Trump targets broadcasters, remains found likely fugitive father: Unbiased Updates, Sept. 19, 2025

President Trump threatens network licenses after Jimmy Kimmel slams MAGA on air

All they do is hit Trump. They're licensed. They're not allowed to do that

This morning, a fight over comedy, power, and free speech. Plus, Kennedy's CDC panel changes the rules

White children now get two shots instead of one. And the man accused of killing his three daughters in the Pacific Northwest found dead

where searchers tracked him down. The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world

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I mean, they're getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away

Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli. We begin this morning with controversial comments from President Donald Trump

following ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel live indefinitely. The president now suggesting TV networks that criticize him could lose their broadcast licenses

The comments come just a day after Trump praised ABC for pulling Kimmel off the air

following on-air jokes and suggestions about Charlie Kirk's assassination. Trump calling it courageous and urging other networks to follow suit

naming CBS, NBC and late night host Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, calling them, quote, total losers

On Thursday, Trump doubled down during a press gaggle aboard Air Force One

That's something that should be talked about for licensing, too. When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump

It's all they do. If you go back, I guess they haven't had a conservative on in years or something, somebody said

But when you go back and take a look, all they do is in trouble

They're licensed. They're not allowed to do that. They're an arm of the Democrat Party

Meanwhile, late night hosts rallied around Kimmel Thursday night, defending their colleague and calling out what they see as a dangerous attack on free speech

We saw the dismissal of a very well-known chat show host in America last night, Mr. Kimmel

Is free speech more under attack in Britain or America? How dare you, sir

What outfit are you with, sir? The Antifa Herald Tribune? That is blatant censorship

Donald Trump is on his way back from a trip to the United Kingdom

Where he was met with protests While back here at home his administration is pursuing a crackdown on free speech

And completely unrelated I just want to say before we get started here

that I've always admired and respected Mr. Trump. Yeah a lot of people are worried that we won keep saying what we want to say or that we be censored But I going to cover the president trip to the UK just like I normally would During the trip protesters managed to project images onto the sides of Windsor Castle

of Trump standing next to his good friend, Jeff Goldblum. Even though his administration still insists that he's not in the Goldblum files

On its website, the FCC states that licenses are granted to stations

that serve the needs and problems of their local communities. And most licensees are required to document how they're meeting those standards

Big news this morning from out west. Nearly four months after a Washington state man vanished

during a weekend custody visit, leaving his three daughters dead, investigators believe they have found his remains

Deputies say human remains were discovered in a remote wooded area near Leavenworth

not far from where Travis Decker was last seen. Personal items found nearby point to him, though DNA testing is underway

Decker had taken his three daughters, 5-year-old Olivia, 8-year-old Evelyn, and 9-year-old Peyton, who you see here, on a camping trip over Memorial Day weekend

When he failed to return them, a search began. The girls were later found dead in a rural embankment, their bodies covered with plastic bags

Decker, an Army veteran with survivalist skills, disappeared, sparking a wide manhunt across rough terrain

Authorities believed he may have been living off the grid in the Cascade Wilderness

A major shakeup could be looming inside one of the country's most high-profile federal prosecutor's offices

According to ABC News, President Trump is expected to fire Eric Siebert

the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, after his office reportedly found no grounds to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud

Sources tell ABC that Trump officials pushed for charges anyway, but Siebert refused and has now been told he's out

Trump has long accused James of going after him in New York for political reasons

She led the civil fraud case that resulted in a nearly half-billion-dollar penalty

later tossed on appeal, though the fraud ruling stood. Siebert's firing raises serious questions about political retaliation

with Trump already under fire for what critics call a broader retribution campaign

targeting rivals like Adam Schiff and Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Siebert had only been in the role since January

overseeing cases tied to terrorism, espionage and public corruption. The CDC's new vaccine advisory panel has made a controversial call

pushing back the recommended age for the combined MMRV vaccine, which protects against measles

mumps, rubella and chickenpox. In a seven to three vote, the CDC advisory committee said Thursday

the combined MMRV shot should not be given before the age of four That a shift from current practice where toddlers typically receive it starting at 12 months Instead children under four are now

advised to get two separate shots, one for MMR, one for varicella. The reason, a slightly higher

risk for febrile seizures, a scary but usually harmless side effect when the combo shot is given

to younger toddlers. But critics say this was not about science. The panel, recently overhauled by

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the vote before all data was even presented

The vote now goes to the CDC director for final approval, though historically that's a formality

The panel meets again today to take up COVID and hepatitis B guidance

Ukraine may be thousands of miles away, but the war there continues to reshape

how the world thinks about weapons, innovation and recovery. Our weapons and warfare team is on the ground right now in Lviv

a city now seen as both a hub for defense tech and healing

Here's a dispatch from our correspondent Ryan Robertson in Ukraine. Hey Craig, so we are in Ukraine's seventh largest city, Lviv

We came out here to cover a defense expo. It's called the Brave One Defense Tech Valley 2025

The expo brought in around 5,000, 6,000 people from 40 different countries

We're all coming in to learn how to develop more weapons, develop the kind of autonomous weapons that the armies and navies and air forces are going to need, you know, to fight the next battles that they might have to fight

So Ukraine is kind of at the forefront right now of so much innovation and technology that the rest of the world is really kind of recognizing the Ukrainian expertise in this area

However, we weren't just here to cover a defense expo. We also went around the city and talked to a lot of different people

We were at a rehab facility called Unbroken. Lviv is kind of positioning itself as one of the foremost places to go for rehabilitation and therapy for veterans or civilians who have been wounded in the fighting

So we talked to some of those folks. We also saw some areas of town that were hit recently about a month ago by some Shahed drones

You know, just seeing the destruction on those buildings in a completely residential area just really kind of brings home how close this war is to everyone in the country

even if the front lines are hundreds of miles away. So over the next few weeks, Straight Arrow News audience

keep an eye out for all the content that we have coming your way. But in the meantime, we'll send it back to you, Craig

All right, Ryan Robertson for us on a fascinating assignment, really. That's just a glimpse of what the team is seeing on the ground

In the coming days, you will find more in-depth reporting and original videos from Ukraine right here at Straight Arrow News

finally today we're taking a look at what you had to say on some of the biggest stories of the week

this is straight from you your questions your comments from youtube fact checked and answered first up one viewer wants to know why the suspect in Charlie Kirk killing is not facing terrorism

or hate crime charges. All right, so here's the deal. Under federal law, there's no specific

domestic terrorism crime, even if officials call it that. Politico notes that to trigger federal

charges, a case usually has to involve federal property, a federal official, or a hate crime

based on race, religion, gender, not political beliefs. In this case, Utah prosecutors have

charged Tyler Robinson in state court with aggravated murder, which makes him eligible

for the death penalty, plus he's facing other felonies. A former DOJ official told Politico

there's no clear federal crime yet. But if evidence of protective bias emerges

that could change. Hope that helps. A viewer wanted to know why Egypt does not just take in

Gazans by just ceding land to the refugees. Egypt's answer is a firm no. President el-Sisi says

forcing Gazans into Sinai, which is in northeast Egypt, would erase Palestinian claims to a future

state. The Rafa crossing into Egypt remains aid only, not relocation. Egypt and Jordan have both

rejected resettlement proposals, warning it would destabilize their countries and undermine a two-state

solution. So while Egypt does have territory, the political red line remains clear. No permanent

resettlement of throngs of people outside Gaza. And finally, we see your questions about that

story we brought you yesterday on bringing back the dodo, this viewer asked, what's the benefit

And could it be dangerous? Colossal Biosciences says it's one step closer, growing pigeon germ

cells to eventually create a dodo-like bird. The plan involves using gene-edited chickens

as surrogates and eventually reintroducing the offspring into protected reserves in Mauritius

the bird's native habitat in the Indian Ocean. But experts warn this won't be a true dodo, just a generic lookalike

And some scientists argue the buzz around de-extinction may divert money from protecting actual endangered species

The company says dodo chicks could hatch within five to seven years

All right, a bit complicated, but hope that helps. Keep dropping comments, asking questions, and we'll tackle the biggest ones next week

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