NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 22)

News. Our top story tonight. A solemn day for the nation. President Trump receiving those who were recently killed overseas and the president's new threat to Iran as the U. S concludes its 11th straight day of strikes against the regime. Mario to at the White House. President Trump back candidates score key victories in Arizona primary elections, setting up high stakes congressional races in November. Battleground state could play a pivotal role in deciding control of the U. S. House. Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton making his first major push toward the November election. He outlined his vision for California during a campaign stop in L. A. Christina Corona reports a security incident on the A. I front. Open A. I reports that during a test, one of its models hacked another company after accessing the Internet. If the lamb has more U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz on Capitol Hill today testifying on U. N. Accountability and reform. What he says still needs to change about the organization's efficiency and its peacekeeping efforts. Tropical storm Bertha makes landfall today in southern Louisiana. Governor Jeff Landry warns the public to remain vigilant despite a positive forecast. This is MTV Evening News live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here's Kerry Dunst. Good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. Somber morning at Dover Air Force Base. President Trump honoring the sacrifice of four U. S. Soldiers recently killed overseas and to these White House correspondent Mario to reports from the North Lawn. All I'm gonna say is we love you. We love your child. All you could do is throw out your heart. President Trump at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, attending the dignified transfer of four U. S. Service members recently killed in the conflict with Iran. The Department of War identifying the four fallen his first Lieutenant Tyler Fianna, 25 of Ava Beach, Hawaii. Sergeant Michael Swinton, 30 of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Sergeant Angel Rampersad, 28 of Ozone Park, New York and Private Isabella Gonzalez, just 19 of Carrollton, Texas. The Fianna family flying with President Trump on Air Force One from Delaware to Georgia. They're heartbroken. You know, they're heartbroken, but they couldn't believe it. This is a son who was like a flawless, perfect person. Beautiful, beautiful son. Handsome in every way. Brilliant. Respected by everybody. It's very tough, very tough to watch, to be honest with you. Very tough. I think it's the toughest thing I do. If anything, I do. This coming as President Trump issues a new warning for the Iranian regime, declaring from this point forward, anytime the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by missile, rocket, drone or any other device or weapon, the United States will bomb and destroy one bridge or power plant, including those located next to or in the capital city of Tehran. The president saying the U.S. is decisively winning against the Iranian regime to ensure that they can't do to others what they've done to so many. With Central Command rejecting the IRGC claim that the regime controls the exit and entry of the Strait of Hormuz, adding that since early May, American forces have helped more than 900 ships transit the Strait. That's with this skirmish we have going on. I call it a skirmish. This is with this skirmish we have with the Islamic Republic of Iran. And I call it that because let me tell you, they're getting hit so hard and they want to make a deal. But I say they're not ready to make a deal. Meanwhile, President Trump touting his economic policies in Georgia ahead of the midterm elections, the White House expressing the urgency of a Republican win in November, drawing the sharp distinction between capitalism and communism won by a lot. And we have some great candidates running. They gotta win by a lot. Otherwise we're going communist. I don't think anybody wants that. In New York, the current mayor rose to power by repackaging failed ideals of the past as a moral cause of the future. But in Georgia, you know that beneath that youthful veneer lies the oldest impulse in politics, which is to concentrate power and then call it compassion. Show me someplace where this has ever worked. Moscow, Caracas, Havana. These workers paradise paradises have all ended up as deprivation hellscapes. The Treasury secretary adding that these trump accounts at their core represent the triumph of capitalism over socialism. These investment accounts for kids officially launched on the fourth of July. And as of earlier this month, there have been more than six million requests for these accounts reporting from the White House. Mario to NTD News. Arizona voters have chosen their nominees for key races this November. President Trump backed candidate will try to unseat the current governor and voters reject a Democratic socialist candidate. And it is Molina Weiss Cup reports. Congressman Andy Biggs wins the Republican nomination to challenge Arizona's Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs in November. The race was called early in the night as he quickly slid to victory, taking more than 70% of the vote in a message to reach voters outside of his own party. Big said he'll work to find areas of agreement. Our message of restoring the American dream to to Arizona, our message of affordability. Our state has a spike in fentanyl deaths that comes from an overall attitude of not really supporting public safety and by this governor, his challenger focused on the past election. He still denies the outcome of the 2020 election and refused to certify Arizona's electors, and he still won't admit who won the 2022 governor's race. Biggs was the candidate President Trump endorsed early on President Trump, posting about the Arizona wins for all of his endorsed candidates in the highly competitive swing district. One J. Feely won the Republican nomination, speaking to voters after his victory. But why did I decide to run for office? It is. It is a desire to leave this country better for our Children and our grandchildren. That's it in its core. You know what? What we're doing is fighting for the future of this country. I truly believe that when you look at the two parties, they've never been further apart. Ideologically, his challenger hasn't been confirmed yet, with ballots still being counted. Democrat Amish Shah was leading as of this morning. It's his second bid for Arizona's first congressional district. Another toss up in the swing state District six. Congressman Juan Siscamani will face Democrat Joanna Mendoza. Meanwhile, over in the fourth district, Democrats reject the trend of socialism that swept the nation. Congressman Greg Stanton, a moderate four term Democrat, prevailing over the Democratic Socialist candidate kind Newkirk Stanton writing after the win. This campaign presented voters with the real choice about how Democrats should lead. Reporting from Washington, D. C. Melina Weiss Cup in T. D. News and President Trump reacted to the results, writing quote MAGA candidates won everything last night in Arizona, a complete sweep. The president, adding that he won Arizona 18 months ago and saying after decades, Arizona is becoming a Republican state. Next, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying he's planning to meet with his Russian counterpart tomorrow. Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continue increasing their attacks on each other's energy facilities. Entities international correspondent Arian Pasdar brings us the latest. You know, we'd like to see that war come to an end. We think it would be good for Russia. That war came to an end, so we'll raise it. And as I said, the U. S. Remains open and willing to play a constructive role in bringing that war to an end of that opportunity presents itself, and it might. You know, we're open to it to playing that role because we think right now and I think the Russians would agree. We're probably the only country in the world that can play that role. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attending the ASEAN summit in the Philippines on Wednesday, a block made up of mostly nations from Southeast Asia. Rubio is set to meet with Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the sidelines off the summit on Thursday while they're expected to talk about the Russia Ukraine war. Rubio says nuclear talks are a very important part as well, and that those talks shouldn't just include the U. S. And Russia. We are the two largest nuclear armed countries on the planet for us. Not to talk would be reckless and irresponsible. We have to have a relationship with the Russian government, even though we have areas of disagreement. I think the president rightly points out that in the 21st century, if you're gonna have true arms control, it has to be tri party. It has to be the U. S. Russia, but also China. Meanwhile, attacks on Russian targets keep intensifying. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky releasing this video on Wednesday, showing strikes on targets in two Russian regions. This includes more attacks on warehouses belonging to Russia's largest online retailer called Wild Paris. Zelensky says Ukraine struck logistics hubs involved in supplying the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear, as well as another oil depot. Despite the fuel shortages in Russia, President Vladimir Putin denies that Moscow is suffering due to the attacks on its energy facilities. The state of Russia's economy is stable despite the attempts from the outside to destabilize the situation in the energy sector. I want to stress it once again. The difficulties that are being created on the fuel market are unquestionably temporary and will not affect the general economic dynamics in Russia. And Russia also keeps targeting energy in Ukraine. Footage shows two gas stations in Ukraine's Kharkiv on fire after a Russian attack. Russia has been targeting gas stations in Kharkiv City and the wider Kharkiv region for weeks. No casualties are being reported in Wednesday's attacks. Aryan Pasdar, NTD News. U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Capitol Hill today testifying on efficiency shortfalls at the U. N. And U. S. Efforts to reform the organization entities. Fiona G has more on that. The U. N. Has tried to become all things to all people and has literally done nothing but grow for its 80 year history. Its budget just in the last 25 years has tripled in size. We cut it by a billion dollars over the last six months alone. Wednesday's hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee focused on accountability and reform within the United Nations. Ambassador Mike Waltz highlighting his efforts to cut bloat down in the organization. We've also eliminated 4000 headquarters bureaucrats cut peacekeepers by 25% around the world and importantly, we've ended peacekeeping missions that have not lived up to their mandate that have failed. According to the ambassador, the cuts ensure that American taxpayers dollars are not wasted on inefficiency. Lawmakers also raising concerns here about current U. N. Leadership and their approach to example of where I think the U. N. Is breaking down is, you know, I'll look at the South China Sea in 2016. Um, you know, a tribunal under unclass rules essentially delivered a unanimous legally binding decision in the case brought by the Philippines against China's nine dash line. And they said there's no legal basis for what China's claiming here. Um, and they are encroaching on the Philippines easy. Obviously that's been ignored. It's not been enforced and so forth. And it does create a real flashpoint that I worry about. Iran is another major point of discussion. Ambassador Waltz says it's important for President Trump to continue his current efforts in the region. The Iranian Navy Air Force air defense system and industrial capacity have been massively damaged, if not completely ineffective. But this is a state that is trying to reconstitute. This is a state regime that is obsessed with a nuclear weapon. Waltz also says that the U. S. Must step in to lead in all aspects of the U. N. To ensure accountability and prevent adversaries from advancing their agendas. Make no mistake whether it is the E. U. And their version of safety standards or censorship on A. I. Or whether it's the Chinese trying to set the rules of the road that's not in line with our interest. We have to get in there and fight win. Both the ambassador and lawmakers are calling for even more accountability to ensure that terrorists and human rights violators are fully removed from any U. N. Operations reporting from Washington D. C. Fiona G. And T. D. News. Thanks to Fiona for that report. Next, the Secret Service addressing security concerns ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner. The event is set to take place on Friday after it was canceled in April when a gunman attempted to assassinate President Trump entities. Jason Perry has more on that. If you're up to me, I would put 30 ft fences up everywhere. So Secret Service Director Sean Curran addressing the threats ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner set to take place on Friday. The Correspondents Dinner was originally held in April but was cut short when a gunman breached a security checkpoint in an attempt to assassinate President Trump. The rescheduled event will be held at the Waldorf Astoria, Washington D. C. Which used to be the Trump International Hotel. Current saying this on Tuesday, I'll say it again. I think people don't understand the distance. We have to start and end our perimeter somewhere. If you're up to me, I'd love to end it at the bridge, but that's gonna inconvenience a lot of people. So we have to take into account what the environment is. And Lena Alathari, chief of the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center, explained that their research has identified a common motive among people who attack government officials, facilities, schools and workplaces. It's typically related to a grievance, and that grievance could be focused on a person or an idea or an ideology that becomes a fixation and negatively negatively impacts every aspect of their life to the point where they want to take revenge, whether they feel they're being persecuted or they feel that they've been wronged. And that is engaging in violence is the way that they used to solve their issues. She added that the majority of the concerning Internet behavior and threats that they get are reported by concerned citizens. Jason Perry in TV news on Capitol Hill today, the House passing a framework of reconciliation 3.0. The package would provide $95 billion to fund the Iran conflict and secure elections. The vote was 2 to 16, 2 to 14 with all Democrats and two Republicans against. The funding package would provide $60 billion to the Pentagon and $13 billion to the intelligence community amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. It also has $12 billion for aid to U.S. farmers and $10 billion for election integrity efforts, which are outlined in the Save America Act. This is only the first step in the budget reconciliation process, which is now set to face an uphill battle over in the Senate. Also on the Hill today, the House passing the $1.5 trillion annual defense policy bill with narrow margins. Another bill the House approved today is a congressional stock trading ban that would ban members of Congress and their families from buying new stocks. But they could keep those that they already have. And up ahead, over 6000 non citizens found on New Jersey's voter rolls. We speak with an election lawyer, Josh Finley, for his insights. 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He's an election lawyer and he's with the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Election Protection Project Director. Thank you so much Josh for joining. I want to get your reaction to the admission by the governor and her laying the blame on the software error. Well, first of all, this should be a blow to anybody that says the non citizens don't vote in our elections. We've known for a long time that non citizens are registered to vote in New Jersey this time around. They've acknowledged the governor herself acknowledged that over 400 non citizens have voted in this election and to blame this on a software error is just disingenuous. Everybody knows it's the state that's responsible for maintaining the voter rolls. New Jersey has made every effort to stop people from cleaning the voter rolls. They've fought with the Department of Justice over efforts to clean their voter rolls. And so now that it's come back and we found out that there are non citizens registered to vote, this just doesn't seem like a real excuse from the governor about non citizens voting in New Jersey elections. Now, I want to get your reaction to the timing of her announcement or your views on why the announcement may have happened when it did. It comes just a few days after, of course, President Trump revealed evidence of five aspects of concern over election integrity, including Chinese regime interference and data breaches. Well, first, I think we need to congratulate President Trump. He highlighted what was happening in New Jersey here, and then the governor had to fess up. You know, it's interesting the New Jersey Republican Party weeks ago described non citizens on the voter rolls described that they had gotten there through the automatic motor voter system, and it even talked about non citizens having records of non citizens voting in the elections. And the Democrats just blew that off at the time didn't pay any attention to it and said it was part of a conspiracy. Of course, then, when the president of the United States says we've got evidence of this and the secretary of Homeland Security says New Jersey is one of four states that we're going to look into, they finally admit something that they should have known all along that they had non citizens on their voter rolls and that some of those non citizens voted. So I think it's a sad thing that it takes the president of the United States highlighting what activists in the state have already known. But it's good that the president did that. So now it's going to put New Jersey on the right path. Now, the governor says her plan is to switch software vendors. Do you think that this will adequately address the problem? I don't think it's going to. I think this is something that New Jersey has needed to fix for a long time. I mean, all the software vendor does is convey the information to the state, and then the state is made responsible for checking the voter rolls, checking all of the registrations and making sure that the appropriate people are registered. And like I said earlier, activists on the ground have highlighted non citizens on New Jersey's roles for a while. I mean, they knew about this weeks ago. I think the timing of all of this is just interesting. So changing software vendors isn't going to fix a state that is purposely keeping non citizens on its voter rolls. And I think that when you look at this particular issue, it seems like there is bipartisan support for doing whatever is necessary to ensure the integrity of the vote. So what do you see as the bipartisan way forward on this issue? Well, first of all, you're right that this is a bipartisan issue. Poll after poll shows that 80% of Americans across the board, Republican, Democrat doesn't matter, believe that only citizens should be voting in U. S. Elections. So this should not be a partisan issue going forward. The path here is for states to take active measures to clean their voter rolls, and that means using every resource available to them to look at their voter rolls. There are federal resources that have been made available through the same database that blue states like New Jersey are refusing to use, but they should use. The Postal Service has a list of deliverable addresses that they should be using to make sure that ballots go only to citizens that are registered to vote. And then, uh, you know, New Jersey has been fighting, like I said, with the Department of Justice over its voter rules. There is no information on these voter rolls that the federal government doesn't already have access to in some database. If New Jersey really wants clean voter rolls, they should be using every resource available to them to make sure that only citizens are voting in their elections. And we saw that the House did advance through the Reconciliation three dot Oh, the Save America Act portion, along with the other things in that reconciliation. It goes to the Senate. Many observers say it will struggle in the Senate. Do you agree with that? And if so, are there any other paths to ensure election integrity in advance of the midterms? Well, I think there's a chance that it is still going to struggle in the Senate. No one understands why, but there are some senators that are still against passing the measures to implement the principles in the Save Act. But also remember, this is something that Democrats are fighting against. Also, I know a lot of the blame goes to a few Republicans, but this is an 80% issue. 80% of Democrats are also in favor of only citizens voting in elections in U. S. Elections, and every Democrat senator consistently votes against the Save America Act or principles to put measures to put those principles in place. If we're going to have clean voter rolls before the upcoming midterm elections, it's going to be on the states, and it looks like it's going to take pressure from the federal government to do that. I mean, New Jersey is one state where there were tens of thousands, you know, but the president cited California's potentially having hundreds of thousands of noncitizens on its protocols, and every noncitizen that votes cancels out the vote of an illegal American left is going to sell this myth that there's not enough noncitizens voting to flip elections. But you tell which American citizen their vote is not going to count and see how that goes over. Oh, there's a lot to look out for on this particular issue. Appreciate you sharing your expertise and analysis. Josh Finley. Thank you. Thank you. And how are everyday Americans reacting to the thousands of noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls? Entity Sam Wong was out on the National Mall in D. C. Speaking with the people. New Jersey's governor. She just announced that there were thousands of people who are noncitizens were registered to vote between June of 2023 and June of 2024. How does that make you feel about the security integrity of our election? It makes me feel like that. It's not fair. I think only American citizen should vote in the election, and they need to get onto it and pass the safe act. Well, they're diluting the vote is what they're doing by registering noncitizens, and it's not okay because when you do that, an American citizens vote is diluted, where it doesn't mean what it should be. 100% of it. That will take the citizens rights away because, you know, as a citizen, you should have the right to vote, but it's a privilege from a U. S. Citizen. And I'm dual citizenship. I'm Costa Rican American, and I went through all the process and all the legal procedures to become a legal citizen. There has been so many voter issues with illegal people on voter rolls, and they let it happen and stay that way. I don't care if it's Democrat state, Republican state. Get them off. Do you think Congress should pass the Save America Act? Absolutely. It's crucial to our voting system, making sure that we don't have illegal immigrants that happened to get a driver's license and were automatically, uh, enrolled in voting, which is what's happening in a lot of these blue states. It's got to stop. Absolutely. I have to have I need a backpack, cigarettes, alcohol, pick my grandchildren up. You need to vote. I'm from Costa Rica. In any country, they always ask you for your I. D. Is transparency. You know, if you're in this country, you should have proof that you're legal to vote in this country. I think everybody has an I. D. I don't know why they're making such a big deal out of it. Uh, you know, everybody knows how to get one. It's not a racial thing. It's not a, you know, it's anything. Just everybody should show the I. D. When they vote and make sure that they're eligible to do that here. And Republican representatives are challenging abuse claims at the Delaney Hall ice facility in New Jersey by calling an expert witnesses for questions. Jason Blair has the key takeaways. The narrative is at Delaney Hall and by extension, all of these detention centers are places of cruelty. It's just not true. House GOP members confront what they are calling false narratives surrounding the Delaney Hall ice facility in Newark, New Jersey. The facility was the center of protests and visits by members of Congress in May and June this year as the detention center faced allegations of poor treatment and rotten food. I was chairman of the prison gang task force went into every facility in the state of New Jersey. And let me tell you, they wish that those facilities look like this facility does. 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike. They described being treated like animals. They and their lawyers reported meals of rotten meat, expired expired meals, meals with worms in them. Detainees there are served three meals a day and are evaluated by certified dieticians. We're not eating. We're on a hunger strike. We're going to sacrifice. We're not gonna eat. What do we find out? I don't know if you all know. No, they were eating. They were given money by outside forces. They were going to the commissary. One witness alleging mistreatment at Delaney Hall suggests more oversight. If you want the truth about what's happening at Delaney Hall and every facility like it, open it up to independent, unannounced, uncensored oversight. Another witness responds to the allegations against Delaney Hall. The smear campaign against Delaney Hall is part of a broader assault on immigration enforcement and on the men and women in uniform. Congressman Jim Jordan says the push of accusations against Delaney Hall and ice are distraction. The Democrats don't want to talk about anything other than this is because they want to take the message away from what they've done. Step one, let in 10 million illegal migrants. Step two, create sanctuary jurisdictions and step three, don't pay the guys, don't fund the guys to do the removing reporting in Washington D. C. Jason Blair and T. D. News and the Trump administration says America's trade deficit with China has fallen to its lowest level in two decades. But U. S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer told lawmakers today that Beijing still controls critical supply chains entities. Chris Bob reports a large part of the positive change in our trade deficit is due to reduce dependence on China. Our trade deficit and goods with China fell to $200 billion in 2025, the lowest it's been since 2005. And China's share of total U. S. Imports fell to about 9% the lowest it has been since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. U. S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that the United States is reducing its dependence on Chinese imports. Lawmakers questioned Greer about China's control over supplies critical to the U. S. Economy and national security. What is the status of current negotiations with China on the U. S. Access to process critical minerals and rarers? So we are getting a flow of critical minerals from China. It's not as much as we would want. It's not at the pace we would want, but we are getting them. We're getting the majority of what we need. Let's go to China. They have placed unfair export restrictions on fertilizer products, upsetting global markets for fertilizer. What can you do to get the Chinese to remove these export restrictions in future trade negotiations with China? They want to control fertilizer for their own use. They'll weaponize it at will. We'll work with them. We have a we have a working relationship with them. We've been able to get concessions from them. So if it's important to you, I'll raise it with them. But we should all be realistic about those possibilities. A separate House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday examined China's dominance in global shipbuilding. Subcommittee Chairwoman Young Kim outlined the gap between Chinese and American production. Today, the People's Republic of China controls over 50% of global commercial ship building capacity. Meanwhile, the United States accounts for less than 1 10th of 1%. Experts told lawmakers that China's commercial and military shipbuilding industries share facilities and infrastructure. A single state owned conglomerate, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, or CSSC, builds more commercial vessels by tonnage each year than the entire U. S. Shipbuilding industry has produced since the end of World War Two. Lawmakers discussed bringing investment and expertise from South Korea and Japan into the United States to rebuild American shipyards. The hearing also revealed that 75% of the commercial ships produced by China State Shipbuilding Corporation and its subsidiaries are destined for foreign markets. The same state owned company is the principal builder for warships in China's Navy. Chris Bob and T. D. News and coming up Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, making his first major push toward the November election. He outlined his vision for California during a campaign stop in Los Angeles. Christina Corona reports and a security incident on the front. Open a I reports that during a test, one of its models hacked another company after the model accessed the Internet. David Lamb has more. I debate all day. It's what I do. But there are some things that are undebatable, like your mental health, my own. I was in a dark place when my brother passed away in a car accident. I've never been more devastated than the day I lost my mom. I was depressed, miserable in ways I never imagined. I reached out. My sisters came. My pastor, my therapist. They helped me get through it. Found that the more I spoke up, the healthier my mind became. The chaos that was in me began to subside. I was more focused, clear. You love your mind. It's not up for debate. Find mental health resources and love your mind today. Our back and forth victory fumble repeat. It always came back. You probably don't remember what you told me. Hi, I'm Ryan Blaney, a third generation race car driver, and we dedicate a lot of our time to going as fast as possible. My Grandpa Lou is the reason why my dad and I started racing, and I'm really proud to follow in his tracks. But when my grandpa was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, it was a very unexpected bump in the road for us. I've learned a lot on this journey with my Grandpa Lou, and the memories of my grandpa will always be with me. And in our family, we're used to getting involved, and I encourage you to do the same, especially when it comes to caring for your loved ones. But I think about Alzheimer's and the impact it had on my family. I recognize that losing a race isn't such a bad day after all. It's important to notice if older family members are acting differently, experiencing problems with their memory, or having trouble with routine tasks. Talking about Alzheimer's can be really tough. But if you notice something, have a conversation with your loved one. Encourage them to see a doctor or offer to go with them. Early detection of Alzheimer's can give your family time to explore support services, make a plan for the future, and access available treatments. If you or your family are noticing changes, it could be Alzheimer's. Talk about seeing a doctor together. Welcome back to NTD Evening News. I'm Kerry Dunst. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has deployed the National Guard following torrential rains and flash floods. Footage captured surging floodwaters tearing through northern parts of the state. Morrisey declared a state of emergency for all 55 counties, initially deploying 100 National Guard members before sending another 200 to assist with rescue and recovery efforts. Forecasters say up to seven inches of rain fell in some areas. Emergency crews carried out dozens of water rescues as the floodwaters submerged vehicles, washed out roads and forced the closure of major highways. The flooding was part of a powerful storm system that also brought reports of tornadoes and damaging winds from Cincinnati to New York, New Jersey suburb areas. Authorities say no deaths have been reported, but cleanup and damage assessments remain underway and tropical storm Bertha making landfall today in southern Louisiana. Governor Jeff Landry warning the public to remain vigilant despite a positive forecast. And the good news is that the storm is likely not to produce the type of rainfall or wind event that it could have. But I want to remind everyone of something important that forecast could change, and even a weaker storm could produce dangerous rainfall, localized flooding and hazardous travel conditions. You know, we saw that just a month ago when tropical storm Arthur visited us and devastated of all his parish. We had all thought that we were out of the woods and then of all his parish received 30 inches of brain in a five hour period. I think it was, um, which was a record for the state. The National Hurricane Center says Bertha made landfall in ST Bernard Parish. That's about 40 miles east of New Orleans. Tropical storm warning was issued from the Alabama Florida border to Louisiana. The storm surge up to three ft are possible as well as heavy rain in some areas. Bertha is expected to continue losing strength over the next few days as it heads towards Texas in California. Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton launching the next phase of his campaign. After securing a spot on November's ballot, he unveiled his priorities during a campaign stop in Los Angeles entities. Christina Corona has more from L. A. S. Historic Boyle Heights neighborhood with the general election. Now, just four months away, California's race for governor is entering a new phase. Republican candidate Steve Hilton is officially launching his general election campaign, saying he wants to fix California and make his case to voters ahead of November. So today we're launching the second phase of this campaign to make California exactly what we want it to be. What so many people are looking for the change that we so desperately need. The launch marks the beginning of Hilton statewide general election push after earning a spot on November's ballot. He's also highlighting issues he says reflect broader challenges in California. Let's fix California on the plans that we're laying out here today. Positive practical things that are gonna cut your gas prices, make our state Cal affordable. My plan is $3 gas cut utility bills in half your 1st 150 grand tax free starter homes for young families. Positive practical things that will help everyone have a shot at the California dream. Hilton held the event in Boyle Heights near the site of the lineage warehouse fire. The June 17th fire destroyed a cold storage warehouse, leaving more than £80 million of food to spoil inside. Residents have spent weeks dealing with foul odors, flies and rodents as cleanup efforts continue. Just think about the people in this neighborhood who've had to put up with this for weeks and weeks and weeks. It is a symbol of the failure that we've seen, and that's exactly why we are here. Hilton pointed to the warehouse fire and other disasters across the state as examples of what he called government failures, saying communities deserve a faster response when emergencies happen. Now we come when it comes to specific disasters like we've had here, you see in this situation, you see with the Palisades, you see right across the state, Democrat politicians in this corrupt machine just just being completely useless and incompetent. And so, as governor, I want to trust local communities. I believe in decentralizing power, but enough is enough. There's got to be a limit. And if a local politician is not delivering, then we are going to make sure that we step in and act to protect and help communities like this one, Hilton says. If local leaders fail to deliver, his administration would step in to protect and help communities like Boyle Heights. If he's elected this November, Hilton says he'll be traveling to San Diego this week as he kicks off the next phase of his campaign. Reporting from the city of Boyle Heights, Christina Corona and T. D. News. Thanks to Christina for that report. Next, Open A. I. Is calling it an unprecedented and new kind of cyber incident during a capabilities test. One of its A. I. Models went to extreme lengths to cheat the evaluation. And it is. David Lamb brings us more on that. Open A. I. Just announced that its A. I. System used the Internet to infiltrate Hugging Face, another A. I. Company. During a benchmark test last week, engineering professor Ahmed Manafa speaks with NTD comparing the incident to giving a student a test in a secured office, asking them to find the answers any way possible. Now, in your mind that the student will stay inside the office because you have it secure and somebody outside because they're taking the test. The student managed to go through the windows or so through another door that you don't know about it and go to the library and get the answers and come back and give you the you know the correct answer. This is exactly what happened. According to Open A. I. After gaining Internet access, its models found ways to get secret information that it could use to cheat the evaluation and even used stolen credentials. Open A. I. Said we consider this incident to be an unprecedented cyber incident involving state of the art cyber capabilities and are responding accordingly. This comes as lawmakers have expressed concerns about unchecked A. I. Models where ineffective safeguards could be used nefariously on the enterprise or military level. The end that justify the mean. So you're gonna find some action that is no, they don't distinguish between what is ethical, what is legal, what is illegal. The system is not designed to do that. It designed to do one thing mission accomplish. And the last thing you want to do is one of those A. I. Agent programs go to the airport and start missing of the flights and shut down the airport hospitals. Open A. I. Stated that model security and safety must keep pace with rapidly advancing capabilities. And I don't want people to panic. I want you to pay attention. You know, honestly, we have to get to the stage where safety is not something that you add at the end of, you know, the developing process of the A. I. This is has to be part of the design from the beginning. The CEO of Hugging Face says he's working with Open A. I. To further investigate the incident. David Lamb, N. T. D. News, California. The people World Cup has ended and some of the numbers are now coming in. The impact to New York and New Jersey is said to be mostly successful. And it is. Sean Marshall has more on that World Cup fans spent $1.2 billion in June alone, generating a total economic impact of $2.1 billion, according to the New York and New Jersey host committee. The host committee says $228 million in tax revenue was generated at the same time. Overall, the World Cup for the U. S. Economy was tremendously impactful for New York, New Jersey. It's an awesome thing. I just got off the phone a little while ago with a lawyer from that area, who is one of our clients, and he said, My gosh, you can't imagine how great this was for our city because it's not just the impact that it has on things such as the MetLife Stadium and but it's it's all of the other businesses that are impacted. It is restaurants. It is bars. It is hospitality industry folks that just get such a major uptick. President Donald Trump said it was the most successful World Cup ever on Tuesday, praising the 2026 tournament that was co hosted by the U. S. Mexico and Canada. We didn't even have a protest. We had no crime with all those events was like having many, many Super Bowls. Each one was like a Super Bowl. And with all of that, we didn't have crime. We didn't have bedlam. Everybody left here with a different opinion than what they read in the fake news. They love this country. I saw Scotland. I saw Norway. I saw all these countries. I mean, the level of love that nobody wanted to leave. FIFA itself has received what is a report about this being the single greatest sporting event in history. The 2026 FIFA World Cup allowed $9 billion in revenue for FIFA. And so, you know, look, they were smart about it. They increased the number of teams from I think it was 32 to 48, the number of matches from 64 to 104. And, you know, this was more than just a let's make some money off of a single seasons event. I believe this season was a big push politically. I believe it was a big push economically for the U. S. Even though New Jersey transit and hotel numbers were lower than anticipated, shuttles still took more than 116,000 fans over the eight games, with everyone leaving in less than three hours after the games. Sean Marshall and T. D. News and coming up at the World Cup. Sunday's finale saw Spain and Argentina's dream of repeating as champion while drawing a record TV audience. Dave Martin joins us with the details with select specs. £6 specs. You can get 10 pairs of prescription glasses for just £60. That includes frames, prescription lenses and delivery free to your door. And what makes this really special is each pair can have a different prescription. So it's classes for everyone. Select specs dot com slash £6 10 frames all with prescription lenses and delivery for just £60. 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As you said, they went from fifth place up to third. So so not too bad. I'm making progress halfway up the division just during this winning streak. So just just within the last two and a half weeks, still six games out of first. Now, if you remember, they fired manager Alex quarterback in April after a slow start remained in last place really until earlier this month. It wasn't until a couple weeks ago they really started taking off course. Their pitching and defense has really been a major reason why they've had this winning streak averaging just over two runs allowed for a game. So now they're in third place, that 52 and 48 record. Today's game was actually the first of a double header. Today they'll play Baltimore again tonight, starting in just a few minutes, seven p.m. Eastern time with a chance to set a new franchise record. Also playing a double header today though, Yankees and Pirates. Pittsburgh won the first one, five to three. They'll play again tonight with the Yankees getting all-star pitcher Max Creed back from the injured list after more than being out more than two months because of a left elbow bone bruise. That game also starts at 7 p.m. Eastern time. So the AL East is heating up. You know, the Red Sox are only three and a half games behind the Yankees right now. Yankees only two and a half out of first, so it's getting tight there in the AL East. All right, well we're almost into the back half of the summer. It's time to start paying more attention to baseball, looking at it more closely. Dog days of summer here. Indeed, and a good time for Boston to make a streak if they're gonna gonna have any serious... Yeah, who doesn't like the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, right? You don't even have to be a fan of either, all right? One of the classics. In my opinion. Going back to the Bambino and his turning his back on on Boston, but we'll save that for another time. Let's, you know, the World Cup is over, but we're not done talking about it. The ratings are in. What did we learn? Yes, we've still got to talk about these ratings. The ratings for Sunday's finale, biggest in U.S. history. Now listen to this. Fox averaged 38.9 million viewers for the finale on Sunday as Spain beat Argentina 1-0. Meanwhile, also Telemundo averaged another 23.9 million in their Stint Vantage broadcast. That equals more than 60 million, making it by far, in a way, the most-watched soccer game in U.S. history. Also the most-watched World Cup finale in U.S. history, of course, as well. Now if you compare that to four years ago, just 12.8 million viewers in the U.S. watched the World Cup finale. Of course, it was on the morning time. That was when it was played over in Qatar. Now, of course, a lot of interest in the World Cup this time around certainly can be attributed to having it right here, where all the fans descended into this area. There was also the added drama of Lionel Messi and Argentina trying to win back-to-back World Cups. They had a couple of miraculous comebacks just to get to the final. But Spain obviously closed the door on them in the final with, I think you can say, a dominating 1-0 win. You know, about as dominating a 1-0 game as I've ever seen, anyway, in soccer. So we'll call it a dominating 1-0 win, all right? Yeah, it's interesting how a 1-0 score is a dominating game, but that's soccer for you, right? The game went into overtime. I will say Argentina still had a couple of shots at the end, despite being dominated the whole game. Super scrappy. So kudos to them. They definitely punched above their weight. Spain really had next-level athleticism, but somehow Argentina was able to just keep clawing their way back in games, and they made it all the way to the final, and almost pushed that one into a shootout, which would have been completely epic. Yeah, and everybody just likes watching Messi, it seems like, you know? He's kind of a magician with that soccer ball, it just seems, you know? It seems to me, anyway. Yeah, no matter what was happening with Dergoli and with Messi, you couldn't count them out. Now let's go into some geography. You didn't think you'd get that in the Sports Update. So Kansas City apparently does not play today in Kansas. They play in the state of Missouri. Talking about the NFL, right? I am talking about the Kansas City Chiefs, that's right. So what's happening? They're moving out of Missouri. In five years. In five years. The Kansas City Chiefs are moving from Kansas City, Missouri to Kansas City, Kansas in five years. Now these are renderings of the new $3 billion stadiums the state of Kansas is going to build for them to move just over the state line, still in Kansas City, Kansas this time. And as you can see, it's still very reminiscent of Arrowhead Stadium. If you've ever been there, they have that curved top of the roof there with the end zones where it's at the shortest. But at this time, you've got a domed top on there. And as you can see, it's a translucent top. You can see right through it, which is pretty cool. I mean, I don't know if I'd pay $3 billion for it, but it's still pretty cool there. And of course, Arrowhead Stadium, one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL. In fact, they set a Guinness World Record back in 2014 when fans' collective screams reached a record 142.2 decibels. They're hoping to duplicate that sound, of course, in the new stadium. Now, they haven't actually decided on a specific site in Kansas, except that it will not be on the Missouri side anymore. So yeah, Kansas finally gets a big team. Everybody thinks it's in Kansas City, it's in Kansas, but most of Kansas City is on the Missouri side. The house that Mahomes built. You're from Kansas, Dave. What do you think of all this? I gotta say, I was crushed when I was a kid when I found out the Royals actually played in Missouri. I could not get her over that. It just felt like it wasn't our team anymore. So Royals are still there, Chiefs are still there, but the Chiefs are coming to the Kansas side now. Well, my family has been a fan of the New York Giants playing in our home state of New Jersey since I was a child. So that's just how the cookie crumbles. I know. It's a fact of life, I guess, now, unfortunately for us sports fans. It happens in Kansas City. It happens in New York City. All right, Dave, thanks for joining. Thank you, Kerry. And that is all for today's evening news. But for around the clock coverage, you can visit us at ntd.com. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Kerry Dunst. Good night.