighbors to harass him just after Kirk's assassination.

04:46The vice president says that while these people don't constitute the majority of Americans, he urges Americans to unite in condemnation of the actions and ideas that killed Charlie Kirk.

04:55There is no unity with someone who lies about what Charlie Kirk said in order to excuse his murder.

05:01There is no unity with the people who celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination.

05:06And there is no unity with the people who fund these articles, who pay the salaries of these terrorist sympathizers, who argue that Charlie Kirk, a loving husband and father, deserved a shot to the neck because he spoke words with which they disagree.

05:23Vance and Miller say that they will do their best in the coming months to use all resources at the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and throughout the government to identify, dismantle and uproot the terrorist networks that led to Kirk's assassination.

05:40Tiff, back to you.

05:42All right, Mari, thanks for those updates.

05:45And authorities have new details about the man suspected of assassinating Charlie Kirk last week.

05:50Officials say they now have DNA evidence and text messages revealing a potential motive for the killer.

05:56NTD's Jack Bradley reports from Utah County Jail.

06:00Behind me is where Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect involved in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, is being held without bail at Utah County Jail.

06:10Robinson is the sole suspect in the assassination, which happened last Wednesday in front of a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University.

06:19Investigators have now found text messages in which Robinson allegedly wrote that he has the chance to kill Charlie Kirk and that he would.

06:27His family has collectively told investigators that he subscribed to left-wing ideology and even more so in these last couple of years.

06:37And he had a text message exchange.

06:41He, the suspect, with another individual in which he claimed that he had an opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and he was going to do it because of his hatred for what Charlie stood for.

06:51DNA evidence may link back to Robinson as well, including a screwdriver that was found on the roof where Robinson allegedly shot Kirk from and a towel wrapped around the firearm that was abandoned in a nearby wooded area.

07:03The DNA hits from the towel that was wrapped around the firearm and the DNA on the screwdriver are positively processed for the suspect in custody.

07:14The father informed us per interview of him that he looked at the video that we released that evening and the enhanced photos and identified the suspect.

07:24FBI Director Cash Patel also says that his department is investigating a group chat that Robinson was allegedly a part of on the Discord app with more individuals that are going to be interviewed.

07:35Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Sunday saying the suspect is being uncooperative, but that his transgender roommate boyfriend is cooperating with investigators.

07:44He's not cooperating, but all the people around him are cooperating.

07:49Robinson will make his first court appearance on Tuesday.

07:52He faces multiple charges, including aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice.

07:59If convicted on the aggravated murder charge, he could face the death penalty in the state of Utah.

08:04Charlie Kirk's funeral and memorial service will take place on Sunday in Arizona in a stadium that can hold up to 60,000 people.

08:12President Trump said that he will be attending.

08:14Reporting from Spanish Fork, Utah, Jack Bradley, NTD News.

08:19A vigil in memory of Charlie Kirk is being held tonight at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

08:25The event is nonpartisan and being led by House Speaker Mike Johnson.

08:29NTD correspondent Jason Blair has more.

08:32Speaker of the House Mike Johnson will lead a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk in the Capitol on Monday evening.

08:38The memorial is open to members of any political party and will be held in Statuary Hall.

08:43According to an advisory, Johnson, House leaders and other members of Congress are scheduled to speak.

08:49This follows a moment of silent prayer led by Johnson on the House floor last week, hours after Kirk was killed,

08:56as well as a vigil held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night.

09:00Speakers included Representatives Andy Biggs and Anna Paulina Luna,

09:05as well as White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

09:11Every soldier lives this fact, this truth.

09:14I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death for your right to say it.

09:19Charlie lived by this principle.

09:23Gabbard described the first time she accompanied Kirk at one of his college campus events.

09:28And the first two or three people who had stood in line,

09:31they talked about how he positively impacted their lives.

09:35But Charlie wasn't there for praise.

09:36He would call to the crowd and say,

09:40hey, who here disagrees with me?

09:43Come to the front of the line.

09:46He listened carefully to everyone.

09:50Even when others in the crowd booed,

09:53whoever was speaking, he told them to be quiet

09:55and to let this person speak, to show them respect.

09:59Speaker Mike Johnson also spoke on Sunday night.

10:02Charlie Kirk did so much in his short life

10:05that he spurred that on in other people.

10:07He inspired it in other people.

10:09And that message and that truth will go more boldly now

10:12than it did while he was here.

10:14It will go forward with power and strength.

10:17That's it.

10:18Johnson closed with a prayer.

10:20Father, help us to remember the principles of your word

10:22that Charlie worked every day to advance,

10:24that we do not return evil for evil,

10:28but we overcome evil with good.

10:31Reporting from Washington, D.C., Jason Blair, NTD News.

10:36A UCLA employee is now on administrative leave

10:38after posts surfaced online

10:40where he appeared to celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk.

10:43The university responded to the situation.

10:46NTD's Christina Corona tells us more.

10:49Social media posts from a UCLA employee have resurfaced

10:53following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

10:56The posts included comments celebrating Kirk's death

10:59and statements saying,

11:00You can't force people to mourn someone who hated us,

11:03no matter how he died.

11:05Another read,

11:06It is okay to be happy when someone who hated you

11:09and called for your people's death dies,

11:11even if they are murdered.

11:13The employee holds the position

11:15of director of race and equity at UCLA.

11:18Corey DeAngelis on X compiled some of the posts,

11:21which were primarily shared on Blue Sky.

11:23UCLA released a statement on Sunday saying,

11:26UCLA has placed a campus employee on immediate leave

11:30and has launched an investigation

11:31following reports of social media posts

11:34regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk.

11:36They go on to say,

11:37while free expression is the core value of UCLA,

11:41violence of any kind,

11:42including the celebration of it,

11:44is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

11:47Thousands gathered at Huntington Beach

11:49Saturday and Sunday to remember Charlie Kirk.

11:52Attendees held candles,

11:53waved flags,

11:54and placed flowers at the site.

11:56The vigil,

11:56organized by local supporters

11:58and Turning Point USA affiliates,

12:00included moments of silence,

12:02speeches,

12:03and songs honoring Kirk's influence

12:05on conservative youth activism.

12:07Christina Corona, NTD News.

12:10After months of silence,

12:12New York Governor Kathy Hochul

12:13has endorsed Democratic nominee

12:15Zora Mandani for New York City Mayor.

12:18Hochul made her public endorsement

12:19in a New York Times opinion piece

12:21published on Sunday.

12:22In the article,

12:23she states that she's had frank conversations

12:25with Mamdani over the past few months

12:27about their disagreements.

12:29Hochul said Mamdani agreed to ensure

12:31that the New York Police Department

12:32has strong leadership.

12:34He previously supported defunding the police.

12:37Hochul said she and Mamdani

12:39will work together to confront possible attempts

12:41at federal intervention.

12:43Mamdani thanked Hochul

12:44in a statement Sunday night.

12:46President Trump chined in

12:47on a Truth Social post

12:48calling the endorsement

12:50quote,

12:50very bad for New York City.

12:52Adding that quote,

12:53Washington will be watching

12:54the situation very closely.

12:57Coming up,

12:58Secretary of State Marco Rubio

12:59meets with Prime Minister

13:00Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.

13:02Meanwhile,

13:02Arab leaders hold an emergency summit

13:04after the Israeli strike

13:06on Hamas leaders in Qatar.

13:08Jason Perry reports.

13:10And Rubio provides more information

13:11on the Russian drones

13:13that entered Polish airspace.

13:15Arian Posdar has what he says

13:16about the reason behind

13:17the drone in Persian.

13:19And over 100,000 people

13:21gathered on the streets of London

13:23over the weekend.

13:24They're seeking to raise the issues

13:25surrounding mass immigration

13:26and what some protesters

13:28are calling the erosion

13:29of British culture.

13:31Malcolm Hudson brings us more

13:32from the UK after the break.

13:42Welcome back.

13:43I'm Tiffany Meyer.

13:44President Trump announcing

13:45the creation of a task force today

13:47to address rampant crime

13:48in Memphis, Tennessee.

13:49He says it'll be a replica

13:51of crime-fighting efforts

13:52in Washington, D.C.

13:53and that'll employ the full powers

13:55of the FBI, ICE,

13:57the National Guard,

13:58and other agencies.

13:59This team will deploy the full powers

14:01of federal law enforcement agencies

14:04and enforcement generally

14:06to restore public safety

14:07and get dangerous career criminals

14:09off of our streets.

14:10We're going to get them off.

14:12In 2024, Memphis had the highest

14:14violent crime rate,

14:15the highest property crime rate,

14:17and the third highest murder rate

14:19of any city in the nation.

14:21I've been in it all for seven years.

14:23I'm tired of crime holding

14:25the great city of Memphis back.

14:26Memphis had the nation's

14:29highest crime rate

14:30per 100,000 people last year,

14:32according to FBI data.

14:34President Trump says

14:34he'll likely deploy

14:35the National Guard

14:36to Chicago next,

14:37and that St. Louis

14:38is also on the list.

14:39Meanwhile, the president today

14:41also announced a U.S. strike

14:42on a second Venezuelan boat,

14:44saying it was carrying narcotics

14:46headed to the U.S.

14:47Trump says the strike

14:48killed three terrorists,

14:50adding that it was

14:50to stop violent cartels

14:52from transporting drugs

14:54that can kill Americans.

14:56Secretary of State Marco Rubio

14:58was in Israel today,

14:59where he met with

15:00Israeli Prime Minister

15:00Benjamin Netanyahu.

15:02This comes as leaders

15:03in the Middle East

15:04held an emergency summit

15:05to discuss Israel's strike

15:07on Hamas leaders in Qatar.

15:09NTD's Jason Perry

15:10has the details.

15:13Secretary of State Marco Rubio

15:15placed a prayer note

15:16into a crevice

15:17on the Western Wall

15:18in Jerusalem on Sunday.

15:20Rubio, along with U.S. Ambassador

15:22Mike Huckabee, attended

15:24the traditional ceremony

15:25before Rubio held talks

15:27on Monday with Israel's

15:28Prime Minister.

15:29I want to thank you

15:30personally for your

15:32unwavering support

15:33of Israel's right

15:33to defend itself,

15:35for standing firmly

15:36against those who seek

15:37to isolate and demonize

15:39our nation.

15:40We're engaged in the battle

15:41of civilization against

15:42barbarism,

15:43and the alliance

15:44between our nations

15:45remains as enduring

15:47and unshakable

15:48as the stones

15:50of the Western Walls

15:51we visited yesterday.

15:54And Rubio called

15:54for all the hostages

15:56to be returned home

15:57from the Gaza Strip

15:58and added this.

16:00Hamas can no longer

16:01continue to exist

16:02as an armed element

16:03that threatens

16:04the peace and security

16:05not just of Israel

16:06but of the world

16:07and that the people

16:08of Gaza deserve

16:09a better future,

16:10one that cannot begin

16:11until Hamas

16:12is eliminated

16:13and until all of the

16:14hostages, both living

16:15and deceased, are home.

16:16Monday is also

16:18the five-year anniversary

16:19of the signing

16:20of the Abraham Accords

16:21in which four Arab countries

16:23normalized diplomatic relations

16:25with Israel.

16:27The agreement was administered

16:28under the Trump administration

16:30in 2020.

16:31Rubio met with Israeli

16:32President Isaac Herzog

16:34to mark the occasion.

16:35I must say,

16:36Mr. Secretary,

16:37that we bless

16:38those agreements every day.

16:40They brought enormous change

16:41to everybody's lives

16:43in the Middle East.

16:44and these allies

16:46that signed the agreement

16:48despite all the storms

16:49of the Middle East

16:50have kept these agreements going.

16:52However,

16:53Arab leaders

16:54in the Middle East

16:55held an emergency summit

16:56in Qatar

16:57and called on countries

16:58to review their diplomatic

17:00and economic ties

17:01with Israel.

17:02The emergency Arab summit

17:04came just days

17:05after Israel reported

17:06striking Hamas leaders

17:08in Qatar's capital

17:09of Doha.

17:10The president of Egypt

17:11said this

17:12about any future agreements.

17:14I say to the Israeli people

17:17that what is happening

17:18right now

17:18hinders the future of peace,

17:20threatens your security

17:21and the security

17:22of the peoples in the region.

17:23Another leader

17:24at the summit

17:25said he expects

17:26the United States

17:27to use its influence

17:28to stop Israel's behavior.

17:30Jason Perry,

17:31NTD News.

17:34And Secretary

17:35Marco Rubio

17:35provides more information

17:36on the Russian drones

17:38that entered Polish airspace

17:39and over the weekend

17:40Russian drones

17:41reportedly entered

17:42Romanian airspace as well.

17:44Both countries

17:45are NATO members.

17:46NTD's international correspondent

17:48Arian Posdar

17:49has the latest.

17:50This shouldn't have happened.

17:51I don't think anybody's happy

17:52about it seeing happen.

17:53You saw NATO respond

17:54to it appropriately.

17:55We don't want to see it happen again.

17:57Secretary of State

17:58Marco Rubio

17:59condemns a Russian drone

18:01incursion

18:01into Poland.

18:02The drones

18:03reportedly penetrated

18:04Polish airspace

18:05last Wednesday.

18:07Poland then

18:07shut the drones down,

18:09which marked

18:09the first time

18:10a NATO member

18:11is known to have

18:12fired shots

18:13during the Ukraine war.

18:15Rubio now says

18:16the investigation

18:17into the incident

18:18is scheduled

18:18to take a few more days.

18:21The question is

18:21whether the drones

18:22were targeted

18:23to go into Poland

18:24specifically.

18:26If that's the case,

18:27if the evidence

18:28leads us there,

18:29then obviously

18:30that would be

18:30a highly escalatory move.

18:32He added

18:33that there are

18:33other possible reasons

18:35for the incursion too,

18:36but that the US

18:37wants to discuss

18:38the situation

18:38with allies

18:39before drawing

18:40a conclusion.

18:41And just over

18:42the weekend

18:43on Saturday,

18:44Russian drones

18:45reportedly entered

18:46Romanian airspace.

18:48The country's

18:49defense ministry

18:49said two F-16

18:51fighter aircraft

18:52took off

18:52on Saturday

18:53to monitor

18:54the air situation

18:55on the border

18:56with Ukraine

18:56following Russian

18:58air attacks

18:58on Ukrainian

18:59infrastructure

19:00on the Danube River.

19:02Like Poland,

19:03Romania is also

19:04a member of NATO

19:05and the European Union.

19:07Moscow says

19:08there is no proof

19:09that the drone

19:09was Russian.

19:11Meanwhile on Sunday,

19:13President Trump

19:13said Europe

19:14has to become

19:15stricter with Russia.

19:16Europe is buying

19:17oil from Russia.

19:19I don't want

19:19them to buy oil.

19:21And the sanctions

19:22that they're putting

19:23on are not tough enough.

19:24And I'm willing

19:25to do sanctions,

19:26but they're going

19:27to have to toughen

19:27up their sanctions

19:29commensurate

19:30with what I'm doing.

19:31Trump also said

19:33he's confident

19:33that the presidents

19:34of Russia

19:35and Ukraine

19:35would hold talks

19:36soon.

19:37But Trump added

19:38that he will attend

19:39and lead the talks

19:41as the two presidents

19:42are on bad terms.

19:44Meanwhile,

19:44Russia on Monday

19:45saying the Kremlin

19:46remains open

19:47to working

19:48on solving

19:48the conflict

19:49through diplomacy.

19:50But a spokesperson

19:51says Ukraine

19:52is hindering

19:53the process.

19:56The process

19:57is being artificially

19:58slowed down

19:58by Kiev.

19:59No one wishes

20:00to delve

20:00into the root

20:01causes

20:01of the conflict.

20:06But Europe

20:07has been

20:07accusing Russia

20:08of being at fault

20:09for slowing

20:10down the progress.

20:11They say Russia

20:12only talks

20:13about peace

20:13without actually

20:14working on it.

20:16Arian Pasdar,

20:17NTD News.

20:19Over 100,000

20:21people gathered

20:21on the streets

20:22of London

20:22on Saturday

20:23for the

20:24Unite the Kingdom

20:24march.

20:25It sought

20:26to raise

20:26the issue

20:27surrounding

20:27mass immigration

20:28and what I call

20:29the erosion

20:29of British culture.

20:31NTD's

20:31international

20:32correspondent

20:32Malcolm Hudson

20:33has more.

20:35Huge crowds

20:36filled the streets

20:37of London

20:37on Saturday

20:38for the

20:38Unite the Kingdom

20:39rally.

20:40The Metropolitan

20:41Police said

20:41it estimated

20:42around 110,000

20:43attendees,

20:44while organizers

20:45claimed helicopter

20:46footage showed

20:473 million people.

20:48It was spearheaded

20:49by Tommy Robinson,

20:50who is known

20:51in Britain

20:51for his long-standing

20:52campaigning

20:53against Britain's

20:54so-called

20:54grooming gang

20:55scandal,

20:56in which gangs

20:56of predominantly

20:57Pakistani heritage

20:58men,

20:59systematically

21:00exploited

21:00and gang-raped

21:01white,

21:02working-class

21:02girls.

21:03You are here

21:04because you

21:05love your

21:06country.

21:08You love

21:09your children.

21:13And we want

21:14a better future

21:15and a safe future

21:16for them.

21:17Robinson has been

21:18accused of being

21:19far-right,

21:20though it's a

21:20label he rejects.

21:21Elon Musk

21:22joined the event

21:23in a live interview

21:24broadcast on stage.

21:25He said Britain

21:26is facing an

21:27increasingly rapid

21:28erosion due to

21:28massive uncontrolled

21:30immigration,

21:31saying the British

21:31government has

21:32failed to protect

21:33innocent people and

21:34children,

21:35and calling for the

21:36dissolution of

21:36Parliament and a

21:37new election.

21:38Immigration has

21:39become a dominant

21:39issue in the UK,

21:40with concerns about

21:41what it means for

21:42the nation.

21:43I'm 35 years old.

21:45In my lifetime I've

21:46seen a huge change

21:48in my country.

21:49It's a country that

21:50I don't recognize

21:50anymore.

21:51It's a country that

21:52used to be one that

21:54was patriotic, proud,

21:57it had confidence in

21:59itself on the world

22:00stage.

22:01Even in the Bible,

22:02the Bible says,

22:03keep the laws of the

22:04country that you are

22:06in.

22:07So if everybody comes

22:08here, we should all

22:10know this is a

22:11Christian foundation,

22:13British culture,

22:15keep the culture,

22:17live by the values.

22:19Police appeared to be

22:20taken by surprise by

22:21the turnout,

22:22describing the rally

22:23as too big to fit on

22:24the approved route of

22:25the march, leading to

22:26a confrontation between

22:27police and protesters.

22:29There were kicks and

22:29punches as well as

22:30bottles, flares and

22:31other projectiles thrown.

22:33Police said 26 officers

22:34were injured, while 25

22:36people were arrested.

22:37The British government

22:38said only a small

22:39minority of the

22:39demonstrators had

22:40conflict with police.

22:41The march filled

22:42London with Union,

22:43St George's, Welsh and

22:45Scottish flags, with

22:46calls to restore

22:47Britain.

22:47You know, people are

22:48here together and it

22:49shows that the numbers

22:51really do care and the

22:52diversity here, it's

22:53not all far right, it's

22:54a real mixture and

22:56when people see that

22:58and they understand

22:59that it's not far

23:00right, they'll start

23:00to listen.

23:01I think this is

23:02exactly what the

23:03country needs and

23:04exactly what the

23:04world needs at the

23:05moment.

23:06Every country in the

23:07world needs to be

23:08doing this and

23:09celebrating their

23:10own country and

23:11their own history.

23:12Demonstrators also

23:13paid tribute to

23:14Charlie Kirk, who

23:15was assassinated last

23:16week.

23:17I'm so glad all these

23:18people are here because

23:19I promise you the

23:20world needs to

23:21change and the

23:21death of Charlie

23:22Kirk has changed

23:23the world forever.

23:25It has changed the

23:25world forever.

23:26We're in the UK and

23:27we're thinking about

23:27him.

23:28The whole world is and

23:29he's making this whole

23:30movement known.

23:31Malcolm Hudson, NTD

23:32News.

23:34Coming up in the

23:35aftermath of the

23:36assassination of Charlie

23:37Kirk, many are

23:38asking what should we

23:39do next?

23:40Some Democrats say

23:41their party members

23:42should tone down the

23:43rhetoric against

23:44Republicans.

23:45And Trevor

23:46Loudon, an author and

23:47filmmaker who's

23:47researched Marxist and

23:49terrorist movements for

23:50more than 30 years,

23:51joins us to dive into the

23:53history of political

23:53violence and the

23:55underlying ideology when

23:56we come back.

24:05Welcome back.

24:06I'm Tiffany Meyer.

24:07Since the assassination of

24:08Charlie Kirk, congressmen on

24:10both sides of the aisle have

24:11condemned it.

24:12But questions remain over

24:14what should happen next.

24:15Some Democrats have blamed

24:16their own party for their

24:18attacks on conservative

24:19values.

24:22As the world mourns the

24:23assassination of Charlie

24:25Kirk, questions arise over

24:26what needs to happen next.

24:28Many Republicans and

24:30Democrats have condemned his

24:31murder.

24:33Political violence is the

24:34enemy of democracy and we

24:36have an obligation on all

24:37sides to fight it at every

24:39turn.

24:40We must condemn it whenever it

24:42arises, wherever it arises,

24:44including this heinous murder

24:46of Charlie Kirk.

24:47Yet many Republicans have

24:49blamed Democrats for

24:50rhetoric that they say fuels

24:51anger in some people,

24:53leading them to commit

24:54these crimes.

24:55We turn down the rhetoric.

24:58We, you know, cease with

24:59this idea that, you know,

25:01policy disputes are somehow

25:03an existential threat to

25:05democracy or the

25:06republic.

25:07We stop calling one another

25:08names.

25:09I mean, calling people Nazis

25:10and fascists is not helpful.

25:12Look, there are some deranged

25:14people in society and when

25:15they see leaders using that

25:16kind of language so often

25:18now increasingly it spurs

25:20them on to action.

25:21And some Democrats agree

25:22that the name calling doesn't

25:24help.

25:25When I represent a state like

25:27Pennsylvania, that keeps you

25:29honest and you always can't

25:31forget that a lot of

25:32Americans happen to disagree

25:33with you.

25:34That does not mean that they

25:35are fascists or now they want

25:38to shred the Constitution.

25:40But when you hear some

25:41Democrats saying Trump is

25:42acting like an autocrat.

25:44Yeah, no, that's the thing.

25:45I, if you actually compare

25:47him to an actual autocrat,

25:48that is not, that is not

25:50just that.

25:51Now, last night, for example,

25:52people were, were, were

25:54complaining, they were

25:56protesting about, oh, that's

25:58the Hitler, Hitler thing.

25:59You just don't ever, ever

26:00compare anyone to Hitler and

26:02those kinds of extreme things.

26:04And now look what happened

26:05to Charlie Kirk.

26:06I mean, you know, the man

26:07was shot.

26:08Now we have to turn the

26:09temperature down.

26:11It's like, we can't compare

26:12people to these kinds of

26:13figures in history.

26:14And this is not an autocrat.

26:17This is a product of a

26:18democratic election.

26:21It's like I participated in

26:23that it was safe and it was

26:24secure.

26:25We lost and the America people

26:29put us in the minority.

26:30And now that's, that's

26:32democracy.

26:32And I revere democracy.

26:34I may not like the outcome,

26:36but I have to respect that.

26:38And I have to find and work

26:39through this.

26:40And now, and that, you know,

26:41I do believe that's what's

26:42appropriate.

26:43And you don't think that

26:44Trump is at all shattering

26:45any of the norms of

26:46democracy?

26:47I'm saying he's definitely

26:48different, but that's what

26:49America voted for.

26:50Again, I don't agree with

26:52many of these things, but

26:53that does not make him

26:54an autocratic.

26:55That does not make someone

26:57or, you know, compare him to

26:59people like Hitler and these

27:00other outlandish things.

27:02Can change really happen?

27:03And not only was Charlie

27:05assassinated, but a part of

27:07our core American principles

27:08were also assassinated.

27:10You know, and that is that

27:12we litigate with words, not

27:14weapons.

27:15And whether you agreed or

27:16disagreed with Charlie Kirk,

27:18you know, what he espoused in

27:20his, his mission was actually

27:22to do exactly what I'm

27:23encouraging all of us to

27:25start doing more of, which is

27:26to spend time together and

27:27show up at events and don't

27:29attack, but listen, learn,

27:31educate and debate.

27:33And that is the only way

27:35forward.

27:35But yes, it's going to take

27:36all of us, Lara.

27:38And I do speak for, I think,

27:39most Democrats.

27:40We're just as heartbroken as

27:42any reasonable patriotic

27:44American.

27:45Some Democratic members of

27:47Congress say it's not just a

27:49battle between the parties.

27:50There are other factors.

27:51On social media, extremism is

27:56rewarded with the most likes

27:57and the most follows and the

27:58most views and the most small

28:00dollar donations.

28:01So that, again, encourages

28:02division.

28:03Cable news, Fox News, MSNBC,

28:06they only have a few million

28:08viewers on each, but they say

28:09the more extreme messages.

28:11But the most important thing,

28:12the fourth factor, the most

28:13dangerous factor, are our

28:15foreign adversaries are using

28:17our media waves, using our

28:19social media, and using bots

28:21and fake accounts, and they

28:23are spreading extreme

28:24messages on issues that

28:26there's division in our

28:27country and making them

28:28bigger and bigger and

28:29bigger.

28:30And joining us now to dive

28:32into the history of political

28:33violence and the underlying

28:35ideology is Trevor Loudon.

28:37He's an author, filmmaker, and

28:38public speaker.

28:39For more than 30 years, Loudon

28:41has researched Marxist and

28:42terrorist movements, as well as

28:44the influence of the Chinese

28:45Communist Party.

28:47Trevor, as always, thank you so

28:48much for joining us.

28:48To begin, talk to us about the

28:50rise of radical left-wing

28:52extremism online.

28:53There's been a significant

28:55amount of celebration over

28:56Charlie Kirk's assassination,

28:58and from that, some people

28:59have gotten fired.

29:01In your view, how did we get

29:03to this point?

29:05Well, it's very easy for the

29:07left to say, well, we've got

29:09to tone down the rhetoric, we've

29:11got to, you know, calm down.

29:13It hasn't been the conservative

29:15movement that's been going, been

29:18using extreme rhetoric.

29:20It's been the left that has

29:22driven this all the time.

29:24And now that it's become a

29:25political liability for them,

29:27now that an extreme left-winger

29:29has assassinated somebody, and

29:32this is not the first incident.

29:34We've had attacks by Antifa on

29:37groups and on an ice station in

29:41Texas.

29:41We've had Black Lives Matter, a

29:44Chinese-aligned organization

29:46rampaging through the streets.

29:49We've had a young couple gunned down

29:53by a former communist in the streets

29:56outside the Israeli embassy in

29:58Washington, D.C., and multiple

30:01other attacks.

30:02This is coming from the left, because

30:05the left works with the Chinese

30:08and the Iranians and the

30:10Venezuelans and the Russians.

30:12And all of them want to cause

30:15instability in America.

30:17All of them want to drive the

30:18country into civil war.

30:20So they use their bot farms, they

30:22use their organizations on the

30:26street, their Communist Party USA,

30:28their Party for Socialism and

30:30Liberty, the Party for Liberty and

30:33Socialism, their Democratic

30:35Socialists of America, their

30:37Freedom Road Socialist

30:38Organization.

30:39They're using these organizations,

30:41they're using bots, they're using

30:43websites to drive students and

30:46young radicals to the left.

30:48And at the same time, they're

30:51pushing, pushing, pushing.

30:53They get a reaction, and when they

30:55get a reaction, they blame it all

30:57on the right.

30:58But that's the game.

31:00That's the game they have played

31:01for a hundred years now.

31:03So I don't really accept the

31:06sincerity of some of these

31:08Democratic spokesmen.

31:10It really rings true, because they

31:13weren't saying any of these kind of

31:14things during Black Lives Matter.

31:17It's now because it's embarrassing to

31:20them, because the show of support for

31:22Charlie Kirk is so massive, they know

31:25they've overplayed their hand a little

31:27bit, so they're backing off.

31:28But this is not sincere.

31:31And Trevor, there's a Wall Street

31:33Journal editorial from 2007 called

31:35No Guardrails, pointing to August of

31:381968 as the shift when the country

31:41began to tip towards the justification

31:43of violence.

31:44That was when fights broke out in

31:46Chicago during the Democratic National

31:47Convention involving the anti-Vietnam

31:49War movement.

31:51What do you make of that timeline?

31:52When do you think this shift into

31:54justifying violence began?

31:57Well, that was a major part of it.

31:59Yes, the 60s, because that's when the

32:01Chinese and the Soviets were spending a

32:04lot of money.

32:06And, well, the Soviets spent more money on

32:10the U.S. anti-war movement than they did

32:12on supporting North Vietnam.

32:14Most of the protests were led by Maoist

32:17pro-Chinese students, from Students for a

32:20Democratic Society and the Progressive

32:24Labor Party and other communist groups.

32:27So this was all driven from the left, all

32:31of it.

32:32And so some people reacted to that.

32:35But, you know, 98% of the violence came

32:38from the left.

32:39And that's been the recurring pattern in

32:42American society.

32:43But that was the big shift, yeah, in the

32:4660s.

32:47But that was because the Vietnam War and

32:50the Soviets were back in the North

32:51Vietnamese.

32:52The Chinese were back in the North

32:54Vietnamese.

32:55The Soviets put their money into the

32:56American peace movement and the student

32:59radicals and the Chinese ordered their

33:01young communists on the street to create

33:04mayhem to sour people on supporting the

33:08Vietnam War.

33:09That was what it was all designed to do.

33:11To your point, Ron Reichlitz talks about

33:15that in his book, Disinformation.

33:16And to your earlier point, Utah's governor

33:18was warning of China and Russia using

33:20bots to spread disinformation online after

33:23the assassination to heighten divisions in

33:25the country.

33:26Talk to us about the communist influences

33:28we're seeing here and in the past.

33:31Well, we're seeing the radical left.

33:33We're seeing Antifa, Democratic Socialists

33:35for America, the Palestinian youth movement.

33:38But we're seeing all these people, the

33:40traditional left, working with a lot of

33:43the Islamic groups, trying to push a

33:46debate to the left.

33:47And that's really gone up in scale since

33:50the trouble broke out in Israel since the

33:53attack on October 7th.

33:55But what you're also seeing is a lot of

33:58pro-Russian websites are promoting, like

34:03trying to tell conservative people, we need a

34:06civil war, we need a civil war.

34:09They are pushing on the right to get extreme

34:13reactions.

34:15So it's absolutely right.

34:17There are the Russians and others, the

34:20Iranians, are promoting a lot of stuff to

34:23try and push this country into civil war.

34:25And this is what, you know, Vladimir Dugin,

34:31the Russian philosopher, Putin's brain, has

34:34been saying for some years, he wrote books in

34:37the 90s.

34:38He's still doing this now.

34:40He's doing this right now.

34:41We need to push America into civil war.

34:43We need to exacerbate the racial and political

34:47differences in America to push the country into

34:50civil war.

34:51Alexander Dugin.

34:53And he has followers in this country, in the

34:55American Communist Party, some of the fascist,

34:59little fascist groups that are here, all trying

35:02to push both right and left to more and more

35:06and more extreme stances to basically create a

35:12civil war.

35:13One of the main things they're doing now, this

35:15is one of the main Russian operations, they're

35:19pushing out the meme that Israel was behind the

35:23assassination of Charlie Kirk.

35:24It was Israel that did it because they're trying

35:28to get, they've already, I've already driven a

35:32lot of hatred against Israel and the left and the

35:35Democratic Party.

35:36Now they're trying to create hatred against Israel

35:39and the conservative movement.

35:41So this is, you see this coming from all the

35:43Russian websites.

35:44Israel did it.

35:45It was really Israel that killed Charlie Kirk.

35:48This is an example of the propaganda aimed to divide us,

35:53to split us away from Israel, to divide the U.S.

35:57right, to divide left versus right, just to create

36:00chaos and anarchy.

36:03Russia and China cannot dominate the world unless

36:06they drive America into civil war.

36:08That's their plan.

36:11And given what you just laid out, what do you see

36:13as next in this investigation?

36:15How will the FBI investigate possible groups that may

36:18be behind the motives and ideology involved in

36:21Charlie's assassination?

36:22Look, if the FBI, when the George Floyd riots were

36:27going on, going on, the FBI could have arrested

36:30about 100 key leaders, Marxists who are leading

36:33that movement, and it would have stopped it.

36:36When President, the riots were supposed to start

36:39again in Los Angeles.

36:40The same communists who did the George Floyd riots

36:43were doing the ICE riots in Los Angeles recently.

36:46But Trump stepped in, sent in the National Guard,

36:49and squashed it.

36:51It was supposed to spread all over America,

36:53but he squashed it.

36:55So it's a combination of tough, tough policing,

36:59enforcing the law, but also, if you,

37:03the Justice Department and the FBI started about 10

37:07RICO lawsuits investigating the major communist parties

37:12and the major Islamic radical groups and the major extremist

37:18groups on the, so, you know, the more, the white supremacist

37:22pro-Russian groups.

37:23If there were 10 good RICO lawsuits would shut this whole thing down.

37:28We know who the leaders are.

37:31We know how they're doing it.

37:33All we are lacking is the political will to actually prosecute

37:37and enforce the law.

37:39Now, with the murder of Charlie Kirk, hopefully enough people,

37:45enough Republicans, people around Trump,

37:48are actually going to take this seriously now.

37:50Because Kirk will not be the last if this is allowed to continue.

37:54There will be several.

37:55I've been saying for a year now I expected political assassinations

37:59this year.

38:00Sadly, I was correct on the first one.

38:03Hopefully there are no more.

38:05But unless there are major crackdowns, RICO lawsuits, prosecutions,

38:09there absolutely will be more.

38:13Concerning, indeed, Trevor Loudon, as always.

38:15Thank you so much for joining us.

38:16Thank you so much.

38:17Much appreciated.

38:20Coming up in the NFL, the Bengals could be without quarterback

38:23Joe Burrow for quite a while after he was injured yesterday.

38:27Dave Martin joins us to discuss

38:28at the 1965 American classic The Sound of Music

38:32making a comeback at the Kennedy Center.

38:35Sam Wong hears from VIP audience members

38:37at the red carpet premiere when we come back.

38:53And now for your sports news, we're joined by NTD's Dave Martin.

39:04A lot going on right now, including your back.

39:06It's been a minute.

39:07Good to be back.

39:08Let's start in the NFL, as yesterday, Cincinnati quarterback

39:11Joe Burrow left the game against Jacksonville with a toe injury.

39:15Have the Bengals updated his condition?

39:17You know, as of about 30 minutes ago, anyway, the team has not.

39:20But multiple sources are reporting he'll need toe surgery

39:24and will miss about three months.

39:25Now, obviously, that could derail Cincinnati's chances

39:28of returning to the playoffs, if true.

39:30Now, he was injured yesterday while being sacked by Jaguars.

39:33Eric Armstead, it was hard to see what actually happened

39:36on instant replay, except several people fell on him

39:39after he went down.

39:40He then tried to limp off the field, could not do it,

39:43went down again.

39:44This was in the second quarter.

39:45Burrow did not return.

39:47Now, his backup, Jake Browning, filled in admirably,

39:49leading them to a comeback win, so the Bengals are actually

39:52now 2-0.

39:53But for Burrow, if he's out for three months,

39:55that would take us to mid-December.

39:57He would miss the majority of the season.

39:59It would be a huge loss for the Bengals.

40:01Burrow, of course, a two-time Pro Bowl selection,

40:04finished fourth in the MVP in voting last year.

40:06So, quite a big loss, potentially, for the Bengals there,

40:10and for anyone who has them on their fantasy football team, too.

40:14Now, besides Burrow, there are a few more quarterbacks

40:17who are nursing injuries.

40:19Vikings quarterback, J.J. McCarthy,

40:21he's also reportedly out with a high ankle sprain,

40:24according to ESPN, expected to miss two to four weeks,

40:28they're saying.

40:28Now, McCarthy was Minnesota's first-round pick in 2024,

40:32missed all of last year already with a knee injury.

40:35Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell said McCarthy was very sore

40:39after suffering an ankle sprain last night against Atlanta.

40:42He was able to play state in the game, though.

40:45Now, elsewhere in the league, the Jets are reportedly preparing

40:48for the possibility of playing this Sunday

40:50without quarterback Justin Fields.

40:52Fields was injured in the fourth quarter of their loss

40:55against the Bills yesterday.

40:57And in Washington, Jaden Daniels reportedly sprained his knee

41:01against the Raiders Thursday night.

41:02His status for Sunday is reportedly in doubt.

41:06Daniels, of course, was the NFL's offensive rookie

41:09of the year last year.

41:10So, quarterback is reportedly a dangerous position right now

41:15in the NFL for sure.

41:17Seems like it.

41:18Well, moving away from that to basketball news.

41:20Last week, we reported on this show that NBA star LeBron James

41:23had written an op-ed in Chinese state-run media.

41:26His representative, though, came out and said that he didn't write it.

41:29Do we know exactly what happened here?

41:31You know, I don't think we still completely do yet.

41:34We'll just lay it out here and let the viewers here,

41:36let you, the viewers here, decide.

41:38Now, I can say looking at that article, it was entitled

41:40Basketball is the Bridge Connecting Each Other.

41:43It clearly has LeBron James written right underneath the title

41:47and right beside the date.

41:48That was September 8, which was a week ago today.

41:51Now, usually that's, of course, where the author's name is.

41:54And if that wasn't clear enough, at the bottom it says

41:56the author is the member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

41:59So, I don't think there's any mistake in reporting on this.

42:01Now, James' team, though, after this came out,

42:04said he did not write it, but the comments were made

42:06in multiple sessions with the media.

42:09Now, normally, if that's the case, though,

42:11you would write each question followed by each answer.

42:13Again, that was not done in the article.

42:16Of course, the NBA does have quite a tumultuous relationship with China.

42:20I mean, you know, China canceled all the games

42:23from being aired over in China in 2020

42:27after that Houston Rockets executive tweeted out

42:30free Hong Kong at those anti-democracy protests.

42:34And, of course, we've had Inez Freedom with his writing

42:37free Tibet and free China on his basketball shoes.

42:40I think all his Boston Celtics games

42:41were then immediately taken off the air over in China.

42:44So, yeah, it's quite a relationship with China.

42:47We still have not quite exactly heard what went on with this.

42:51We might not ever, though.

42:51But the AP originally reported this,

42:53and they completely ever just deleted that article.

42:56So it's quite the story or deleted story at this point,

43:00I guess you could say.

43:01Normally, that makes it a story.

43:03Well, looking at tonight's sports schedule,

43:05we have a number of baseball games on,

43:06plus a doubleheader on Monday Night Football.

43:08What matchups are standing out to you?

43:10Yeah, you know, in baseball,

43:11we've got the leading MVP candidates,

43:13really, of both leagues playing on tonight.

43:15Our first show, he and the Dodgers host the Phillies.

43:19Ohtani really seems like he's poised

43:22to win his fourth MVP this year.

43:25The Mets' Juan Soto,

43:27probably looking at a possible runner-up finish,

43:29despite his slow start.

43:31The Mets have the day off.

43:32In the American League,

43:33I would say it's a little closer,

43:34between one and two.

43:35Seattle's Cal Raleigh, Yankees' Aaron Judge.

43:38Now, Raleigh has 54 home runs.

43:40That's the most ever by a catcher,

43:42and that's tied for the most ever by a switch hitter.

43:44His average of 244 might cost him

43:47with a lump number of voters,

43:48but if he gets to 60,

43:49which he has an outside shot at,

43:50that would be tough to ignore.

43:52Now, Judge, though,

43:53despite missing a couple weeks

43:54with that flexor spray in his elbow,

43:57has 47 home runs,

43:59leads to baseball,

43:59and batting average,

44:00on-base percentage,

44:01and slugging percentage.

44:03I would say if he keeps that up,

44:04he should actually win, though.

44:06And we've got Monday Night Football.

44:08Starts pretty soon here.

44:08First game, 7 p.m. Eastern time,

44:10with the Texans hosting the Buccaneers.

44:13Then in the nightcap,

44:14we've got the Chargers at the Raiders.

44:16So, four NFL teams playing tonight, Tiff.

44:19None of them are actually on my fantasy football team

44:22or on yours,

44:24which unfortunately mopped the floor

44:26with my team this week.

44:27What was it, 105 to 70-something,

44:29I believe it was.

44:30Very humbling time for me, of course.

44:33Tiff, being a big NFL fan, you know,

44:36she had to play Patrick Mahomes.

44:38Let me just say for the audience,

44:39this was an auto-draft,

44:41and the team did not do very well for me,

44:43unfortunately, so Tiff has exploited that for sure.

44:50The vibes are winning.

44:53Well, Dave, as always, thanks for joining us.

44:55Thank you, Tiff.

44:57The golden age of musical theater

44:59now on display in one of the nation's

45:01most prestigious institutions.

45:02The Kennedy Center this month

45:04is bringing back to stage

45:05the 1965 American classic,

45:08The Sound of Music.

45:09NTD's Sam Wong spoke with VIP members

45:11on the red carpet premiere.

45:13Let's take a listen.

45:14The Sound of Music is a show

45:16that everybody knows and loves.

45:18I watched it when I was a little girl,

45:20and so to have it here

45:21at America's Cultural Center

45:22at a time when there really is a spotlight

45:25on what we're doing here at the Kennedy Center

45:27is music to my ears.

45:30I'm looking forward to the entire production.

45:32You know, it's important to our city.

45:34It's important to those who are theater goers,

45:36and we want to let people know

45:37outside of the city to come here

45:39to see the Sound of Music.

45:40So I can't wait to take it all in.

45:42I have vivid memories of watching

45:44The Sound of Music with my children growing up,

45:45so I think reliving that through this production

45:48and what's supposed to be a great cast

45:50and a great show should be fantastic.

45:52And it's also a really exciting night

45:54for a lot of people here in D.C.

45:57that are supporters of the arts.

45:58Well, I had an uncle who was a director

46:01in theater for many, many years,

46:02and as a child, every summer I would go

46:04and spend time with him in Milwaukee,

46:06and they always did a summer musical.

46:07So I got to know all the words of all the songs,

46:11and I'm just hoping tonight I can control myself

46:13and not sing along because I don't have a singing voice.

46:16I'm hoping people will look at this opportunity,

46:18the Kennedy Center is having this show,

46:20and bring either themselves, their children,

46:23their grandchildren to see this

46:24because it really is a classic piece of theater

46:28that everybody should know.

46:29And that's all for today's news.

46:33For round-the-clock coverage,

46:34visit us at NTD.com slash live

46:35or download our NTD app.

46:37Thanks for tuning in.

46:38I'm Tiffany Meyer.

46:39Good night.

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