Morning Wire - Evening Wire: The Nation Mourns & The UN Warns of Iran Escalation | 9.11.26

Episode Date: September 11, 2026

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It's Friday, September 11th, and this is Evening Wire. Americans gathered across the country today to mark 25 years since the September 11th, the attacks, with the largest ceremony taking place at Ground Zero in New York City. Family members of the 2,977 victims read each name aloud beginning at 8.30 a.m., observing moments of silence at the exact times the attacks unfolded, including 846 a.m. when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North Tower. Vice President J.D. Vance joined former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden at the ceremony, bringing the nation. taught political leaders together to honor those killed in the attacks.

President Donald Trump held a separate ceremony at the Pentagon, while communities around the country also held tributes to the victims and the first responders who died in the attacks or have since succumbed to 9-11-related illnesses. But the solemn ceremony was also marred by controversy after New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were captured laughing during the reading of victims' names, even as grieving family members openly mourned their loved ones. The footage quickly drew backlash from critics, including Senator Ted Cruz and New York City Councilwoman Inna Wernikov, who condemned the pair's behavior as disrespectful to the victims and

their families. The UN is sounding the alarm about a potential escalation in the Red Sea. This comes as hundreds of Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers are on the ground with the Houthis in Yemen. The Houthi rebels have seized the Red Sea port city of Moka, and their hope is to close the nearby Bob Almandeb Strait. U.S. officials believe hundreds of Iranian officers are currently inside Yemen working alongside the Houthis to carry out that plan.

Meanwhile, officials say around 100 U.S. military advisors are on the ground in Saudi Arabia to help them work to counter Iran's operations. In a racially charged twist in the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, the loan holdout on the not guilty decision turns out to have been the only black person on the jury. Paula Devlin, one of the more outspoken of the jurors, told CBS host Gail King that the ages of the jurors ranged from 22 to 70 years old with, quote, one person of color. When she revealed that the holdout was a black man, King appeared visibly shaken. One person of color was a person of color, a woman or a man?

A man. A man. Is a holdout juror a person, a black man? Yes. A black man is a holdout juror? Yes. Well, I have to sit with that for just a second. The jurors who have been making the media rounds have described the holdout as arrogant for his refusal to cave to the other 11 jurors.

Ahead of today's 25th anniversary of 9-11, a wealthy Virginia school district located just miles from the Pentagon, told its teachers not to associate the attacks with Islam or Muslims. The guidance from Fairfax County Public Schools told teachers to be ready to combat, quote, anti-Muslim bias in the classroom and to not connect the attacks with any religious motivation. The guidance obtained by Fox News reads, quote, consider how you might prepare to stand against anti-Muslim racism in your classroom. Consider the classroom conditions that you can build to create safe spaces for Muslim and Middle Eastern students. Georgetown University is getting some pushback for giving pro-Iran apologists

the stage in a new lecture series. The university's Prince Al-Walid bin Talal Center for Muslim-Khrush. Christian Understanding is hosting a four-part Iran lecture series this fall featuring four speakers who will address authoritarianism in Iran, the country's nuclear program, its grand strategy, and U.S.-Iran relations, as well as the struggle for democracy. The entire lineup has drawn criticism over the speaker's ties to the National Iranian-American Council, an Iranian-American advocacy organization that has repeatedly pushed for diplomacy and accommodation with Iran and has opposed efforts to increase pressure on the Islamic regime.

Laudan Bazar again, founder of Alliance Against Islamic Regime of Iran apologists or Aire, told Daily Wire, quote, when they repeatedly amplify one narrow set of voices while excluding Iranians who challenge those narratives, they risk becoming vehicles for propaganda rather than places of genuine debate. In a letter to Georgetown's president, Irea stresses that it's not calling for the speakers to be silenced. Instead, the group argues that Georgetown has a responsibility to have a robust debate. If you've been paying attention to the news lately, you've probably noticed that food seems to make headlines almost as often as politics. One week, it's a recall. The next, it's concerns about contaminated produce. And then it's another report telling you something that you've been eating isn't as healthy as you thought. At a certain point, taking care of yourself can start to feel unnecessarily complicated. That's one reason that we've been talking about balance of nature around the office.

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but they're ignoring official police reports and state autopsies that show that most of the tragic deaths were actually suicides. Presley kicked started the panic on social media, writing that, quote, Black folks are being found hanged, invoking the Jim Crow era. AOC quickly jumped on the bandwagon, writing this year there have already been 10 reported hangings of black people in the U.S. I'm proud to have signed on to Presley's letter to address these widespread modern-day lynchings and put a stop to this racial terror. There's just one glaring problem.

Law enforcement, medical examiners, and independent tracking data say it's simply not true. As pointed out in community notes on X, Most high-profile cases of black people found hanging in 2025 and 26 were ruled suicides by medical examiners and police, with no evidence of foul play. Framing this, as modern-day lynchings, is not supported by official findings. A Massachusetts judge accused of helping an illegal immigrant evade ICE has been publicly reprimanded by the state's highest court, despite federal obstruction charges against her being dropped in 2022. Judge Shelley Joseph faced federal charges after prosecutors accused her of working with an attorney and court officer to help Jose Medina Perez leave a courthouse through the back door during a 2018 drug case. The federal charges were ultimately dismissed after Joseph agreed to refer herself to the state's judicial conduct agency, which separately investigated her actions. The proceeding has now concluded with a public reprimand after a hearing officer found Joseph created, quote, the appearance of impropriety and failed to consider. comply with the law. Joseph's attorney, however, argued that the case has been distorted and said

the hearing officer's findings showed the federal prosecution was, quote, baseless. Comedian Chris Rock admits that President Trump got one thing right. Entertainment reporter Amanda Harding has more. Chris Rock doesn't consider himself a Trump supporter, but there is one opinion the president holds that he believes is correct. Fake news. The entertainer discussed his thoughts in a new interview with Variety. I'm not a fan, he said, but it's weird when somebody gets one thing right, the one thing almost clears them of all their other sins. The news is fake. He got that right. Curtis Hauke, managing editor of the newsbusters, notes that Rock is picking up on what's so obvious to others and what will be part of Trump's legacy. The widespread awareness of both media bias and press

ineptitude will be one of President Trump's longest lasting legacies, he said. Chris Rock certainly seems to be on the president's wavelength. We have an update in the story of the Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami. Definitive causes of the crash were not readily apparent in the immediate aftermath, but new cockpit data released by the NTSB tells a more complete story. Recordings of the pilot's voices as well as instrument data show that the two pilots ignored at least 11 different scenarios that would normally require a mandatory go-around, as in abort landing procedures. 767 pilots are normally required to be fully configured for landing at 1,000 feet of altitude. Flight data shows the pilots were not fully configured until around

50 feet off the ground, and were around 30 knots too fast at the time of touchdown. When the plane eventually did touchdown, thousands of feet farther down the runway than intended, data shows that the controlling pilot did briefly attempt to go around, jamming on the thrusters, but immediately changed his mind and continued to attempt a landing, resulting in the catastrophic crash, killing five individuals on the ground. And Australia hosted its first ever NFL game last night and kicked it off with a land acknowledgement. Clay Travis, whose new outlet sport and state is now partnered with the Daily Wire, by the way, highlighted a clip of the moment, that, quote, Australia also has a national sorry day where the country apologizes to the

Aborigines every year. If you think the U.S. can't get crazier, it can, he added. Here's some of that pregame moment. We are known as the Managhan people, and I'll take this leaf on our behalf, on behalf of our community, the Rangu Rang and our neighboring islands. Accepting this gift means that you are welcome to everything from the tops of the trees to the roots of the earth. Women in Jakar, we're on Drew Ballick, and on my father's land, we sincerely hope you have a wonderful time here at the MCG. Those are your drive-home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com.

And in case you missed earlier today, we covered some major stories, including the commemorations being held across the country on the 25th anniversary of 9-11. one Air Force veteran's personal experience in the days following the attacks, and the latest on the Iran conflict. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with a weekend episode of Morning Wire.