Morning Wire - More Ukrainian Aid & Hunter Biden’s Gun Trial | Afternoon Update | 12.3.24

Episode Date: December 3, 2024

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plus get a free bottle of fiber and spice. That's Balance of Nature.com promo code Wire. I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, December 3rd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. The Pentagon is sending nearly a billion dollars in additional military aid to Ukraine. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the numbers. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is making good on his promise to rush military and economic aid to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office. The Pentagon is sending $725 million worth of anti-tank missiles, drones, and landmines.

Meanwhile, Blinken is in Brussels today, meeting with NATO allies. The State Department says the main goal of this meeting is the shore-up support for Ukraine. Trump says he may cut U.S. military aid to Ukraine and has already appointed retired general Keith Kellogg to help mediate a quick end of the war. Republican Senator Josh Hawley says Trump cannot get into office fast enough. He's also asking Biden is for Congress to appropriate even more money to Ukraine beyond what he's sending him now. He wants billions more that's in his end of the year funding requests. It is totally ridiculous. It's time for him to admit that his Ukraine policy has been a total disaster.

South Korea's president has declared martial law. Daily Wire Deputy Managing editor Tim Rice has the latest. President Yun Suk Yol faced widespread backlash almost immediately for his declaration. The South Korean Parliament voted unanimously to lift martial law, and the president acquiesceded just hours later. Yun had initially declared martial law in an unscheduled late-night press conference, where he accused opposition party leaders of taking anti-state actions and jeopardizing the country's constitutional order.

I am declaring martial law to protect a free South Korea from the North Korean communist forces, eliminate shameless pro-North Korean and anti-state forces that prey upon the freedom and happiness of our people, and protect the free constitutional order. The president's announcement followed opposition attempts to impeach top prosecutors and block Yule's budget proposal. The situation escalated amid protests and clashes outside the National Assembly. President-elect Donald Trump says there will be, quote, all hell to pay if Hamas doesn't release all hostages before he takes office. His statement came on Monday, hours after the Israeli defense forces confirmed the death of American Israeli hostage Omer Nutra, who had been held by Hamas since the October 7th attacks.

This episode is brought to you by Ramp. Get $250 when you join Ramp. Just go to ramp.com slash wire. That's ramp.com slash wire. Cards issued by Sutton Bank, member FDIC, terms and conditions apply. Further proceedings in Hunter Biden's gun trial have been halted. Here with the latest in the Hunter Biden saga as Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips. Following a sweeping pardon granted by his father, President Joe Biden,

Judge Mary Ellen Norieca paused the case against Hunter, but stopped short of dismissing it outright. Norieika cited the clemency, which shields Hunter from prosecution for offenses committed between January 1, 2014 and December 1, 2024. The pardon, which also covers Hunter's tax evasion charges in California, has sparked a wave of criticism mainly regarding public trust in the Justice Department. Special counsel David Weiss rejected the president's justification of the pardon that Hunter had been selectively targeted while arguing that the grand jury's charges should stand despite the pardon. Weiss says he acknowledges that Hunter received an act of mercy,

but believes the grand jury's verdict should still stand. A man was stabbed in New York's Times Square by a 13-year-old migrant boy and his masked friends for refusing to take their picture. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presta Giacomo has the details. victim refused to take the photo, the suspects punched him in the face and stabbed him in the back and leg with a brass knuckle knife. They also tried to steal his phone but fled after failing. The teen who now faces charges of second degree robbery was arrested after a search. The other suspects, though, remain at large. This incident occurred at a time when new federal data shows that over 1,000 illegal immigrants in New York City are suspected or known gang members. The violent Venezuela gang

Trende Aragua has reportedly been at work recruiting migrant children in shelters to join them. And luxury car manufacturer Jaguar is back in hot water again. This time over their new type zero zero concept car design, which they released at Miami Art Week. While Jaguar defends the design, critics have slammed the pink and blue color scheme car, calling it another part of the company's woke rebrand. Some people even likened it to a pink batmobile while poking fun at the brand's copy nothing slogan. This comes after the company launched a radical revamp of its classic brand with an ad that raised eyebrows across the internet. 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 reporting on the biggest

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