NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Nov. 8)

Welcome to NTD Evening News. Breaking tonight, NVIDIA launches an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang. Also, President Trump says fresh attacks on Iran are highly unlikely if talks progress. Iran's Supreme Leader warns any renewed U.S. aggression would be met on a much greater scale. Thousands gather in Washington, D.C. to honor America's veterans. From military marching bands to Gold Star families, the National Veterans Parade brings Americans together to recognize those who served. Poland is in shock after a shooting at a historic site leaves six dead. And a local governor updates the public on the suspect's current condition. Israel's president has officially tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming the country's next government. The former military chief now has 28 days with a possible extension to assemble a coalition. How will the incoming Democrat-controlled Congress impact U.S.-China relations? We speak with the author of When China Attacks for his take. And a giant dinosaur is getting into the Christmas spirit. London's National History Museum has given its famous T-Rex a festive makeover. This is NTD Evening News, live from our global headquarters in New York City. Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight. All eyes on NVIDIA. The tech company launched an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted Sunday to having an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. The company's board doesn't think national security secrets were compromised. NVIDIA is of course the primary company behind the hardware powering the artificial intelligence boom. We will definitely be following that one and we'll keep you updated. A shooter killed and injured people in the famed Polish city of Krakow on Saturday. The suspect is believed to be a Polish citizen and is currently in the hospital following a gunfight with police. We were here yesterday and we heard the shots and we saw people running away. It was... Quite strange, we didn't know what was happening and then when we heard later, of course, it was very, very sad. We'd been in the square just after half past two, so not long before the situation happened, and we'd walked south and were by the castle. We heard shots, we saw people running, about 250 people running that way. Then the black car, followed by two police cars, went past us at the castle and then more shots. This is terrible for me then that can happen in Poland because it's never happened that stuff in Poland so this is really hard to me because I think that can be a new era in my country. I feel angry because he took something away from us, he took lives but he also took this feeling of safety that Poland had for many, many, many years. The shooter killed six people in Krakow's historic main square and wounded 16. Two foreign citizens were killed. Five foreigners are among the wounded. Krakow's historic old town is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site that attracts international visitors. In addition, the 24-year-old suspect's parents and sister were found dead at their home. Two surgeons were nearby and stepped in to treat both the suspected shooter and a police officer who was hit by gunfire. Next, we have one of the surgeons detailing the actions of the other in saving that officer's life. And a Polish official describes the suspect's current condition. Watch. Had Mateusz Wierdak not provided care to the injured man, the very person who had subdued the attacker, and had he not, to put it colloquially, applied pressure to the bleeding wound without any protective gear or gloves, or stuffed gauze pads into the chest cavity, the patient would not have survived until the ambulance arrived. There is not the slightest doubt about this. If anyone saved a life, it was certainly Mateusz who saved this patient, this police officer. He is, therefore, a hero. One of the individuals currently hospitalized remains in critical condition. And that person, ladies and gentlemen, is the perpetrator of this incident. He underwent several surgeries during the night at a hospital in Krakow. At this moment, his condition is described as critical. The country entered two days of mourning with Polish flags at half staff. Authorities found 11 firearms allegedly linked to the shooter, some at his home and others elsewhere in Krakow. The prosecutor's office says the number The number of... accords with the number of firearms that both the suspect and his father have permits for. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on X said the two policemen who stopped the attack were heroes. Other politicians across Europe expressed condolences over the tragedy via social media. The investigation continues and authorities have yet to release all details about the suspect and his motives. President Trump is ordering the Justice Department to look into Democrats for allegedly threatening people with impeachment and other forms of punishment, saying in a social media post that their actions amount to a criminal act. In his first post, Trump says Democrats are sending threatening letters to many people who are all innocent. Democrats have discussed investigating administration officials and potentially pursuing impeachment. They are also seeking documents and information about administration decisions, including donations from technology companies toward a ballroom project at the White House. The president described Democrats as threatening officials and other individuals, despite, as he's put it, having no legitimate grounds to punish them. He called the conduct extortion. Democrats speaking to ABC this week discuss working with President Trump after their party's election victories. I am happy to meet with him like I'll meet with anyone who can advance the goals I ran on, to get money out of politics, put money in pockets, pass Medicare for all. I said this, if he wants to pass Trump Care for all, which will guarantee health care to everyone and put his name on it like he's putting his name on everything, I'm game. Let's see if he wants to do that. Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed says the president has not reached out to him. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries vows to push back against the administration's agenda. He also- I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called Secretary of Defense has abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran. President Trump said today that he was highly unlikely to order fresh attacks on Iran as long as talks to end the conflict progress. In a call with CNN, the president said it depends on whether or not Iran signs a very strong agreement. President Trump says the new task force Iron Gate operation is in full force and effect in Iran. On his Truth Social platform, the president says, quote, coupled with history's greatest naval blockade. Very little gets into or out of Iran. CENTCOM, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, announced on Saturday that it had established a new task force to prevent Iran from using ground routes to transport advanced weapons and other materials. Meanwhile, the U.S. military said yesterday evening that its air force had fired at the stern of a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman. The strike disabled the vessel after it tried to get through its naval blockade against Iran. Iran's supreme leader warned that Tehran's response to any renewed U.S. aggression would be on a much greater scale. And the latest update on the strikes comes from Iranian state media. It's reporting today that the U.S. military fired projectiles on Keshem Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday night, but nowhere else. Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen claimed more strikes on Saudi Arabia today. A spokesman for the Houthis said the group also struck the Saudi oil company Aramco. Saudi Arabia later confirmed that an administrative building belonging to the state oil company was damaged following the attack. Joining us to discuss what comes next in the Iran war, now that Democrats will soon take control of Congress, is retired Army Ranger Captain Barry Todd. Barry, it is great to have you. The day after the election, Vice President J.D. Vance wrote on X, quote, the reason we lost is the war. He was referring to the U.S.-Iran war, of course. So here's what President Trump says about that. Well, I think it's largely true because it drove the gasoline up a little bit short-term and probably that's, probably it's true. But at the same time, if I had it to do again, I'd have to do it again because long-term it's the only answer. You can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. What do you make of the president's response, Barry? I agree with him. He should have finished the job. I've been saying this for four or five months. The Iranians are never going to capitulate to what he wants. They've been killing us for 47 years. He should have gone ahead and put boots on the ground. He's had over a division of forces and 82nd Special Operations in the region now for, what, five, six months? He should have gone ahead and taken them out and just ended this thing, just like we did with Venezuela. There comes a point in time You know, for me, after 50 years of seeing my brothers and sisters die throughout the world at the hands of this regime, it's time to put an end to it. You know, General Jack Keane has been saying it best. You need to end this. And the only way you're going to do it is through combat operations. And if it had been done quickly, I believe that the Republicans would have swept and we wouldn't have had this this nightmare of a election last week. And yet the president there in that soundbite, not exactly shying away or clarifying his position. I mean, he is, of course, saying that he thinks Iran was likely the cause of the election loss, but saying that he would have done it, he would do it again. So, you know, that kind of leaves open the possibility of an attack. What do you think? I think he should go ahead and do it when they least expect it. And the reality is, is that they've been wanting to kill Americans since the mullahs took it over back in 78 and 79. So it was time to just go ahead and put an end to it. And they're not going to stop. It goes against their entire religious belief. And in the Muslim faith, you cannot separate your politics from your religion. They're one and the same. That's just the way it is. Now, the Democratic Party has made ending the war a key priority. How might that play out, given their incoming control of Congress on January 3rd? Well, they don't control the executive branch. He can still go ahead and execute the war. They can sit back and raise all kind of cane and start investigations and all, but it doesn't stop the fact that the commander-in-chief has the authority to be able to end this thing with simply an order to let Pete Hegseth go, let the generals or the flag officers take their soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen. And finish this once and for all. If we don't finish it now, they're going to come back. Our kids and our grandkids are going to have to deal with this evil regime. And, you know, the president has basically two months because Democrats are not in power right now in Congress. It's still a Republican held Congress until January 3rd, like I mentioned. So there's this kind of two month period where, you know, the president has this rare window of opportunity to go unchecked. You know, unless the Democrats, of course, have some way of checking him later or don't have any way of checking him later. But how do you think that two month period could affect the calculus here? Does that make it more likely for him to go into Iran or attack Iran? I think it would. If I was him, I would do it. And I wouldn't hesitate without I would continue to go on national TV just like he's saying, oh, we might put it off for a while. But then I would turn around, strike and end this thing. Let's stop losing American soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines across the world that we've been losing for 47 years. You know, I remember the Marine barracks coming down. I was in the service at that time. And we have never made Iran pay for that. They did it. They killed those 200-plus Marines back in 1983. And all Reagan did was sit on his hands. Okay. And President Trump told CNN that renewed attacks on Iran are highly unlikely, despite what we're discussing here. But he also added that it depends on whether or not they sign a very strong agreement. Do you see that happening? I mean, it sounds like you don't because, I mean, this is, of course, a religiously motivated organization. No, they're never going to sign it. They're never going to sign it. The sad thing is, is that the Iranian people don't want. This regime in charge, but they've been held hostage for 47, 50 years. Now, most of the ones that were older at that time have now passed away. So now you have people in there that don't know any better. Thank you. They are so weakened right now, militarily and financially. It's the perfect time to just go in and end this thing. Then we can bring our troops home and just end this once and for all. Everybody's always worried about going in and cleaning up afterwards. We don't have to do any of that. Let them rule themselves, but don't mess around with this regime. I'm curious because of your experience as a, you know, multiple decades as an army ranger. When you look at Iran, you're talking about boots on ground in Iran. They have a sizable military force. They have civilians ready, hundreds of thousands of civilians ready to take up arms, reportedly. What do you think a boots-on-ground conflict with Iran would look like? Are you talking more about special operations with highly targeted attacks? Yes, take out all the key leaders, and then the rest of them will fall away, the same way we did in Venezuela. And the other thing you got to remember, go back to 1993, or, excuse me, 91, 92, Desert Storm, Desert Shield. Everybody Everybody talked about how great the Iraq Army was. They folded once we went across the flat. Literally, the forward line of troops, within less than a week, they were done. The same thing is going to happen here. They're not highly trained. And if they've been trained by the Chinese or the Russians, we know what their training is going to do. We know how to work around that. And the other thing, in their military, they're not trained that the next leader steps up like our military is. Do you think it's possible to pull out the same kind of maneuver that the U.S. pulled off with Venezuela in Iran? Oh, yes. They have no sea assets. They have no air assets. All they have is whatever they're making, drones and stuff. Most of their ADA systems have been taken out. Go in and end this thing. Yeah, it'll definitely be something to watch, especially over the next two months before the Democratic Congress takes power in January, like I mentioned. I mean, they could, in theory, Thank you, Miri. pull back some of the funding for this war. They could bog down the administration investigation. So definitely something to watch. Captain Barry Todd, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. And God bless you all. Have a great one. And thank you for your service. Coming up, honoring America's heroes in the nation's capital, veterans' military families, and Americans from across the country gathering in Washington for the National Veterans Parade. We will take you there. Plus, Israel's president has officially tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming the country's next government. The former military chief now has 28 days, with a possible extension, to assemble a coalition. We will have more on that when we return. If you're out there and you're watching this message we need your help and we need it now. This is a typical day at the outpatient department. Every day we see very many cases of children with severe pneumonia. All these children need to be seen and they all need to be seen today. This is baby Priscilla. She's seven months old. When a child has pneumonia you really need to move quick. This is like an infection in the baby's lungs. It really hurts for this child to be breathing. 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Here in our nation's capital, thousands are gathering to celebrate Veterans Day at the National Veterans Day parade, giving thanks to those who serve to keep America the shining star of freedom that it continues to be. The parade makes its way down Constitution Avenue from the National Archives to the White House. Marching bands representing every branch of the military from across the country joining first responders, Gold Star families, high school bands, and veterans all coming together to recognize America's heroes. It's very important to celebrate what veterans have done for this country and what our active duty military is actively out there doing. We honor their service and their sacrifice. With temperatures in the 60s unusually warm for Washington in November, The parade marks its fourth year, taking place as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary. Washington, D.C.'s had parades canceled because it was too cold, and our July 4th parade was canceled because it was too hot. Perfect weather, and it's only fitting that it honors our veterans. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have a country. This year's Grand Marshal, Robert Kiyosaki, a Vietnam veteran and author of the best-selling book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Our freedoms are what we fought for, that many militaries are to oppress to take freedoms away. There was a thing called Tiananmen Square, and the people rose up and the military crushed them. All right. And we fight for the freedom of speech, the freedom to bear arms, the freedom to vote. And those freedoms are what we're fighting for and dying for. This is just uplifting. My heart is full. My bucket is full. Michigan Congressman Jack Bergman serving alongside Kiyosaki. We were roommates in Vietnam, flew together. We've been friends for over 50 years. And we only exist because of the fact our people, Over generations, over centuries, have been willing to fight for what is right. I just want to feel the pageantry and the common love for this country. For Vietnam veteran Don Morris, this year's parade is especially meaningful. Exposed to Agent Orange during his service, Morris is visiting the nation's capital for the first time, bringing his wife along to witness a country coming together to honor its veterans. Obviously, after this election period, everything's so fractional. I just want to see us all together for a very important event. This is where it all started. This is our nation's capital, and we're proud, proud Americans. Americans. And Miss America, along with several pageantry winners, showing their support for veterans. They are signing up to make the ultimate sacrifice. It's not a maybe, it's a high potential, and that is not a small thing. that these men and women are signing up to do every single day. It's really important to celebrate those who have died and served for our country. Families sit in silence while they have loved ones out battling for our country. Being able to be here, celebrate our veterans, love on them, give them our thank yous, give them every single piece of our heart, it means so much to me. From veterans who served on the battlefield to the next generation of Americans, the parade serves as a reminder that the nation's freedom comes at a price, and those who defend it deserve to be recognized. Over in the UK, King Charles and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham led a parade to remember the country's fallen soldiers. The British royal family attending today's annual ceremony. King Charles and Prince William I to lay wreaths at the War Memorial on White Hall in central London. Kate, the Princess of Wales, and Queen Camilla watched from the balcony of a government building. Prime Minister Burnham and other politicians were also there as Britain held a two-minute silence to honor those killed in war. The ceremony is held on the second Sunday in November to mark the end of World War I. It pays tribute to those who lost their lives in both world wars and later conflicts. In the Middle East, Israeli President Isaac Herzog officially tasked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot with forming the country's next government. Herzog said the candidate for prime minister had secured the backing of a majority of lawmakers. Eisenkot said this earlier today. The public is looking to us. This is a defining test of leadership. Anyone who attempts to sabotage the formation of this government for personal rather than substantive reasons will be remembered in history as someone who failed to save Israel in a time of emergency. He has 28 days to try to form a government with a possible 14-day extension. Residents in Israel sharing their thoughts on the situation. I think that it's going to be very hard for him to establish a government because the political parties are too far from each other. I would like to see a unity between the left and the right on behalf of the State of Israel. I think it's the best thing. If Eisenkot fails to form a government, Herzog is likely to hand the mandate to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And staying in the Middle East, two trains collided today south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing seven people, including the train's conductor, and injuring at least 125. The health ministry said in a statement that over 70 of the injured were discharged after receiving treatment. The crash happened about 32 miles south of Cairo when a train slammed into the rear of another train that was stopped. Both trains had been moving in the same direction along the same track. Train derailments and crashes are actually common in Egypt. There, the railway system has a history of mismanagement and poor maintenance of equipment. Coming up, how will the incoming Democrat-controlled Congress impact U.S.-China relations? We speak with the author And from supermarket freezers to major crypto platforms, of When China Attacks for his take. 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Well, I think the Chinese look at it and they probably are rather pleased with what's happened. I think there's a couple of reasons for that. One is the Democratic Party just doesn't have sort of a tough enough position on China. You'll recall during the Trump administration, the first one, that they had a very effective approach to China called the China Initiative, which really focused on Chinese espionage, subversion in the United States. The Chinese really hated it. One of the first things that the Democrats did when they took over for the Biden administration was to cancel the China Initiative. They claimed it was racist. And so they never had that focus on China. And I don't know who you would point to in the Democratic ranks who's really the China experts and really the people who have a good sense of the China threat and want to do something about it. And that's a problem. Additionally, the bloodlust to go after President Trump, to go after Republicans that the Democrats appear to have is going to be a distraction. So China looks at this, and they don't see anyone who really scares them. And also, the chaos that we're likely to face, the lack of bandwidth and focus over the next couple of years, that's going to make it something that works to Beijing's advantage most likely. Yeah, and the Democrats are indeed promising significant investigations, saying lawyer up. Now, a key priority for the Democrats is ending the president's tariffs, which have been a key part of his foreign policy strategy. How do you think that could impact trade negotiations between the United States and China? Well, I don't think China is going to do President Trump any favors for the next couple of years. They really don't like the tariffs. They complain about it all the time. They also complain about export controls on technology in particular to the PRC. You can always tell when China complains about something that it's really something that is effective. You should do more of it. And the Democrats seem to have really a political reason for opposing tariffs more than an economic one. And this is something that coincides with China's main interests. So we'll see what the Democrats try to do about tariffs. There's limits to what they can do, particularly given the president's executive authority. But nonetheless, it makes it hard for an opponent like China to be a field to. too threatened or too afraid of the United States when you have its leadership so divided on this. And they think that they might get some relief on this front. And also, as I said, they're not going to do President Trump any favors. They'll make some promises, but I don't think they're going to live up to them. Sure. And one of the key issues underlying all of US-China relations is the Taiwan issue. Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping a few years ago gave the Chinese military order to be prepared to take Taiwan by 2027. That is just two months away. To that end, will this new Congress encourage or discourage the Chinese communist leaders? Well, the 2027 deadline, that's actually a little vague, perhaps not as solid as one would think. I think by 2030, it might be a little better. But the Chinese are always testing America's will, and they test it, and they assess it, and they reassess it. And that means the ability of an administration, Republican or Democrat, and the nation at large, really to get involved in a fight with China over things like Taiwan. And they're always looking at it. And to the extent that Washington, D.C. and the United States are in chaos, people are at each other's throats, the parties, you know, one party just wants to do nothing more than destroy their main enemy and the people who support him. Well, China looks at that and they say, well, if we go after Taiwan, well, the Americans aren't going to have the attention span, the ability to focus, and perhaps not even the stomach. So one could imagine the Chinese going after Taiwan, either an all-out assault or just even an effective blockade and telling the Americans, look, you stand clear. This is a domestic matter. And if you want a nuclear war, World War III, well, you're going to get it, depending on the state of affairs in Washington and in the U.S., that one can imagine America not doing anything. So China, I'd say, is always making that calculation. And even for them, it's not risk-free and they know it, but to the extent that they see in America, which is divided so fiercely, that is something that gives them much encouragement to rough up, to bully Taiwan, go after the Japanese and the Filipinos as well. And this is not a good thing. Thank you. For us to really to face, it is unfortunate that there is such a split in a lack of focus on the real problems facing the nation. Then this is an existential threat coming from the PRC. Yeah, but at the same time, you know, congressmen and women from both sides of the aisle in recent years have been taking some steps to counter an increasingly aggressive China. I mean, in a bipartisan fashion. So do you expect the China issue to remain bipartisan? Well, we say it's bipartisan, but at the same time, you know, one notes that, and it is to an extent, make no mistake, but at the same time, that we haven't done things like punish China for... For fentanyl, this killed well over 800,000 Americans. Neither administration has been able to do that. As I said, the first Trump administration was very good on the PRC, and the Chinese really didn't like that. They didn't like the people behind it as well. So there is a degree of talk and apparent cooperation when it comes to the PRC. But at the same time, remember what the Democrats did when they took over in 2020. 2021 is the first thing they did was cancel the China initiative. And if you aren't able to focus on the PRC, then you've got a problem and whatever your excuses are. So the thing to watch for here is whether the China Select Committee, which is a good bipartisan effort, To deal with China and to take them on. We'll see if that gets renewed. There is some talk that it might be, but it also might no longer be the China Select Committee. Maybe going after every country that causes us problems. Well, if you do that, it shows you're not serious about taking on the PRC. So that is something really to watch for. And we'll have a good enough sense. But as I said, you ask yourself, well, who are the people in the Democratic side who We have a good record of standing up to China being tough on it, and that's both in Congress but also in the officialdom, and it's hard to think of that. There's a few who do understand the PRC, but as a party, I'm not sure that it has the toughness that one would like. There are good people making a mistake, but writ large, it raises some concerns, I should have to say. Yeah, and this one is really an issue to watch, the China issue, because it's the world's largest totalitarian regime accused of committing multiple genocides with global ambitions. I don't know about you, Grant, but I don't want a regime like that in charge of the world. Grant Newsham, thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having me. Appreciate it. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy says the state's closely contested Senate race between Democratic challenger Mary Peltola and Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan remains too close to call still. with Peltola holding a lead of only a few hundred votes. Dunleavy said a large batch of ballots is expected to be counted on November 13th, followed by a smaller batch on November 15th. The final count is scheduled for November 25th. Democrat Mary Peltola currently leads Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan by about 600 or so votes, with 74% of the total votes counted. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, Alaska will eliminate the lowest performing candidates and redistribute their votes based on voters' ranked preferences. With Democrats sweeping both the House and the Senate in the midterms, how are everyday Americans reacting to the results and what should the next Congress prioritize? NTD's Sam Wong was out in the National Mall in DC to hear from the people. What was your reaction to the results? Did it surprise you? Not necessarily. I mean, I was kind of expecting things go a little bit different. People are they want everything to change right away. And sometimes things don't change right away. I think from the media blitz, I expected it to go exactly the way it did. I'm definitely not surprised that there was a blue wave. And I'm very excited for what the future holds with that. I think it does show like it goes to show. People's sort of attitudes towards where we are now in America. Usually whoever's in power, the other party takes control on the midterms. It almost always happens that way. So I did expect it. Did I like it? No, but I expected it. I've watched what's been happening with the Republican Party for a long time and they've lost their way. You get the feeling that The Republican Party would rather lose than allow the MAGA movement to continue on where it is, and not knowing that there is a greater spiritual and cultural movement that is rapidly growing in this country. One of the things that a lot of people are talking about is affordability, right? Do you think the Democrats, once they get control of Congress, do you think they're going to effectively address this issue? I think it'll definitely take time for anyone to get a hold of how our economy is right now. It's going to take time to do. No, of course not. All they do is raise taxes and have silly ideas. Yes, he is. This would all be ashes if Iran had nuked us. So you have no choice to go to war. Oh, they'll try to address it. But the solution that they're going to offer is not going to make it better. It's going to make it worse. More government spending, more government programs is not going to reduce the affordability crisis because it's all about the debt. What should the next Congress prioritize? I think right now, security. Every country's got their own border. Not everybody's allowing everybody to just, you know, filter right in. What they'll end up prioritizing is our investigations and impeachments. They'll be engrossed in that. Rather than addressing the affordability crisis, addressing the immigration problem, because why is housing so expensive? You have all these extra people in the country from the last administration. Nobody can afford a house because it's supply and demand. A new target for hackers, the freezer aisle. Federal agencies say hackers are targeting the temperature controls on commercial freezers and refrigeration units that store food and medicine. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI say attackers could change temperatures or force units into nonstop defrost cycles. That could spoil food, damage equipment, and create fire hazards. Officials are urging operators to take these systems off the public internet, change default passwords and install updates. The warning follows attacks on supermarket freezers across Europe where officials are also dealing with a wave of hoax bomb threats against flights. More threats were reported today, including against the nine flights at Prague's airport. Nothing suspicious was found and no one was hurt. Companies around the world are facing a growing wave of cyber attacks in recent weeks. Hackers have tampered with supermarket freezer systems, a massive breach hit cryptocurrency platform Binance, and a major vulnerability in PHP forced companies to take websites offline. Experts say AI is making cyber threats more sophisticated and harder to contain. There's a couple of reasons why companies are finding it hard to keep up. I think maybe the most important is just simply the volume of the vulnerabilities that they have to deal with, which, if you look at the data, there's just been a real increase in the past one year. Again, you don't necessarily want to say that every single reason for this is artificial intelligence, but it's something like quadruple the number of October a year ago as far as the vulnerabilities being found. And so there's just a lot of things that companies need to look at and consider, you know, how urgent it is that they need to act. And it's just a huge workload in short. And that's for the both, you know, the defenders and for the companies that try to that need to roll out patches across their IT systems. So that's one reason. And the other reason, I think, is a trend that's incremental but increasing over the past few years, which is just the speed. with which it happens so typically you know you would have more time to patch something after there's been a vulnerability found but you know due to people having ai assisted ways of of understanding what a vulnerability is that basically the time that you have to do a patch is shrinking so those two things are kind of um you know it's creating quite a storm i would say for the the companies that have to respond well there's a couple of things that they can do and And you won't be surprised to learn that Many of them involve AI as well. So I spoke to a company called IONOS, which is a major German web hosting company. They're doing things like using AI to monitor for threats that are out there in the wild. When there's a patch and they need to, they have kind of very, you know, across a lot of different systems, they need to roll it out. They use AI to figure out where they need to. Apply the patches. That's one of the ways. And they're also changing the way that they work. It used to be that you could kind of have a model of a very, you know, a genius programmer that's there to help you with your cyber defense, right? But he, at least this is the CTO of this company, said, well, we can't count on that anymore, that people are going to be behind their desk because we need to respond 24 hours a day. And so we're focusing a lot more on procedures and on having everyone enabled to, by the way, use AI. ...to apply the patches any time of the day or night. So I would say the emphasis on the individual is less than it used to be. Booking was quite interesting. They said a few things, but one of the things that caught my ear was they said, at this point, when there's a major incident, we have to pull... you know, top leaders from across the company to pay attention to it right away, right? It's not just a matter for the security team only. Basically, the stakes are so high, if you're compromised, it affects all the other aspects of your business. As a company, you have a lot of priorities that you'd like to pursue, making money and doing your daily business. But if you ignore this, it can really be crippling. So they have no choice but to respond with kind of all hands. I spoke to a security firm called Clarity, which is the firm that had identified the vulnerability that led to the refrigerator hack, and they had warned about the vulnerability back in August, so before the hacks happened, and these hacks happened in two waves. After the first wave of attacks happened, they said, hey, we can see that there's still a lot of vulnerable refrigerators out there. They said, and by the way, we had a look at this, and we were able to reverse engineer this hack in 28 minutes and for $6 using a very well-known AI model. So that is to say that basically anybody at that point could have replicated this hack. It doesn't say that AI was used in the hack. But the ease and the broad frame of people that could have done this, which is not clear. So AI is making it so much easier and so much quicker for people to attack things, in theory. Coming up, a giant dinosaur is getting into the Christmas spirit. London's Natural History Museum has given its famous T-Rex a festive makeover. And the world's top big wave surfers are preparing for winter's biggest swells. Their training goes far beyond riding waves. We will have more when we return. I've devoted my life to combining cutting edge science with ancient biblical wisdom. 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For the museum it's about more than just a dinosaur and a sweater, it's about sharing the magic of Christmas with visitors. I want them to just have a really great time at the museum. Christmas in London is such a beautiful time of year and the Natural History Museum's annual tradition of putting the jumper on the T-Rex is all part of that. With the holiday season just around the corner, in New York City the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrived this week. The 76-foot tall Norway spruce measures 50 feet in diameter and weighs about 11 tons. Rockefeller Center's head gardener set his eyes on it six years ago and this year it was donated by Rebecca Decker from West Edmiston in New York. The festive tree will be wrapped in more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights and topped with a 900-pound star made by Swarovski. Early next month, you can catch the tree lighting ceremony or simply pay a visit through January 9, 2027. As winter approaches, some of the world's top surfers are preparing for giant swells of the year in Nazaré, Portugal. Their training goes well beyond the surfboard, with a strong focus on mental strength and staying calm under pressure. Known for its massive waves, Nazaré is one of the world's most challenging surfing destinations. For British big wave surfer Andrew Cotton, preparation is about more than physical strength. He uses pool training to push And prepare for the unpredictable conditions of the ocean. So the mindset is always like, you know, in that controlled environment of a pool, if you can really push yourself to the max, really start to get comfortable with really being uncomfortable, then it's only going to benefit in the ocean. Pool drills help surfers practice under pressure before facing giant waves in open water. For Cotton, learning to stay comfortable in uncomfortable situations is key, but fear is also something he has learned to embrace. I use fear as a fuel. It motivates me. It helps me. But it doesn't stop me. And I think that's the balance. As the winter swell season gets closer, cotton is counting on preparation, experience, and mental strength to take on the ocean's biggest waves. Next, a young eagle that lost a leg is now walking again with help from a 3D-printed prosthetic. The bird may never return to the wild, but its recovery could help secure a future for its species. The young eastern imperial eagle was found injured on the Greek island of Kithyra in 2005. 2025. A broken right leg left the bird with little chance of surviving in the wild. After a severe leg injury, veterinarians had to amputate his right leg. Saving her, saving her, right. Saving her meant taking on a challenging first, Fitting a bird of prey with a custom-made prosthetic. The procedure involved a titanium implant anchored to the bone, followed by a specially designed artificial limb. But the first surgery did not go as planned. The implant was not stable enough, and a second procedure was needed to correct it. Now, four months later, the eagle is learning to walk again. Rehabilitation is no easy task, though. Unlike a pet dog, the wild bird cannot simply be trained with treats or commands. She is not very happy when we perform physical therapy on her. Sometimes she lets us know that she's had enough. Sometimes we do physical therapy without her head being fully covered and we can see her and you get to have that kind of close contact with such an impressive animal. It's something that is deeply fulfilling on an emotional level. It fills you up emotionally, a lot. The prosthetic cannot grip prey, meaning she will never be able to hunt or return to the wild, but veterinarians say the goal goes beyond saving one bird. The eastern imperial eagle is a vulnerable species with only a few thousand breeding pairs worldwide. Once her recovery is complete, she could join a breeding program abroad, Helping give this threatened species a better chance at survival. That is all for today's news. For round-the-clock coverage, visit us at ntd.com or download our NTD app. Thank you for tuning in. I'm Chris Beers. Good night. It fuels our bodies, nourishes our spirits, brings us together. Because we all need nutritious food to thrive. Food gives me energy.