NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 1)

Welcome to NTD evening news. Our top story tonight, a major case before the nation's highest court, a PAC Supreme Court today as President Trump attends oral arguments on birthright citizenship. Arne Richards was there and has the latest. President Trump saying Iran is now asking for a ceasefire. This as the president is set to address the nation tonight. What the White House tells NTD to expect from his primetime address and one of the president's new demand to Republicans. Mario Tsu standing by. Washington continues increasing its military activity while attacks from Iran are on the decline. Aryan Pazdar with the latest on the fighting in the Middle East. The first moon mission in more than half a century. Astronauts of the Artemis two mission are ready to launch from the Kennedy Space Center. We'll have a live look from NASA in just a moment. This is NTD evening news live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Tiffany Meyer. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. The nine justices of the Supreme Court today searching for answers to whether President Trump's executive order to limit birthright citizenship complies with the 14th Amendment entities. Arlene Richards was in the courtroom along with President Trump. The Supreme Court here in oral arguments today on a very important case to the White House that deals with President Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. The president sitting in the courtroom the first time for any U.S. president and the justices seeming a little more subdued about where they're leaning on this case. On Wednesday, President Trump entered a packed courtroom to watch oral arguments on the issue of birthright citizenship. In January 2025, the president signed an executive order to what he calls end birthright citizenship. Several plaintiffs immediately challenged it saying it didn't comply with the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment which was ratified in 1868. Since then, virtually all children born in the United States could become U.S. citizens whether they intended to stay or not. In truth social post days before the arguments, President Trump said the law is being abused for monetary gain and he pointed out one of the main arguments in the case that the phrase subject to the jurisdiction thereof was intended to apply to newly freed slaves who were seeking citizenship. The solicitor general said a person is subject to the jurisdiction if he is domiciled there. If you look at the text of the clause, we believe it says, you know, born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and the states of which they reside. So there's a constitutional guarantee that applies to both federal or national and state citizenship. And the key point we make there is that that word reside if you look at, for example, section 1473 of Justice Story's commentaries was understood to mean domicile. So when they say subject to the jurisdiction and then they go on to say you're a citizen of the United States and the state in which they reside, the very text of the clause itself presupposes that the citizen is domiciled in the United States. Based on that domicile argument, President Trump's executive order says children born to parents who are temporarily visiting or in the U.S. illegally cannot become citizens. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett asked several questions about domicile and how it relates to citizenship. Justice Gorsuch focused on illegal immigrants. I'm just working within your argument for a moment. Today, you can point to laws against immigration that are much more restrictive than they were in 18. We really didn't have laws like that that we do today until maybe 1880. So if somebody showed up here in 1868 and established domicile, that was perfectly fine without respect to anything, any, any immigration laws. There they were. And so why wouldn't we, even if we were to apply your own test, come to the conclusion that the fact that someone might be illegal is immaterial? And Justice Barrett followed up on the argument that the clause was intended for freed slaves. In your reply brief that the children of slaves who were brought here unlawfully, um, you know, in, in, in defiance of laws forbidding the slave trade, um, would in fact be citizens. And we can imagine that their parents were not only brought here in violation of United States law, but we're here against their will. And so maybe felt allegiance to the countries where they were from. And you say that the purpose of the 14th amendment was to put all slaves on equal footing, newly freed slaves on equal footing. And so they would be citizens, but that's not textual. So how do you, how do you get there? The justices appeared equally curious to know how the plaintiff's attorney defined subject to the jurisdiction thereof. She said, whether or not the parents are domiciled in the country is irrelevant because the fact that they are in the country means that they are subject to its laws. The justices didn't give a clear indication of how they would rule, but some seem reluctant to reinterpret a constitutional amendment that's been in existence for over a hundred years. The justices are expected to make their decision by late June or July. Arlene Richards reporting from the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. And lawmakers are weighing in on the birth right citizenship case. Some in Congress say the issue needs clear definition. Others argue the constitution already settles it. NTD's Chris Bobb has the story. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case challenging President Trump's authority to limit birth right citizenship. Members of Congress from both parties taking to X to weigh in. Senator Tom Cotton writing, birth right citizenship for illegal aliens has no basis in the constitution. I hope that the Supreme Court rules in favor of ending this abusive practice. Senator Jeff Merkley writing, I anticipate that the Supreme Court, despite their proclivity to give more and more power to the American presidency, will find this EO unsupportable. Senator Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee posting on X. Birth right citizenship is a policy that confers citizenship to the children of illegal aliens who give birth on U.S. soil. It's a terrible policy that incentivizes illegal immigrants and has created an entire industry known as quote, birth tourism. Senator Cruz and other Republican lawmakers filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court, arguing that the 14th amendment does not grant automatic citizenship to children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally. On X, Cruz says this policy needs to end, using whatever vehicle possible, whether a constitutional amendment, legislation, executive action, or the courts. He has introduced legislation in the Senate to do exactly that, the Birth Right Citizenship Act of 2025. Under the bill, a child born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants would not automatically become a citizen. A child born to tourists or temporary visa holders, such as students or workers, would also not receive automatic citizenship. We should expect a ruling by the end of the Supreme Court's term. Reporting from Washington D.C., Chris Bobb, NTD News. How is birth right citizenship being taken advantage of now, and does the original intention of the 14th amendment still matter? Legal analysis tonight on Capitol Report with Steve Lance at 7 p.m. Eastern Time. And what do everyday Americans think about the case? NTD's Sam Wong was right outside the Supreme Court to hear from the people. Do you think the 14th amendment is being currently interpreted as the way it was intended? No. I think that citizenship is something that should be earned, not something that, you know, you just drop your kids off or leave, whatever, and then they become a citizen. I feel like it wasn't originally supposed to be like this, but I'm glad it was. I think for future generations and even this generation, robbing them of this chance to come and do something great, what does that say about us as a people? It was intended to protect the children of slaves to make sure that they had citizenship in the United States. I think now anyone can come into the country, have a baby, and then that baby is given rights, citizenship rights. That seems a little unfair. The text is very clear in the 14th amendment, which is that if you're born in the United States, then you are a U.S. citizen with very limited exception. The 14th amendment states, the precision is that all persons born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens. Now this is written from Mr. Trumbull. Now that means the author of the 14th amendment. What do we mean by subject to the jurisdiction of the United States? Not owing allegiance to anybody else. If you are a couple with foreign citizenship, you come to this nation, you have a baby until you become a citizen and declare allegiance to the U.S. yourself, your baby's not a citizen. What do you hope to come out of today's case? To keep the 14th amendment. You know, like I said this entire time, when it comes to showing our voice and fighting for something, this is definitely one of those things that we should continue to fight for. I think the case today is a game changer because if the president can rewrite the constitution with an executive order, what other constitutional rights are at risk? I'm behind President Trump and I hope that it comes out that way, the way that he's arguing for it. Hopefully we can bring in lots of people but through the right process, check them out and we still have the same result but a little more control. The U.S. today releasing new numbers on Operation Epic Fury in Iran. Washington is increasing its military activity while attacks from Iran are on the decline. NTD's international correspondent Arian Pazdar has more on the Iran war. New numbers on the war against the Iranian regime. As of Wednesday, the U.S. conducted over 13,000 combat flights. In total, America's military struck over 12,300 targets and U.S. forces damaged or destroyed over 150 Iranian vessels. Because of America's strikes on Iran's military capabilities, attacks by the Iranian regime are becoming significantly less. According to the Institute for the Study of War, Iran launched only three missile barrages at Israel in the last 48 hours. This marks its lowest barrage rate of the war to date. Meanwhile, Israel is also increasing its attacks on Iran, releasing this video showing new numbers. The IDF says it has carried out over 800 airstrikes in the war so far, killing 2,000 Iranian soldiers. Israel launched the latest wave of attacks just on Wednesday morning. Israel also reports killing two more major targets. One was the commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front. He was a senior commander with 40-plus years of experience. The other one was the head of the engineering branch of the Lebanon Corps in Iran. Despite the hefty blows against Iran, the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Iran will continue supporting its terrorist proxies in the Middle East. Khamenei sent a letter to the leader of Hezbollah, saying the regime won't stop supporting the fight against the US and Israel. Also on Wednesday, President Trump reportedly said he's strongly considering leaving NATO, calling the alliance a, quote, paper tiger. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer weighing in. NATO is the single most effective military alliance the world has ever seen. And it has kept us safe for many decades. And we are fully committed to NATO. Starmer went on to say that it's still in the UK's interest to have strong ties with the US and also with the rest of Europe. We need a stronger relationship with Europe. I actually think that will help strengthen our relationship with the US, because successive presidents have said that Europe needs to do more on their defence and security. I've long argued that with European colleagues, that we should be doing more. Starmer added that collaboration with the rest of Europe shouldn't be just on defence, but also on economic and other goals. Ariane Pasdar, NTD News. It's being called Florida's version of the Save America Act. Governor Ron DeSantis signs an election integrity bill into law that will require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in the state. And clarifies which IDs will be accepted at polling stations. NTD correspondent Jason Blair has more. So today, I'll be signing House Bill 991, which is the Florida version of the Save Act. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing an election integrity bill into law on Wednesday. It will require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. It also removes previously accepted IDs at polling stations like student IDs. We're also making sure that when you're providing information or identification, that we're using secure forms of identification. Polling stations will still accept a state issued driver's license or ID card, a US passport and military IDs. The bill also clarifies that voting must be done by marking a paper ballot, while still allowing if requested accessible devices that produce a paper record of the vote. Allowing for a verifiable hard copy in the event of a recount. Before going to the governor's desk, the bill was debated by Florida legislature in March and passed mostly along party lines. I know someone who lost an election by two votes. Some of you know people who have lost election by a very small vote margin. So what is our tolerance for fraud and lack of integrity? There's a lot of registered voters in Florida who don't have a Florida driver license. It's gonna need to be new intake systems for sensitive documents. There's gonna need to be new training. None of this is funded in the bill. And yes, we have safe elections in Florida, but they don't stay safe and secure if we don't pay attention to the large gaps that exist where we can address additional fraud. The President Trump said to address the nation on Operation Epic Fury in just a couple of hours. This coming as the president says Iran is now asking for a ceasefire. We now go live to NTD's Washington correspondent Mario Tsu at the North Lawn of the White House. Good evening, Mari. What is the White House saying to expect from the president's address? Hey Tiff, good evening. Yeah, that's right. The White House today gave NTD a preview of President Trump's primetime address, saying that he'll be giving an update on Operation Epic Fury, and that so far it's either met or exceeded its benchmark expectations at the beginning, which were to annihilate the Navy, destroy Iran's ballistic missile capabilities, to destabilize, ensure that their proxies can't destabilize the region, and guarantee that the regime can never obtain a nuclear weapon. And this is coming as the president says today that Iran's new regime leader, who he says is, quote, much less radicalized than his predecessor, is asking the US for a ceasefire, which President Trump says that the US will only consider once the Strait of Hormuz is open. Take a look. I don't know if you saw the explosion the other day. We got the mother load. We had the mother load. We're negotiating with them right now. They've been, again, we have had regime change. But we're finishing the job. And I think within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer to do the job. But we want to knock out every single thing there. This comes as President Trump tells The Telegraph, he is strongly considering pulling the US out of NATO, calling the alliance a paper tiger for failing to let the US use their military bases and help secure the Hormuz Strait. NATO treated us very badly. And you have to remember, because they'll be treating us badly again, if we ever need them. Why do we have billions and billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars over the years, trillions of dollars, and all these American forces stationed in the region, if we can only use them, we can we went in our time of need, we're not going to be allowed to use those bases. So I think there's no doubt, unfortunately, after this conflict is concluded, we are going to have to re examine that relationship. And as gas prices increase, President Trump declares that successfully completing the objectives of Operation Epic Fury is more important for America's long term national security than any temporary rise in fuel costs. We're $4 Yeah, and we have a country that's not going to be throwing a nuclear weapon at us in six months. Americans are feeling the effects in the interim. And they're also feeling a lot safer. What is the plan to bring it back down? All I have to do is leave Iran, and we'll be doing that very soon. And they'll become tumbling down. It's much more important that this be successfully completed than what the market does. And Central Command announcing today that since the beginning of the operation, the US has taken out over 12,300 targets inside Iran, and over 13,000 combat flights have flown directly for A lot to look out for in just a couple of hours. And Mari, turning to domestic issues now, President Trump announcing a new plan to fund the Department of Home and Security and Customs and Border Patrol agents. What is the latest on that? Yeah, sure, Tiff. So President Trump today is endorsing funding ICE and CBP through a special budget reconciliation process that allows Republicans to fund these agencies without needing support from Democrats. And President Trump is asking that that bill be on his desk by June 1. And House Speaker Mike Johnson is responding to the president's directive, saying that Republicans will fully fund DHS through two parallel tracks, one of them through regular appropriations and the other through the reconciliation process. Johnson also says that the plan will reopen the department, ensure that all federal workers are paid and secure funding for ICE and border security for the next three years. And here's President Trump on Sunday. They should terminate the filibuster and they should vote. That's what I think. I think the Senate is playing, playing it too soft. The Republicans are wonderful people. There's something wrong. We have to protect our country. We have to protect our border. And Tiff, in a historic first today, President Trump became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court as justices there weighed his executive order to curb birthright citizenship. President Trump has long criticized birthright citizenship as a, quote, massive loophole never intended by the 14th Amendment. He's argued that it rewards illegal immigration at the expense of Americans, while the original clause was for freed slaves and not foreign nationals. Back to you. All right, Mari, thanks for those updates. Coming up, the first moon mission in more than half a century. Astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission are ready to launch from the Kennedy Space Center. We'll have a live look from NASA in just a moment. 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You see certain things get reincarnated in your children. My daughter is very much inspired by my wife's artistic pursuits. So my daughter started making necklaces. She makes what we call affirmation fashion. I tell her every day that you're black is beautiful. You're black is beautiful. And if there's anything better than being beautiful, it's being smart. If there's anything better than being smart, it's being kind. And reaffirming that every day is our method of making sure her chin never drops. My dad wasn't around, and I remember riding a bike and falling off and cutting myself. And me never just wanted to get back on it. People ask, how your children learn how to ride a bike? And you did. I didn't teach them. I just created an environment where they taught themselves. And all I had to do was be there. And you'll be looking live at the. For the first time in more than 50 years, NASA is sending astronauts to the moon. The mission named Artemis 2 is set to take a crew of three Americans and one Canadian farther into space than ever before, testing out a new spacecraft and circling the far side of the moon before returning to Earth. In mere minutes, the rocket will launch. And as we wait for the countdown, Michael Yoshida brings us more details on this historic launch. Heading back to the moon. We are really pumped to go do this for this entire team. It has been a lot of work. It's been a great journey. Artemis 2, the first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis campaign, is sending four astronauts on a trip around the moon. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Cook, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency. This is an exciting time and it is going to truly test our mettle. I'm so grateful to those that paved the way for me to be here and for all of us to be here. And it's an honor to potentially inspire the explorers of the future. It's the first time since 1972 that humans are going to deep space. We are in a space race. If human beings are going to endure, we have to find another planet to live on. The moon is the first step. Powered by NASA's new SLS, or Space Launch System, heavy rocket, the Orion spacecraft launches into Earth's orbit. That thing is 322 feet high and 300 feet over there about is all propulsion. So we're literally brute forcing our way into orbit. After some tests, Orion will then make a roughly four day, 250,000 mile journey to the moon, passing by its far side. At a distance between four and six thousand miles above the lunar surface, it is expected to be the farthest any human has ever traveled in space. Orion then returns to Earth for splashdown off the United States West Coast. The golden age of space exploration. There's so many amazing things happening and we should be proud, all of us. A momentous day for the nation in just minutes. Three American astronauts alongside a Canadian astronaut will shoot for the moon. Again, a journey to fly around the moon unattempted in more than 50 years. And joining us now is Armin Kurdian, pilot, aeronautics expert and retired U.S. Navy captain. Also with us is Rick Fisher, senior fellow on Asian military affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. He's also an international military analyst. Thank you both so much for joining us. What a historic moment here, Armin. Starting with you in just a few minutes, we have liftoff. The world is watching this. Your reaction to what we're about to see. Resisting the urge to look back and forth to my TV as what's happening right now. It's it's kind of really hard to put into words. It's more can be expressed by emotion if you really feel the momentous weight of this occasion, because really the human endeavor, as best described by President Kennedy, was, you know, we choose to go to the moon and do the other thing, not because they're easy, but because they are hard. I don't know that you can ever encapsulate the American spirit and the strength of humanity in one sentence better than that to do the hard things. So this is certainly has been a hard thing for a number of reasons, not just because of technology. I mean, we were able to go to the moon and, you know, 1967, we were able to start launching things in that direction. And here we are now. So it's truly a lot of obstacles in our way, but we're about to get through them all. And Rick, your thoughts and reactions to what will take place very soon. Well, very soon we'll be taking really the first major step to returning to the moon. Artemis two is proving the new manned Orion space capsule and will be followed next year with Orion docking with our new human landing systems that have yet to be built. And then the next year, 2028, our people will be returning to the surface of the moon. This is a an amazing development for the United States, which didn't return to the moon after the conclusion termination of the Apollo program in 1972. President George W. Bush tried to revive the American moon program. Barack Obama canceled George Bush's revival only to be revived again by President Donald Trump in 2017. And this is really the first step to realizing President Trump's dream and ambition and goal of putting our people back on the moon by 2028. And there on screen is a live look again at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where very shortly Orion will be shooting to bypass and circle the moon. A very momentous day here, a lot riding on this mission, actually. So, Armin, going to you now, speaking of emotions, what do you think the crew is feeling right now, just moments away from liftoff? The crew is probably feeling the same way that a football player is in the minutes before kickoff of the Super Bowl or, you know, college basketball players, you know, right before they play for the national championship. It's there is excitement. There's uncertainty. But the moment that it starts and these guys are going to be exerting or be the they're going to be experiencing 3G sustained for several minutes, your brain starts getting locked into, OK, what's actually happening right now? That initial nervousness and excitement is gone and you are fully in the moment performing and what you actually need to do. So it's a very interesting dichotomy. You think they'd be excited all the way through it. And certainly you're going to be excited once you get there. And frankly, I think the moment they get into space, they become weightless and they start transiting towards the moon. I think they'll have a moment to pause and really reflect upon the moment, the gravity of what they are actually doing, no pun intended, and the import that it has to humanity going forward, because, you know, humans for all of eternity have always reached out to explore whether, you know, it was the Polynesians, whether it was the Vikings, whether it was Columbus or Christopher Cook and Magellan going all around the world. And now that the planet has been explored, you know, you had Jacques Cousteau going under the water, exploring the exploring the ocean floor and now reaching out beyond beyond us outside of the atmosphere. Hopefully this this momentum that we get today will carry on us through the moon, Mars, permanent manned, a permanent manned presence on celestial bodies and further on into the solar system. And just a little over five minutes to lift off here, Rick, these astronauts are aiming for a successful 10 day mission. They're taking significant risks to thrust their nations forward into space exploration and discovery. Could you talk to us about the honor that comes with being an astronaut? It's an incredible honor, Tiffany. And it is also the result of career dedication and amazing hard work. It is very, very difficult to become selected to join the American Astronaut Corps or for that matter, the Astronaut Corps of most other countries. Many are from the military services. Many have long proven their their mettle, their their ability to work instantly and calmly by being military pilots itself and a very difficult qualification to achieve. And they understand that they are carrying with them the pride of their nation and the success of their space programs. The next launch depends upon their being successful with their mission. And they are hurtling into space, going around the moon in this instance. And the equipment that they will be verifying will pave the way for the Artemis 3 mission, Artemis 4 and Artemis 5 by 2028. And Armand, just a little over three minutes to go here. Talk to us about the sacrifices astronauts have to make, whether in their personal lives, careers to accomplish something like this. Absolutely. It's not just them putting their lives on the line to this launch, but it takes a very long training program, years of that. Of course, in the military, you're sacrificing your time away from family. You know, this is not something that enriches you financially, but enriches you spiritually. So in that sense, there is that form of payback. But they're going to be away from home for about 10 days, which for some people is nothing more than a simple business trip. But going into the future, folks who are on the space station or permanent manned presence, you could be away from home for years at a time. So certainly there is a sacrifice. It's very important. We've got to remember that and also pray for their safe return and for their safe journey. About a little over two minutes right here. I think we can take that feed full screen and watch the historic moment that's about to unfold here. Now, we're going to start moving the power from both the upper stage and the lower stage of the rocket to internal, taking ground power away and now going to battery power. GLS is go for upper state. My power is removed from the rocket's upper stage, the ICPS, and it's been switched to battery. Same milestone for the lower core stage coming up at T minus one minute and 30 seconds. Right now, the four person Artemis two crew is two hundred and forty eight thousand miles away from the moon. And if all goes well, they will fly by it in six days. GLS is go for core state to internal power. All right, there's the rocket's core stage, which houses three flight computers, is now on its own power. There's no more whole time because there's no more margin on these batteries, so we would have to recycle back to T minus 10 to recharge if we had a hold. One minute. Right now, the rocket does not know what the T zero is, but coming up at T minus thirty three seconds, control shifts from the ground launch sequencer to the rocket's onboard autonomous launch sequencer or ALS. The rocket will count itself down, but honor any holds that could come from the ground. Now, shortly after liftoff, Houston will take control of the rocket and my colleague Gary Jordan will take over commentary. GLS go for ALS. Great call out. The rocket is on its own. Four brave explorers ready to ride the most powerful rocket. NASA has ever launched. Sound suppression water is flowing. And here we go. Ten, nine, eight, seven. RS-25 engines to booster ignition and liftoff. The crew of Artemis two now bound for the moon. Humanity's next great voyage begins. Good roll pitch. Roger roll pitch. Houston now controlling the flight of integrity on the Artemis two mission. Integrity A.M.T. high. Milestone mission control. Houston, see good performance. Core stage integrity. Three miles in altitude. Traveling more than twelve hundred miles per hour. Mission elapsed time. Passing one minute. Approaching Max Q. On, pontifully on. Stan, we have you loud and clear on pontifully on. Have you the same. Communication signal transfer confirmed as integrity and its crew go supersonic. Approaching 90 seconds into the Artemis two mission. Integrity is 14 miles in altitude, eight miles downrange. Traveling more than twenty six hundred miles per hour. One minute, 50 seconds of mission elapsed time. Standing by for main engine throttle down to 85 percent. Ahead of solid rocket booster separation expected at the two minute nine second mark. We see throttle down. Converged separation. Main engines throttling up. Guidance converged. Integrity, guidance converged. Performance nominal. Upper stage RCS ready. Copy all, Stan. Integrity, S.M. priming complete. S.M. priming complete. Two minutes, 45 seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis two mission. Thrusters on integrity and upper stage confirmed in a ready state. Ahead of service module fairing separation. Three minutes into the flight. Integrity, 49 miles in altitude, 78 miles downrange. Now passing 5,000 miles per hour. Standing by for launch abort system jettison. Houston, Integrity. Good last jettison. Great view. Copy, jettison. Team Eco, eight plus zero two. We see you safe on board, Stan. And Houston has you loud and clear on TDRS at the common line. Outstanding, Stan. We have you the same. Three minutes, 50 seconds into the flight of Artemis two. Wiseman, Glover, Cook and Hansen cross the boundary to space with good com checks. GPS signals acquired after last jettison. Now working on internal checks to verify accuracy. Flight dynamics officer analyzed the time of main engine cutoff confirmed at eight minutes, two seconds time of MECO. What a historic moment to witness this. Rick, what is going through your mind watching this moment unfold? We're on our way back to the moon. This is just an amazing moment for America and for our future, the future of peace. It is absolutely critical that the United States go back to the moon and go back in peace with our 61 nation partners, signatories of the Artemis Accords. By going back to the moon, beginning our planned programs for exploration and building moon bases, we're setting an example, especially to China and Russia, for the peaceful exploitation of moon resources, the gathering of science, and also setting a waypoint on the way to Mars. Unfortunately, China views the moon and Mars system as necessary to dominate as it seeks to achieve dominance and hegemony on Earth. It views dominance in space as reinforcing future hegemony on Earth. The goal of the United States is to make sure that we never lose access to the moon, and for that matter, either to Mars. By committing the United States, once again, to returning to the moon, returning there usefully, and setting up our waypoint to Mars, President Trump has to be credited with the insight and the determination to make sure that this aspect of security is not lost to Americans or to any other free country. So much to unpack here, but Armen, what are your final thoughts watching this historic moment? If there's one thing that remains true, that brings literature and reality together, is that science fiction evolves into science fact. We've seen this through Jules Verne, we've seen this through Ray Bradbury, we've seen this through Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov, to see their vision and what they've talked about and what they've written about in their stories about exploring the world, advanced computer systems and incredible technologies. We're seeing this happen before our eyes. Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek, the communicator is today's cell phone. Imagine that the computers and the systems on the Apollo 11 capsule wasn't anywhere near that of say, barely of an Apple IIe computer. And now today you're operating at many billions of floating point operations per second. You have liquid-fueled rockets, you have advanced composite materials, you can 3D print things. Your ability to innovate can basically increase at a geometric rate as you're going forward. So I'm very excited about what this happens. This is momentum. You don't want to lose this momentum. And it requires vision. I think what President Obama did really kind of put us behind the eight ball. President Bush tried to get us started. And President Trump's restarting the Artemis program. I very much hope, I don't care if you're a Republican or you're a Democrat or an independent, whatever you are in the White House, this is humanity's greatest endeavor. Because at some point, humanity is going to have to start really reaching out beyond this planet. We always talk about, oh, the planet's becoming overcrowded. There's too much. There's not enough space for me to live on. Well, we keep pushing that date off. But at some point, we are going to have to start expanding out into the world. Because that's what we do. That's who we are. And I think our future lies out in space. I'm very excited for what we can accomplish and seek out to colonize planets. I'm a dreamer. I watch a lot of science fiction, all freely admitted here on national television. And seeing the kind of stuff that I watched on TV as a kid and even today, turning into reality is truly heartwarming. I do think it's a good day to be a dreamer. So Armin Kurdi and Rick Fischer, thank you both so much for joining us. Thank you. Thanks, Tiffany. The fight over birthright citizenship isn't just about today's politics. It goes back more than 150 years. The 14th Amendment was designed to settle who is an American after the Civil War. But now, questions over its meaning and its impact are back in the spotlight. NTD's Washington correspondent Jack Bradley takes a closer look. To understand today's fight, you have to go back to the aftermath of the Civil War. In 1866, Congress passed the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing citizenship to everyone born in the U.S. The goal was to ensure that formerly enslaved people were recognized as American citizens. Now, it reads that all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S. and of the state wherein they reside. What's up for debate here is this phrase, subject to the jurisdiction thereof, where the Trump administration argues that this does not apply to illegal immigrants. Still, though, for more than a century, courts have largely interpreted this amendment broadly, granting citizenship to nearly anyone born on U.S. soil. On day one in office, President Trump signed an executive order that bans children born to illegal immigrants or temporary residents from automatically becoming citizens, saying the system is being abused. Everything having to do with birthright citizenship, it was at the end of the Civil War. The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves and the protection of the babies of slaves. It didn't have to do with the protection of multimillionaires and billionaires wanting to have their children get an American citizenship. According to Pew Research, about 260,000 children are born each year in the U.S. to parents who are illegal immigrants or not permanent residents. That's roughly 7% of all births. Now, most coming from neighboring countries like Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, but the issue stretches beyond the Western Hemisphere. Chinese billionaires who are billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children or 59 children in one case or 10 children becoming American citizens. China ranks among the top countries linked in part to what's known as birth tourism, when foreign nationals travel to the U.S. specifically to give birth so their children can gain American citizenship. The Chinese government and some research firms say that over the past roughly 13 years, you have anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 Chinese nationals a year. Some analysts warn that the practice could carry long-term national security concerns. Chinese nationals are flying to the United States, giving birth here and then flying home with the baby, raising them in communist China. And then when they turn 18, they're going to be citizens. They can vote. It's the way to kind of remake society in the vision that they want. Now, as the Supreme Court is set to rule on this issue, it could fundamentally reshape American immigration policy going forward. For NTD News Washington, I'm Jack Bradley. Changes are taking effect today to food assistance benefits in California under the federal SNAP program. The update could impact eligibility and reduce benefits for some households. NTD's Christina Corona has the details. Starting Wednesday, changes to federal SNAP benefits are impacting California's food assistance program known as CalFresh. The update changes who can qualify, and some people will lose access. That includes certain non-citizens, such as refugees, asylum seekers, and trafficking survivors. In California, some households could also see reduced benefits due to changes in how certain utility costs are counted. Officials say this all comes from a new federal law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed in 2025. The law also expands work requirements. Previously, it applied to able-bodied adults ages 18 to 54 without dependents. Now, it expands to include able-bodied adults up to age 64. Some recipients must work, volunteer, or train at least 80 hours a month in order to keep their benefits for more than three months over a three-year period. In California, advocates say tens of thousands could lose CalFresh. Current recipients won't lose benefits right away, but they will be reviewed at renewal. State officials say people who meet the new rules can still qualify with more changes expected later this year. Christina Corona, NTD News. Over in Toronto, Canada, the prestigious Four Seasons Theatre has been targeted by multiple bomb threat emails forcing the venue to cancel a Shenyun Performing Arts show on Wednesday. This is the second time Shenyun had to cancel the show following the initial incident on Sunday. Organizers believe the threats seem to align with the Chinese regime's motives. Shenyun's show on Sunday also was abruptly cancelled about 30 minutes before it was set to begin. Canada's Member of Parliament Garnet Genius posted on X condemning the CCP's harassment of the company. He said, quote, This is not an isolated case. The company and human rights organizations have documented increasing numbers of such bomb threats in recent years, most of which are fake. Last year, the Taiwanese government traced some of them back to China. Shenyun Performing Arts is a world-class classical Chinese dance company. The dance company says its mission is to revive traditional Chinese culture, something that has been largely lost under communist rule in China. Shenyun was founded in New York by a group of artists that fled communist China in 2006. They are also practitioners of a spiritual discipline known as Falun Dafa. The faith group has been severely persecuted in China since 1999 and continues to face repression today. The artists hope to raise awareness of the ongoing persecution through art and dance. Shenyun is performing now until May 10 in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. You can get Shenyun tickets at Shenyun.com. To waive your ticketing fees, use the code VIP2026. NTD is a media sponsor of Shenyun. Coming up in golf, Tiger Woods announcing he's stepping away just days after his arrest and a week before the Masters. Dave Martin joins us to discuss next. I'm Jonathan Lawson. If you're 50 to 85, please listen closely. The lock I want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. It's a rate lock for your life insurance that guarantees that once you're insured, your rate can never go up at any time for any reason. Many policies you see don't have one, but you can get a lifetime rate lock from Colonial Pen. This plan was designed for people on a fixed income with coverage options that start at $9.95 a month. That's less than 35 cents a day. Your rate is locked in for life. 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Now, Woods hadn't publicly committed to actually playing in the Masters, but it certainly seemed like he was, you know, finally inching toward doing that. This after rupturing his Achilles last year and having to get back surgery, missing all of last season. I mean, he finally, finally played some competitive golf last week in that virtual TGL league. Now, that was his first real competitive golf since the Open Championship in July of 2024, more than a year and a half ago, and he clearly loves this event. He's won it five times. Only the great Jack Nicklaus has won it more, and Nicklaus won it six. Now, Woods also saying in his statement, quote, Now, yesterday, Woods pleaded not guilty to charges of misdemeanor DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test according to court documents. So, we will miss not getting to see him next week. You'll miss not getting to hear me talk about him, because I was probably going to find a way to talk about him every single day next week. So, maybe next month at the Major. All right, Tiff? We'll find out what your new plan is. Yes, I have to come up with something new. All right, well, moving to baseball news. We've already had a number of games on today, including one with reigning Cy Young winner Paul Skeens looking to rebound from his opening day loss. Yes, rebound is what it is. Skeens getting the win today, allowing just one run in five innings, striking out five batters. He lowered his ERA to 9.53 on the season as the Pirates beat the Reds 8-3. Elsewhere today, the Florida Marlins shut out the Chicago White Sox 10-0. Former Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara threw a rare complete game shutout in April, allowing just three hits, no walks, just 93 pitches to do so. He's now 2-0 in the season and has not allowed a run in 16 innings thus far this season. Now, those are just two of the 15 games that are on today. Only two games on tonight. One of those is the Dodgers versus the Guardians. Now, last night for the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani made his first pitching start of the season, allowing just one hit, no runs, over six innings, striking out six. He also had a hit and two walks as LA beat Cleveland 4-1. So tonight, the Dodgers will start Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound opposite Gavin Williams for the Guardians. First pitch scheduled for 8.20 Eastern time. And the game will be played out in LA. In case you wanted to know. All right, so time change. Time. Time change, yes. Going to be kind of late out there. All right, well, David Salas, thanks for joining us. Thank you, Tiff. And that's all for today's news. For on-the-clock coverage, visit us at ntd.com slash live or download our NTD app. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Tiffany Meyer. Good night.