Morning Wire - Islamic Terror Sends Shockwaves | 12.15.25

Episode Date: December 15, 2025

Terrorists kill American soldiers in Syria and murder more than a dozen people at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, police hunt for the gunman behind a deadly shooting at Brown University, and a federal judge releases Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. - - - Ep. 2536 - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 - - - Today's Sponsors: Goldbelly - Go to https://goldbelly.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code WIRE. Vanta - Visit https://vanta.com/MORNINGWIRE to sign up for a free demo today! - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy morning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I cannot confirm there is a third offender, but I want to make sure there's no stone left unturned. The tragedy follows a deadly attack on American soldiers in Syria. We had three great patriots terminated by bad people and not the Syrian government. It was ISIS. I'm Daily Wire, Executive Editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howell. Monday, December 15th. This is Morning Wire. The hunt for the gunman continues in the deadly Brown University shooting that killed two and injured several more. And a judge orders Kilmar Abrago-Garcia to be released and bars

eyes from redattaining the alleged human smuggler. It's too bad that we have these activist judges that legislate from the bench and put MS-13 gang members back out on the streets. Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. Have you ever heard of Goldbelly? It's this amazing site that celebrates the best of America by shipping our country's most iconic food from legendary restaurants straight to your door anywhere in the USA.

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targeted a Hanukkah celebration. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest on this horrific scene as well as a separate attack on American troops in Syria. Hey, Cabot, so let's start with this devastating news out of Australia that broke yesterday. What do we know so far? Yeah, on Sunday, hundreds of people, most of them Jewish, had gathered at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. That is when two men, reportedly motivated by Islamic extremism, opened fire with rifles. They killed at least 15 people and wounded more than two dozen

others in the largest single attack on Jews since October 7, 2023. Among the victims were a prominent rabbi in the community, as well as a 12-year-old girl. Witnesses said it was clear that the men were not just shooting at everyone, but again, specifically targeting beachgoers who were visibly Jewish. As the gunman poured shot after shot into the crowd, a heroic bystander took matters into his own hands. Stunning video from the scene shows an unarmed man creeping towards the gunman from behind a row of cars. He gets within a few feet and then leaps on one of the terrorists,

wrestling the rifle away from him. For our audience watching on Daily Wire, here is that incredible footage. And even more incredible, that heroic bystander, who was himself a local Muslim man, was reportedly shot twice in the process. but still managed to disarm the gunmen. Thankfully, he is expected to make a full recovery.

Ultimately, one of the terrorists was killed by authorities responding to the scene, while the other was also shot and taken into custody. He's now in the hospital in what authorities call life-threatening condition. Authorities say they also found what appeared to be a number of improvised explosive devices in the car of the suspect who was killed. Thankfully, they did not go off, and bomb technicians were able to dispose of them safely. Here's Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanyes reacting to the attack. This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith, an act of evil anti-Semitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation.

For his part, President Trump told Jewish American Sunday that they are safe here and should respond to this attack, quote, by celebrating Hanukkah proudly. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nanyahu was understandably outraged by the attack and did place some of the blame on Australian leaders, whom he accused of being silent over the last few years amid growing anti-Semitism there. Now, according to a number of reports from Israel, authorities there are investigating right now to see whether these gunmen had been coordinating with Iran or potentially other terrorist organizations, a big part of the story there that they want to get to the bottom of. Indeed. Now, sadly, this wasn't the only Islamic attack this weekend. The U.S. also directly impacted. Tell us what happened in Syria. Yeah, on Saturday, a lone gunman ambushed a group of American service members engaged in counterterrorism operations in Syria. The gunman, who the White House says was an ISIS member, killed two American service members and also their American translator. He also wounded five others, including three more Americans. And even more disturbing, according to numerous reports, The gunman who was thankfully killed at the scene was a, quote, ISIS infiltrator.

He was actually working as part of a government security detail that day. There's Trump addressing the tragedy from the White House. This was an ISIS attack on us and Syria. And again, we mourn the laws and we pray for them and their parents and their loved ones. And that statement was followed up by another truth social post in which the president vowed that, quote, there will be very serious retaliation. Obviously, we're still waiting to see what that will look like, but there's a good chance we see targeted airstrikes

against ISIS strongholds or ISIS leadership throughout Syria. Keep a very close eye on what that retaliation looks like. Trump has not been shy about very aggressive responses to these kinds of situations. Kevin, thanks for reporting. Absolutely. This episode is sponsored by Vanta. Customer Trust can make or break your business. And as your business grows and scales,

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Can you walk us through what happened? Yeah, this was a horrifying incident that lasted all throughout Saturday night and into Sunday morning. It began around 4 in the afternoon on Saturday. A gunman entered Brown University's Barrison Halle Engineering Building, killed two students and injured nine others while they were studying for an economics final. The gunman initially seemed to get away from law enforcement. Students sheltered in their dorms and classrooms wherever they thought that they could find a safe space. Brown tennis player Chloe Chin locked herself in a closet for hours. It was just insane.

Like I was playing tennis and I had to hide in like literally our ball closet with four other people. It was so scary. We were in there for four hours. Brown University sent a couple of alerts out over an active shooter on campus. Around 6.30 in the evening, authorities held their first press conference. Information was limited. They said two people were dead and the shooter had not yet been found. Over the next few hours, Brown continues to warn students to stay sheltered. At 930, authorities gave a second press conference and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley confirmed that the attack wounded nine and killed two. Police released a video of a man dressed in dark clothing who they say is a person of interest in the attack. At around 11, police began to evacuate non-residential buildings around the university. Brown senior Ben Marcus said he stayed up all night transferring students. We've been awake all night, shuddling students back and forth to their dorms, to their apartments from the gym where a lot of them were evacuated to a lot of my friends who ended up sheltering

just random places, needed rides back to their apartments to where they're living. So it's definitely been a long night. A person was finally detained at around 3.45, a.m. on Sunday morning. The FBI, local and state law enforcement worked together to track this person down. It was nearly 6 a.m. before Brown announced the shelter and place order lifted. The university has since said that it has canceled all finals and many students are already on their way back home for Christmas break. You said someone's been apprehended. What do we know about the shooter? Yeah, the information has been slow to get out. Authorities have been pretty cautious because of the ongoing investigation. Law enforcement did yesterday pick up a person of interest, though.

According to the Washington Post, sources briefed on the investigation say police picked up a 24-year-old Wisconsin man at a hotel about 30 miles outside of Providence. Police allegedly found two firearms in his possession. NBC News reports that the police were looking into the man's mental health history and potential ties to the university, but then late last night, officials announced that they were letting that person of interest go. The Rhode Island Attorney General said that the evidence initially pointed in the direction of that man, but that evidence now points in a different direction. Mayor Smiley said at the same press conference that he still believes the community is safe, though this obviously means a shooter is still at large somewhere. The university has put out several statements, and President Trump has also released some statements. What did he say?

Yeah, in Washington, President Trump paid respects to the victims in the Brown University shooting attack and to others who were also victimized this weekend. I want to just pay my respects to the people, unfortunately, Two are no longer with us. Brown University, nine injured, and two are looking down on us right now from heaven. Of course, it didn't take long for this tragedy to get political Democratic Senator Chris Murphy appeared on CNN yesterday and blamed President Trump for the shooting. This is not shocking because over the last year, President Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country. And I think you're unfortunately going to see the results of that on the streets of America. noting that Rhode Island has some of these strictest gun laws in the country, and many have

pointed to that fact and said that right now the focus should be on the victims. And on that point, we joined those in praying for the victims and their families. Well, a tragic weekend here and in Australia. Tim, thanks for reporting. Thanks for having me. Alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrago-Garcia was released back onto the streets Friday, and he's now vowing to fight the Trump administration. Daily Wire political reporter Cameron, Rakan, joins us now with the latest. Cameron, thanks for coming on. So we have yet another judge order here related to alleged human trafficker Abrago Garcia. This one is supposed to be more forceful than the others. First, what exactly did the judge order this time? Yeah, this immigration saga just won't end here. So the U.S. District

Judge Pauloshenis, who was appointed by President Barack Obama back in 2016, ordered that Abrero Garcia, who, you know, he's became so well known as, you know, the Maryland man should be released from iced custody. He was being held at a processing center down in Pennsylvania, and the kicker is that this time, the judge ordered he cannot be redetained by ICE until the court conducts a hearing for a motion for a temporary restraining order. So for now, he's home free. All right, so now he is out, and in fact, we've already heard a good bit from him. Tell us about that aspect of this. What have we heard from Abrigo Garcia. Yeah, so the response so far from him, I mean, has really turned quite a few heads. Some of his critics have said, you know, this sounds like it's a political campaign, and he even

appeared for a routine check-in with ICE in Baltimore on Friday, and he ended up delivering remarks in Spanish before a crowd of activists. His remarks essentially translated to the fact that he plans to fight the Trump administration. He said, quote, I stand here today with my head held high. I will continue to fight and stand firm against all the injustices this government has done upon me. And even his legal team has also condemned the Trump administration saying they need to also face consequences. This is all, of course, drawn a lot of criticism from those who have pointed to him being illegally in the country in the first place since all the way back in 2011. And the allegations brought against him by the administration of human trafficking and allegedly being a member of

the gang, MS-13, as well as some domestic violence allegations from restraining orders in past years. Right. Now, this order by the judge is, of course, controversial. The Trump administration is obviously not happy with it. What have we heard from them so far? Yeah, so they're certainly not happy with this. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, Tricia McLaughlin has called this in naked judicial activism, and the department is pledging to fight this tooth and nail in the courts. Now, the Trump team also continues to highlight allegations again, said Brigo Garcia. When the administration sent him back to his home country of El Salvador back in March, he was ordered back to the United States, but at that point, he was brought back on human smuggling churches stemming from a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop.

Officials say that body camera footage showed him behind the wheel with eight other passengers in tow. The group had been on the road for days as they made their way from Texas to Maryland, and they had no luggage in the car. Our spawning officer noted that he suspected a human trafficking situation, but they ultimately let him go with a citation for driving with an expired license at that time. One last question before you go. That involves another judge and another illegal immigrant accused of criminal behavior. U.S. District Judge Judith Levi from Detroit, she's getting a lot of blowback. She praised a Honduran immigrant and declined to extend his sentencing. Briefly, what happened there? Yeah, so similar to the Obrillo-Garcia situation, this judge was appointed by President Barack Obama, and she spared an illegal immigrant from two more years in prison for those immigration crimes. But this is very important. He was sentenced in 2022 for raping a woman with cerebral palsy. He can now walk home as soon as July 28 because the sentence was not extended. The fact that the judge even referred to him as an ambassador,

for living up to our immigration restrictions, has certainly raised a lot of eyebrows, given the nature of why he's currently behind bars. Not hard to see why there's a lot of outrage about that decision in those comments from the judge. Cameron, thanks so much for reporting. Thank you. Thanks for waking up with us. And if you're listening to the show, now you can watch for free on Daily Wire Plus. We'll be back later this evening with more news you need to know.