Morning Wire - Monday Afternoon Update | 5.8.23

Episode Date: May 8, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, May 8th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Authorities have arrested and charged a man who allegedly rammed his vehicle into a group of Venezuelans outside a migrant center in Texas on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring many others. The suspect is a 34-year-old man with a lengthy criminal history. Here's Brownsville's police chief. He has been formally charged and arraigned with eight counts of mass slaughter, 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The man arrested in California late last week, who allegedly carried out a string of murders near the UC Davis campus, has been identified as a 21-year-old third-year student. Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. Immigration and customs enforcement has lodged a detainer request against a 21-year-old third-year student at UC Davis who illegally came into the U.S. in April 2009 from El Salvador. The report identified the suspect as an alleged. alleged serial killer. The suspect is accused of stabbing two people to death and attempting to kill another. The three stabbings, all separate incidents, happened between April 27th and

May 1st. The suspect was arrested by the Yolo County Sheriff's Office and is now in the Yolo County Jail. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced new efficiency regulations for dishwashers, beverage vending machines, and electric motors on Friday. This is the latest of several actions from the Biden administration to decrease power usage in combat climate change. Here with more as Daily Wire investigative reporter, Bereda Lorty. Under the new rules, new dishwashers imported into the U.S. beginning in 2027 would have to consume 27% less power and use 34% less water, while more compact models would need to implement a 22% power reduction and an 11% water use reduction. Energy Department officials estimate that consumers would

have to spend $15 more for a new dishwasher, but would witness three times as much in energy savings over the appliance's lifetime. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced on Monday that the agency introduced rules requiring airlines to reimburse customers who incur expenses due to certain delayed and canceled flights, a move which comes as the industry faces elevated demand and a constrained labor force.

The proposed rules, which would apply when an airline delays a flight for more than three hours or cancels a flight for a controllable reason, would mandate that companies offer compensation for stranded passengers as well as a meal or meal voucher, overnight accommodations, and ground transportation between the airport and hotel. Black California residents could receive up to $1.2 million based on how many years they've lived in the state after its official reparations task force approved recommendations on Saturday. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presta Giacomo has the details.

The draft includes calculated dollar figures based on categories ranging from mass incarceration, housing discrimination and other alleged injustices. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 2.5 million Californians could be eligible to receive reparations based on certain requirements. Task force members are scheduled to release the report by July 1st. If lawmakers approve the plan, the state will create a new agency to oversee the program, determine eligibility, and distribute funds.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said he's pulling the plug on the state's sole PBS television station, OETA TV due to controversial content featured on the children's programming. OETA to us is an outdated system. You know, the big question is, why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations? And then when you go through all of the programming that's happening, the indoctrination, the over-sexualization of our children, it's just really problematic and it doesn't line up with Oklahoma values.

Stitt's office pointed to a sense. segment of Let's Learn, which featured a drag queen known as Lil' Miss Hot Mess, reading a purported children's book called The Hips on the Drag Queen go swish, swish, swish. Unless the state's legislature overrides his veto, the network will cease operations this year. E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit accusing former President Trump of battery and defamation entered its final phase on Monday with closing arguments. Carol is accusing Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room decades ago. A lawyer representing Carol delivered a 75-minute closing argument in which she said, quote, No one is above the law, not even a former president.

Lawyers representing Trump said the accusations are, quote, improbable. The jury is expected to begin deliberations today. 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.