Trump_ Shutdown A ‘Big Factor’ In Election Results; SCOTUS Weighs Tariffs

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the government shutdown was a "big factor" in election results where democrats swept a trio of races yesterday. “I don't think it was good for Republicans. I don't think it's good. I'm not sure it was for anybody. But we had an interesting evening and we learned a lot," the president during the breakfast meeting with senate republicans.

The lawyer representing the Trump administration faced tough questions from conservative and liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday over the legality of the president's sweeping tariffs.

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00:00Democrats won big on election night with their party's candidates winning the ballot across several key races in New York City, New Jersey and Virginia.

00:09And California voters approved a plan redrawing congressional districts in Democrats' favor.

00:16They have the takeaways from the key races.

00:19President Trump delivered remarks at a breakfast with Republican senators today.

00:24He urged lawmakers to end the filibuster.

00:26The president commented on yesterday's elections, the government shutdown and other topics.

00:32The Supreme Court hears arguments today on the legality of President Trump's global tariffs, sweeping measures imposed under emergency powers.

00:42At least nine people are dead after a cargo plane crashed near Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport.

00:51What officials are saying about the disaster as an investigation is launched.

00:56This is NTD News Today, live from our global headquarters in New York City.

01:12Today is Wednesday, November 5th.

01:16I'm Stephanie Acox.

01:18Democrats swept a trio of races in the first major election since President Trump regained the presidency.

01:25We take a look at the latest results.

01:26We've got the governor's race in Virginia here with 96 percent of the votes.

01:32Democrats in Democrat Abigail Spanberger winning 57.2 percent of the vote.

01:38Winsome Earl Sears trailing behind Ghazala Hashmi with the lieutenant governor's race winning 55.3 percent in Virginia.

01:49And we also had another major race in Virginia, the attorney general's race, where Jay Jones came in with 52.8 percent, also with 96 percent of the votes in.

02:01And over in New Jersey, the governor's race took a similar attack.

02:07We have Mikey Sherrill winning 56.2 percent of the vote.

02:11Jack Cittarelli trailing with 43.2 percent.

02:15And over in New York City, the mayor's race, Zoran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate, winning with 50.4 percent, Andrew Cuomo running as an independent, and Curtis Sliwa as the Republican candidate with just 7 percent there.

02:33And just over half of voters, as you saw, chose Zoran Mamdani in a historic election that saw the highest turnout in 50 years, with more than 2 million New Yorkers casting their ballots.

02:47After winning the New York City mayoral race, Zoran Mamdani said he will announce members of his new administration soon.

02:54Here's more from his press conference today in Queens.

02:56Last night, we made history.

03:00I'm so proud to be standing here today as the mayor-elect of the greatest city in the world.

03:06Over 2 million New Yorkers cast their ballots.

03:09Whether they were the more than million who supported this campaign, or the others who supported someone else, or whether they felt too disappointed by the political process to participate at all, I will work every day to honor the trust that I now hold.

03:28Mamdani said over the coming days, he will announce roles including deputy mayors and commissioners.

03:33They will carry out the critical work of city agencies and oversee entire areas of government.

03:38Mamdani also announced five women who will serve on his transition team.

03:43They include his campaign advisor, who will be the executive director.

03:47The transition team members have worked under the previous three mayors.

03:51Mamdani promised to build an administration that is capable, compassionate, driven by integrity, and willing to work hard.

03:58He said he's willing to work with Mayor Eric Adams to ensure a smooth transition.

04:03A number of Jewish organizations are reacting to the election of Zoran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York City.

04:11The UJA Federation of New York issued a statement expressing its concerns.

04:17The federation said, quote,

04:18The coalition said it would continue to work to ensure the city's Jewish community and all communities feel safe and respected.

04:39The organization added, quote,

04:41Our agenda remains clear.

04:43We will hold all elected officials, including Mayor-elect Mamdani, fully accountable for ensuring that New York remains a place where Jewish life and support for Israel are protected and can thrive.

04:56In his victory speech last night, Mamdani appeared to respond to concerns within the Jewish community, saying, quote,

05:02We will build a city hall that stands steadfast alongside Jewish New Yorkers and does not waver in the fight against the scourge of anti-Semitism.

05:13Next, California voters approved a plan yesterday to redraw the state's congressional map in Democrats' favor.

05:20And you can see there they voted 63.8 percent to 36.2 percent.

05:26And that's for Prop 50.

05:28That will have a wide-ranging effect for the nation as we see the midterms coming up next year.

05:36Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the news.

05:39But what a night for the Democratic Party.

05:42A party that is in its ascendancy.

05:45A party that's on its toes, no longer on its heels.

05:49From coast to coast, sea to shining sea.

05:53But it was not just a victory tonight for the Democratic Party.

05:57It was a victory for the United States of America, for the people of this country.

06:02The approval of Proposition 50 gives Democrats a shot at winning as many as five additional House seats.

06:08That's just enough to blunt Texas Republicans' move to redraw their own maps to pick up five GOP seats.

06:15The measure was spearheaded by Newsom.

06:17Former President Barack Obama urged voters to pass it as well.

06:21Congressional district boundaries are typically redrawn every 10 years to reflect population shifts documented in the census.

06:29Mid-decade redistricting is unusual, except when a court order finds fault with the maps that are in place.

06:36Following the results, Californian Republicans vowed the fight is not over.

06:40This fight is not over.

06:43It's just started.

06:44But that's going to leave this conversation wide open for Republicans to come in and not only remind people of the problems that California is dealing with.

06:54The crime, the Prop 36 still going unfunded, even though the voters voted for it.

07:00Kitchen table issues.

07:01The homeless problem that Gavin Newsom promised to solve when he was mayor of San Francisco that still hasn't been solved.

07:09We're going to be pointing all of those issues out, and we're going to be taking our message directly to the people of California.

07:15President Trump delivered remarks today at a breakfast with Republican senators.

07:21The president commented on yesterday's elections, the government shutdown, and other topics.

07:26And last night it was, you know, not expected to be a victory.

07:30It was very Democrat areas, but I don't think it was good for Republicans.

07:34I don't think it was good.

07:35I'm not sure it was good for anybody.

07:36But we had an interesting evening, and we learned a lot, and we're going to talk about that.

07:42But I thought we'd have a discussion after the press leaves about what last night represented and what we should do about it, and also about the shutdown and how that relates to last night.

07:55I think if you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor, negative for the Republicans, and that was a big factor.

08:04Trump said he didn't feel Democrats are really getting the blame for what he called the disastrous Democrat-created government shutdown, now officially the longest in American history.

08:16It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do, and that's terminate the filibuster.

08:22It's the only way you can do it.

08:23And if you don't terminate the filibuster, you'll be in bad shape.

08:27We won't pass any legislation.

08:30There'll be no legislation passed for three and a quarter.

08:32We have three and a quarter years.

08:33That's a long time.

08:35If I thought that they weren't going to pass the filibuster, I wouldn't even bring it up.

08:39They're going to pass it within the first hour if they take power, and it's more likely that they take power if we don't do it, because we're not going to be passing any legislation.

08:48They're not going to approve anything.

08:49We're going to go three and a quarter years.

08:50There won't be one bill that we're going to pass, because the easiest thing to pass is exactly right now what they won't pass, and they'll do that, and they'll wreak havoc.

09:00But let's assume they get in.

09:01They're doing it anyway, so it wouldn't matter.

09:04They're doing it anyway.

09:07Trump also criticized mail-in voting, calling it prone to corruption, and he took issue with blue-slip rules that let senators block his U.S. attorney nominations.

09:18Trump said his administration's tax cuts and job growth prove Republicans can deliver results if they can move legislation without obstruction.

09:26The president also recalled an incident from his meeting with Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping in South Korea last week.

09:36So he's here, and he's got about six people on each side, and every one of those people was standing like this.

09:43They were at attention.

09:45And I made a comment to one of them, and I got no response.

09:48I said, are you going to answer me?

09:49I got no response.

09:51And President Xi didn't let him have any.

09:53So, if there's any question, I said, I want my cabinet to behave like that.

09:58That's the way.

09:59I'm demanding that my cabinet.

10:00I want them sitting up like that, Tim, just nice and straight.

10:03I never saw a posture like that.

10:04I've never seen men so scared in their lives.

10:08They have the equivalent of a vice president.

10:11I said, are you going to answer my question?

10:15And he's like, he doesn't move.

10:16I said, what's wrong with this guy?

10:17I will answer all questions.

10:18Trump was explaining how he tried talking to Chinese officials while they stood next to Xi Jinping and got no response.

10:29He made the room laugh, as you just heard, by saying next that Vice President J.D. Vance does not behave like that and budges into conversations.

10:39All right, President Trump is set to speak at the America Business Forum in Miami today.

10:44The event is drawing some influential speakers for two days of talks on global growth.

10:50Trump will deliver remarks at 1 p.m. at Miami's Kaseya Center and then return to Washington later in the day.

10:56Other speakers on the forum's agenda include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and former Google executive Eric Schmidt.

11:06The program also lists soccer star Lionel Messi and tennis champion Serena Williams.

11:11Argentine President Javier Malay and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Karina Machado are also on the program, possibly appearing virtually, though.

11:19The major elections held yesterday included gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, New York City's mayoral election and significant ballot initiatives, such as California's Proposition 50.

11:32Democrats emerged as the winners in all the major contests, sweeping key races and strengthening their position ahead of the 2026 midterms.

11:40Joining us now to discuss is legal analyst and civil rights attorney, Bobbi Ann Cox, and NTD News contributor and the host of the Can We Please Talk podcast, Mike Leon.

11:51Good to have you both with us today.

11:54Let's start with a look at the Democratic Party itself and where it's at today.

11:59Yesterday's elections, of course, were by and large in Democratic strongholds.

12:04So those wins were expected, especially in an off year.

12:07Yet looking at Zoran Mamdani specifically in his campaign, it kind of struck a different tone to the moderate messaging of recent years for that party.

12:17Starting off with you, Mike, what, if anything, does his campaign and win indicate about the Democratic Party today?

12:26Well, good to see you ladies on this Wednesday afternoon.

12:30Well, I think it says a couple of things.

12:31First, my hope is, is that Democrats copy the blueprint of what he did, the march from Fort Tyron all the way down to lower Manhattan, knocking on doors, you know, doing things that a typical candidate, you would see them do at a local race, right?

12:48Like they'd be standing outside of the grocery store and handing out flyers.

12:51He did all of this grassroots campaigning and Democrats have been dying to have somebody energize the party like that.

12:58And then here comes this person and they're like, well, not that way, which is so funny to see with the endorsements, you know, the tepid endorsements from the likes of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.

13:09So what does it say about the party overall?

13:11I'll echo something that Congressman Seth Moulton, who was a friend of mine who's been on my show and now running for Senate in Massachusetts, said, which is that it's a mixed bag, right?

13:19You get the Abigail Spanbergers, who are moderate Democrats that can win a gubernatorial race.

13:23You get the Mikey Sheryls, who served in this nation's, you know, army.

13:27And then you get the Zora Mandanis, who are Democratic socialists, that have some ideas that some think maybe are crazy, maybe they're far-fetched.

13:34But, you know, it's a shot in the dark and it's a try, but he can mobilize voters and energize the base.

13:39And it's a mixed bag.

13:40And that's what I think was the takeaway last night in the through line in terms of the 2025 elections for Democrats.

13:45And strategists, of course, are really starting to unpick what unfolded last night, starting to reflect on Mamdani's win, asking what's causing people to choose a socialist platform.

13:58Bobbi Ann, your thoughts on that?

14:00Well, you know, I think that the voters in New York City that turned out in large numbers are a mixed bag, you know, as Mike said.

14:13But here's what the problem is.

14:15I think the messaging was that, hey, I'm going to improve New York City by making everything more, quote, unquote, affordable.

14:23So what Mamdani has been saying on his campaign trail is he's going to make it more affordable, which is something that's very enticing to many New Yorkers, right?

14:34But how is he going to do that?

14:36He's not going to do that by lowering taxes and putting more money in your pocket.

14:41He has been very open about how he's going to do that.

14:44For example, providing free buses, which is something he cannot do, by the way.

14:50The MTA controls the bus system in New York City, and that is controlled by the New York State Legislature, not by the governor.

14:57I'm sorry, not by the mayor of New York City.

15:00He says he's going to give free child care.

15:02He's going to freeze the rent so that landlords can increase rent.

15:06He's going to ban private property so that you don't own anything.

15:10You know, he's going to seize the means of production.

15:13You know, these are all things that are really beyond socialism.

15:17They really are more Marxist in nature.

15:20So people were not really paying attention to the details, but they liked the overall idea that he has been promoting, which is, you know, more affordable.

15:30And I think that's why he won.

15:33And affordability was a key issue across many of the elections yesterday.

15:38But strategists are also kind of asking, why is it that young people did not mind this label of socialism and even want to vote for it?

15:52We'll start with you, Mike.

15:53Yeah, well, I'll piggyback on something Bobby Ann said.

15:57So first off, there's a couple of things.

15:59And you know this, Steph, I'm a lifelong New York kid.

16:01I grew up 20 blocks away from Bronx Science High School, where Zoran went to high school.

16:05So New York City runs through my blood.

16:07But I don't live in New York anymore, right?

16:09I haven't for the last two years.

16:10Why?

16:11Because the apartment I lived in during the COVID pandemic, when New York was trying to get people back in under de Blasio with the rent freezes and the 15 to 18 month leases, that unit is now $2,500 more.

16:20For a family of four, it's completely unaffordable.

16:24No mayor is going to change that.

16:26Not Zoran Mondani, not Andrew Cuomo, not Curtis Siwa, not Jesus Christ.

16:32No mayor is going to do that because we live in a capitalistic society and we're not going to get landlords to stop charging those type of rent prices like we did see during the pandemic when they were trying to get people back in.

16:42So that's number one.

16:42Number two, the reason why young voters are going to the socialist is because of something that Bobby said there in terms of the pie in the sky type stuff.

16:51But I would take I would take umbrage with the word that she used, which is C's.

16:56It's not really about C's.

16:57There's a difference between socialism and communism and Marxism.

17:00And these terms get conflated.

17:01And as the son of a kid who left the communist country, I know what communism looks like when the government controls everything.

17:08Socialism, socialism, excuse me, is not the exact exact same way.

17:11And so people are looking for a different type of change.

17:14They're looking for people to talk to them about the issues, not necessarily solve them.

17:18And we saw that in the 2024 elections, which is what's happening right now in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which is the affordability crisis is still playing out in different cities.

17:26So I think for Democrats, the takeaway is keep talking about the issue, right?

17:31Maybe not solve it.

17:32But as long as you keep talking about it because voters are creatures of the current moment, you will garner those votes.

17:38And that's what we saw in 2024 with Trump's rise.

17:41That's what we're seeing in 2025 play out as well.

17:43And as we look at the messaging and the successes and failures of the different approaches, I know, Bobby Ann, you fought Governor Hochul's move to institute future quarantine camps that had some concerning features of the potential for government overreach and control.

18:02What are your thoughts about how, say, the Republican Party can better talk to the public about socialism, the potential for overreach of the of the government, but also affordability at the same time?

18:19Right. Well, this is the problem.

18:21You know, the messaging is not getting through to the voters or at least not to the vast majority of voters.

18:29You know, you referenced my my lawsuit against Governor Hochul for the quarantine camp regulation.

18:36You know, it was absolutely not covered by mainstream media in in New York or outside New York.

18:45It was something that went flew under the radar and it should not have, you know, being able to remove people from their home with no proof that you're sick and put you into a detention center for however long the government or the Department of Health wants with no means for you to regain your freedom unless you hire an attorney and sue your way out.

19:05And that is absolutely unconscionable and it was not covered by the media and therefore it flew under the radar.

19:14And we see the same thing happening here.

19:17Yes, the Republicans have to change their messaging, but they need to do more messaging and they need to explain to the voters what it means when somebody like Zohan Mondami says,

19:29I'm going to make New York City more affordable now, you know, the seize the means of production, those are his words, those are not my words.

19:38He actually said that that's what his plan is to do.

19:42You know, he wants to close prisons again, his words, not my words.

19:47He wants to defund the police.

19:49He wants to legalize prostitution.

19:51He wants to, you know, raise taxes by $9 billion, with a B, billion dollars on the most wealthy New York City dwellers.

20:03You know, those are things that are, number one, not really explained to the majority of voters.

20:11You know, what does that mean?

20:12That means you are going to see a mass exodus from New York City, which is going to cause the collapse of the economy.

20:22I mean, there was a poll that was just released yesterday that said that if Mondani did win, that almost a million New York City residents would flee the city.

20:34And those that are planning to flee are the ones in those top earning tax brackets.

20:41If you lose your base, you are going to see a tremendous collapse economically in the city.

20:49So these are things that, you know, if we want to understand what's going on or what will go on under the reign of a mayor who, you know, he's a self-proclaimed socialist.

21:02But when you look at his policies, they really are more communist than socialist because he does want the government to control everything.

21:10And he even said that in his acceptance speech last night.

21:13You know, there's no issues.

21:15There are no issues out there that are too small for the government not to deal with.

21:19That is absolutely not a capitalist mindset.

21:24That is a communist mindset, meaning he wants the government to control and step in in any and all situations.

21:32And that's very scary because that will cause the collapse of New York City, which which is, you know, the financial center of our nation, if not the world.

21:44So this is a really serious situation here.

21:48It needs to be better explained to the citizenry.

21:51That's that's for sure, because I don't think that that was done properly on this campaign.

21:56Do you have a sense, Mike, that the youth today fully understand socialism, communism and Marxism?

22:07No, I mean, this panel is showing me that they don't, depending upon whatever age bracket, because, again, his words in the mayoral debate, I don't want to defund the police.

22:17The current police budget has thirty three thousand seven hundred police officers that are allocated for.

22:21I don't want to increase that. What I want to do is allocate that funding now to have mental health resources and other professionals go out on calls, whether or not the cause of the severity and the dispatcher can handle it.

22:33We can get into all of that. But at the end of the day, look, if Republicans true.

22:37I worked at Fox News for two and a half years. I know what talking points look like.

22:40I know what buzzwords look like. I know what phrase phraseology looks like, for lack of a better term.

22:45I think if Republicans want to get serious, as opposed to labeling him four different terms that are conflating all four of them, I think what they should do is actually talk about the issue and the direct path line to solve it and how Zoran is inexperienced to solve it.

23:00Cuomo tried to do that. The problem is Cuomo killed New York City residents with his policies and he had a sexual harassment scandal on top of that.

23:08And then Curtis Siwa, who I actually think the Republicans should have thrown more behind because he's actually been a fixture in New York City for 45 years, whether or not the hat gives a connotation of he's not a serious candidate.

23:20They never actually put something serious into the Republican nominee for the party in New York City.

23:26So if the Republican Party wants to change, I would drop the buzzwords and phrases and the conflation of the terms that nobody wants to hear and actually talk about the issues and give people a direct through line to how we solve those issues.

23:39That is the problem with American politics in 2025, because I just said it before.

23:45Zoran Mondani, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Siwa, they're not going to make that 540 West 50th apartment come down from $5,700 to what I was paying at $3,300.

23:53They're not going to do it. And they're not going to do it because we live in a capitalistic society.

23:57Zoran Mondani is not going to change that. Andrew Cuomo is not going to change that.

24:01Teddy Ruxpin, the old teddy bear, is not going to change that.

24:04The problem with New York City and especially the mayor's race, it gets over magnified.

24:08Dinkins got hate. Koch on his third term got hate.

24:11De Blasio got hate. Giuliani obviously has gotten hate post being America's mayor.

24:16Eric Adams was the face of the Democratic Party. Now you couldn't find him on a Democratic milk carton.

24:21So New York City's mayor's race gets over amplified. And that's the problem.

24:26If we truly want to talk about the issues and the direct through line to solve them, that's where Mondani gave some clear cut answers.

24:33The grocery store idea is an example, pilot program, five different boroughs.

24:36This is what we would do. And we would reallocate budget that is already being spent on private grocery stores for that.

24:42Whether or not you agree with that, that's fine. But he talked about the policy all the way through.

24:46And therein lies the solve. And that's why I think people went to the ballot box for him.

24:50Certainly people will be watching to see how his promises pan out.

24:54And we just have about 30 seconds left. If you would like to give the final remark, Bobbi Ann Cox.

25:02Yeah, you know, I think that Mike has some good points there.

25:05This is really about, you know, marketing, right?

25:08Zohan Mondani marketed himself and his ideas in such a manner that he appealed to 50 percent of the voters and he won.

25:17So it was also, I think, the manner in which he did his marketing.

25:22You know, he's 34 years old, so he was able to use all of the technology that's modern and hip for the people that are in his age bracket.

25:31Right. Those 20 year olds, those 30 year olds, even some 40 year olds.

25:35You know, he was on TikTok. He was all over social media.

25:38Those were things that were lacking, I think, in, you know, the Cuomo and also the Curtis Sliwa campaigns.

25:46So, you know, if you appeal to your voters and you can reach them more effectively, you have a much bigger shot at winning.

25:57You know, so this is really something that was this whole race, this whole mayoral race was really something that came out in the end to show that, you know, it's not just the issues.

26:09It's the personality of the candidate and how well they can sell what they're selling to the voters.

26:16And, you know, if the issues are not fully explained, as Mike said, you know, if they're not fully explained to the voters and they're just kind of glazed over,

26:24I think the Republicans would have done better to give specific examples or even Cuomo, who was running independently, give specific examples of what Mondani's New York City would look like if he wins.

26:39And I think that that was lacking. I think people relate to specific hard examples.

26:45You know, what does it mean if you're going to shift the funding within the police department from, you know, cops on the street keeping you safe and stopping and preventing crimes to, you know, doing a mental health, taking that money and putting it towards mental health experts instead?

27:01What does that look like for the everyday New Yorker?

27:03You know, those kinds of examples, I think, would have done a better job at showing that this is really a dangerous type of rain that we're going to see now for the next four years, at least.

27:17You know, we do have term limits in New York City for the mayor, but it's three consecutive terms.

27:22So, you know, we're really going to have to see how this plays out.

27:26Certainly. And I know President Trump convened his senators this morning, forecast that they would be speaking about and reflecting on the results last night.

27:35Both sides, I'm sure, will be reflecting for quite some time to come.

27:40Thank you so much, Bobbi Ann Cox, Mike Leon. Good to have you both on with us today.

27:45Thanks, Steph.

27:46Yes, thank you.

27:48And President Trump's tariffs were at the top of the Supreme Court's oral arguments scheduled today.

27:53The justices prepared the government's Solicitor General with questions about the president's power to impose global tariffs.

28:03The Solicitor General explained why they were necessary. Check it out.

28:06On April 2nd, President Trump determined that our exploding trade deficits have brought us to the brink of an economic and national security catastrophe.

28:14He further pronounced that the traffic of fentanyl and other opioids into our country has created a public health crisis, taking hundreds of thousands of American lives.

28:24President Trump has declared that these emergencies are country-killing and not sustainable, that they threaten the bedrock of our national and economic security,

28:32and that fixing them will make America a strong, financially viable and respected country again.

28:37A handful of small businesses in 12 Democratic states have accused the president of overstepping his authority by imposing global tariffs where the law doesn't allow it.

28:47They maintain that only Congress has the power to regulate tariffs.

28:52Tariffs are taxes. They take dollars from Americans' pockets and deposit them in the U.S. Treasury.

28:58Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone.

29:02Yet here, the president bypassed Congress and imposed one of the largest tax increases in our lifetimes.

29:08Many doctrines explain why this is illegal, like the presumption that Congress speaks clearly when it imposes taxes and duties,

29:16and the major questions doctrine.

29:18But it comes down to common sense.

29:20It's simply implausible that in enacting IEPA, Congress handed the president the power to overhaul the entire tariff system

29:27and the American economy in the process.

29:30The court is not expected to make a ruling today,

29:34but it appears that the justices are concerned about the Trump administration's regulation of tariffs globally,

29:39with several justices questioning whether he properly interpreted the statute in question.

29:45A federal judge has ruled that the White House must provide American Sign Language interpretation during press briefings.

29:52The decision followed a lawsuit filed in May by the National Association of the Deaf.

29:57Plaintiffs alleged that the Trump administration has stopped using ASL interpreters since taking office.

30:04A U.S. district judge ruled that the administration's actions likely violated the Rehabilitation Act.

30:10The federal law aims to ensure people with disabilities have access to federal activities.

30:14The judge said many deaf individuals do not communicate in English.

30:19As a result, the judge ruled that English captions and transcripts alone are not enough to make briefings accessible to people who use ASL.

30:27He ordered the Trump administration to file a status report by tomorrow.

30:31And a state emergency declared in Kentucky after a U.P.S. cargo plane crashed near Louisville Airport.

30:39Governor Andy Beshear shared an update.

30:42Continue to search that site.

30:45Hope and pray for the best, but know there may be more loss of life that we're going to learn about today.

30:51Two businesses were directly impacted, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling and Grade A Auto Parts.

30:59Thankfully, a local restaurant that is right there that we had great concern would be impacted and we would lose whoever was in it, was missed and now is helping the search and rescue.

31:13At least nine people were killed when a U.P.S. cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff yesterday that left a fiery trail of destruction.

31:25Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said the radius for the shelter-in-place around the crash has been reduced,

31:31but people living in the immediate area are being told not to drink the water.

31:35Beshear also said he declared a state of emergency to speed up resources for victims.

31:40The governor said he expects the death toll to grow by at least one.

31:44He added that authorities searching the site do not expect to find any survivors today.

31:50Beshear and the mayor of Louisville plan to tour the crash site.

31:54We'll keep you updated on that tragedy.

31:57And the ongoing government shutdown back here in the U.S. has broken records at least 36 days, becoming the longest in history.

32:05President Trump is doubling down on calls for Republicans to change a major Senate rule to bypass Democrats and reopen the government with only GOP votes.

32:16NTD's Melina Weiskopf reports.

32:18Remember, this is the first time in the history of America that any party has had the audacity to close down the government over a totally clean, nonpartisan continued resolution.

32:29As the shutdown breaks record for the longest in history, President Trump is pushing for a change in course.

32:36At a breakfast meeting this morning with Republican senators, President Trump doubled down on his calls for Republicans to change Senate rules to bypass Democrats on this.

32:45He said that yesterday's elections didn't go well for Republicans because of the shutdown and predicts the midterms could go badly for Republicans if nothing changes soon.

32:54It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do, and that's terminate the filibuster.

32:58It's the only way you can do it.

33:00And if you don't terminate the filibuster, you'll be in bad shape.

33:04We won't pass any legislation.

33:06The filibuster is what requires 60 votes for legislation to pass in the Senate, which means that with the current makeup, at least seven Democrats are needed to pass this short-term funding bill.

33:16Now, Republican leaders have previously brushed off Trump's calls to end the filibuster, being concerned about what it would mean if they lose power to Democrats and they're able to pass their agenda easier in the future.

33:28And I'm not going to vote to change it.

33:31I don't think Thune will even bring it to the floor.

33:35I don't think that's going to necessarily stop the president from asking.

33:39We'll see if Trump's insistent pushing on this front will ultimately change their minds.

33:44Now, some Democrats have joined Republicans on this short-term funding bill, but not enough to get it across the finish line.

33:52I still don't know exactly what it is they want.

33:54We have accommodated a lot of their questions and concerns.

33:59They want to have a discussion about health care.

34:01We offered that up a long time ago.

34:04Now, there are bipartisan talks underway among a small group of rank-and-file senators, but no leaders involved.

34:09It's unclear at this point if that will make a difference.

34:12Democrat Leader Schumer wouldn't say where he stands on these backdoor negotiations.

34:17Look, as I said, we had a great caucus.

34:20We discussed all of the options.

34:24Now, some lawmakers are predicting the shutdown could come to an end by this week, especially since the election is over now.

34:32Senator Mullen saying Democrats have told him they got the green light to vote with the Republicans on this after yesterday's elections.

34:39Schumer told Dick Durbin that, listen, after the election, we'll let you guys go, let you vote on how you want to vote, and open the government back up.

34:49Pretty soon, lawmakers will have to look at a new bill to extend government funding even further than the November 21st deadline.

34:56But it's unclear at this point if anything in that new bill will be different beyond the extended timeline.

35:02Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weiskopf, NTD News.

35:06And as mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani prepares to take his seat in City Hall, his opponents are warning about his socialist policies, with Curtis Sliwa saying the movement is not over yet.

35:18Our Washington correspondent, Luis Eduardo Martinez, was at Cuomo's watch party.

35:23He joins us now.

35:25Luis, welcome.

35:26Tell us what caught your eye in the election yesterday.

35:30Well, yesterday, as you just mentioned, I was at the Cuomo watch party.

35:34And I thought it was interesting because I was expecting to be talking to Democrats, Democrats who were at least on the anti-socialist platform that they were supporting, Andrew Cuomo running as an independent, but didn't want to vote for Mondami, who was actually the Democratic candidate.

35:50But I ran into a lot of Republicans, which I thought was interesting.

35:55It was unexpected because I was doing my rounds, interviewing people to get soundbites for yesterday's special coverage.

36:01And, you know, person after person, there were Republicans that were there.

36:05Yesterday, I spoke to one specifically, Katie Flager from a German-American citizen living in New York City, voted for Trump and was now a campaign volunteer for Cuomo, which to me was like, that doesn't add up.

36:18Let's listen to what she had to say yesterday about this.

36:21The other candidate, like Zohor Mandami, I think he's dangerous.

36:26We don't know what he's going to do to the city.

36:28And that made me and also my friends who are like huge Trump supporters all like to decide to support Andrew Cuomo in this election because it's not about parties.

36:38So, Stefania, of course, interesting to see the results.

36:41Zohor Mandami won by nine points.

36:44But, again, like this coalition that Andrew Cuomo put together of independents, moderate Democrats, Republicans.

36:52And even if you think of, you know, next year's elections, maybe if that Republican candidate wasn't on the ticket, that gap in between those who did support the new mayor-elect and obviously policies that are completely different from what the Democratic Party has been pushing thus far.

37:07It would suggest that Democrats did not necessarily learn something from this election on which way to go, whether they should go with the more radical progressive policies of Zohor Mandami or stay with moderate policies like the ones Andrew Cuomo was proposing or Spanberger or, of course, Mikey Sherrill in the other two gubernatorial elections.

37:28So, my key takeaway, interesting coalitions that Mamdani created against him and that Democrats still don't know which path to choose for next year's midterm elections.

37:40Right.

37:41And which starts today, as many are saying.

37:44Many are looking ahead at how they may need to shift their strategies.

37:48Do you have a sense that the Democratic Party may lean more into Mamdani's kind of approach or how the Republicans may shift?

37:58We saw President Trump gathering his senators today to discuss how they could reflect on the elections.

38:04What's your thoughts about what we, you know, both sides might glean?

38:07I think we were all expecting to get an either-or answer.

38:10And if you add the California ballot to the mix, which that would push towards more progressive politics, more radical politics of actually going and redistricting to gain more seats.

38:22The Democratic Party, I don't think, got a clear North Star of where to go.

38:28But it is also interesting the fact that fear politics is still very much important in American politics.

38:34I spoke yesterday to a Jewish American living in New York City, and he was very concerned about Soham Mamdani being elected the first Muslim American mayor of the city, and particularly his socialist policies.

38:48So maybe we are moving away from the culture wars, and maybe we're moving away from the opposition to woke politics, if we're talking about what the Republican Party is doing.

38:59But Soham Mamdani is definitely becoming a new target, and we'll have a lot of spotlight on him and what his policies do to the largest city in the U.S.

39:09Let's listen to Josh Freedom, who I spoke to yesterday during the Cuomo campaign watch party.

39:15As a Jew in New York City, realizing that Soham Mamdani, he doesn't like us, and he is someone who is, I call him a wolf, wearing a sheep's mask, and he's out to get us by slogans, by words.

39:29And he's fooling all the people who are in New York City that are uneducated.

39:34So, we don't know necessarily what the Democratic Party will learn from these elections.

39:40We do know that, and we already saw that from President Trump during his truth socials in the past month, that at least with the victory of Soham Mamdani, there is a new boogeyman.

39:50And there's a new example of what to reject and what to propose if you're thinking of being a Republican candidate in the midterms 2026.

40:00One of the things that you might not want to be proposing is radical left progressive and socialist policies.

40:06And lastly, I think affordability. I think affordability is the greatest subject that Republicans and Democrats have honed in, moved away from necessary immigration or cultural wars,

40:19and realize that the American people are much more interested right now in affordability and kitchen table topics than all of these other maybe distractions to national politics.

40:31Certainly. And the filibuster making headlines as well again today, President Trump pressing forward for that.

40:38Really, we'll be looking to see whether that impacts people's opinions on the way the government is run, but also on the policies going forward.

40:49Do you have a sense of any momentum around the government shutdown now that the elections are over?

40:55Some of the experts we spoke to this morning were saying, oh, perhaps Democrats will relent now that, you know, maybe the shutdown was partly a strategy to help win some of those elections.

41:06And maybe they they'll let go here.

41:09I personally thought that one of the reasons they wanted to get to November 5th was not only because it's the day after the elections.

41:17And then, you know, that was already it fulfilled its objective of mobilizing the base for the Democratic Party to vote in in an off year election.

41:27But also because now the record has been broken and now Democrats can go forward and say that the two longest shutdowns in American history happened during a Trump administration.

41:35I do think there's there's momentum growing for the shutdown to end.

41:40It's not going to end today or tomorrow, but surely I would I would suspect that within the next week we just heard from a senator of Molina's reporting that some Democratic senators have already received the instruction or the go ahead to go and vote for opening the government shutdown.

41:57Let's remember, we don't need or the government doesn't need all 47 Democrats to vote to open the government, just five more, aside from, of course, Senator Angus King, Cortez Mastos and John Fetterman.

42:10So that would definitely also be an important relief for the American people.

42:14There's 42 million people counting on SNAP benefits and, of course, the close to a million federal workers who are furloughed, not receiving a paycheck.

42:22And, of course, worse off, those who are actually working still and not receiving a paycheck.

42:28And I don't think either party wants to get to Thanksgiving, to that holiday season where everyone's going to want to be traveling and have to go through all these long lines and also the dangers of maybe overcrowded airspace with air traffic controllers who are worn out of working without pay.

42:45That's it, not to mention all the safety issues that have been coming up.

42:47But you've been in D.C. for all this time until you just came here for the reporting.

42:52But what's the feel like on the ground there, you know, around the lawmakers?

42:57The tension must be building.

42:59It's interesting.

43:00Like, my impression has been that this government shutdown, as opposed to others, where you'd see lawmakers grinding day in and day out, trying to negotiate a solution.

43:10It seemed that both parties already knew what was going to happen and how they were going to manage this government shutdown.

43:16Republicans were not going to relent.

43:18And Democrats wanted to make the point that this was about a health care crisis and drag it on, at least until the elections, to mobilize those peoples to the voting booths.

43:29And, you know, we'll see if that was what was preplanned, because we didn't see much of that grinding of negotiating.

43:36It's only, I think, this week that we've started seeing some Democrats and Republicans sitting down together and discussing a way out.

43:43And that's a month out of the beginning of this government shutdown.

43:46And then the other big thing, Stefania, is that, OK, they opened the government with the continuing resolution that the House already passed.

43:53That continuing resolution expires on November 21st.

43:55So that means that we would see another government shutdown on November 21st if something else doesn't happen.

44:01So we'll either see an extension of that continuing resolution, maybe for a few months, and then we'll have the exact same funding battle in a few months,

44:09or an entire year-long continuing resolution, which would mean that, again, Congress, for like the 30th year in a row, will not do its proper appropriations process.

44:19So then we have, right now, the Supreme Court deciding whether or not the president has the power of tariffs or not.

44:24But Congress, who allegedly is the one who has the power of the purse, hasn't been doing their job and actually being able to determine through debate and through legislation how government should spend its money.

44:38So much to watch here.

44:39Thank you so much for coming in and giving us your report, Luis Eduardo Martinez.

44:44Thank you, Stefania.

44:45The discovery of childlike explicit dolls on Shein's website on Saturday fueled an outcry.

44:52Shein said it had sanctioned the sellers and implemented a full ban on explicit dolls.

44:58Chinese fast fashion giant Shein opens its first permanent store in Paris today, sparking strong opposition from French designers, lawmakers and store owners.

45:08Some experts say Shein is using its partnership with a French store as the stepping stone for its global expansion strategy.

45:17NTD international correspondent David Vivaz reports from Paris.

45:21The opening of spaces dedicated to Shein in the BHV store is taking France's fashion world by storm.

45:27The Chinese brand, accused of supporting pedocriminality on Monday after authorities found childlike sex dolls for sale on its platform, is also facing backlash from fashion labels.

45:38Around a dozen French brands present at the BHV said they would leave the store and protest over Shein's arrival.

45:45The government also withdrawn its funding from the society managing the BHV.

45:49A small group of protesters, including fashion designers, gathered outside the BHV department store in central Paris on Wednesday.

45:58Demonstrators held signs of reading Shame on Shein, denouncing what they called the company's unethical business practices.

46:05For Fashion Association Vice President Céline Dupuis, this might change the face of the fashion world.

46:10It's a major shift.

46:15Shein started online and now it's moving into the heart of Paris.

46:18Right across from City Hall.

46:21To me, it's a threat to democracy.

46:23Their approach is aggressive, manipulative on social media and toxic, both in how they sell clothes and how they push people into overconsumption.

46:35Shein stands for everything we don't like in terms of textile composition, manufacturing and distribution.

46:41Its products, how to say it, their poor quality is certainly cheap, but they won't last.

46:45My generation and that of my grandmothers prefer a quality item that would last over time.

46:50These are my values, what I created my brand on.

46:53The partnership between BHV and Shein comes as BHV faces significant financial losses, according to its management company.

47:01This includes months-long delays in paying salaries to some employees.

47:06I spoke with BHV workers yesterday, they are all very worried about their jobs, since Mr Merlin, the current owner of the store, has stopped paying the brands that have been established for six months.

47:20So it's very dangerous for the security of the people who work at BHV and for the brands.

47:25I would like to add that this is one country that created fashion to begin with.

47:29We must speak out against this shine presence in stores because we don't hold the same values as they do.

47:35Remember, childlike sex dolls have been found on the Chinese website.

47:39And now we found that we can also order bladed weapons too.

47:43The BHV is now at the center of a backlash spanning politics, fashion brands and store owners.

47:49The Federation of Paris Grand Stores has voted anonymously to exclude BHV after its partnership with Shein.

47:57Shein pop-up spaces are expected to open stores later this year in five other French cities.

48:03David Vives, NTD News, Paris.

48:06Amid the controversy, Shein told CNN that its adult products category has been removed entirely, while a review of its screening procedures is carried out.

48:17And France's Prime Minister today suspended access to Shein's online platform in France until the company proves that its content complies with French law.

48:27France's Minister of Trade addressed Parliament today over another serious finding, the sale of weapons by Shein, including one that was recovered in a murder investigation.

48:38Too much is too much.

48:40After the sex doll scandal, now the weapons.

48:43I've been talking to Minister of Interior, and we found out that a weapon used to kill a 14-year-old boy named Elias in Paris on January this year was purchased via Shein.

48:54The trade minister said the case of Shein would be closely investigated by France's administration.

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