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Full auto-transcript: Good evening everybody. I'm Henova. Elizabeth has a night off. We're covering every angle of today's big drop of the long awaited UFO files in just a moment. But first, while the nation was winding down to start the holiday weekend, the White House has been hopping and showing no sign of slowing down. From a change in the cabinet to a sudden change in President Trump's schedule, a lot of questions tonight about whether the White House's big weekend plans go well beyond barbecue. First, the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, announcing she is stepping down. She says she's leaving public service to care for her husband who is battling bone cancer. Gabbard's relationship with the president was reportedly on ice for some time in part for her long-held opposition to military action in Iran prior to the launch of the war. Also of note, President Trump is staying in the White House all Memorial Day weekend. Of course, he usually jets off on Fridays to Mara Lago or his resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, now that the weather is warm. But maybe most curious of all, the president announced he will not be attending this weekend's Bahamas wedding of his son and namesake Don Jr. The president congratulated the couple in a post online and adding rather cryptically that he wanted to attend, but quote, "Circumstances pertaining to government and my love for the United States of America do not allow me to do so." End quote. Only the president and his team know what those circumstances might be, but it seems like the writing is on the White House walls. That won't be a typical holiday weekend. Let's kick things off with News Nation's Joe Khalil at the White House this evening. Joe, always good to see you, my friend. Awfully busy for Memorial Day weekend, the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. >> Yeah, always good to see you too, Hannah. Good evening. So, Tulsi Gabbard stepping down as director of national intelligence. Obviously a major deal. It is yet another shakeup in the president's cabinet which has really seen a lot of movement over the last few months with some resignations and some sort of forcing out. But certainly the DNI especially in this moment when the US is in this war with Iran is one of the most important positions in the federal government bar none. So this is certainly significant and as you said she put out her letter publicly, her letter of resignation to President Trump, actually shared it on social media explaining in that letter that the reason that she is resigning is because she says her husband has been diagnosed with this rare bone cancer. Reuters originally came out reporting that uh she had been forced out, citing one administration official, but later reporting that she is in fact resigning here. Uh as part of that resignation letter, she also says that while we've made significant progress at the ODNI, advancing unprecedented transparency and restoring integrity to the intelligence community, I recognize there is still important work to do. Now, notably, she has broken with President Trump on certain things. You mentioned a sort of icy relationship. Uh she refuted the uh notion that Iran was weeks away from having a nuclear weapon and was imminently going to strike the United States, which is what President Trump and several other administration officials had said. That prompted questions to President Trump. And at one point, he answered a question related to Tulsi Gabbard, saying, quote, "I don't care what she says." So clearly the DNI and the president at that time uh were not on the same page. There have been several other examples of things like that. And notably another major high level official Joe Kent from DNI stepped down for opposition to the Iran war as well. So Tulsi a major deal here as we wait to see uh what lies ahead this weekend. As you mentioned, President Trump staying in DC. >> All right, Joe Khal live at the White House for us tonight. Joe, thank you. Let's turn to our other top story. Also in Washington, the Pentagon released a second batch of UFO files today, including more than 40 videos lawmakers have been pushing the Pentagon to finally reveal to the American people. Now, this drop includes a video that appears to show the moment a fighter jet shot down a UFO over Lake Hiron. That was in 2023. The incident happened to coincide with that Chinese spy balloon that was spotted over the US before being shot down. It's unclear what this incident is. In another video from March of 2026, in an undisclosed location, four UFOs appear to move like saucers skipping across the water. And this video from 2022 shows multiple spherical objects going in and out of the water near a submarine executing apparent raper rapid changes in direction. Do you see that? That's pretty incredible to watch. Congressman Eric Berles is among the lawmakers who have been pushing for these videos to be released. He told me last week these images prove to him that something is out there, but he doesn't know what it is. >> I've already seen some videos that the American people deserve to see. Um, and and look, where I'm coming at this issue after seeing and investigating this for several years is that I still don't know what this is, but I know that there's something out there. >> News Nation chief correspondent Brian Anton, who's been pouring through these documents. Brian, hello. What videos caught your attention? Yeah, I've been going through these videos and the new documents since 8 am this morning, Hannah, when they all uh were first released, and there's some really interesting ones. 64 total. Second big batch that's been released. President Trump obviously uh ordered that these videos be released. Let me show you this first one. Um this is video here from a US military sensor in Syria. This one is getting a lot of attention. Uh the video, I think we're going to play it here in a second. The video is from 2021. Uh, and you can see what looks like a bright sphere. There it is. Sort of like a bright sphere looking orb traveling over the surface. And if you wait a couple of seconds here, Hannah, and watch it closely, it picks up speed and then it literally just zooms off. There it was right there at the end. That is the part uh that experts are especially perplexed by because our technology uh we are told just couldn't do that where at the end there literally just zooms off the screen. All right, next video. This one is interesting, Hannah. A formation of UFOs uh over the Persian Gulf. You see right there, again, captured by a military sensor. Uh there are what appear to be three dots you can see traveling together. Um sometimes they kind of space apart a little more and then they get closer together. Uh and this video was uploaded to a classified network in October of 2019. Again, experts do not seem to know what this is. Another video here. We move on to the next one. This one is from October of 2020. Look at that. See that little black dot? We circled it traveling across the city. We don't know exactly where this is. Military isn't telling us. Uh but again, captured by a military sensor. They don't know what it is. And it just moves very slowly there uh across the screen. Again, from October 2020, it goes from the uh the city there and then it goes out over to the mountains. I wish we knew the location. Uh there's a lot they left out when they gave descriptions for these videos. Um we don't know if they're being vague uh on purpose, but this one was interesting. Hannah, you see just continues to move over the mountains there. Some of these videos, we obviously clipped them down for you. Uh but some of them go on 10, 13 minutes where they literally track these objects um and it just goes on and on and on and then eventually the object leaves the screen. Also in the release today, there was a recording of an astronaut, astronaut Scott Carpenter from 1962. Uh this radio recording, Henna, when he was up in space on the radio, this recording has never been released before where there's no video, but he described seeing something very strange. Um something that he said looked like snowflakes. And again, that was unexplained. Hannah, >> I mean, we the mystery still remains, but always fun to watch and got to the bottom of this. Brian Anton, thank you. My next guest directed and produced the explosive film The Age of Disclosure. It features interviews with over 30 government insiders and alleges an 80year global coverup concealing the existence of intelligent alien life and of course technology. Dan Farah joining me live now. Dan, welcome to the show. We've been excited to talk to you all day. Your film argues we're entering a new era of disclosure, transparency after today's release. Do you believe this is the transparency the UFO community has been looking for this whole time? >> Yeah, look, I think we're living through a major turning point in human history, and I couldn't be prouder of the role the film is playing in it. Um, you know, the age disclosure uh drove a national conversation that led to our government taking this historic unprecedented disclosure um movement and moving it forward. >> Sorry. >> Well, there's a couple of videos that are getting a lot of buzz night. I talked about a few. Brian Enson brought up a few as well. One video was filmed by an infrared sensor. It was on a military platform. It happened near Syria in 2021. It shows an object that appears to just instantaneously accelerate going from a dead stop to extreme speed in a fraction of a second. I believe that's the video. Yeah, that is it. What do you make of what we're seeing, Dan? Look, I think a lot of the videos released today and in the first uh trunch of evidence released on May 8th, they they show UAP performing in ways that no known aircraft can. These things are moving faster than our fastest fighter jets. Um they're displaying the ability to do instantaneous acceleration. Um simply put, there is no human-made technology that can do that. Let's move on to another video that appears to show the moment a fighter jet shot down a UFO over Lake Hiron. This was in 2023. This incident came after a Chinese spy balloon was spotted over the US. We're looking at that video now. Huh. Then you kind of just see it implode. What do you make of this? >> Yeah, look, it's just it's it's it's more of the same. I think I think what we're what we're seeing now is the evidence that can that the government can safely declassify and share with the public. But, you know, it's important to remember um this this barely scratches the surface. There is a lot of evidence that still exists um within various federal agencies, uh various private defense contractors and branches of the military that is still heavily classified. Um right now what's happening is the White House is uh driving forward an effort to get that evidence out of those federal agencies and out of the various branches of the military uh so that they can start declassifying more. Um but what we're seeing now barely scratches the surface. There's a there's a lot of evidence that shows UAP that are clearly not made by humans doing things that humans do not currently have the ability to do. Your documentary alleges an 80-year global cover up concealing the existence of alien life and of course its technology. The Pentagon has not drawn any conclusions as to whether these videos indicate nonhuman life. But what do you think? Do you think these are actual alien videos that have been released that we're watching? Look, all my sources inside of government, the military, and the intelligence community um very clearly have ruled out UAP being made by humans. There's there's no reason to believe this is humanmade technology. Um certainly if one of our adversaries, a foreign nation, had leapfrogged us by 100 years technologically and made these things, that's the biggest story in the history of the world uh on its own. Um, if somebody within the US has leapfrogged the rest of humanity by 100 years and figured out how to crack this technology and the US government is unaware of it, that also is the biggest story in the history of the world. And if it turns out um definitively all of this is uh, you know, controlled by non-human intelligent life, that's the biggest story in the history of the world. Any way you cut it, what's unfolding, you know, in real time before our eyes is the biggest story in the history of humanity. >> Yeah. And many many people out there will agree with you, including me, really. So, there will be a third drop in the near future. What other files are you hoping to see? >> My understanding is that this is going to be a rolling disclosure process and there's likely going to be more declassified evidence every few weeks, if not every month. Um, what's what's actually unfolding right now is the White House is trying to get this evidence out of the various federal agencies and the branches of the military and defense contractors. And as they get access to evidence, they can then evaluate it and decide what can be declassified and what still needs to remain classified. But there's certainly a battle waging behind the scenes. A lot of these intelligence agencies, you know, keep in mind they're they're intelligence agencies. Their stated purpose is secrecy, right? They're in the business of secrets. And so they're not easily giving up uh this evidence and these secrets they hold. So, there's this there's this tugof-war happening behind the scenes where the president's cabinet is trying to wrestle this evidence out so that they can start sharing stuff with the public. And it's going to be a rolling process. It's going to be a it's going to, you know, that's why I called the film, my documentary, the age of disclosure, not the moment of disclosure, right? Because it's not a singular moment. It's a process that's going to unfold and it's going to have milestones and hurdles. Um, and it's going to play out uh most likely over the course of this entire year. uh but you know one day we'll look back at this relatively small period of time and you know I think we'll view it as the age of disclosure the period in time where all of this extremely significant information that's been covered up for decades uh becomes known to the public. >> All right, Dan Farah, thank you so much. His film, The Age of Disclosure, is available for purchase or rent on Prime Video. Thank you again, Dan. And my next guest was featured in Dan Farah's Age of Disclosure, retired Admiral Tim Goladette. He's an oceanographer who served as the head of Noah. He testified in front of the House Oversight Committee in 2024 about his experience with the UFOs. He's also the author of the upcoming book, Holding Fast in Heavy Seas, and the strategic adviser for the Soul Foundation. Admiral, great to have you here. Welcome to the show. >> You've been great. I mean, this is a great day to talk about this. You've been a vocal advocate for UFO whistleblowers. You testified about your experience in front of Congress. You also say a lot of credit should be given to Congress and whistleblowers for this level of disclosure. Does today move the needle when it comes to the stigma or the fringe around UFO whistleblowers? >> Absolutely. The day definitely moves the needle and I think it's a really historic moment. Now granted, there's a lot of naysayers going to say, "Okay, where's the physical evidence? Where's the recovered craft?" Everybody wants to see the stuff. But ultimately, this is going to be a process that takes time. And the fact that the US government is disclosing these videos that are are many of which are absolutely unexplainable is is a really historic moment. And I think uh and like you're you're showing videos right now that I cannot explain. This current one of the u this submarine that sees these UAP objects going in and out of the water around it. Numerous ones, several that change direction. None of this can be explained by drones or balloons. Okay, this is this is absolutely I I am surprised and shocked. So, I think it's a really u important moment in history about disclosing the new nature of reality and I uh I'm surprised but very happy that the Pentagon's done this. >> Admiral, I have to say the most exciting part for me is talking about these videos with people like you. So, some several of these UFO sightings happen on or near water. You've talked a lot about UFOs or unidentified submerged object. There's one video from 2022. It shows multiple circle cir circular objects going in and out of the water right near a submarine executing apparent rapid changes in direction. You're right. None of us have ever seen that. This is a video. Some also appear to float on the ocean surface. Now, I hope our viewers are watching this alongside us. What do you make of what we're looking at? >> Well, what's interesting? Well, of course, I don't know. >> That's fair. We don't have technology that can do this. And of course and and of course there are going to be debunkers that are going to say, "Okay, these are artifacts of the of the sensor systems or potentially environmental conditions." But what I know I know for a fact is I've had retired submarine officers and uh and acoustic intelligence specialists confirm to me that they've seen on submarine patrols and and acoustic intelligence collection missions objects like these going in and out of the water. And and these also have been seen in on and open source intelligence. For example, when the USS Omaha of Southern California saw a UAP like these go in and out of the water, I knew I know the crew members on that ship that filmed it. So, this is not just a oneoff or something that can be debunked by even though because the the problem is Anna is that the the metadata is not shown. So, it's going to be very hard to quantitatively say this is what's occurring. I don't know why the Pentagon decided not to do that. Maybe that's just a part of this gradual disclosure process, but ultimately it confirms with other testimony, reports, and data that these are real and unexplained. >> You brought up the testimony, and you're right, it's not just about video that was released today. There's one written account. It's from a senior US intelligence officer describing two large orbs that were orange with white or yellow center, then emitted light in all directions. Okay. After they deployed fighter jets, the officer said the same orbs we had encountered were now chasing the fighters. We were virtually speechless after these observations. That's according to that rear off uh that highlevel officer. You said this report is remarkable. Why is that sir? Absolutely. Because this might be the most significant report in the entire release this time because an authoritative senior intelligence official is in part is a part of really it was almost a task force. It was multiple individuals on the ground, in the air, on fighter jets, him and on a helicopter with pilots all observing with multiple means, radar, clear, night vision goggles or NVDs and and and in multiple instances and many of them that can't be explained by any of our technology in a at a US testing range. This is such a remarkable report. And by the way, let let the audience know that sworn testimony is used in US courts to convict and acquit. So a sworn testimony like this can't be dismissed as something just, you know, irreverent. It's just absolutely should be regarded as fact and as any video or whatever data. In fact, probably more important. So >> yeah, I don't see a senior US intelligence officer lying under oath. I mean that's just usually not how that works. What happens next now Admiral? Where do we go from here? >> Right. So this is interesting and I think now I've called for as a member of the soul foundation a think tank that's advocated for UAP research and policy you know development that that the the the Senate who has who has pushed forward a UAP disclosure uh uh uh act uh piece of legislation to create a controlled disclosure process to keep that going forward. And ultimately, this is a a really great development because it is a a step forward in in that where we are gradually showing to the American people what's going on that this is not the nature of our reality. These are not US or adversary craft. And as we gradually put out information like this, we can put we can actually implement a controlled disclosure process to the American people of what the government knows about uh these objects, where they're from, and their intentions, which we don't fully know. >> All right, Admiral Tim Galadet, this was really a fun conversation. We'll see what happens next. Thank you so much for coming on. >> Thanks for having me. >> Happy Memorial Day weekend, sir. And Kyle Bush's NASCAR team says nobody will drive his number eight until Braxton Bush is behind the wheel and ready to race. Braxton is his 11-year-old son of the NASCAR great whose sudden death shocked the sports world and beyond. Coming up, we'll play for you the chilling 911 call that could be a critical clue into learning Kyle Bush's cause of death. And later, a terrifying site in Los Angeles. Look at this. as police work to remove a ratinfested homeless encampment. Is this a new trend in Los Angeles? We're going to talk about it. We'll take you there. That's next. Welcome back everyone. Here is something very exciting. Take a look at your screen. We're looking at live pictures high above the Gulf of America. This as SpaceX Starship we watched blast off in the last hour is now coming back down to Earth for a splashdown. Now we should mention this is an unmanned mission. It was postponed to today after weather force mission control to scrub the launch yesterday. This is the first test flight, third generation of Starships and the first SpaceX flight since October. Let's listen listen in to mission control. >> We were really intentionally trying to push ship beyond its limits. Uh on the last flight, we even had uh basically a hole get punched into the liquid oxygen tank that you could see when we did the landing burn into the ocean and this ship was still able to make it. Uh but right now we're we're really going to be testing the structural strength of these flaps on the way in. Again, we're this is a flight test. We're trying to intentionally find where our limits are. And in this view, you're looking at a whole bunch of tiles. I think Jake talked about it earlier. We bonded some additional tiles to uh the the leeward or kind of the metal side of Starship to see how those different bonding techniques would hold up. And looking like we've got quite a bit still attached. >> Yeah. And as we're going down through the atmosphere here, we are at about Mach 16.1. So still extremely fast. Uh although we have you know scrubbed off a substantial amount of our speed already. Altitude at a little less than 60 kilometers. All right, we're about eight minutes away from our targeted landing and splashdown time. Again, this is when the ship's going to start really >> ship is approaching the end of the peak heating region. >> We are watching a successful launch and now splashdown of a SpaceX superheavy Starship rocket. It's on a test flight. It's unmanned. It launched 6:30 here on the east coast. is coming down now into the Gulf of America. A splashdown point in the Gulf of America. It's going to happen in a few minutes. You heard that from mission control. Of course, we'll stay with it and bring it back to you once it makes that landing. But how exciting to watch this in real time, especially Memorial Day weekend. All right, let's move on here. We are learning chilling new details tonight about the final days of NASCAR driver Kyle Bush. The two-time champion, whose sudden unexpected death yesterday at 41 is leaving many reeling in shock and searching for answers. Just days after dominating win in Delaware, the NASCAR legend was back at it on Wednesday. He was training in a simulator for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 when he reportedly collapsed and was unresponsive. An ambulance raced him to Charlotte Hospital where he died yesterday. No cause of death has been given, but in a 911 recording just released today, we're hearing details of Bush's grim condition when he collapsed and the chilling words of the person calling for help. Also, for the first time since Bush's death, we're hearing from NASCAR's top executive. He spoke out just a short time ago about the stunning loss to the NASCAR community and the legacy that Bush leaves behind. National correspondent Mills Hayes was at the press conference. She joins us live from Charlotte Motor Speedway. This is supposed to be a celebratory event, Mills, but not this weekend. Tell me more of what we heard. >> That's right, Hannah. This is a Memorial Day weekend race. It's typically uh pretty exciting, but the mood here definitely more somber than usual, and the death of Kyle Bush is on everyone's mind. I've seen multiple signs saying rest in peace to Kyle. Many of the NASCAR fans we spoke with say that they're shocked that he passed away so suddenly at just 41 years of age. And we did hear from the NASCAR CEO earlier who said that Kyle was a winner and that he would no doubt be in the Hall of Fame. And he also said that he wanted Kyle's children to know that it wasn't just his mom that loved their dad, but the entire NASCAR community. you know, the sport and all of us um grew up and and watched Kyle be a racer, but we watched him become a husband and a and a father the same way we watched him become a champion, and we all did that as a family. Uh we're all part of that. Bush was supposed to race here at the Charlotte Motor Speedway at the Truck Series race tonight as well as at the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, but his family put out a statement on Thursday saying that he had been hospitalized and would no longer be competing over the weekend. And then just a few hours later, they announced that he had suddenly passed away after being hospitalized with a severe illness. But it's still a mystery as to what exactly happened. However, on Wednesday, there was a 911 call that was made from a nearby training center where NASCAR drivers go to use a simulator to practice racing. And it was there that a 911 call was made for an ambulance with no sirens. >> Uh I've got an individual that's uh shortness of breath, very hot, thinks she's going to pass out, and is uh has produced a little bit of blood, coughing up some blood. >> Is he awake? He is awake. He's awake. He's He's on the bathroom floor right now. Um, so when you come in, if you could not make it, can you turn the sirens off? >> Yeah, fine. when you when you get here. >> This incident follows another incident from a race in New York less than two weeks ago where he was finishing up a race and Kyle Bush called for a doctor and for a shot and he had been suffering from a substantial cough. But it's unclear if that illness is connected to the one that ultimately led to his death. But here he is being remembered as a NASCAR legend. He was a two-time winner of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship. And many people here just are very upset and saddened over the loss of someone they believe is a true legend in the NASCAR community. Hannah, >> and just seeing his adorable young children. Yeah, of course, we're thinking about the family and the NASCAR community. Mills Hayes in Charlotte tonight. Thank you, Mills. Let's go to our panel now. Bob Pris, motor sports reporter for Fox Sports and internal medicine Dr. Frank Kesa. Gentlemen, welcome. Thanks for coming on for such a tragic story. Doctor, I'll start with you. The 911 call mentioned coughing up blood, overheating, trouble breathing. Does that cluster of symptoms suggest anything specific? >> Well, Hannah, you know, I just want to send out uh condolences to his family uh to his wife and kids because anytime a young person like this tragically dies suddenly, uh it makes you really wonder. There's only a small group of things that could cause sudden death in a young healthy person. So, you know, looking at the constellation of what we do know, of course, we're speculating. Um, the question in my mind is, is it connected to that earlier um call for the doctor a couple of weeks ago? It's hard to imagine that a sinus infection uh could turn into a a deadly illness in in a matter of a week or two in a young person with a healthy immune system. That really just doesn't happen. Um, so I I'm forced to think of some other possibilities. um if he had a cough, which could any kind of a cough can produce some some blood in in the cough and you don't have to have a serious illness or a tumor or anything like that, you can just be coughing regularly, rupture a small capillary, and you can bring up some blood. So, that doesn't help us terribly. Um, but the fact that he was short of breath and hot um makes me think that maybe he did have a a lung infection like pneumonia. I also think it could be a possibility of something like a pulmonary embolism, so a blood clot in the lungs. you know, that I think the the forces that these guys endure, the the the conditions that they drive under are grueling. So, something like a blood clot would be on on the menu, too. >> Yeah. I do want to ask you in a few moments about the G4 forces that these drivers deal with and of course, what could happen. Bob, the Coca-Cola 600, you heard Mills will go on this weekend in Charlotte, but it's not going to be anything like the race they had planned, I'm sure. >> Oh, no. There'll be, you know, several tributes to Kyle Bush uh probably before and during the event. And look, all these competitors, you know, they they fight for spots on the track, but you know, they they live with each other on the grounds virtually every race weekend. They have a great deal of respect for Kyle Bush, uh, who is he's known as a fiery driver and you possibly have seen him, you know, potentially retaliate against somebody, but he was also known as a very clean driver, very respectful driver, especially when he was going for wins. He didn't just run over people to go for >> his 234 National Series wins. You know, he earned each and every one of them. And you could say about 99% of them were done pretty clean. Doc, let's go back to that unusual timeline you mentioned a moment ago from a sinus issue at Watkins Glenn to winning a race 5 days later, two days later he collapsed. Is that progression unusual or can it help narrow things down? >> It's definitely unusual. Um, like I said, something like a sinus infection and there was a report that he got some kind of a shot. Um, that could be almost anything too from an antibiotic or a steroid. Um, but to go down that quickly, um, it has to be something else. Um, it could be something like an aneurysm, you know, a blood vessel that ruptures because again, sudden death in such a young healthy person is very very unusual. So, you know, I we hate to speculate without knowing more and I I hope that we do learn some more details that can narrow it down for us. But based on what we do know, top of my list would be sepsis from uh from an uncontrolled lung infection like pneumonia um or something like a blood clot in the lung, a pulmonary embolism. That that's that's my top two possibilities. Bob, Richard Childress Racing announced it is pulling the number eight, the number now forever linked to Kyle Bush. Thoughts on that? >> Uh, it's it's what they did after Darn Hart died in 2001 in the Daytona 500. They pulled the three and replaced that with the 29. Here they're pulling the eight. And much like how Richard Childris, his grandson, Austin now drives the three, they're leaving this eight open for Brexton. Brexton's 11 and they say if he's ever becomes a cup driver, he can he can get this eight uh back. >> I have to say that is just heartwarming and such a tragic situation. Bob Pacris, Dr. Frank Contessa, thank you so much for coming on. >> Thank you. >> Of course. >> Thank you. >> Let's go back to that breaking news. those live pictures. That is breathtaking. Take a look at this. From moments ago as the SpaceX Starship returns to Earth after what, from all appearances, has been a very successful test launch. A short time ago, we heard SpaceX mission control erupt in applause as the ship made its steep bank. >> There it is, to its final approach for the landing. The controllers have been referring to this landing as there it is a belly flop. You hear the applause and cheers. >> Incredible job. And there's that belly flop. Amazing. That wall of fire is exactly what we wanted to see for the ship today. As weird as it >> How did it not put a smile on your face? How does it not put a smile on your face? This large group of people with a successful launch and splashdown of the Space X rocket. Very, very exciting. All right, we have a lot to get to, but of course, if anything more happens, we'll keep you updated. But coming up on the other side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says there's a little bit of movement in negotiations for a peace deal with Iran, but are we moving in the right direction? Robert Sherman is live in Cutter with those details. That's next. >> Welcome back, everyone. Tonight, the Middle East sits on a nice edge amid uncertainty about whether the US and Iran will strike a peace deal or whether a new round of warfare is imminent. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Sweden to meet with NATO allies. He says there are signs of quote a little bit of movement during indirect negotiations with Iran. He's also indicated sticking points about Iran's nuclear enrichment ambitions and the straight of Hormuse. may remain unresolved saying the US and its allies have to have a plan B in place if Iran attempts to charge tolls if the straight or keep it closed in the straight or keep it closed I should say all of this as mediators from Qatar and Pakistan's army chief rush to tan to try to salvage peace talks as the now 45day old ceasefire grows increasingly fragile and there are also reports the president is getting frustrated over these mounting diplomatic talks even changing his weekend plans plans to stay in Washington on the heels of a meeting with his senior national security team. NewsNation international correspondent Robert Sherman joining us live from Doha with his exclusive reporting from the region. Robert, good evening from New York. Cutter came under heavy fire from Iran early in the war. Took a step back from its long-held role as M East mediator. Why jump back in now? What's changed? >> Yeah, it's a really good question here, Hannah. And the reality is is that Qatar is one of the most valuable allies the United States has in the region for its close relationship to the US, but also with the way that they have maintained to a degree communication lines with places such as Thrron throughout this whole process. And that's why sources familiar told us today that you had that Qatari delegation on the ground in Iran. A separate diplomatic source described the present moment that we're in as having huge sensitivities, underscoring the way that you have this fullcourt press being put on right now diplomatically with the Qatari delegation negotiating on behalf of the United States. You had a Pakistani leadership, not just their interior minister, but also their military chief in Thrron to try and close some of the gaps that still remain. The two biggest gaps, the two biggest issues, they're big ones. One of them is the straight of form moose opening it to freedom of navigation ensuring Iran does not maintain military control or cannot enforce tolling within the straight of horses. That's a big one that still remains unresolved. The other is Iran's nuclear ambitions in which the president reupts once again it is something he's not budging on. Here's the president the Middle East. They said why? I said because Iran is going to have a nuclear weapon if we don't stop them. And I said, "We're going to have to do it." And we have stopped them. They're not going to ever have a nuclear weapon. They're never going to have a nuclear weapon. And we'll have that over with soon. One of the hurdles that has emerged this week is these indications from Iran that they have no interest in giving up the enriched uranium that they're in possession of, saying that it cannot leave the country. That is a non-starter and a red line for the United States as these negotiations hit the 11th hour. Hannah, >> we'll see what developments we see over the weekend. Robert Sherman in Doha for us tonight. Robert, thank you as always. And coming up, trash, tarps, and a whole lot of rats. Police uncover a filthy homeless encampment in LA overflowing with rodents and rubbish. Are officials doing enough to stop this growing crisis? We're live in Los Angeles. That's next. The homelessness epidemic in Los Angeles is nothing new, but the debate over how to solve it, it has turned urban decay into a flash point in the LA mayor's race. Former reality star Spencer Pratt has zeroed in on the crisis and what he calls the current leadership's failure to fix it. Fix it. And judging from the scenes on the street, a lot of voters think he has a point. Look at that. It looks like a third world country. The LAPD put out this video of an operation to break down a homeless encampment that was blocking the sidewalk. You see it? It captures a scene of object squalor littered with filth unfit for any human to live in. Police even found a swarm of rats running a muck and feasting on the rotting garbage. NewsNation national correspondent Nancy Lou is in Los Angeles with much more. Nancy, what are you learning about this operation? >> Well, Hannah, that ratinfested encampment is really putting a spotlight on homelessness in LA. And that footage just released by LAPD, it's being shared. It's really making the rounds online. Check out the video because you can see dozens of rats scurrying through a large homeless encampment near MacArthur Park, moving freely, eating trash. They practically own the town. In a targeted action this week, officers cleared this particular encampment, removing the makeshift shelter of tents, tarps, and personal belongings which were blocking sidewalks. In a social post highlighting all the rats, LAPD said, "When people ask why we do enforcement at homeless encampments, this is why." According to city data, for 2025, over 75,000 people experienced homelessness on any given night in Los Angeles County, consistently one of the largest homeless populations in the country. lack of affordable housing, mental illness, substance abuse, and job losses. All major factors that contribute to homelessness in LA. LAPD says this week's enforcement action to clear encampments led to several arrests and multiple citations. Now, as part of her reelection bid, Mayor Karen Bass has highlighted two straight years of declines in the overall homeless population. Rat population though, Hannah, different story. All right, I can't stop looking at this video. Still can't believe that's the streets of Los Angeles here in the United States. Nancy Lou, thank you so much for that report. And coming up, Chris Cuomo joins me live. That's next. and Chris Cuomo joining me on this Friday night. We've been talking about that second batch of UFO files released by the Pentagon today. You have some pretty amazing guests on to talk about it. >> Yeah, that's what I'm reading about right now. So, I got to balance I'm I'm doing it two different ways. I'm doing um >> Lou Alzando, who worked at the Pentagon and understands this so well, and Ross Colart, of course, we're going to talk about what this is and why they wanted these things. But then the second piece to me matters uh more. Look, this is good. Uh my whole piece, my whole top tonight, Hannah, is about h