--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Monday, August 26th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: Former President Trump honored the 13 service members who were killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago today. The anniversary comes amid revelations about the Biden administration's response during the disastrous withdrawal.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Trump took part in a private wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery. Meanwhile, President Biden spent the week at his Rehoboth Beach home, while neither he nor Vice President Harris have any public events scheduled.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Today's anniversary comes as newly released emails show top Biden administration officials discussing the chaos just days before those 13 troops were killed in a terrorist attack at Kabul Airport.
--:-- Tim Pierce: One email detailed security breaches and risks on the ground and spoke about U.S. forces being overwhelmed.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Critics say the emails exposed serious failures in the administration's response.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Following the event in Arlington, Trump was joined on stage by former Democratic presidential candidate and Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who formally endorsed him.
--:-- Tulsi Gabbard: I am confident that his first task will be to do the work to walk us back from the brink of war.
--:-- Tulsi Gabbard: We cannot be prosperous unless we are at peace.
--:-- Tulsi Gabbard: And we can live free as long as we have a government that is retaliating against its political opponents and undermining our civil liberties, weaponizing our very institutions against those they deem as a threat.
--:-- Tulsi Gabbard: Kamala Harris has done this over the last three and a half years.
--:-- Tulsi Gabbard: She won't hesitate to continue that if she is elected as president.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially lost his Secret Service protection just days after withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Trump.
--:-- Tim Rice: Daily Wire deputy managing editor Tim Rice has the latest.
--:-- Tim Rice: Kennedy initially struggled to secure protection, but was granted it after the July assassination attempt on Trump.
--:-- Tim Rice: On Friday, Kennedy exited the race and endorsed Trump, pushing for a unity government.
--:-- Tim Rice: He says Trump will pursue key issues like ending the war in Ukraine and combating censorship.
--:-- Tim Rice: According to several polls, Kennedy supporters are now shifting towards Trump in key swing states, though experts still aren't certain of the exact numbers.
--:-- Frank Luntz: As pollster Frank Luntz tells NewsNation, the reason Kennedy originally performed so well was because he was viewed as the Biden alternative.
--:-- Frank Luntz: Joe Biden's gone.
--:-- Frank Luntz: Kamala Harris has replaced him.
--:-- Frank Luntz: And his vote collapsed down to about 4 or 5 percent.
--:-- Frank Luntz: And what's left is a Trump vote.
--:-- Frank Luntz: Some of them are simply not going to participate in November roughly two to one the ones who are remaining will vote for Trump over Harris
--:-- Georgia Howe: Trump has been blasting ABC News, which is set to host his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
--:-- Tim Pierce: This comes after the network held what Trump called a biased interview with Senator Tom Cotton.
--:-- [Audio clip of Trump's interview with ABC News]
--:-- Trump: She said when she ran for president that she wants to eliminate private health insurance on the job.
--:-- Trump: 170 million Americans.
--:-- Tom Cotton: Yeah, I mean, that is not her position now.
--:-- Tom Cotton: How do you know that's not her position?
--:-- Tom Cotton: I mean, she says she no longer supports Medicare for All.
--:-- Tom Cotton: She has not said that.
--:-- Tom Cotton: I mean, she, as you heard me go through with Bernie Sanders, she is not taking the positions of the far left of her party.
--:-- Tom Cotton: She's clearly making an effort to move to the middle.
--:-- Trump: I did hear what you said to Senator Sanders.
--:-- Trump: And I thought it was clear that he's very disappointed that she's taking these efforts not to change her positions, but to hide her positions, John.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In a Truth Social post, Trump accused the network of hosting anti-Trump panels and raised suspicions about Harris choosing ABC to host the debate.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A pedophile serving 350 years for abducting and molesting a five-year-old girl may soon be released under California law.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Under the Golden State elderly parole program 69 Charles William Mix is currently eligible for release despite his horrific crimes.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The victim's family is pleading for him to remain behind bars, calling the potential release an injustice.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Mix's parole hearing is set for September 25th.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And two astronauts who thought they were going to space for just over a week now won't return home until 2025.
--:-- Georgia Howe: NASA announced that Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth uncrewed after helium leaks and thruster issues were found.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who were launched aboard the Starliner in June, will now return via a SpaceX mission in February.
--:-- [Audio clip of NASA Administrator Bill Nelson]
--:-- Bill Nelson: Space flight is risky, even at its safest and even at its most routine.
--:-- Bill Nelson: And a test flight by nature is neither safe nor routine.
--:-- Bill Nelson: And so the decision to keep Butch and Sonny aboard the International Space Station and bring the Boeing Starliner home uncrewed is a result of a commitment to safety.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right, those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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