Morning Wire - Border Wall Showdown & German Vax Study | 12.16.22

Episode Date: December 16, 2022

Outgoing Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s plan for the border is challenged, A new study shows a link between MRNa vaccines and serious heart problems, and we look back at the career of late college football legend Mike Leach. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.   Get a FREE matching Naturally Nude NIghty with your order: https://www.pajamagram.com/   Download the Cynch app and get your first tank exchange for just $10 with promo code WIRE. Visit http://cynch.com/offer for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An attempt to shore up the border wall using shipping containers by Arizona's outgoing governor is being thwarted by a county sheriff. We discussed the governor's high stakes plan and what comes next in the showdown. I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl. It's Friday, December 16th, and this is Morning Wire. A new study confirms the link between MRNA vaccines and cardiac damage. We discussed the findings. And college football lost a legend this week, coach Mike Leach. We reflect on Leach's tragic passing and how we changed the game. Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know.

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Arizona governor Doug Deucie's plans to fill gaps in the wall on the U.S. southern border has hit a roadblock in Santa Cruz County. County Sheriff David Hathaway has threatened to arrest anyone who places a container along the border. Joining us to talk about Doocy's border wall and the future of Arizona's immigration fight is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. So, Tim, what is Deucy doing down at the border? Well, he'd tell you that he's trying to do the job that the Biden administration isn't. Ducey started filling gaps in the border wall in August, with empty shipping containers

set next to each other and stacked too high. He's hit a snag in Santa Cruz County, which borders Mexico just below Tucson, because its sheriff is threatening to arrest anyone who places shipping containers along the border. Sheriff Hathaway says that the land underneath belongs to the federal government, and that Ducey's wall project is the same as leaving trash or litter. The sheriff said he will arrest anyone placing containers and charge them with illegal dumping. But the sheriff of nearby Cochise County supports the shipping container wall. He says it will deter crime and stop criminal behavior.

Now, how much pressure is Ducey feeling just weeks away from leaving office? He's trying to get as much accomplished as he can before he turns the office over to incoming Governor Katie Hobbs on January 1st. So far, he's laid four miles of shipping containers across the border. Now, Hobbs is a Democrat and as expected to, at the very least stop work on Doocy's priorities like the border wall. She may even tear down the shipping containers. She's suggested demolishing the wall and using those shipping containers to build affordable housing for homeless and low-income residents. Now, what is the status at the border lately? It's getting worse, and pretty much everyone is expecting the situation to get a lot

worse in a few weeks. A federal court recently struck down Title 42, a health policy that has functionally been one of the best tools of border agents to stop people from entering the country. Department of Homeland Security officials are estimating that potentially thousands more migrants could begin crossing the border daily if the policy is officially ended. Morningwire spoke with the Border Patrol agent to get a better idea of what ending Title 42 could mean. It's going to set the stage for the completion of Biden's plan to have a complete open border in one long Ellis Island. And we'll probably end up seeing double our numbers now. We're now apprehending between 6 and 8,000 a day. we'll probably end up seeing double that between 12 and 15,000 apprehensions a day.

That same agent says policies and incentives put in by the Biden administration are driving illegal crossings to record levels, and he expects them to increase. It's the nullification of all immigration law that is leading them here. It is the incentives that we give to these illegal aliens, these government programs that they're able to get once they're here, The incentives of all the benefits of a United States citizen without all the responsibilities is what's driving these people into the U.S. Now, does the federal government have the resources to deal with that surge, should it come?

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claims he does, but there's good reason to be doubtful. DHS has drafted U.S. air marshals who run security on commercial flights to take up stations at the border indefinitely because the border patrol is low on manpower. According to reports, that order has caused its own backlash with multiple air marshals likely to rebel against it because they believe it creates an unacceptable security risk for commercial flights. Now, what has President Biden been doing lately on this issue? Yeah, he's downplayed the seriousness of the situation at the border. In response to a reporter's question, he said he has more important things to do than go to the border during a recent trip to Arizona. Here's that exchange.

and not visit the border because the more important thing going on they're going to invest billions of dollars in a new enterprise. Well, a lot of people in the border states are hoping for some action soon. Tim, thanks for reporting. Thanks for having me.

That was Daily Wires, Tim Pierce. Coming up, a new study out of Germany sheds new light on the potential adverse reactions to COVID vaccines. The last thing you want to be doing the morning of the Christmas party is driving around trying to exchange your empty propane tank for a new one.

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A new German study has confirmed the link between the Moderna-M-R-N-A vaccine and cardiac damage. Joining us to discuss is Johns Hopkins, Dr. Marty McCarrie. Dr. McCarrie, thanks so much for coming on. Great to be with you. Now, tell us about this new German study that looked at the MRNA vaccine. So an interesting study where they did a thorough autopsy of people who were found dead outside of the hospital setting after the vaccine, immediately after the vaccine.

And what they found is that it was a vaccine-related death in five, individuals studied. That is that there was signs of immune cells infiltrating the heart. Now, we've known this previously as myocarditis, and this study confirms that it can cause death, and the vaccine is the direct cause in these five instances. Now, obviously, this vaccine has been rolled out to an unprecedented number of people over an incredibly short amount of time, and all vaccines carry risks that can include death. So how concerned should we be about five individuals? Well, this is the interesting risk benefit ratio that we have to calculate when we make recommendations as doctors.

And the reality is that if you're a very high-risk person of dying of COVID, then yes, it's still very much worth it to get the vaccine, given COVID's high infection fatality rate in that high-risk population. But when you're talking about young, healthy children, that's when things can change. change. And so right now, it appears as if the risk of myocarditis in young healthy males in particular is greater than the risk of COVID, especially if they already had COVID and had natural immunity. That's why some parts of the world do not recommend the COVID vaccine in children. We don't know if anyone has even died of COVID who's young and healthy. The CDC won't provide those statistics. In one study in Germany, actually, they found that no healthy child between the ages of 5 and 17 have died of COVID. So if the risk is that low, what are we protecting

them from with an M RNA vaccine? And another compelling study that came out a few weeks ago found that even if you have no symptoms from the vaccine, you can have mild heart injury. The concern is, of course, some of that inflammation could cause scarring. And, and could affect the heart long term, those studies are not yet in. So is there a critical window after you've received the vaccine where you're at greater risk, or is your risk elevated for a long time after you've taken the vaccine? It does appear that within the first 72 hours is when the vast majority of these heart complications are being first observed.

And that's when many of these studies have focused on their analyses. We basically tell people that if you've not had a vaccine complication in the first month after the vaccine, that you're probably good to go for life. The small caveat, of course, is the unknown that if you have a subclinical heart inflammation, some of that scarring could affect conduction long term. We know from studies in children that three months after myocarditis and children, there were still some MRI abnormalities in a large study that was played. published in the Pediatrics Journal.

What about the J&J vaccine? Is that starting to look like the safer option at this point? Well, there's another one that recently was authorized called NovaVax. It's a COVID-19 vaccine. And that one so far appears to have a traditional vaccine platform technologically. That is, it's a protein piece of a vaccine. And many people think that that may be the safest option. The MRNA vaccine just simply has a lot of unknowns and a lot of aspects that have not been thoroughly studied.

The J&J vaccine has been associated with blood clots and young women of childbearing age. However, again, that's been documented to be very rare. All right. Well, Dr. McCarrie, thanks so much for coming on. Great to be with you. That was Johns Hopkins, Dr. Marty McCarrie. Mississippi State head football coach, Mike Leach, an innovator that altered the landscape of college football, died this week from complications related to a heart condition. Here to discuss Leach's lasting impact on the game is Crane and Company co-host David Cohn.

Hey, David. Hey, John. So we covered previously this week the tragic news of Leach's untimely death and wanted to take a moment here to look at his legacy. First, can you provide more details on the death of Coach Leach? Yes, it's certainly been a sad week in college football with the passing of Coach Leach. He was in his third season at Mississippi State and finished the year with an impressive victory over arch rival Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl on November 24th. Now, following that game,

Coach mentioned he had battled pneumonia for much of the season, but was feeling better, and he attended practice this past Saturday. The following day, however, he was airlifted from Starkville to the UMMC in Jackson, where he died Monday night due to cardiovascular complications. The university released a statement from Coach's family, which read, We are supported and uplifted by the outpouring of love and prayers from family, friends, Mississippi State University, the hospital staff, and football fans around the world. Thank you for sharing in the joy of our beloved husband and father's life. Now, for those who don't follow college football as closely as you and me, Leach was a really innovative and an entertaining figure.

What do our listeners need to know about his influence on the game? Sure, he was near the top of the list the last couple decades. in terms of being an innovator and just a colorful personality. He was a true pioneer in college football. He won 158 games during his three-head coaching stints. That's at Texas Tech, Washington State, and then at Mississippi State. And he was the innovator of what's known as the air raid offense. Most will remember him for being a true Renaissance man. He loved to answer questions on a vast range of topics from pirates to wedding advice. You know, coach was, he was, he was, he was, was a big supporter of our show at Craning Company, actually. Right, you guys actually sat down with

him recently, correct? That's correct. We sat down with him at SEC Media Days. He appeared on the show. We covered everything from the Breaking Bad series to training infants using a laser pointer. I kid you not. Here's a brief excerpt of that interaction. Who is your favorite character in Breaking Bad and why? Is it Walter White? No, Saul. Of course. Because the math adds up on that one. Well, all the salamoncas are fun. They are. Oh, no, the other guy, the chicken man, he's pretty good. Yes, Gus.

Gustavo. Frank, man, that was one of the best shows. Now, his school, Mississippi State, was scheduled to play in a bowl game this season. How are they handling the postseason after this tragedy? Yes, there have been many questions this week as to whether or not the Bulldogs would take the field following this heartbreaking news. But Mississippi State University did provide an update this week by announcing they, will play Illinois in the ReliaQuest Bowl on January 2nd, which is scheduled to take place at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay. MSU also promoted defensive coordinator Zach Arnett to head

coach. Many believe hiring from within like this will help stabilize the program following the passing of Coach Leach. Now, following Coach Arnett's promotion, one source close to the program stated, he's been a leader in our program. He's a guy that player on both sides of the ball, respect. He has stepped up and led this team through this adversity, making sure we can continue to finish this season, the way we started and the way coach Leach always expected. Well, it sounds like they're in good hands.

And look, we're all sad to lose Leach, but what a gift that you guys got a chance to talk with him personally just recently. He was a great man. Dave, thanks for coming on. Thank you. That was Craning Company co-host, David Cohn. Other stories were tracking this week. The House voted on Thursday,

on a bill that could pave the way for Puerto Rico to become the 51st U.S. state. The measure received bipartisan support in the House, but is not expected to clear the Senate where most Republicans are opposed. Philadelphia Public Schools announced a two-week mask mandate upon return from Christmas break. As of Thursday, the city was rated

as medium COVID risk by the CDC. Well, that's all the time we've got this morning. Thanks for waking up with us. We'll be back this afternoon with more of the news you need to know.