Morning Wire - O.J. Simpson Dies & Herridge Speaks Out | Afternoon Update | 4.11.24

Episode Date: April 11, 2024

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This episode is brought to you by Beam. Try Beam's best-selling dream powder for up to 40% off for a limited time when you go to shopbeam.com slash wire and use code wire at checkout. That's shopbeam.com slash wire. I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl. It's Thursday, April 11th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. OJ Simpson, former NFL running back, who was acquitted in the 1994 murder of his ex-wife and her friend, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 76. Here with more as Daily Wire Culture Reporter, Megan Basham.

Simpson, also known as The Juice, broke records as a football player in both the NFL and college. He went on to be a sportscaster, movie star, and even a corporate spokesman for Hertz rental cars. All that came to a screeching halt in June of 1994 when Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife, and her friend Ron Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her L.A. home. Just days later, nearly one day. million people watched live as Simpson's white Ford Bronco led L.A. police on a two-hour-long car chase as he tried to evade arrest for the murders. He ultimately surrendered and stood trial.

But in October 1995, Simpson was acquitted. The televised trial lasted 11 months and became an international sensation. His family confirmed his death in a statement this morning, but they did not specify the type or severity of the cancer. Longtime journalist Catherine Harry Herodz spoke today before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing on fighting for free press. Harage lit up her former employer CBS News over her firing and the network's effort to keep files belonging to her, which contained confidential source information. Harage was a senior investigative correspondent at the network and was known for covering national security issues and, more recently, investigations into Joe and Hunter Biden.

Her firing became controversial after reports claimed CBS confiscated her items and documents upon her termination. Here's a bit from her opening statement. The First Amendment, the protection of confidential sources and a free press are my guiding principles. They are my North Star. When I was laid off in February, an incident reinforced in my mind the importance of protecting confidential sources. CBS News locked me out of the building and seized hundreds of pages of my reporting files, including confidential source information. Multiple sources said they were concerned that by working with me to expose government,

corruption, and misconduct, they would be identified and exposed. At first, CBS denied the allegations, but eventually admitted to returning her items after her union, SAG AFRA, got involved. This all comes as Harage is also appealing a... a judge's decision to hold her in contempt for refusing to reveal her source and reports on a scientist alleged ties to China's military. Here's Herodigin. I've complete respect for the federal court and the judicial process, and I'm not here to litigate the case. But the fact that I have been fighting in the courts for two years and that I am now facing potentially crippling fines of $800 a day to protect my reporting sources underscores the vital importance.

of the Press Act. Several people were injured after shots were fired during a Philadelphia celebration yesterday, marking the end of Ramadan. Police say two factions began shooting at one another, firing about 30 shots total. A 22-year-old was hit in the stomach during the gunfire, and a juvenile was shot in the hand. The event was attended by approximately 1,000 people. Police also say an officer shot an armed 15-year-old whom she then personally transported to the hospital. Here's the police chief commending the action taken by that officer.

The bravery that she's displayed and the valor that she's been plagued by taking not only engaging the individual, but also recognizing that she had a child in front of her, and did her due diligence to put him in their car and transport a hospital. It's a testament to the men and women who work for me. So far, five people have been arrested in connection with the shooting. The Senate has voted in favor of a bill that reverses the Biden administration's actions mandating states to track and set reduction goals for, greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.

The Chamber approved the resolution on Wednesday in a vote of 53 to 47, in which several liberal senators joined every Republican in voting for it. The bill now faces a vote in the House where a similar bill was introduced. The White House issued a statement ahead of the vote Wednesday saying Biden would veto the bill if passed. An Arkansas federal appeals court heard arguments today over whether or not to reinstate a first-in-the-nation ban on transgender medical treatments for minds. minors. Arguments focused on whether the ban in question discriminates on the basis of sex.

This comes a year after a judge struck down the ban as unconstitutional. The law seeks to prohibit medical professionals from prescribing transgender hormone treatments such as puberty blockers to anyone under the age of 18. And Virginia Governor Glenn Yonquin vetoed a bill this week aimed at expanding the use of ranked choice voting in the state's elections. Under ranked choice voting voters rank candidates in order of preference. Then if no candidate gets a majority, the last place finisher is eliminated, and the votes for the second choice candidates are then counted. The process continues until one candidate receives a majority of votes. And as Vito Yon raised concern about the voting methods use in general elections, saying some voters have found it to be confusing.

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