Morning Wire - Monday Afternoon Update | 1.2.23

Episode Date: January 2, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, January 2nd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. A Ukrainian strike on a facility in the Eastern Dened where Russian military personnel were stationed has reportedly caused mass casualties. The Russian Defense Ministry reported 63 casualties, whereas Ukrainian media is reporting 400 Russian casualties with 300 injuries. Actor Jeremy Renner is being treated. for serious injuries that occurred while he was plowing snow on Sunday at his home in Reno, Nevada. A representative said that the 51-year-old actor is in critical but stable condition. According to the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, Renner was the only person involved and was airlifted to a hospital. Renner is known for his role as Hawkeye, the sharpshooting member of the superhero Avengers Squad

in Marvel's sprawling movie and television universe. Approximately 300 migrants landed on uninjointed. inhabited islands in the Florida Keys over the weekend. The group made at least 10 separate landings. According to customs and border protection, at least 88 of the migrants are Cuban nationals. At least 51 have died and 19 remain missing in the Philippines after catastrophic flooding over the Christmas holiday.

At least 4,000 homes were damaged and some areas are still without power and water. A second major earthquake in less than two weeks jolted Northern California on New Year's Day. The 5.4 magnitude quake struck at 1035 a.m. on Sunday with an epicenter about nine miles east of Rio Delle in Humboldt County. That's according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No deaths or injuries have been reported. President Biden's first big trip of the year is set to feature the president appearing alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. The event is scheduled to take place Wednesday and is expected to center around the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that Biden, and signed into law last year.

Things are going to turn around in a big way. Because of this law, next year will be the first year in 20 years. American infrastructure investment will grow faster than China. We'll once again have the best roads, bridges, ports, and airports over the next decade. A law signed in September, making California a transgender sanctuary state

took effect on Sunday. The law gives kids from other states access to, quote, gender-affirming care in the Golden state. The legislation also states it will block the enforcement of other states' laws that hinder access to transgender medical procedures and drugs. Republican state Senator Melissa Melendez said while she thinks transgender youth deserve protection and mental health care, she said the law takes the wrong approach. I don't think the state of California should be stepping in

and facilitating that. That's not our place. At least 14 people have died and more than a dozen others were injured on Sunday during an armed attack on a state prison in the Mexico border city of Juarez. Attackers reportedly converged on the Saraso state prison in armed vehicles around 7 a.m. and opened fire on guards, killing 10 guards and three inmates. At least 24 prisoners escaped before authorities regained control of the prison. Well, 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 the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.