Israel Says Ceasefire Now in Effect in Gaza | NTD Good Morning (Oct. 10)

Welcome to NTD Good Morning. Here are today's top stories. The Israeli military says a ceasefire is now in effect in Gaza. What led to the historic breakthrough and what comes next? And while senators can't agree on reopening the government, they did agree on the annual defense bill last night. We have the details. New York Attorney General Leticia James has been indicted on federal bank fraud charges accused of lying on a loan application. reactions, including from James and from Eric Trump. A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard to Chicago. She says a federal deployment there isn't justified. Some of the driest parts of the country are bracing for heavy rains and flash floods. How tropical storm Priscilla is threatening the Southwest. Data centers are at the heart of the AI arms race with China. Yet, how do data centers affect their surrounding communities? We're going to speak with an author on the topic. A demonstration is held for three California volleyball players who are fighting a transidentifying athlete being on their women's team. More on their Title N complaint. This is NTV Good Morning live from our global headquarters in New York City. Here are Stephanie Aox and Carrie Dun. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Today's Friday, October 10th. This is NTD. Good morning. Today's top news. The Israeli military says the ceasefire is in effect as it pulls troops back in Gaza. A historic breakthrough in the Middle East. This follows the Israeli cabinet's approval of the US brokered peace deal that Hamas, the terrorist group, has also agreed to. Here are the details. Israel's cabinet on Thursday signed off on a ceasefire agreement with the Hamas terrorist group, paving the way to release all hostages in halt fighting in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the agreement a national and moral victory, crediting President Trump and his team for their role in securing the deal. We fought during these two years to achieve our war aims. And a central one of these war aims is to return the hostages, all of the hostages, the living and the dead. And we're about to achieve that goal. A government spokesperson said the ceasefire would take effect within 24 hours. Hamas will have 72 hours to release all hostages, meaning they will have to be released by Monday. In exchange, Israel will release more than 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 serving life sentences. The Israeli military will withdraw to a new line, maintaining control of just over half the Gaza Strip. The deal comes after days of indirect negotiations in Egypt. Former White House adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Whit both praised Netanyahu's handling of the talks. Great job. the negotiations, you held your lines firm and I think that between you and President Trump, you had a lot of alignment on what the end state should be. The president believes that, my president believes it. He believes that Prime Minister Netanyahu made some very, very difficult calls and lesser people would not have made those calls. Earlier in the day, Kushner and Whit met with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in Cairo. I was sure that with your arrival that you will reach an agreement that would make us happy and stop a war ongoing for two years. Whit acknowledged the role Egypt and other countries including Qatar, Turkey, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia played in bringing about the deal. To watch it was was really to me a great example of the world coming together. Wikov told Egypt's president that he will head to Israel with Kushner to discuss the implementation phase of the agreement. A senior member of Hamas on Thursday announced agreement to a permanent ceasefire. Today we are announcing that we have reached an agreement to end the war and aggression against our people and to implement a permanent ceasefire. He said this would involve the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the entry of aid into Gaza, the opening of the Rafa border crossing with Egypt, and the exchange of prisoners. Celebrations swept across Israel and Gaza as news of the deal spread. The walls of Jerusalem's old city in the Israeli Parliament building were lit in red, white, and blue in honor of the US role in brokering the peace and President Trump's expected visit. An Israeli farmer plowed his field with the words Nobel for Trump, a reference to the Nobel Peace Prize after the president's efforts pushed both sides to an agreement. As part of the implementation phase, the US will deploy around 200 troops to Israel to help monitor the peace deal and coordinate aid, but none are expected to enter Gaza. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said in a social media post that the US personnel will be tasked with monitoring the Gaza agreement in Israel and will work with other international forces on the ground. Levit clarified that the troops were not being newly deployed, but reassigned from United States Central Command already in the Middle East. And Trump told reporters on Thursday that he would travel to the Middle East on Sunday, hoping to be present when Hamas releases the last 20 living hostages. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has been announced. This year, it goes to Venezuela's opposition leader, Maria Karina Machado. The Nobel committee called her a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness. Here's that announcement earlier today. She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. As the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela, Maria Korina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times. Machado was banned from running for president in 2024 by Venezuela's courts. She had planned to challenge President Nicholas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013. For over 14 months, she's been living in hiding. There have been calls for President Trump to take the Nobel Peace Prize. Earlier this week, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group formed after October 7th, submitted an appeal to the committee in support of Trump. But since the deadline was January 31st, he can only be considered for next year's Peace Prize. Moving on, New York Attorney General Leticia James has been indicted. A federal grand jury yesterday charged James with bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution. Entities Daniel Monahan reports on the charges and the sharp political reactions. US Attorney Lindseay Halligan announced the indictment, saying, "No one is above the law." Halagan described the alleged offenses as intentional criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public's trust. Heligan's office said if convicted, James faces up to 30 years in prison per count. Fines of up to $1 million per count and possible forfeite. Actual sentences for federal crimes, however, are typically less than the maximum penalties. According to prosecutors, James falsely claimed a home in Norfolk as her second residence, a move that helped her secure favorable loan terms. She then rented out the property, allegedly violating the loan agreement. James responded on X. This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system. James defended her office's prosecution of the Trump Organization, saying, "We conducted a 2-year investigation based on the facts and evidence, not politics." Critics point to James' own past comments, including a 2020 appearance on The View, where she vowed to go after Donald Trump once he left office. President Trump could not avoid justice in the great state of New York. First son, Eric Trump discussed James' indictment. They did everything they could to destroy our family. And that woman right there was at at at the at the front of it. I mean, she literally sued us over the fact that we had never missed a mortgage payment. we had paid back banks and made banks hundreds of millions of dollars. Deutsche Bank was on the stand testifying that we were one of the greatest real estate companies in the world. He called the ruling against the Trump Organization rigged, noting that an appeals court threw out the roughly $500 million penalty. You know, today's, you know, a great irony that the very same people that that tried to throw us out of a state, that tried to bankrupt our family, that tried to destroy a company, you know, falls to the very same thing that she did. projection. Reactions were divided across party lines. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Trump of using the Justice Department as his personal attack dog, but Congresswoman Elise Stefonic said James is now facing the same kind of scrutiny. She once weaponized against Trump, calling it the height of hypocrisy. Trump previously said on True Social that James looks guilty, but that he doesn't really know. Leticia James has denied any wrongdoing and says she will continue to serve as attorney general while she fights the charges. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. As you go about your everyday life using digital services like GPS on your phone while in the car, email, search engines, and AI. The content doesn't appear magically. It pulls from a data center. And now with an arms race declared against China for AI supremacy, that will require far more data centers. Joining us to discuss is Kay Rubichek. She's an author and writer on human value and AI. Kay, great to see you. You recently penned two articles for the Epoch Times exploring various aspects of data centers. The benefits are clearly seen in daily life. Your research though shows that there are some darker sides of data centers. What What can you share with us? I think the darker side really is that it's the information that we're not being told and that's why it seems dark. If that can come to light and we can have more open discussion about it, then hopefully it won't be seen as such a dark side because we are using AI in everyday life now and it's throughout so many of our administration systems and institutions in society, but we use it as just digital data points. We're using it on our phone and we're using it on our computers, but we're not thinking about where that comes from. So, so many people have this concept that AI is some form of magical tool that just exists out in the cloud. But that's that's what we don't that's what we see. What we don't see are the data centers. AI has a very large footprint, a physical footprint throughout the US and throughout the world now, and it's only going to get larger and larger. So, these data centers are massive. I guess they look like factories, but they are running so many uh all the hardware of the computers that create the the technology that allows us to access artificial intelligence. The darker aspects that aren't talked about is that local communities are having these data centers brought into their communities without a lot of discussion and then they're finding out afterwards the amount of power and water that they're using for these stadiumsized facilities is really through the roof and it's nothing like we've seen before. Yeah, that's that's interesting and often not talked about. One of the points you make eloquently in your article is that it it's the rapid pace of innovation is exceeding lawmakers and communities ability to really comprehend what goes into a project like this. Can you explain that? You know, in America, we have this wonderful system uh where it takes time to do things and that can be really frustrating for people because we want things to go fast. But that having that uh the the type of system that we have in government where things have to go through a process, they take time that allows for checks and balances. Now, what we're seeing with this AI and data systems is that there is a big rush going forward where policy makers haven't been necessarily keeping up to date with all of the uh even even the basics I talked about in one of my articles was how uh Congress was given a what is a data center FAQ. Uh meanwhile, they're going up all all across the country. they're already here and we're starting to see the repercussions of that with local citizens seeing that their electric bills are going up. So there is a bit of a disconnect there where this technology is going through very very quickly and it needs the hardware. It has the support from many aspects of government and industry but then there's other part of legislation and uh regulation that really haven't had the chance to catch up because they take time. That's how the system is built. But this AI technology is not taking time. So we are seeing a bit of a clash happening there. Now it makes sense that the data centers require lots of energy to run them and lots of water to cool them. But why do some of the costs land with the surrounding community? I would think the opposite that it's generating jobs and it's creating tax revenue. We're often told that we're that these data centers and AI is creating new jobs, but we're not seeing that. Uh once these data centers are built, yes, they they there is construction jobs when they're being built, but there is a very small window for that. Once they're built, they use very few uh workers. They often will have remote workers and they they're running on technology. this these AI hardware systems uh they don't eat, sleep, they don't need the normal human cycles that we experience of taking a break or having someone cover for you. They're just running 24/7 and they're designed that way. They don't need a lot of people. So, we're not seeing really sustainable job growth through these AI data centers. Now, with the water and the electric, it really depends on the data center. Some are more dependent on requiring more water, others require more electric. So, so there are a few different ways that they're constructed, but either way, they need a lot of resources and the the tax benefits are usually upfront for the communities. They're not seeing that long term. And that's where we're we're sometimes also seeing conflicts of interest that are not being disclo Excuse me that aren't being disclosed early enough where locals have the opportunity to ask questions and find out how things are being done and to involve. So that's it has created some conflicts in areas where locals have felt that they've been left out of that communication process. But I think we're starting to see a change there as more are communicating uh in different areas and starting to see okay that area is not reaping the benefits that they were they were told and let's learn from that in our community and make a difference. So so there is a positive effect from this that people are learning from each other across the country. And K as we start to finish up I have two questions in one. You describe Virginia as being one of the largest data hub centers in the world and some examples have come out of that that are not entirely positive and some communities have taken that example and have c kind of fought back about this like not in my backyard effect. So can you share with us? Yes, really in Virginia that's where we've seen the most data centers come up very quickly and they're happening very there they happened close to residential areas and you can see in photographs where the data centers are just behind residential uh homes and there is also noise when they're that close. So there's noise issues, there's uh electric bill costs, there's they're not seeing the benefits that they had expected. uh but they also weren't given the full information and it's not necessarily that things were hidden from them that it was a dark side but sometimes there wasn't as much discussion as there really should have been as you would expect when there's such a large facility moving to an area. So there have been cases where residents have said they haven't been able to access all the information that they want and that it's been difficult to get to find out who is funding this, which companies behind it and which companies behind that. So a lot of citizens have gone to a lot of great efforts to find these out and they're sharing that information and helping others um mitigate early on so that they can protect their communities and at least know who are these massive neighbors moving in. Well, it sounds like things that bring communities together in such a divided time is a good thing and it sounds like maybe these data centers need to be parked a little bit further from residential areas. Appreciate all your research on this topic. Great to talk to you, K Rubich. Have a great weekend. Thank you. Up ahead, the Southwest is bracing for heavy rainfall and the threat of flash floods. Why some of the country's driest parts are expecting months worth of rain just in a few days coming soon. And while senators can't agree on reopening the government just yet, they did agree on the annual defense bill. We have the details there. And a judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying federal troops to Chicago. And the Memphis mayor says the National Guard will start patrolling in Tennessee today. We're going to have those stories and more. We'll be right back. Welcome back to NTD. Good morning. A storm system, once a powerful hurricane, is now descending on some of the driest parts of the US. It's raising flash flood concerns across the Southwest. Tropical Storm Priscilla downgraded from a hurricane is moving toward Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado, carrying heavy moisture that could bring a month's worth of rain in just days. Northern Arizona is most at risk with two to three inches of rainfall expected around Flagstaff, a city south of the Grand Canyon with heavier amounts possible in other locations, creating dangerous conditions in deserts and canyon areas. Officials are watching for flash floods and communities are preparing by placing sandbags, releasing water from ponds, and monitoring low water crossings. The Javi Supai tribe has a reservation in a gorge near the Grand Canyon and that's prone to flooding. The tribe has warned tourists in a social media post to avoid certain areas if it's raining or flooding and seek the higher ground. And as the government shutdown continues into the 10th day, half the federal government's employees are currently furoughed. Many others are working without pay. Democrats in the Senate say they won't vote for the continuing resolution in unless it extends tax credits for Obamacare. And Washington correspondent Jack Bradley brings us more. The motion is not agreed to. The Senate on Thursday once again failed to advance the continuing resolution in a 54 to 45 vote. Most Republicans voting for it, most Democrats voting against. They need 60 to overcome the filibuster and reopen the government. Now, the shutdown gives the president the authority to decide what gets funded during this time. President Trump at a cabinet meeting saying he's planning on cutting Democrat programs and we'll be making cuts that will be permanent and we're only going to cut Democrat programs. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says each day the government is shut down, it's better for the Democratic Party. Each day, our case to fix healthcare and end the shutdown gets better and better, stronger and stronger. This continuing resolution put forward by Republicans extends the current levels of funding to government agencies which were set under the Biden administration by a Democratc controlled Congress. But Democrats now insist on changes to what was once their own bill before they vote for it. Those changes extend the tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. Those credits are set to expire on December 31st. Insurance companies set their rates on November 1st. So, if that's not included in the CR, they're worried premiums will spike. It's time for House Republicans to get back in town, get to the negotiating table to urgently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits to avoid tens of millions of Americans from having to pay dramatically increased premiums, co-pays, and deductibles. House Majority Leader Steve Scaliz says that these tax credits were supposed to expire because they were meant for the pandemic. Again, it was Democrats who created the subsidies and they said it was temporary for CO. Remember, CO is over. They set these up to be COVID only temporary subsidies. While the government shutdown continues, over 750,000 federal employees have been furoughed. Many more working without pay, including active duty military, TSA agents, air traffic controllers, and border patrol agents. Reporting by Jack Bradley, NTD News. Thanks to Jack for that report. And as the government shutdown drags on, senators late last night overwhelmingly approved the annual defense policy bill. While it doesn't directly fund the Department of War, it allows contracts to continue. We've got NTD's Molina Weissup on that story. On a vote of 77 to 20, senators approved next year's National Defense Authorization Act. It authorizes the War Department and Department of Energy to spend $924 billion in 2026. That top line is higher than the $893 billion approved by the House. Now, the two chambers will need to work out differences before it can be signed by the president. A key measure ends authorization for use of military force in Iraq. Now, that's been in place for 23 years and the Iraq war ended in 2011. So, when you have this authorization uh for use of military force, sometimes presidents use it for other types of um actions. It also includes support for Ukraine, authorizing another 500 million and requiring the United States to provide intelligence support to Ukraine. The bill includes a pay raise for service members and the purchase of new ships and aircraft. We fought for important assets at Whitman Air Force Base, the B21's coming and then also got secure the F-47 that's going to be built in St. Louis and there's money in there for that. So, a big win uh that makes America safer and Missouri safer, too. The bipartisan consensus on the floor comes at a time when the two parties cannot agree on a simple bill to fund the government. Senators have left town for the week and won't be back until Tuesday, ensuring the government shutdown continues for the next 4 days. Reporting from Washington, DC, Molina Whiteup, NTD News. And a federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's plan to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago. Judge April Perry ruled yesterday there was no credible evidence of a rebellion or danger of one in Illinois, rejecting the administration's justification for the deployment. A Justice Department attorney told the court that Chicago is facing a brazen new form of hostility from riers targeting federal law enforcement. Perry questioned the credibility of claims about violence at protests, saying they contradicted local law law enforcement accounts. Illinois and Chicago sued the Trump administration. arguing that bringing in troops from another state violated Illinois's sovereignty and risked inflaming the tensions. The ruling comes amid similar legal challenges to Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon. Amid ongoing protests, assaults, and threats of violence, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noom says the department is hardening its ICE facilities and purchasing additional buildings. And correspondent Jason Blair brings us more from Portland, Oregon, where protests have been going on since June. Well, Secretary Gnome says that she's not backing down. She told President Trump during a cabinet meeting they are looking to purchase more buildings, particularly here in Portland and in the nearby area as well as in Chicago, the two hotspots where a lot of these uh protests are taking place. We're going to not back off. In fact, we're doubling down because what they're trying to do with these riots and violence is distract us and keep us from going after those murderers and rapists that are out on the streets. And as far as the National Guard, uh Pam Bondi, Attorney General Pam Bondi did also mention that earlier about uh the National Guard being blocked in Illinois. My lawyers are in court right now as we speak for you arguing in Chicago and Portland to keep them safe to bring in the guard. The government doesn't want it there, but we do. We're going to keep their citizens safe. Thanks. The people want it. I I don't understand the politics. And very recently, the Homeland Security did share a video. They said that some of their agents were attacked in Illinois. They shared a video of a man running up to one of their vehicles and throwing a rock through the back windshield. They said that this man was arrested and it's very likely we will see uh felony charges for him. They did post a video. We have that for you. Let's go ahead and play that. And Secretary Gnome was here in Portland just on Tuesday. She did say she talked to the governor of Oregon. She talked to the mayor. She talked to the chief of police here and said that she will quadruple the amount of agents here if they don't uh you know take these security measures in place that she is uh requesting for her officers. So, I'll be here uh maybe we'll be hearing more about that um in the near future here in Portland. Great report, Jason Blair. Mayor Paul Young of Memphis, Tennessee said National Guard members will begin patrolling today. Young said the federal agencies have been here for about a week and his team has been coordinating with them. The National Guard has been sent to three US states and the District of Columbia. The federal government is trying to get court approval to send troops to Illinois and Oregon, where local governors object. A judge in Chicago temporarily stopped the troop deployment in Illinois yesterday. In Tennessee, the governor approved the National Guard's presence in Memphis. About 150 Guard members there will work with federal, state, and local law enforcement. Meanwhile, a court is deciding if President Trump had the right to take control of 200 Oregon Guard troops. Those troops were meant to be sent to Portland where small protests have continued outside an ICE building. And for the second day in a row, a Justice Department attorney asked a Ninth Circuit panel of judges to allow federalized National Guard troops to to be deployed in Oregon. Entities Arlene Richards brings us the details. A Department of Justice attorney on Thursday explained to a three judge panel why the National Guard should be deployed in Oregon. For the second time in recent months, a district court in this circuit has entered a hereto for unprecedented order in joining the president from calling up the National Guard to protect federal personnel and property from violence aimed at thwarting federal law enforcement. The ICE facility in Portland and the federal law enforcement officers who work there have faced a steady stream of violence, threats of violence, and harassment from violent agitators bent on impeding federal immigration enforcement. The administration is contending that protests against federal officers and property is equivalent to a rebellion and local law enforcement is not able to control it. The justices focused on the language of the law relied on by the Trump administration to federalize the National Guard. For example, they asked, "What is the meaning of the word rebellion?" Oregon's attorney said the protests are not that bad. So, it needs to be this significant, intense, largecale situation that really it it has such a large impact on the fabric of the country. I mean, if we're comparing it to an invasion from a foreign power, that's something that goes to the heart of the safety of of our country and when it explains also why the president has deference in these circumstances. She also said that the president's actions are limited by the current circumstances, which she argued are no longer emergencies. Current block on the deployment of troops will remain in place until at least October 19th unless the Ninth Circuit overturns it. Arlene Richards, NTD News. Up ahead, thousands pack the University of North Dakota for a Turning Point USA event honoring Charlie Kirk one month after his assassination at a Utah campus stop. And a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of the southern Philippines. The region is reeling from damage after tsunami warnings were lifted. Right after that, more. Stay with us. Welcome back to NTD. Good morning. Taiwan is planning a new air defense system called T-dome to defend against possible enemy threats. The island also increasing defense spending. Here's President Lingington. The increase in defense spending is not aimless. It is a necessary response to clear threats and a driving force for developing our defense industry. President Lie made the announcement during his National Day address, saying the island will propose a special military budget by year's end. The air defense missile system was unveiled last month at an arms expo in Taipei. And it's designed to intercept mid-range ballistic missiles and reach higher altitudes than the US-made Patriot missile. Taiwan currently relies on Patriot and Sky Bow missiles, but faces a growing threat from China's expanding arsenal of stealth fighters, aircraft carriers, and missiles. A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Philippines this morning. Authorities say at least two people have died. A tsunami warning that set off evacuations has been lifted. The quake was centered at sea about 30 miles east of Manet Town. Local officials reported damaged homes, cracked roads, and hospital evacuations while people rushed into the streets. One local told the Associated Press that intense ground swaying caused cracks in several buildings, including a high school, where about 50 students were brought to a hospital by ambulance after sustaining bruises, fainting, or becoming dizzy due to the earthquake. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said potential damage was being assessed. He said rescue teams and relief operations were being prepared and would be deployed once conditions were safe. And thousands filled the Chester Fritz Auditorium at the University of North Dakota last night for a turning point USA event honoring conservative leader Charlie Kirk one month after his assassination at a Utah campus stop. Political commentator Glenn Beck took the stage revealing he had planned for Kirk to one day succeed him as a national radio host. Beck urged the audience to carry on Kirk's mission of faith, freedom, and open debate and spoke about the power of hard work and forgiveness. Security was tight with federal and local officers on site. Many attendees said they came to celebrate Kirk's legacy and defend free speech on college campuses. The event was part of Turning Point USA's American Comeback Tour, which continues next week in Oklahoma City. And as we just reported, it's now been a month since the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk. Joining us for analysis and perspective is Abigail Djonat, Leadership Institute speaker and founder of Counteract USA. Good morning and thanks for joining us, Abigail. We've seen reports that as a result of the tragic death of Charlie Kirk and all the attention about his message that really was vaulted into the mainstream public consciousness that it sparked a renewed interest in going to church. And I'm curious what you're seeing from your perspective. That's exactly what we're seeing. Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we have seen just the floodgates open. Gen Z for the last year has been turning toward religion. There have been reports coming out from the Barner group, etc. saying that Gen Z is more open to religion than younger generations in decades past. And since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we're seeing that in mass in force. We're seeing that Gen Z is going back to church. They're buying Bibles. They're asking and looking for spiritual guidance. They're looking to Jesus online and in their communities. It is remarkable and we're just seeing the beginnings of it. Yeah, it's very interesting. In addition to just going to church, it's now becoming more mainstream for Gen Z to not be sort of in the closet about their spirituality and I know that your organization is there to support them. What are you seeing specifically in the last 30 days? The last 30 days, we have gotten report after report of student after student who's been approached by someone that they never expected to be approached by asking them about their faith. It's easier right now than it has been in my lifetime to say, "Yes, I am unashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ." We've been told our whole life to live our truth, to find oursel, that love is love. This postmodernism that has defined my generation, it isn't satisfying Gen Z. It's not working. To have no truth is to be absolutely in bondage to this endless pursuit of identity. So Gen Z is looking to well maybe if I find my identity in Jesus in Christianity and something that is real and steadfast that has transcended the test of time well maybe I can actually build my life upon that. And so we are seeing students all over our organization throughout Chronoract USA that have had these sort of interactions these encounters with people in their communities whether it be online. But we just continue to see more and more exponentially these sorts of interactions and we're excited to see where it continues to go. And tell me about a little bit more about your organization. It sounds like it has some of the same themes of work that Turning Point USA does. What tell us a little bit more. When I was in college, I helped start the Turning Point USA chapter at the University of Arkansas. Charlie Kirk was a a hero of mine, an inspiration. And so, a way that that I saw that I could serve my community and the broader conservative movement that Charlie Kirk forged and created was to specifically help young Christians apply their faith, their specific worldview and beliefs to the key conversations of our day. If they could become emboldened in their faith, well, maybe they wouldn't fall away from their faith. Maybe they can engage in the cultural conversations happening around us and they could offer the hope that they had, the truth that they had, the steadfastness that they had with our generation who do so desperately needs it, which is exactly what we're seeing right now. And as you reflect on the last 30 days, I was hoping you could maybe share one or two stories that maybe touched you as a result of this ground swell that you're describing. I think one of the most remarkable things that I've seen posted on the internet, and I've seen lots posted on the internet since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. One of the most compelling to me was was a a Twitter an ex user who got on saying, you know, I have I've never believed in God, but now I believe in evil and I want to be on the other side of that. The the battle of light versus dark, good versus evil is now apparent, more apparent than ever. And we're needing people, young people, people of all generations to step up to say, "Yes, there is absolute truth." We need people in the church to be unashamed of their faith and say, "Hey, listen. Maybe what you're searching for is a relationship with Jesus Christ." I I had someone from the United Kingdom in my Instagram DMs ask me about my faith, about my God, and I got to tell him about Jesus, and I got to send him the contact information of a church, of a friend of mine in the UK. We're just seeing sort of these sorts of opportunities and interactions that are unprecedented to any other time in world history because of the access of the internet because of the exposure of this kind of message and ideology. And Charlie Kirk's life was just a testament to his faith in Jesus and we get to be a part of helping people understand who he is and the hope and the peace and the truth that he offers. Yeah, that's a very telling point too. You say the greatest trick the devil played was to convince people he doesn't exist. And when people can see that there clearly is evil, then that means there clearly is good. And and you can use that as a framework as you go through your day and your life deciding what you want. Now, it's been said that your generation has been more church-going before the death of Charlie Kirk than millennials and ex. And you described some of the reasons why. It seems like kids kind of always want to rebel against maybe what came before them. And with things having gone to the extreme, are you saying that, you know, things are now moving in the other direction and this is now sort of like a catalyst on on a trend that had already happened? I would say for the last couple of years, we've seen some cracks in the dam when it comes to my generation. I think one of the the first real uh measured indicators of this that we saw was last year the Wall Street Journal released a report saying that Bible sales were up 22% as opposed to a 1% increase in book sales overall which is just an absolutely huge discrepancy in the uptick in Bible sales. And when you look in the article they're they're referencing they're citing Tik Tok influencers. are citing self-help gurus and who are saying, you know, we tried all the self-help mantras. We tried everything that the world offered us. Maybe we should try this. Maybe we should try something that is real and steady and steadfast, which is again the opportunity for the church to step in and say, "Hey, let me tell you about what this is, what you're looking for." So, we've been seeing that for an extended period of time. But since the assass assassination of Charlie Kirk, the dam broke. The walls came down. The things that were holding my generation back from asking questions about who is this Jesus? What is truth? Is there truth? Those those walls came completely down because that's what Charlie Kirk was so good at doing was being a truth teller and then pointing people back to that truth, which ultimately for Charlie was in his faith in Jesus Christ. Yeah. Certainly what's old is new again. Now, as we finish up, I'd like to look to the future. What what do you see this sort of trend or this momentum leading toward, you know, over the next year or five? What what are the short-term things that we can expect? The short-term things, what was what we're seeing right now? We're seeing an increased and just profound interest in religion, specifically in Christianity, because that is what Charlie Kirk held so dearly. It's what compelled him and gave him the courage and the conviction to do everything that he did. But it's definitely a moment of time, a window of opportunity. I think that if we continue to be good stewards of this moment, if we continue to step into this moment and to be bold and outspoken and to kind of redirect the narrative while we have this kind of opening, I think we could see long-term effects of a generation, my generation, who continues to base their values in something that is actually real and true and their faith in a conviction that compels them to shape the rest of their lives accordingly. I think we could see some long-term benefits to that if we continue to just continue and be present in this moment. But we cannot let up for even a moment. We can't. It's not a matter of of forcing your opinion on someone. It's literally stepping into in a moment of opportunity that we objectively find ourselves in right now. And we may not ever have a moment like this again. So, it's an opportunity. I'm excited to see what God does with it. But it's certainly something that we cannot take for granted and we must continue to be diligent to step into and to lean into having more good people. Can't see much wrong with that. Appreciate you joining us this morning, Abigail DJette. Absolutely. Good luck with everything. Thank you for having me. And up ahead, a demonstration is held for three California volleyball players who are fighting a transidentifying athlete being on their women's team. More on their Title N complaint right after this. Welcome back to NTD. Good morning. Transgender athletes in women's sports. A demonstration in support of three women volleyball players from Santa Rosa Junior College in California was held yesterday. The trio of players filed a federal title 9 complaint against Sonoma County Junior College District as well as the community college athletic association for allowing a male athlete on the women's volleyball team. ND's Daniel Monahan spoke with the young women about their decision. Tensions ran high outside at the demonstration. Why do you think men should be in women's sports? Why are you so hateful? Why are you so hateful? Because you're wrong. My sister was a nurse and I said, "Donna, how many times do kids get born and given the wrong gender?" She said, "More often than you think." Inside, the Santa Rosa team played with the transidentifying player and without the three who filed the complaint. Madison Shaw, a sophomore at Santa Rosa Junior College, and her sister Gracie, along with freshman Bel Galley, raised concerns about a male athlete joining their women's volleyball team. There was so many things that were being jeopardized for safety, privacy concerns, and equal opportunity for all female athletes. And so I decided to speak up to my coach and athletic director about this issue in the spring last year. Our privacy was being violated in the locker room because we have to change in front of this male athlete. He is in the locker room just observing us while all the females are changing and it's very uncomfortable very much. Gracie Shaw says there's also no longer a fair competition for the other teams that they're playing against and having a male on their team is also unfair for her teammates as well. The students decided to file a Title 9 complaint. Title N was put in place to give women fair in equal opportunities in in sports and have their own separate division. And by allowing biological men to compete, biological males to compete um on the women's teams, it's taking away their opportunities at scholarships, first place medals, um playing time. It's just unfair all around. The complaint says the transgender player caused injuries, including a concussion during practice, and took playing time from female athletes, among other things. Their stance is that they're trying to be inclusive to everyone. And it's really not inclusive when you think about it because you're excluding the female athletes that are no longer getting the same opportunities that they had prior to the male athlete being on the team. California bylaw 111 states a trans female student athlete who has completed at least one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment may compete on a woman's team. However, apart from other issues, the women feel that no level of testosterone depressants is going to suppress it enough to be at the same level as a female athlete. You're jeopardizing the whole team safety and other opponents and it's more of a selfish thing in my opinion. I think that even if you identify as whatever you want, you should still have to be competing in the categories that you were um given. The women have received a lot of support from people reaching out such as friends, family, past teammates, and women such as Riley Gaines. But unfortunately, we have received backlash from our coach and our teammates. And we think that that's kind of crazy because right now we're trying to stand up for female sports, not just for ourselves, but for our sisters and other females down the line. All three have paid a big personal price for making a stand. They all had plans to get a scholarship and transfer to play at a 4-year school, but losing a year of playing has made that unlikely. But again, like Madison said, it's worth it. I mean, what we're doing is so much greater. The women share their advice with others who may go through a similar struggle. Do the hard thing that a lot of people aren't willing to say because the more times that the hard things are said, the easier it will become. continue to speak the truth and just know that there is going to be more good that comes out of this than bad. American River defeated Santa Rosa in four sets on the night of the demonstration. The three hope they can soon get back on the court to help their team, but are prepared to keep the fight going on the legal battleground until they feel women are safe. Daniel Monahan, NTD News. Daniel Monahan with another great report. Now, in a statement to media last month, Santa Rosa Junior College said that it's committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all students and employees. The statement added that the district follows state regulations on student eligibility in college sports programs. That's all we've got for you right now. We've got to wrap up our show, but be sure to stay tuned for NTD news today at 10 a.m. Eastern time coming up. Round the clock original news coverage. You can always visit us at entityd.com or use our entity app. Thanks for watching. I'm Carrie Dunst. I'm Stephanie Aox. See you soon.