The Pour Over Today - Brown and Bondi Beach Updates, Reiner Family Tragedy, EV Plans, & More | 12.17.25

Episode Date: December 17, 2025

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Today we're talking about investigations into the shootings at Brown University and on Bondi Beach, the reported staffing of Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and his wife, Ford putting its EV plans in reverse, and other top news for Wednesday, December 17th. Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the pour over. Here's your quote of the day. I have never been a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. Galileo, Galilee. Let's get started with some espresso shots.

Providence and Sydney are still reeling from weekend shootings. The manhunt continues for the gunmen who can, killed two students and injured nine others Saturday at Brown University. Police took a person of interest into custody Sunday morning, but later released him. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information about a 5'8 man with, quote, a stocky build. In Australia, Prime Minister Albanese says ISIS ideology motivated the father-son shooters who killed 15 people at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration. Sunday morning. The, quote, meticulous, calculated, cold-blooded attack was the country's largest mass shooting in nearly three decades. Ahmed al-Amid, a 43-year-old local fruit shop

owner, is being praised for his bravery after a video showed him tackling and disarming one of the shooters. Amid was injured, but is recovering well. The hope of the resurrection doesn't mean we don't grieve real tragedies like these shootings, but it does mean that death won't have the final word. Join us in praying for the injured and the families of those lost, that they return to Christ for healing, comfort, and hope. Here's a prayer from every moment holy. Let's pray.

O Lord, be merciful to those now wounded. Be present with those now bereaved. Your heart is always inclined towards those who suffer. Now let your mercies be active through the hands, the words, and the compassionate care of those who willingly enter this sadness to console and to serve. Amen. Hollywood hitmaker Rob Reiner, age 78, and his wife Michelle Singer-Riner, age 68, were found dead on. Sunday. The couple was reportedly stabbed to death in their Brentwood home Saturday night after Reiner got in a heated exchange with his 32-year-old son Nick and Conan O'Brien's holiday party.

Nick, who has a history of drug addiction and mental health struggles, has been charged with two counts of murder and is being held without bail. Tributes of Porden for Reiner, who won Emmys for his acting and All in the Family, and directed classics like A Few Good Men, when Harry Met Sally, and the Princess Bride. His wife, Michelle, was a Hollywood photographer and producer. President Trump sparked bipartisan criticism for posting that Reiner, an outspoken liberal activist and Trump critic, died as a result of, quote, Trump derangement syndrome. We are reminded again that our world is marked by darkness and violence, and Christians are right to long for God's kingdom to come. As we wait with hope and rock solid confidence, let's share the light

and peace of that kingdom with everyone we encounter. Revelation 21-435 says, He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more. Grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away. Then the one seated on the throne said, look, I am making everything new. The Ford Motor Company is putting its electric vehicle plans in reverse. On Monday, the Michigan automaker announced its pulling the plug on larger EVs, thank the F-150 Lightning and E-transit van, to focus on smaller EV models and hybrids, citing, quote, lower than expected demand, high costs, and regulatory changes.

Ford expects to tally $14 billion in one-time restructuring charges in this year's books, and another $5.5 billion in 2027. The blue ovals also revving up for the AI race, announcing it will convert two existing plants into data center battery storage. Meanwhile, I-Robot is biting the dust. The Roomba vacuum maker filed for bankruptcy Sunday, then announced it would be acquired by its manufacturer, Picea Robotics, after owing over $3 million dollars in unpaid tariffs. Irobot said its products would continue operating despite the filing. Good news for cats who like to ride around on their vacuum thrones. Here's a verse to consider when you're not sure if your own ideas are worth putting in drive

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Go to safehouseproject.org slash TPO or check the link in the show notes to give now. In other brews, here's a rapid round of updates. President Trump and the BBC are officially suiting up. Weeks after threatening legal action, POTUS filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC for allegedly broadcasting a, quote, false defamatory image of Trump in a documentary by editing his January 6th speech in, quote, a brazen attempt to influence the 2024 election. The BBC plans to defend the case, but declined further comments.

The FBI says it foiled a New Year's Eve bombing plot. targeting five locations across Los Angeles. Four members of a, quote, far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government and anti-capitalist group were arrested last week after bomb-making components were found at their desert campsite. Attorney General Bondi credited the FBI

and prosecutors for thwarting what would have been a, quote, massive and horrific terror plot. The U.S. and Ukraine are targeting shadow fleet. oil tankers used to evade sanctions. Ukraine struck two of the clandestine Russian vessels in the Black Sea, and the U.S. is preparing to seize more Venezuelan tankers following last week's first-of-its-kind commandeering.

Continuing its pressure on Venezuela, Uncle Sam struck three alleged drugboats in the Pacific Monday, killing eight. Despite not wanting much for Christmas, Mariah Carey got an early present. The singer's holiday airworm, All I Want for Christmas is You, officially broke the record for the most weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Last week's return to the summit marked its 20th week at number one, surpassing Lil Nazex's Old Town Road. New labor data suggests a cool-length economy. Delayed by the government shutdown, the latest jobs report showed payrolls rose by 46,000 in November, after falling by 105,000 in October, with unemployment climbing to a four-year high of 4.6%. Meanwhile, some analysts say the losses largely reflect federal layoffs starting to appear in the

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