00:00A wall of water and mud and people running with seconds to spare.
00:05The death toll is climbing in Nepal, with hundreds still missing.
00:09Plus, a secret trip to Moscow.
00:11What the CIA director reportedly warned Russia not to do, and why NATO is watching closely.
00:17And 24 states take the Postal Service to court.
00:20The new mail-in voting rule they say could disrupt the midterms.
00:26The stories that matter. Clear and credible.
00:29From across the country to around the world.
00:32These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow.
00:38Hello everyone, I'm Simone del Rosario.
00:41The search for hundreds of missing people continues this morning.
00:44After a wall of water and mud tore through communities along the Nepal-China border.
00:48At least 160 people are dead.
00:52In Nepal, more than 1,300 people were reported missing.
00:56Including hundreds of foreign nationals.
00:58At least 47 Americans are among them.
01:02Cars are buried.
01:03Debris is hanging from trees and power lines.
01:06In some places, the mud reaches the second floors of buildings.
01:11At least 19 bridges and about 25 miles of road were swept away.
01:15This man here says he ran to the terrace of his home as the flood rose all the way to
01:20the top floor.
01:21He says his wife was buried in the mudslide.
01:25He stayed on that terrace for hours before a helicopter finally reached him.
01:29And this video may be hard to watch.
01:33It's surveillance video from the border crossing.
01:36You can see people start running up the road.
01:39They have only seconds here to try to react.
01:43You're going to see the water and mud come around the corner on the left side of your screen.
01:47And within moments, the entire area disappears behind it.
01:52Buildings, cars, everything in its path is swallowed up.
01:57And a different view here coming up behind the building.
02:00Just incredibly shocking images.
02:03Almost too devastating to believe.
02:06Rescue crews are now airlifting survivors out of areas they can't reach by road.
02:11Nepal has asked both India and China to help with the rescue effort.
02:16Scientists believe an ice rock avalanche from a glacier high in the Himalayas triggered the flood.
02:22At one point, the Trishuli River rose as much as 27 feet in about half an hour.
02:28We're coming up on a quarter century after the 9-11 attacks.
02:32And the man accused of masterminding them now has a trial date.
02:36Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is set to go to trial June 2028,
02:40along with three other men accused of conspiring in the attacks.
02:44Mohammed is accused of orchestrating the plot to hijack four commercial planes on September 11, 2001.
02:50Two were flown into the World Trade Center.
02:53Another hit the Pentagon.
02:54The fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.
03:00Mohammed has been held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba since 2006.
03:05So why has it taken this long to get to trial?
03:09Well, the case has been tied up for years in legal fights,
03:12including over whether statements that defendants made after being tortured in CIA custody
03:17can be used against them.
03:19There have also been years of disputes over plea deals, the death penalty, and other pretrial issues.
03:25A previous trial date in 2021 came and went.
03:30Prosecutors wanted this one to begin in January 2027.
03:34The judge has now set it for June 2028,
03:37giving both sides more time to resolve the issues still before the court.
03:42We're now learning why CIA Director John Ratcliffe made that surprise visit to Russia this week.
03:48Sources familiar with the matter tell multiple news outlets
03:56The secretive visit first came to light Tuesday after a U.S. Air Force jet was spotted landing at a
04:03Moscow airport,
04:04followed by a diplomatic motorcade through the Russian capital.
04:07A senior Ukrainian official says Ukraine was given advance notice
04:11and asked to hold off on the strikes while Ratcliffe was there.
04:15President Trump confirmed the visit Wednesday, but called it semi-routine
04:20and said it had nothing to do with concerns about Russia testing NATO.
04:24The Kremlin also confirmed Ratcliffe met with Russian intelligence officials,
04:28but wouldn't say what they discussed.
04:31NVIDIA just gave Wall Street a fresh look at how much money is still pouring into artificial intelligence.
04:37The chip giant reported earnings after the bell Wednesday,
04:40with revenue more than doubling from a year ago to $96 billion.
04:45Profit more than doubled, too.
04:47Both beat Wall Street expectations.
04:49Now, most of that business is coming from the massive data centers being built for AI.
04:55NVIDIA made $89 billion from data centers last quarter alone,
04:59up 117% from a year ago.
05:02That's why this report gets so much attention.
05:06NVIDIA's chips are at the center of the AI build-out,
05:09so demand for them has become one way to gauge how that boom is holding up.
05:15And NVIDIA is expecting a lot more growth.
05:18The company projects $108 billion in revenue this quarter,
05:22above what Wall Street had expected.
05:24Its CFO also says NVIDIA expects revenue to grow 70% next fiscal year.
05:30There are still questions about how long companies can keep spending this much on AI.
05:35NVIDIA, though, says it's still supply-constrained,
05:39meaning it could be selling even more if it had the chips available.
05:43We'll see the first full day of trading on these results when Wall Street opens this morning.
05:48Two dozen states and Washington, D.C. are suing to block new Postal Service rules
05:53for mailed ballots just months before the November midterms.
05:57The new rules follow President Trump's March executive order tightening procedures for mail-in voting.
06:03States would have to give the Postal Service the names and addresses of voters receiving mail ballots
06:09and use new envelopes with tracking barcodes.
06:12The Postal Service says it will not determine who is eligible to vote,
06:17maintain voter rolls, or count ballots.
06:19But the states argue the new requirements are unconstitutional
06:23and interfere with their authority to run elections.
06:27They also warn some mail-in voters could be disenfranchised.
06:31California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the Constitution gives states the power to regulate elections,
06:37not the President or the Postal Service.
06:40The White House calls the changes common-sense measures to protect mail ballots
06:45and ensure only Americans elect American leaders.
06:49The lawsuit comes days after the Supreme Court rejected an earlier challenge from the states,
06:55saying it was filed too soon before the Postal Service had issued its final rule.
06:59The justices allowed the Postal Service to move forward,
07:03but did not rule on whether the final rule itself is legal.
07:07Finally this morning, it's quite a sight every year.
07:11Spain's famous tomato-throwing festival is now in the books for 2026.
07:16Thousands of revelers packed the streets of Buñol Wednesday
07:19for the massive food fight known as La Tomatina.
07:22Trucks loaded with overripe tomatoes rolled through the small town
07:26as people on board hurled them into the crowd.
07:30And from there, it was everyone for themselves.
07:33The tomato-tossing event went on for more than an hour,
07:36and it wasn't just the locals getting in on the mess.
07:39It was amazing. It was amazing, guys.
07:42We came all the way from the UK here just for this day, and it was amazing.
07:47It was a lifetime experience if you're always going to remember it.
07:50Viva la España.
07:51It feels really good to enjoy this special occasion, especially in Buñol.
07:55So it's one of the phenomenal experiences.
07:59It's my 30th birthday. Come on, guys.
08:01So I'm enjoying my birthday.
08:02Well, ahead of the festival, buildings along the route were covered with tarps
08:07for pretty obvious reasons.
08:09La Tomatina is held on the last Wednesday of August each year.
08:13The tradition dates back to 1945 when a food fight broke out among local children,
08:20and the tradition lives on.
08:21Now, if you watched that video and thought, wow, what a waste of food,
08:25I did look this up.
08:26The tomatoes are only grown for the festival,
08:29so they would never be grown otherwise,
08:31and they're not treated for food.
08:33So safe to pelt your friends with, not so safe to eat.
08:37Okay, before we head out, here's what we're tracking today.
08:40In Massachusetts, closing arguments are expected in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy.
08:44She admitted to killing her three children,
08:46but her lawyers argue she was suffering from postpartum psychosis
08:50and should not be held criminally responsible.
08:52At 10, a federal judge could decide whether Andrew and Tristan Tate remain in Florida jail
08:57as they fight extradition to the UK on rape and sex trafficking charges.
09:02And tonight at 7, President Trump takes part in an RNC event in Houston.
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09:19Those are your Unbiased Updates for this Thursday.
09:22We'll see you right back here tomorrow.
09:23For all of us here at Straight Arrow, I'm Simone Del Rosario.
09:26Have a great day.
