Trump and Obama Hit the Campaign Trail, 3-Year-Old Kicked Out of Soccer League, and Up to $40K Off Nurses’ Student Loans

Mimi Brown (0:05)

With just one week into the midterms, President Trump and former President Obama are trading shots on the campaign trail, and one Senate candidate is caught in the middle.

Donald Trump (0:14)

Abdul Mohammed Al Sayed, a man who should never be allowed inside the halls of our great, beautiful Capitol building in Washington.

Mimi Brown (0:26)

And a three-year-old soccer player is making headlines in Florida, but it's not what happened on the sidelines that his parents are speaking about.

SPEAKER_3 (0:33)

They called the police on the three-year-old because he had the ball for too long.

Mimi Brown (0:38)

And nurses struggling with student loan debt could soon be getting some major financial relief. We'll tell you about a new federal program and who's eligible. It's Tuesday, October 27th. From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Imi Brown. This is Front Page, and here are the day's biggest stories. Stay with me.

With just one week into the midterms, President Trump and former President Obama spent the weekend campaigning in key states, fighting for control of Congress. In Michigan, Trump went after Democratic Senate candidate Abdul Sayed, who is Muslim.

Donald Trump (1:13)

I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States Senator. And that's the fact. We're not going to let that happen.

And nine days from now, the people of Michigan are going to defeat Abdul Mohammed Sayed. Abdul Mohammed Al Sayed, a man who should never be allowed inside the halls of our great, beautiful Capitol building in Washington.

Mimi Brown (1:53)

Obama defended Sayed comparing Trump's attack to what he faced on his own campaign trail.

Barack Obama (1:59)

They will use lies, and they will use fear, and they will use division. And they may even use your name or your faith to somehow suggest that you are dangerous and less than trustworthy and less patriotic and less American than they are. We have seen this movie before. I starred in it. I was, I'm the, I was, I was, I've got a long form birth certificate to prove it.

This stuff didn't work on me, not in Michigan. It's not going to work on Abdul. Abdul is fighting for change, real change.

Mimi Brown (2:46)

Obama also criticized Trump's tariff, saying they're driving up prices for Americans, and he questions the president's expensive White House renovations. He even had something to say about all that gold.

Barack Obama (2:57)

He seems very focused on home renovations.

He should be on HGTV. He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein helping the cheesecake factory.

Mimi Brown (3:12)

Just gold everywhere. And all this campaigning comes as new polls show Democrats leading Republicans in the race to control the White House. Now the focus is on getting voters to the polls. Early voting is underway in several states and Election Day is next Tuesday, November 3rd.

And a three-year-old soccer player in Florida is apparently so good at the game that he got kicked out of his league. His name is Nevada. He's just three years old, but he's already playing against five-year-olds. And according to his parents, he was dominating the game so much that other parents started complaining because their kids couldn't get the ball away from him. This happened in Winter Park, Florida, where his family says the I-9 Sports Youth League eventually kicked him out. And get this, the police were called. His father says officers showed up because his son was holding on to the soccer ball too much.

SPEAKER_3 (4:05)

They called the police on the 3-year-old because he had the ball for too long and nobody else can get the ball. So they called the police on him.

Barack Obama (4:15)

But at the end of the day, so they're wanting you guys to head out.

Mimi Brown (4:18)

So the league office is going to reach out to you.

SPEAKER_3 (4:20)

I'd give it about a week, okay?

They don't reach out by then. Maybe try and reach out to them, just look them up online.

Mimi Brown (4:26)

But you should be getting a refund. The family says they were told to leave the field and their registration fees were refunded. Now, we haven't heard the league's full explanation for what happened, so it's unclear whether there was more of a dispute. But videos of Little Nevada playing soccer have now gone viral, and his family says all he was doing was playing the game he loves.

If you're a nurse struggling to pay off student loans, the federal government has a new program that could wipe out $40,000 of that debt, and the applications are now open. The Department of Health and Human Services is putting $275 million into a program to get more nurses working in nursing homes, especially in communities where health care workers are in short supply. Here's how it works. If you qualify, the government will pay you up to $40,000 toward your student loans in exchange for working at an approved nursing home for three years. And if you don't have student loans, you could qualify for a $10,000 stipend instead that's extra money on top of your regular salary. The government expects the program to help more than 4,000 nurses across the country in all 50 states. You can find more information and application details through the Department of Health and Human Services at HHS.gov.