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An explosion at Harvard Medical School early Saturday morning. Police release photos of two suspects after two individuals were seen fleeing the scene.
The Trump administration says payments of food aid benefits might continue by Wednesday. NTD's Arian Pasdar has more on the Treasury's effort to continue the food stamps program and to reopen the government.
Despite it being an off year, there's a lot on the line in Tuesday's election. An investigator and a city council candidate joins us to unpack the crucial races in New York City and Virginia.
Are green vegetables and natural grains really as healthy as we think? A physician explains the perks of a meat-based diet in our preview of Vital Signs.
And, celebrations in Egypt's capital mark opening day for the Grand Egyptian Museum. Details on the billion-dollar project, and why the Egyptian President says it marks 'new chapter' for the country.
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Are green vegetables and natural grains really as healthy as we think? A physician explains the perks of a meat-based diet in our preview of Vital Signs.
And, celebrations in Egypt's capital mark opening day for the Grand Egyptian Museum. Details on the billion-dollar project, and why the Egyptian President says it marks 'new chapter' for the country.
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00:00Welcome to NTD Evening News.
00:03Our top story tonight, an explosion at Harvard Medical School early Saturday morning.
00:08Police released photos of two suspects after two individuals were spotted fleeing the scene.
00:14The Trump administration says payments of food aid benefits might continue by Wednesday.
00:18NTD's Aryan Posdar has more on the Treasury's effort to continue the food stamps program and to reopen the government.
00:25Despite it being an off year, there's a lot on the line in Tuesday's election.
00:29An investigator and a city council candidate join us to unpack the crucial races in New York City and Virginia.
00:35Are green vegetables and natural grains really as healthy as we think?
00:40A physician explains the perks of a meat-based diet in our preview of Vital Signs.
00:45And celebrations in Egypt's capital mark opening day for the Grand Egyptian Museum,
00:50details on the billion-dollar project and why the Egyptian president says it marks a new chapter for the country.
00:59This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City.
01:13Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight.
01:16I'm Tiffany Meyer.
01:17Police have released photos of suspects after an explosion at Harvard University's medical school.
01:23Authorities have determined that the explosion was intentional.
01:27The Harvard Crimson says the explosion happened early Saturday at Harvard's Longwood Medical Campus.
01:33Harvard University police responded to a fire alarm just before 3 a.m.
01:37Authorities were unable to apprehend two individuals seen fleeing the building where the explosion took place.
01:43USA Today reported that the explosion occurred on the fourth floor of a campus building.
01:48The university released surveillance footage showing two suspects with hooded sweatshirts and ski masks.
01:54Meanwhile, Boston police and fire departments are helping with the investigation.
01:58And the FBI has also arrived to provide assistance.
02:02News Nation says no injuries were reported.
02:05Officers found no additional explosive devices after a sweep of the building.
02:10The Trump administration says food aid payments might continue by Wednesday.
02:14Yesterday, a court ordered the administration to continue the payments, pointing to air repairable harm without the benefits.
02:21NTD's Arian Ponsdar has the latest.
02:25The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, known as SNAP or food stamps, are meant to help low-income Americans.
02:33Food aid payments have been paused ever since the government shutdown after lawmakers couldn't agree on a funding bill to keep it running.
02:40A federal court in Rhode Island on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to resume full food stamp payments by Monday or partial payments by Wednesday.
02:50Treasury Secretary Scott Besson now says that payments might resume by Wednesday.
02:55But he's also calling on Democratic senators to join Republican colleagues in passing a continuing resolution and reopen the government.
03:03No, but there's a process that has to be followed, so we've got to figure out what the process is.
03:10President Trump wants to make sure that people get their food benefits.
03:13So it could be done by Wednesday?
03:15Could be.
03:16Okay.
03:16Could be.
03:17And five Democratic senators could cross the aisle and open the government by Wednesday.
03:22The House already passed a continuing resolution a few weeks ago, but the Senate has not been able to make progress.
03:29All Republicans and three Democrats have voted in support of the CR, but it needs five more Democrats to join in order for it to pass.
03:38Pennsylvania Senator John Featherman is one of the three Democrats who supports the bill, as he explained on Sunday.
03:45Fundamentally, I'm deeply, deeply distressing to know that 42 million Americans are going to lose their SNAP benefits.
03:51And now that's one of the big reasons why I refuse to shutting our government down.
03:55And again, I feel like the Democrats really need to own the shutdown.
04:00Some Americans who rely on SNAP benefits are now having a hard time trying to make ends meet.
04:07Now we have to choose either to feed ourselves or to pay the bills.
04:13Arian Pasdar, NTD News.
04:17The stalemate on Capitol Hill isn't letting up.
04:19It's prompted President Trump to call on lawmakers to invoke the so-called nuclear option to bypass votes from Democrats needed to reopen the government.
04:27NTD's Melina Weisskup brings us this week's recap from Washington, D.C.
04:32A month-long stalemate on Capitol Hill is on track to cause the longest government shutdown in history.
04:37Things are getting really tough for the American people.
04:40The Democrats are coming near now to a cliff that they will not be able to turn back from.
04:45Republicans are pushing for a clean bill to extend government funds while Democrats are insisting on their health care demands.
04:52The largest cut to Medicaid in American history, that's policy violence and the refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
05:00With the shutdown causing flight delays, major airlines are pressing Democrats to reopen the government.
05:06And then you strip away their pay and say continue going to your job every day and move 3 million passengers in 45,000 flights.
05:12It's completely unacceptable. The frustration level is at an all-time high. The anger is at level 10.
05:19Now President Trump is calling on Senate Republicans to bypass Democrats altogether.
05:24Trump wrote on Truth Social, it is now time for Republicans to play their Trump card and go for what's called the nuclear option.
05:31Get rid of the filibuster and get rid of it now.
05:34So we'd like to see this taken care of rapidly. You have a lot of, we have tremendous support, but it's not even support, it's common sense. Open up the country.
05:46Nixing the filibuster would end a rule that requires 60 votes to pass most legislation, but Republican leaders appear opposed.
05:54A federal judge has ordered the government to use emergency funds to keep benefits afloat during the shutdown.
06:01This is Congress's fault. So we, when it comes to SNAP, the only solution here is we need to appropriate the money.
06:08The judge's order comes after Republican leaders refused to vote on a standalone bill to fund benefits during the shutdown.
06:14It has Republican and Democratic support. It's a bill I'd happily support and vote for. And as soon as Thune would let Hawley put it on the House floor, it will pass. Plain and simple.
06:27Republicans, though, insist their funding bill already replenishes these funds.
06:32And we've tried to do that 13 times. And you voted no 13 times. This isn't a political game. These are real people's lives that we're talking about.
06:44Amid the shutdown, senators held a hearing this week probing big tech.
06:48Senators grilled executives from Google and Meta on why they censored posts about COVID-19 and election fraud.
06:55If anyone argues there's fraud, if anyone lays out claims, if anyone lays out evidence,
07:02the omnipotent Google in the sky will say, no, you stupid citizens, you don't get to hear this.
07:09We did feel pressure from the Biden administration to censor content related to COVID-19.
07:15The Biden administration did press us to take action with regard to certain COVID-19 information that they thought was should be taken down.
07:23Senator Ted Cruz plans to push legislation that will allow individuals to sue the government for censorship.
07:29Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskup, NTD News.
07:33Flight delays are frustrating passengers at major airports across the U.S.
07:39The government shutdown may be keeping more air traffic controllers home as they go without paychecks.
07:45Air travel site Flight to Wear has created a map to track constantly shifting flight delay and cancellation patterns across the U.S.
07:51The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday 80 percent of air traffic controllers in the New York City area were absent.
07:58The agency also said 30 of the busiest airports in the U.S. are struggling with staff shortages.
08:04ABC News reports that air traffic controllers are required to work for the duration of the shutdown.
08:09If they don't show up, the FAA is forced to reduce flights for safety reasons.
08:14Meanwhile, Transportation Safety Administration workers also aren't getting paid.
08:18The White House warns the issue could disrupt Thanksgiving travel.
08:22According to the Washington Post, delays could get worse, but they started during a slow period for air travel, and mild October weather has helped limit them.
08:31From high-stakes diplomacy in Asia to controversy over new nuclear tests and a festive Halloween at the White House,
08:37NTD's Dana Wanahan has your White House Week in review.
08:42President Trump was in Asia for most of the week, securing key deals and strengthening alliances.
08:47In Japan, Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanei Takeichi at the Royal Palace in Tokyo.
08:54The leader signed a landmark agreement on strategic investments, rare earths, and critical minerals.
08:59This will be a relationship that will be stronger than ever before, and I look forward to working with you.
09:05Then it was on to South Korea,
09:07where Trump was awarded South Korea's highest honor, the Grand Order of Mugung-hwa.
09:15I'd like to wear it right now.
09:20Thank you so much.
09:23Washington and Seoul agreed to cut tariffs on Korean autos and auto parts to 15%,
09:27while South Korea reaffirmed its $350 billion U.S. investment commitment.
09:33Trump wrapped up the trip with a meeting with Chinese Communist leader Xi Jinping.
09:37Trump agreed with Xi to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing, cracking down on the illicit fentanyl trade,
09:47resuming U.S. soybean purchases, and keeping rare earths exports flowing.
09:51I'll be going to China in April, and he'll be coming here sometime after that, whether it's in Florida, Palm Beach, or Washington, D.C.
10:05Before meeting Xi, Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin conducting nuclear weapons tests again.
10:11China has more than doubled the size of its arsenal to an estimated 600 nuclear weapons in 2025 from 300 weapons in 2020.
10:24The Arms Control Association criticized the move, saying the U.S. has no technical, military, or political reason
10:30to resume nuclear explosive testing for the first time since 1992.
10:35Nearly 20 alleged narco-terrorists were killed in multiple drug boat strikes this week.
10:39Senator Rand Paul criticized the action, saying,
10:43We've been presented with no evidence of a crime.
10:47And Halloween was in the air in D.C.
10:50President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump handed out candy to trick-or-treaters at the White House.
10:55President Trump, who once did a brief campaign stint as a McDonald's worker,
11:00greeted new drive-thru employees at the White House.
11:03The Pentagon has instructed all states and territories to form quick-reaction National Guard units by January.
11:10The forces must be trained and equipped to handle domestic riots and civil disturbances.
11:14President Trump ordered in August War Secretary Pete Hegseth to establish the specialized units.
11:19Daniel Monaghan, NTD News.
11:23Next, Washington and Beijing are planning to set up a military hotline for direct communications.
11:28That's according to U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
11:31The U.S. and China are among the world's top military powers.
11:34The two are also widely seen as major rivals.
11:37Hegseth posted on X last night, saying the decision followed a discussion with his counterpart,
11:42Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, on Friday.
11:44He added that more details will come out in future bilateral meetings.
11:48Hegseth said the communication channel would assist with, quote,
11:50de-conflicting and de-escalating any problems that arise.
11:54Yesterday, Hegseth met with a slew of his Asian counterparts, including Dong Jun in Malaysia.
11:59He raised concerns over what he described increasing Chinese aggressions in the South China Sea.
12:05Take a listen.
12:07China's provocative actions also demonstrate a lack of respect for your country's challenging
12:15and threatening territorial sockets.
12:18I will say I welcome the dialogue, obviously, both our president, President Trump, and Chairman Xi
12:25We have had, both myself and Dong Jun, our dialogue is important.
12:29But inside that dialogue, we are most importantly watching actions, watching actions very closely.
12:36We seek peace.
12:39We do not seek conflict.
12:41But we must ensure that China is not seeking to dominate you or anybody else.
12:47According to China's Defense Ministry press release on the recent talk with Hegseth,
12:50Beijing also agrees to enhance communications between the two countries' decision-making levels.
12:56The agreement extends to frontline troops as well.
12:59It's worth noting that China once again warned that the U.S. needs to oppose Taiwan's independence.
13:04It also threatened that Beijing is fully capable of retaliation, if necessary.
13:09Washington doesn't recognize Taiwan as an independent country, but also rejects China's claim over Taiwan.
13:16During the recent Trump-Xi talk in South Korea,
13:18Xi did not mention the Taiwan issue, which is a rarity during his tenure.
13:24President Trump is back in Washington after a week of diplomacy and deals in Asia.
13:29The president ended his tour in South Korea with a high-stakes meeting with Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping.
13:34Following that meeting, Trump said China will buy what he calls tremendous amounts of American soybeans.
13:40He also said the U.S. will reduce fentanyl-link tariffs on China,
13:44while Beijing pauses its planned rare-earth export controls.
13:47And today's Washington correspondent Murray Otsu brings us more from that meeting from Jiangsu, South Korea.
13:52We're going to be very strong at enforcing the fentanyl,
13:55everything having to do with fentanyl and regulations internally,
13:59including taking very strong measures against those that don't obey.
14:04President Trump is rolling back fentanyl-related tariffs on China
14:07as he leaves his first face-to-face meeting in six years with CCP leader Xi Jinping.
14:13It was 57, now it's 47, because I believe they are really taking strong action.
14:18Effective immediately, the 20 percent U.S. tariff on Chinese imports,
14:22imposed due to Beijing's failure to curb exports of fentanyl ingredients,
14:26is now reduced to 10 percent.
14:28And on talking China into buying more U.S. agriculture.
14:31Large amounts, tremendous amounts of the soybeans and other farm products
14:36are going to be purchased immediately, starting immediately.
14:38President Trump saying that she authorized China to start buying U.S. soybeans just before their meeting.
14:43I appreciate it, that was a very nice gesture.
14:46Meanwhile, President Trump declares the dispute with China over rare-earths settled.
14:50But all of the rare-earth has been settled, and that's for the world.
14:55I guess you could really say this was a worldwide situation, not just the U.S. situation.
15:00China, which has a near-monopoly on rare-earths, elements that play vital roles in cars, planes, and weapons,
15:06ramped up their export restrictions on these critical minerals earlier this month.
15:10In response, President Trump signed a flurry of deals with Indo-Pacific countries,
15:14including Japan, Malaysia, and Australia, to counter Beijing's market dominance.
15:18But after his meeting with Xi...
15:20There's no roadblock at all on rare-earth that will hopefully disappear from our vocabulary for a little while.
15:26The president says that this is part of a one-year agreement that will be negotiated every year.
15:31And minutes before his meeting with the Chinese regime leader,
15:34President Trump announces that he's directed the Department of War
15:37to immediately start testing the United States' nuclear weapons on a, quote,
15:42equal basis with other countries, specifically citing China and Russia.
15:46They seem to all be nuclear testing.
15:48We have more nuclear weapons than anybody.
15:51We don't do testing.
15:52We've halted it years, many years ago.
15:56But with others doing testing, I think it's appropriate that we do also.
16:00President Trump also announces that China will begin to purchase American energy,
16:04even teasing what he calls a very large-scale transaction of oil and gas from Alaska.
16:09He also says that he has plans to visit China in April,
16:12after which Xi Jinping will come to visit the U.S.
16:15reporting from Gyeongju, South Korea, Mario Tzu, NTD News.
16:19And President Trump said he will visit China next April.
16:23Coming up, what's at stake in Tuesday's election?
16:25Despite it being an off year, there's a lot on the line.
16:28An investigator and a city council candidate join us to unpack the crucial races in New York City and Virginia.
16:34And are green vegetables and natural grains really as healthy as we think?
16:38A physician explains the perks of a meat-based diet in just a minute, right after this quick break.
16:45Welcome back.
16:52I'm Tiffany Meyer.
16:53It might be an off year, but there are still elections on Tuesday that will be critical for this nation,
16:58from gubernatorial races in New Jersey to the closely-watched mayoral race in New York City
17:03to a slew of major races in Virginia.
17:06Joining us to unpack the two most-watched states this year are two guests,
17:09Victoria Manning, Virginia Beach resident and senior investigative researcher with Restoration of America,
17:15and New York City Council Republican candidate for Manhattan District 5, Alina Bonsell.
17:19Thank you both so much for joining us.
17:21Now, Alina, I want to start with you, as it seems the whole nation is watching the New York City mayoral race.
17:26Break down for us what you're watching for in this race and the main differences of these three candidates.
17:32I mean, we just had a really crazy turnout.
17:36I mean, I expected this, obviously.
17:38This election has been on the front pages since June.
17:42It has gone viral international.
17:45We expected voter turnout like this, but just early voting is, you know, as of yesterday, it was 584,000 people that voted in early voting,
17:58where if you compare it to, you know, 2021, we had in totality 64,000 votes.
18:05So we are projecting to hit over 1 million votes, which is crazy considering this is not a presidential election.
18:13So people are just so excited, and they want to cast their vote.
18:17Their vote finally matters.
18:19I want to unpack that a bit later, but Victoria, your state of Virginia is often seen as a bellwether
18:25of where the public is leaning on the presidential administration.
18:28There's a slew of races, actually, in that state, from governor to all seats in the House of Delegates
18:32to the high-stakes attorney general race.
18:34Give us a sense how important these are and which races the rest of the nation should keep an eye on.
18:39We have some very important races, especially the House of Delegates in Virginia, as you mentioned.
18:47Currently, the House of Delegates, the Senate has Democrat control, and in the House of Delegates,
18:53there's a 51 to 49 control of Democrats.
18:56Republicans have an opportunity this year to change that, and they're hoping to make that happen
19:03and or to also gain and keep the governor's seat this year.
19:09If they don't, the Democrats can push through their pretty far-left agenda,
19:14so Republicans are really focusing on that.
19:16And as Alina said, we've also had some very high turnout here in the state for early voting.
19:22We have 45 days of early voting here in Virginia.
19:25We call it election season rather than election day,
19:27and we've seen that same high voter turnout here in our state.
19:32On that note of voter turnout, Alina, given this is an off year,
19:35what are the issues driving voters to the polls in the Big Apple?
19:40So we looked at the early data right now,
19:42and we're seeing that the average age of a voter is 52 years old,
19:46and these are the voters.
19:47And I've been out in the streets.
19:49I've been speaking to many.
19:50You know, they're very scared of, obviously, Zora and Mandami.
19:54They're worried about their tax burdens going up.
19:57They're worried about anti-Semitism rising.
20:00I live in an area where there's a lot of Jewish residents.
20:04You know, they're worried about public safety.
20:06You know, if he is going to be mayor, what is this going to happen?
20:10Is our police force going to resign?
20:12Their morale is going to get lowered.
20:14So they're coming out in droves,
20:16and they're voting because they are scared,
20:18and that is the number one driver.
20:20They are scared.
20:22I want to dig into that a little bit, but Victoria, first,
20:24what about in Virginia?
20:25What are, you know, what's bringing people to the polls in Virginia?
20:29Similar issues to New York or different ones?
20:33In Virginia, I think affordability is one of the big issues.
20:37We have a pretty significant car tax to own a vehicle.
20:41You have to pay an annual personal property tax that's pretty hefty.
20:44So that's been at the center of some of the campaigns.
20:47Also, sanctuary cities has been an issue.
20:50In February, the governor, Youngkin,
20:53issued an executive order calling on the state police
20:56and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
21:00Yet, the Democrat gubernatorial candidate, Abigail Spamberger,
21:04has promised to rescind that executive order of governor, Youngkin.
21:09So that has become a center point of these races.
21:12And then on the negative side, on the attorney general's race,
21:16the texting scandal of Democrat attorney general candidate Jay Jones,
21:21who threatened to, who wanted to murder,
21:25called for the murder of one of his political opponents,
21:27and also called for the death of his children.
21:31So that's dominated conversation in these races these last couple of weeks.
21:35I want to get to that texting scandal issue.
21:38But first, Selena, back to you.
21:40In terms of this voter turnout,
21:42it almost seems like we're in uncharted territory
21:43when it comes to, you know, young voters.
21:45There's a surprising number turning out.
21:47But to your point, early voting does show
21:49some of the older population coming out.
21:51So it'll be interesting to see how accurate the polls are in the end.
21:54Taking a step back here, though,
21:55what do you see the role of social media playing in this race,
21:59especially, you know, Momdani being quite active online
22:01versus, say, Cuomo and Sliwa?
22:05So social media is so important.
22:07I know for a fact I'm a first-time candidate.
22:09I have no name recognition,
22:13and everybody knows my name now in my district.
22:16My posters are everywhere.
22:18We have incredible momentum.
22:20We have ground game.
22:21I'm actually doing something really innovative in New York City.
22:25I have trucks with my video playing on Loop,
22:29discussing my platforms, my background,
22:31and also telling voters that I will be the voice of reason
22:35in a very left liberal city hall.
22:38We have right now 51 council seats.
22:42Every seat is up for election,
22:43and there's only six Republicans.
22:45We have a left supermajority.
22:47So these videos are continuously playing,
22:50and all the candidates that either my opponent
22:53or even the mayors,
22:54they're all trying to get these trucks right now.
22:56These trucks are innovative.
22:59They're a goldmine.
23:00They are the new way of campaigning right now.
23:03So this is also driving voters out.
23:05I had so many people come up to me,
23:07and they said, you know,
23:08we're Democrats, but we're voting for you.
23:10We're voting down the party line for everybody else,
23:12but we're voting for you.
23:13And then there's some that are just saying,
23:15you know what, we're no longer voting blue.
23:17We're voting party line down red.
23:19So it is a mixed bag.
23:21So it's really interesting to see where we land.
23:23Definitely a lot to unpack there,
23:26and quite interesting, as you pointed out.
23:28Victoria, though, I want to go back
23:29to that text message scandal that is plaguing Jay Jones.
23:32How has that been playing out in the state?
23:34Is that affecting other races in Virginia?
23:38I do believe it is affecting other races.
23:41Jason Meares has seen a big bump in his campaign.
23:45He is now ahead by most polls by at least five points.
23:48And we've seen the governor's race
23:51as well as lieutenant governor's race tighten.
23:54The last poll that I saw from just a couple of days ago
23:57has Winsome Earl Sears just four points behind.
24:01And a few weeks ago, she was over 10 points behind.
24:04So I do think that that is impacting the other races
24:07because there has not been one Democrat
24:11who has called for Jay Jones to pull out of the race.
24:14So I do think that that is significantly impacting those races.
24:17And Alina, as you mentioned,
24:20there's that supermajority right now
24:21that the Democrats have in New York City.
24:23Given that the polling is showing Mamdani
24:25still in the lead right now,
24:26talk to us about what happens to New York City
24:29if he does become mayor.
24:30Can he do all the things he's promising,
24:32like raising taxes, government grocery stores,
24:35free buses, freezing rent?
24:37So this is actually a very big disconnect
24:40that I feel that media in our city is doing a disservice.
24:44They're not really educating voters.
24:45And a lot of them are scared because they believe
24:47that he can do all of this
24:49when the reality is that he can't.
24:51Because any piece of legislation
24:52has to first go through City Hall.
24:55However, if we reelect the same left supermajority,
25:00then guess what?
25:00They're going to do what he proposes, right?
25:04And that is the real danger.
25:06So that is our opportunity to elect new people,
25:10me, like myself,
25:11who's running on the Republican ballot.
25:13There's a lot of people running on the independent ballot.
25:16As long as we have 26 reasonable voices,
25:19right now we have only six Republicans
25:21running for reelection.
25:22Then we have a way to slow him down and stop him
25:25because in reality, he cannot raise the taxes.
25:28He cannot create government-run grocery stores.
25:31He cannot do anything that he has been so publicized
25:35to want to do because we have a firewall
25:38in that City Hall.
25:39Definitely a lot to watch for there, for sure.
25:42Victoria, expanding on that, actually,
25:44given your own research here,
25:45what do you think is missing from these conversations,
25:48whether that's in New York or Virginia or elsewhere
25:50as people head to the polls?
25:53So I think one thing that we need to highlight
25:56is what happened this week in the state legislature.
26:00The Democrats called back a special session
26:03and they voted and pushed through
26:05some redistricting measures.
26:09It's the first step toward a constitutional amendment
26:11to change our redistricting procedures.
26:15Just a few years ago,
26:16Virginians voted overwhelmingly
26:17to have a bipartisan commission
26:20that would construct district maps for redistricting.
26:24And the Democrats want to undo that.
26:26They see this as a path to gaining more congressional seats.
26:30So if the Democrats have control after this election,
26:34they're going to push that through next year
26:36and then put a referendum on the ballot,
26:38which could change our congressional maps.
26:41Definitely a lot at stake here, for sure.
26:43Victoria Manning, Alina Boncel,
26:44thank you both so much for joining us.
26:48Thanks for having me.
26:53Welcome back.
26:54I'm Tiffany Meyer.
26:55For decades, eating plenty of green vegetables
26:56and natural grains has been widely seen
26:58as the foundation of a healthy diet.
27:01But is this diet really as healthy as we think it is?
27:05In this episode of Vital Science,
27:06physician Dr. Anthony Chaffee joined host Brennan Fallon
27:08to explain why a plant-based diet
27:10could actually be toxic
27:12and how your body could benefit
27:13from eating nothing but meat, eggs, and fat instead.
27:18We're all familiar with the food pyramid, right?
27:21Launched in 1992 by the USDA,
27:23it placed refined carbohydrates
27:25like white bread, cereal, rice, and pasta
27:29at the bottom
27:30as the foods we should eat the most of.
27:32It placed fats, including saturated fats
27:34like butter, cream, and tallow
27:37at the top
27:37as the items to eat sparingly.
27:40Meat, it placed one step below that
27:42to be consumed in relative moderation.
27:45Of course, there have been various variations
27:47on this model over the decades,
27:49but the themes of carbs over protein
27:51and everything over fats
27:53has stayed fairly consistent.
27:56But what kinds of results are we really seeing
27:58from this dietary advice over the decades?
28:01And in light of medical advances
28:03and seemingly sound dietary advice,
28:05why is the cancer death rate
28:07for those under 50 actually increasing?
28:10My guest today, Dr. Anthony Chaffee,
28:13says conventional dietary advice
28:15is the prime reason.
28:16He's at the vanguard of a movement
28:18that's turning such wisdom on its head,
28:21eating nothing but meat, eggs, and fat
28:23via the carnivore diet.
28:26Now he'll share what prompted him
28:27to take this drastic step.
28:29From the immune to the metabolic systems,
28:31he'll reveal how eating carnivore
28:33can prevent and even fight cancer.
28:36And he'll share the foundational principles
28:38for starting on this diet.
28:40Dr. Chaffee is an American medical doctor
28:42in Australia.
28:44Welcome to Vital Signs,
28:45where we learn how to get healthier
28:46from all angles,
28:47from the biochemical and nutritional
28:49to the things we do
28:50that nourish our minds and our souls.
28:52I'm Brendan Fallon.
28:54Dr. Chaffee, wonderful to have you
28:56join us on Vital Signs today.
28:58There's so many different things
28:59I want to talk to you about,
29:00the potential role of carnivore for cancer
29:03and also just how someone,
29:05some beginner steps for someone
29:07wanting to start this kind of diet.
29:08Firstly, though, I'm really interested
29:10to just get a snapshot
29:11of how you came to be carnivore
29:14and how long this has been going on for.
29:16Well, I started eating this way
29:19when I was in my early 20s,
29:20so I'm 45 now,
29:21so it's about 25 years ago.
29:22And it was a bit random.
29:25I wasn't trying to do the carnivore diet.
29:27It wasn't anything called that at the time.
29:29But I had been taking biology and botany
29:32at the University of Washington in Seattle
29:34in my undergraduate studies.
29:36And I had a professor of cancer biology,
29:39coincidentally enough,
29:40who convinced us that eating vegetables
29:43was a really bad idea,
29:44that these plants defend themselves
29:46by being toxic.
29:47They're living organisms,
29:48and all living organisms have defenses
29:50against predation.
29:52And while animals can run away
29:53or fight back, plants can't.
29:55They're stationary.
29:55So they make about a million
29:56different defensive chemicals
29:57in order to protect against being eaten.
29:59And this is something I'd already studied
30:01in botany,
30:02so it did make sense from that standpoint.
30:04But he put it in the context
30:06of fruits and vegetables,
30:08produce and grains
30:09that we would eat on a daily basis.
30:10And he showed us a list
30:12that he had put together
30:13with the numbers of carcinogens
30:16next to each produce item and grain.
30:19And there were dozens,
30:20dozens and dozens
30:21of known carcinogens
30:23in these produce items,
30:26plants, grains, fruits, vegetables,
30:27things like that.
30:28Was he basically saying
30:29it's just plants,
30:30vegetables are out across the board?
30:33Yes.
30:33So he was saying
30:34that this is just
30:35their natural defense.
30:36Some of them are going to be
30:37more toxic than others.
30:38I mean, we even have this concept
30:40generally that people
30:41generally understand
30:42of edible versus non-edible plants,
30:44plants that are non-edible.
30:45They're so toxic
30:46that they will kill you
30:47or make you extremely sick,
30:49even with a small amount.
30:50And so you have to be very careful.
30:51If you get lost in the woods
30:53and you run out of food,
30:53you can't just eat any random plant
30:55because they can make you very sick
30:57or you can die.
30:57You have to know exactly
30:58which ones are safe to eat.
31:01But safe doesn't necessarily
31:02mean that they're 100% good for you
31:05or 100% safe.
31:07It just means that
31:07they're not so acutely harmful
31:09that they will kill you
31:10in that moment.
31:11But there are many things
31:12that in lower doses
31:13can make you sick long term.
31:16And we even know this
31:17in veterinary medicine.
31:18There are diseases,
31:19things like big head,
31:20big tongue, limp neck,
31:22crazy cow syndrome.
31:23Those are all so-called diseases
31:25that we see in livestock
31:26when they start eating plants
31:28that they're not designed to eat.
31:29So these are full herbivores
31:30that only eat plants
31:31their entire life.
31:32And yet if they eat the wrong plants,
31:33they can get very sick
31:34or even die.
31:35And so what he was pointing out,
31:37what my professor was pointing out
31:38was that we get these diseases too.
31:40We get sick as well.
31:41But it's just sort of a,
31:44in such a way
31:45that we don't recognize
31:46that it's poison
31:47because it's a slower poison.
31:48And he expressed to us
31:51that he didn't eat vegetables,
31:52he wouldn't eat salad,
31:53he wouldn't let his children
31:54eat vegetables or salad.
31:56And then he just said to us,
31:58plants are trying to kill you.
32:00These are not your friends.
32:02They're not,
32:02this is not the Garden of Eden.
32:04We are not here to,
32:05these are not here for us.
32:07And that left
32:09a lasting impression upon me.
32:11To see that full interview
32:13and others
32:13on how to optimize health,
32:15go to ept.ms forward slash vital signs.
32:20Vital Signs offers
32:21general health information
32:22not intended as medical diagnosis
32:24or advice.
32:26Please consult your doctor
32:27before undertaking
32:27a new health regimen.
32:31Every year,
32:32runners from around the world
32:33come to New York City
32:34to take part in its famous
32:3526-mile marathon.
32:37NTD's Sean Marshall
32:38spoke with some of the runners
32:39before the big event
32:40to get some of their stories.
32:43Come on!
32:45The New York City Marathon,
32:47a race so serious
32:49that most just hope
32:50to make it to the finish line.
32:52Before the race,
32:53runners were at the Marathon Expo,
32:55presented by New Balance
32:56to register, buy gear,
32:58get info, and enjoy some activities.
33:01The place was bursting
33:02with all types of energy
33:03with each participant
33:05entering the race
33:06for different reasons.
33:07Four years ago,
33:08I ran through the Central Park
33:10and I decided that
33:11that's my biggest dream
33:12to run the New York City
33:14marathon.
33:15Oh, it's just been
33:16a lifelong goal.
33:17It's, you know,
33:18I've run probably
33:19four or five marathons
33:20and I always wanted
33:20to do the big one.
33:22It's just always been
33:23a goal of mine
33:24to do a marathon
33:25and the New York Marathon
33:26is the best one to do.
33:27So, I was very excited about it.
33:30Luckily for the crowd
33:31and runners,
33:32it's all clear skies
33:34for the weather
33:34on race day.
33:35This year,
33:37NTD's morning show producer
33:39Chen Chi Gao is racing.
33:41Training for a marathon
33:42while working a full-time job
33:44can't be easy,
33:45but people find a way.
33:47Many trials and hurdles
33:48can get in the way
33:49of reaching the finish line.
33:50We have trained many years
33:52actually to get here
33:53because it's not easy.
33:56This is one of the hardest
33:57ones actually to qualify.
33:59Yeah, I had a couple
34:00of injuries,
34:01but the setback
34:03is sometimes
34:04the breakthrough,
34:05so you just have
34:06to keep on going
34:07and train hard.
34:09And I'm very happy
34:10to start on Sunday.
34:13No injuries, luckily,
34:15but, I mean,
34:17just training in general
34:18is tough,
34:18so mentally getting through
34:20that was probably
34:21the biggest hurdle.
34:22The marathon expo
34:30had a little bit
34:31of everything
34:31in the world of running
34:33and tons of assistance
34:34for making it through the race,
34:36even for the spectators.
34:38So we're FitSafe.
34:39We believe that women
34:40should feel safe
34:41while running,
34:42so we developed
34:43a fitness brand
34:44over here
34:46that has a lot of pockets.
34:48It features safety
34:49devices like this.
34:52so that women
34:53can always feel comfortable.
34:55We can put them
34:55in our pocket here.
34:57We have a phone pocket here.
34:59And, yeah,
35:00we're all about running
35:03freely and living boldly.
35:08We have a couple of tips
35:10for anyone out there
35:11thinking about running
35:12in a marathon.
35:13Don't overthink it.
35:14Just sign up
35:15and you'll get yourself
35:16through it.
35:17It's mind over matter
35:19and, you know,
35:20it's one of the best things
35:21that I've ever found
35:23in life is being able
35:24to get out there
35:25on the open road.
35:26It's meditative.
35:27It's marathon running
35:29is fantastic.
35:30No injury.
35:32Don't give up.
35:33Yeah, this is not easy,
35:35especially in New York.
35:36It's not easy to come here.
35:37So we're really glad.
35:42And this year's winners
35:43are Helen O'Berry
35:45of Kenya
35:45and Benson Caputo
35:47finishing just one second
35:48faster than Alexander Matisseau.
35:51Marcel Hugg of Switzerland
35:52won the men's wheelchair race
35:54and Susanna Scaroni of the USA
35:56won the women's wheelchair race.
35:58At the time of this recording,
35:59NTD's Chen Chi Gao
36:00is about two hours
36:02into the race
36:03and close to reaching
36:04the halfway point
36:05with his racing group.
36:06Maybe next year,
36:07he'll wear an NTD hat
36:08and advertise for the company.
36:11Sean Marshall, NTD News.
36:12After celebrating Halloween
36:15this weekend,
36:16most Americans will get
36:17an extra hour of sleep.
36:18Daylight saving time ends today
36:20and our clocks will fall back one hour.
36:22It happens while most of us sleep
36:24as 2 a.m. becomes 1 a.m.
36:26The time change also means
36:27our days will be shorter
36:28and nights will be longer
36:30as the official start date
36:31of winter gets closer.
36:33Daylight saving time
36:34for most of the United States
36:35and many other countries
36:36begins in March
36:37when our clocks skip forward one hour.
36:40It ends on the first Sunday
36:41in November.
36:42The practice began in Europe
36:44and the U.S. during World War I
36:45to save fuel and power.
36:48In the U.S.,
36:48states are not required by law
36:50to fall back or spring forward.
36:52Hawaii, most of Arizona
36:53and some territories
36:54in the Pacific and Caribbean
36:56do not observe
36:57daylight saving time.
36:59Beyond the annual time change,
37:01adjusting the clocks
37:01also means people will have to tinker
37:04with their internal clocks.
37:06NTD's Andrew Thomas
37:07has more on how to keep
37:08your circadian rhythm healthy.
37:11Americans will get
37:12an extra hour of shut-eye
37:13when the clocks roll back
37:14into standard time Sunday.
37:16Standard time will last
37:18until March 8th
37:19when daylight saving time returns.
37:21Jamie Zeitzer at Stanford's
37:23Center for Sleep
37:23and Circadian Sciences
37:24explains how our internal clocks
37:26keep ticking.
37:27You have a central circadian clock
37:29and it is basically
37:30a clock that's inside your brain.
37:33And it's a 24-hour clock,
37:34it's a near 24-hour clock,
37:36that needs to get synchronized
37:37to our 24-hour day.
37:39The American Medical Association
37:41and American Academy of Sleep Medicine
37:43have long advocated
37:44for standard time year-round.
37:46New research from Stanford
37:47finds that switching back and forth
37:49is the worst option
37:50for our health.
37:51Zeitzer says there's
37:52a natural remedy.
37:54Getting early morning light
37:56is great.
37:58So when you wake up,
37:59get that light
38:00and that'll help accelerate
38:02the switch faster.
38:04If light first thing isn't feasible,
38:06there are other options.
38:07If you can, go outside.
38:09If not, try to be in a brightly lit room
38:12as much as possible
38:14or sit by a window.
38:16This will help facilitate
38:17kind of shifting your clock
38:20faster in the fall.
38:23Most countries do not observe
38:25daylight saving time.
38:26In the U.S., Arizona and Hawaii
38:28don't change
38:29and stay on standard time.
38:31Andrew Thomas, NTD News.
38:33Coming up, celebrations
38:37in Egypt's capital
38:38mark opening day
38:39for the Grand Egyptian Museum,
38:41details on the billion-dollar project
38:43and why the Egyptian president
38:44says it marks a new chapter
38:46for the country.
38:47And a new exhibition in Germany
38:49invites visitors
38:50to experience history
38:51through their noses.
38:53Find out exactly what's in store
38:54in just a minute
38:55here on NTD News.
38:57Welcome back.
39:06I'm Tiffany Meyer.
39:07Let's now go to Egypt's capital, Cairo.
39:09A drone light show
39:10lit up the skies there this weekend,
39:12part of the opening ceremony
39:13for the Grand Egyptian Museum.
39:15The Egyptian president
39:16says it marks a new chapter
39:18for the country.
39:23Today, as we celebrate together
39:24the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum,
39:26we write a new chapter
39:27in the history of the present
39:28and the future
39:29in the tale of this ancient nation.
39:32This is the biggest museum
39:33in the world
39:33dedicated to a single civilization,
39:36Egypt's civilization,
39:37whose glamour and grace
39:38never dim.
39:40I invite you to enjoy
39:41this ceremony
39:41and to make this museum
39:43a platform for dialogue,
39:45a destination for knowledge,
39:47a forum for humanity,
39:48and a beacon for all
39:50who love life
39:50and believe in the value
39:51of humankind.
39:53Long live Egypt
39:53and long live humanity.
39:55The museum is located
39:58near two of the country's
39:59most famous landmarks,
40:00the Giza pyramids
40:01and the Sphinx.
40:02The museum is one
40:03of several mega-projects
40:04championed by the Egyptian president
40:06since he took office in 2014.
40:08The goal is to revive
40:09the nation's weakened economy
40:11and combat the after-effects
40:13of the 2011 Arab Spring Uprising.
40:16The president posed
40:17with delegates
40:17from more than 70 countries,
40:19including members
40:20of the royal families
40:21from Belgium, Spain,
40:22Denmark, Jordan,
40:23Gulf nations, and Japan,
40:25plus other officials
40:26from Europe.
40:27The one-billion-dollar project
40:29is expected to attract
40:30five million visitors annually.
40:32That would put it
40:33in the realm
40:34of the most popular museums
40:35in the world,
40:36among the Louvre in Paris,
40:37the British Museum,
40:39and the Metropolitan Museum
40:40of Art in New York.
40:42A celebrity wedding crasher
40:44made one couple special day.
40:46The ceremony had
40:47a Middle-Earth theme
40:48fit for a hobbit,
40:49and the crasher
40:50just so happens
40:51to be a former
40:52Lord of the Rings.
40:53Take a look.
40:56Watch a hobbit-themed wedding
40:57in New Zealand
40:58get a dose of star power
40:59thanks to a very
41:00unexpected wedding crasher.
41:04It's been nearly 24 years
41:06since the Lord of the Rings
41:08movie trilogy
41:08took the world by storm
41:10after being filmed
41:11on location in New Zealand.
41:13Part of the production
41:14took place
41:14at a massive constructed
41:15shire set
41:16that's now
41:17a popular tourist attraction
41:19called Hobbiton,
41:20where guests can tour the set,
41:22enjoy elaborate feasts,
41:23and even host
41:24fairy-tale-style weddings.
41:26That is exactly
41:27what was happening
41:27when actor Elijah Wood,
41:29who happened to be
41:30visiting the set,
41:31suddenly decided
41:32to crash the ceremony.
41:34The couple and their guests
41:35were suitably starstruck
41:36by the Frodo Baggins
41:38actor's off-the-cuff cameo
41:39and enjoyed a few moments
41:41of glad-handing and photos
41:42before continuing on
41:43with the ceremony.
41:44And even though
41:45no one thought
41:46to ask him to be
41:47the ring-bearer,
41:48uh, hello,
41:49it was still a matrimonial
41:51Middle-earth movie magic moment
41:52that can only be described
41:54as precious.
41:56Researchers from
41:57the University of Washington
41:58are testing out
41:59new underwater tech.
42:00They're trying to adapt
42:01the cable-undersea cables
42:02that carry your internet data
42:04to help save
42:05endangered orcas.
42:06Here's a closer look.
42:07As dawn broke
42:09over San Juan Island,
42:11a team of scientists
42:12stood on the deck
42:13of a barge
42:14and unspooled
42:15over a mile
42:16of fiber-optic cable
42:17into the frigid waters
42:18of the Salish Sea.
42:20Working by headlamp,
42:21they fed the line
42:22from the rocky shore
42:23down to the seafloor,
42:25home to the region's orcas.
42:27So our hope
42:28is to use this technology
42:29here, um,
42:31to test the sensitivity
42:32of the fiber-optic cables
42:34for detecting vocalizations
42:36by marine mammals.
42:38The bet is that
42:38the same hair-thin strands
42:40that carry internet signals
42:41can be transformed
42:43into a continuous
42:44underwater microphone
42:45to capture the clicks,
42:47calls, and whistles
42:48of passing whales,
42:49information that could reveal
42:51how they respond
42:52to ship traffic,
42:53food scarcity,
42:54and environmental changes.
42:56And we are testing
42:57to see if
42:58this technology
42:59is sensitive enough
43:00so we can use it
43:02on regular telecom cables
43:05that are already installed.
43:07So taking advantage
43:07of the infrastructure
43:08that we already have.
43:10If the experiment works,
43:12the thousands of miles
43:13of fiber-optic cables
43:14that already crisscross
43:15the ocean floor
43:16could be turned
43:17into a vast listening network
43:19that could inform
43:20conservation efforts worldwide.
43:23Now,
43:23University of Washington scientists
43:25are adapting it
43:26to listen to the ocean.
43:28Unlike traditional hydrophones
43:29that listen
43:30from a single spot,
43:31DAS turns the entire cable
43:33into a sensor,
43:35allowing it
43:36to pinpoint
43:36the exact location
43:37of an animal
43:38and determine
43:39the direction it's heading.
43:41Orcas in particular
43:42are culturally significant
43:44animals in the region
43:45and they are endangered.
43:48And so we are really eager
43:49to know in our own backyard
43:50what can we learn about them.
43:52The stakes are high.
43:54The southern resident orcas
43:55that frequent
43:56the Salish Sea
43:57are endangered,
43:57with a population
43:59hovering around 75.
44:01If DAS works as hoped,
44:03it could provide
44:04real-time information
44:05to help protect the whales.
44:07If the system detects
44:08orcas heading south
44:09toward Seattle
44:10and calculates
44:11their travel speed,
44:13scientists could alert
44:14Washington state ferries
44:15to postpone noisy activities
44:17or to slow down
44:18until the whales pass.
44:20Ever wondered
44:21what the medieval streets
44:22of Paris smelled like?
44:23What about love
44:24or the sacred fragrance
44:26of religion?
44:27A new exhibition in Germany
44:28invites visitors
44:29to experience history
44:30through their noses
44:31by sniffing their way
44:33through 81 different fragrances
44:34across 37 different galleries.
44:39Scents are purely emotional,
44:41the only sensory stimulus
44:42that cannot be rationally filtered.
44:44It goes directly
44:45to the limbic system.
44:47It is always immediate
44:48in such a way
44:48that it creates emotions.
44:50That's really exciting,
44:54just to smell
44:54how the Parisian backstreet
44:56smelled or now
44:57in this sacred space.
44:58How everything smells
45:00of incense.
45:01Exciting,
45:01just to connect art
45:02with scents.
45:06Here it's about infinity
45:07in this artwork.
45:09So it's an elevator shaft
45:10that you can basically
45:11look into,
45:11which goes into infinity.
45:13And there we use
45:14the scent of space,
45:15which we recreated
45:16for NASA,
45:17so that you can basically
45:18smell infinity.
45:19So it's an elevator shaft
45:20The Secret Power of Scents
45:22opens to the public
45:23on Wednesday
45:24in the western city
45:25of Dusseldorf.
45:26It combines fragrances
45:27with art,
45:27taking visitors
45:28on a journey
45:29of more than 1,000 years
45:30of cultural history.
45:32The exhibition
45:32follows a chronological order
45:34from religious artifacts
45:35of the Middle Ages
45:36through to contemporary art
45:37of the 21st century.
45:39Scents trigger
45:40emotional reactions
45:41more strongly
45:42than any other scents.
45:44So it's no surprise
45:45that some visitors
45:46almost retreat in fear
45:47when they press a button
45:48in a gallery
45:49recreating the smell
45:50of World War I.
45:52On the other side
45:53of the fragrance spectrum,
45:54there's the Venus
45:54and Adonis painting
45:55from 1610
45:56by Flemish artist
45:57Peter Paul Rubens
45:58showing two lovers.
46:00The smells diffused here
46:01are dominated by roses
46:03and the scent of the civet,
46:04a cat whose scent
46:05was considered erotic
46:06in the 17th century,
46:08but made today's visitors
46:09turn up their noses
46:10in disgust.
46:11Certain smells also connect
46:13to different eras
46:14of history.
46:15Pressing the button
46:15to release the stench
46:17of medieval Paris
46:18made some visitors choke
46:19when they inhaled
46:20a mix of canalization,
46:22mold, and unwashed bodies.
46:24The museum's director general
46:25says the exhibition
46:26aims to shed light
46:27on the significance
46:28of scents in religion,
46:30politics, art,
46:31consumerism, and science.
46:34And that's all
46:35for today's news
46:35for on-the-clock coverage.
46:37Visit us at ntd.com slash live
46:38or download our NTD app.
46:41Thanks for tuning in.
46:42I'm Tiffany Meyer.
46:43Good night.
46:45Good night.
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