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09:07 Israelis Protest for Hostages on Jewish New Year Eve
12:03 Russia Denies Entering NATO to Airspace, Accuses Estonia
15:02 Not All Senate Dems Agree With Leader Schumer's Strategy
17:45 Gov. Abbott Signs Controversial Bathroom Law
19:35 Britain Faces Energy Challenges Amid A.I. Push
22:05 Tens of Thousands Attend Sunday Memorial for Charlie Kirk
25:30 Forgiveness and Praise at Memorial for Charlie Kirk
37:29 Jimmy Kimmel to Return to Air After Brief Suspension
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39:14 Accused Attempted Killer Routh Completes His Defense
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06:00 RFK JR. Reassures Autism Community With 'Relentless' Research
08:24 SCOTUS to Review Lawfulness of Removal Protections
09:07 Israelis Protest for Hostages on Jewish New Year Eve
12:03 Russia Denies Entering NATO to Airspace, Accuses Estonia
15:02 Not All Senate Dems Agree With Leader Schumer's Strategy
17:45 Gov. Abbott Signs Controversial Bathroom Law
19:35 Britain Faces Energy Challenges Amid A.I. Push
22:05 Tens of Thousands Attend Sunday Memorial for Charlie Kirk
25:30 Forgiveness and Praise at Memorial for Charlie Kirk
37:29 Jimmy Kimmel to Return to Air After Brief Suspension
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39:14 Accused Attempted Killer Routh Completes His Defense
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00:00Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, President Trump with a major medical
00:06announcement about an epidemic plaguing American youth and the White House doubling down on its
00:11promise to punish political violence. That's after the president and his cabinet secretaries
00:17attended the memorial service for Charlie Kirk yesterday in Arizona. Mariotsu at the White House.
00:23Jimmy Kimmel Live is set to return to air after a brief suspension. This comes amid controversy
00:29over the talk show host's false comment about the Charlie Kirk assassination. The Supreme Court has
00:35agreed to hear arguments over whether the president can fire agency employees. That's as the high court
00:41temporarily allows the termination of the FTC commissioner. The Hamas terrorist group performed
00:47public executions of three men they accused of working with Israel. This comes as Israelis protested
00:54for the release of the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip. Jason Perry reports. The U.S. is calling
01:00on Russia to stop entering the airspace of NATO members. Aryan Pastar has more on the alleged
01:06violations by Moscow. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City.
01:23Here's Tiffany Meyer. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. I'm Kevin Hogan. And for Tiffany
01:30Meyer, President Trump announcing something major about an epidemic plaguing American children.
01:36And the White House doubles down on its promise to punish political violence.
01:41And we're now going live to NTD's Washington correspondent Mari Otsu at the White House.
01:46Good evening, Mari. What's the latest from the president's announcement?
01:51Kevin, good evening. Yes, just moments ago, President Trump is announcing that the FDA will
01:56be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen, which is commonly known as Tylenol,
02:02during pregnancy could be associated with an increased risk of autism in children.
02:07Take a look at what the president has to say.
02:10They are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically
02:16necessary. And so ideally, you don't take it at all.
02:20The meteoric rise in autism is among the most alarming public health developments in history.
02:27Since 2000, autism rates have surged by much more than 400 percent.
02:34Instead of attacking those who ask questions, everyone should be grateful for those who are
02:38trying to get the answers to this complex situation.
02:42The White House is also approving a new use for the generic drug leucovorin as a potential
02:48treatment for autism. Here's the U.S. Commissioner of Food and Drugs making that announcement.
02:55The FDA is filing a federal register notice to change the label on an exciting treatment
03:00called prescription leucovorin so that it can be available to children with autism.
03:05You know, autism may also be due to a autoimmune reaction to a folate receptor on the brain,
03:11not allowing that important vitamin to get into the brain cells.
03:16It's a fairly established, mature pathway.
03:19Again, we have a duty to let...
03:21And the White House announces that the NIH is launching an autism data science initiative,
03:28which means that they will devote an additional $50 million to the study of autism.
03:32Kevin?
03:34Yes, Maury, that was a very highly anticipated report that the president was expected to release
03:38at the end of September, but now we have it. And Maury, one day out from Charlie Kirk's memorial
03:42in Arizona, what does the White House have to say about Kirk?
03:48Sure, Kevin. At the White House press briefing today, Charlie Kirk was definitely still on the mind.
03:54And Press Secretary Levitt today actually shared a personal anecdote saying that the last time she was
04:00in contact with Kirk was one day before his assassination. The press secretary shared that
04:06he actually... Kirk actually texted her asking for her and her husband's address so that he could send
04:11a children's book to her and her kids. And Levitt also mentions the moment during the memorial when
04:17Erica Kirk forgives her alleged assassin. The press secretary calling this moment of mercy,
04:23quote, one of the greatest acts of grace this world has ever seen. She says that the assassin's attack
04:29failed, that while it took Kirk's flesh and blood, it did not take the values that Kirk stands for.
04:35But at the same time, the White House also doubles down on condemning political violence and exposing it,
04:42saying that that's the only way that the U.S. can heal from this. Take a look.
04:45We must continue to call this wickedness out. It's the only way that our nation can heal.
04:52For too long, past leaders have offered platitudes while political violence has been allowed to fester
04:58and innocent and harm innocent Americans. There has been coordinated campaigns dating back years.
05:05These groups have radicalized impressionable individuals to foment violence. Enough is enough.
05:10And as President Trump has promised, he will directly address the dark sources funding and supporting
05:16this domestic terrorism to finally restore order in our country.
05:22The press secretary says that President Trump is set to sign an executive order designating Antifa,
05:28a domestic terrorist organization, quote, very soon, as soon as later tonight. And meanwhile,
05:34on the president's schedule, President Trump is set to depart for New York soon this evening,
05:39where he will be speaking at the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly tomorrow.
05:44The White House says that he will deliver a speech there about his peacemaking accomplishments from this term.
05:50And he will make a speech about that will touch on how globalist institutions have affected the world order.
05:56Kevin, back to you.
05:57Great roundup from you. Thank you for that update, Mari.
06:00And during the White House announcement on autism, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
06:04reassured the autism community that he and the department will continue a, quote,
06:09relentless search for more answers.
06:11NTD correspondent Jason Blair has more.
06:14Autism is a complex disorder with multifactorial ideology.
06:19We are continuing to investigate a multiplicity of potential causes with no areas of taboo.
06:26HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s involvement in today's autism announcement is the latest in 20 years of public research by Kennedy.
06:35We expect this to be the first of many announcements over the coming years.
06:39And I want to reassure the people in the autism community that we will be uncompromising and relentless in our search for answers.
06:46Kennedy started going public with his research into autism and possible environmental causes in 2005 with an article published in Rolling Stone magazine and Salon.
06:57The article was called deadly immunity and contained links between a mercury-based preservative found in vaccines and neurological disorders, including autism.
07:07The article was issued corrections by both publications, then later taken down.
07:12Salon cited inaccuracies and, quote, subsequent critics that had, quote, further eroded any faith we had in the story's value.
07:21Kennedy has stood by his article and has said that the takedown was about pressure from pharmaceutical companies and government agencies rather than factual errors.
07:31Kennedy has also published several books on the topic, including Vax on Vax, Let the Science Speak, and Thimerosal.
07:38Kennedy also co-founded the nonprofit research and advocacy organization World Mercury Project, which was later renamed to Children's Health Defense in 2018.
07:49Kennedy resigned as chairman of Children's Health Defense in December of 2024 in anticipation of being confirmed as HHS secretary for the Trump administration.
07:59In April, Kennedy said that the HHS will announce some results of a large autism study this month.
08:06We will have some of the answers by September.
08:08In 1987, out of one million, every one million kids, 330 were diagnosed with autism.
08:16Today, there are 27,777 for every million.
08:21The Supreme Court today is allowing the Trump administration to fire Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.
08:30The high court has agreed to hear arguments in December about whether the president can fire members of the Federal Trade Commission without cause.
08:38President Trump first moved to fire Slaughter in the spring, but she sued and lower courts ordered her reinstated.
08:44Chief Justice John Roberts allowed the removal two weeks ago.
08:47The majority today confirmed the removal for now.
08:51Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson dissented.
08:54The court will ultimately consider whether removal protections from members of the FTC violate the separation of powers
09:00and whether a federal court can prevent a person's removal from public office, as lower courts have been doing.
09:07And in the Middle East, protests were held on the eve of the Jewish New Year to release the remaining hostages held in the Gaza Strip.
09:14Meanwhile, the Hamas terrorist group performed a public execution of three men accused of working with Israel.
09:21And today's Jason Perry has the details.
09:23And a warning, this report contains footage that some viewers may find disturbing.
09:27On the eve of the Jewish New Year, instead of celebrating, some residents protested outside of the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
09:37And they called for the release of the remaining hostages, who have been held in captivity for almost two years now.
09:43And on the same day, Netanyahu said Israel was determined to release the hostages and defeat Hamas, and that the Jewish New Year could be historic.
09:53We are in the midst of a struggle in which we are overcoming our enemies, and we need to destroy the Iranian axis.
09:59And it is within our power.
10:01This is what lies ahead of us in the coming year, which could be a historic year for Israel's security.
10:05And in the Gaza Strip, Hamas terrorists accused three men of working with Israel.
10:11The men were blindfolded, and their hands were tied behind their backs before they were executed before a crowd of onlookers.
10:18A Palestinian political analyst explained that there are other armed groups in the Gaza Strip besides Hamas.
10:26First, those leading these groups have a vendetta against Hamas.
10:29They didn't come as an alternative authority to Hamas.
10:32They came to take revenge on Hamas.
10:33Hamas greatly fears and is greatly concerned about the expansion of these groups, which is why it did what it did.
10:41Meanwhile, multiple Western countries, including the U.K. and Canada, recently recognized Palestine as a state.
10:48The brother of a hostage still held in the Gaza Strip explained that Hamas terrorists celebrated their decision to recognize Palestine as a state.
10:57We can see that every time that Hamas feels his narrative is getting stronger and that Israel image is collapsing in the world.
11:07In another development, Iran could soon face crippling sanctions, also known as snapback, over its nuclear program.
11:25However, Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arakji, said there is still hope for a diplomatic solution.
11:31We do not respond to the language of pressure and threats, but with the language of dignity, with the language of respect, we will respond appropriately.
11:42The U.K., France, and Germany said they could delay the sanctions and give diplomacy a chance if Iran allows U.N. nuclear inspectors to its nuclear sites, addresses concerns about its stock of enriched uranium, and resumes talks with the United States.
11:59The U.K. is calling on Russia to stop entering the airspace of NATO members, this after three nations reported violations by Moscow.
12:11U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz raised the issue today at his first U.N. Security Council briefing.
12:17NTD's international correspondent, Aryan Pastar, has more.
12:22The United States stands by our NATO allies in the face of these airspace violations.
12:27U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz is calling on Russia to de-escalate, this after three NATO members reported violations of airspace by Russia.
12:38Poland and Romania say drones entered their territory.
12:42And last week, Estonia reported three Russian fighter jets crossing the border.
12:47The United States and our allies will defend every inch of NATO territory.
12:52Russia must urgently stop such dangerous behavior.
12:56The United Nations are convening in New York this week.
13:01Estonia's foreign minister addressed the issue, mentioning that Russia is a member of the U.N. Security Council.
13:07Estonia has decided to request the convening of an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
13:15However, the Kremlin denies the allegations, repeating its stance that NATO members are faking the incidents, thus escalating tensions.
13:22We have never heard the Estonian side mention that they possess any such objective control data.
13:31That's why we consider such claims to be empty, unfounded, and part of a completely reckless campaign to escalate tensions.
13:37The spokesman added that Russian pilots always act in accordance with international law.
13:44Meanwhile, the fighting continues in Ukraine.
13:49Three civilians are reported dead in Ukraine on Monday.
13:52Officials say Russian forces used at least 10 aerial bombs, targeting a city of around 700,000 residents.
13:59And in Crimea, Moscow says three civilians are dead after a Ukrainian attack.
14:05The Russian defense ministry reports that the strike took place on Sunday night in the resort area of Crimea.
14:11According to the Kremlin, there are no military targets in the area.
14:15Ari and Pasar, NTD News.
14:17Stay with us.
14:19Seven Democrats are opposing the House-passed continuing resolution with only eight days to go until a government shutdown.
14:27That's despite having voted to extend existing levels of funding 19 times in the past five years.
14:32What's behind the move?
14:34Luis Eduardo Martinez reports from Capitol Hill.
14:36And Britain will build billions of dollars worth of data centers.
14:40But net zero policies pose a challenge to growing energy demands, something that could leave other industries without power if it's not solved soon.
14:49Malcolm Hudson has more from London when we come back.
15:00Good to have you back with us.
15:02The U.S. government is eight days away from a government shutdown.
15:05It's up to senators to vote to extend current levels of spending.
15:10Or leave the federal government without funds.
15:12Our Washington correspondent, Luis Eduardo Martinez, has the details.
15:16Look, it's the Republicans shutting down the government.
15:18The Republican bill is a totally partisan bill with zero, zero input from Democrats.
15:24When I was majority leader, for four years we didn't have a shutdown because we sat down with Republicans.
15:29Senate Democratic leadership is blaming Republicans for the imminent government shutdown.
15:34But not all Democrats agree with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's strategy.
15:38I refuse to be a part of voting to shut our government down.
15:42We have different priorities.
15:43I absolutely don't support the cuts for the Medicaid and I would love to restore those tax credits.
15:51But for me, I refuse to be a part of plunging our nation to chaos.
15:56The House of Representatives has already passed the continuing resolution that would extend current levels of government funding for seven weeks.
16:04Senate Republicans would only need the support of seven Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.
16:09All it takes is a handful of Democrats to join the Republicans in keeping the government open and funded
16:16and to ensure that we have a chance to get the appropriations process completed in the way in which it was intended in the first place.
16:25It's important to note that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer already voted for current levels of government funding earlier this year
16:32and has voted for continuing resolutions at least 19 times in the past five years.
16:36Well, Republicans want to keep the government open and the Democrats, based on what I believe is the Schumer strategy, is a shutdown strategy.
16:44It is their goal to shut down the government.
16:47The left wing of their party is demanding it.
16:51Senator Chuck Schumer wants to force the extension of enhanced health care tax credits
16:56that Democrats approved through their reconciliation bill of 2021, also known as the Inflation Reduction Act.
17:03The Democratic proposal would increase government spending some $350 billion over the next 10 years.
17:09Republicans do not want to shut the government down.
17:12It's the radical left who have co-opted Chuck Schumer, bending to their will to put us in a position where we could have a government shutdown.
17:21Additionally, Senator Chuck Schumer is demanding the repeal of provisions of the Republican reconciliation bill
17:27that passed earlier this summer, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill,
17:31in exchange for agreeing to support a continuing resolution which would actually extend levels of funding set by the Biden administration.
17:39Reporting from Washington, D.C., Luis Eduardo Martinez, NTD News.
17:45Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed Senate Bill 8, known as the Bathroom Bill.
17:50It requires people to use public restrooms based on their sex at birth, rather than gender identity.
17:56NTD's Cristina Corona tells us more.
17:58I'm about to sign a law that says no men in women's restrooms.
18:09This is just common sense.
18:12Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 8 into law on Monday.
18:17The bill requires people to use public restrooms that match their biological sex at birth instead of their gender identity.
18:23It applies to schools, universities, state agencies, and correctional facilities.
18:29Cities that fail to comply will face a $5,000 fine for the first violation and $25,000 for each additional offense.
18:36Local governments that violate the rules face fines of $25,000 for the first offense and up to $125,000 for repeat violations.
18:46Private businesses are not included and there are no criminal penalties.
18:49Supporters, including Republican lawmakers, argue the bill protects women and girls in bathrooms and other private spaces.
18:57However, Democrats argue that the law discriminates against transgender, non-conforming, and intersex Texans.
19:04The law takes effect on December 4th.
19:06Christina Corona, NTD News.
19:08Coming up, tens of thousands of people filled the State Farm Stadium for Charlie Kirk's memorial yesterday.
19:16High-level politicians spoke about his legacy and influence while his widow preached forgiveness.
19:22Jack Bradley brings us the details from Arizona.
19:34Welcome back.
19:35Britain's net-zero policies pose a challenge to energy demand.
19:39The tech prosperity deal signed last week with the United States will see energy demands from AI data centers shoot up.
19:46But it could leave the rest of the nation at a loss.
19:50NTD's international correspondent Malcolm Hudson has more on this.
19:54U.S. tech companies have committed to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into the United Kingdom.
19:59It's part of the tech prosperity deal, which seeks to make Britain a global artificial intelligence hub.
20:06Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik last week said the U.K.'s lighter regulations make it a better place to invest than the European Union.
20:15But economist Catherine McBride said there are policies which still present challenges.
20:20The offers of investment in the U.K. are fantastic.
20:23And I'm very glad that the U.S. sees the U.K. as a much easier place to do business.
20:32But the problem is that we have got these net-zero laws.
20:38Britain is legally committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
20:43It is moving away from oil and gas power and towards renewables like wind and solar.
20:48However, big tech requires big amounts of energy flowing constantly.
20:54Something renewables cannot do when the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine.
20:59Nuclear provides constant power, but many power stations are being decommissioned before the end of the decade.
21:05The tech prosperity deal is putting money towards nuclear, but these new power stations are expected to be ready in the early 2030s.
21:14So we are going to have this shortage of dispatchable power at the end of the 2020s.
21:20And that could be disastrous for other industries who rely on electricity, because they will probably find that they get turned off.
21:30A solution is to take a step back from net-zero policies.
21:33NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently said high energy prices are a challenge.
21:40The U.K.'s industrial electricity costs are the highest in the developed world, and four times higher than in the U.S.
21:47Huang said Britain will need to run its new data centers with gas-fired power plants.
21:53This could alleviate energy demand issues in the years before the new nuclear power plants come into action in the next decade.
22:00Malcolm Hudson, NTD News.
22:05Tens of thousands overfilled a stadium for Charlie Kirk's memorial yesterday.
22:10President Trump, several members of his cabinet, other high-level politicians and thought leaders spoke about the legacy he left behind.
22:18NTD's Jack Bradley has more from Glendale, Arizona.
22:21Charlie's murder was not just an attack on one man or one movement.
22:28It was an attack on our entire nation.
22:31It was an assault on our most sacred liberties and God-given rights.
22:35The gun was pointed at him, but the bullet was aimed at all of us.
22:39A memorial held for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday.
22:45President Trump saying that he'll award Charlie the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
22:49It's the highest civilian honor.
22:52Tens of thousands of supporters traveling from across the country for an event scheduled within the span of a week.
22:58Some beginning to line up at 3 a.m. to secure a spot.
23:02President Trump, along with many members of his cabinet, spoke at the memorial honoring the legacy Charlie left behind,
23:09including those of faith, family, freedom, and a revival of spirituality.
23:14Charlie suffered a terrible fate, my friends.
23:18We all know it. We all saw it.
23:21But think, it is not the worst fate.
23:25It is better to face a gunman than to live your life afraid to speak the truth.
23:30Where young Americans are actively told that everything that they were taught,
23:35that all the foundations that made our society and our civilization so grand,
23:40they were all wrong, they were all evil, that marriage is oppressive,
23:43that children are a burden, that America is a source of evil, not of good in the world.
23:48And here was this voice that inspired a movement in which young Americans were told that is not true.
23:53He always gave the biggest microphone to the people who were most passionately aligned against him.
23:59Because he believed that we need to talk to each other and that we needed to be able to say what we mean without saying it mean.
24:09Mrs. Erica Kirk, who is now taking over Charlie's company, Turning Point USA,
24:13sends a message of hope and unity and a revival of faith.
24:17He wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life.
24:25That man, that young man, I forgive him.
24:35Several attendees say Charlie's legacy and his fight for traditional values will continue to grow.
24:45He loved his God, he loved his family, his poor little kids who I have to see now at church every day without a dad.
24:51You know, and he loved America.
24:52I actually was talking with Charlie a couple weeks ago, and I asked him, I said,
24:55you know, I believe the greatest issue facing our country is the breakdown of the family between one man and one woman.
25:00And he said, I 100% agree.
25:01Charlie valued the personal relationships and going out to campuses and having one-on-one conversations.
25:07I think that that really sparked something in the younger generation,
25:11and now everyone has an even bigger reason to come together now.
25:14A common message we've heard at this event is that there's a change coming to America, a turning point,
25:19and that is unity amid disagreements and loving-kindness amid political differences.
25:24Reporting from Glendale, Arizona, Jack Bradley, NTD News.
25:30And as we've been covering, for those just now tuning in,
25:32the memorial for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk brought tens of thousands to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
25:39Speakers brought attention to hopes of a revival of the values that Kirk espoused,
25:44while others highlighted his legacy.
25:46And joining me now to discuss this is Armin Kirtian,
25:49political strategist and a Republican candidate for state senator in California.
25:53Thanks for being here, Armin.
25:54What kind of faith and courage does it take for Erica Kirk, Charlie's widow,
26:00to forgive her husband's killer?
26:04Superhuman, Kevin, honestly.
26:06For her to go up there, and not just an arena full of 100,000 people,
26:11but millions of people all over the world watching it.
26:14I mean, just, you know, watching it, my eyes are well.
26:17I'm just thinking about those comments.
26:19It's hard for me to keep it together.
26:21I think about it, of what she had to do,
26:24and the kind of strength that can only come from, you know,
26:29belief in the supernatural power of God and Jesus is absolutely amazing.
26:36I think the one thing that we can take away from this memorial is the positivity,
26:42the message of hope, the message of forgiveness, the message of redemption,
26:46the message of the power of spirit, and what it can actually do to motivate,
26:53and how much stronger that is to be motivated by love and kindness instead of hate and divisiveness.
27:00What we saw yesterday is something that I think is going to be played over and over again repeatedly for years.
27:10And what happened a week and a half ago is not going to be something that's going to be easily forgotten by this country.
27:17Their family must be going through so much, just as many Americans are at this time.
27:22And Erica Kirk, she mentioned how Charlie would always come up to her and ask her
27:27how he could be a better husband to her, how he could serve her better.
27:30That was just something that he always wanted to do,
27:33and that focus on family, like we heard those other speakers talk about.
27:36Now, Erica said she shares the same mission as Charlie,
27:39and she was recently elected to take the reins from Charlie at TPUSA as CEO.
27:44How will Charlie's movement continue, and what might that process look like?
27:49Well, what Charlie managed to do is make the organization larger than himself.
27:55Erica is going to do an outstanding job going forward.
28:00But even here in San Diego County, there are many individuals, many young men and women I know,
28:05who are members of Turning Point, who are strong, who are well-educated, who are dedicated people,
28:12who are the grassroots part of Turning Point.
28:14It's more than just a CEO.
28:16Turning Point is a movement across the country, and we have many individuals here.
28:19We had one young lady, a couple of good friends of mine, Sasha Riva and Miriam Al-Najjar,
28:26who started a memorial for Charlie Kirk a week ago Wednesday, and that attracted over 4,000 people.
28:34They put that thing together in less than a week.
28:36This is the kind of thing that they're capable of,
28:38and this is the kind of thing that Turning Point inspires in young men and women all over the country.
28:43Armin, that's really great context that this is a grassroots movement that we're seeing now go forward past Charlie Kirk's passing,
28:52and TPUSA has played such a critical role in the Republican Party's direction,
28:57including President Trump's second election win.
28:59So what role do you see TPUSA having on the party moving forward after everything that's happened?
29:05Kids today going through high school and going through college are not exposed to a lot of information
29:16without the ability or the skill sets to process it.
29:21We've seen an elimination of critical thinking in schools and education,
29:24which has allowed what we've seen happening, proliferating social media,
29:28the hate, the divisiveness, and the self-righteousness that we've seen come out from a lot of these young kids.
29:35But Turning Point, this positive message that doesn't give you something to push back on, per se,
29:43this idea of deflection, the same kind of message of Dr. King of nonviolence
29:50and love for not only yourself and for your family, but love for your enemy,
29:55love for those who would seek to destroy you,
29:57is something very challenging for those who want to spread hate to push against.
30:03Remember, it's easy to become angry many, many times.
30:08It's easy to look on social media and want to rip back at the other person
30:13and just take it, you know, escalate and call people names.
30:17And social media and the screen that we put in front of us has made it easy for folks to actually do that.
30:23Charlie believed in actually getting out there and talking to people face to face.
30:27And that is how you win hearts and minds.
30:29It's not just from messaging and not just from videos,
30:32but getting out there and talking to people face to face.
30:34So no matter what the medium of communication is, no matter what the message is,
30:38we as human beings need to be in communities.
30:41We need to be in the presence of other people to actually talk to.
30:44I experience it when I go and knock on doors for political candidates.
30:48People even have different political persuasions.
30:50They like talking to someone.
30:54And Charlie was certainly a spearhead in this push to go to colleges and get the conversation growing
31:01and to help people to share their ideas in an open and safe manner,
31:05in which obviously his life now is a living example of the freedom of speech that this country enjoys.
31:13And that won't be stopped because, of course, as we've seen, this movement is continuing.
31:17And now President Trump said that Charlie is a martyr for American freedom.
31:22And others praised him as a MAGA warrior.
31:24And Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna drew a parallel between Kirk and Martin Luther King Jr.
31:29How will history remember Charlie Kirk?
31:33Well, one of the things that struck me during the memorial service yesterday was Rebecca Dunn,
31:37one of the advisors, talking about Charlie wanting to open up a new chapter in North Carolina
31:43and being told, well, it's going to cost $50,000, so if you can raise half of it, you know, we'll do the other half.
31:49And he was 20 years old, and he called, like, just a couple minutes later, saying that he had actually raised the money.
31:54That kind of energy and that kind of spirit is, I think, is going to live on going forward.
32:00You have to remember, you know, going back to what I was saying previously,
32:04you know, there's millions of kids out there that are kind of lost souls that enjoy being the angry voice on social media.
32:11But what the real problem is, is there are a few people in leadership positions,
32:16whether they're elected or whether they're just on social media or other kind of DEI gurus,
32:22call them what you will, who demand and need this kind of fealty to this idea of, you know,
32:32this anti-American, anti-values, this anti-Christian movement that's out there.
32:37And you have to break the bonds between the people who are listening to these folks with this kind of a message,
32:44which, again, has to come, you know, face-to-face, person-to-person, engaging with people,
32:50not giving folks something to push back against.
32:53So I'm very, very hopeful going forward.
32:57It's, you know, folks have said that Donald Trump may not be president now
33:01without turning point.
33:02I don't think we'll ever know that definitively,
33:04but there's absolutely no question that he turned a lot of young men and women
33:08towards Trump, towards these positive values, towards this hope for America,
33:13the dream that is America, and freedom and liberty and free markets.
33:17That's the message that he was getting.
33:19And if even just a few more percent of kids start turning in that direction,
33:23then he's done a very good thing for this country.
33:25And that movement will live on.
33:27Armin, I hear the ideas that you're bringing to us here.
33:30Let's broaden this discussion.
33:32Following Charlie Kirk's death were peaceful vigils and memorials, not riots.
33:36Does that display of restraint signal that there's some kind of powerful undercurrent for Americans
33:41to unify further and cherish the freedom of belief
33:45and engage in meaningful conversations about their values?
33:49Well, Kevin, I'm going to one-up you.
33:50You saw at a lot of these, you know, peaceful vigils,
33:52you saw people coming in and trying to destroy these memorials,
33:57trying to agitate or yell and cause conflict and cause division.
34:01There hasn't been one single reported act of violence I've heard
34:06that was initiated by anybody who was mourning the death of Charlie Kirk.
34:12There have been no cities that have been burned.
34:15No police officers have been injured
34:17as compared to what we've seen in the last few years.
34:21So you're absolutely right.
34:24And a lot of the left-wing media doesn't really know what to make of this.
34:29This goes back quite a while.
34:31You remember when Nick Sandman, they're on the Capitol Mall.
34:34This young 17-year-old kid who's trying to defuse the situation,
34:38being very peaceful, excoriated by the liberal media,
34:41some of them even calling for violence and threatening to punch him in the face
34:45for trying to defuse the situation and being a kid who was just trying to be peaceful
34:50and trying to engage.
34:52And this is the kind of stuff that we have to live within sometimes,
34:56that we have to deal with.
34:57And it is very, very challenging.
35:00Even myself, I can't tell you the number of times
35:02that I've responded to somebody on social media
35:05and then deleted my post because they knew it just wasn't going to solve any problems.
35:09So it does require an immense amount of restraint.
35:13It does require an immense amount of self-control.
35:16But when you accept the faith the way that Charlie Kirk has,
35:21the way he tries to profess it to everybody else,
35:25you heard the soliloquy that Pastor McCoy had at the beginning of the memorial service.
35:32It is certainly not something that happens overnight,
35:35especially if you've been conditioned to conflict.
35:37But you can change and you can find that, quite frankly,
35:43you're going to be a much happier person if you're not seeking to be angry or hateful
35:47or find somebody to fight with all the time.
35:50And Armin, certainly this was Charlie's goal.
35:53What impact has he had on American conservatism
35:56and what direction is it heading after this tragedy?
36:00One of the biggest problems that we've seen over the last couple of decades
36:03is the youth in America don't vote.
36:07They don't go out.
36:07They're not active.
36:09It's either that or they allow themselves, again, to be influenced or indoctrinated
36:12by the far left progressive policies,
36:15demanding free everything and everything to be handed on a plate for them
36:20before going out into the world and feeling this sense of entitlement.
36:25That wall has cracked significantly.
36:30And it's not enough just to expect that the momentum will move on.
36:34Those who are out there today have got to continue this movement.
36:38We've got to continue these efforts into the classroom, onto the campuses.
36:42And these young men and women that I talked about before are going to continue to do that.
36:47So the influence on politics, getting young people more involved,
36:51because frankly, you know, in your 20s, you've got 50, 60 years ahead of you.
36:56The votes that you take today are going to influence the future.
36:59If they got more involved, more educated, more knowledgeable about the world around them
37:04at the various levels of government, whether it's a city secretary
37:08or the governor of a particular state, being involved and engaging with people
37:13in a friendly and constructive fashion is how we move forward as a country.
37:19Well, Armin Kurdi, and thank you for sharing your perspective with us
37:23as the nation remembers Charlie Kirk.
37:26Thank you, Kevin.
37:28And Disney today announcing Jimmy Kimmel Live will return to air Tuesday night.
37:33The show was suspended last week after criticism over Kimmel's monologue
37:37about Charlie Kirk's assassination.
37:40The talk show host sparked outrage after falsely suggesting that the shooter
37:44was a member of the MAGA movement.
37:47FCC chair Brendan Carr criticized ABC over the remarks,
37:51and subsequently, Nextstar and Sinclair, two of the largest owners of ABC local affiliates,
37:56pulled the show from their stations.
37:58On Monday, a spokesperson for Disney, which owns ABC,
38:01said they suspended the show to cool tensions over the comments.
38:05Kimmel has yet to publicly address the controversy.
38:10And up ahead, the trial against Amazon begins today.
38:14Prosecutors say the company deceived people into signing up for Prime member,
38:18but made it hard to cancel.
38:20David Lam has details on that when we return.
38:22Welcome back.
38:32We have some breaking news.
38:33President Trump has just signed an executive order
38:35officially designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.
38:40The order says Antifa is a, quote,
38:42militarist, anarchist enterprise that seeks to overthrow the U.S. government,
38:47law enforcement authorities, as well as the legal system,
38:50and says it uses violence and terrorism to achieve its goals.
38:53The order directs federal agencies to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle Antifa's operations.
39:00The terrorist designation follows the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk.
39:04Officials revealed that the suspect, Tyler Robinson,
39:07engraved anti-fascist messages on bullets recovered by law enforcement.
39:12And, next, Ryan Ruth, a man who's representing himself after being charged with trying to kill President Trump,
39:20completed his defense today.
39:22Ruth called just three witnesses, a firearms expert and two character witnesses.
39:27He declined to testify in his own defense.
39:30Ruth, who lacks any legal education or experience,
39:33was cut off multiple times by federal judge Eileen Cannon while questioning his witnesses.
39:38She warned of the dangers of using character witnesses
39:42as it opens the door to cross-examination from the prosecution.
39:46Ruth attempted to show the jury he was incapable of killing Trump due to his kind nature.
39:51The prosecution rested its case on Friday.
39:54Closing arguments are scheduled for tomorrow.
39:58And today, jury selection begins for the Amazon trial.
40:01The Federal Trade Commission is accusing the company of deceptive tactics with its prime subscriptions.
40:06Entities David Lamb has more.
40:08The Federal Trade Commission's trial against Amazon begins this week over Amazon Prime.
40:15Filed in 2023 under the Biden administration,
40:18the FTC accuses the company of using manipulative tactics
40:22to enroll millions of users into its prime service.
40:26The FTC says deceptive user interface designs, known as dark patterns,
40:31trick people into enrolling and at the same time make it hard for people to unsubscribe.
40:37Regulators said the process could take up to four pages and 15 steps to cancel the subscription,
40:44whereas signing up takes a few clicks.
40:47Membership costs $139 annually or $14.99 per month.
40:52And members get perks such as free same-day, one-day, or two-day shipping and access to prime video streaming.
41:00Amazon has denied any wrongdoing, saying that customers are aware of the sign-ups.
41:06The company said neither Amazon nor its executives did anything wrong.
41:10We remain confident the facts will show we acted properly and we always put customers first.
41:16Jurors will decide whether customers actually gave consent and whether Amazon's cancellation practices were unfair.
41:24Opening arguments are scheduled for Tuesday and the case is expected to last one month long.
41:30If the jury decides that Amazon violated the law, the judge will decide how much Amazon will pay in damages.
41:37And that's all for today's news.
41:43For round-the-clock coverage, visit us at ntd.com slash live or download our NTD app.
41:49Thanks for tuning in. I'm Kevin Hogan. Good night.
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