4PM ET 10/22/2025 Newscast

Summary

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Fox News Hourly Update – 4PM ET 10/22/2025 Newscast

Air Date: October 22, 2025
Host: Lisa Brady (FOX News Podcasts)

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Episode Overview

This episode delivers key national and global news updates, including developments in U.S.-Russia relations amid the Ukraine war, the ongoing government shutdown and its state-level impacts, new research on COVID-19 vaccines and cancer, the passing of a prominent American chess grandmaster, and baseball manager news. The tone remains factual, urgent, and informative, focusing on current headlines without editorializing.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. U.S.-Russia Relations: Sanctions and Ukraine War

• U.S. Sanctions:

  • Treasury Secretary announces plans for increased sanctions on Russia.
  • Congress is also considering further sanctions.

• Diplomatic Tensions:

  • Planned U.S.-Russia meeting in Hungary was abruptly scrapped.
  • Russia insists the meeting wasn’t confirmed; disputes Trump’s push for ceasefire.
  • Russia claims President Trump broke a prior understanding from an “Alaska meeting,” saying root causes of the Ukraine conflict must be addressed first.
  • Despite tensions, President Trump remains optimistic about a ceasefire.

  "The Russians have kind of tried to save some face... But they have also rejected President Trump's push to stop the fighting along the current battle lines..."
  — Fox News Correspondent (00:24)

2. Government Shutdown: Congressional Stalemate and State Response

• 12th Senate Vote Expected:

  • Senate to vote for the twelfth time on a House-passed short-term bill to reopen the government.
  • Partisan gridlock over inclusion of health care items in negotiations.

• State-Level Actions:

  • California Governor Gavin Newsom expedites $80M in state aid and deploys the National Guard and volunteers to support food banks.
  • 5.5 million Californians facing delayed SNAP (food benefit) assistance.
  • Newsom emphasizes that the National Guard will not act as law enforcement.
  • Democratic state leaders remain critical of prior federal Guard deployments for immigration enforcement.

  "California Governor Gavin Newsom is fast-tracking up to $80 million in state funds as well as deploying the California National Guard… as the ongoing federal government shutdown begins to delay SNAP food benefits for 5.5 million Californians."
  — Kristen Goodwin (01:18)

3. Financial Update

• Stock Market:
  • The Dow Jones closes down by 334 points.
  • S&P and Nasdaq also close in the red.

4. Medical News: COVID-19 Vaccines and Cancer Treatment

• Breakthrough Study:

  • mRNA COVID-19 vaccines shown to help extend survival in advanced lung or skin cancer patients, if given within 100 days of starting immunotherapy.
  • Vaccine prompts immune cells to attack tumors (described as acting “like a siren”).
  • Non-mRNA vaccines did not yield similar benefits.
  • Study published in Nature; larger, more rigorous study planned.
  • Notably, this development comes after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut $500M in research funding due to skepticism over mRNA vaccines.

  "Fight tumors—the lead researcher for a study about the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine says it acts like a siren to activate immune cells..."
  — Dr. Adam Griffin (03:03)

• "[The vaccine] acts like a siren to activate immune cells. And that... helps fight tumors."
  — Dr. Adam Griffin (03:03)

5. Notable Death: Chess Grandmaster Daniel 'Donya' Naroditsky

• Tributes & Impact:

  • Daniel Naroditsky (aka Donya), celebrated U.S. chess grandmaster and popular online educator/personality, dies suddenly at age 29.
  • Remembered for his humor, accessibility, and widespread influence in popularizing chess, especially via live commentary while playing.
  • Served as head coach at the Charlotte Chess Center.

  "In his short life... Donya had a talent for talking and joking while he was in the midst of rapid gameplay, all the time explaining what he was doing."
  — Maurice Ashley (03:57)

  "There's so many people who have come to the game because of him, stayed in the game because of him, watched so many hours of his wit and his wisdom."
  — Maurice Ashley (04:20)

6. Sports News: Major League Baseball

• Manager Appointment:
  • San Francisco Giants hire Tony Vitello, former Tennessee Volunteers coach, as their new manager.
  • This will be Vitello’s first professional coaching role.
  • Praised as “one of the brightest, most innovative and most respected” in college baseball.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Russia-Ukraine Diplomacy:

  "The Russians have kind of tried to save some face savings saying that the meeting was never fully confirmed. So you can't cancel something that hasn't been really scheduled."
  — Fox News Correspondent (00:24)

• Aid During Shutdown:

  "California Governor Gavin Newsom is fast-tracking up to $80 million in state funds as well as deploying the California National Guard and California Volunteers to food banks."
  — Kristen Goodwin (01:18)

• COVID-19 Vaccine Study:

  "[The vaccine] acts like a siren to activate immune cells. And that... helps fight tumors."
  — Dr. Adam Griffin (03:03)

• Remembering Donya:

  "There's so many people who have come to the game because of him, stayed in the game because of him, watched so many hours of his wit and his wisdom."
  — Maurice Ashley (04:20)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• U.S.-Russia Relations & Sanctions: 00:02–00:55
• Government Shutdown & California Response: 00:55–01:38
• Stock Market Update: 01:38–01:59
• mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine and Cancer Research: 03:00–03:46
• Chess Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky’s Passing: 03:57–04:38
• MLB Management News (Giants Hire Tony Vitello): 04:38–04:58

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This succinct yet complete update underscores political complexities, social impacts of policy standoffs, the intersection of scientific advance and policy skepticism, and moments of mourning and recognition in sports and culture—all in under five minutes.

Transcript

[Lisa Brady]

Russia is about to face more U.S. sanctions on Lisa Brady, Fox News. The U.S. treasury Secretary says ramped up sanctions are coming in addition to possible sanctions that remain on the table in Congress. This as the NATO secretary general is set to meet with President Trump at the White House about the war in Ukraine after the US Scrapped an expected meeting soon in Hungary with Russia's leader.

[Fox News Correspondent]

The Russians have kind of tried to save some face savings saying that the meeting was never fully confirmed. So you can't cancel something that hasn't been really scheduled. But they have also rejected President Trump's push to stop the fighting along the current battle lines, implying that the president reneged on his so called agreement from the Alaska meeting where they claim that he understood they first needed to solve what they refer to as the root causes of the conflict. So Russia's not happy, but President Trump still believes a cease fire is possible.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Jackie Heinrich at the White House. The U.S. senate expected to vote for the 12th time on a House passed short term spending bill that would reopen government. Republicans say a shutdown has to end before talks Democrats want on health care provisions, each side blaming the other for the expanding impacts of the shutdown. One governor deploying the National Guard to support food banks.

[California Governor Gavin Newsom]

California Governor Gavin Newsom is fast tracking up to $80 million in state funds as well as deploying the California National Guard and California Volunteers to food banks. As the ongoing federal government shutdown begins to delay snap food benefits for 5.5 million Californians. The Democrats stressing the California National Guard will not be acting as law enforcement.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Kristen Goodwin Newsom is among the Democrat city and state leaders who've been critical of the president's Guard deployments to help protect federal agents during immigration enforcement operations. Wall street retreats The Dow down 334 points at the bell. America is listening to FOX News.

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[Lisa Brady]

Covid shots could help some cancer patients.

[Dr. Adam Griffin]

Fight tumors the lead researcher for a study about the MRNA COVID 19 vaccine says it acts like a siren to activate immune cells. And that, Dr. Adam Griffin says helps fight tumors. The study, published in Nature, found patients with advanced lung or skin cancer lived longer if they received the MRNA powered vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy. This comes after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Skeptical of MRNA vaccines, cut half a billion dollars in research funding. But the researchers from MD Anderson Cancer center in Houston and the University of Florida say their results are so promising they're preparing a more rigorous study.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Carmen Roberts Non MRNA vaccines did not show the same beneficial effects. The sudden death of an American chess star remains under investigation as worldwide reaction continues.

[Maurice Ashley]

In his short life, 29 year old Daniel Narditsky, better known as Danya, not only became one of the most accomplished chess players in the world, but a social media icon. Fellow chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley says Donya had a talent for talking and joking while he was in the midst of rapid gameplay, all the time explaining what he was doing.

There's so many people who have come to the game because of him, stayed in the game because of him, watched so many hours of his wit and his wisdom.

Friends say Donya died unexpectedly Oct. 19 in North Carolina, where he served as head coach with the Charlotte Chess Center.

[Lisa Brady]

Fox's Jonathan Seri a baseball surprise as the San Francisco Giants hired Tennessee Volunteers coach Tony Vitello as manager, his first pro coaching job, calling him one of the brightest, most innovative and most respected coaches in college baseball. Recapping stocks, the Dow, the S and P, the Nasdaq and in the red. I'm Lisa Brady, Fox News.

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