Top Story with Tom Llamas - Friday, October 25, 2024

Episode Date: October 26, 2024

Tonight's Top Story has the latest breaking news, political headlines, news from overseas and the best NBC News reporting from across the country and around the world.

And we've been following that breaking news out of the Middle East. Israel has begun conducting retaliatory strikes. A senior Arab official and Iranian state media say several explosions have been reported near Tehran. I want to bring in Hagar Kamali. She's the former Syrian Lebanon director at the White House and former spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the U.N. Hagar. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. We have seen this before.

It's not the first time Iran and Israel exchange salvos. in this conflict, what do you think tonight strikes mean? You're right, Tom. You mentioned it very briefly, actually, is that this is not the first round, and I expect things to go pretty similarly to how we saw things go back in April after Iran did that first assault that we saw where it included 300 drones and missiles. This one might be a bit stronger because Iran's recent assault against Israel was stronger, more ballistic missiles, more targeted at Israeli military sites, and residential areas. So I would expect something similar.

Israel has promised, notably, not to strike Iran's nuclear facilities or oil fields. And that's because they understand, on one hand, the economic implication of that, the environmental implication of that, but also because, again, there is this effort while it's to escalate things. It's to not allow it to escalate to the point of a region-wide war. Israel has its hands full at the moment, certainly in Lebanon, and still in Gaza. Every time it winds things down in Gaza, Hamas, and it withdraws from a certain area, Hamas pops back up. This is what I would call a war of attrition, which means it's going to last a while, and you're going to have peaks and you're going to have valleys, if you will, and we're at a peak at the moment. But I do expect it to last a while.

I don't expect this phase with Iran, though, to last very long. I expect Israel to finish its strikes and then to say, just like the Iranians say, to say that the case is closed at the moment. Do you think Iran does anything else? They might, but listen, the fact is that Iran technically has been pursuing its side of the war through its proxies. It's very happy to have the Houthis, Hizbala, Hamas, pursue as much as it can. They're the ones that supplied these guys with all these weapons. And that technically is Iran, and Israel certainly views it that way. And so I would see heightened response from Hizbalah and the Houthis in particular.

as Iran's response. I don't expect another round of hundreds of missiles and drones, if that's what you're asking about. What do you think happens now, because we have this election here in the U.S., the war in Israel and Gaza and Lebanon, and now Iran, is only expanding more and more. Do you think anything happens more between now and election day in the U.S.? I think it's only to underscore that the United States cannot really control what happens in the Middle East, And we never could. When I was at the U.S. in the White House, it was we always tried to pursue policies that could at least try and shape things in support of our national security objectives and peace and stability in the Middle East. And it's very difficult. That said, I would note that there are ceasefire talks that will be taking place in Qatar in two days. That's very important that's something the United States has been pushing for very hard. Israel will be there. And that's to take advantage of following the death of Yahyazinwar, former leader of Hamas. to try and push for some kind of ceasefire, even if it's temporary. And those talks, I expect, will continue.

I think that the timing of these strikes might have been to put Israel in a stronger position of power before those talks start. And so it's hard to say what will happen, but I would look to those ceasefire talks. I wouldn't expect something explosive before the election, but again, anything can happen in the Middle East. Hagar Kamala, we always appreciate your insight. I want to go to NBC International correspondent Matt Bradley, now in Beirut, Lebanon. Matt, get us up to speed on where the targeted attacks exactly were headed in Iran because

there's also been reporting that other strikes may have happened in other countries as well. Do we have any clarification on that? Look, Tom, I'm going to tell you, I don't know exactly where these other strikes are happening. I don't know what's going on exactly. We don't know how much this is going to actually spread beyond just a strike by the Israelis against Iran. And that's the crucial question here. And that's the one that U.S. diplomats and diplomats throughout the world have been trying to really gauge, we don't know whether or not this is going to be some sort of symbolic

strike by the Israelis against the Iranians and whether or not this is going to create an opportunity for everybody involved to climb down off of this, or whether or not this is going to become a situation that is going to spread throughout the entire Middle East. That is something that everybody has been worried about, civilians especially, because they're the ones here in Lebanon and really in the Gaza Strip, of course, they've been carrying the weight of this war. for so long, but, you know, we're talking about the Iranian proxy groups, because when we talk about what the Israelis are targeting, they are targeting Iran directly. And that was unprecedented back in April when there was that tit-for-tat attack between Iran and Israel. But when we're looking at

this from the Israeli perspective, they see all of these different militant groups who were opposed to them and have been fighting them for so long, really generations. They see them as just identical to an Iranian attack. They see that Iran has been fighting them through these proxy groups, and they have. The Iranians have been saying that they have an axis of resistance, and these are these different groups

throughout different countries throughout the regions who are inimical to the Israelis and actually the Americans and several different Gulf states throughout the region. And so this is the question, whether or not this attack

is going to escalate into something that will involve really more than just an Israel and Iran back and forth that will fly over these different countries or whether it will actually involve warfare with these different countries that could wrap in all these civilians. And that is the real question this hour. You bring up a great point as you were reporting there. You know, can we put that map back up? Because Matt Bradley was actually talking just about this. And though we don't have it labeled here, those other countries you're talking about include Iraq, they include Saudi Arabia, they include Jordan, Syria, right?

Syria announcing tonight, they have launched their air defenses against enemies, likely citing what's happened with Israel. But I do, you bring up a good point saying that this is, this wouldn't be a ground invasion. This wouldn't be a traditional war like we know other wars to be with soldiers because, I mean, at least not right now, because Iran and Israel physically are so far from each other. And so essentially this is, you know, one, one shot, one shot, it kind of slows down and Iran may fire again, but it's not continuous warfare like what we've seen in Hamas, and to be honest with you, Matt, where you are in Lebanon as well, where it's been, you know, nonstop bombardments. Yeah, I mean, it's not continuous warfare, a strategic warfare in the way that we know. I mean,

when you look at something like what we've been covering in the past, recent past, Ukraine, this is not a situation where somebody has to hold a hill or capture a city. This is a situation that's quite different, where this is about creating determinants. It's about symbolism. It's about saying that we are firing against the enemy. And that is, in a way, a different sort of, you know, prescription. We're not talking about an actual tactical fight. We're talking about egos.

We're talking about nationalism. So the Iranians have to be able to respond to this. The Israelis are responding to create deterrence. We have to remember, this is all in response to that October 1st attack by the Iranians, when they fired that huge salvo of missiles for the second time in the same year and in a way to create deterrence to say that the Israelis can't be bossing us around. They can't assassinate leaders of groups that are supported by the Iranians throughout the region without expecting an Iranian response.

And that's why we saw that Iranian response with about 180 ballistic missiles fired back on October 1st. This is a response to that. So, in a way, there is an avenue for diplomacy here, because there isn't necessarily a direct ground war between Israel and Iran. But like so many of the other wars we've seen in this century and the last, this is a war that is fought through proxies, through groups like Hezbollah here in Lebanon, through the Houthis in Yemen, through groups in Syria and Iraq, through Hamas, which is also backed by Iran. This is what we're talking about when we talk about the axis of resistance. So this is about deterrence. This is about symbolism. This is about creating an atmosphere in which one party has to back down against the other.

And it really is about diplomacy. And that is why diplomacy has an avenue to stop all this. All right, Matt Bradley for us live from Beirut. Matt, you and your team, please stay safe. It is a violent night in that region. I want to go to NBC Senior National Security Reporter. Courtney Q.B., she's at the Pentagon. She's been following all of this for us. Courtney, you know, we know Israel is one of our biggest allies in the U.S., and they have

at times shared intel, maybe at times they haven't shared intel. What do you think the Department of Defense and the Pentagon is thinking right now tonight? We are, you know, less than two weeks out from our election, but the thing, the situation in the Middle East is just getting hotter and hotter. Yeah, I think the main word that they're hoping for right now is de-escalation. We should expect in the coming hours and days to hear from U.S. officials, that exactly what we heard back in April when there was this back and forth between Israel and Iran. And that was a hope that each side would respond in a proportional way until this just ends. Now, the hope leading into tonight from U.S. officials was that

Israel, there was an acknowledgement that they were going to retaliate here, but that they would do that in a proportional way. Things like military targets. The big question now is, is that what Israel stuck to tonight? We don't have an answer to that yet, Tom. Among the other possibilities is that Israel could hit energy targets, so oil and gas fields, that would be more about hurting Iran's economy. But officials seemed pretty confident that this would be really a limited strike to military targets. Again, we don't know the answer to that. What we do know is at this point, there was no indication that the U.S. military was involved in this in any way.

Of course, how the U.S. could play a role in this going forward is what we've seen in recent months, and that is the U.S. protecting Israel, if, in fact, Iran or any of the proxies were to respond to this Israeli attack tonight. Now, the U.S. has a huge amount of military power in the region. In fact, we were just hearing from Matt about the back-and-forth between Israel and Iran back in April. Since that time, the U.S. has moved even more military in the form of manned aircraft. They have more U.S. military ships in there. And then very critically, just in the last couple of weeks, the U.S. military has put a THAAD air defense system in there. Why that's important, Tom, is this is a system that can be spread out over multiple areas.

It has a huge radar aperture. It has a huge ability to see incoming from very far away. And then it has the ability to target those incoming missiles in the very end of their flight pattern. And so literally in the last minutes, even seconds, before an incoming missile comes in, the FAD fires off an interceptor, takes it out before it's able to impact. This is a very critical new capability, and it's not just for its ability to target those potential incoming missiles, but again, it has the ability to see very far out before a launch comes in. So what we're talking about right now is this Israeli response, but what everyone is looking to next

is, does Iran retaliate again? Again, U.S. officials going into this tonight seemed pretty confident that this Israeli response or hopefully confident that it would be somewhat proportional and it might not elicit a large Iran response. But I got to tell you, the coming hours and days will be what tells us that, Tom. Yeah, and people have talked about this, and I know you know this, Courtney, an all-out war between Iran and Israel. And again, you know, we want to caution that's not what this is. They are firing salvos at each other, but that's not an all-out war between Iran and Israel. That does not appear what this is. But Israel's advantage in the military front versus Iran's, which is a bit more dated, though they are making a lot of the drones that are being

used in the region. But talk to me about the military might between those two countries. Yeah, Iran, one thing, you know, we hear a lot about Iran's nuclear capabilities, but I can't stress enough about their ballistic missile capabilities. They have a huge arsenal. of ballistic missiles. The big question is just how capable and accurate are they? And that's something that analysts have been looking at since these back in force in April and then even more recently, Iran lobbying nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel only a couple of weeks ago. The vast majority of them were shot down. Some did impact, though. But the big question is, just how capable are these missiles in this enormous arsenal? I think the other thing

we have to keep in mind when we talk about the capabilities between these two sides is Iran has a huge proxy presence in the region. Now, Israel has really degraded that proxy presence in recent weeks and months. They have taken out large numbers of Hamas. They've taken out Hamas leadership. They have taken out really crippled Hezbollah's leadership in Lebanon. There are other proxy groups, though, and they still have quite a capability. The Those are Qatib Hezbollah in Iraq and in Syria, and then the Houthis in Yemen. So Israel, yes, they have a very capable and large military and a huge arsenal, but the militias have a say here as well, Tom. Corny Kubey, we appreciate all your reporting on this breaking news.

Just to recap, Israel has launched retaliatory strikes against Iran. We've just gotten this in from the National Security Council. This is from the U.S. National Security Council saying, we understand that Israel is conducting targeted strikes against military targets in Iran, as an exercise of self-defense and in response to Iran's ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1st. We would refer you to the Israeli government for more information on their operation. So the U.S. officials also confirming that strike, which NBC News has confirmed as well. Again, Israel retaliating against Iran for tonight. We think those strikes have stopped, but again, we're going to be covering the situation as it unfolds.

And we will be right back. We're back now with new details on that E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's quarter-pounders. The cases are now rising. The CDC reporting, at least 75 people have been sickened. 22 have been hospitalized, and one person has died. Those cases reported in 13 states. You can see them right here with the most seen in Colorado, Nebraska, and Montana. Health officials say they believe sliced onions are the source of the outbreak.

The CDC now warning case numbers could rise even more. For more on this outbreak, Maggie Vespa joins us tonight. Maggie, I understand we're just getting new information also from McDonald's. So what have you learned from McDonald's? So McDonald's now saying, and this really speaks to why we're seeing this in so many states, that the affected onions, they believe, went to potentially as many as 900 locations, or at least that's where they're pulling these items from. And they also highlighted that a lot of those locations are in airports, which they say may

account for the reason why you're seeing states in the Pacific Northwest, all the way through the northern Midwest, especially in states like Wisconsin and Michigan, which seems to be outside of the delivery area of Taylor Farms, that supplier. that we've been talking about. And speaking of McDonald's also saying today they have now indefinitely ceased sourcing these raw sliced onions from the affected Taylor Farms Warehouse. That's in Colorado Springs. The company highlighted that one too. We wrote back because we thought that was kind of interesting verbiage saying effectively why indefinitely and not permanently and why just the Colorado Springs warehouse and not all warehouses. Are they still sourcing from

the company? We haven't get heard back on those questions, Tom, but big updates for sure from Yeah, so it seems people maybe were eating these hamburgers, buying them at the airport, and then flying to their locations. Exactly. So you also spoke to the CDC chief about this outbreak. What have they said so far? Yeah, so they told us a couple of days ago they expected numbers to rise. Remember this came out on Tuesday. It was 49 infections in 10 states.

Now we're at 75 and 13. The death count remained the same. That's still at one. But I talked to him earlier and I said, you know, how much more do you expect these numbers to rise? Because he had said it can take a month for individual cases to be attributed. to an outbreak, and we still have some time. But that in mind, he gave us a statistic that had our jaws collectively hitting the floor. Here's what he said.

For every person that we confirm in one of our outbreaks with E. coli. 157, we estimate that there are about 26 people who are not captured. So when we see 75 people sick in an outbreak like this, it's really probably reflective of a couple thousand people who are actually ill. Okay, so I hate math, but basically that means for every 20, for every person reported sick, there are 26 more, so multiply 27 by 75. 2,025 total is the estimated potential total of people actually infected by this McDonald's outbreak. And the reason that we're not hearing from the rest of them, Tom, officials say, is that they probably had more mild symptoms, like mild indigestion. They don't know what they had.

But still, startling numbers to hear. Are the onion suppliers? Is the onion supplier saying anything? They said something today, like in the last hour or so for the first time to us, we reached out several times over the last couple of days, and we've seen snippets here and there, but this one was a really holistic statement. I want to show you part of it now. They said, our thoughts and prayers go out to the individuals and their families affected by this impacted by this outbreak. And they said our priority remains the health and safety of our consumers, adding we preemptively recalled yellow onions from that facility. we talked about in Colorado, and they say all their products in the market today are safe to consume. I want to point out something that our legal team highlighted.

They said in prior statements that we'd seen elsewhere, they said they hadn't detected E. coli in their supply yet. That wasn't in the statement they sent us. We've reached back out to ask if something changed or if they just omitted it just while writing this latest statement, sort of in a benign way, and we haven't heard back on that question. But the first time we're hearing from them and a striking statement. Finally, this is sort of a strange question, but I think it's important. Someone brought it up to me.

So why is it only the quarter-pounders if other hamburgers at McDonald's also contain onions? Two words, different onions. We're talking about the raw, sliced onions tied to the outbreak. Those are on the quarter-pounder and a couple other breakfast sandwiches, which are right now just being served without onions because nobody who got sick ate those sandwiches, according to officials. The ones that you see on like the Big Mac, cheeseburgers, things like that, reportedly those are called dehydrated onions.

A lot of times they're diced up, and then they're rehydrated before. before you eat them. So likely, far less likely, to get infected or be a source of E. coli, that kind of thing. Because we're talking about raw food in this case. Maggie Vespa, we thank you for all. That's a great update. Okay, nine of New Orleans, which tonight is hosting the first of three sold-out Taylor Swift concerts. In preparation for the heiress tour arrival, the Louisiana governor ordered the clearing of a large homeless encampment near the stadium. Advocates who have been working to rehouse the people who had been staying there now furious, saying this move will make.

it even harder and more expensive to address the real issue here. NBC's Guadvenegas reports. As pop superstar Taylor Swift descends on New Orleans for three back-to-back nights of Aris Tour pandemonium, the city's homeless crisis taking center stage after the state's governor Jeff Landry suddenly ordered the clearing of a homeless camp near the stadium on Monday. His office explicitly linking the order to preparations for Swift. Our record-tying 11th Super Bowl. And the city's plans to host a Super Bowl in February. Despite protests from the city, the majority of the camps were cleared on on Wednesday.

Tonight, a judge granting a restraining order against Louisiana's state law enforcement, prohibiting them from moving any more people or disposing of their belongings without 24-hour notice. The order will remain in effect until November 4th. For years, this site located just steps from the city's famed Caesar Superdome in the Central Business District has been used by the homeless. Many of them waiting for housing assistance that the city says was in the works. City officials say the state's actions

will have a negative impact on their efforts to help with a homelessness crisis after the individuals were simply relocated to another area nearby. This is us setting up our city to look good for the rest of the world, but what about the citizens who are here? But the governor's office saying it was to ensure

New Orleans puts its best foot forward when on the world's state. Taylor Swift did not respond to our request for comment. The Ares Tour likely bringing in many out of towners after selling 150,000 tickets for the shows over the weekend, the most for any act ever in the city, according to Nola.com. We did not need the governor to come and do these sweeps. I think that is just reprehensible. Since we had services ready for these people, we were doing targeted decommissioning in a strategic way.

City Council Member Leslie Harris saying the city council member, city was already working to close the encampment by late November, and that sweeps will only make it harder to ultimately get people off the street. When we start decommissioning the encampments, what the city of New Orleans has done is connect people with services, gotten them housing vouchers, and actually gotten them housed. So when you scatter people, then it's hard to figure out where they are. A lot of these folks don't have cell phones. A lot of folks go on to private property, and therefore outreach is almost impossible to do. Gwanegas, NBC News. and we will be right back

coming on the air with breaking news we are live tonight from huarez mexico reporting over the skies of behind us here in florida the time to evacuate has come and gone you were seeing people just running for their lives people running for their lives we've seen this almost unbelievable power struggle what does this mean for you prune it's the battle off the field that's inspired the world every night it's your news playlist Top Story with Tom Yamas, streaming weeknights at seven on NBC News Now.

Back now with Top Story's news feed, Grammy-winning rapper and Lil Durk arrested in a murder for higher plot. The rapper whose real name is Dirk Devonte Banks is accused of pain for the revenge killing of another rapper at a Los Angeles gas station. Another person was killed in that shooting. The FBI says he was arrested in South Florida as he attempted to flee the country. President Biden issuing a historic apology to indigenous communities today. Biden becoming the first U.S. president to apologize for the U.S. government's policy that forced Native American children into boarding schools for more than 150 years. Investigations into the boarding schools have uncovered the deaths of more than 970 indigenous children.

And Sony hit with discrimination claims from two former Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune executives. The two women alleged they were given fewer opportunities than white colleagues and subjected to racially insensitive behavior, including jokes, mocking black contestants' hair. The executives also accusing Sony management terminated them and others for speaking up about the alleged discrimination. Coming up, play ball, the World Series kicking off tonight between the Yankees and the Dodgers. We take a look at this classic matchup and all the excitement outside Dodger Stadium ahead of game one. All right, we are back now with World Series fever.

Tonight, game one, a showdown between two star-studded coastal giants, the New York Yankees, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the 12th time these storied franchises have met in the fall classic, but now it's a new generation of talent, reigniting an old rivalry. Morgan Chesky has a look at the historic matchup. The stage is set. Superstars ready for a world series, marking a record 12th meeting between two story teams. This is where the real fun starts. Kind of one of the most iconic matchups that you could ever talk about for any type of championship. The last time they met, 43 years ago.

MTV had just debuted. The world met Princess Diana. Movigowers couldn't get enough of Indiana Jones. And the World Series rivalry already timeless. I hate the Yankees. The Dodgers beating the Bronx bombers in six games. Does the added history here almost take this to a whole new level? Let's face it, it's a sexy matchup.

It's New York versus L.S. Life-long Yankee fan Mike Simicata and Dodger diehard Ben Delgado both attended the 81 series as kids. Just never forget your baseball team is a New York transplant. Oh, oh, okay, okay. Good luck tonight. We got this. Their $15 tickets, a far cry from the 1500 plus, some are paying tonight. They've gotten the victory many times on it, so I think we need some payback. a long, long drive into deep left field.

The Yankees do have history on their side. They've won eight matchups to the Dodgers three. But as anyone in this hometown L.A. crowd will tell you, the boys in blue are still favorites, but that margin is slim. Tonight, the superstars of today, playing in the shadows of some of the greatest ever, with new legacies on the line. All right, Morgan, we're looking forward to it all. We thank you so much for that.

Coming up, a special Halloween edition of Bingeworthy. The new horror film, Don't Move, now streaming on Netflix. Plus, the American Horror Story franchise returns and new music by Tyler the Creator. Stay with us. Coming on the air with breaking news. We are live tonight from Juarez, Mexico, reporting over the skies of Bajna. Here in Florida. The time to evacuate has come and gone.

You were seeing people just running for their lives? People running for their lives. We've seen this almost unbelievable power struggle. What does this mean for Ukraine? It's the battle off the field that's inspired the world. Every night, it's your news playlist. Top Story with Tom Yamas, streaming weeknights at seven on NBC News Now. All right, we are back now with a special edition of Bingeworthy, a spooky edition.

To get into that Halloween spirit, this weekend I'm joined by one of the scariest people I know, Ralphie Aversa. No, that's not right. He's the host and producer of Entertain This for USA Today. Ralphie, happy Halloween. We thank you for being here. Yeah, happy Halloween. I come here before Game One of the World Series for my beloved Yankees, and that's the welcome that I do. No, you're not. You're not. You're scary good. You're scary good. And you brought it some treats. Yeah, trick or treat. We'll see how the segment goes here,

whether it's a trick or a treat. And we'll speak about the Yankees on the back end of this because we have a lot to talk about. All right. Let's talk about Netflix and this first show-up movie, I should say. It's pretty scary. This one's going to start with a woman trying to escape a serial killer. It's called Don't Move. It's out on Netflix now. She has 20, minutes to live. Here's a sneak peek. At minute one, your fine motor skills will start to go. At minute 10, your legs will begin tingling. Minute 15, your legs will give out altogether.

And minute 18, your breathing will become labored. And just before everything shuts down on you, your voice. Ralphie, so many families watch Top Story. I should have given them the heads up. scary clips in this edition, including this one. Yeah, Kelsey Asbell stars in this one. A lot of people know her from Yellowstone, of course.

She was in One Tree Hill as well. And so she's in this one, and as you mentioned, she's got 20 minutes to live, basically. But the misleading thing about that is she's got 20 minutes to escape Big Sur or else she gets caught by a serial killer. She really doesn't have 20 minutes, though, because throughout that 20 minutes, her body starts to shut down. She can't move her hands. She can't move her legs.

Suddenly she can scream. And the movie's longer than 20 minutes, right? It's an hour and a half, yeah. I knew you were going to ask that, and that's why I looked at it. Is it scary? Yeah. It is. Okay.

Okay, no, that one definitely freaked me out. Okay, next up, this one is called Speak No Evil. It's streaming on Prime Video. You're going to have to pay a little bit for it, but take a look. You cannot go out there and be completely normal. I've been pretending it's normal since we got here. Dad? Okay, so this is a little pricey if you want to stream it's about, I think, north of $20.

Is it worth it? Yeah, it is. James McAvoy's in this one. You know him from the N-night Shyamalan films, amongst other things as well. And he kind of plays the villain. This is really interesting because it's an American family and a British family. They meet on vacation. And then the British family says, oh, why did you come to the countryside?

We've got a nice home and we're all vacation together here. So the American family goes there, and then things take a very interesting turn. The bit to turn on them? James is the villain in this one. and, you know, it's a spooky edition of binge-worthy. Just when you think you can trust our friends across the park. No, not them. All right, next up here, this is American Horror Stories, right?

It's on Hulu. It's going to be huge. This series has so many fans. Let's take a look at this clip. It's coming to haunt you. You know we invented hell. There's nothing under your bed. My purpose is to love you.

They're bloodsuckers. Don't kill us Kill you I hardly know you A scary A scary A scary Henry Winkler Just when you had seen the Fonz do it all

So this is another one Where the trailer scared me This is legit scary Yeah this is an anthology of stories So it's American Horror Stories plural It's a spinoff from American Horror Story Singular And they've done this for a couple seasons now

we've seen the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow in it. And now, as you've seen in the trailer, Michael Imperioli, who we know from White Lotus and, of course, Sopranos, Henry Winkler as well, who's like the nicest guy, by the way. So it's really wild to see him in this. But yeah, so this is back for the part two of season three on Huluween. See what they did there? It's a whole week?

Like Huluwine. No, I see it. I get it, Rolp. Thank you, buddy. But thank you for explaining it. Just in case some people did it. Finally, in our videos and movies and shows, Family Guy, Halloween edition.

Let's watch this. Uh-oh, we wrecked the pumpkin. And my sneakers. Are those yeasies? They're cheaper now. Wack-Meyer, now. Ah, ah! Oh, second place, Swanson.

Hey, hey, hey, it's not worth it. None of this is. I wish I stayed home. Wagmire, Stewie, Brian, they're all here. How is it? Good? It's so funny. The holiday specials for Family Guy are so.

Good. I interviewed David Borianis, the actor, who makes a small cameo in the Christmas one. Okay. And people still go up to him to the state, despite everything else he's done with Buffy and with SEAL team. So, yeah, this one right in that line, Peter's trying to win a pumpkin contest in Cohog, and he goes to a number of lengths to try to win it. So you can imagine what he does. Yeah, this is family guys great. Family Guy's great. Reminds me also of the Scary Simpsons. Remember these you do that as well? Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Still do them, I think. Let's turn to music. Now, Tyler, the creator's got a new one. It's called Noid. Here's a clip.

play, the new arena, and then it's coming out Monday at 6 a.m. I feel like his following has just gotten bigger and bigger. Is that true? Yeah, Grammy wins and just kind of the cultural influence he's had in L.A. and Yonder, 100%. Okay. Finally, a top story favorite artist, Halsey is out with new music. It is called The Great Impersonator. Here's her latest song, Panic Attack. Is it love or a panic attack? Is it heavy, hard too much to hope? I don't know. All right, but it's late, so I'm taking you home. Is it love or a panic at sight?

All right, what do you think? Great impersonator, so she's paying homage to the people who have influenced her. Who do you think she was influenced by in that one? Stevie Nix. See, that's Tom's the best. Audio file, man. Love music. You're never going to get me.

Letter to God, 1983. I'll stop trying after this. Letter to God, 1983 is another one on here. She interpolates a Bruce Springsteen song. I'm on fire in that one. It's a great song. Fallsies from Jersey, Bruce, obviously, Jersey. So, yeah. So this album's got some highlights, for sure.

Finally, this was not in the rundown, but talk to me about the Yanks. Yanks and four, Yanks and six. Did they go to game seven? What do you think? I think Yanks and six, I think they have the pitching. They have the pitching as opposed to the Dodgers, and I think they have just enough offense as opposed to that high-powered Dodgers offense that they'll get the job done. So that's my prediction. They've had about a week off.

Do you think their team's going to be asleep? Or you think those bats will be ready to go because they have this thing where sometimes you're streaky, sometimes some guys are hot, sometimes other. Other times or not. Baseball is about rhythm. It's about routine. But the Yankees did this at the start of the postseason where they had some time off. And they came out all right.

So I think that's going to be fine. Ralphie, my man, let's go, Yanks. Thanks so much for being here. We appreciate you for watching Top Story all week. Thanks so much for watching. Stay right there. More news on the way.