NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct 7)

Staffing shortages at airports are causing delays as the government shutdown enters its seventh day. President Donald Trump says he’s talking to Democrats about health care—one of their demands to reopen the government. The White House also says it will use tariff revenue to fund federal food aid for mothers and young children.Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House on Tuesday. The second visit from Carney this year comes amid a trade standoff between the United States and Canada. Trump gave Carney a warm welcome and said he was keeping an open mind toward a new iteration of the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada.Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate on Tuesday for the first time since her confirmation hearing. Bondi outlined the Justice Department’s efforts to end what she said was the weaponization of government. Investigations are underway into the FBI’s use of surveillance on Republican senators and certain activists during the previous administration.Tuesday marks the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. On this day in 2023, the terrorist group killed more than 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages back to the Gaza Strip. This comes as Israeli and Hamas officials launched indirect talks on Monday at an Egyptian resort on a U.S.-drafted peace plan.