Morning Wire - March For Israel & Stopgap Funding Bill | Afternoon Update | 11.14.23

Episode Date: November 14, 2023

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I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, November 14th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Thousands of people packed onto the National Mall today to show support for Israel and condemn anti-Semitism. A coalition of Jewish organizations planned the march to show that they stand with Israel following the brutal October 7th attack carried out by Hamas terrorists. Organizers for the march for Israel say as many as 100,000 people are anticipated to turn out for the event, though thousands have already gathered, for the event's 1 p.m. start time. The event was attended by a bipartisan group of leadership from both the House and the Senate, including both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. History shows that when the world ignored anti-Semitism in the last century,

it led to the worst catastrophe in human history. There are few issues in Washington that can so easily bring together leaders of both parties in both chambers, but the survival of the state of Israel and her people unites us together. And he unites all Americans, all Americans. The House is preparing to vote this afternoon on a stopgap package to keep the government running into the new year. If approved, the Senate would take up the vote ahead of Friday's partial shutdown deadline. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more. While the bill is unlikely to win over enough Republican support, newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is looking to the other side of the aisle.

Johnson has put forward a somewhat unusual funding proposal that would fund some federal agencies to January 19th and others to February 2nd. The continuing resolution does not include any of the massive cuts that Republicans have demanded. It also completely omits President Joe Biden's request for Ukraine, Israel, the border, and other funds. Johnson has called the continuing resolution a necessary bill, saying it would put Republicans best foot forward in the new year. Meanwhile, other members of the GOP party, like Chip Roy, believe this bill is a mistake. to put forward a bill that will continue the spending levels that were adopted in the massive omnibus spending level last December, $1.7 trillion bill, annual $1.6 plus trillion dollars of spending, and perpetuate the policies, even more importantly. I am opposed to doing that.

I can swallow doing some of those things if you're getting meaningful change, but not perpetuating the same damn policy for 60 to 75 days. That is absurd. A bus carrying high school students in Ohio was rear-ended by a semi-truck this morning, killing three people and injuring 18 others. Officials say there were a total of 57 people on the bus which was traveling from a school in eastern Ohio. The cause of the accident, which occurred while heading west on interstate 70, is still being investigated. The injured people were taken to a handful of different hospitals. The highway was closed in both directions for a window of time, leading to numerous traffic delays. Inflation stayed flat in October as gasoline prices came down about 2.5% last month.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the annualized inflation rate was 3.2% for October, which is still elevated, but closer to the Federal Reserve goal of 2%. Wall Street celebrated the news with a stock rally early in the day, and many economists believe the Fed will hold rates steady at their next meeting. Food prices did continue to increase, however, by 0.3% month over month. A federal judge in D.C. is considering whether or not to hold a broadcast journalist in contempt. The journalist is refusing to divulge her sources in various stories about a Chinese-American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. Daily Wire senior editor, Jill Needler, has more. Catherine Harridge, who formerly worked for Fox News and now works for CBS, was ordered to testify under oath about her sources of information regarding Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen.

Chen was suspected of lying on immigration documentation to work on a Chinese astronaut program and was later investigated for it. Chen has since sued the government saying details about the probe were leaked in order to damage her reputation. During Herage's under oath interview, she refused to tell Chen's lawyers how she got her information. Now Chen's lawyers are demanding that Herage be held in contempt, which could result in many fines until she complies. The long-running suit is being closely watched by media advocates as it approaches a crucial decision point. A Czech television news crew in San Francisco to cover the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Summit was robbed earlier this week. SFPD has confirmed that they're investigating the incident. Officers told KTVU that a vehicle stopped nearby and three armed men exited and approached the crew while demanding their production equipment. The suspects then got back in their vehicle and took off. The news crew reportedly lost more than $18,000 worth of equipment. 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.