Morning Wire - Biden’s Drone Attack Decision & DOJ Investigates Cori Bush | Afternoon Update | 1.30.24

Episode Date: January 30, 2024

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This episode is brought to you by Black Rifle Coffee. Go to black rifle coffee.com and use promo code wire for 10% off your purchase and your first coffee club order. That's Black RifleCoffee.com promo code wire. I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Vickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, January 30th, and this is your morning wire afternoon update. President Biden says he has made a decision on how to respond to a drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Northeast Jordan. When asked by reporters this morning, if he had made a decision on, the matter the president said.

Yes. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips reports. The president's remarks come after he vowed to retaliate and quote, hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner of our choosing for the deadly attack, which also injured more than 30 U.S. service members. Reporters also asked the president if he holds Iran responsible for that attack. I do hold them responsible in a sense that they're supplying the weapons to the people who didn't. These were the first U.S. deaths by Iranian-backed militant groups since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.

The drone targeted barracks on a U.S. military installation in Jordan. According to NPR, a militant group called the Islamic resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for the incident. They've also taken credit for separate drone attacks on bases in Syria and a naval facility in Israel. Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee took the next step today in impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. vote, which was along party lines, charged Majorcas with refusing to uphold the law and breaching public trust. Here's committee chairman, Representative Mark Green. The actions and decisions of Secretary Mayarchus have left us with no other option than to proceed with articles of impeachment. To quote Madison once again, perhaps the greatest

danger of abuse in the executive power lies in the improper continuance of bad men in office, end quote. We cannot allow this man to remain in office any longer. The action taken by the committee paves the way for a full House vote as early as next week. A potential new hostage deal between Israel and Hamas has reportedly been discussed by Israel's war cabinet but has not yet been voted on. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce says more. The last ceasefire deal needed approval from the war cabinet, the security cabinet, and lastly the full government. As one Israeli official tells NBC, all future agreements are expected to go through the same process and that a vote hasn't occurred

yet because Hamas may demand changes. Israeli officials said that any pause given in exchange for prisoners would only be temporary while Hamas is demanding a permanent ceasefire. After reports of the framework of a deal being presented to Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will not release thousands of terrorists nor take Israeli forces out of Gaza. A source familiar with the negotiations tells NBC that the proposal included the possibility of a 60-20, they pause in hostilities and the release of civilian hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. As the deal continues to be negotiated, this morning undercover Israeli forces in heavy disguise raided a West Bank hospital where they killed three militants. Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic

Jihad militant group claimed the trio as members. The IDF says the men were using the hospital as a base to plan more terror attacks. The Justice Department is investigating Democratic Congress woman Corey Bush over accusations that she misused government money meant to pay for her security. A subpoena announcement related to the investigation was read on the House floor yesterday. The office of the sergeant at arms for the House of Representatives has been served with a grand jury subpoena for documents issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. According to Punch Bull News and Ethics Watchdog, alleges Bush paid her once bodyguard and now husband, Courtney Merritt, from her campaign funds. It was recently

revealed that Bush married Merits in a private ceremony in early 2023. Merits was on Bush's campaign payroll the year before. A nonpartisan accountability group has asked the FEC to look into the matter. Former President Donald Trump remains on the ballot in Illinois after the state's Election Board ruled that the courts should have the final say. Mr. Turman? Yes. Mr. Brett? Yes. Vice Chair Donahue? Yes. Chair Watson? Yes. Motion passes. The election board's hearing officer, a retired Republican judge, claimed that the evidence against Trump is overwhelming, but left the ultimate decision to the courts. There's no doubt in my mind that he manipulated, instigated, and abetted an insurrection

of January 6th. However, having said that, it's not my place to rule on that today. This comes just one week before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to begin hearing arguments on whether Trump's alleged involvement in January 6th should disqualify him from running for the Oval Office. The court has never ruled on a case about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which was adopted to prevent former Confederates from returning to office after the Civil War. UPS is cutting 12,000 jobs from its workforce, which equates to about 2.4% of its over 500,000-person workforce. The news comes after the shipping giants said it was seeking to make a $1 billion cost reduction,

citing decreasing demands for service and higher labor union costs. A UPS spokesman confirmed that most of these reductions would come in the first half of this year. And tech billionaire Elon Musk said Monday that his brain science company, Neurrelink, has implanted a device in a human for the first time. Musk described the procedure as a potential step toward allowing people to control any external device just by thinking. Musk says so far the procedure has yielded very promising results. Precision neuroscience, a neuralink competitor, implanted its device in a human for the first time last year. All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon.

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