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Two are clashing over Social Security Iris TOA n DC prosecutors in New York saying they’re willing to delay former president Trump’s criminal case there when will we have his next trial date former president Trump in Florida today hoping to see his classified documents case dismissed while the judge declined
Harleen Richards at the courthouse with in-depth coverage of the arguments today the crisis in Haiti could bring more illegal immigrants to the United States we have details on a possible plan to house some of them at guano Bay this is NTD Evening News live from our NTD Global headquarters in New York City here is Tiffany Meyer good evening and thank you for joining us tonight Democratic senator Chuck Schumer sharply criticizing the Israeli Prime Minister dominating the airwaves at House Republicans annual policy Retreat our Washington correspondent Lise Martinez
Is at the grain Brier Resort in West Virginia Louise what did Schumer say and how are Republicans responding good evening Tiffany yes today was supposed to be a day of of house Republican unity in the second day of their annual policy conference but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
Took to the floor of the Senate and made comments on the government of Israel and also made calls for new elections in Israel calling bi Netanyahu the Israeli Prime Minister an obstacle to peace let’s listen to what Chuck Schumer had to say uh during his intervention at the senate
Floor today fourth major obstacle to peace is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists and I believe that holding a new election once the war starts to wind down would give Israelis an opportunity to express their Vision so Tiffany immediately House
Republicans of course strongly rejected these words from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer I spoke with Congressman V Orton who was a former Navy SEAL and of course is very aware of the threat of terrorism and the security issues from the M Middle East and this is what he
Had to say in respond to Senator Chuck Schumer’s comments on Israel let’s listen to Congress V Orton it is a grossly irresponsible thing to do for the leader of the Senate to call for regime change in our closest and strongest Ally in the Middle East I cannot believe that Chuck Schumer would
Be doing this now and here’s something else you have to understand Chuck Schumer would not have said this in a vacuum Tiffany I I personally thought it was very interesting what Congressman R Orton said uh that he did not think that this happened in a vacuum uh Congressman
V Orton uh made comments reference that Senator Chuck Schumer has the Biden Administration support in these comments uh we also talked to Congressman Keith self from Texas who happens to be a member of the uh house committee on Foreign Affairs and he went a step further Tiffany and called Senator Chuck
Schumer’s uh comments election interference let’s hear what he had to say uh that’s not Chuck Schumer’s job our job that’s election interference now they’ve gotten away with election interference in the United States so maybe he thinks he can get away with election interference in international
Affairs so Tiffany at the end of the day the second day of the house Republican policy Retreat here in Green Brier Resort West Virginia did end up with some house Republican Unity a unity in rejection of Senator Chuck Schumer’s comments and unity in support of Israel and their defense against Hamas back to
You Tiffany Louise thanks for that update President Biden continuing his ramped up campaign travels following his State of the Union Address today’s he visiting a Battleground state where he may be particularly vulnerable in November nd’s Iris to has more from the White House President Biden is in Michigan
Today as part of his campaign swing to Battleground States bet in Michigan which Biden nearly won in 2020 by some 150,000 votes he’s now facing a new and quite substantial challeng Challenge in a Democratic primary last month over 100,000 voters voted uncommitted in protest Biden’s handling of the war in
Gaza and on top of that a new poll released on Thursday by Quinny Pak University shows that Biden is drilling behind former president Trump in Michigan by some five percentage points and in the latest Clash between the two candidates President Biden is trying to seize on Trump’s recent comments and
Accuse him of trying to cut Social Security here’s what Biden was saying in Wisconsin on Wednesday watch just this week Donald Trump said cuts to Social Security and Medicare are on the table when I asked if he changed his position he said quote there’s a lot we can do in
Terms of cutting I will never allow it to happen but Trump on Wednesday tried to clarify his comments by saying that he would quote never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare and Trump’s campaign says his earlier comments were actually referring to cutting waste in general and as
President Biden wraps up his trips to swing States including Pennsylvania Wisconsin and today Michigan all in the past week vice president KLA Harris is in Minnesota today visiting an abortion clinic she called an issue an issue that’s on the ballot in November watch one of the points that must be made on
This issue as we attempt to uplift the real stories and the real consequences of the do’s decision is to remind people elections matter elections matter her visit is seen as the first visit to an abortion clinic by a sitting US vice president it comes as Democrats are
Trying to use the abortion issue to motivate their base in November reporting from the White House Aris andd news and turning our attention to former president Trump’s hush money trial in a new court filing today prosecutors in New York said they are willing to push
Back the case for up to 30 days the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office says this proposed delay is to review new materials turned over by federal prosecutors this week that includes about 31 th000 pages of Discovery material the trial is currently scheduled to start on March 25th but
This potential delay would push it to late April Trump’s defense teams have been requesting to postpone trials until after the election turning to Trump’s classified documents case in Florida the judge just denied one of the Motions to dismiss the charges our legal correspondent Arlene Richards is outside the courthouse our
Marene what was Trump’s lawyer arguing today good evening Tiffany so the judge denied the motion that was seeking to dismiss counts 1 through 32 on the basis of unconstitutional vagueness now she said that the arguments warranted quote serious consideration and she did not want to decide prematurely she said
Resolving this issue depended too much on fluctuating definitions of certain terms and phrases in the Espionage Act which is the law used to charge Trump his attorneys argued that certain terms and phrases under the ACT were not clearly defined and those terms are unauthorized possession relating to the
National Defense and entitled to receive now these all relate to some of the arguments they gave for their second motion about the presidential records act they said that Trump was the president when he ordered the documents to be moved from the White House to Florida and as president he had the
Authority to designate them as personal property judge was also skeptical of about that motion as well um she said that she couldn’t resolve the issues related to the presidential records act now Trump had argued that the prosecution charged Trump under the wrong statute and that this matter could
Have been handled under the presidential records act judge Cannon did not see a clear distinction between the two acts and she also felt like this motion was premature because it was not discussed in the original indictment she also questioned whether or not these records should be reviewed to determine which
Were president itial and which were personal now although she has not ruled on that motion yet I expect that she will also deny it on the grounds that it is premature and that this issue could be raised again at the time of trial Arlene thanks for that
Update the crisis in Haiti could bring more illegal immigrants to the United States this as illegal immigration is already hitting record highs we have details on that and a plan to bring Haitian immigrants to Guantanamo Bay this video shows black plumes of smoke coming out of hai’s main prison on
Thursday earlier this month armed gang members freed thousands of prisoners from this facility it’s not clear yet whether anyone remains in the jail or what sparked the blaze 80% of the people in Hades Capital reportedly live under the rule of violent gangs the country’s prime minister on Monday announced that
He’ll resign this came amid increased pressure from organized crime which is also putting Americans in Haiti at risk we are not actively planning for any evacuation the US state department on Thursday said that Haiti has been on a travel advisory list for the past four years for four years we have been
Telling Americans do not go to Haiti do not travel there it’s not safe to do so and for those who are there leave as soon as you can uh feasibly do so without putting yourself at risk Americans aren’t the only ones expected to flee Haiti now many are concerned
About a possible Mass Exodus of people from Haiti into into the United States Congressman Tom Tiffany on Thursday tweeted Haitian should not be brought into the US America is already drowning in foreign migrants thanks to Joe Biden Congressman Andy big said the turmoil in Haiti is likely to bring many Haitian
Immigrants including many gang members we must secure our border before anything else the White House is considering expanding the capacity at a Migrant Center in Guantanamo Bay which as you can see here is located between Haiti and the US Mainland the Migrant Center is separate from the prison where
Terrorists suspects are held and Florida Governor Rona santis said he’s quote dedicating significant resources to combat illegal vessels coming to Florida from countries such as Haiti Dan santis is sending over 250 additional officers and soldiers and over a dozen air and ccraft to the southern coast of Florida
Those resources are coming from the division of Emergency Management the state guard and the police the ongoing violence in Haiti has also prompted the US to deploy an elite team of Marines to protect the American Embassy there earlier this week the Pentagon announced it would be doubling its funding for a
Multinational security support mission in Haiti back in the US New York City will be getting federal funds to cover some of the cost stemming from the illegal immigration crisis Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the Big Apple will get $106 million in federal reimbursement that money is part
Of a $150 million funding package for the city that Congress passed last year mayor Eric Adams office said they’ll continue to work closely with Federal Partners to get the money released the announcement comes as New York City already spent over 1.4 billion dollars on the immigration crisis in fiscal year
2023 the city has rented hotels and converted a range of venues to house the illegal immigrants coming into the city coming up family members of hostages are trying to stay hopeful as chances for a ceasefire diminish meanwhile Israel’s prime minister gives a defiant message to Israeli troops Senate Majority Leader Chuck
Schumer calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an obstacle to peace Our Guest a former Israeli intelligence official explains who he thinks is actually preventing peace in the Middle East and Senator Mitt Romney says the US is failing to stop China’s global domination we’ll have details on a senate hearing on America’s strategic
Strategy in the Pacific Islands when we Return welcome back I’m Tiffany Meyer the chances for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip appear to have diminished and family members of hostages are trying to stay hopeful meanwhile israeli’s prime minister gave a defiant message to troops about an upcoming battle entity’s Jason Perry has the war update
Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked traffic on Thursday demanding an immediate release of the hostages in Hamas captivity there are over 100 hostages who have been held in captivity for over 5 months in the Gaza Strip many were hoping that a ceasefire deal could be reached before Ramadan including this sister-in-law of a hostage
When Mondays passed and nothing happened we broke it was very hard because we really really believe that this is the day that something will happen and nothing nothing happened this man is the head of the health and resilience committee on the hostages and missing families Forum he explained that the families of
Hostages are going through something called ambiguous loss we know from our survey that the physical condition and mental condition of the families deteriorate with time we know that they cannot sleep we know that many of them are taking anti-depression anti-anxiety pills many of them are in need for
Psychological care but they don’t have the time to treat themselves Israel has said that only through military pressure will Hamas release the hostages on Thursday the IDF released this video showing terrorists with weapons inside this building in conun in the southern Gaza Strip before the IDF destroyed the
Bu building but Israel itself has been receiving International pressure to not fight Hamas terrorists in the crowded Gaza City of Rafa Israel’s prime minister met with Israeli troops on Thursday I will continue to repel the pressure and we will enter Rafa we will complete the elimination of the remaining Hamas battalions an Israeli
Government spokesperson on Thursday explained what could happen if Israel doesn’t defeat Hamas and its final stronghold Hamas will just rearm they could retake Gaza and will return to a reality that we found ourselves in on October 6th by which Hamas wants to perpetrate October 7th again and again and again meanwhile
Trucks of humanitarian Aid continue to enter the Gaza Strip while a ship carrying 200 tons of food is still making its way through the Mediterranean Sea satellite imagery shows construction is underway to prepare prepare for the ship’s arrival in the Gaza Strip and it
Could be there in the next 2 or 3 days Jason Perry ND news joining us now to react to Schumer speech against Netanyahu is AI malamed he’s a former Israeli intelligence official and Senior adviser on Arab Affairs AI mamad thank you so much for joining us great to have you on the
Show thank you for having me now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is criticizing Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that there should be new elections over there what is the Israel reaction to this well I think it depends who do you ask obviously in the government and in
The right wing they will kind of like be very resentful of such an announcement in fact already I heard that the Israeli Ambassador made a comment about it saying that uh Israel is a sovereign democracy and it has a sovereign legitimate government uh yet again if
You will ask uh people in Israel coming from the more Central to the left part they will definitely um you know support that statement so um I think that U it depends who you ask in Israel you will find both answers and from your perspective why is
Schumer calling for this would a change in prime minister actually change the way Israel deals with Hamas well that’s a very good question look on the one level it’s clearly indicates the the built in and I would even say building up tension between Netanyahu personally and some elements
In his government and the Biden Administration Vis the whole trajectory ahead of the war partic particularly when we talking about the issue of Rafa so this is one layer as for the question whether if it was another prime minister in Israel I would say that it’s more
Likely to expect that there would be more I would say w wider foundation for trust in the relationship between another Israeli government uh prime minister and the Biden administration because obviously there are some uh tensions between Biden and Netanyahu on the personal level uh so that for itself
Could of course have a different um impact on the nature of the relationship and the nature of the positions of the both sides Visa the trajectory ahead of the situation in Gaza but I’m not so sure to say that under Israeli Prime Minister will be very much different in
Its position in comparison to netanyahu’s position Visa the management of the war and the objectives of the war because in the end of the day I think it’s important to emphasize that when nany is talking about the non compromising demand of bringing all the hostages back and the non-compromising
Objective of not going back to October 6th eliminating Hamas military power and ending Hamas Ru in Gaz it’s it’s very clear that to large extent netan is expressing the white consensus among Israeli Jewish public opinion now in terms of Chuck Schumer’s comments Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is
Actually pushing back saying the primary obstacles to peace in Israel’s region are terrorists like Hamas and quote corrupt leaders of the Palestinian Authority who have repeatedly rejected peace deals from multiple Israeli governments now is McConnell’s stand right here but also about preventing peace in the region but what do you make of
That yes I totally agree with with that statement and I will add to that of course the Iranian regime because we have to put this war in a wider context this war has been part of in the end of the day the Iranian regime master plan to become the hegemonic superpower in
The Middle East the Iranian regime has an interest in further escalating the conflict and the Iranian regime would like to see more Palestinians and more Israelis killed the same way he did with Lebanon and Syria and Iraq and so I think it’s important to understand that
As long as Hamas and Islamic Jihad and the Iranian regime will be able to continue in dictate the radical agenda there is no hope neither to Israel is nor to the Palestinians nor to the region and I would add also now to the world because what we see right now is
That one of the Iranian regimes proxies the htis in Yemen are holding the world hostage as they are attacking global trade in the Red Sea in the Babin Mand straight the Iranian regime in its proxies presents a very serious threat domestically regionally and globally and given that in terms of
Deterrence then what should the US be doing look in the end of the day the key is in tan and it’s very clear that tan the mola regime by now is not detailed because the mola regime is relying on the proxy system why because the proxy system provides the mola regime with
Immunity so they activates the proxies but they are seeing sitting safe and sound inan that has to be changed there are other couple of ways to do it one way is to start charging some painful price inside Iran not necessarily in the context of like overtly um acting but there are other
Ways to do that and one other thing is to to start speaking in the language that the mola regime understands very well and this is the language of holding hostages you see the Mula regime holds today the world hostage Visa the through the htis in Yemen who are attacking the
Global trade maybe it’s about time to start holding some major assets of the Iranian as hostages themselves for example Assad regime in Syria I think there is an ability and there is circumstances and conditions existing today to hold Assad reim as a hostage in the hands of the world basically sending
A clear message to the Iranians we can also hold hostages your cred your your assets unless you are going to change your way you may be paying a very difficult price very significant price for your atrocities and for your aggressions AC across the region AI mamad thank you so much for
Your time thank you for having me with the fate of Tik Tock hanging in the balance former Trump treasury secretary Steven minuchin says he’s interested in buying the app minuchin said today that he’s assembling a team of investors to make a bid to buy the social media platform this comes after
The house passed a bill on Wednesday to ban Tik Tok from us app stores if it doesn’t cut ties with its Chinese parent company minuchin said existing us investors would be able to keep their stakes in Tik Tok but none would have more than 10% control the bill still
Faces an uncertain future in the Senate President Biden said he would sign it into law if it reached his desk in that case Tik tok’s parent company bite Dan would have five months to sell the social media platform Senator Mitt Romney says that the US is failing to stop China’s global
Domination this as the Senate held a hearing today on us strategy in the Pacific Islands nd’s Virginia Gibson has more China from what I can tell has a game plan and it’s succeeding we don’t have a game plan I recognize and whether whether we do or not we’re not
Succeeding lawmakers held a hearing Thursday on count entering China’s expanding influence in the Pacific Islands region where around 30,000 Islands are located China is the economic Force within that region so long as they therefore do not have an option for their economic vitality and well-being of their citizens they’re somewhat
Hostage to China Senator Bob Menendez says the US trades very little with the Pacific Islands and can’t compete with China’s economic influence there experts say the US is focusing on other areas our strategy is based on meeting their needs in terms of security combating climate change uh infrastructure
Investment and the like so our Focus has been primarily uh in those sectors we also promote good governance Daniel kidden Brink is the assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs he says he’s concerned China is sending Law Enforcement Officers to the islands and establishing police forces
There the US doesn’t send American police police officers to the islands we have our own uh law enforcement training programs active throughout the Pacific our partners like Fiji Papu Nini Australia New Zealand they’ve they actually have police forces on the ground in many of these countries experts fear China could use their
Officers to suppress dissidents and to use other means to do so we’ve seen uh a surge uh in investment by the PRC in the telecommunication sector uh in recent years uh which can lead Nations vulnerable to cyber security risks uh and other National Security concerns Michael Schiffer is the assistant
Administrator of the Bureau for Asia at the US agency for International Development he says the US and its partners are working to provide alternatives for everything China provides the pry is not uh motivated by uh developing an economically viable and sustainable program but is motivated uh by other geostrategic
Considerations Senator Mitt Romney is not sure if the US has much of a plan to counter China we’re losing if you will on a a strategic Battlefield he says if the US does have a plan it doesn’t seem to be working Virginia Gibson NTD news coming up both sides present their
Arguments on whether to dismiss former president Trump’s classified documents case Trump’s attorney in his civil cases shares his reaction and Senator Bernie Sanders wants to reduce the standard work week from 40 hours to 32 without cutting pay what experts say about test trials and economic implications after the
Break welcome back if you’re just joining us now here are some today’s top headlines in an unprecedented speech in congress senate majority leader Chuck Schumer criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Schumer called Netanyahu an obstacle to peace and said Israel needs to hold new elections to replace him the speech Drew
Condemnation from Republican lawmakers President Biden campaign in Michigan a key Battleground state in the November election this came after over 100,000 Democratic voters in the state protested against the president by voting uncommitted in the primary Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg says he’s his office is open to delaying former president Trump’s
Hush money trial by 30 days that means the trial will start in late April and in Trump’s classified documents case the judge denied one of the Motions to dismiss the case Trump’s attorneys had argued the charges should be dropped due to unconstitutional vagueness Trump was in the courthouse for the
Hearing and earlier today we spoke with Jesse benal an attorney for former president Trump in his civil cases we discuss the arguments presented in the court hearing over Trump’s classified documents case Jesse benau thank you so much for joining us great to have you back on the
Show it’s great to be here thanks for having me now in Trump’s classified documents case the prosecution is pointing to public statements by Trump saying that he knew his retention of the documents was illegal meanwhile the defense attorneys argued this did not meet the fair notice standard what do
You make of the developments in this case so far well I mean uh of of course it is absolutely required that you put a defendant on full notice of what uh and the the prosecution is is charging them with what they’re saying is exactly a crime and Jack Smith’s team just
Absolutely has not done that in this case uh the the defense I I think is is correct on that um that they um they really are are basing uh their prosecution a lot of ways on on inuendo more than than specific facts to to put
You on notice what uh what a crime is and you know I’d say that the most important thing here in this case to remember um is that presidents have absolutely the the right uh to their to their records they can um have access to their records even when they leave
Office this is not something that’s new this has been the way uh that presidential records have worked since the beginning of the of the Republic and in recent years when the um issue of how presidential records are kept was was um put in into the statute books
Um even then it was very very clear that presidents um retained access to their records so uh for any number of different reasons um Jack Smith’s team their their theory of this case is is simply wrong um and um it is another example of election interference where
Jack Smith has just proved he will do everything he possibly can to stop Donald Trump from from being elected president of the United States again um and and we’re seeing more of the same on that question question that has come up was the Espionage Act versus the presidential records act with the judge
Asking the parties whether the defense’s reading of the presidential records Act made it so the statute superseded the Espionage Act which then makes the unauthorized possession of classified information illegal what did you make of that um well so first of all one of the things that I’m I’m saying at least
Based on the reporting of what’s being said in court today is this is a very active judge that’s acting that’s asking very very good questions very deep questions she’s expecting lawyers uh to do their job and to answer her questions uh on the law um and I think when you
Get down into the differences of the Espionage Act and the presidential records act uh that’s going to be especially important and here’s one of the reasons that this is important is because Congress decided to make the president subject to the presidential records act um and you know there’s some questions about whether constitutionally
Congress even could do that because of our separation of power um but to the extent that you manage presidential records at all it’s through that act it’s through the presidential records act the uh Espionage Act on on the other hand is not something that Congress ever decided to make the president subject to
Um and you know before people go and and say that uh you know in a in a nation of laws you know the president is subject to laws just like everybody else when you look at separation of powers it is different it is important because uh
Court have said that if you want to actually make it so a president is subject to a particular law Congress has to be clear about that it’s not because anybody is above the law below the law it’s because we need to make sure that the branches that one branch doesn’t
Encroach on the the Constitutional prerogatives of the other branch and access to to records even after somebody uh that leaves office at that point um is is something when you get to to criminal law that has has never been extended to um uh to the president or or
Even former presidents so for for that reason I think there’s some very important differences between the Espionage Act and the presidential records act the judge appears to be asking good questions um there’s all kinds of pressure of course um uh on on judges you know by especially Jack
Smith’s team in in this case um and and those supporting him um so we’ll see what what she does with the case but I I think it’s it’s reassuring to to Americans to see a judge um who is is asking such thorough questions of both parties now defense attorneys are
Arguing that the Department of Justice chose not to prosecute Biden for retention and therefore it wouldn’t be criminal in Trump’s case either how do you view this what are the merits in this argument I think I think that’s that’s very it’s a very important argument in fact one of the things that
The department of Justice’s position was in the Biden case was that because they were Prosecuting Donald Trump in Florida there was no need to prosecute President Biden for his documents specifically what they said was there wouldn’t be a deterrent uh a necessary deterrent to Future presidents to go after Joe Biden
Because they were already going after Donald Trump I think that’s particularly problematic in a case like this because it’s not showing um that uh people are being treated fairly depending on regardless of what side of the political spectrum they fall on um and so I think
It’s very of you know while political uh selected prosecution cases are um uh very difficult for a defendant to win in this case this is the perfect example of selective prosecution when you have one person Joe Biden where you definitely meet the elements uh of the offense
Where I mean he took and had classified documents all over the country in in areas that were not secure whereas in president uh Trump’s case if you just look at the allegations from the government his documents were um under uh you know under secet service protection the entire time uh they were
They were highly highly uh secured um and marago is is a very secure facility it’s very very different from having it in the in a garage uh next to all kinds of other documents where uh you know you’ve you’ve got pictures of of them just just sitting there in the open in
Joe Biden’s case um and it’s also important again to remember that the presidential records act which uh provides that presidents do have access to their to their records for the rest of their lives does not apply to vice presidents uh and the records that Joe Biden had that were classified he didn’t
Get during his term of his presidency these all took place when he was vice president when he was in the United States Senate so other laws like the federal records act which is much more severe um uh are at play there and it actually would be much easier to get a
Conviction against Joe Biden um rather than Donald Trump but of course the you know Department of Justice position is that Joe Biden is his mind is too feeble to to get a conviction against him Jesse benal thank you so much for your time thank you so much for having
Me could the US reduce the standard work week from 40 hours to 32 without a loss in pay the US Senate committee on health education labor and pensions today discussed the pros and cons millions of workers in our country Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the 32-hour work week Act
Saying new tech and AI should result in fewer working hours one of the issues that we have got to talk about is stress in this country the fact that so many people are going to work exhausted physically and mentally and the fact that we have not changed the fair labor standards act
This was in 1940 we came up with a 40-hour work week 1940 workers would be paid overtime for working more than 8 hours a day and and double time if over 12 hours but could this devastate the economy the government mandating a 32-hour work week requiring businesses to increase pay at
Least an extra 25% per hour would frankly destroy some employers they would ship those jobs overseas or they would automate to replace those workers for whom they have an increased expense or they would dramatically increase prices to make this day afloat those in favor of the Mandate say we have a
Mental health crisis we talk about a lot in this country but we never talk about the causes of that you know there’s been studies done you know increases in stress from working seven days week 12 hours a day your sacrifice in family life and things you want to pursue our
Results have been extremely positive for both workers and the companies we have 26 well-being measures for more than 3,600 employees every one of which registers improvement from Baseline to the end of the trial nearly 60% of employees experience better work family balance one company tried out a six- we
Pilot and the results of our pilot were clear our goal achievement rate soared from 62% to 95% customer response times and satisfaction ratings stay the same employee retention increased from 82% to 98% and the opposition that it is self- selection these companies are choosing
To be a part of this and so they are able to cut out extraneous meetings they are able to shorten coffee breaks they are able to go to remote meetings for some so you don’t have to commute whatever it is and I’ve never heard of anything that you’ve just mentioned in a
Small business let’s give flexibility to workers and to employers don’t have government come in and intervene it’s going directly in the opposite position of where we should be going Sanders concluded saying the hearing was to get the issue heard on a congressional level David lamb NTD news coming up a rat and mold
Infestation at a New Orleans police station rodents are munching on the evidence including marijuana and Paris says there will be no air conditioning in the Olympic Village this summer what the city plans to do instead and how different Olympic committees around the world are reacting that and more after the break
Welcome back I’m Tiffany Meyer the New Orleans Police Headquarters infested with mold and pests officers say rats have been munching on confiscated marijuana and getting high rats have gotten into confiscated pot at New Orleans aging Police Headquarters the city’s police chief told City Council Members the pests were
Munching the evidence as the building was taken over by mold and cockroaches the uncleanliness is uh off the charts but it’s even health issues such as mold heavy mold uh in these buildings uh rodent infestation people shouldn’t have to come to their office and see rodent drippings on their
Desk the rats eating our marijuana they’re all high the offices have housed New Orleans police since 1968 City officials are taking steps to move the department to a new space a priority of the police chief since she took office in October the chief said her 910 officers come to work to find air
Conditioning and elevators broken she told council members the conditions are demoralizing to staff and a turnoff to potential recruits coming for interviews the fact that officers have nowhere to use a restroom uh this is not acceptable to have your plumbing go completely out in your department these are Basics and
When we say we value our employees you can’t say that and at the same time allow people to work in conditions that are not acceptable the city council is weighing a proposal to spend 7.6 million on a 10-year lease to temporarily relocate Police Headquarters to a pair of floors in a downtown highrise
Building the New Orleans Advocate reported that the council’s criminal justice committee agreed Monday to advance the leasing proposal to the city council for a vote KK Patrick says the rental agreement would give the department time to come up with plans for a new permanent headquarters with the Paris Olympics now
Just four months away the city’s socialist mayor Ann Hado has announced there will be no air conditioning in the Olympic Village as part of her plans to make the greenest games ever and’s Dave Martin has more the Paris Olympic Village where the athletes will be housed has been designed using a cooling
System that draws water from underground with exterior facades oriented so they get little direct sun in lie of air conditioning with temperatures expected in the 90s Paris mayor an hialgo says to trust the science instead while some countries have offered support Olympic committees in Australia Brazil Canada
And Norway are among those who don’t believe it’ll be enough we’re looking at portable air conditioners to offer um the athletes should they choose to if it gets hot if it’s comfortable some people don’t like to sleep in air conditioning they like to sleep in room temperature
And so just being able to ensure that we have the best information and the best choices and options for our athletes for them to make the decision that works best for them is what we’re working towards hio meanwhile also said she thought Russian athletes should be banned from the Olympics calling Putin a
Dictator who threatens Europe currently athletes from Russia and bellus are allowed to participate as neutrals without Flags or anthems being played mean meanwhile Paris is working toward making its Famous San River swimmable for the Olympics as it was when the games were there back in 1900 last
Summer a sewer problem led to the cancellation of a pre-olympics swimming event this is Dave Martin for NTD news it’s the Hollywood Awards season would you like a sneak peek of the Emmy Awards pre party tune in to right on LA with Ruby level this Sunday afternoon at
3:30 p.m. Eastern right here here on NTD and Island salt patch is one of the last remaining in all of Hawaii 22 native families come together to make traditional Hawaiian salt ant’s Andrew Thomas has more on the indigenous practice before walking to the Hana Pepe salt patch Kanani Santos removes his
Footwear then he stands quietly for a few moments as I walk in here before I enter this place I like stopping right before that Trail to take off my shoes to get myself ready to enter something like this so I take a deep breath and
Take it all in and I say a little prayer to myself but over the past decade development has threatened the salt patch on the island of Kawai pollution from nearby aircraft sand erosion from vehicles and litter add to the problem other salt making families are searching for solutions to save their patch one
Strategy is to block vehicles from driving onto the beach we want to continue to share the space with everyone so that’s why we were like okay now let’s just block so that all the boulders are here keep the cars here and over time we’ve definitely seen this BM
Naturally restore itself the salt is always given away never sold an important part of this cultural and spiritual practice I was always taught to give it away um and when my dad told me it’s our responsibility to give it away those were such powerful words in my soul Santos believes they’re making
Their Elders Proud by keeping this traditional practice alive and he hopes to pass it on to Future Generations Andrew Thomas NTD news and that’s all for today’s news thanks for tuning in for more visit us at any nd.com or download our ND app I’m Tiffany Meyer good Night
