Shutdown begins as Trump, Hegseth look to combat ‘woke’ military culture: Unbiased Updates, Oct. 1, 2025

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00:00The clock hit midnight and the government hit a wall.

00:04Federal agencies are dark this morning with no deal in sight.

00:07Plus, shape up or ship out.

00:09The defense secretary tells top brass he wants warriors, not woke.

00:13And Simpharm raided.

00:15The Fed sees a massive network, powerful enough to text everyone in the nation in just minutes.

00:23The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.

00:28These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.

00:34Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.

00:36We begin this morning with the federal government officially shut down.

00:40Both Republican and Democratic proposals to keep the government running failed in the Senate,

00:45triggering a shutdown at 12.01 a.m., the first time in nearly seven years.

00:51Starting this morning, federal agencies will begin procedures to close.

00:54That means nearly 750,000 non-essential workers will be furloughed.

00:59Essential employees, such as TSA agents at airports and those funded through other sources,

01:04will stay on the job.

01:05But no one gets paid until Congress strikes a deal.

01:09Back pay will be issued later, whenever the shutdown ends.

01:12Blame is flying on both sides of the aisle.

01:14Republicans are plunging America into a shutdown, rejecting bipartisan talks, pushing a partisan

01:22bill, and risking America's health care.

01:26Worst of all.

01:27Chuck Schumer is forcing a government shutdown, regardless of the cost, regardless of the consequences

01:33to the American people.

01:35This truly is a Democrat-owned, Chuck Schumer-owned shutdown.

01:40Three Democrats did break ranks to support the Republican plan, but five more are needed

01:46to get to the 60 mark to pass it.

01:48The Senate is expected to try again today, voting on the same two bills that already failed.

01:53The Democratic plan would extend health care subsidies and reverse Medicaid cuts, while

01:58the GOP's proposal is a seven-week stopgap to buy time for bigger negotiations.

02:03It would keep the government running until November 21st.

02:06A powerful earthquake has devastated parts of the central Philippines.

02:11The 6.9-magnitude quake struck Tuesday night, sending shockwaves across Cebu province and

02:18sparking panic.

02:19CCTV caught buildings shaking, glass shattering, and people running for cover in restaurants

02:24and homes.

02:25The human misery is unbelievable.

02:27At least 69 people are dead, including victims crushed when a sports complex collapsed during

02:32a basketball game.

02:33Hundreds are injured.

02:34Some are still missing.

02:36Rescue crews are digging through the rubble, aided by dogs and search teams, as officials

02:41warn the death toll could rise.

02:43Aftermath images show collapsed buildings, cracked churches, body bags, even a shopping

02:48mall engulfed in flames.

02:50The quake cut power-damaged infrastructure and triggered more than 800 aftershocks.

02:56Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled a sweeping 10-point plan to rebuild the U.S. military.

03:02And President Trump took it a step further, floating the idea of using high-crime American

03:07cities as training grounds for the troops.

03:10The two laid out their vision at a rare meeting that brought hundreds of senior commanders from

03:14around the world to Quantico, Virginia.

03:17Hegseth lambasted prior administrations for promoting officers for the wrong reasons, including

03:22race, gender quotas, and historic firsts.

03:25Saying it's made the Pentagon, quote, less capable and less lethal.

03:29He said the new focus will be on a warrior ethos and peace through strength.

03:34No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses.

03:42No more climate change worship.

03:44No more division, distraction, or gender delusions.

03:48No more debris.

03:49Hegseth's plan rolls back grooming waivers, tightens fitness requirements.

03:54He even called fat troops a bad look and fat generals walking around the Pentagon embarrassing.

03:59The plan restores, quote, the highest male standard for combat jobs, regardless of gender.

04:06But when it comes to any job that requires physical power to perform in combat, those physical

04:11standards must be high and gender neutral.

04:14If women can make it, excellent.

04:17If not, it is what it is.

04:20If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it.

04:24President Trump then outlined his own controversial idea, sending troops into, quote,

04:29dangerous U.S. cities as part of their training, calling it a war from within.

04:34What they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they're very unsafe places.

04:42And we're going to straighten them out one by one.

04:44And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room.

04:48That's a war, too.

04:48It's a war from within.

04:50Critics sounded off on the speeches.

04:52Retired Major General Paul Eaton, a veteran of the Iraq war, told the New York Times, quote,

04:57Pete Hagseth spent millions to fly in all of our generals and admirals to rant about facial

05:03hair and brag about how many pull-ups he can do and have Donald Trump sleepwalk through

05:07a list of partisan gripes.

05:09President Trump is taking aim at America's sky-high drug prices, unveiling a sweeping deal

05:15with Pfizer that he says will slash costs for patients and taxpayers.

05:20The announcement came just hours before the government shut down and included a promise

05:24to deliver discounts through a new website called TrumpRx.

05:28Pfizer, one of the world's biggest drug makers, is now on board with Trump's most favored

05:33nation pricing plan, committing to match the lowest price offered in any developed country.

05:39These drugs will be available for direct purchase online at a website operated by the federal

05:44government.

05:45We're also announcing that moving forward, all new medications introduced by Pfizer to the

05:50American market will be sold at the reduced most favored nation costs.

05:55So we'll be paying essentially what other countries are paying, who have been much lower,

06:02much, much lower for many, many years.

06:04Pfizer says some drugs will be 50 percent cheaper through the site.

06:08And while Medicaid recipients could see state savings, most consumers won't see a price change

06:13until 2026 when the site goes live.

06:15The deal also includes a $70 billion U.S. investment from Pfizer in exchange for a three-year

06:21tariff reprieve.

06:23Trump's goal?

06:23To pressure other pharma giants to follow suit or face the consequences.

06:28A big win for pro-Palestinian students and a sharp slap at President Trump.

06:34A federal judge in Massachusetts says the Trump administration violated the First Amendment

06:39by targeting pro-Palestinian international students for deportation solely because of

06:45their activism on American campuses.

06:47Judge William Young accused the administration of trying to strike fear into students and

06:52called the policy a, quote, truly scandalous and unconstitutional suppression of free speech.

06:57He said Homeland Security continued to illegally chill speech, singling out non-citizen

07:04Palestinian supporters for retribution.

07:06The Trump administration, though, is not backing down.

07:10A State Department spokesperson said the U.S. has, quote, no obligation to let foreign nationals

07:15commit acts of anti-American, pro-terrorist, or anti-Semitic hate, and said it will continue

07:20to revoke visas for those deemed a threat.

07:23And this is alarming.

07:24Listen to this.

07:25Federal agents have uncovered another 200,000 SIM cards tied to a massive communications network

07:32in the New York tri-state area.

07:34A network so powerful, officials say it could have knocked out cell towers and jammed emergency

07:40services.

07:41CBS News reports Homeland Security agents made the latest discovery at a site in New Jersey

07:46just days after the Secret Service exposed a sprawling SIM farm linked to Chinese actors

07:52and organized crime.

07:53The earlier bust recovered more than 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers capable of blasting,

08:00get this, 30 million messages per minute, enough to text every phone in the U.S. within 12

08:06minutes.

08:07Officials tell CBS no arrests have been made, but the encrypted network was used by foreign

08:12governments, drug cartels, and human trafficking rings.

08:15It would be unwise to think that there's not other networks out there being made in other

08:22cities in the United States, and that's going to be part of our investigation.

08:24We're going to run down every single lead.

08:26Every SIM card is now being combed through for calls, texts, even search history, each

08:32one holding the data footprint of a full cell phone.

08:35Finally this morning, a furry folk hero has claimed victory in Alaska's beloved Fat Bear

08:41Week.

08:41After three years as the runner-up Bear 32, a.k.a.

08:45Chunk, you see him there, is the king of the Katmai, weighing in at a whopping 1,200 pounds.

08:52With a battle-scarred snout and a jaw that has seen better days, Chunk beat out a dozen

08:56other jumbo-sized contenders to win the crown.

09:00Lots of eating there.

09:01These guys have the life.

09:02Second place went to Bear 856, who may not have a catchy nickname, but put up a big fight.

09:08Still in a contest where the goal is to get massive, these bulky beasts have packed on

09:13enough pounds to snooze through Alaska's long, dark winter, dreaming no doubt of next year's

09:19rematch.

09:20All right, so here's the question this morning.

09:21It's October 1st, right?

09:23If you could have like a Thanksgiving dinner, you know, a really big meal, and that nap afterwards,

09:28fall asleep, and wake up in mid-March when it's, well, just about springtime, would you

09:34do it?

09:34Bypassing winter?

09:36Think about it.

09:37That's this morning's, or what I call, the hibernation hypothesis.

09:41All right, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.

09:45At 10, Pope Leo takes the stage at the Vatican Climate Summit with Arnold Schwarzenegger and

09:50hundreds of global leaders.

09:52Also at 10, GOP leadership holds a press conference, followed by House Democrats at 1115.

09:58At 1, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt holds a briefing.

10:02Then at 430, President Trump is set to sign a new round of executive orders.

10:06Details still under wraps.

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10:17Those here are unbiased updates for this Wednesday.

10:19We'll see you back here tomorrow.

10:20For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DiGrelli.

10:23Have a great day.

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