Morning Wire - Precision Bomb Deal & Elections to Watch | Afternoon Update | 11.7.23

Episode Date: November 7, 2023

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I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Vickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, November 7th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. A man carrying a rifle was arrested at a park close to Senate office buildings in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. However, the U.S. Capitol Police say there's no ongoing threat. Police say the suspect is in custody, and they have searched the park and planned to go through the man's belongings due to safety concerns. Police officers were seen running toward the Capitol. One witness described the suspect that, is a tall black man wearing an orange jumpsuit. The U.S. has authorized the sale of precision bombs to Israel as the country fights to eradicate Hamas. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has more.

The Biden administration formally notified Congress on October 31st of its authorization to allow the sale of the kits which turned unguided bombs into precision guided bombs. The order came after another sale of the same kits valued at over $400 million. The Israeli-owned Raphael Advanced Defense Systems, is purchasing the equipment directly from Raphael USA, an American company that has ties to its Israeli counterpart and not through the U.S. government. The weapons transfer comes after Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist attack on October 7th, ordering 1,400 Israelis, wounding 5,300 more and kidnapping more than 240. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel may remain in Gaza for an unspecified amount of time, though President Biden has

said occupying Gaza would be a mistake. This comes as rockets fired by Hezbollah reached further into Israeli territory. The terror group's deputy secretary general tried to frame Israel as the aggressor saying that the attacks from Iranian-backed militant groups against American targets were, quote, a clear message that if you expand, there will be serious consequences. Brandeis University says it will no longer recognize students for justice in Palestine on its campus, the first private university in the nation to do so. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestajakamo has more. The student organization announced on Instagram that its vigil for Palestine event set to take place on Monday has been canceled since their organization was unjustly de-chartered. According to the

Jewish insider, the university's SJP chapter was notified of their disbandment through a letter in a decision that was, quote, not made lightly. The group will no longer receive. see funding or be allowed to hold events on campus. Part of the letter reads as follows. The national SJP has called on its chapters to engage in conduct that supports Hamas in its call for the violent elimination of Israel and the Jewish people. These tactics are not protected by the university's principles. Law enforcement officials in Southern California are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Jewish man who was injured during a confrontation with a Palestinian protester at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies.

69-year-old Paul Kessler died on Monday. Witnesses say Kessler had been in a physical altercation with Palestinian counter-protesters in the city of Thousand Oaks. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says that during the altercation, Kessler fell backward and hit his head. Here's what one witness says she saw. They were both on an even ground, and they were yelling at each other, and then the man brought his megaphone up and hit Paul and Paul went down.

The sheriff's department also says that the medical examiner's office determined the cause of death to be blunt force head injury and the manner of death homicide. Officials say a suspect in the confrontation who called 911 has been cooperative after being detained for a short period of time. Voters around the country are walking into the voting booth today to decide key elections, including a bid by Kentucky Republicans to flip the governor's office and an abortion referendum in Ohio. In Kentucky, Democratic Governor Andy Bashir is facing a challenge from Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, with recent polls showing a tight race. In Ohio, voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution. Pro-life advocates say that the initiative could allow abortions in late stages of pregnancy.

And We Work, a company once worth billions of dollars, has filed for chapter. after 11 bankruptcy. The company that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world said on Monday that it was entering a restructuring support agreement with many of its stakeholders in hopes of cutting down the company's debt. According to AP, the agreement should strike roughly $3 billion from what the company owes. The company's downfall is also documented in a Hulu documentary. Here's what the director told ABC about the company's CEO.

Adam began to expand his vision. their core business, thinking that WeWork could solve some of the most intractable global problems imaginable. 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.