Morning Wire - Friday Afternoon Update | 10.7.22

Episode Date: October 7, 2022

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, October 7th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Over 150 House Republicans are calling on President Biden to reject California's new radical green car regulations as the state looks to electrify its citizens' fleet. California's new regulations requires car sellers to phase out gas-powered engines. A federal judge in New York temporarily blocked parts of a new gun law in the state. state, allowing for the advocacy group gun owners of America to pursue a lawsuit challenging it. The law, which took effect on September 1st, creates new requirements for obtaining a license, including submitting social media accounts for review, and designates a long list of public and

private places where carrying a gun became a felony, even if the holder has a license. The race for New York governor has tightened. Republican Representative Lee Zeldon is polling less than two points behind incumbent Democrat Governor Kathy Hokel, according to a new poll by Trafalgar Group. Hocal is the unelected governor who replaced Andrew Cuomo after his resignation. Kevin Spacey was in court Thursday to defend himself in a lawsuit filed by Anthony Rapp, the actor who in 2017 made the first in a string of sexual misconduct allegations against Spacey. The federal trial is expected to last less than two weeks.

The House Committee investigating the events of January 6 announced this week that its next hearing will be held on October 13th. The panel postponed a hearing scheduled last week due to Hurricane Ian nearing Florida. Hollywood producer Eric Weinberg was charged with 18 felony counts of sexual assault, including rape this week. The writer for the hit show Scrubs is accused of luring women to photo shoots and then assaulting them. He was released on $5 million bond. A growing share of car buyers are signing up for monthly loan payments of $1,000 or more amid rising interest rates and elevated auto prices. new research shows. Overall, around 14% of consumers who financed a new vehicle in the third quarter committed to payments at or above that amount, up from 8% during the same period in 2021.

For buyers of electric vehicles, the share is 26% for hybrids, 24%. And buses of illegal migrants keep arriving in deep blue cities. Texas Governor Greg Abbott's busing program released a bus of migrants who say they're from Venezuela near the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. Vice President Kamala Harris lives nearby. Volunteers from a humanitarian nonprofit arrived to assist the migrants. Well, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to DailyWire.com.

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