Morning Wire - Florida Trans Bill Blocked & CA Insurance Applications | Afternoon Update | 6.6.23

Episode Date: June 6, 2023

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I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl. It's Tuesday, June 6th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. A federal judge has temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender medical treatments for minors. The Tuesday ruling says the state has no rational basis for denying patients this treatment. The preliminary injunction mainly focuses on language surrounding children and allows three children whose parents brought the suit to continue their treatment. The judge claims that, evidence shows, quote, gender identity is real and that, quote, banning these treatments for minors risks patients might face. A major dam was destroyed early Tuesday morning in Russian-occupied

territory in southern Ukraine. Over 15,000 residents downstream of the dam were evacuated as officials warned that the rising water levels could hit a critical point in just a couple of hours. Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of knocking out the Cahovka Dam and a nearby hydroelectric plant. In addition to the flooding, the dam's failure is causing immediate concerns about water supplies in the region. The Cahovka Reservoir provided for almost all the water needs of the Crimean Peninsula's 2 million residents. The dam's failure also has officials worried that the Zaporizia nuclear power plant could run out of water in a few months, and artificial lake kept in reserve for the power plant will serve its water

needs for now. State Farm, one of California's top insurance agencies, recently announced it will no longer be taking home insurance applications in the Golden State. The insurer says the reason for the move is the threat of wildfires, as well as increasing costs of construction. Now, the state's insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara, is telling Californians that there's nothing he can do to stop the company from following through on its decision. According to my legal team, I do not have the authority to do that. And again, we're going to focus on the things that we can do, which is bringing companies

together, having the conversation, making sure that consumers are protected and don't lose our coverage, and that's what we're going to focus on. State Farm's decision to change its business practices in California comes after all state made a similar announcement. Adding to California's woes, one of San Francisco's largest hotel owners announced that it would be dumping two of its downtown properties from its portfolio due to a range of issues, including uncertainty regarding the city's success in the future. Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips, has the latest.

This week, the Virginia-based real estate conglomerate Park Hotels and Resorts announced that it would immediately stop making payments on its $725 million loan for two hotels in San Francisco, the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, and Park 55. The firm cited, quote, record high office vacancy, concerns over street conditions, lower return to office than peer cities, and a weaker than expected citywide convention calendar as reasons behind the decision. A Hilton Hotel spokesperson told SFgate.com that it does not plan to close the hotels and that they will remain operational under the management of Hilton Hotels and Resorts. The CEO of Park Hotels and Resorts added that forfeiting the two properties was, quote, difficult but necessary. In a major shake-up in the sports world, the PGA announced that it will be merging with LiveGolf. The deal combines the PGA Tour and Live Golf along with DP World Tour into one for-profit company.

The PGA tour's decades of dominance were challenged in June 2021 after retired golfer Greg Norman hosted Liv's first tournament, a tournament funded by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. Here's Commissioner Jay Monahan speaking about the deal. We can have a far greater impact on this game than we can working apart. And I give Yasser great credit for coming to the table, coming to discussions with an open heart and an open mind. We did the same. And the game of golf is better for what we've done here today. We'll have a full report in tomorrow's episode of Morning Wire. And Oakland native, Jim Hines, a U.S. Olympic gold medalist and the first man to run the 100-meter

dash in under 10 seconds, has died at 76. Heinz won his Olympic medal in the 1968 summer Olympics in Mexico City and was widely regarded as the fastest man alive while in his prime. Details of his death are unknown. Here's the radio call from Heinz's historic sprint. Three Americans, one Cuban, one Jamaica, one French, One Canadian, one managascar. Way to go to this time.

Jim Hines has got a good one. I'm also going well there is Mel Pinder. It's Melinda. It's Melinda. America and Miller is going well. And what it's finishing you've got to be. And Hines came through. Haines wins his second, Charlie Green.

And look at the time there. Inside the World Record, the world record, the world record pending at 9-9. And Jim Hines takes the gold medal. All right. Those are your drive-home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day. Listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.