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00:00Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, King Charles greets President Trump

00:07for an unprecedented day of pomp and pageantry at Windsor Castle for the president's second

00:13state visit to Britain. The ceremonial welcome follows growing trade ties and multi-billion

00:19dollar tech deals, plus remarks from tonight's state banquet at Windsor Castle. Malcolm Hudson

00:25reports from London. The recently fired CDC director tells her side of the story to the

00:30Senate Health Committee. Jason Blair has the takeaways. FBI Director Cash Patel in heated

00:37exchanges with lawmakers. Hear him recap the efforts that led to the arrest of Charlie

00:42Kirk's suspected shooter. Firings and visa revocations for celebrating the death of Charlie

00:50Kirk. Governments and employers across the country are cracking down Jack Bradley in Utah.

00:56And for the first time in months, interest rates have been lowered. Fed Chair Jerome Powell announcing

01:03the quarter point cut today. This is NTD Evening News live from our global headquarters in New York

01:19City. Here's Tiffany Meyer. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Kevin Hogan in for

01:26Tiffany Meyer. Many social media users are facing backlash from their employers for celebrating the

01:33death of conservative thought leader Charlie Kirk. The federal government is also revoking the visas of

01:40those cheering the tragedy. NTD's Jack Bradley has more from Provo, Utah. If we have members of our society,

01:48whether they be students or otherwise, who celebrate an assassination, we have dramatic course correction

01:56that we have to take in this state. Governments and employers across the country are cracking down on

02:02those who publicly celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk. One of the most recent cases involves a student at

02:08Texas State University who was expelled for imitating last week's assassination. The student was seen mocking

02:14Kirk's death during a memorial event at the school hosted by a local chapter of Turning Point USA, the organization

02:21founded by Charlie Kirk. That goes beyond the bounds of what is humane, goes beyond the limits of what is

02:30humanity. Some social media users and influencers have made comments celebrating Kirk's death as well, and some

02:37have been fired or suspended. Those include university employees, airline pilots, teachers, and doctors.

02:43So when you see someone celebrating Charlie's murder, call them out. In hell, call their employer.

02:49One of the more prominent cases was the firing of MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd. He was fired a day after

02:55Kirk was killed for saying this. Especially divisive younger figures in this who is constantly sort of

03:02pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to hateful

03:10thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.

03:16Florida's commissioner of education has warned teachers and school staff to watch what they post on

03:21social media, reportedly sending a letter to districts that some teachers were already posting despicable

03:27comments online regarding the assassination and that he would be investigating all of them.

03:33Meanwhile, an online group known as Charlie Kirk Data Foundation is compiling a database of over 60,000

03:39social media users who celebrated his death. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio says visas are now

03:46being revoked and denied for foreign nationals who celebrate the incident, telling them prepare to be

03:52deported.

03:53If you're a foreigner and you're out there celebrating the assassination of someone who was speaking

03:58somewhere, I mean, we don't want you in the country. Why would we want to give a visa to

04:02someone who thinks it's good that someone was murdered in the public square?

04:07While many have been fired for mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination, others have been targeted for

04:12honoring him. An Illinois TV anchor says she quit her job recently after she was suspended over this

04:19emotional tribute. The first person who made me believe in myself that encouraged me to chase

04:24this dream that you're watching right now, Charlie Kirk. The local ABC News affiliate tells Fox News

04:30Digital that they never suspended her in the first place, but that they declined to comment that they

04:35threatened the suspension. 22-year-old Tyler Robinson is suspected of murdering Charlie Kirk.

04:40He faces seven charges, including aggravated murder, which carries a death penalty if convicted in the

04:47state of Utah. His next hearing will be right here on September 29th at the 4th District Courthouse.

04:52Reporting from Provo, Utah, Jack Bradley, NTD News.

04:57Did extreme political rhetoric play a role in the assassination of Charlie Kirk? NTD's Sam Wong was out

05:04in the National Mall in D.C. to hear from the people.

05:07What was your initial reaction upon seeing what happened to Charlie last week?

05:10My initial reaction was our nation is in serious trouble because if he can be

05:17shot because of his words, then none of us have freedom of speech. And that bullet wasn't just

05:22for Charlie. It was for anyone who had the, who enjoyed their freedom to speak what they thought.

05:28Well, the amazing thing is I heard about it from one of my co-workers. It was one of her young

05:33kids. He was a teenager that called his mom and said, you're not going to believe this, that Charlie,

05:37and I have daughter and a son-in-law to be, and they all follow them. And it's unfortunate whether,

05:42you know, anybody that wants to speak out against anything should have the right.

05:46There's been a lot of talks about toning down the rhetoric because in the past few years,

05:49we're seeing this kind of rhetoric coming from mainstream media talking about, you know, Nazis

05:54demonizing the other side, calling them Hitler. What do you think about that? Do you think this

05:58kind of fuels the sentiment and which led up to what happened last week?

06:03Yeah, I think it definitely fueled the system. I think social media is probably the biggest evil

06:09of all of it.

06:10The fellow who's in the news, supposed to be being objective, has a real strong,

06:14he has a dog in the fight. If John Wilkes Booth, is it okay for him to have, you want to talk

06:20about his sweetness? You want to talk about Lee Harvey Oswald? You want to talk about

06:23the fellow that shot Martin Luther King? Let's have a lot of sympathy for him. Is that going to fly?

06:29I am a huge advocate for free speech, but speech has its consequences. And when you demean people

06:36and you talk down to people, when you call people names that trigger a negative response,

06:44you become responsible for what happens to that individual.

06:47We're hearing some people on the other side of the aisle, in particular, you know,

06:50people like John Fetterman, Dean Phillips on the Democratic side, urging people on his side

06:55to tone down the temperature. What are your thoughts on that?

06:57A hundred percent. You know, that's the right thing to do.

07:00Well, the best thing I can think of about that was they were having a moment of silence

07:04for Charlie in the Congress, I believe, and everybody bowed their head. And then Lauren Boebert

07:10called out and said, let's have some prayer. And the other side said, no! It doesn't matter who you are,

07:15stirring the pot isn't going to make things better.

07:17I agree, yes. And I'm glad he...

07:19I'm going to give government credit.

07:20Yeah. You have a different viewpoint of it, but he's finally coming out and admitting

07:25enough is enough, and you need to stop this rhetoric.

07:28Common sense, a little bit of common sense goes a long way. There ain't much of it these days.

07:33It's not so common anymore.

07:37What can we learn from the texts allegedly written by the suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination?

07:42And what legal standard must the Trump administration meet in going after groups that incite political

07:48violence with hate speech? Tune into Entity's Capital Report with Steve Lance at 7 p.m. for analysis

07:54with Manhattan Institute fellow Charles Fain Lehman. And when Charlie Kirk was in high school,

08:00he watched and listened to political commentator Glenn Beck. Today, Beck commemorated Kirk while

08:06filling in as the latest guest to host The Charlie Kirk Show. Here's more.

08:11The light is dimming, yes, but it always does before the dawn.

08:22Political commentator Glenn Beck cheerfully commemorated Charlie Kirk on Wednesday as the

08:27most recent guest host of The Charlie Kirk Show. Beck hosted the show from Kirk's studio and sat just

08:33across from Kirk's empty chair. Choking back tears, he recalled meeting a very young Kirk and asking him

08:40what he wanted to do. So gracious, he said, I want to be you. I want to do what you do.

08:49Let me translate. I want to be Rush Limbaugh. After placing a gifted gold microphone he received

08:57from Limbaugh's widow in front of Kirk's chair, Beck said he wanted to tell Charlie something,

09:02but he ran out of time. What I would have said to Charlie

09:10was you were thinking too small.

09:20I want to be Rush Limbaugh someday. Charlie was a pastor and a priest and listening to the way he could

09:33argue and think differently, he was a rabbi as well and one of the best. He was a political organizer.

09:41He was a political think tank himself. He was a compassionate friend. He surpassed Rush Limbaugh

09:55by Miles. The show featured collages of Kirk as well as clips of Beck's program on Blaze TV.

10:06Beck called Kirk a civil rights leader.

10:09It is time that we point out that what he was doing was not politics. What he was doing was trying to stand up

10:19for people's civil rights. Other guests who joined Beck included a Turning Point USA spokesperson,

10:26a researcher who's investigating George Soros, and a fellow host at Blaze TV. Also on Wednesday,

10:32Vice President J.D. Vance spoke about Kirk during a visit to a Michigan manufacturing facility.

10:39He said because there were a lot of what he called kids in attendance, they should know this.

10:43TPUSA is a great organization founded by my friend Charlie Kirk that takes the message

10:51of free speech and conservative values all over our college campuses here in the state of Michigan

10:57and elsewhere. I know I speak for all of the kids behind me, all of the great TPSUSA members and also

11:04the alums that over the past 10 years, Turning Point USA has not just been an organization, it has been

11:12the fountain of a movement all across the United States of America. Charlie was an exceptionally

11:19talented individual. People don't realize how integral he was, how important Charlie Kirk was.

11:31Susan Meneres tells her version of what happened when she was fired from her position as CDC director.

11:37She tells the Senate Health Committee that the split happened after feuding with

11:41Health Secretary RFK Jr. over vaccine policy. Entity correspondent Jason Blair has the highlights.

11:49Since my removal, several explanations have been offered.

11:53That I told the secretary I would resign, that I was not aligned with the administration priorities,

12:02or that I was untrustworthy. None of those reflect what actually happened.

12:08Former CDC director Dr. Susan Meneres tells the Senate Health Committee that on August 25th,

12:14HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. instructed her to do two things.

12:19He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation,

12:26regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials

12:32who are responsible for vaccine policy without cause.

12:35Meneres continued saying, quote, he said, if I was unwilling to do both, I should resign. I responded

12:42that I could not pre-approved recommendations without reviewing the evidence, and I had no basis to

12:47fire scientific experts. He told me he had already spoken with the White House several times

12:53about having me removed. Earlier this month, Meneres made statements to her attorney.

12:57Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified to the Senate Finance Committee that Dr. Meneres

13:04hasn't been truthful. It's imperative that we remove officials with conflicts of interest

13:09and catastrophically bad judgment and political agendas. We need unbiased, politics-free,

13:17transparent, evident-based science in the public interest.

13:21Committee Chairman Senator Cassidy opened, saying that the hearing and Meneres' testimony are being

13:27held in accordance with President Trump's goal of radical transparency.

13:31It may be impossible to learn who's telling the truth, but this hearing is an initial step in trying

13:36to answer why the top leadership of the CDC was fired or resigned before they could be fired.

13:42Meneres was accompanied by her attorney, Mark Zaid.

13:45You have to know that Mark Zaid is a leading opponent of President Trump, notorious for

13:52his online activity that is very anti-Trump. He was heavily involved in President Trump's first

13:59impeachment. Why did you hire a guy like that?

14:02I actually was not aware of any of those details associated with Mark Zaid.

14:08Right.

14:08Reporting from Washington, D.C., Jason Blair, NTD News.

14:13FBI Director Cash Patel testified before Congress for a second day in a row,

14:17this time before the House Judiciary Committee. Our Washington correspondent,

14:21Luis Eduardo Martinez, has the details of the hearing.

14:24Certain members of this committee, you know, they want their 15 seconds on TV,

14:29stamping and going. Maybe it's for fundraising. Maybe they're struggling in their district. They

14:33need a little bump. But they turn a committee into a clown show. And you're being attacked,

14:40director, is because you're effective.

14:42During the seven-month tenure of Cash Patel as FBI Director, the Bureau has captured 23,000 violent

14:49criminals, twice as many as during the same period last year. The Bureau has also identified 47,000

14:56child victims, which is a 35 percent increase from last year, and apprehended 1,500 child predators,

15:02a 15 percent increase from last year. And most notably, the FBI has captured four out of the top

15:0710 most wanted criminals in the country. In addition to getting the truth to the people,

15:12Director Patel is getting the bad guys off the street. He's moved agents out of Washington,

15:17got the focus off of politics here in D.C., and is instead putting bad guys behind bars.

15:24He's also ended the weaponization of the FBI. The Democratic-ranking member of the House Judiciary

15:29Committee, Congressman Jamie Raskin, focused on character attacks against Director Patel

15:35and accused them of lack of transparency. Just as we've learned how dangerous it is to put

15:39a science-denying anti-vaxxer in charge of our public health, we've learned how dangerous it is to name

15:46as director of the FBI a man who thinks of himself as a fairytale knight who keeps a fire-breathing

15:52dragon named DOJ at home to forcibly drive villains out of the kingdom. Director Patel pushed back

15:59against the accusations and detailed how the FBI, during his seven-month tenure,

16:04has already shared with Congress three times as many documents as his predecessor did during his

16:10seven-year tenure. In just a few short months, we have already unleashed a thousand FBI personnel

16:17across this country. Every single state across this country is getting a plus-up. This is a fiction

16:23that the FBI is short or that we are compromising the men and women in the field. They do not need to

16:28be in Washington, D.C., so we're sending them into the field to each and every one of your states.

16:33Because of that, crime is at an all-time low. Director Patel also agreed to continue to share

16:39any document requested by Congress on the Epstein case that he is legally allowed to share.

16:44Reporting from Washington, D.C., Luis Eduardo Martinez, NTD News.

16:50King Charles and the British royal family greeted President Trump with unprecedented pomp and pageantry

16:56for his second British state visit. It's the largest military ceremonial welcome for a state visit in

17:02living memory and follows a string of multi-billion dollar tech deals between the two nations.

17:08NTD's international correspondent, Malcolm Hudson, has more for us from London.

17:15President Donald Trump paid a heartfelt tribute to America's relationship with the UK at a lavish banquet,

17:21saying the word special does not begin to do it justice.

17:25We're joined by history and fate and by love and language and by transcendent ties of culture,

17:32tradition, ancestry and destiny. We're like two notes in one chord or two verses of the same poem,

17:41you know, each beautiful on its own but really meant to be played together. The bond of kinship

17:49and identity between America and the United Kingdom is priceless and eternal." He said they must defend

17:55the exceptional heritage that makes them who they are and continue to stand for the values and the

18:00people of the English-speaking world. King Charles likewise emphasized the enduring bond between the two

18:07nations, capping a day of pageantry during the president's second state visit.

18:12Our countries are working together in support of crucial diplomatic efforts, not least of which,

18:20Mr. President, is your own personal commitment to finding solutions to some of the world's most

18:28intractable conflicts in order to secure peace. The King added that in renewing their bond,

18:35they do so with unshakable trust in their friendship and in their shared commitment to

18:40independence and liberty. Other elements of the royal-focused first day include a visit to the

18:46tomb of Queen Elizabeth II, lunch with the royal family, a special beating retreat ceremony with

18:53a fly-past of UK and US F-35 fighter jets and red arrows. Alongside the grand ceremony, Trump's visit

19:01features expanding trade ties. Britain and the US have agreed a technology pact to boost ties in AI,

19:08quantum computing and civil nuclear energy. Microsoft said it is planning to invest more than 30 billion

19:14dollars in its UK operations and artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next four

19:20years. It plans to expand UK capital expenditures and bring 23,000 advanced AI chips to the UK. Google said

19:29it would make 6.8 billion dollars in new investments into Britain. There's downside risks that we need

19:35to work on together to make sure we mitigate the downside risk, but there's also tremendous opportunity

19:40in economic growth, in social services, advancing science, you name it. And that special US-UK technology

19:48relationship is not something to be taken lightly. The US tech company also announced the opening of a new

19:55data centre close to London, designed to help meet growing demand for its AI-powered services like Google Cloud,

20:02Search, Maps and Workspace. Other firms announcing commitments include NVIDIA, Coreweave, Salesforce and Amazon Web

20:10Services, with investments ranging from hundreds of millions to several billion dollars. Back in Windsor, the royal town is

20:18bustling with people who gathered to show their support for Trump. America is our special ally.

20:24And apart from that, Trump's mom is from here. He's back home. He's not coming on visit and services.

20:29He's back home to his mom's place. I'm here today to show my support for President Trump, who is up against

20:37all odds, but is always battling for the people, trying to clean up the mess that's been created

20:43for a long time in the States. He's doing a fabulous job. He's doing what he can internationally. And a lot of

20:51people need a lot of help. And I think he's a beaming light that can show people the way.

20:56He's a man of God. He's a beautiful family, beautiful wife. Sovereignty is key for his country. He respects his country.

21:05He loves his country. He loves his people. And that's something you don't often see. And he's not afraid to say it.

21:10There will be no public facing elements during Trump's engagements, with security paramount for

21:15the 47th U.S. president. Malcolm Hudson, NTD News, London.

21:22Under the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates for the first time this year.

21:27Fed Chair Jerome Powell today announced a quarter point cut. This puts rates in a new range between

21:33four to four and a quarter percent. This comes as concerns have intensified over the U.S. labor market.

21:39The central bank also signaled that two more cuts could be on the way before the end of the year.

21:44This is the first rate cut of President Trump's second term. The Fed said it was waiting out

21:49uncertainty around the administration's policy shifts, including tariffs. The rate cut passed by

21:55an 11 to one vote. The no vote was a Trump appointee, Stephen Mirren. He favored a larger half point cut.

22:02And coming up, Israeli forces drop leaflets in Gaza City, warning residents to evacuate the combat

22:11zones. Meanwhile, Israel's military is set to begin using laser weapons by the end of the year.

22:17Jason Perry reports. After a push by President Trump, Europe now wants to stop buying Russian oil

22:24sooner than planned. Aryan Pastar explains Trump's concerns over the imports after the break.

22:42Welcome back. In the Middle East, Israeli forces make an additional evacuation route for Gaza City,

22:48as some residents are refusing to leave the combat zones. Meanwhile, Israel says it's set to begin using

22:55laser weapons by the end of the year. And today's Jason Perry has the details.

23:01Israeli forces dropped leaflets over Gaza City on Wednesday.

23:05Children were seen scrambling around trying to grab one of the papers, which read,

23:10Urgent warning to the residents of Gaza City and its neighborhoods. If you find this leaflet,

23:16you are in a dangerous combat zone. You must evacuate immediately via Al Rashid Street,

23:21even on foot to the south of Wadi, Gaza. A local resident shared his thoughts.

23:28I am not leaving. Where should I go? There is nowhere to go. Where should I go? There is no place. We are

23:34staying. If we are going to die, we will die here. Israel has accused Hamas terrorists

23:40of not allowing residents to evacuate in order to use them as human shields. Another man said he

23:46was now planning to leave Gaza City. Today is the first day the occupation soldiers

23:53began their ground offensive. I fear for my children. My family is big, six people, myself,

23:59my wife and six people. We have some belongings, which we will flee with. And other residents were seen

24:06evacuating Gaza City by car and on foot. Israeli forces said they had struck over 150 terrorist

24:13targets in Gaza City in the last 48 hours as they try to defeat the Hamas terrorist group and free the

24:20remaining hostages. Meanwhile, the European Commission proposed sanctions against Israel over

24:26the war in the Gaza Strip. But the proposal does not currently have enough support from European

24:32countries to pass. The EU foreign policy chief said the aim is to improve the humanitarian situation

24:39in Gaza. In a post on X, Israel's foreign minister said the proposed sanctions were, quote,

24:45morally and politically distorted. And just the day before, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

24:51said Israel was going to produce an independent arms industry. And he said it will be able to

24:57withstand any kind of international political constraints. And in a related development,

25:03Israel said they're set to begin using laser weapons by the end of the year. The Iron Beam will be able

25:09to counter aerial threats, including rockets, mortars and drones at a low cost. Meanwhile, Qatar's

25:17Emir was in Amman on Wednesday, where he met with Jordan's king. Both leaders condemned Israel's recent

25:23strikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar. Also on Wednesday, a senior Hamas leader, Ghazi Hamid,

25:29made an appearance on Qatar's state-run media network, Al Jazeera. Israel's strike in Doha last week is

25:36said to have killed five senior Hamas leaders. But Hamad said he survived the attack. Jason Perry, NTD News.

25:46After a push by President Trump, Europe now wants to stop buying Russian oil sooner than planned.

25:52Trump has been suggesting that Europe's oil purchases have helped finance the war against Ukraine.

25:57NTD's international correspondent Aryan Pastar has the Ukraine update.

26:03Europe has to stop buying oil from Russia.

26:07In recent days, President Trump has repeatedly called on Europe to stop Russian oil imports.

26:13The European Union is already negotiating legal proposals to phase out imports of Russian oil and gas by

26:202028. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, now says she had a phone call

26:26with Trump discussing those topics. She says the EU will propose speeding up the phase out of Russian

26:33fossil imports. Poland also wants to phase out Russian oil imports before the 2028 deadline.

26:40The country's energy minister wrote a letter to the EU saying,

26:43I appeal to you to agree on a common goal of completely phasing out imports of Russian crude oil

26:49by the end of 2026. Also in Poland on Wednesday, the country's commemorating the anniversary of the

26:56Soviet invasion in 1939. This comes exactly one week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace.

27:04This drone attack on Poland was primarily aimed at disorganization and chaos, including in our minds

27:13and hearts. Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week said the investigation into the drone incursion

27:20was scheduled to take a few more days. And the Chancellor of Germany now says Russia might be aiming at new

27:28targets in Europe. We have seen how real this threat can be with the violation of Polish and Romanian airspace

27:37in recent days. Putin has long been testing the limits. NATO is holding a military drill in Poland on

27:48Wednesday. The exercise includes tanks, helicopters and fighter jets. This comes just one day after Russia

27:55and Belarus conducted military drills across the Polish border in Belarus. And in other Russia-related news,

28:02the widow of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny reports having new information on his death.

28:08In February 2024, we were able to obtain samples of Alexei's biological material. These labs in two

28:16different countries reached the same conclusion. Alexei was killed. More specifically, he was poisoned.

28:22Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony in February last year. The Kremlin previously said Navalny died

28:29from a combination of, quote, a dozen different diseases. Arian Pasdar, NTD News.

28:36Stay with us. Several Democrats join House Republicans to address crime in Washington, D.C. Plus, two lawmakers are

28:44asking the Treasury to probe a China-based billionaire they say is sowing political discord in America

28:51on behalf of the Chinese regime. Melina Weiskopf has the latest from Capitol Hill

28:57and calls for the U.S. to cut all ties with the Chinese regime's illegal organ trade. A doctor

29:03against forced organ harvesting tells us why this is so important and how to protect yourself from

29:10unknowingly being complicit when we come back.

29:21It's good to have you back with us. House lawmakers have passed the first of several bills to address

29:29crime in Washington, D.C. Republicans say the bills could be used as a blueprint to address crime in

29:36other cities and states. NTD's congressional correspondent Melina Weiskopf has more about the bills.

29:43Two crime-related bills passed the House and are now headed to the Senate for a vote. They aim to overturn

29:48Washington, D.C.'s laws addressing youth offenders. The first one aims to lower the age from 16 to 14,

29:54in which minors can be charged as adults for certain felonies, like murder. The second one,

30:00called the D.C. Crimes Act, aims to charge young adults exactly as adults, redefining the term

30:06youth offender from age 24 to age 18. It also aims to provide more transparency into how many young

30:13people here in D.C. are actually committing crimes. They're creating a public website to keep track of

30:18it. Here's the bill sponsor, Congressman Byron Donalds. District officials have actively facilitated

30:24dysfunction and chaos through their progressive soft-on-crime policies. Instead of addressing the

30:31clear epidemic of youth crime in the city, the D.C. City Council increased the age of youth offenders

30:37to individuals 24 years old and younger, meaning fully grown legal adults in the District of Columbia

30:44can receive sentences meant for children. His bill got the support of 30 Democrats,

30:50though most Democrats were opposed, saying that bills like this undermines D.C.'s autonomy. Now we'll

30:55have to see if that same level of Democrat support makes its way over to the Senate so that these bills

31:00actually have a shot at becoming law. In other news, lawmakers from the House Oversight Committee are now

31:05asking the Treasury Department to probe a China-based billionaire by the name of Nelville Roy Singham.

31:11These lawmakers say that he's the main backer behind a Marxist group, Party for Socialism and Liberation,

31:17and that he's also played a key role in organizing nationwide protests, including the riots in Los Angeles.

31:23This is part of a broader investigation. The chairman of the Oversight Committee, James Comer,

31:28is looking into the Chinese Communist Party's attempts to sow discord among Americans. Lawmakers

31:34say that Singham is acting on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party to magnify internal disputes,

31:39so now they're asking the Treasury Department to formally open an investigation into Singham after

31:44he previously ignored the committee's requests. Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskup, NTD News.

31:52Organ transplants, they're a source of continued life and a source of abuse. The Department of Health and Human

31:58Services is working to shield Americans from being complicit in unethical and illegal organ transplants.

32:05That's on two fronts. One is at home after HHS announced reforms following the revelation that some

32:12donors were still alive at the time of the transplant. The other is abroad. HHS has recently called for the

32:19U.S. to sever its ties with China's organ transplant system. It cites widely documented crimes in the Chinese

32:26Communist Party's murder-for-profit scheme in which it forcibly removes the organs of living prisoners

32:33of conscience. They're often from members of the persecuted spiritual group Falun Gong. And here for

32:38insight into this is Dr. Weldon Gilcrease III, Deputy Director of Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting.

32:45Thank you for being here, Weldon. Several states, including Utah and Texas, have passed laws barring insurance

32:51coverage for organ transplants from China. And a similar bill at the federal level is advancing

32:56through Congress, along with the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act, sanctioning those involved in the

33:01illicit organ trade. What more can be done to ensure that Americans are not complicit in this gruesome

33:08practice? Yeah, I think awareness is important. I think there's a lack of awareness within the general

33:15population as well as within the medical community. So I think one of the big issues is

33:20it's just not understood that the claim in 2014 made by a Chinese transplant surgeon, a liver transplant

33:27surgeon in December of 2014, that China would stop and end its practice of using executed criminals for

33:35organ transplants in early 2015 has clearly shown to be untrue. There was a 2019 paper showing that

33:43they were manipulating their transplant donor data. The data registry was being manipulated. There was a

33:49China tribunal in 2019 and 2020 that published a 560-page report after spending a year looking at the data and

33:58interviewing over 50 witnesses showing that forced organ harvesting or killing innocent prisoners of

34:06conscience for transplant had occurred in China since probably about 2000 and continues to happen within

34:13China. So I think there is an increasing awareness in the last several years that this is a horrific

34:20practice, a gruesome practice that's happening within operating rooms throughout China. And I do believe we

34:29need to do everything we can as a medical community and as a country to not be complicit in these crimes.

34:35And that includes having our citizens aware that if they're going to go to China and get an organ for

34:42transplant that there's a high likelihood somebody is being murdered for that organ. Awareness is such an

34:48important part of this. And to add to what you're saying, Dr. Gilcrease, author and political commentator

34:53Armstrong Williams writes that American medical institutions have maintained extensive partnerships with

34:59Chinese hospitals, training transplant surgeons and have thereby legitimized their illicit practices. Do you agree?

35:06Yeah, I mean, we continue to allow their data to be put into our medical journal journals. We continue

35:12collaboration in terms of projects and in terms of scientific knowledge with Chinese transplant centers. And I

35:20couldn't agree more. I think the problem is there's a belief by a lot of our transplant

35:26institutions and a lot of our transplant societies, they believe what the Chinese

35:31government and the Chinese transplant community said in 2014. The problem is there just is no data to back up and

35:39to support their claim of stopping this horrific practice. So although, you know, I think it's it's with good

35:45intention to cooperate and to collaborate with transplant in China. The reality is that when

35:54something this evil is happening, you're complicit in something that that is this evil.

35:58Thank you for bringing more awareness to that. Now, according to the China Tribunal,

36:03the main target of forced organ harvesting in China are the Falun Gong practitioners. These are adherents

36:08of the spiritual practice who strive to live by truthfulness, compassion and forbearance.

36:13What does that reveal about the nature of the Chinese Communist Party that it would target

36:18these peaceful people? Yeah, you know, I think one of the things that's that's interesting,

36:23if you look at this topic of forced organ harvesting, the lens of looking through forced

36:28organ harvesting and looking at the main victim group that you mentioned, Falun Gong practitioners,

36:33a spiritual discipline that was really that really took off in the 1990s in China.

36:39If you look at forced organ harvesting, it says everything about what the Chinese Communist Party

36:46is about. And that's control. That's having the elite in control. That's a lack of value of human

36:53life. That's a lack of the values of truth and compassion and tolerance. So I think it says everything

36:59about what the problem with the Chinese Communist Party and our, you know, our close collaboration over the

37:05last 30 to 40 to 50 years, that was again, well intentioned, I think, with the idea that if we

37:12build them up economically, if we collaborate with China, that eventually our values will influence

37:20their values. But we've seen the opposite happen. We've seen the values of the Chinese Communist Party

37:25of control, deception, of lies, of deceit, of a lack of value for human life. We've seen the opposite happen.

37:33We've seen that come here rather than vice versa. And to add to that valuable insight that you're

37:38bringing, the UK Parliament has heard testimony suggesting organs in China are available on demand,

37:45meaning people are killed on the spot in Chinese hospitals, which is why the wait times are drastically

37:50shorter than in other developed nations. And yet organ tourism by Westerners to China does take place.

37:56How can that be prevented? That's a good, that's a great question. Some of the legislation that

38:02you mentioned earlier, the Falun Gong Protection Act, the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting or Stop Organ

38:07Harvesting Act, both of these are legislation that are currently, I think, within the Senate in the

38:11United States. Some of the bills that you mentioned in Tennessee and Texas and Arizona and Idaho and

38:17in my state of Utah, some of these bills are trying to get at that. I think one of the things that's

38:23happening in the United States is we're very protective of personal health information. So

38:28we try to be very protective about our patients and what gets to the public and what gets out there

38:35in terms of what their personal information is in terms of their health. And I think what that's

38:41allowed for is a lack of understanding or knowledge of how ubiquitous the practice is. How many Americans in

38:48our states have traveled over to China? And as you mentioned, these are vital organs like lungs and

38:55heart and liver that have been scheduled for transplant within, sometimes within two weeks,

39:01sometimes within a month. And how do we understand how much this is happening? How many patients have

39:08gone over there? We don't, we certainly don't have a good system within our medical centers to understand

39:14that. If I look in my electronic health record of the patients I've had with transplants,

39:19if they haven't had a transplant at our center, there is no field within their electronic health

39:24record that tells me where they received their vital organ. So I think this is what the legislation

39:31in Utah has tried to address. Can we address a lack of payment for patients that are going to go to

39:38travel to China and get an illegally sourced Oregon? So the legislation is certainly a step forward.

39:45And I think the legislation really does have promise of making more people aware of this horrific

39:50practice. Dr. Weldon Gilcrease III, thank you for this very comprehensive discussion on this important

39:56topic. Thank you so much for having me. And just ahead, ahead of the holiday season,

40:04Amazon says it usually sees extra activity. The company says it's now investing more than a

40:09billion dollars to raise company wages, to raise wages. And the Los Angeles Olympics are still three

40:16years away, but plans for ticket sales are already underway. We'll tell you how you can lock in your

40:21spot for the 2028 games. And in baseball, two-way star Shohei Otani could become a three-way star come

40:29playoff time. And today's Dave Martin reports when we return.

40:45Welcome back. Delivery workers could soon see a pay raise. Amazon says it's investing a billion dollars

40:51in compensation for its employees. And today's David Lam reports. Amazon says it's investing more than

40:58one billion dollars in compensating its U.S. warehouse workers and drivers. On Wednesday,

41:04senior VP Udit Madan said the average pay is increasing to more than $23 per hour and that

41:10if you include benefits, that comes out to more than $30 per hour in value. The VP said a lot of the

41:17changes we're sharing today are based on what our employees say matters to them. Amazon also says it's

41:24lowering the cost of its entry-level health plan to $5 per week with $5 co-pays starting in 2026.

41:32The announcement comes as we head into the holiday season and shopping events. More than 1.5 million

41:39people work for the company globally. Last December, workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike.

41:46The Teamsters union wanted a labor agreement during a key shopping period. And in January,

41:52Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S. said that average hourly wages for its employees

41:59would surpass $18, up from $17.50. David Lam, NTD News.

42:09And we have some breaking news. Three officers were killed and two remain in critical but stable

42:14condition after a shooting this afternoon in rural central Pennsylvania. The shooter is confirmed to be

42:20dead. That's according to the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner who spoke just moments ago.

42:25Attorney General Pam Bondi also confirmed that multiple law enforcement officers were shot in

42:30York County and that the FBI and other agencies are responding. Governor Josh Shapiro and Attorney

42:36General Dave Sunday separately confirmed on X that they were on their way to the scene. We'll keep you

42:41updated as this story develops. And in other news, Los Angeles is gearing up to take the world stage as it hosts the

42:482028 Olympic Games. Olympic officials released details on how and when fans can secure tickets for

42:55the games. NTD's Christina Corona tells us more. Officials announced that general registration for the

43:022028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will open in January 2026. Paralympic tickets, which are coming to Los

43:10Angeles for the very first time, will go on sale in 2027. Fans will need to register at LA28.org for a chance to buy

43:18Olympic tickets. Those chosen in the lottery. Those chosen in the lottery will be assigned a date and time to purchase when ticket sales open in

43:24spring 2026. But those who aren't selected in the first round will still have a chance in later draws.

43:30Ticketing will be managed by AXS and Eventim and single event tickets will start at $28.00.

43:36Early access will be offered to residents near Olympic venues in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties,

43:42as well as Oklahoma City. Official LA28 travel and hospitality packages go on sale in early 2026 through

43:50on location, offering ticket bundles with perks like guaranteed lodging, official transport, premium seating

43:57and curated experiences. Major Olympic zones include Downtown LA, Exposition Park, Long Beach,

44:03Englewood and Carson. Venues such as the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the Intuit Dome in Englewood and the

44:09Honda Center in Anaheim will also host events. The Olympics will begin on July 14, 2028 with the opening

44:16ceremony taking place across two venues, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium. The games

44:23will run until July 30, 2028. LA28 CEO, Randall Hoover, says the games will be a chance to purchase a ticket to

44:30history with options designed for both local families and international visitors. Christina Corona, NTD News.

44:39LA Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani could become a three-way star in baseball's upcoming playoffs.

44:46Last night, the reigning MVP floated the idea of playing the outfield next month, which would allow

44:51him to pitch in relief. But the idea comes with a hitch and today's Dave Martin has more.

44:58Shohei Ohtani pitched five scoreless innings last night and hit his National League leading 50th home run

45:04at the plate. But it was all for naught as the Dodgers' bullpen allowed nine runs in relief

45:10in the loss to the Phillies. Afterwards, Ohtani floated the idea of possibly playing in the outfield

45:16for the playoffs, which start in just a couple of weeks. The two-way star though hasn't played the

45:21field since 2021 when he was a member of the Angels. But a move there would allow the Dodgers to possibly

45:29use Ohtani as a valuable relief pitcher without losing his potent bat in the lineup. Baseball's

45:35rules allow for Ohtani to start a game as a pitcher and then transition back to being the team's

45:42designated hitter, or DH, after he's been relieved. But if the Dodgers want to have Ohtani come on as

45:48a reliever, they would then lose his normal DH spot in the lineup, forcing the team to use a pitcher to bat

45:55instead. Ohtani, though, who's logged more than a thousand games in his career, has appeared just

46:00seven times in the outfield for a grand total of 16 and two-thirds innings, which is less than two

46:07games worth of play. Meanwhile, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he appreciated Ohtani's gesture,

46:13but said he hasn't taken a fly ball all year. Ohtani's Dodgers play host to the Phillies

46:20again tonight. This is Dave Martin for NTD News. And that's all for today's news. For round the

46:27clock coverage, visit us at NTD.com slash live or download our NTD app. Thanks for tuning in.

46:33I'm Kevin Hogan. Good night.

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