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President Trump’s tariffs were front and center at the Supreme Court today, as justices pressed the U.S. solicitor general about the president’s authority to impose global tariffs. The Trump administration said it remains optimistic following the oral arguments.
Reacting to GOP losses in last night’s elections, President Trump said Americans face a choice “between communism and common sense,” referring to the election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s next mayor.
The government shutdown has now reached 36 days, breaking the record as the longest in U.S. history. President Trump is doubling down on calls for Republicans to change a major Senate rule to bypass Democrats and reopen the government with GOP-only votes.
00:00 NTD Evening News--11/5/2025
01:37 Bessent 'Very Optimistic' About Trump's Tariff Case
04:55 High Court Justices Hear Trump Tariff Case
06:59 NYC's 1st Muslim Mayor, 2nd Youngest in City's History
09:47 Mamdani: ICE Must Obey Law or Face Accountability
11:34 Trump Urges Gop to Bypass Dems to Reopen Gov't
14:41 40 Major Airports to Reduce Capacity by 10%
15:34 NTSB Investigating UPS Plane Crash Near Louisville
17:50 Rubio Briefs Lawmakers on Drug Vessel Strikes
20:36 Trump: Possible Plan to Denuclearize with Russia, China
22:46 Father of Deceased Hostage: 'Itay is Back Home'
26:05 Republicans Sue, Challenge Passage of Calif. Prop 50
28:45 Democrats Sweep Big Races on Nov. 4
36:37 NY Jets Say Offer for Gardner 'Too Good to Pass Up'
37:59 A-Rod Calls 2025 World Series 'The Greatest'
40:11 Rory Mcilroy Calls Liv Golf's 4-Round Move 'Peculiar'
41:28 Ohio State No.1 in First Playoff Rankings
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Reacting to GOP losses in last night’s elections, President Trump said Americans face a choice “between communism and common sense,” referring to the election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s next mayor.
The government shutdown has now reached 36 days, breaking the record as the longest in U.S. history. President Trump is doubling down on calls for Republicans to change a major Senate rule to bypass Democrats and reopen the government with GOP-only votes.
00:00 NTD Evening News--11/5/2025
01:37 Bessent 'Very Optimistic' About Trump's Tariff Case
04:55 High Court Justices Hear Trump Tariff Case
06:59 NYC's 1st Muslim Mayor, 2nd Youngest in City's History
09:47 Mamdani: ICE Must Obey Law or Face Accountability
11:34 Trump Urges Gop to Bypass Dems to Reopen Gov't
14:41 40 Major Airports to Reduce Capacity by 10%
15:34 NTSB Investigating UPS Plane Crash Near Louisville
17:50 Rubio Briefs Lawmakers on Drug Vessel Strikes
20:36 Trump: Possible Plan to Denuclearize with Russia, China
22:46 Father of Deceased Hostage: 'Itay is Back Home'
26:05 Republicans Sue, Challenge Passage of Calif. Prop 50
28:45 Democrats Sweep Big Races on Nov. 4
36:37 NY Jets Say Offer for Gardner 'Too Good to Pass Up'
37:59 A-Rod Calls 2025 World Series 'The Greatest'
40:11 Rory Mcilroy Calls Liv Golf's 4-Round Move 'Peculiar'
41:28 Ohio State No.1 in First Playoff Rankings
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00:00Welcome to NTD Evening News. Our top story tonight, communism or common sense?
00:07What President Trump said after the GOP losses on election night?
00:11And the Trump administration's response to the president's tariff case?
00:14Mario Tzu at the White House.
00:16The Supreme Court listening to arguments over whether the president has the authority to impose sweeping tariffs.
00:23Several justices have expressed skepticism.
00:25Arlene Richards has the key takeaways.
00:27New York has elected its first Muslim mayor, a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist.
00:32What's next for the largest city in America?
00:35What lessons will each party learn from the results?
00:38Luis Martinez reports.
00:40Republicans in California are suing over Prop 50, challenging the state's new congressional maps.
00:45They say the maps favor Democrats and give an advantage to certain groups of voters.
00:50Lawmakers are breaking records.
00:52The Senate stalemate has caused the longest government shutdown in history as of today.
00:57President Trump again calling on Republicans to change the rules to bypass Democrats.
01:02Melina Weiskopf has the latest.
01:04And the NTSB investigation team probing the deadly UPS plane crash in Kentucky
01:09says a critical piece of evidence has been found.
01:13But authorities have discovered.
01:14This is NTD Evening News.
01:27Live from our global headquarters in New York City, here's Tiffany Meyer.
01:33Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight.
01:36The Trump administration saying it's optimistic after attending the SCOTUS arguments on President Trump's global tariffs.
01:42And the president speaking to business leaders in Miami today reacting to last night's election results.
01:49We now go live to NTD's Washington correspondent Mario Tzu at the White House.
01:53Good evening, Mari.
01:54What is the administration saying about the president's tariff case?
02:00Tiff, good evening.
02:01Treasury Secretary Scott Besant just a little while ago is saying that he's, quote,
02:05very optimistic about the Supreme Court case that's considering the legality of President Trump's global tariffs.
02:11And Besant, who attended the arguments today, says that the solicitor general presented what he calls, quote,
02:17strong persuasive arguments.
02:19And he says that the plaintiffs fundamentally misunderstood and misrepresented President Trump's trade goals.
02:26Take a look.
02:27It gives him the ultimate negotiating authority.
02:31Sometimes the best tariffs are the ones that never get in port.
02:34Every camera, every iPhone here would have been subject to a Chinese patrol because he had the ability to threaten 100 percent tariff.
02:43He was able to successfully execute on foreign policy.
02:47President Trump has repeatedly emphasized that without his tariffs, there would be no national security.
02:55And meanwhile, President Trump today is reminiscing about his election victory exactly a year ago while lamenting the results of last night's election.
03:04Take a look.
03:05I'm a very modest person.
03:06President Trump celebrates the anniversary of his 2024 election win and proclaims the golden age of America.
03:21November 5th, 2024, the American people reclaimed our government.
03:26We restored our sovereignty.
03:28We lost a little bit of sovereignty last night in New York, but we'll take care of it.
03:33Don't worry about it.
03:33While reacting to Republican losses on election night with a focus on New York City's new mayor-elect.
03:39After last night's results, the decision facing all Americans could not be more clear.
03:45We have a choice between communism and common sense.
03:50The president says that communism, Marxism and globalism have never worked.
03:54And as long as I'm in the White House, the United States is not going communist in any way, shape or form.
03:59We'll stop it.
04:00We're going to stop it.
04:01Stop this nonsense.
04:03And blames the government shutdown and his name not being on the ticket for the election losses last night.
04:09Meanwhile, President Trump urges Senate Republicans to get rid of the filibuster,
04:13saying it's the only way to end the government shutdown.
04:15I think it's very important.
04:16We have to get the country open.
04:17And the way we're going to do it this afternoon is to terminate the filibuster.
04:22It's time.
04:23It's time.
04:24And we'll end up with two, three years.
04:27And we'll have this country so perfect.
04:29And President Trump is now formally announcing that he's directing the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons on what he calls an equal basis with other countries, mentioning both Russia and China.
04:42The president is also officially designating Nigeria a country of particular concern after what he calls their mass slaughter of Christians.
04:50Tiff, back to you.
04:52All right, Mari.
04:53Thanks for those updates.
04:55President Trump's tariffs were at the top of the Supreme Court's oral argument scheduled today.
05:00The justices peppered the government solicitor general with questions about the president's power to impose global tariffs.
05:06NTD's Arlene Richards explains both sides.
05:10The Trump administration's solicitor general defended the president's power to impose global tariffs on Wednesday before a skeptical panel of Supreme Court justices.
05:20On April 2nd, President Trump determined that our exploding trade deficits have brought us to the brink of an economic and national security catastrophe.
05:27He 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.
05:38President Trump has declared that these emergencies are country-killing and not sustainable, that they threaten the bedrock of our national and economic security,
05:45and that fixing them will make America a strong, financially viable, and respected country again.
05:51A 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.
06:00They maintain that only Congress has the power to regulate tariffs.
06:04Tariffs are taxes.
06:06They take dollars from Americans' pockets and deposit them in the U.S. Treasury.
06:10Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone.
06:14Yet here, the president bypassed Congress and imposed one of the largest tax increases in our lifetimes.
06:20Many doctrines explain why this is illegal, like the presumption that Congress speaks clearly when it imposes taxes and duties,
06:28and the major questions doctrine.
06:30But it comes down to common sense.
06:32It's simply implausible that in enacting IEPA, Congress handed the president the power to overhaul the entire tariff system
06:39and the American economy in the process.
06:42The court is not expected to make a ruling today,
06:45but it appears that the justices are concerned about the Trump administration's regulation of tariffs globally,
06:50with several justices questioning whether he properly interpreted the statute in question.
06:55Arlene Richards, NTD News.
06:59New Yorkers have chosen their new mayor in an election that broke records and set precedents.
07:04NTD correspondent Luis Martinez has New Yorkers' reactions to the election results
07:08and their expectations for the mayor-elect.
07:10New Yorkers have elected Sohan Mamdani to be their next mayor.
07:15Mamdani will be the city's first Muslim mayor and the second youngest in its history.
07:21Mamdani won with just over 50% of the popular vote here in New York City,
07:25while close to half of New Yorkers also voted for a more moderate alternative in Andrew Cuomo.
07:32I spoke with New Yorkers about what the election results mean for them and for the city.
07:36But he has some type of energy where he has eyes.
07:39He just has that where we're going to go with this young guy, just like the young Obama.
07:45We are the president, a young president. The energy.
07:48Now we have a mayor, and this is a great mayor.
07:52People got to realize, take a real good look.
07:55Because I'm from a communist country, and I'm scared a little bit of what is going on.
08:02So I escaped from communists, and so to escape again, I don't think it's right.
08:07But I hope he's not doing what he's promised.
08:11It's their choice.
08:13I don't know if they know what they are doing.
08:15So I escaped in 1989, when the communists was there, claiming they are socialists,
08:22because they are hiding behind the socialists more.
08:26And communists had then become dictatorial ships.
08:29I hope Zoran is not becoming this way, you know.
08:34I'm actually very happy and satisfied that, you know, a change is coming.
08:38And I don't think a mayor can make it really a city like New York, really communist or socialist, as they say.
08:44I don't think so.
08:46This is my opinion.
08:47And then maybe most people were afraid the fact that he was too young.
08:51He was young and experienced so far.
08:53Well, we weren't pleased, but whatever.
08:57We're scared of Trump, too, so we just go with it and see what happens.
09:01That's all we can do.
09:01We hope for the best.
09:02I don't know about his idea about city-run grocery stores, but whatever it takes, I don't know.
09:10We'll see where it goes.
09:12Yeah.
09:12Or a flat tax for everybody right across the board.
09:15Everybody pay the same, I think.
09:17Everybody ought to be taxed equally.
09:20It remains to be seen how mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani will fulfill his promises of expanding by a massive amount of welfare programs in the city.
09:30Any revenue through increased taxes would have to go through the state legislature and then be signed by the governor.
09:36And Governor Hochul has already expressed her opposition to any increased taxes.
09:41Reporting from New York City, New York, Luis Eduardo Martinez, NTD News.
09:47Mayor-elect Mamdani says if ICE agents or anyone else breaks the law, they will be held accountable.
09:53This whole, the Department of Homeland Security says many video clips of ICE agents show actions done in self-defense.
09:59NTD correspondent Jason Blair has more.
10:02In response to a question, New York mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani shares a message to ICE agents and, quote, everyone across the city.
10:11Everyone will be held to the same standard of the law.
10:13If you violate the law, you must be held accountable.
10:16And there is sadly a sense that is growing across this country that certain people are allowed to violate that law.
10:23On Sunday, Mamdani also shared his view on a possible National Guard deployment.
10:28I agree with Police Commissioner Tish that we do not need the National Guard in New York City.
10:32The Department of Homeland Security had been reporting a 1,000 percent increase of attacks on ICE agents.
10:39However, recently, they're now saying that number is an 8,000 percent increase.
10:43Acting ICE director Todd Lyons told Fox News that U.S. leaders need to tone down the rhetoric.
10:48And the problem is, so many on the left, and there are so many people opposed to us, that a lot of the tactics that you are seeing are in self-defense.
10:56So what I say to any elected official that doesn't like immigration action right now is to work with us.
11:01You know, tone down the rhetoric.
11:03Stop putting targets on ICE agents' backs.
11:05And Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says that this October, a record was broken related to border crossings.
11:12Noem says, quote, history made the lowest border crossings in October history and the sixth straight month of zero releases.
11:20This is the most secure border ever.
11:23In a document, the DHS reports that this October broke the previous record by 29 percent, which was set in 2012.
11:30The ongoing government shutdown is breaking records at 36 days, becoming the longest in history.
11:41President 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.
11:50NTD's Melina Weiskopf reports.
11:52Remember, 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.
12:04As the shutdown breaks record for the longest in history, President Trump is pushing for a change in course.
12:10At 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.
12:19He 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.
12:29It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do, and that's terminate the filibuster.
12:33It's the only way you can do it.
12:35And if you don't terminate the filibuster, you'll be in bad shape.
12:39We won't pass any legislation.
12:40The 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.
12:51Now, 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.
13:02We'll see if Trump's insistent pushing on this front will ultimately change their minds.
13:19Now, some Democrats have joined Republicans on this short-term funding bill, but not enough to get it across the finish line.
13:25I still don't know exactly what it is they want.
13:29We have accommodated a lot of their questions and concerns.
13:33They want to have a discussion about health care.
13:36We offered that up a long time ago.
13:38Now, there are bipartisan talks underway among a small group of rank-and-file senators, but no leaders involved.
13:44It's unclear at this point if that will make a difference.
13:47Democrat Leader Schumer wouldn't say where he stands on these backdoor negotiations.
13:51Look, as I said, we had a great caucus.
13:54We discussed all of the options.
13:57Peter Schumer.
13:59Now, some lawmakers are predicting the shutdown could come to an end by this week, especially since the election is over now.
14:06Senator Mullen saying Democrats have told him they got the green light to vote with the Republicans on this after yesterday's elections.
14:14Listen.
14:15Schumer 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.
14:23Pretty soon, lawmakers will have to look at a new bill to extend government funding even further than the November 21st deadline, but it's unclear at this point if anything in that new bill will be different beyond the extended timeline.
14:36Reporting from Washington, D.C., Melina Weisskopf, NTD News.
14:41Major U.S. airports will have to reduce capacity by this Friday.
14:45That is, if the government shutdown continues.
14:48Here's more from FAA Administrator Brian Bedford.
14:50We've identified 40 high-traffic environment markets.
14:55We'll be happy to share that later.
14:57We have decided that a 10 percent reduction in scheduled capacity would be appropriate to, again, continue to take the pressure off of our controllers.
15:06And as we continue to see staffing triggers, there will be additional measures that will be taken in those specific markets.
15:14Bedford says that air traffic controllers have been working without pay for five weeks and fatigue is building in the system, adding that his agency needs to relieve some of that pressure.
15:24The FAA chief says this is a holistic measure and will ensure the safety of U.S. airspace.
15:29And he says he wants American travelers to know that it's still safe to fly.
15:35And a cargo plane crash near Louisville yesterday has claimed the lives of at least 11 people.
15:41The team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in Kentucky this morning to launch its investigation.
15:47Board member Todd Inman provided this update.
15:49Now, we have viewed airport CCTV security coverage, which shows the left engine detaching from the wing during the takeoff roll.
16:00There are a lot of different parts of this airplane in different places.
16:04I mean, whenever you have a post-impact to not only structures but also to the terrain, you have to analyze why it came there and then how do you recover it correctly in order to analyze it.
16:15About 30 NTSB personnel are on the ground investigating the crash of a U.P.S. cargo plane, which left behind a path of destruction.
16:26Inman confirmed that the plane's black box was found just this morning.
16:30He said it had suffered heat exposure, but that it is made to withstand that.
16:34He said it will be sent to Washington, D.C. for analysis.
16:37A search and rescue operation continues.
16:39By this afternoon, authorities have confirmed 11 fatalities and said the number is expected to rise.
16:46Earlier today, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced that he has declared a state of emergency to speed up resources.
16:53Inman said that there's a lot of debris scattered across a large area.
16:57And he's asking the public to contact the NTSB so it can recover the debris for its investigation.
17:02Coming up, Secretary of State Marco Rubio updating members of Congress on drug vessel strikes off South America.
17:10Mixed reactions from congressional leaders over the administration's tactics.
17:14President Trump announces a plan to possibly denuclearize with China and Russia.
17:19Just hours earlier, Moscow said Russia wants to resume nuclear testing.
17:23Aryan Posdar has the details.
17:25And Hamas terrorists hand over another body said to be a deceased hostage.
17:29Meanwhile, Iraqi fighter pilots are cleared to conduct independent airstrikes as they battle the ISIS terrorist group.
17:37Jason Perry brings us the Middle East update when we come back.
17:48Welcome back.
17:49I'm Tiffany Meyer.
17:50The latest on the Trump administration's efforts to combat illegal drug trafficking by striking drug vessels in South American waters.
17:56Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefing lawmakers on Capitol Hill, sparking mixed reactions.
18:02Some say the strikes are saving American lives.
18:05Others say the tactics are too harsh and not transparent.
18:08Entity's Washington correspondent Jack Bradley has the details.
18:12Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefing lawmakers behind closed doors on Wednesday
18:17about the recent drug boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean
18:22and off the coast of Colombia in the Pacific.
18:25Now, this briefing was to leaders from both chambers of Congress and both parties.
18:31There's been a mixed bag of reactions from lawmakers coming out of the briefing
18:34saying that the Trump administration needs congressional approval for these strikes,
18:39while others say that the administration is saving Americans' lives.
18:43The president really ought to be congratulated for saving the lives of young American people.
18:50He should be thanked by the many parents who won't even know that they won't have to bury kids prematurely.
18:58They're doing good work.
18:59They're doing it lawfully.
19:00But the notion on the kinetic strikes, without actually interdicting and demonstrating to the American public
19:10that these are carrying drugs and they're full of bad guys, I think is a huge mistake.
19:17And I think it undermines the confidence in the administration's actions.
19:20The strikes target illegal drug traffickers bound for the U.S., and there have been several over the past few months
19:26killing dozens of narco-terrorists on board.
19:29Earlier this year, the Trump administration doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest
19:34of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to $15 million.
19:38They accused Maduro of organizing cartels to traffic drugs like fentanyl into the U.S.
19:44Meanwhile, Maduro is feeling the heat.
19:47The Washington Post is reporting that Maduro is contacting the Chinese Communist Party, Russia,
19:53as well as Iran, their regimes there, for military support in the form of equipment
19:58and closer military-to-military cooperation.
20:01NTD was unable to independently verify this, but last month, the U.S. sent its best aircraft carrier
20:07to the Caribbean near Venezuela.
20:09That's the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, which was moved away from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean,
20:15giving a clear signal about the Trump administration's priorities.
20:19President Trump says that the CIA is currently doing covert operations within Venezuela,
20:25though at this time, there's currently no plans for land strikes on the South American country.
20:30Reporting from Washington, D.C., Jack Bradley, NTD News.
20:34The U.S. may be working on a plan to denuclearize with China and Russia.
20:39President Trump made the comments today shortly after Russia announced
20:43possibly resuming tests of nuclear weapons.
20:46NTD's international correspondent, Arian Posdar, has a Ukraine update.
20:50We may be working on a plan to denuclearize the three of us.
20:55We'll see if that works.
20:56According to Trump, as of right now, the three nations are going in the opposite direction,
21:01suggesting they're competing in a nuclear arms race.
21:04We're the number one nuclear power, which I hate to admit, because it's so horrible.
21:09It's such a horrible situation if it ever has to be used.
21:12Russia's second.
21:13China's a distant third, but they'll catch us within four or five years.
21:17Trump made the comments just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin
21:21ordered officials to draft proposals to possibly resume nuclear weapons testing.
21:27Putin says the move is in response to statements made by Trump.
21:30Last week, Trump appeared to suggest the U.S. might restart its own atomic tests.
21:36Should the United States conduct such tests,
21:41Russia would be compelled to take appropriate reciprocal measures.
21:44Putin is directing Moscow's defense and foreign ministries
21:48to analyze Washington's intentions and develop proposals to resume nuclear weapons tests.
21:53And in other Russia-related news, President Trump is set to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister
21:59Viktor Orban this week.
22:01The country's foreign minister made the announcement on Wednesday,
22:04saying Orban is set to travel to the U.S. on Thursday.
22:07A prominent point of the agenda will be the possibility of peacemaking in Ukraine.
22:16If an American, Russian preparatory work is successful,
22:20Hungary is ready to host a peace summit in Budapest.
22:24Trump was already scheduled to meet with Putin in Budapest last month.
22:28But the U.S. canceled the meeting, suggesting it could be a waste of time without the necessary preparations.
22:35Another priority for Orban this week could be to convince the U.S. to allow Hungary to continue purchasing Russian oil.
22:42Arian Pasdar, NTD News.
22:44In the Middle East, the Hamas terrorist group has handed over another body, said to be that of a deceased hostage.
22:52Meanwhile, in Iraq, a U.S.-led joint task force has certified Iraqi fighter pilots to conduct independent airstrikes against ISIS.
22:59NTD's Jason Perry has the Middle East update.
23:04Just a day after the Hamas terrorist group handed over the body of Israeli-American hostage Etai Chen,
23:10his father shared his thoughts.
23:12Two years of sleepless nights, uncertainty that cut deep into our souls.
23:20All of this has come to an end where we could finally say the sentence we've been waiting for, Etai is back home.
23:28He added that the hostage families will continue to fight until all of the hostages are returned from the Gaza Strip.
23:34On the same day, the Hamas terrorist group handed over one more body to the Red Cross,
23:41which was transferred to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine for Identification,
23:46and if confirmed to be the body of a deceased hostage,
23:49that will leave six bodies of deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip.
23:54Meanwhile, residents in the Gaza Strip have been returning to their homes to find many of them completely destroyed.
24:00But this man's home was destroyed only partially.
24:06This is our daily life, as you can see.
24:08We heat water to shower, to cook food.
24:11There's no gas or anything.
24:12Thank God.
24:13Our daily life starts in the morning.
24:15The children fetch water and firewood, nylon, and looking for something to light a fire with.
24:19Also on Wednesday, Israeli troops reported finding a weapon storage facility in the Gaza Strip,
24:26saying Hamas was using it to store rockets and explosives.
24:30Israeli forces also continue to strike the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in southern Lebanon.
24:37The Israeli Air Force said that about 20 terrorists in Lebanon were killed in the past month.
24:43They were accused of violating the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.
24:47In another development, fighter pilots in Iraq could soon be launching their own airstrikes on the ISIS terrorist group.
24:56The United States Central Command said that the U.S.-led Combined Joint Task Force
25:01validated Iraqi Security Forces' capability to independently manage their combat strike process.
25:08And the joint task force, known as Operation Inherent Resolve, said Iraqi fighter pilots had hit 100 percent of their targets using F-16s and AC-208s, which is a light attack aircraft.
25:22Also in the Middle East, Syria's leader, Ahmed al-Sharah, is set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Monday.
25:30Ahead of his trip, the U.S. proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution to lift U.N. sanctions on the Syrian leader.
25:39Jason Perry, NTD News.
25:43Coming up, Democrats saw a sweep of wins on election night.
25:46How significant were those wins and what do last night's results mean for the 2026 midterms?
25:51Two political strategists join us to discuss when we come back.
25:55Welcome back.
26:04I'm Tiffany Meyer.
26:05Just one day after Prop 50 passed in California, a group of Republicans filed a lawsuit challenging the state's new congressional maps.
26:13Opponents of the measure say the maps favor Democrats and give an advantage to certain groups of voters.
26:19NTD's Christina Corona tells us more.
26:21California state Republicans filed a lawsuit Wednesday after voters approved Prop 50 for the next three election cycles.
26:30The measure allows Democratic lawmakers to redraw congressional districts, which could affect as many as five U.S. House seats.
26:37Assemblyman David Tangipa, the state GOP, and 18 voters filed the lawsuit arguing the maps violate the U.S. Constitution.
26:45This violates the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law and the right under the 15th Amendment to not have one's vote abridged on account of race.
26:59The lawsuit seeks to block Prop 50's new maps, arguing they're unconstitutional for using race in redistricting.
27:07The map is designed to favor one race of California voters over others.
27:13Attorney Mike Colombo says officials focused on increasing the power of Latino voters, the largest voter group in the state.
27:20When drawing the Proposition 50 map, the chief consultant who drew the map has stated that the first thing that he did was to increase the power of Latino voters.
27:36The Supreme Court allows states to consider race in redistricting, but Colombo says the intent is to help minority voters pick their preferred candidates.
27:45There is no majority race in California more than Hispanics.
27:55Hispanics have had fantastic success in electing candidates of their choice.
28:01Colombo says the new maps appear to give certain groups more influence.
28:06They are asking the court to keep California's current maps for the 2026 midterms.
28:11They have weaponized this entire process and they have lied to the California voters.
28:16The chair of the elections committee didn't even know that the maps had changed while we were voting on them.
28:22They are asking a federal three-judge panel to strike down the Prop 50 maps and restore the commission's maps.
28:29Prop 50 passed Tuesday night with 63 percent of voters in favor and 36 percent opposed.
28:35Democrats say the measure was designed to counter efforts in other states to add Republican seats in Congress.
28:41Christina Corona, NTD News.
28:43And to discuss last night's election results, we're joined by Gerard Valitti, political strategist and attorney.
28:50We also have with us Robin Biro, Democratic strategist and former Obama regional campaign director.
28:56Thank you both so much for being here.
28:57Robin, I want to start with you because Democrats saw a sweep of wins last night,
29:01especially in Virginia and New Jersey, where Democrats won by double digits.
29:05How significant were those wins?
29:07I think, Tiffany, that it has more to do with the timing, honestly.
29:12It is very significant for Democrats, but it has a lot more to do with timing.
29:16I actually don't for once disagree with President Trump.
29:18It had a lot to do with the government shutdown.
29:21People are feeling hurt and they're really not buying the Republican narrative that although they control the House,
29:27the Senate and the executive, this is the Democrats' fault exclusively.
29:31We do need to find some way to come together and get a budget passed so that people can get back to work
29:38and people can get the full amount of their stat benefits, things like that.
29:42But I think last night was a referendum on some of the games that we're seeing being played in Congress right now, Tiffany.
29:48And Gerard, on that note, what do the losses mean for Republicans?
29:52What lessons could be learned for 2026, potentially?
29:56The lessons to be learned are similar to the lessons that we saw in 2024,
29:59which the Democrats carried through in this election, the message is it's the economy.
30:04And we saw tight discipline from the Democrats running, whether it was Virginia, New Jersey, or even Mamdani, New York City.
30:09They were focusing on cost of living, on economic issues, on taxes, on ways to make families be able to afford more.
30:16And that carried them over the threshold.
30:18I think the message for Republicans is they need to go back to basics.
30:21It's not a culture war issue.
30:23It's not about social issues.
30:25It is about the economy.
30:26And Trump needs to do a better job of carrying that message himself,
30:30because we saw the consequences of the shutdown playing out, I think, in Virginia and to some extent in New Jersey in this election.
30:36And, Robin, New York City saw a historic turnout in its mayoral election.
30:40What issues do you think motivated New Yorkers to come out in droves?
30:44There are a number of things.
30:47Of course, number one in a municipal election is always crime prevention.
30:51I'm dealing with that right here in my city in Atlanta.
30:53That's what our mayor ran on because of a crime epidemic.
30:58Mamdani had a different approach.
31:01I think people appreciate someone thinking out of the box.
31:03He had an approach about bringing 8,000 public safety officers that don't have police power,
31:09but are there to help people and for the greater good.
31:12Whereas his opponents, both, they each wanted to bring on somewhere between 5,000 to 7,000 additional police force.
31:20And somehow their message didn't quite resonate with the voters.
31:25So I think voters in New York City were looking for maybe a different approach to how they handled this.
31:31I just want to point out that Mamdani's acceptance speech was remarkable.
31:34I believe it was 32 minutes long.
31:35And it met the moment.
31:38It sort of answered some of the criticism that I myself have been giving him.
31:42So, you know, let's see how it let's see how this goes.
31:45And Gerard, what did you make of what we saw in New York and what motivated New Yorkers to go out and vote?
31:51I think we saw a dynamic, youthful candidate engaging the younger demographic and especially first time voters who came out in droves from Mamdani.
31:59I think he did a less good job convincing more establishment Democrats that his agenda items would actually be able to be implemented.
32:07But the youthful enthusiasm and people wanting change, people wanting to see something different.
32:12New York for many people feels the same as it did during the pandemic, only slightly coming back to life a little bit with many of the same problems.
32:18And Mamdani offered something completely new and different.
32:21And that's something that the younger people, first time voters particularly, were energized by.
32:25And they came out to vote in droves.
32:27And Robin, does Mamdani's win signify a larger change in direction within the Democratic Party?
32:35I'm going to be honest.
32:36I hope not.
32:37But I think that it probably will.
32:39I believe it will be used as a template.
32:41Because we lost the general election, every time we do as Democrats, we tend to say the problem was that we weren't left enough.
32:48And Mamdani's win last night, I think, is going to be a referendum.
32:52That democratic socialism is something that other candidates might need to be considering having a closer look at.
32:58President Obama, as you know, yesterday said that, you know, while he didn't endorse Mamdani, he was there to offer support.
33:04Just like my colleague here said, you know, he's kind of looking a little old school right now, I would say.
33:08So I would just caution candidates across the country to, you know, be wary of socialism.
33:15It might be what's popular, like my colleague here said, with the emerging electorate.
33:20But I'm not really sure that's going to be the way to win elections, say, in places like Georgia, the state I'm speaking to you from now, Tiffany.
33:28And Gerard, expanding on that, what does the future of the Democratic Party look like then?
33:32I think there still needs to be an identity that's determined of how the party will move forward cohesively in the midterm elections next year and beyond.
33:41You will see more candidates like Mamdani, but they will be in cities like Portland or Seattle, perhaps even in Chicago.
33:47They are not going to be so much or readily electable in the South or in states that are more heavily Republican.
33:52And that's an issue for Democrats, too, because a lot of Democrats are not ready to embrace this brand of radicalism, of socialism.
33:59They do want to see more progress made in terms of getting Democratic values, Democratic Party values in line and legislation that favors them, but not the radicalism that comes with some of these candidates.
34:11So I think the Democratic Party has a sort of an identity crisis that it will grapple with going into the midterms next year.
34:16And Robin, on the other side of the nation, voters in California approved a proposal to redraw the state's congressional district map.
34:23Now, that is part of a larger national redistricting battle.
34:26What impact could this have on the midterms next year?
34:30Significant, just because of the congressional math here.
34:35And that's all in response to what Republicans did in the state of Texas gerrymandering.
34:39I just want to point out that the Princeton political science department did an analysis and said that Republicans, by and large, gerrymander about 70 percent of the time and Democrats about 30 percent or so.
34:52So, you know, it's a problem.
34:53And I think Democrats kind of are calling their bluff at it, saying, look, if you're going to do this, we're going to also do this.
34:59And that's what Governor Gavin Newsom did.
35:01And he called on other governors to do the same.
35:04I really don't like it, though.
35:05I've got to be honest with you, Tiffany.
35:06I really hate it.
35:07I think at the end of the day, it's the voters who suffer because government should always be representative of the people that it serves.
35:14And when you gerrymander a district that heavily, it defeats that purpose, that stated purpose.
35:20And, Gerard, your thoughts on gerrymandering and how we'll see that play out in the midterms?
35:24Well, I think we'll definitely see a race to gerrymander now, not just Texas and California, but Virginia has.
35:30The Democrats have the House, both houses.
35:32They have the governorship.
35:33They will definitely gerrymander there.
35:35We will see this in Florida.
35:37We will see this or are already seeing this in Indiana, perhaps Ohio.
35:40We will see this across the board.
35:42And this just adds complexity to a voting system.
35:44Instead of the party selecting the best candidate that appeals most to the people, they're playing these partisan games of trying to align districts.
35:51And ultimately, the only people who suffer are all of the American voters because they have fewer choices, not more.
35:56Well, on that note, Gerard Falitti and Robin Barrow, thank you both so much for joining us.
36:02Thank you, Tiffany.
36:05Coming up in the NFL, what's next for the New York Jets?
36:07After their blockbuster trades yesterday, Dave Martin joins us to discuss when we return.
36:11And now for your sports news, we're doing my NDD's Dave Martin.
36:37Dave, first off, welcome back to sports.
36:38Yes, thank you.
36:39It is great to be back.
36:41We missed so much, you know.
36:43We did.
36:43So on that note, a lot going on.
36:44Let's start on the NFL, though, as the New York Jets commented today about their major trades this week, calling one of them too good to pass up.
36:51What stood out to you about these deals?
36:53You know, there were several things, I would say.
36:56You know, one is that the Jets just did a rebuild, you know, a few years ago.
37:00And these were two of the players they brought in as part of that rebuild.
37:03Quinton Williams, Sauce Gardner.
37:06Both are all pro players.
37:07Both are still in their 20s.
37:09It's a little surprising with the talent they have that it has not resulted in at least a playoff run yet.
37:14I mean, not even one.
37:15In fact, the Jets have the worst record in the league right now somehow.
37:18So I guess I was surprised that they were already scrapping this rebuild so quickly, especially if you're looking at getting the number one pick in next year's draft, which they are certainly in line to with the worst record.
37:29But then I saw the assets that they got.
37:31Two first-round picks and a young wide receiver for Sauce Gardner from the Colts.
37:35And then a first and a second-round pick from the Cowboys.
37:37Plus a young defensive tackle for Quinton Williams from Dallas.
37:41I thought that was actually a very good haul.
37:43Besides, it's hard to actually be worse than last place, which they are right now.
37:48So you might as well actually get some assets for the future, I guess.
37:52It's not working out.
37:53They gave away some good players, though.
37:55It's kind of hard to believe.
37:57All right.
37:57Well, figures to baseball.
37:59We didn't get much of a chance to discuss the World Series last week.
38:02Something called the Election came up.
38:04Now, it ended up being quite a thriller, though.
38:05What were your thoughts on it?
38:07Yeah, it was the most exciting World Series I can ever remember.
38:11And that's definitely saying something.
38:12I've been watching these for a long time.
38:14I'll give my full thoughts in a minute.
38:16First, I want to play a clip of retired former three-time MVP player Alex Rodriguez talking about this World Series.
38:25The greatest World Series I've seen in my lifetime, number one.
38:29You know, before we started, we thought it was David versus Goliath.
38:34Before Game 7, we knew we were wrong.
38:36It was Goliath versus Goliath.
38:39If you hate the Dodgers, you probably want to hold your ears here.
38:42Not only are they just getting started, but they have the number one minor league system of the 30 teams, number one in pitching, number one in prospects, number one in hitting.
38:53So the Dodgers have it all going on.
38:57Canada should be very proud.
38:59And also, let's not feel pity.
39:01While I feel terrible for the Blue Jays because they were so close and contested, let's not cry poor for them.
39:07They also have Vladimir Guerrero that they signed up for half a billion dollars.
39:12So this is really the Titans versus Titans.
39:16You know, I think what really made this series so special was seeing the favorites, the Dodgers, you know, not really playing their best while kind of carrying the weight of trying to repeat as champions, somehow then pulling it off.
39:30And then you've got that epic Game 3, that 18-inning affair with Shohi Itani really having one of the best games in playoff history.
39:38Really one of the greatest World Series games ever.
39:41And then you've got an epic Game 7, another extra inning affair.
39:44The Dodgers really were behind the eight ball from the get-go.
39:48They had to escape numerous jams in late innings just to stay within striking distance or to keep from losing it in a couple of instances and then somehow muster just enough offense to win it.
39:59I think the best way I can sum it up is the Dodgers somehow found a way to win despite being outplayed by the Blue Jays.
40:06I mean, it was pretty incredible, I thought.
40:08Well, Titans versus Titans.
40:10Looking at golf news, though, world number two Rory McIlroy made some interesting comments about Live Golf's decision to move to a traditional four-round format starting next season.
40:19Yes, Live Golf is switching from the 54-hole format to a 72-hole format starting next year.
40:26McIlroy called it a peculiar move.
40:29He then went on to say he didn't think that that was what was holding them back from being recognized by the official world rankings.
40:35And that's very critical because as long as they're not recognized, their players will continue to not get ranking points.
40:42They'll eventually drop far enough in the rankings that it'll make it tough for them to get into golf's four majors, which they still want to do despite being part of Live.
40:50Now, most of us, you know, outside of these official discussions, believe that the 54-holes was the main reason, the main sticking point behind them getting rejected by the official world golf.
41:01But I have to think that that had to be the number one point.
41:04I mean, Live Golf's name, after all, is behind the Roman Numerals L-I-V.
41:08It's the Roman Numerals for 54.
41:10That was their thing.
41:11It was a 54-hole tournament.
41:12It kind of set them apart three rounds.
41:14I can't believe they'd make a change like that without some assurance.
41:17So we'll find out, I guess, for sure when they actually try to apply again to get recognized by the official world golf rankings.
41:26Got all that?
41:27Maybe.
41:28Moving to college football news, though.
41:30The first playoff rankings, known as the CFP, were revealed this week with Ohio State at number one.
41:35What stood out to you here?
41:37You know, I say this pretty much every year.
41:40Only the final rankings actually count.
41:43This is probably just for us in the media to talk about.
41:45So, yeah, I love talking about this.
41:46This is the first of six rankings that will come out.
41:49And even though they say this is to let people know, you know, what they're thinking, they're not above making last-minute switches.
41:56They've done it plenty of times.
41:57So I don't put any of stock into any of these pre-rankings.
42:01I do find it noteworthy that there's not a single team outside the Power Four conferences that made their top 25.
42:08They have to put one of those teams in the playoffs.
42:10So it's Memphis at 8-1 is designated at that team for now, should the season end today.
42:17Now, it'll probably be whatever wins Memphis' conference is the American conference.
42:21Now, just to review, the five highest-ranked conference champions get automatic bids to the playoffs,
42:25and the other seven are just automatic bids decided by this same committee.
42:31Playoffs, meanwhile, start on December 19.
42:34All right?
42:35Hopefully you got all that then, too.
42:37We'll have that to look forward to.
42:39Yes, we will.
42:40Can't wait.
42:41Dave, as always, thanks for joining us.
42:42Thank you, Tiff.
42:44And that's all for today's news.
42:46We're on the clock coverage.
42:47Visit us at ntd.com slash live or download our NTD app.
42:51Thanks for tuning in.
42:52I'm Tiffany Meyer.
42:53Good night.
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