8PM ET 09/09/2025 Newscast

Summary

Fox News Hourly Update — 8PM ET 09/09/2025 Newscast

Host: Lisa Licera (Fox News)
Air Date: September 10, 2025
Episode Theme:
The episode delivers a fast-paced rundown of the day’s major news events in U.S. politics, crime, international affairs, and economics, with a focus on developments that have wide-ranging policy, legal, and global security implications.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Crackdown on Pharmaceutical Advertising

• President Trump’s Executive Order:
  • President Trump signed an executive order mandating that pharmaceutical companies provide accurate, non-misleading information in advertisements.
  • Ads must now disclose all side effects comprehensively ([00:02]-[00:22]).
  • Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. highlights the increased requirements:

    “They're gonna have to report all their side effects.” — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. via Bret Baier ([00:20])

  • Administration also investigating how social media influencers advertise drugs ([00:22]).

2. Crime: Ukrainian Refugee Stabbing Case

• Federal Charges in High-Profile Case:
  • The Justice Department has charged Decarlos Brown Jr. with a federal crime eligible for the death penalty in last month’s fatal stabbing of Irina Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee.
  • FBI Special Agent James Barnacle underscores repeat offenses:

    “This man was charged 14 times. There's been numerous encounters with police departments.” ([00:49])
    “He was arrested by the CMPD in January, but he's still on our streets.” ([00:51])

  • Victim’s background adds emotional weight: Zarutska fled to the U.S. from a bomb shelter, seeking safety ([01:02]).

3. International: Israel-Hamas Clash & U.S. Reaction

• President Trump’s Commentary:
  • Addressing the Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar, President Trump distances himself from the military decision and expresses discomfort over the ongoing conflict:

    “I'm not thrilled about the whole situation. It's not a good situation. But I will say this, we want the hostages back.” — President Trump ([01:25]-[01:31])

  • Hamas confirms top leadership survived; five junior members were killed.
  • Qatar remains a key mediator in the conflict.
  • Trump clarifies that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the strike decision ([01:31]).

4. U.S. Politics: Virginia Special Election

• Election Result:
  • Democrat James Walkinshaw wins the special election for Virginia’s 11th House district, succeeding the late Congressman Jerry Connelly ([01:46]-[01:59]).

5. Domestic Terrorism & White Supremacy: Nashville Grid Plot

• Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty:
  • Skyler Phillippe pleads guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and trying to destroy a Nashville power substation using a drone ([02:30]-[03:12]).
  • FBI undercover operation foiled the plot; Phillippe was motivated by white supremacist beliefs.
  • Prosecutors reveal prior intent to commit a mass shooting at a YMCA, abandoned for being insufficiently radical ([02:35]).
  • Sentencing pending.

6. Legal Update: Georgia ‘Cop City’ Racketeering Case

• Charges Thrown Out:
  • Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer rules to dismiss racketeering charges against defendants accused of conspiring to halt construction of a police and fire department facility ([03:12]).
  • Judge questions the state attorney general’s authority under Georgia’s RICO statute.

7. Global Unrest: Nepal Political Turmoil

• Prime Minister & Ministers Resign:
  • Following deadly police action against protesters, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sumer Oli and ministers resign ([03:39]).
  • Ongoing unrest over government censorship and a now-lifted ban on social media platforms.
  • Violent backlash targets homes of political leaders; proposed bill criticized as a tool for government censorship ([03:39]-[04:14]).

8. Markets Update

• Stock Market Performance:
  • Dow Jones up 196 points; NASDAQ up 80; S&P up 17 ([04:14]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Pharmaceutical Ads Accountability:

  “They're gonna have to report all their side effects.”
  — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (via Bret Baier), [00:20]

• On Repeat Offender in Stabbing Case:

  “This man was charged 14 times. There's been numerous encounters with police departments.”
  — James Barnacle, [00:49]

• On the Israel-Hamas Crisis:

  “I'm not thrilled about the whole situation... we want the hostages back.”
  — President Trump, [01:25]-[01:31]

• On Nepal’s Continued Protests:

  “But those decisions are not quelling loud protests in the capital of Kathmandu. The sounds of people in the streets angry about a ban on social media platforms and government corruption.”
  — James Barnacle, [03:39]

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Pharmaceutical Ad Order & Side Effects: [00:02]–[00:22]
• Stabbing Case Charges & FBI Statement: [00:22]–[01:02]
• Trump on Israel-Hamas & Hostages: [01:02]–[01:31]
• Virginia Special Election: [01:46]–[01:59]
• Nashville Grid Attack Plea: [02:30]–[03:12]
• Georgia Racketeering Case Thrown Out: [03:12]–[03:39]
• Nepal Political Turmoil: [03:39]–[04:14]
• Market Wrap: [04:14]

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This episode delivers a snapshot of consequential news events with concise, direct reporting. Coverage ranges from U.S. executive orders affecting public health and safety, to major crime and international developments—illuminating the day’s urgent and high-impact stories.

Transcript

[Lisa Licera]

Cracking down on drug companies. I'm Lisa Licera, Fox News. President Trump has signed an executive order on pharmaceutical advertising that will require drug company ads to not create misleading information. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tells Fox's Bret Baier.

[Bret Baier]

They're gonna have to report all their side effects.

[Lisa Licera]

The goal, according to a senior Trump administration official, is to make sure consumers have accurate information about drugs. The government is also looking at the role social media influencers have in advertising drugs. The Justice Department has charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee to death on a commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. FBI Special Agent in Charge James Barnacle says Decarlos Brown Jr. Is a repeat offender.

[James Barnacle]

This man was charged 14 times. There's been numerous encounters with police departments. He was arrested by the CMPD in January, but he's still on our streets.

[Lisa Licera]

Prosecutors say he stabbed 23 year old Irina Zarutska in her neck unprovoked moments after she sat down in front of him on the commuter train. Her relatives say she had been living in a bomb shelter before coming to the US in the hopes of a better life. President Trump, on his way out to dinner in Washington, D.C. a short time ago, was asked about the Israeli strike targeting Hamas and Qatar. I'm not thrilled about the whole situation.

[James Barnacle]

It's not a good situation. But I will say this, we want the hostages back.

[Lisa Licera]

Qatar has served as a mediator for the war between Israel and Hamas, hamas said in a statement. Its top leaders survived the attack with five lower members were killed. The president said earlier the decision to strike was made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and he had nothing to do with it. Democrat James Walkinshaw has won a special election for Virginia's 11th House district. He'll take over this year previously held by Democrat Congressman Jerry Connelly who died in May. America's listening to Fox News.

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[Lisa Licera]

A Tennessee man accused of planning to attack the electric grid in Nashville pleads guilty.

[Bret Baier]

Skyler Phillippe of Columbia, Tennessee, 24 years old, was arrested in November believing he was about to destroy a power substation in Nashville with an explosives carrying drone, his lookouts. Two people he'd told about the plan and his white supremacist ideology that he'd also ordered explosives from were undercover FBI agents. Prosecutors say he'd earlier told a confidential FBI source he planned to commit a mass shooting at a ymca, deciding later that wasn't radical enough to contribute to a movement leading to a whites only state. Philippe pleads guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility. He'll be sentenced by a federal judge. Chris Foster, Fox News.

[Lisa Licera]

A Georgia judge says he will throw out a racketeering charges against all the defendants accused of a conspiracy to stop construction of a police and firefighter facility in Fulton County, Georgia. Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer says he doesn't believe Republican Attorney General Chris Carr has the authority to obtain indictments under the state's RICO law. Nepal's prime minister resigned Tuesday after at least 19 people were killed when police opened fire on anti government protesters.

[James Barnacle]

The landlocked country in South Asia needs a new leader. Prime Minister KP Sumer Oli and other ministers quit. But those decisions are not quelling loud protests in the capital of Kathmandu. The sounds of people in the streets angry about a ban on social media platforms and government corruption. Protesters set fire to homes of some of Nepal's top political leaders in opposition of the ban that was lifted earlier Tuesday. The proposed bill has been widely criticized as a tool for censorship and for punishing government opponents who voice their protests online.

[Lisa Licera]

Fox's CJ Papa Wall street the Dow added 196, the NASDAQ 80, the S&P 17. I'm Lisa Licera. This is FOX News.

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