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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, February 7th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: Thanks for joining us, Georgia.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: The $118 billion bipartisan border and national security bill failed to pass in the Senate. On this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 50. Three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
--:-- John Bickley: Minority leader Mitch McConnell, who was a big supporter of the bill, ended up voting no, as did Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, who changed his vote as part of a procedural move that will allow him to raise the measure again.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The legislation would have given the president a new power to shut down the border when crossings pass a certain limit, while also speeding up the asylum review process. The bill also reserved billions of dollars for Ukraine and Israel as well as humanitarian aid to Ukraine Gaza and the West Bank.
--:-- John Bickley: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley came in second place in the Nevada primary despite the fact that no other major challengers were on the ballot. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has more.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Voters taking part in the Silver State primary had the option to reject all the candidates on the ballot, and the majority of them did. Over 60% of voters selected the, quote, none of these candidates option instead of Haley and the others listed.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Despite the surprising result, Haley's campaign says they plan to continue on while looking ahead to, quote, South Carolina and beyond.
--:-- John Bickley: GOP frontrunner Donald Trump was not on the primary ballot. He opted instead to take part in the state's party-run caucuses on Thursday.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: Even if Haley had won the primary, she would not be any closer to the nomination, though, as the state GOP decided that only those who take part in the caucuses can win delegates. Currently, Trump is the only major candidate set to do so.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel will reportedly be stepping down from her position later this month. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The chairwoman reportedly told former President Trump that she plans to resign after the February 24th South Carolina primary.
--:-- John Bickley: McDaniel has faced mounting criticism for months over the way her party has underperformed in recent elections. The pressure increased after the RNC posted its worst fundraising numbers in a decade.
--:-- Tim Pierce: According to Fox News, Trump has recommended McDaniel be replaced by North Carolina Republican Party chairman Michael Watley. The news comes after Trump met with McDaniel on Monday at Mar and then posted on social media after that changes might be made.
--:-- Georgia Howe: He told Fox Maria Bartiromo something similar over the weekend. Here Trump: I think she did great when she ran Michigan for me. I think she did okay initially in the RNC. I would say right now there'll probably be some changes made.
--:-- John Bickley: McDaniel issued a statement today looking to assure GOP voters, saying, I am still hard at work as RNC chairwoman and building a machine that will elect Republicans up and down the ballot in November.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The final report on President Biden's mishandling of government documents is expected to be released soon. Special Counsel Robert Herr has been investigating Biden's handling of official documents kept from his time as vice president.
--:-- Tim Pierce: People with knowledge of the situation told the New York Times that the report will criticize Biden and his aides for sloppy record keeping and storage. But people in the president's circle say they don't expect him to be charged with a crime judging from the prosecutor's line of questions.
--:-- John Bickley: The investigation follows several instances in which classified documents were found in the president's possession. It also comes after President Trump was discovered to have classified documents that he kept as well.
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--:-- John Bickley: One of the illegal immigrants arrested in connection with the beating of two NYPD officers in Times Square faced a grand jury yesterday.
--:-- Tim Pierce: A spokesperson for District Attorney Alvin Bragg said charges for 24 Yo Henry Brito remain under seal. The indictment came just hours after the 24 was in New York criminal court answering two misdemeanor charges related to shoplifting. He pleaded not guilty.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Meanwhile, four others involved in the attack were initially believed to have been arrested in Arizona. But according to NBC, three senior law enforcement officials say those four individuals are not the suspects.
--:-- John Bickley: Actress and former MMA star Gina Carano is suing Disney. About three years ago, the media giant cut ties with the actress who starred in The Mandalorian after what Disney called unacceptable social media posts.
--:-- Megan Basham: And now she's suing them for wrongful termination. Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham breaks down the suit.
--:-- Megan Basham: So Carano announced the lawsuit yesterday on X, saying it was prompted in part by an offer from Elon Musk. The billionaire entrepreneur said late last year that X would fund the legal bill of anyone who was, quote, unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Now, the suit alleges that Disney wrongfully terminated the actress and caused her to lose millions of dollars in income. It also seeks to force the entertainment giant to recast her.
--:-- John Bickley: Disney had fired Carano after she posted a screenshot of a social media post created by another user. It had warned that the political climate during COVID resembled Nazi Germany.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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 discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
--:-- John Bickley: Thanks for joining us, Georgia.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for having me, John.
