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A robbery in broad daylight occurred at one of the world's most famous museums. The Louvre Museum is Paris is now closed for investigations after thieves broke in and stole priceless pieces of a collection. NTD's international correspondent David Vives reports.
Tens of thousands took to the streets across the United States on Saturday for the “No Kings” protests. We’ll take you to Chicago, where NTD’s Chris Bob was on the ground with demonstrators.
The Gaza peace deal is hanging by a thread as Israel launched defensive strikes in Gaza, saying the Hamas terrorist group had fired an anti-tank missile, killing two Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Rafah in violation of the ceasefire agreement. Two geopolitical analysts join us to unpack what's next for the region.
Is human connection suffering in the digital age? An expert zooms in on the challenges of social connection, and shares tips for building social confidence.
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Tens of thousands took to the streets across the United States on Saturday for the “No Kings” protests. We’ll take you to Chicago, where NTD’s Chris Bob was on the ground with demonstrators.
The Gaza peace deal is hanging by a thread as Israel launched defensive strikes in Gaza, saying the Hamas terrorist group had fired an anti-tank missile, killing two Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Rafah in violation of the ceasefire agreement. Two geopolitical analysts join us to unpack what's next for the region.
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00:00Welcome to NTD Evening News.
00:04Our top story tonight, a robbery in broad daylight at one of the world's most famous museums.
00:10The Louvre Museum in Paris is now closed for investigations after thieves broke in and stole priceless pieces of a collection.
00:18David Ives reports from Paris.
00:20Tens of thousands took to the streets across the country on Saturday for no king's protests.
00:25We'll take you to Chicago, where NTD's Chris Bob is on the ground with demonstrators.
00:31The Gaza peace deal hanging by a thread as Israel launches strikes into Gaza, saying the Hamas terrorist group violated the ceasefire agreement.
00:39Two geopolitical analysts join us to unpack what's next for the region.
00:43Is human connection suffering in the digital age?
00:46An expert zooms in on the challenges of social connection and shares tips for building social confidence.
00:52And the powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together at New York's Metropolitan Museum.
01:00Find out how ancient Egyptians solved life's mysteries through gods and goddesses.
01:13This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City.
01:19Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight.
01:24I'm Tiffany Meyer.
01:26Yesterday, the No Kings protests swept across the country.
01:29Organizers say more than 2,600 events took place nationwide.
01:34In Chicago, tens of thousands filled Grant Park before marching through downtown.
01:38Only a smaller group continued on to the Broadview Ice Detention Center, where demonstrations stretched into the night.
01:45NTD's Chris Bob joins us live from outside the Broadview Ice Detention Center.
01:49Good evening, Chris.
01:51Scuff us a sense of what you saw on the ground, the size of the crowd downtown, how the march unfolded, and who turned out to take part.
02:00Good evening, Tiffany.
02:03Yesterday, the big protest here in Chicago was at Grant Park.
02:07Like you mentioned, tens of thousands turned up.
02:09There were some other protests in Chicago in the suburb area.
02:13The main stage was there in Grant Park, where Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke, as well as Chicago Mayor Johnson.
02:21The crowd was composed primarily of people who were upset and angered about the increase of ICE agents in their communities here in Chicago.
02:31I spoke to a number of protesters there.
02:35Many of them were college students and people who were retired.
02:41They shared with me that they were most upset about seeing the agents outside detaining people in shopping centers, at Walmart, or in some of the local businesses where they grow up and where they reside.
02:54The crowd moved from Grant Park on a massive march that went on for two miles down into downtown Chicago on Wacker Drive.
03:07And that's exactly opposite the Trump Towers hotel and residences across the Chicago River.
03:15And, Chris, later in the evening when that smaller group moved to Broadview, what was the moment when things started to get tense between protesters and police?
03:24It really was the curfew.
03:28There is a designated protest zone.
03:30You can see it behind me.
03:31It's all in the concrete blocks.
03:34Protesters are allowed to be here and protest outside the ICE detention center from 9 o'clock in the morning until 6 p.m. at night.
03:42A little earlier, I would say around 5.30 p.m., we did see one protester dressed in black block, which is a full black uniform, black shoes, black bicycle helmet, black jacket, detained by police.
03:57And we saw about two dozen ICE officers march back from Beach Street, which is right behind me, and assist the officers who are already there with the protester making an arrest.
04:09A number of the protesters in the designated protest zone moved on to the street.
04:13And things got a little heated for about 20, 25 minutes, and then the officers retreated.
04:20They made the arrest, and protesters went back to the zone.
04:23At about 6.10, the group of two dozen officers came on Beach Street again, and they were telling the protesters who were still assembled that curfew is here.
04:36It's time to go home.
04:37The protesters responded that they were not leaving, and for about an hour, right here is Lexington Street.
04:45It stretches into the neighboring community of Maywood.
04:48Protesters stood their ground but were steadily pushed back closer to Maywood until they were outside of the general protest area where the ICE facility was.
05:00They were dressed up in costumes, some of them at the front, whether you can see a large frog holding a sign about human rights.
05:08There were some that had jackets that said Antifa on them, a lot of people in black bloc, as well as some observers from the, like, legal observers as well.
05:19And that finished around 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock.
05:23They were all gone by then.
05:24Tiffany?
05:25All right, Chris, thanks for that, and stay safe out there.
05:27From a historic Gaza peace deal to major White House announcements on foreign policy and family care,
05:34this week saw a host of updates from the Trump administration.
05:37NTD's Dana Wanahan has your White House Week in review.
05:43President Trump brokered a historic Gaza ceasefire and the release of all living Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.
05:49Thank you, Trump! Thank you, Trump! Thank you, Trump! Thank you, Trump! Thank you, Trump!
05:56Speaking to the Knesset, Trump shared an optimistic vision of the region, calling it the historic dawn of a new Middle East.
06:03This is not only the end of a war. This is the end of an age of terror and death and the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God.
06:14From Israel, Trump traveled to the Gaza peace summit in Egypt, signing the ceasefire agreement alongside Middle East leaders.
06:23We don't want to fund anything having to do with bloodshed, hatred, or terror.
06:28We're also agreed that Gaza's reconstruction requires that it be demilitarized.
06:34Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Trump to be the first non-Israeli recipient of Israel's highest honor.
06:41As to that other prize, just a question of time, you'll get it.
06:46But I want you to get the Israel Prize, our highest award, to our greatest friend.
06:52The Egyptian president also awarded President Trump the country's highest honor,
06:57and the Pakistani prime minister re-nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
07:02Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to Trump saying he didn't think his peace deal in the Middle East would be enough to get him into heaven.
07:10You're doing God's work here.
07:12You've made peace in the Middle East, which is beyond anybody's imagination.
07:18This administration has not stopped working for the American people.
07:23President Trump rushed back to America to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
07:30I would not have missed this moment for anything in the world.
07:34Now I can say with confidence, Mr. President, that you have given him the best birthday gift he could ever have.
07:42President Trump this week also signed a proclamation declaring October 14th as the National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk.
07:51Remember Charlie, on the patio.
07:54He could sit there all night long listening to this.
07:58President Trump said on Thursday that costs of in vitro fertilization medications and treatment will be slashed.
08:06EMD Serrano, the largest fertility drug manufacturer in the world, has agreed to provide massive discounts to all fertility drugs.
08:15Trump also said the administration would expand access to insurance coverage for fertility care, allowing employers to offer a standalone fertility benefit.
08:24Thank you for all you do to support families in this country.
08:28Following a two-hour call, President Trump said he and Russia's Vladimir Putin will meet in Hungary in the coming weeks to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
08:38I thought it was a very good phone call. I thought it was very productive.
08:41The call came just a day before Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House to talk about possible U.S. missile support.
08:49This is a terrible relationship, the two of them have, and it's one of those things.
08:55Trump said he's approved covert CIA actions inside Venezuela against what he calls a narco state run by President Nicolas Maduro.
09:03We have a lot of drugs coming in from Venezuela, and a lot of the Venezuelan drugs come in through the sea.
09:09Senator Jean Shaheen accused the administration of sliding the U.S. closer to outright conflict with no transparency or oversight.
09:17And for the 10th time, the Senate rejected a House-approved stopgap spending bill as the government shutdown drags on with no resolution in sight.
09:25Daniel Monaghan, NTD News.
09:28On Capitol Hill, lawmakers left Washington after a short week and a 10th failed vote to reopen the government.
09:34Republican leadership offered Democrats a vote on their health care demands, but said that Democrats rejected their offer.
09:40Here's NTD's Melina Weisskup with a weekly recap from Capitol Hill.
09:44Republicans say their latest attempt to move the needle on ending the government shutdown was shot down by Senate Democrats this week.
09:52Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he offered Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer a vote on Obamacare subsidies.
09:58Remember, that is one of the main issues that Democrats want addressed in this shutdown showdown.
10:03The Republicans say Democrats rejected it, instead insisting a guaranteed outcome.
10:08I said none of us can guarantee an outcome on that.
10:12I have said consistently all along, this is part of the deliberative process.
10:17We're going to debate and discuss that.
10:18It's a very complicated, complex matter.
10:21There are no income caps on that.
10:22By the way, did you know if you're a hardworking taxpayer, middle-class earner, and your family's struggling to put food on the table,
10:29did you know that you were subsidizing wealthy people's health care with that subsidy?
10:32You probably didn't.
10:33Schumer, though, outright denied the existence of any such offer.
10:37We're not negotiating in public, plain and simple.
10:41And Leader Thune has not come to me with any proposal at this point.
10:46The back and forth comes as the government shutdown drags on for three weeks.
10:50Both sides still locked in to their positions.
10:53These threats to try to back us off our position, it's not working and it's not going to happen
11:02because there is a Republican health care crisis that is devastating the American people.
11:07And we're going to continue to stand up for everyday Americans.
11:11They're holding the American people hostage, using you as leverage to demand more wasteful spending.
11:20That's what they want.
11:21To the tune of $1.5 trillion of that.
11:23Senators left town on Thursday after the 10th failed vote to fund the government.
11:28Republicans attempted a new strategy to carry on with the regular funding process during the shutdown.
11:33They put forth a full-year Pentagon funding bill.
11:36Senate Democrats tanked it, too.
11:38President, Democrats like to position themselves as the party of the little guy and the defender
11:44of hardworking Americans.
11:49But as this vote makes clear, who do Democrats really care about?
11:58Democrats.
11:59Senate Leader John Thune reportedly plans to force Democrats to vote next week on legislation
12:03to pay military service members during the shutdown.
12:06Meanwhile, Senate Democrats this week aim to stop the Trump administration's strikes on
12:11foreign terrorist organizations that are trafficking drugs in the South Caribbean Sea.
12:16Congress should demand to know what the evidence is that these boats are part of a cartel,
12:24some invading or hostile foreign adversary that would justify using the rules of law and war
12:33against these kinds of votes.
12:36The U.S. has conducted a total of six strikes so far,
12:39stopping approximately 100,000 lethal doses of drugs from being smuggled into the U.S.
12:45The drug epidemic in this country has not gotten any better.
12:48The cartels have only gotten more powerful.
12:50So the president is taking these unprecedented steps, and it's making a real impact.
12:53We are seeing less boats with lots of drugs coming into the shores of the United States of America
12:59as a result of these successful strikes, and I think the American people can expect them to continue.
13:03The Senate will soon vote on a Democrat resolution to stop the administration from continuing the strikes
13:09against foreign terrorist organizations.
13:11In the past month, similar attempts have failed both in the House and in the Senate.
13:15Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskup, NTD News.
13:18The Louvre Museum in Paris was robbed this morning.
13:22Thieves made off with several priceless jewels in what officials call a highly professional operation.
13:28NTD International correspondent David DuVest reports from Paris.
13:32Authorities are still investigating on the robbery that occurred on Sunday, 9.30 a.m.
13:38Here's what police and media reports say about how it happened.
13:41The thieves first secured the area with traffic cones before climbing up in a basket.
13:46Once they reached the first floor, they used an angle grinder to cut through a window and entered the Apollo Gallery.
13:53Their target was the museum's most valuable pieces, two display cases holding Napoleon's jewels and the jewels of the sovereigns.
14:02This matched the cases and triggered an alarm at 9.37 a.m.
14:06Between 5 and 10 items were stolen, including ruches, tiaras and necklaces, which the Interior Ministry described as priceless.
14:14The entire operation lasted less than four minutes before the suspect escaped on a motorbike on this street.
14:21Investigators believe it was a highly professional hit, right here in one of the most guarded museums in the world.
14:27President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X that the thieves would be brought to justice
14:31and that every effort would be made to recover the stolen pieces.
14:35France's Interior Minister said a specialized police unit with a strong track record
14:39in solving high-profile robberies has been assigned to investigate the heist.
14:44We have to say that these are professionals.
14:48Organized crime today targets objects of art and museums, of course, have become targets
14:53because France, as you know, is a country of heritage,
14:56a country with historical objects of heritage with great value.
15:00The theft is likely to raise questions about security at the museum.
15:04Earlier this year, the Louvre requested urgent help from the French government
15:08to renovate its aging halls and better protect its collections.
15:12The theft has sparked outrage on social media, seen as a blow to French morale.
15:16National rally leader Marine Le Pen called it a want to the French soul,
15:20adding that museums and historic sites in France are not secured to the level of the threat they face.
15:25David Dives, NTD News, Paris.
15:27There have been rising tensions with Venezuela.
15:31President Trump is now also sending a warning toward neighboring Colombia.
15:35This as military strikes on drug-carrying vessels continue.
15:38NTD's international correspondent, Arian Pasdar, has the latest on the tensions in Latin America.
15:43Transportation of massive amounts of drugs.
15:47President Trump says he's working to crack down on illegal narcotics from South America
15:52that are making their way into the U.S.
15:54On Sunday, Trump accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being involved in the drug trafficking,
16:01alleging he has knowledge of drug fields in Colombia.
16:05Trump says Petro, quote,
16:06better close up those killing fields immediately,
16:09or the United States will close them up for him, and it won't be done nicely.
16:13Trump also immediately halted all subsidy payments to Colombia.
16:17This comes after the U.S. military on Thursday struck another Venezuelan drug-carrying submarine on its way to the U.S.
16:24This was the sixth such attack since September, bringing the reported death toll to 28.
16:30In previous attacks, the strikes killed all people on board,
16:33which Trump justified on Thursday,
16:35saying the traffickers are responsible for thousands of drug-related deaths in the U.S.
16:40This was not an innocent group of people.
16:43I don't know too many people that have submarines.
16:46And that was an attack on a drug-carrying, loaded-up submarine.
16:52But as it later turned out, Thursday's attack was the first one with reported survivors.
16:57On Saturday, President Trump announced two traffickers had died,
17:01while two others survived,
17:03writing the two surviving terrorists are being returned to their countries of origin,
17:07Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution.
17:11But peace between Venezuela and the U.S. might be in sight.
17:15Venezuela's socialist leader, Nicolas Maduro,
17:18reportedly offered Trump all of Venezuela's resources in exchange for a stop in the attacks.
17:23Here's how Trump responded when asked if Maduro really made that offer.
17:28He has offered everything. He's offered everything. You're right.
17:32You know why? Because he doesn't want to f*** around with the United States.
17:37So far, Trump has not indicated whether he would accept or even consider the offer.
17:42Arian Pasdar, NTD News.
17:44Coming up, the Gaza peace deal hanging by a thread as Israel launches strikes into Gaza,
17:51saying the Hamas terrorist group violated the ceasefire agreement.
17:54Two geopolitical analysts join us to unpack what's next for the region.
17:59And is human connection suffering in the digital age?
18:02An expert zooms in on the challenges of social connection
18:05and shares tips for building confidence in the dating scene.
18:08That and more after this quick break.
18:14Welcome back. I'm Tiffany Meyer.
18:21Uncertainty in the Middle East as the Israeli military launches strikes into Gaza,
18:25saying that Hamas terrorist group violated the ceasefire agreement.
18:29The IDF says Hamas fired an anti-tank missile at Israeli forces operating in the Rafah area
18:34and that Israel responded.
18:37Joining us now to unpack it all are two guests,
18:39David Wormser, Middle East affairs analyst at the Center for Security Policy,
18:42and Brandon Weikert, geopolitical analyst and author of The Shadow War, Iran's Quest for Supremacy.
18:48Thank you both so much for joining us.
18:50Now, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said while Israel will take strong action
18:54against any violations of the ceasefire, his office did not threaten to return to war.
19:00David, first, what do these latest strikes signal to you?
19:04Is the peace deal off?
19:06No, the peace deal isn't off yet.
19:10Clearly, Hamas does not accept the terms of the peace deal,
19:13even though they accepted the terms of the peace deal.
19:16They are a nazal.
19:18One of its main heads said today they won't disarm,
19:21they won't give up security control,
19:23and they really only want about a three-year hudna or ceasefire
19:27until they're strong enough to attack Israel again.
19:29Those are his words.
19:30And we see it in action today as we've seen a lot of violence against Palestinians
19:34by the Hamas movement to try to stay in power and destroy their opposition.
19:42But then today we saw, of course, three attacks almost simultaneously against Israeli forces,
19:49the worst of which claimed two Israeli soldiers' lives.
19:52So it's hanging by a thread, and it's hanging by a thread because Hamas does not seem to really accept the terms of the ceasefire,
19:59even though, as I said, about a week ago they did.
20:02So that really tells you where it's likely going,
20:06and that's a big challenge for the United States and Israel.
20:09But the peace deal is not off yet.
20:10The Israelis said they're not going to walk out.
20:13The ceasefire is still holding in their mind, despite a strong—
20:17and they expect now the third parties to intervene to force Hamas back into compliance.
20:23So there's still some hope for that, as dim as it may be.
20:26And, Brandon, your thoughts on all of this?
20:29Well, the official narrative is not adding up any more—
20:33excuse me, any more than the—anything else with this conflict.
20:37The official narrative is, as David has described,
20:40and that is what's being reported for most of the media.
20:43But I'm hearing that that is not, in fact, what happened,
20:46and that at least in one of these instances,
20:49the Israelis are exaggerating what did happen
20:53to try to create this, you know, incident
20:57that will trigger a break in the ceasefire,
21:00or at least that was the intent.
21:02It does seem that the Trump administration—
21:04because I was following the story all day—
21:07there is—the Trump administration has been very keen on tracking this story,
21:11and they are aware of exactly what happened.
21:15And the reason that the Israelis and Hamas
21:18are both apparently going back to their neutral corners
21:21is because the Trump administration indicated to both parties
21:24they are aware of what's happening,
21:27and the official narrative that's being spun
21:29is obviously not accurate,
21:32because if it were, the Trump administration has already indicated
21:35if Hamas breaks a ceasefire in any way,
21:38they will fully back the Israelis in restarting the hostilities.
21:43So the fact that this isn't going on
21:45is indicative that there's more to the story than we're being told.
21:49I'm being told in one of the cases in Rafah,
21:53basically there were some Israelis
21:56who ran over an improvised explosive device
21:59that may have been sitting there in the rubble for weeks and months.
22:02So we won't know, obviously,
22:05but obviously the fact that the Israelis are standing down,
22:09Hamas is standing down,
22:11the Trump administration is not generating some kind of retaliation
22:16is indicative that this is not what it seems to be.
22:20Now, David, I know you want to jump in right there,
22:22but first, amid these reports of violence in Gaza,
22:25the U.S. State Department did issue a notice saying,
22:27in part, if Hamas violates the ceasefire,
22:29whether U.S. and other guarantors of peace agreement would respond.
22:33Hamas, meanwhile, of course, says the allegations are false.
22:35Given that, where do we stand in terms of the peace deal?
22:38What can we expect next?
22:41Well, again, despite what Brandon said,
22:43this was clearly an attack by Hamas.
22:45There's evidence of it.
22:47I don't know.
22:47He's using Hamas propaganda here,
22:50and it comes from corrupt minutes,
22:51which is not a lot of something.
22:53Oh, David, David, David, David, we're going to stop right there.
22:54I'm not spreading Hamas propaganda.
22:56This is being reported by the American conservative,
22:59which is a publication I work for as well.
23:02We are not Hamas propaganda.
23:03Kurt Mills, yes.
23:04That is a very low blow for the guy who spread Iraqi WMD lies.
23:08I would really be careful with how we're going to describe me
23:12as being an apologist for Hamas, which I am not,
23:15and I resent that implication.
23:17So let's reset the conversation and keep it civil, please.
23:21Kurt Mills used Hamas lies.
23:23And there are films of this.
23:26It was an airborne device.
23:28Two Israeli soldiers are dead.
23:30There were snipers that were simultaneously attacking.
23:34It's kind of pretty clear.
23:36But at any rate, bottom line is, from what I can tell,
23:41the Israelis want to keep the lid on this right now,
23:44not because of necessarily it wasn't what Kurt Mills says it is
23:50or what Brendan says it is, but simply because they have a visitor tomorrow,
23:55the vice president.
23:57And the vice president is trying to figure out how to move this now forward
24:02and not collapse.
24:04So the Israelis want to make sure that they're going to be there
24:07and not be the ones that make it collapse.
24:10Hamas, on the other hand, has already said
24:12it doesn't accept the 20-point plan anymore
24:14because it says very clearly it will not disarm
24:18and it will not give up power.
24:20And, Brandon, in terms of Hamas,
24:22the terror group is flouting the agreement.
24:25President Trump's saying earlier this week
24:26that if Hamas doesn't disarm, we will disarm them,
24:29adding it won't be U.S. troops, though.
24:31What would disarming Hamas look like?
24:33Who would do the disarm?
24:34Well, the president already said what would happen
24:36is that we would, he said, through a proxy,
24:39which means Israel, through a proxy, we would disarm them,
24:43which means that we would continue with supplying Israel
24:47with the weapons they would require
24:49to conceivably accomplish this mission.
24:52But, again, I reiterate the fact that this has not escalated
24:57into what the expectation would have been,
25:01which is that if Hamas fully broke this thing,
25:05then the Israelis would have had all the impetus they needed
25:08to initiate hostilities, free and clear.
25:10The fact of the matter is that has not happened here,
25:13which indicates there is more to the story
25:15than what we are being told,
25:17and that is the key element here.
25:19I'm not saying Hamas isn't going to break it.
25:22I've been very clear for years.
25:24Hamas is a terrorist organization.
25:26They are not to be trusted.
25:28But in this specific instance,
25:29there is more going on on the ground
25:32than we are aware of.
25:33It is a fluid situation.
25:35We are all trying to get information.
25:37Some of it is conflicting.
25:38But the official narrative does not seem to be adding up
25:41because otherwise we would be ending this deal
25:45and the Israelis would be allowed to continue on
25:47with the original mission,
25:49which was to basically secure Gaza more permanently.
25:53And the fact is that's not happening,
25:54which indicates there's more going on.
25:56And Brandon, staying with you quickly,
25:59taking a step back here,
26:00given the history in the region,
26:01it does seem a lasting peace
26:03is extremely difficult to achieve.
26:05In your view, what would it take
26:07to get to that lasting peace in the region?
26:09What would need to change for that to be possible?
26:12Well, I think that you have two very radical groups
26:15running to, well, Israel, a country,
26:18and then Palestine, a Gaza,
26:20whatever you want to call it, a territory.
26:22You have Islamists in Hamas who are headchoppers
26:26and they're not really interested
26:27in whatever they say they're interested in.
26:30But you also have a Zionist element
26:32that is very much looking for ways
26:34to get out of having to comport with this deal.
26:38So you have two very radical groups.
26:40I think in a perfect world,
26:41there would be an election
26:42that would remove the current government in Israel
26:47and replace it with a more amicable one toward peace.
26:50And then we could hopefully pressure Hamas
26:53to, if not disarm,
26:56then certainly to create a coalition government,
26:59for lack of a better term, in Gaza.
27:02But right now, it seems like we're
27:04in a bit of a frozen conflict.
27:07Everybody's waiting to basically reopen hostilities.
27:11My only hope here, Tiffany,
27:12is that Uncle Sam is not stuck
27:14in the middle of these two forces.
27:16It is not in America's interest
27:18to resolve this conflict.
27:19I have been saying for years,
27:22and this is probably where I disagree
27:23with some of my friends
27:24at the American Conservative,
27:26I want us out of this conflict entirely
27:28and let the locals figure out their own mess.
27:30This is not our problem, in my personal opinion.
27:33And so that is the perfect world for me,
27:36is we can focus on more important strategic matters.
27:39But this is the issue.
27:41And I do not believe, though,
27:42that the ceasefire will lead to a full peace.
27:46I just don't think that's possible.
27:47And I've said that before in your program.
27:49And David, your thoughts on how we would even be able
27:52to achieve that lasting peace in the region?
27:56Well, you have the problem of Qatar and Turkey
27:59being run by the Muslim Brotherhood,
28:02which are really supportive,
28:04if not sponsoring Hamas.
28:06So their involvement is a problematic involvement.
28:09For the moment, they were scared by Israel's behavior
28:12by striking Doha, and they backed down.
28:15So, and that was what led them to rein in Hamas
28:19enough to get to the deal we already have.
28:22But going forward, I think the real deal
28:24is a little further south.
28:26It's with the Saudis and the UAE,
28:28who don't have a particular love affair
28:30with Qatar or Turkey.
28:31In fact, they see them as a great strategic threat.
28:35And the Israelis are drawing very close to them.
28:37By the way, Qatar, sorry, Saudi Arabia and UAE
28:40have already criticized Qatar and Turkey
28:45for their involvement with Hamas
28:48and said very clearly Hamas is responsible.
28:52But at any rate, bottom line is,
28:54I think there's a path to peace
28:55and a more southern route
28:57with the expansion of the Abraham Accords.
29:00But I wouldn't count Qatar and Turkey
29:02to be all that involved
29:03because they have a strategic interest
29:05in sabotaging that to some extent.
29:07But they won't be able to.
29:09At the end of the day,
29:09I think the interests with Saudi Arabia
29:12and the UAE and Israel together
29:13are too tight to avoid the long-term evolution
29:17of some sort of expansion of the Abraham Accords
29:20to include Saudi Arabia.
29:22A lot to watch for sure here.
29:24David Worms, Urbana Weikert,
29:26we are out of time.
29:26So thank you both so much for joining us.
29:28You're welcome.
29:29Coming up is human connection suffering
29:33in the digital age.
29:34An expert zooms in on the challenges
29:36of social connection
29:37and shares tips for building confidence
29:39in the dating scene.
29:41And home kitchens in Washington state
29:43become bakeries
29:44where volunteers churn out loaves of bread
29:46for people in need.
29:48See them in action in just a minute
29:49right after this quick break.
29:59Welcome back.
30:02I'm Tiffany Meyer.
30:03Tech experts are calling for caution
30:05as they see an expanding AI investment bubble.
30:07They say it's reminding them
30:09of the 90s dot-com bubble
30:10in the 2008 real estate crash.
30:13Some experts are saying an AI bubble
30:15could cause a financial crisis
30:17much worse than previous ones.
30:19Julian Guerin from Macro Strategy Partnership
30:21told CNN he sees AI as not delivering
30:24the potential that was predicted.
30:27He added it's not growing on the same scale
30:29as the money and hype flowing into it.
30:31Bill Smeet of Smeet Capital Management
30:33told Yahoo the signs are all pointing
30:35towards an AI bubble.
30:37He says the extremely high valuations
30:39of AI companies are not tied
30:41to the reality of their potential
30:43to deliver innovation.
30:45He predicts AI stocks
30:46will start quickly dumping down in value.
30:49Smeet is also pointing to AI companies
30:51that are investing in other AI companies.
30:54It creates the illusion
30:55that the industry is growing.
30:57Yahoo reports that experts saw
30:59something similar happening
31:00in the dot-com bubble era.
31:02According to CNN,
31:03there haven't been significant developments
31:05in AI technology
31:07since ChatGPT4 came out
31:09in the first part of 2023.
31:12As dating goes digital,
31:14many say real connection
31:15is getting harder to find.
31:17What's behind the struggle
31:18to form lasting relationships?
31:20In this preview episode
31:21of Vital Signs,
31:22hypnotherapist Jeffrey Rose
31:24sits down with Brandon Fallon
31:25to reveal the psychology of attraction
31:27and how hypnosis can help build
31:30dating confidence.
31:31Romantic love,
31:34life's sweet reward.
31:38But not always.
31:40For many,
31:41pursuing romance
31:42has left them
31:42with a bitter aftertaste
31:44of rejection.
31:45Oh my goodness!
31:47That's assuming
31:48they weren't too overwhelmed
31:49by insecurity
31:50to approach
31:51their desired partner
31:52in the first place.
31:54What if it were possible, though,
31:56to unravel the knots
31:57of self-doubt
31:58and lessen the sting
31:59of past rejections
32:00so as to go forth
32:01boldly and deftly
32:03into the relationship arena?
32:05My guest today,
32:06Jeffrey Rose,
32:07says that it is possible
32:08through
32:09hypnosis.
32:12Jeffrey is a decades-seasoned
32:14hypnotherapist
32:15and director
32:16of the Advanced
32:17Hypnosis Center
32:18in New York.
32:19His hypnotherapy interventions
32:20extend to weight loss,
32:22sleep improvement,
32:23addiction recovery,
32:24and boosting
32:25dating confidence.
32:26Today,
32:27he'll reveal
32:28hypnosis techniques
32:29to ease the stress
32:30of first contact
32:32and first date
32:33with your person of interest.
32:35He'll reveal
32:35the prime difference
32:36in what women
32:37versus men
32:38are looking for
32:39in a partner.
32:40And we'll explore
32:41whether you really
32:42can persuade
32:43the person you admire
32:44to admire you.
32:46The answer
32:46will surprise you.
32:48Welcome to Vital Signs
32:49where we learn
32:50how to get healthier
32:50from all angles,
32:51from the biochemical
32:52and nutritional
32:53to the things we do
32:54that nourish
32:55our minds
32:55and our souls.
32:56I'm Brendan Fallon.
33:00Jeffrey,
33:00wonderful to have you
33:01join us on Vital Signs
33:02today.
33:03Great to be here.
33:04You're working
33:05in this area
33:05that is,
33:06I think,
33:06it's such a kind
33:08of pain point
33:08for people.
33:09In part,
33:10you're working
33:10in the relationship
33:11dating scene.
33:13We look at
33:14the current climate.
33:15We have these
33:15dating apps.
33:16The way that people
33:17communicate nowadays,
33:18it's not like
33:19a phone call.
33:19It's text message.
33:22Communication can be
33:23very cut and dry
33:24and quite brutal.
33:25I'm wondering,
33:26working in this setting,
33:28how have you seen
33:28the way that people
33:29connect with one another,
33:31how a man and woman
33:32will connect,
33:33change over recent decades?
33:36It's very interesting
33:37and very challenging
33:38because right now
33:40when you're meeting people,
33:41you're doing research
33:42on these people.
33:43You're doing a Google search,
33:44going to LinkedIn.
33:45You're looking at
33:46all their social media.
33:47So you're getting
33:47like a dossier
33:48on an individual
33:49that you're considering
33:50as a possible mate.
33:52Okay?
33:52And unless someone's
33:54going to be coveting
33:54that information,
33:56you're an open book.
33:57And that makes it interesting
33:58as opposed to the old school
34:00where you go out
34:02to a club
34:03or you go out
34:03to a restaurant
34:04or you meet
34:05a person in a park
34:06and you strike up
34:07a conversation.
34:08You get to know
34:08that person.
34:09It takes a couple of dates
34:10to learn about
34:11their preferences,
34:12their interests,
34:13what they like to travel,
34:15what kind of music
34:15they listen to.
34:16We don't have that now.
34:17So we already have
34:18like the basic info
34:20and then we need
34:22to expand on that
34:23and try to connect.
34:24I mean,
34:25I'm talking about old school,
34:26but if you really think
34:27about old school,
34:28you wouldn't be living
34:29in clans of 250 people.
34:31Everybody knew each other.
34:33We were comfortable together.
34:34We were dancing
34:35and chanting
34:35and hunting together,
34:37eating our meals together.
34:39And we would feel comfortable.
34:41We would know everybody
34:42as an extension of us.
34:43We wouldn't be intimidated
34:44about having to talk
34:46to somebody
34:46because we're all
34:47on the same team
34:48or all together.
34:49So it could be
34:50very intimidating
34:51for a man especially
34:52to approach a woman
34:54and be expected
34:55to get some rejection there.
34:57I think rejection
34:58is a real core aspect
35:00of the human condition
35:01and we were rejected
35:02in various ways,
35:03often from an early age.
35:05This might be
35:05the hardest thing
35:06that someone wanting
35:07to start a relationship
35:09has to deal with.
35:10How can you kind of
35:11turn that experience
35:12of rejection,
35:13such a raw experience,
35:15into a positive
35:15for someone
35:16so that they're not
35:17so jaded perhaps
35:19or so affected
35:19as they try
35:20to get out there
35:21and meet someone?
35:22Well, in doing hypnotherapy,
35:24I'm working on the core
35:25of an individual's,
35:26their self-esteem
35:27so they can feel
35:28more comfortable
35:28and positive
35:29about themselves
35:30and love
35:31and appreciate themselves
35:32and find greater worth
35:33in who they are
35:33so that if someone
35:34rejects them,
35:35which is just
35:36one way of framing things
35:38instead of just saying,
35:39next, I'll move on
35:40to somebody,
35:40you could just say,
35:41well, I guess
35:41that person's not for me
35:43or we're not a good fit
35:45and that's okay.
35:46To see that full interview
35:48and others
35:49on how to optimize health,
35:51go to ept.ms
35:53forward slash vital signs.
35:55Vital signs offers
35:56general health information
35:58not intended
35:59as medical diagnosis
36:00or advice.
36:01Please consult your doctor
36:02before undertaking
36:03a new health regimen.
36:06Next, Meta is rolling out
36:08new regulations
36:08to block inappropriate content
36:10from underage users.
36:11Among them,
36:12a new policy
36:13would allow parents
36:14more control
36:15over how their children
36:16chat with AI chatbots.
36:18Meta's Instagram
36:19announced this week
36:20that it will rate content
36:21with a tool similar
36:22to the parental guidance
36:23movie rating system.
36:25Users under age 18
36:26will automatically
36:27be subjected
36:28to this system.
36:29On top of that,
36:31parents will be able
36:31to block certain AI chatbots
36:33on their children's accounts.
36:35Parents will also get
36:36a briefing on what topics
36:37their children discussed
36:38with AI on the platform.
36:41Topics like self-haunter,
36:42harm, eating disorders,
36:43or adult content
36:44will be automatically blocked.
36:46The new policies came
36:48after media reports
36:49exposed Meta's chatbots
36:50were discussing
36:51inappropriate subjects
36:52with minors.
36:54The tech giant
36:54says the new rules
36:55will first roll out
36:56earlier next year
36:57in the U.S., U.K.,
36:59Canada, and Australia.
37:01Lost Voices of Fentanyl
37:03held its fifth annual rally
37:05in Washington, D.C.
37:06on Saturday.
37:06The non-profit seeks
37:08to raise awareness
37:09about the fentanyl epidemic
37:10and demand legislative actions.
37:13NTD's Sam Wong
37:14was at the rally
37:15to hear from
37:16the victims' families.
37:18At the backdrop
37:19of the Washington Monument,
37:21families from around
37:21the country gathered
37:22on Saturday
37:23to rally against
37:24an epidemic
37:25that's plaguing the nation.
37:26That's my son
37:27pushing the swing.
37:28Debbie Evans
37:29is just one among many
37:30who is struggling
37:31with heartbreak.
37:32After losing her son
37:33to fentanyl poisoning
37:34in 2020,
37:35she decided to raise awareness
37:37through her artistic talent.
37:39In a drawing titled
37:40Heaven's Playground,
37:41she depicted dozens
37:42of children
37:42who have passed away
37:43from fentanyl overdose,
37:45many of these tragic stories
37:46hitting too close to home.
37:50I've been over there
37:51crying most of the time
37:52listening to all their stories
37:54and I know a lot of them now
37:56because I've drawn
37:58all their children.
37:59I still wish my son
38:01was here.
38:01He promised me
38:04he'd never leave me.
38:06And some are turning
38:07sorrow into action.
38:09Jacob Howell's
38:09three-year-old son,
38:10Leo, died last year
38:11after being exposed
38:13to fentanyl
38:13while in his mother's care.
38:15He's now pushing
38:15for more guardrails
38:16to keep children safe,
38:18starting in his home
38:19state of Oklahoma
38:19with hopes of turning
38:21the effort into a federal law
38:22named after little Leo.
38:24I started working
38:24on a petition
38:25called Leo's Law
38:26that would actually
38:28require DHS
38:29to be testing parents
38:31for fentanyl
38:32if it's involved
38:32or suspected in a case.
38:34It could have saved Leo's life
38:35and it could save
38:36hundreds to thousands
38:37of other children
38:38in America.
38:40Today,
38:40most of the world's
38:41fentanyl precursors
38:42are manufactured in China.
38:44The deadly narcotic
38:45has led to a nationwide epidemic
38:46responsible for the death
38:48of hundreds of thousands
38:49of Americans.
38:50According to an investigation
38:51by the House Select Committee
38:52on the Chinese Communist Party,
38:54fentanyl manufacturing
38:55is an industry
38:56directly subsidized
38:57by the communist regime.
38:58The China Select Committee,
39:00Democrat,
39:01Republicans alike,
39:03announced to the world
39:04that China
39:05was deliberately
39:06poisoning us.
39:07We are the targeted nation,
39:10America.
39:11They wanted to
39:11stabilize our country.
39:13Are we going to have
39:13a military
39:14in another 10 years
39:15going at this rate?
39:17Tackling the fentanyl epidemic
39:18has long been on the radar
39:19of the Trump administration,
39:21from striking drug boats
39:22off the coast of Venezuela
39:23to designating cartels
39:25as foreign terrorist organizations.
39:26So when people in this world
39:28start talking about
39:30why are we going after
39:32these drug boats,
39:33why are we bombing
39:34and using kinetic strikes,
39:36because look at these babies
39:37we've never had
39:38in the history of this country,
39:39babies dying.
39:41This is what it's about.
39:42So the people that have
39:43a problem with the aggressiveness
39:45of President Trump
39:46and his administration,
39:47why don't you pay attention
39:48to what's going on?
39:49We're losing a generation.
39:51Sam Wang, NTD News,
39:53Washington, D.C.
39:54Coming up,
39:56home kitchens
39:56in Washington state
39:57become bakeries
39:58where volunteers
39:59turn out loaves of bread
40:01for people in need.
40:03And the powerful gods
40:04of ancient Egypt
40:05are having a get-together
40:06at New York's
40:07Metropolitan Museum.
40:08Find out how ancient Egyptians
40:09solved life's mysteries
40:11through gods and goddesses.
40:13That and more
40:13in just a minute
40:14after this quick break.
40:15Welcome back.
40:26I'm Tiffany Meyer.
40:27The first hydrogen-powered race cars
40:28are hitting the track
40:29in Saudi Arabia.
40:30The Xtreme-H off-road series
40:32kicks off with the latest advances
40:34in hydrogen fuel cell technology.
40:36Cars known as Pioneer 25
40:38generate electricity
40:39by combining hydrogen
40:40with oxygen
40:41producing only water vapor
40:42as exhaust.
40:43Dream weather and wrecked terrain
40:44the series test
40:45not just the speed of these cars
40:47but their resilience
40:48and innovation.
40:49Each vehicle runs
40:50a mix of fuel cell system
40:51and high-performance batteries
40:53allowing them
40:53to maintain power
40:55through intense desert stages.
40:57Engineers have designed them
40:58to perform an extreme heat.
41:01The cars were developed
41:03as a next step up
41:04from the electric
41:04Extreme E-Series racers.
41:07The new cars carry
41:07hydrogen tanks
41:08that fuel a cell.
41:10It then converts
41:10hydrogen into electricity
41:12which powers the car's battery
41:13and dual electric motors.
41:15Drivers adjusting
41:16to the new machines
41:17say that while the hydrogen system
41:19charges the battery
41:20during operation
41:21the cars are much heavier
41:22than previous electric models.
41:25This means they have
41:26to be driven differently.
41:27There are only three
41:29hydrogen-powered cars
41:30available for average consumers
41:32to purchase.
41:33Toyota, Honda and Hyundai
41:34each make a hydrogen model
41:36but a drawback is
41:37that hydrogen fueling infrastructure
41:39has limited availability
41:40compared to gas
41:42and pure electric vehicles.
41:44Next, a roundup of antics
41:46perfect for the fall season.
41:47A humongous Halloween decoration
41:49escapes from home
41:50and one man claims
41:52the pound-for-pound pumpkin
41:53growing title.
41:54Plus, a haunting image
41:56wins photo of the year
41:57and a warning for pet owners.
41:59Watch.
42:00Take a look at the week we had.
42:02In Parma Heights, Ohio
42:03police pulled up on a pumpkin
42:05trying to flee.
42:06The festive fugitive
42:07rolled down the street
42:08before officers got their hands on it
42:10but this large jack-o-lantern
42:11wasn't going down easily.
42:13We're currently struggling
42:14with it right now.
42:16Police were finally able
42:17to wrangle and mostly deflate
42:18the Halloween decor,
42:19getting it into a patrol car.
42:21With the things safely secured,
42:23officers drove it home
42:23so it could go on display
42:24for the rest of the holiday.
42:26Two, three, four, six!
42:29Check out the new pound-for-pound
42:31pumpkin king.
42:32Brandon Dawson of Santa Rosa, California
42:34in his prize-winning gourd
42:35clocked in at 2,346 pounds
42:38at the Safeway World Championship
42:40Pumpkin Weigh Off,
42:41taking the title
42:42by more than 300 pounds,
42:44earning that sweet pumpkin king ring.
42:46Plus, he gets more than $21,000
42:48in prize money
42:49or $9 per pound.
42:51Another prize winner,
42:53this haunting image
42:54of a brown hyena
42:55standing in front of an abandoned building
42:56in a former diamond mining town
42:58in Namibia.
42:59The pick beat out
43:00more than 60,000 entries
43:01to claim the 2025
43:03Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award.
43:05The annual contest celebrates
43:06the world's best nature photography
43:08and wildlife photojournalism.
43:11Brown hyenas are so rare,
43:12organizers say
43:13it took the South African photographer
43:14a full decade
43:15to capture one on camera.
43:18Here's wild video
43:19of a domesticated animal
43:21sparking trouble.
43:22The Chapel Hill Fire Department
43:23says the dog, Colton,
43:24gnawed on a lithium-ion battery
43:26until the thing burst into flames.
43:28He bit into it,
43:29and you can see it,
43:30you know, he's surprised by it,
43:31and then he's like,
43:32uh-oh, what did I do?
43:34They posted the video online
43:35to highlight the dangers
43:36of leaving those batteries unsecured.
43:38Other than a bit of a scare,
43:40Colton is perfectly okay.
43:41The house only suffered
43:42some smoke damage
43:43and a burned rug.
43:45Home kitchens in Washington state
43:47have become volunteer bakeries
43:48churning out loaves of bread.
43:50They're part of a project
43:51called Community Loaves
43:52that's working to get food
43:53to people in need.
43:55Take a look.
43:56Home baker Cheryl E. Walton
43:58has baked nearly 800 loaves
44:00of bread in just two years,
44:01not because she loves carbs,
44:03but to help her neighbors.
44:04Her oven creations
44:05become donations.
44:07I like Community Loaves
44:08because it's the opportunity
44:10for me to bake something
44:13and to share something
44:14with others in the community
44:17where they don't necessarily
44:20need to know who I am,
44:21but they know that there's
44:22a community that loves
44:23and cares for them.
44:24Former culinary school dean,
44:26Catherine Curley is the founder
44:27of Community Loaves.
44:29She started the organization
44:30in Seattle when the pandemic
44:31hit in 2020.
44:33I was home, displaced from my own work
44:36and love to bake.
44:39And just an idea sparked
44:40would it be possible for us
44:42to help from our home
44:43get important, valuable nutrition
44:46to our food banks.
44:48Since then, the initiative
44:49has grown into a network
44:50of nearly 900 volunteer bakers.
44:52They're spread out across Washington,
44:55Oregon, California, and Idaho.
44:57According to Curley,
44:58Community Loaves has already donated
45:00more than 220,000 loaves
45:02since its founding.
45:03It makes us feel like
45:05we're becoming a bit of a supplier
45:07to that emergency food system
45:09and it's all on volunteer power.
45:12Community Loaves expects
45:14to keep baking,
45:15filling bread baskets
45:16for families in need.
45:17Andrew Thomas, NTD News.
45:19Ancient Egypt arrives
45:21in the heart of Manhattan
45:22as the Metropolitan Museum
45:24unveils its latest exhibit,
45:26Divine Egypt.
45:27Over 200 artifacts
45:28showcase a profound role
45:30deities like Anubis and Ra
45:31had on ancient Egyptian life.
45:33The divine landscape
45:35of ancient Egypt
45:35is full of gods.
45:37Actually, some 1,500
45:39if you count all of them.
45:41This exhibition focuses
45:42on 25 of the main deities.
45:45Most of the exhibition
45:46is about life
45:47and that is what
45:49all of these deities
45:50were about.
45:51Even in overcoming death,
45:53it was about living forever.
45:55It was not about death.
45:58Nothing brings a crowd
45:59quite like ancient Egypt,
46:01according to Diana Craig Patch,
46:02the Met's curator
46:03of Egyptian art
46:04and crowds,
46:05have been packing in
46:06since the exhibit
46:06opened on October 12th.
46:08The exhibit Divine Egypt
46:10explores how the gods
46:11were envisioned
46:12not only in temples
46:13where only kings
46:14or priests could go,
46:15but in daily worship
46:17by ordinary people.
46:18Ancient Egyptian civilization
46:20lasted some 3,000 years
46:22from 3,300 B.C. onward.
46:24The show covers all periods
46:26and features over 200 works,
46:28from huge limestone statues
46:30to tiny golden figurines,
46:33140 from the Met's
46:34own collection
46:35and others lent
46:36by museums across the globe.
46:38According to Craig Patch,
46:39the Egyptians kept bringing
46:41in new gods
46:42or kept giving
46:43existing gods new roles.
46:44Research for the show
46:46was daunting.
46:47Ancient artists
46:47never signed
46:48or claimed their work.
46:50If you'd like to catch
46:51a glimpse of the gods
46:52for yourself,
46:53Divine Egypt is open now
46:55until January 19th
46:56next year.
46:58And that's all
46:59for today's news.
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47:04Thanks for tuning in.
47:05I'm Tiffany Meyer.
47:07Good night.
47:14was Kevin
47:15sentir
47:16a
47:16perfect
47:17ug
47:19and
47:19they're
47:20for today's
47:21motivation
47:22.
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