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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84, according to his family. The statement said his passing was “due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.” Cheney served alongside Republican President George W. Bush for two terms, from 2001 to 2009. He is considered one of America's most powerful modern vice presidents, and the primary architect of America’s ‘War on Terror.’
Voters are heading to the polls as President Donald Trump urges voters to back independent candidate Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, who he called a “communist.” A new poll shows the race tightening, with Mamdani’s lead shrinking as Cuomo gains late momentum. Meanwhile, Trump also made a last-minute push for GOP candidates in New Jersey and Virginia ahead of today’s gubernatorial races, holding tele-rallies.
The Trump administration will partially fund food stamps for November as the shutdown enters its second month. The USDA says about half the usual benefits will be paid using limited contingency funds. Meanwhile, Head Start programs are closing nationwide, leaving thousands of families without child care as the shutdown ties the record for the longest in U.S. history.
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Voters are heading to the polls as President Donald Trump urges voters to back independent candidate Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor over Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, who he called a “communist.” A new poll shows the race tightening, with Mamdani’s lead shrinking as Cuomo gains late momentum. Meanwhile, Trump also made a last-minute push for GOP candidates in New Jersey and Virginia ahead of today’s gubernatorial races, holding tele-rallies.
The Trump administration will partially fund food stamps for November as the shutdown enters its second month. The USDA says about half the usual benefits will be paid using limited contingency funds. Meanwhile, Head Start programs are closing nationwide, leaving thousands of families without child care as the shutdown ties the record for the longest in U.S. history.
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00:00:00Welcome to NTD Good Morning.
00:00:06Here are today's top stories.
00:00:09The Trump administration says it will partially fund food stamps for another month
00:00:13as the government shutdown drags on what this could mean for millions of Americans.
00:00:19Today is the first major election day during President Trump's second term.
00:00:23The outcome of several races across the U.S., including the New Jersey governor's race,
00:00:28the Virginia governor's race, and California's Prop 50 could all have implications
00:00:33of the direction the country is headed.
00:00:35Meanwhile, here in New York City, the president is backing Andrew Cuomo
00:00:39over at Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani in the race for mayor.
00:00:43And a new report suggests nearly $2 billion from foreign sources
00:00:47were donated to back left-wing groups here in America.
00:00:51At least one foreign organization is connected to the Chinese Communist Party.
00:00:55The Supreme Court will decide this week whether President Trump
00:00:59has the legal authority to put reciprocal tariffs in place.
00:01:03Trump says he won't be attending the oral arguments as originally planned.
00:01:08And Dodger Blue flooded downtown Los Angeles as fans celebrated another World Series win.
00:01:15The city came alive as players shared the victory with thousands of their fans.
00:01:19This is NTD Good Morning.
00:01:32Live from our global headquarters in New York City, here are Stephanie Acox and Carrie Dust.
00:01:39Good morning. Thank you for joining us.
00:01:40This is Tuesday, November 4th.
00:01:43You're watching NTD Good Morning.
00:01:44And of course, today is Election Day.
00:01:47So many elections across the country, and some with very high likelihood of affecting,
00:01:53as we mentioned, the course of the nation.
00:01:55That's right.
00:01:56Get out and vote in your local elections if you're having city council votes and things like that.
00:02:00But of course, most of the eyes are on four key elections, the one in New York City,
00:02:06the two gubernatorial races in Jersey and Virginia,
00:02:09and of course, Prop 50 in California as to if the state will redistrict.
00:02:12Lots going on.
00:02:14But first, we have a breaking news this morning.
00:02:17Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84,
00:02:21according to a statement from his family.
00:02:24It said his passing was due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.
00:02:29Cheney served alongside Republican President George W. Bush for two terms, from 2001 to 2009.
00:02:36He's considered one of America's most powerful modern vice presidents
00:02:39and the main architect for America's war on terror.
00:02:42Next, the Trump administration says it will partially fund food stamps for November at reduced levels.
00:02:49Federal government shutdown has now entered its second month,
00:02:52and millions of Americans are starting to feel the effects.
00:02:55Here's the latest on that.
00:02:56The Trump administration says it will partially fund November's food stamp payments after a federal judge ordered the Department of Agriculture to act.
00:03:04According to a court filing, the agency will spend billions in contingency money, but no more.
00:03:09The USDA says it's relying on about four and a half billion, about half of what it's normally needed for a full month of benefits.
00:03:16That means millions of low-income families could receive just half their usual benefits this month.
00:03:21Officials say they will not use tariff-related revenue to fully fund the month because that money supports school lunch programs.
00:03:27USDA Deputy Undersecretary Patrick Penn called the decision a no-win quandary.
00:03:32House Speaker Mike Johnson says the president wants to move money as quickly as possible to help struggling families, but can't do it alone.
00:03:39So what the president said logically was, okay, Your Honor, if you're saying we can do it, I'll go for that, because I want SNAP to go to the people.
00:03:47It's the Democrats that stopped it, not us, so tell me how to do it.
00:03:51Because I have all my personnel here in the office, the legal minds and the number crunchers, and they're trying to figure out how this can be done.
00:03:57Give us some guidance. We're glad to do it.
00:04:00The government shutdown has also forced many Head Start programs to close,
00:04:04cutting off early education and child care for thousands of low-income families.
00:04:07The National Head Start Association warns that more than 65,000 children and families could soon lose vital services.
00:04:15The closures have left hundreds of staff members without pay.
00:04:18In speaking to Fox News Monday, Democratic Senator John Fetterman called on both parties' needs to set aside their differences and reopen the government.
00:04:25Every union that's attached to this shutdown, you know, they're all calling this has to end.
00:04:33You know, if we're fighting for working families, why don't we agree with them and just do this?
00:04:37House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are willing to work with Republicans, but health care needs to be addressed.
00:04:43We will sit down with any Republican who is prepared in good faith to find a bipartisan path forward to reopening the government,
00:04:56to entering into a spending agreement that actually makes life better for the American people, not worse.
00:05:02The USDA says it's working with states to issue partial food stamp payments as quickly as possible,
00:05:09but warns it could take weeks to reach all recipients.
00:05:12As the shutdown enters Day 35, it is now tied for the longest in U.S. history.
00:05:16It now matches a standoff during Trump's first term when the administration clashed with Democrats over funding for a border wall.
00:05:22And the U.S. Travel Association is warning Congress that the ongoing shutdown could bring travel chaos during the busy Thanksgiving holiday.
00:05:32Air traffic controller shortages have already caused thousands of flight delays and cancellations nationwide.
00:05:38Industry leaders say the shutdown has cost the travel sector $4 billion so far.
00:05:43Secretary of Transport Sean Duffy says safety remains the top priority and significant delays are unavoidable without enough controllers.
00:05:50And you've been hearing it.
00:05:53Today is Election Day in the Big Apple, and President Trump made it clear who he wants to see as the next mayor.
00:06:00Trump urged voters yesterday to vote for Andrew Cuomo in the highly watched race.
00:06:04He wants to prevent Zoran Mamdani, a self-described Democrat socialist, from becoming the next head of the nation's largest city.
00:06:12NTD's Daniel Monaghan has more on the race.
00:06:14Zoran Mamdani, the Democratic Party nominee, was leading in polls on the eve of Election Day.
00:06:23He was heavily favored to become the next mayor.
00:06:25President Trump chimed in on the contest on Truth Social yesterday, writing,
00:06:29I would much rather see a Democrat who has had a record of success win than a communist with no experience and a record of complete and total failure.
00:06:38Trump said he was considering reducing federal funding to the city of over 8 million residents, to the very minimum as required, if they elected Mamdani.
00:06:47Trump wrote,
00:06:48It can only get worse with a communist at the helm, and I don't want to send, as president, good money after bad.
00:06:53The president says he strongly believes New York City will be a, quote, complete and total economic and social disaster, should Mamdani win.
00:07:02The race also includes Republican Curtis Sliwa, who is running far behind Mamdani and Cuomo, who ran as an independent candidate after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani.
00:07:12Trump warned voters not to vote for Sliwa, calling it a vote for Mamdani.
00:07:16Cuomo yesterday said he believes he had the momentum, posting the results of an Atlas Intel poll which concluded on Monday.
00:07:23It found 39 percent of voters favored the former governor.
00:07:27Mamdani garnered 44 percent of the vote, while Sliwa took in 16 percent.
00:07:32Atlas Intel has a track record of being among the most accurate pollsters in both the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections.
00:07:40Mamdani responded to Trump's criticism in an interview on CNN yesterday.
00:07:45I think you can clearly see that Donald Trump is threatened by our campaign.
00:07:48He's threatened by it because, like his, we've diagnosed the crisis in working class New Yorkers' lives, the cost of living.
00:07:54But unlike him, we're actually going to deliver on that.
00:07:56It's impossible to think that New York City can have a communist man.
00:08:00He's a communist. He's not a socialist, by the way. There's a big difference.
00:08:03The Democratic nominee released this video yesterday to remind New Yorkers of his vision of socialism for the city.
00:08:10There are many who say that a democratic socialist vision of governance for New York is impossible, that our ideas are untested.
00:08:16To them, I answer, we need to look only to our past for proof of how socialism can shape our future.
00:08:22Mamdani promises to Trump-proof New York City by strengthening its sanctuary status to shield illegal immigrants.
00:08:29Elon Musk also threw his support behind Cuomo, posting to X yesterday for people to vote for the former governor.
00:08:35President Trump is also making a last-minute push in New Jersey and Virginia ahead of today's governor's races, holding tele-rallies.
00:08:43Trump wrote on True Social,
00:08:44Why would anyone vote for New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial candidates Mikey Shirell and Abigail Spanberger
00:08:50when they want transgender for everybody, men playing in women's sports, high crime,
00:08:55and the most expensive energy prices almost anywhere in the world?
00:08:59Republican Jack Cittarelli is running for governor of New Jersey,
00:09:02while Winsome Merrill-Sears is vying to head the state of Virginia.
00:09:06Daniel Monahan, NTD News.
00:09:11And joining us now to discuss the New York City mayoral race is NTD News contributor Mike Leon.
00:09:15He's also the host of the podcast Can We Please Talk?
00:09:18Also with us is A.J. Bruno, a Republican political strategist and journalist.
00:09:22Thank you so much, gentlemen, to both of you for joining.
00:09:24Mike, starting with you, Trump, of course, yesterday, as we just saw, gave his endorsement to Cuomo,
00:09:28and he reiterated the Mamdani attack ad that's been running throughout all the football games
00:09:34and taking up a lot of airwaves.
00:09:36He says a vote for Sliwa is a vote for Mamdani.
00:09:38So what are your thoughts on Trump not endorsing the Republican
00:09:41and coming to somebody who has long been a political rival?
00:09:47Yeah, political rival is an understatement, Kerry.
00:09:50Good morning to you guys.
00:09:51I was just reading something from back in 2020 in October when Cuomo was on his book tour
00:09:56and Trump was lambasting him on social media, if you recall, about the COVID death.
00:10:00So we've come a long way from 2020, right, Kerry?
00:10:03But in terms of the endorsement part, if you look at the data in terms of Trump's endorsements back in 24,
00:10:08I think about 74 percent of the nationwide candidates that he had endorsed ended up winning during the race.
00:10:14So, I mean, there's some potential boost there, potentially, for some, you know, red Republican voters in the state.
00:10:19It is interesting that we've talked about this, Kerry, before, about courtesy of all the times
00:10:24where the Republicans could run somebody in New York City to potentially win the mayor's race,
00:10:29maybe somebody in the mold of what Giuliani was back in the early 2000s, late 90s, early 2000s,
00:10:35somebody that worked in the city, worked to fight crime and stuff like that,
00:10:38as opposed to Siwa, who has done more, like, community-based type policing, if you want to put it,
00:10:44for lack of a better term.
00:10:45And they had a chance here to run somebody like that,
00:10:47and Trump never gave him the full endorsement and ended up going to the independent candidate in Cuomo.
00:10:52So what I make of the endorsement, we'll see if it actually nets out into any voters.
00:10:56Right now, the polling average, according to RealClearPolitics, has Mondani up by a decent margin.
00:11:01And I do think that folks should go out there into the ballot box, exercise their right to vote.
00:11:05You need more voices and more choices.
00:11:07I never thought Siwa should drop out of the race.
00:11:10I wasn't in agreement with that.
00:11:11And I think he should remain on the ballot as well.
00:11:14Yeah, and it's hard to say if Cuomo as an independent didn't run,
00:11:16how Siwa would have done in the climate.
00:11:19Certainly very reputable on one of the top two issues, which is public safety,
00:11:23the other being affordability.
00:11:26AJ, I'd love to get your thoughts on Trump coming in for Cuomo.
00:11:28Well, I think at this point, he feels he has to do something.
00:11:34Cuomo is probably, by all accounts, running better than Slewell.
00:11:37If you look at the polls, and unfortunately, there's not enough Republicans or Republican-leaning votes.
00:11:41I mean, it would be great if Slewell won.
00:11:44He's obviously the best candidate in the field.
00:11:46And it's sad that we have to basically root for Cuomo, someone who is not a good guy, right?
00:11:52But compared to Mondani, I think it's clear that that's the obvious choice.
00:11:56You've got to stop him from winning.
00:11:59Is it possible?
00:12:00I don't know.
00:12:00But I felt Trump seemed like he needed to do something about it.
00:12:04So, yeah, I think he just thought he had to try to sway the vote in some way.
00:12:09We'll see if it's enough.
00:12:10But this is someone who, if he gets elected, if Mondani gets elected, I think it'll be very bad for the city.
00:12:17So, even Cuomo, at least you have the devil you know is the devil you don't.
00:12:22And, you know, it would completely destroy the city.
00:12:24I mean, people complain about the problems now.
00:12:26But you have someone like that come in there.
00:12:28He's going to spend most of his time fighting with Trump and not actually fixing the problems in the city.
00:12:33So, it was necessary to rally the vote.
00:12:35You don't want to split it.
00:12:37It would be nice if it was for Slewa.
00:12:38But I don't think he really has that much of a chance of winning here.
00:12:43So, maybe Cuomo can run it inside straight somehow.
00:12:46Pull it off.
00:12:47We'll see.
00:12:47But the polling just looks, you know, so not favorable.
00:12:50But I guess crazier things have happened.
00:12:53And if somehow this helps get him over the line, then he can claim credit for it afterwards.
00:12:57But I guess you've got to do something rather than remain silent at this point.
00:13:01Yeah.
00:13:01Mike, to AJ's point, that last Atlas poll released yesterday, one of the more reliable polling companies.
00:13:09It has Mamdani at 44, Cuomo at 39, and Slewa at 16.
00:13:16Now, Cuomo has rallied.
00:13:17There was a double-digit lead.
00:13:19It's single-digit.
00:13:21And that was before Trump's endorsement.
00:13:23Slewa heavily favored in Staten Island.
00:13:27That voted for Trump in the last election, the only borough to go for Trump.
00:13:31So, if Trump's endorsement can pull half of Slewa's 16, that's the one-point difference to overcome Mamdani.
00:13:40What do you think is going to happen?
00:13:42Not to put you on the spot, but that's why you're here.
00:13:45No, I know.
00:13:46Kerry, Kerry, I think you did the captain obvious move of Donald Trump won Staten Island.
00:13:51I think everybody knows that because of all the Republican-leading votes.
00:13:55But that's back to what AJ was just saying.
00:13:56There isn't enough Republican-leaning votes to potentially get Cuomo over that hump.
00:14:01I think the one thing that we've all learned in the political cycle from 2016 on is that you can't trust any of the polling data.
00:14:08It's just a snapshot in time.
00:14:09But if you look at all of the different polls, you know, Mamdani has a clear above average.
00:14:14And again, I want to go back to something that was just said before.
00:14:18Like, Mamdani is trying something new, right?
00:14:21First off, he's not a communist.
00:14:23The president said that there's a clear distinction between the two.
00:14:25Yeah, I know it.
00:14:26My dad left the communist country.
00:14:28He's not a communist, okay?
00:14:29Even the Communist Party of New York has said Mamdani is not a communist.
00:14:32If you watch that interview that that guy did recently on an outlet, I forget which one it was.
00:14:37But so he's not a communist.
00:14:38That's the first thing.
00:14:39But is he going to try something different that's going to get some rejection with respect to council members and with respect to maybe the governing, the renters tenant board?
00:14:48Yes, he's going to try some things that are going to, you know, meet head on with folks.
00:14:52And they're not going to like certain things, right?
00:14:54Especially look at the police stuff with Eric Adams and the new officers that are going to be instituted.
00:14:59You know, Mamdani has said he wants to keep the current budget of the 33,000-plus police officers versus adding more community safety folks and people that go on mental health crisis calls and deal with the homelessness issue.
00:15:09So there's a difference of the policy execution.
00:15:13But a mayor is not a king, right?
00:15:14A mayor oversees a municipality and has to work with other people within the municipality.
00:15:18So he's not going to do all of these crazy things.
00:15:21And no mayor.
00:15:22De Blasio got hate.
00:15:23Dinkins got hate.
00:15:24Ed Koch got hate towards his last term there.
00:15:27You know, Giuliani, obviously, we know the pivot from, obviously, America's mayor to what happened there.
00:15:32Every New York City mayor gets hate.
00:15:33Eric Adams was seen as the next rising star in the Democratic Party, and now he's not even – I don't even think he's in the Democratic Party.
00:15:40So that's what happens when you become New York City mayor.
00:15:42It's the biggest spotlight in the country.
00:15:44It's going to get over-magnified as well.
00:15:46There are certain things that he's not – within his purview that he's not going to be able to do on day one for sure.
00:15:51Yeah, and you mentioned cops and Adams' efforts yesterday.
00:15:54A.J., current outgoing mayor, Adams, who has endorsed Cuomo, he's looking to sort of preempt some of the things that Mamdani is against.
00:16:04He wants to try to get 5,000 added cops instead of Mamdani's desire to replace those hires with public safety workers.
00:16:13He also is saying he wants to pack the rental advisory board to try to preempt a rental freeze.
00:16:20How effective might these efforts be should Mamdani win?
00:16:25Hmm.
00:16:26Well, if he wins, he'll probably reverse it.
00:16:28But, I mean, his choice is either do nothing or at least make a statement here and then put it in his court to try to undo it.
00:16:34So, yeah, remember, this is someone who called the NYPD racist, violent, and wicked.
00:16:40He tried to walk that back.
00:16:41And just like people say things that are outrageous and they're running for office and they try to undo it.
00:16:46But I think anyone who's paying attention remembers the kind of comments he's made.
00:16:50So, he doesn't have any respect for them.
00:16:53Clearly, he'll undo this.
00:16:54He wants to freeze the current force at its current level.
00:16:57Obviously, you need more.
00:16:58You don't need less police there.
00:17:00You got to let them do their job.
00:17:01Let them be effective.
00:17:03If you don't let them do that, then clearly it's useless.
00:17:06But he's talking about crazy things like sending out these mental health resources in situations which could be dangerous, could get people killed.
00:17:13So, he has no idea what he's doing.
00:17:15He doesn't have any respect for the police in the city there.
00:17:18And that's where you actually need them.
00:17:20You need jobs in the city like New York actually doing their jobs.
00:17:23You know, he gets enough worries as it is, right?
00:17:25So, when he comes in there, if he undoes what Adams is implementing, which he almost surely will, it's going to be less safe for the people there.
00:17:32There's going to be more crime.
00:17:33And God forbid something more happened.
00:17:35I mean, if people have forgotten about what happened in that city just over two decades ago, you need more police on the streets there to keep people safe, not less.
00:17:44So, it's a good idea for Adams to do that.
00:17:47Is it going to stay?
00:17:48I mean, almost certainly not.
00:17:50I mean, you know, $300 million, 5,000 officers, great idea.
00:17:54But he's going to undo it.
00:17:56So, I think it was the right decision to make him take that back.
00:18:00As for the rent thing, it sounds great to freeze the rent, no raises whatsoever.
00:18:05But who's going to want to own any units in that case?
00:18:08And it's also, it's not going to work.
00:18:10So, these ideas, whether they're socialist or communist, they've always been proven to not work wherever they're implemented.
00:18:16It's just going to be a disaster.
00:18:17People will have buyer's remorse another four years.
00:18:19But I think it's sad that they have to learn the hard way when I can tell you right now it's stupid and it's not going to work out.
00:18:25But people want free stuff or they, you know, want to blame whatever, just listen to whatever Zoran is saying.
00:18:32It's insane.
00:18:33But, yeah, Adams is right in this case.
00:18:35Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to stay, though.
00:18:37And, gentlemen, we're pretty much out of time.
00:18:38I just want to get a very quick comment from you both.
00:18:41Headline grab or any legitimacy to some GOP congressional folks saying that they might use the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment to remove Mondani.
00:18:50To do that, they'd have to get six Democrats to come across the aisle.
00:18:54It seems unlikely, but certainly a way to get a saucy headline out there.
00:18:59But, in theory, it could be done.
00:19:01A.J., your thoughts quickly, and then Mike.
00:19:02Yeah, it sounds like a Hail Mary.
00:19:05But I'm for anything they could possibly do because you let him, you know, run the city the way he wants for four years.
00:19:11It's not going to be much of a New York after that.
00:19:12So do what you got to do.
00:19:14Is that going to work out?
00:19:15I have trouble thinking you'll find six Democrats to agree with that.
00:19:18But I know Trump said he'd withhold funds and maybe bring in the National Guard.
00:19:21So you got to do something to fight, you know, fight fire with fire here.
00:19:24We'll see what happens.
00:19:25But I'm a little skeptical.
00:19:26And, Mike, a brief comment?
00:19:28I'll go with Kerry.
00:19:30It sounds crazy.
00:19:31So it is crazy.
00:19:32It won't happen.
00:19:33All right, gentlemen, thank you for joining us this morning.
00:19:35We're going to be watching with great interest tonight.
00:19:38And by this time tomorrow, we should know more.
00:19:39We'll see you soon.
00:19:41Thanks.
00:19:42Bye, Kerry.
00:19:44And make sure you tune in tonight, November 4th, at 7 p.m., to get the latest election results with live analysis from our data reporters and on-the-ground teams.
00:19:53NTD's Steve Lance and Tiffany Meyer are going to bring you our live special coverage of all the biggest races, from New York's mayoral election to the gubernatorial races in New York, I'm sorry, New Jersey and Virginia.
00:20:03That's tonight, 7 p.m., here on NTD.
00:20:06Don't miss it.
00:20:08Does President Trump have the authority to impose reciprocal tariffs?
00:20:13The Supreme Court is hearing the case this week.
00:20:15But Trump says he no longer plans to attend the proceedings.
00:20:18NTD correspondent Jason Blair brings us more.
00:20:20I think it's the most important decision, one of the most important decisions in the history of our country.
00:20:28The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week on whether Donald Trump has infringed on federal law with his tariffs.
00:20:35Lower courts ruled that the president didn't have the authority to use an emergency power law to push his tariffs into place.
00:20:42Trump says it would be a disaster if the Supreme Court fails to overturn the lower court's ruling.
00:20:47Without our being able to use tariffs freely, openly and in every way, we are really would suffer tremendously from a national security standpoint.
00:20:59The national security of our country is at stake.
00:21:01However, despite this, President Trump says that he no longer plans to attend oral arguments for the case this week as originally planned.
00:21:09He says he doesn't want to draw attention to himself.
00:21:11It's not about me. It's about our country. I wanted to go so badly. I just don't want to do anything to deflect the importance of that decision.
00:21:20Recently, China backtracked on its threats to limit rare earth exports in a new deal with the U.S.
00:21:26after President Trump threatened China last month with a 100 percent tariff increase.
00:21:31China, that was going to be a disaster for the world.
00:21:36And I was able to settle it very quickly, very easily because I was able to use tariffs.
00:21:40And last month, President Trump terminated trade talks with Canada over an ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan speaking against protectionist measures.
00:21:51The president suggested that the ad was intended to interfere with the Supreme Court case.
00:21:56The case is being heard on Wednesday.
00:21:58President Trump is scheduled to speak in Miami at the American Business Forum.
00:22:02Other speakers at the event include former CEO Eric Schmidt, U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and Argentinian President Javier Millet.
00:22:12Jason Blair, NTD News.
00:22:15Thank you, Jason.
00:22:16And as the Supreme Court prepares to take up those arguments tomorrow, top administration officials will be watching closely.
00:22:23Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says he'll attend the Supreme Court hearing, calling the tariff fight a matter of national security.
00:22:30Besant told Fox News that Trump's tariff policy is helping balance global trade and prevent an economic crisis.
00:22:37And coming up in Virginia, from a fierce fight for governor to a scandal shaking the attorney general's race,
00:22:44Jack Bradley tells us what today's election could mean for both parties and what it could tell us about voter sentiment on the first 10 months of President Trump's second term.
00:22:52Stay with us for that.
00:23:00Today is Election Day, and while it's not a presidential or midterm year, the outcome of several races could have major implications for where the country is headed.
00:23:16And today's Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has more on the elections in Virginia.
00:23:20New Jersey and Virginia are the only states in the nation to choose their governor one year after the presidential election.
00:23:28And here in Virginia, it's the only state where a governor cannot run two consecutive terms.
00:23:33Vying for the seat is Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earl Sears.
00:23:39Polls show Spanberger with a steady lead in a state that's lean blue in recent presidential elections.
00:23:44Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term congresswoman, is pitching herself as the change candidate, hoping to win back the governor's mansion for Democrats.
00:23:54She says her top priority is the economy, arguing against the Trump administration's federal workforce cuts.
00:24:00We need a governor who will speak up when careless, chaotic, reckless economic policies out of Washington hurt our economy.
00:24:11But Abigail has real practical plans to grow the economy and strengthen Virginia's schools and lower the cost of everything from housing to health care to energy.
00:24:23Earl Sears is the current lieutenant governor, a Marine Corps veteran and Jamaican immigrant.
00:24:28She's running on the economy with a message to keep a good thing going after four years of Republican leadership under Governor Glenn Youngkin.
00:24:35She also warns of her opponent's energy policies.
00:24:38She wants to put us back in something called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative,
00:24:44which means they're going to tell you what kind of stove you can buy, and it's only electric.
00:24:50They're going to tell you what car you can drive, and it's only electric.
00:24:53That race, and also the race in New Jersey, is going to be energy.
00:24:57Both of the Democrats are going to drive the energy prices through the roof.
00:25:01In the race for Virginia's attorney general, polls are plunging for the Democrat candidate Jay Jones.
00:25:07That's after violent text messages Jones sent while a state delegate in 2022 came to light.
00:25:13In the messages, Jones wished for the assassination of the former Republican Speaker of the Virginia House and his children.
00:25:20I am ashamed, I am embarrassed, and I'm sorry.
00:25:26I cannot take back what I said, but you have my word that I will always be accountable for my mistakes.
00:25:32The incumbent Republican Attorney General Jason Meares has been marginally ahead in the polls, and the race is likely to be close.
00:25:40All of the areas of federal and state local law department, how can they ever take you seriously,
00:25:44be the top prosecutor, knowing that you view that children should die to advance a political agenda?
00:25:50It's not just who wins, but by how much.
00:25:53That could be a good barometer to determine next year's midterm elections
00:25:56and voter approval of President Trump's first 10 months in office in his second term.
00:26:02Reporting from Richmond, Virginia, Jack Bradley, NTD News.
00:26:07And as we just saw, the race for the governor of Virginia is in the national spotlight today as well.
00:26:12Joining us for a look into the race is Jace White.
00:26:15He's director of federal affairs at the National Right to Work Committee.
00:26:18Jace, thanks for joining.
00:26:20For those unfamiliar with the local Virginia politics, can you help us get the context on the two candidates?
00:26:27That's right, and thank you for having me on.
00:26:29The Virginia governor's race, in particular, is going to be focused a lot on this right to work issue.
00:26:37Abigail Spanberger voted twice when she was in Congress as a member of Congress to repeal every state right to work law in the country, including Virginia's.
00:26:45Winsome Sears has made this a very important part of her campaign.
00:26:50What's on the line here with this right to work policy is whether workers can be forced to pay union dues in the state of Virginia.
00:26:56This is a policy that exists in 26 states' right to work that says that you can't, and that's been a big economic boost to the states that have it.
00:27:05And it's something that, unfortunately, Spanberger and everyone in her party are threatening to repeal.
00:27:10That's going to make a big economic difference in the state of Virginia, and it's one of the most important questions that voters are going to have to answer as they go to the polls today.
00:27:17Now, National Right to Work Committee is in support of free market principles.
00:27:21So why do you feel that the Democratic candidate is going to definitely go against right to work?
00:27:27Well, partly it's, as I said, there were two times that she voted when she was in Congress to get rid of this policy that we have in Virginia.
00:27:35The other reason is that it's an important part of her political base to be taking money from labor unions.
00:27:42The people that run these unions are the people that directly benefit from when workers can be forced to pay union dues.
00:27:48They would much rather be able to take money from people's pockets without their permission, and so it's a big source of campaign funding for Spanberger and the other members of her party.
00:27:59And so this is why they would love to have Virginians be forced to pay dues to unions, but it's not something that most people would agree with.
00:28:06In fact, 80 percent of Virginians and people across the country say that they support a worker's right to choose whether or not to join and pay dues to a union.
00:28:15So it's something that's going to put her on the wrong side of a lot of people who are considering voting for her today.
00:28:21And I think that's why you've seen Winsome Sears on the other side take a very strong position in support of workers' rights here in Virginia.
00:28:27Yeah, this concept of right to work is probably something that people don't really understand the nuance as it relates to elections.
00:28:35As you mentioned, these unions are very powerful in their endorsements and the party that they tend to align with.
00:28:42But with any membership, there is a value exchange, and unions do represent the interests of their constituents.
00:28:49But membership by law can't be forced, according to the 1935 National Labor Relations Act.
00:28:55But this has become a very gray area of the law, which resulted in Taft-Hartley and this concept of a right-to-work state.
00:29:02A state has to choose if it will be right-to-work or not.
00:29:06So to people who aren't really familiar with this, this can be confounding.
00:29:10Can you just sort of break down this concept of a state and how it has to choose to either, you know, allow for right-to-work or, you know, because it seems like the law is specifically against forcing membership.
00:29:24But is it a loophole?
00:29:25Is it a gray area?
00:29:26How has this come about?
00:29:27The question is whether somebody can be forced to pay dues and fees to a labor union.
00:29:34Now, you don't have to become a member, but you are still, if you're in a unionized workplace, required to pay dues and fees to a union in order to keep that job if you're not in a right-to-work state.
00:29:48And so the question that states have to answer is whether they're going to pass a right-to-work law which prevents workers from being forced to pay dues to a union that they may not support.
00:29:58And, you know, a lot of unions are ones that people want to be members of, but many more are either corrupt or ineffective or, in the case of many of the ones here in Virginia, are just overtly political, supporting candidates that workers themselves may not support with money that was taken from their paychecks.
00:30:16And so it's an important freedom and it's an important choice that we want to give to workers.
00:30:21And they only have that choice of whether to support a union if they live in a right-to-work state.
00:30:25And that's what's on the line in Virginia in the elections today.
00:30:29You know, just out of intellectual curiosity, if this National Labor Relations Act was passed 90 years ago stating that you can't force people into joining a union, do they just not allow you to take the job then unless you do join the union?
00:30:46Is that sort of where the loophole lies?
00:30:48Because it just seems like we passed this long ago that you can't coerce somebody to be a member of the union, but it seems like that law didn't say that you could withhold employment.
00:30:59Is that sort of how this operates?
00:31:01Well, you can be a non-member basically just on paper, and you can still be required as a condition of your employment to give money to the union that controls that workplace.
00:31:13And so if you are in a job and that workplace becomes unionized and you're not in a right-to-work state, you will be fired if you refuse to pay dues to that union, no matter what you think of it.
00:31:25Wow. And so this election then highlights this issue nationally.
00:31:31Where does the country stand since this is a state-by-state law?
00:31:36And do you see the Trump administration potentially trying to challenge that federally to reverse what's on the books in the states through the Supreme Court potentially?
00:31:46Ultimately, our goal at the national level is to pass a National Right to Work Act that takes out those provisions in federal law
00:31:54that allow for compulsory union dues in the first place.
00:31:57Right now, there are 26 states that have right-to-work laws, and we have a record number of congressional co-sponsors in the previous Congress for the National Right to Work Act.
00:32:06We have a growing number now in both the House and the Senate.
00:32:10And so that's our goal, is to build up enough support for this bill at the federal level so that we can end forced union dues for all Americans.
00:32:19That's a goal in the future, and right now in Virginia, the voters are going to have to decide whether they want to protect their states' right-to-work protections that they already have.
00:32:29Well, right-to-work certainly on the ballot in Virginia and potentially something we'll be looking out for in the next year or so to come,
00:32:35as this certainly has national implications.
00:32:38Appreciate your commentary today.
00:32:39Jace White, good to see you.
00:32:41Thanks to Jack for that.
00:32:44And in New Jersey, the closely contested governor's race between Democrat Mikey Sherrill and Republican Jack Cittarelli is also drawing national attention.
00:32:52Have a look.
00:32:53The campaign for New Jersey governor is shattering spending records, and the latest polls show the two candidates are in a tight race.
00:33:02Residents in the Garden State have this to say about their biggest policy concerns.
00:33:07I would say the number one thing probably is taxes.
00:33:12The cost of living is very high.
00:33:14A lot of people, a lot of retired people can't afford to live here, so they're moving out of state.
00:33:19And I think that's probably the biggest issue that has to be addressed.
00:33:24The main thing with this race is that the governors, whoever wins, they think about the people.
00:33:31People are suffering.
00:33:32And there's too much politics going on, and we want to hear about the real issues.
00:33:37We want in urban areas, in the inner cities.
00:33:40We need help.
00:33:42Ashley Koning, the director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University, agrees that cost of living is front and center in this election.
00:33:53We had quite a utility rate hike during the summer that New Jerseans acutely felt.
00:34:01This was something that was very evident in monthly bills over the summer.
00:34:06And this really kind of kick-started both campaigns after a kind of sleepy, dormant summer of not much going on except for lieutenant governor picks.
00:34:15And so when this came onto the stage, this kind of became the personification of the affordability issue that is the defining issue of the election cycle.
00:34:25So affordability, cost of living, incredibly high within New Jersey.
00:34:29New Jersey has, if not the highest, one of the highest property taxes on average in the country.
00:34:34The two governors' races this year are typically viewed as an early read on the midterm elections next year.
00:34:42Democrats are hoping victories in New Jersey and Virginia could create some early momentum for the 2026 elections,
00:34:50while Republicans will see the results as a test on the Trump administration.
00:34:55And a new poll suggests that nearly a million New Yorkers are ready to leave New York City if the Democratic candidate for mayor, Zoran Mamdani, is elected.
00:35:07According to the survey conducted by J.L. Partners for the Daily Mail,
00:35:12nearly one in 10 New Yorkers said they would definitely leave the city if that happens.
00:35:18Joining us to discuss is the CEO of the John Birch Society, Wayne Morrow.
00:35:23Wayne, good morning. Good to have you with us today.
00:35:25Good morning. How are you? Good morning. Thank you.
00:35:27To start with, your response to these survey findings.
00:35:32I'm not surprised. I can't even believe we have a Marxist running for mayor.
00:35:37I mean, think about it, you know, really?
00:35:40I see the same polls, and I think people don't need, well, he said he wanted to tax the rich.
00:35:48Well, my goodness, you're in New York City, capital city 101 for economics.
00:35:55I'm not surprised.
00:35:57But, you know, if I look at the platform of the socialist running for mayor, and the reason why he's so popular, he wants to give everything away for free.
00:36:06Free food, free taxis, free bus rides.
00:36:10That's a pretty good deal. It's all free, but somebody's got to pay for it.
00:36:13So I think once people see through that, it's a lie.
00:36:16Yeah.
00:36:17So how do you parse out where people say there's a line between what he identifies as a democratic socialist and communism?
00:36:24You've called him a Marxist.
00:36:26You know, these are more kind of pure descriptions of that final stage that democratic socialism says it's heading towards.
00:36:33But he does not identify as a communist.
00:36:37How would you respond to the two characterizations of him?
00:36:41Well, he said he's a democratic socialist.
00:36:48Well, socialism is really into communism.
00:36:52And it's really, it's a word salad.
00:36:54I mean, all the things he wants to do is pure communism, which is Marxism.
00:37:00You know, stores that supply food, free taxis, everything is free, rent control.
00:37:09That's basically what he's talking about.
00:37:11If you look at the communist Marxist plan, that's what it is.
00:37:15It's all state government control.
00:37:17There's no free market enterprise at all.
00:37:20And that's what he talks about.
00:37:21Yeah. What effect do you think this could have on the city if, you know, one million New Yorkers leave the city?
00:37:29Well, I hear that.
00:37:31They may not have a choice economically, but here's a question I really want to think about.
00:37:38All those people live in New York.
00:37:40I don't believe they're all communist Marxist.
00:37:42I think they want to have a decent living and be left alone.
00:37:46So my call is folks who have a business, who are working on Wall Street, and there's plenty of those, you should go out and vote.
00:37:55There's more of you than them.
00:37:57And I can't believe they would give their city away to this character.
00:38:02I can't believe it.
00:38:04I just can't believe it.
00:38:04So I would say, quit being passive, complacent, get busy, go vote.
00:38:09That's my answer to them.
00:38:12And what kind of outcomes do you expect, aside from all these free social services, what do you expect that kind of city to be characterized by if Mamdani does win?
00:38:28I think you'll have a very difficult time for high taxes and more cost of living to live in New York City to force companies to leave the city.
00:38:39That's what would happen.
00:38:41It would not be a good place.
00:38:42I mean, you have a city tax right now, correct?
00:38:45I think it's 4.5%, 5% plus the state of New York tax.
00:38:49I think it makes it more difficult to do business.
00:38:51So people will relocate, maybe New Jersey, maybe Virginia, someplace in the south.
00:38:55But they'll have no choice if they want to survive.
00:38:58If that's the goal, then that's exactly what will happen.
00:39:02I believe you're in New York, so exactly what I'm talking about.
00:39:08It's a prescription for death, for any growth.
00:39:12I mean, it's hard to believe that New York City would even consider a Democrat, socialist, Marxist, communist, even a mayor.
00:39:20It's hard to believe.
00:39:21So it's time for Americans who will really prosper in New York to wake up and participate in the process.
00:39:30And we have the same problem in New Jersey.
00:39:32I know earlier on in a news clip, you talk about New Jersey.
00:39:36There's two distinct races.
00:39:38You have a Democrat running ex-congressman or congressman who has about a 5% voting record constitutionally, per our information.
00:39:47And the Republican, who's a business person, running against each other.
00:39:53And it's amazing to even think of this.
00:39:55To me, that's really what's black and white, you know, oil and water kind of a vote.
00:40:00I mean, to me, it's pretty simple.
00:40:01So people may gravitate to New Jersey if the Republican wins.
00:40:05Now, the John Birch Society has long advocated against communist encroachment here in the U.S.
00:40:13If you could talk to me about this idea and what are the warnings against it and the signs you see here from a historical perspective and what the U.S. stands for.
00:40:25Yes, good question.
00:40:26Well, we've been talking about since 1958.
00:40:28You'll find information on our website, jbs.org.
00:40:33What are some of the things we talked about?
00:40:35More and more government, right?
00:40:37More and more personal restrictions on your liberties.
00:40:40Money backed by gold and silver will be backed by nothing.
00:40:43Now we have fiat currency, which is paper dollars.
00:40:46That's why we have a $36, $8 trillion debt.
00:40:49More control over your school systems.
00:40:52More government controls.
00:40:53Getting involved in foreign domestic affairs, mostly foreign affairs that would cost us more and more monies.
00:41:02Basically, debauch of the currency.
00:41:04All those things we talked about back then, that was the plan.
00:41:08Psychological warfare in Americans.
00:41:11Dummy down of Americans.
00:41:13You know, a third of the United States can't read, you know.
00:41:17All that was predicted would have happened in the late 50s.
00:41:21And as time marches forward, here we are.
00:41:24People quote us all the time.
00:41:26Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, and other people said,
00:41:29Guy, you guys have been right.
00:41:31You're the OGs.
00:41:32You've been talking about this for many, many years.
00:41:35And here we are.
00:41:36I mean, now here we are talking about who's a socialist or a communist or a Marxist,
00:41:42running for mayor of the largest city in the world as far as capitalism goes.
00:41:47I mean, we talked about that.
00:41:50And I think it's been very slow and clever.
00:41:53And people just basically want to sleep.
00:41:57Great to have your perspective on this.
00:42:00Wayne Morrow from the John Birch Society.
00:42:02Thank you so much for your time this morning.
00:42:04Thank you so much for the opportunity.
00:42:06And I hope New York stays sound and not communist, socialist, whatever you want to pick.
00:42:12I hope that works out today.
00:42:13I really do.
00:42:14We'll be watching.
00:42:17And Democrat redistricting is on the ballot today.
00:42:20Millions of voters across California will cast their ballots to weigh a plan known as Proposition 50.
00:42:26If successful, it will likely allow Democrats to gain five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
00:42:32California Governor Gavin Newsom and state Democrats pushed through the redistricting plan over the summer
00:42:38in response to Texas' move to redraw its own maps.
00:42:41Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio also recently rejuved their congressional maps.
00:42:46More states, including Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, and Maryland, among others, are all considering similar options.
00:42:53Around 60 percent of likely voters plan to support the proposition, according to a recent Berkeley poll.
00:42:58Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the measure, saying, quote,
00:43:03they are trying to fight for democracy by getting rid of the democratic principles of California.
00:43:16Welcome back to NTD.
00:43:17Good morning.
00:43:17I'm Cary Dunst.
00:43:18If you're just joining us now, here are some of today's top headlines.
00:43:22Breaking news this morning.
00:43:23Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84.
00:43:26According to a statement from his family.
00:43:29It said his passing was due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac, as well as vascular disease.
00:43:35Cheney served alongside Republican President George W. Bush for two terms, from 2001 to 2009,
00:43:40and is considered one of America's most powerful modern vice presidents,
00:43:44and the main architect for America's war on terror.
00:43:48And it is election day in New York City, and President Trump is making his preference clear
00:43:53he's urging voters to back independent Andrew Cuomo over Democratic nominee Zoran Mamdani,
00:43:59who he's calling a communist.
00:44:01A new poll shows the race tightening, with Mamdani's lead shrinking as Cuomo gains late momentum.
00:44:08Meanwhile, Trump also made a last-minute push for GOP candidates in New Jersey and Virginia,
00:44:13the head of today's governor's races, holding tele-rallies.
00:44:15And the Trump administration will partially fund food stamps for November,
00:44:20as the shutdown now enters its second month.
00:44:23The USDA says about half the usual benefits will go out using limited contingency funds.
00:44:29Meanwhile, Head Start programs are closing nationwide,
00:44:33leaving thousands of families without child care,
00:44:36as the shutdown ties the record for the longest in U.S. history.
00:44:39Those are this morning's top headlines.
00:44:42With that, Steph, over to you.
00:44:43Thank you, Carrie.
00:44:45And are everyday Americans feeling the impact of the government shutdown?
00:44:49NTD Sam Wong was out on the National Mall in D.C. to hear from the people.
00:44:54Are you feeling the effect of the shutdown yet?
00:44:56Me personally, no.
00:44:59But I can feel it just from, like, observing some of the people around me
00:45:03that work within the government that have missed a couple of checks.
00:45:08Not really.
00:45:09Basically, the only thing that I've noticed is my mom sent me a package and it was, like, a week late.
00:45:15But other than that, that's about it.
00:45:17Yes, I'm actually a business owner, and we do construction and government contracting,
00:45:21so we definitely feel that.
00:45:22Feeling the effect of having all the museums and things closed here in Washington,
00:45:26but we're still enjoying the time here.
00:45:29A little bit of a bummer, huh?
00:45:30A little bit of a bummer.
00:45:31I would hope that the people that we elect in government would, you know,
00:45:36come together and get this thing open.
00:45:38Which political party do you think is to blame for this shutdown?
00:45:41Man, I mean, they're both guilty.
00:45:43They need to find a solution soon because people need to eat.
00:45:47Democrats.
00:45:47I think they are focusing on things that aren't as important as the bigger picture.
00:45:54I think it's the political administration that we have in place right now
00:45:57because he's trying to control things that he really has no business trying to control.
00:46:00It seems it's pretty obvious that it must be the Democrat party
00:46:04because, you know, they've been voting on it 13 times to get it open
00:46:08or whatever the count is by now.
00:46:10It was a clean CR seven, eight months ago that they voted,
00:46:14so why can't they just keep extending it?
00:46:17Politically, which party do you think is winning in terms of messaging?
00:46:21I think the Republican party.
00:46:22I'm trying to be objective about it, to hear both sides,
00:46:25and I don't see what the Democrats are trying, what their long game is.
00:46:30Honestly, the Democratic party, I think they're winning currently.
00:46:33It's this game.
00:46:34Like, the Republicans are saying, do the right thing.
00:46:37Sign it, you know, open up the government.
00:46:39But we don't know what's in this budget plan that, you know,
00:46:43Democrats might feel a little hesitant about.
00:46:46I think the Republicans are winning this right now.
00:46:48It's hurting more of us as Democrats than it is Republicans.
00:46:50We're the ones that usually are the workers,
00:46:52and we're the ones that support health care and support rights for everybody,
00:46:56so, and they're trying to take that away.
00:46:58I think the Republicans, because they've made it clear what needs to happen for this to be resolved,
00:47:04and I think the Democrats are being stubborn,
00:47:07and I think it's coming at the cost of real people.
00:47:10I've been hearing, like, all over that, like, SNAP is about, you know,
00:47:13to run out of food, and people are going to suffer.
00:47:15So I think it really is just, we're talking about common sense.
00:47:19And here in New York City, the polls have been open since 6 a.m. this morning.
00:47:26Our reporter, Arlene Richards, is at the FIT polling station on 28th Street in Chelsea.
00:47:32Arlene, what are you seeing so far?
00:47:34Well, so far, Steph, we've seen a lot of voters coming in, trickling in, as you said,
00:47:41since 6 a.m. here at the FIT polling station.
00:47:44They're all going to cast their final votes for the mayor of this city, as well as other candidates.
00:47:49And also, the candidates on Monday were out across the city making their final pitches for those votes,
00:47:56starting out with former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
00:47:59He was in Flushing and Manhattan's Chinatowns.
00:48:02Then he made his way across the five boroughs visiting the Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.
00:48:07And at a rally in Washington Heights, Cuomo said we need to clean up this city.
00:48:11Let's watch.
00:48:13We need to clean up the city.
00:48:16We need a better public school system.
00:48:19We need more police to keep us safe on the streets.
00:48:23And we need to be able to stand up to Donald Trump and fight for New York.
00:48:31Zoran Mandani also made his way across the city.
00:48:35Zoran Mandani, he started out his final day of campaigning in Harlem and Brooklyn.
00:48:40Then he ended his tour in Astoria, Queens.
00:48:43He gave his final speech to thank all who helped him.
00:48:46And he also made a pitch for lowering costs.
00:48:48Let's watch.
00:48:49What our success will show is that it is not enough to diagnose the despair in working-class
00:48:56Americans' lives.
00:48:57You have to actually deliver on the agenda.
00:48:59And that is what we intend to do each and every day while we are in Harlem.
00:49:06Curtis Sliwa, he started his day on Monday on the rails in Brooklyn, then on to Staten Island.
00:49:12And he set aside some time to speak with Fox News about not dropping out.
00:49:17Let's watch.
00:49:17Do you think you understand I'm going the whole nine yards?
00:49:22I have Republican support.
00:49:25We don't fold.
00:49:26We don't run.
00:49:26We're not frightened.
00:49:27We're not scared like the Democrats.
00:49:29Oh, if Zoran wins, I'm running the farter.
00:49:32Who said that?
00:49:33Andrew Cuomo.
00:49:34And you know, Steph, one of the things that all of the candidates are agreeing on is that
00:49:42all New Yorkers should come out and vote.
00:49:45Back to you.
00:49:47Well, great report there, Arlene.
00:49:49And I can see behind you things are just getting started.
00:49:52And I know you'll be out there all day reporting for us.
00:49:55I look forward to seeing more updates and chatting with you soon.
00:49:58Thanks, Arlene.
00:49:59And thanks to Sam Wong for that report.
00:50:01Next, nearly $2 billion from foreign sources donated to back left-wing groups and policies
00:50:08in the United States.
00:50:09At least one of the foreign organizations is connected to the Chinese Communist Party.
00:50:13That's according to a new report by the group Americans for Public Trust.
00:50:18And Denise Molina-Weiskopf brings us the details.
00:50:21Protests for green energy, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and other social
00:50:27justice policies like anti-immigration enforcement bankrolled by foreign money.
00:50:32A nonpartisan report uncovered five foreign charities funneling money to left-wing groups.
00:50:38One called the Children's Investment Fund Foundation has ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
00:50:44We were able to trace that over $550 million in foreign money has come from his U.K.-based
00:50:52charity into U.S.-based organizations.
00:50:56That is a third of the entirety of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
00:51:02Right.
00:51:03Another group, called the Oak Foundation, has contributed at least $8.2 million to a center
00:51:10that funds protests to abolish ICE, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
00:51:16While the United States technically has laws preventing foreign nationals and governments
00:51:21from giving money directly to campaign PACs and candidates, grassroots advocacy on big
00:51:27policy disputes flies under the radar.
00:51:29You cannot win without all these outside groups that are the 501c3s and the 501c4s.
00:51:37You cannot tell me you can win today without C3s and C4s on the outside.
00:51:43Guess what's not regulated by the FEC?
00:51:45Yeah.
00:51:45Issue advocacy campaigns, voter education, protests.
00:51:49So there's these huge loopholes on the state and federal level.
00:51:52Her group, Americans for Public Trust, is working to get the loopholes closed.
00:51:58Today in Michigan, Sutherland will testify to support a bill to do so.
00:52:02Some states are already working to stop foreign adversaries from purchasing land or contributing
00:52:07to state ballot issue campaigns.
00:52:09Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskup, NTD News.
00:52:13The University of Pennsylvania has called in the FBI after hackers breached its systems
00:52:21and sent offensive emails to alumni.
00:52:24The messages sent on Halloween from university accounts slammed Penn as elitist, woke, and
00:52:31completely non-merit-based.
00:52:33University officials say the cyber attack affected select information systems and that they're
00:52:38working with federal agents and cybersecurity experts to contain the breach.
00:52:42The university condemned the emails as highly offensive and not reflective of its values.
00:52:48The FBI has yet to comment.
00:52:50Similar hacks have recently hit other universities, including Columbia, where attackers leaked
00:52:55student data, allegedly as part of politically motivated hacktivist campaign groups.
00:53:08Welcome back to NTD Good Morning.
00:53:10The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2025 World Series champions.
00:53:16Fans flooded downtown L.A. for a victory parade and celebration.
00:53:21Yeah, they were having a party.
00:53:22The Dodgers players and coaches, they rode a 45-minute parade route, bringing the excitement
00:53:26right through the heart of the city.
00:53:28And NTD's Christina Corona was there and has more from the celebration.
00:53:32We're here in the heart of downtown L.A. where the Dodgers are celebrating their back-to-back
00:53:37World Series championship with a massive parade.
00:53:40Fans land up early this morning to secure the perfect spot to get a glimpse of their favorite
00:53:45player riding down Grand Avenue on the double-decker bus.
00:53:49There's music, there's chanting, there's dancing.
00:53:52There's something for every Dodger fan to enjoy.
00:53:54Tens of thousands of fans dressed in Dodger blue gathered to see their champions and the
00:54:00World Series trophy cruise through the streets of Los Angeles.
00:54:03The Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 on Saturday night, clinching the
00:54:09team's ninth World Series title, securing their third World Series championship in five years.
00:54:14Man, that was the most stressful game I've ever seen in my life.
00:54:18Dude, that thing was crazy.
00:54:20It was well-deserved.
00:54:22The World Series trophy cruised through a two-mile stretch of downtown Los Angeles,
00:54:26ending at Dodger Stadium.
00:54:28Even the youngest Dodger fans came out to celebrate.
00:54:31Go Dodgers!
00:54:32Woo!
00:54:33We asked fans who are they most excited to see.
00:54:37Honestly, the person that I'm, like, really excited for is Mookie.
00:54:40Yamamoto and the Dodgers, you know, we're champions back-to-back.
00:54:43Yoshi, shout-out to Yoshi, shout-out to Mookie, Ohtani, the whole team, I ain't gonna lie,
00:54:48even Dave Roberts, shout-out to Dave Roberts, we live in the red, let's go.
00:54:51I am excited to see Ohtani.
00:54:54And Will Smith.
00:54:55Some fans said it wasn't just about the players, they came out for the people and the atmosphere.
00:55:01Been a Dodgers fan since knee-high, I mean, I just came out here to see everyone, have a good time.
00:55:05The celebration continued at Dodger Stadium with the sold-out rally featuring the players,
00:55:10team management, entertainment, food, and exclusive merchandise.
00:55:14The Dodgers are now the first team in 25 years to win back-to-back World Series titles.
00:55:20As you can tell, the Dodger fans are excited.
00:55:22They saw all of their favorite players, and many of them are hoping for a three-peat win next year.
00:55:27Reporting from the city of Los Angeles, Christina Corona, NTD News.
00:55:33Christina Corona, what fun.
00:55:35That's a great report.
00:55:36Christina, right in the middle of the party there, and they are celebrating, and they have a lot to celebrate.
00:55:40A back-to-back championship in any sport is really hard to do.
00:55:45You know, a three-peat really hasn't happened in any sport in such a long, long time.
00:55:50And now, of course, they're looking forward to the potential to do it.
00:55:54Though they have won three in five years, the ability to win three in a row,
00:55:58something that would really be quite a story.
00:56:00But they have the team to potentially do it.
00:56:02They've got Shoei Ohtani.
00:56:04They didn't even really need him to pull off that Game 7 win.
00:56:07But I'll tell you, that World Series Game 7, possibly one of the greatest baseball games ever.
00:56:12It was really epic.
00:56:14Worth the cheers we saw right there, that jubilation.
00:56:17All right.
00:56:19Now, from modern sports to medieval sports,
00:56:23a group of five siblings is taking the world of Renaissance festivals by storm.
00:56:28That's right.
00:56:28NTD's Daniel Monahan spoke with the Fortress Dwellers.
00:56:31Let's have a look at that.
00:56:35The Fortress Dwellers consists of four brothers and their sister.
00:56:38They are currently touring American Renaissance festivals
00:56:41with their original songs and exciting sword play.
00:56:44Music has always been a part of the Bailey family's life.
00:56:48We've been singing for a long time together as family
00:56:50at various different places, music festivals, churches,
00:56:54all sorts of places.
00:56:57So we've had a big, long history in music.
00:56:59They are first-generation Americans,
00:57:02their father emigrating to the U.S. from England.
00:57:05A complicated move from Florida to Oklahoma,
00:57:08where they were without their instruments for some time,
00:57:10helped them hone in on their singing.
00:57:12And this was many, many moons ago.
00:57:19And we came to Oklahoma.
00:57:21We didn't have any instruments, but we had our each other.
00:57:24And so we began singing.
00:57:26That's really where our harmonies began to.
00:57:28We started to harmonize.
00:57:28Dad was in the music industry already.
00:57:30He knew how to sing.
00:57:31He knew all of the ins and outs of music.
00:57:34And got us singing and harmonizing together.
00:57:36Here we are.
00:57:36With a strong interest in fantasy from childhood,
00:57:40moving into medieval swordplay and renaissance festivals
00:57:43was a natural progression.
00:57:45All of that has always been a major part of our interest in life.
00:57:51Inspiration like The Lord of the Rings,
00:57:53books like The Lord of the Rings,
00:57:54Strife of the Mighty, and so forth.
00:57:56We always fancied the sword,
00:57:59fantastical tales and like,
00:58:02and armor.
00:58:02The Fortress Dwellers even created their own world called Ethlind,
00:58:06for which they've made a short film called
00:58:08Fortress Dwellers, Ethlind of Memory.
00:58:11Here you find yourself
00:58:13in a dying world.
00:58:17We were always very animated.
00:58:19And we also had very inventive, creative minds.
00:58:22We were always dreamers.
00:58:24So as we were growing up,
00:58:25these characters that you see us playing now,
00:58:27they've always existed.
00:58:29We've always been, he's always been Ethlind,
00:58:30he's always been Rome, I've always been Doris.
00:58:32And this has always been war-off.
00:58:34One goal is to take the Ethlind characters
00:58:36they have created to the big screen.
00:58:38There's a lot of the Rings movie coming out
00:58:40that we have,
00:58:41we have long, long seen.
00:58:44We, uh,
00:58:46we were looking to try to hopefully get on back
00:58:49if it were at all possible.
00:58:51Peter Jackson, when you watch this,
00:58:53we want to be on it.
00:58:55Faith plays a big role in their journey.
00:58:57We follow Christ
00:58:58and he is, uh, he is,
00:59:01we're nothing without God.
00:59:04He is the, he's the,
00:59:05he is the ground on which we
00:59:08are able to do anything on.
00:59:11And the brothers say
00:59:12they have always found comfort
00:59:14in each other's company.
00:59:15When we get up stage,
00:59:16we're on stage and we're doing it
00:59:17and everyone's there.
00:59:18You look, you look to your comrade,
00:59:20the person who's helping you out
00:59:22and it's your brother there
00:59:23and it's like,
00:59:23the togetherness is really
00:59:25what I can mean personally.
00:59:27We get to do this.
00:59:28We actually get to do this together
00:59:30and make a career out of it,
00:59:33make a, make a go of it
00:59:34is really,
00:59:36I would say that's why
00:59:37it's something very special.
00:59:40Their sister Faith
00:59:41balances the energy
00:59:42of the four Ethlind warriors.
00:59:44She is the rose amongst the thorns,
00:59:47the flower of Ethlind.
00:59:50If you go,
00:59:50if you look at pictures
00:59:51of fortress dwellers,
00:59:52you'll see,
00:59:53like you said,
00:59:54everyone's in dark apparel
00:59:55and then she's got these bright colors
00:59:56and she's,
00:59:57she's lit up like,
00:59:57like, like the sunshine.
00:59:59The fortress dwellers tell others
01:00:01to keep the faith
01:00:02when times get hard.
01:00:03Do you,
01:00:04just do you
01:00:05and you always remember
01:00:07that you've got something
01:00:08to add to the,
01:00:09to the world.
01:00:09There's only one you.
01:00:11So don't,
01:00:12don't hide under a bushel,
01:00:13go out there and do your thing
01:00:14and keep it unpopular.
01:00:16I mean, look,
01:00:16we're, we're not exactly
01:00:18the demographic you find
01:00:19at the Renaissance Festival.
01:00:20We've made grounds
01:00:21in that way.
01:00:22There's only one you
01:00:22and that's the you
01:00:24the world needs.
01:00:25The fortress dwellers
01:00:26will be playing
01:00:26at the Viking Renaissance Fair
01:00:28in Pickens,
01:00:28South Carolina
01:00:29on November 8th.
01:00:30You can also find them
01:00:31on Instagram
01:00:32at fortress dwellers.
01:00:33Daniel Monaghan,
01:00:34NTD News.
01:00:36Daniel Monaghan
01:00:38did it again.
01:00:39He's done it again.
01:00:40Amazing.
01:00:41Amazing.
01:00:42What a story.
01:00:43And, you know,
01:00:44they've got such beautiful voices
01:00:45we heard,
01:00:46but also we saw
01:00:47a djembe there,
01:00:49just a regular drum,
01:00:51flutes,
01:00:52violin,
01:00:52guitar,
01:00:53a bagpipe.
01:00:54They rock it all.
01:00:55Find your people too, right?
01:00:57Like, how often do you find
01:00:58that level of talent
01:01:00at a Renaissance Fair?
01:01:02But they,
01:01:03you know,
01:01:03with the Lord of the Rings
01:01:05and the Game of Thrones,
01:01:06like,
01:01:07people are enamored
01:01:08with everything
01:01:09sort of medieval
01:01:11and, I mean,
01:01:12their singing was beautiful.
01:01:14They clearly are spiritual.
01:01:16They mentioned
01:01:17how their Christian faith
01:01:18is such an important part
01:01:19of what they do.
01:01:20That will resonate
01:01:21with a lot of people too.
01:01:22Fortress dwellers.
01:01:24I screwed it up.
01:01:25But, yeah,
01:01:26the fortress dwellers.
01:01:27Go check them out.
01:01:28All right.
01:01:29If you have any feedback
01:01:30on our show
01:01:30or have something
01:01:31you'd like to see us cover,
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