--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, November 11th. Happy Veterans Day. This is Evening Wire.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The nation's longest government shutdown may be nearing an end. Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arcand has the latest.
--:-- Cameron Arcand: House Republican leaders have told members to prepare for a vote to reopen the government as early as 4 p.m. Wednesday. Speaker Mike Johnson urged lawmakers to return to Washington immediately, warning that flight cancellations across the country could delay travel.
--:-- John Bickley: The House has not taken a funding vote since September when it narrowly passed a short-term bill that Democrats in the Senate repeatedly blocked. But over the weekend, eight Senate Democrats broke ranks and joined Republicans to advance a revised funding measure, signaling that a bipartisan agreement is finally within reach.
--:-- Cameron Arcand: If the bill passes both chambers, it will head to the president's desk for a signature. Only after the president signs can the government reopen. President Trump has pledged to abide by the Senate deal to end the government shutdown, but he's also expressed distaste for the expiring health care subsidies.
--:-- John Bickley: Here's the president in the Oval Office yesterday. We abide by the deal. The deal is very good. We want a health care system where we pay the money to the people instead of the insurance companies. And I tell you, we're going to be working on that very hard over the next short period of time where the people get the money.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Republican senators caught up in Jack Smith's phone record seizures may soon get their chance to strike back. Thanks to a provision quietly tucked into a bill the Senate passed last night.
--:-- Zach Jewell: The provision was included in a bill that funded the legislative branch and was part of the package passed by the Senate to end the government shutdown. It would allow senators to sue for damages if the government accessed their records without their knowledge.
--:-- John Bickley: The provision reads, quote, Any senator whose Senate data has been acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of this section may bring a civil action against the United States. If the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States, or of any federal department or agency.
--:-- Zach Jewell: The provision applies when their Senate data was obtained or viewed, quote, pursuant to a search, seizure, or demand for information without notice being provided. Senators could be entitled to up to $500,000 per violation, and they would have five years from the date they learned of the infraction to bring a suit.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Airlines are expected to cancel around 6% of their flights across 40 high-traffic airports today. The carriers are slashing trips in compliance with the FAA, which has ordered airlines to cut flights for safety reasons amid the government shutdown.
--:-- John Bickley: According to the flight tracking website FlightAware, over 1,000 flights have been canceled inside the U.S., and over 2,000 flights had suffered delays by the early afternoon today.
--:-- Andy Valdez: The deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville has now claimed 14 lives, according to officials. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but video evidence has led experts to believe that a compressor stalled in one of the engines.
--:-- John Bickley: This can cause catastrophic damage and eject high-speed debris. The FAA has grounded all aircraft of the same model that crashed, pending further inspections. UPS and FedEx, the only major U.S. carriers operating the MD-11 aircraft, have already voluntarily grounded their fleets out of caution.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The move could lead to shipping delays as the holidays approach. A bloody brawl erupted at UC Berkeley last night as protesters clashed with police outside a Turning Point USA event.
--:-- John Bickley: Witnesses say demonstrators, some dressed in black and wearing keffias, broke through barricades, hurling objects and sparking fights with attendees. Videos showed one man bleeding heavily as officers pulled protesters apart.
--:-- Georgia Howe: At least two arrests were made, including one for battering. Despite the violence, the conservative student event went on as planned, with organizer and comedic actor Rob Schneider thanking police and sarcastically thanking Antifa for the attention.
--:-- Rob Schneider: [Speaking during the event] Berkeley, shame on you, Berkeley. Shame on you. The regents, the academics here, you should fight for free speech. If free speech means anything, it's the right for me to say something that pisses you off.
--:-- John Bickley: Federal officials arrested an illegal immigrant tied to a shooting that targeted border agents in Chicago.
--:-- Jenny Ter: Federal authorities nabbed an illegal immigrant with a lengthy rap sheet believed to be connected to a shooting targeting border patrol agents in Chicago over the weekend.
--:-- John Bickley: The suspect, whose name has yet to be released publicly, hails from Mexico and has previous convictions for aggravated, unlawful use of a weapon and vehicle, felony possession of a weapon, and illegal entry, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.
--:-- Jenny Ter: The illegal immigrant must remain detained per the Lake and Riley Act. The suspect also has pending charges for allegedly assaulting officers.
--:-- John Bickley: Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino says it's possible there are more suspects on the run. This is what you get with a J.B. Pritzer or a Mayor Johnson and that crazy rhetoric.
--:-- Georgia Howe: ICE is actively recruiting NYPD officers disgruntled by the election of Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani.
--:-- John Bickley: With a flood of cash from Trump's one big, beautiful bill, the agency set a goal to recruit 10,000 new officers to turbocharge the historic deportation campaign.
--:-- Georgia Howe: New York City officers, already hamstrung by local sanctuary policies, are also expected to face new hurdles with Mamdani as mayor. Mamdani previously supported the defund the police movement and seeks to uphold the city sanctuary status.
--:-- John Bickley: Following a meeting at the White House yesterday, Syria has joined the U.S.-led coalition to eliminate ISIS.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Under the new leadership of President Ahmed al-Shara, who came to power after Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, Syria is positioning itself as a potential U.S. ally against the Islamic State.
--:-- John Bickley: After talks with Trump, al-Shara said his government is committed to supporting operations against the terror group. ISIS gained strength amid years of instability in Syria under Assad.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Improved relations between Washington and Damascus could mark a significant step forward in weakening Islamic terror networks across the region.
--:-- John Bickley: An exploding car in India has left eight people dead.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The blast occurred in New Delhi, near the historic Red Ford Monument. While the investigation is ongoing, some officials have suggested it may have been a deliberate suicide bombing.
--:-- John Bickley: No evidence has yet emerged to confirm a motive, but many in India are blaming Pakistan, which earlier this week accused India for an explosion in Islamabad.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Tensions between the two countries are longstanding, with deadly incidents on both sides stretching back decades. Unless evidence points elsewhere, the attack could further raise the temperature between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
--:-- John Bickley: China is rolling out a new export control system designed to keep critical materials out of the U.S. military supply chain.
--:-- Joel Kneeler: The plan, known as a validated end-user system, would restrict exports of rare earth metals and other key materials to companies with close ties to the U.S. defense sector, potentially hitting aerospace and aviation contractors the hardest.
--:-- John Bickley: Rare earth exports have already been curtailed amid the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute. Chinese officials say the new framework is intended to streamline exports to non-military firms while keeping existing limits in place for defense-related buyers.
--:-- Joel Kneeler: Unless a broader agreement is reached, many contractors may be forced to seek alternative sources for critical components.
--:-- John Bickley: President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery today, where he participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
--:-- Vice President Pence: [Speaking at the ceremony] The most valuable resource that we have isn't the incredible wealth of natural resources of this country. As amazing as it is, the most important natural resource that we have is that we have hundreds of thousands of young people every single month who sign up to put on the uniform and risk their lives for their fellow citizens.
--:-- John Bickley: That is a resource we cannot squander. That is a resource we must protect. Everything we have, everything our country has achieved has been purchased by the muscle, spine, and steel of the United States military.
--:-- Vice President Pence: We owe it all to the fierce and noble men and women of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, and the United States Marines.
--:-- John Bickley: As we celebrate our veterans today, various restaurants across the country are saying thank yous in their own ways.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Applebee's, Chili, and Cracker Barrel are among the chains offering free entrees, while Chipotle and Starbucks are giving veterans buy one, get one, and free coffee offers.
--:-- John Bickley: Denny's and IHOP are also serving free pancakes, and Outback Steakhouse is offering a full three-course meal.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Golden Corral's annual Military Appreciation Night is also making a return, marking 25 years of serving free dinners to those who've served.
--:-- John Bickley: And in a final Veterans Day story, movie star Gary Sinise donated $1 million to turn an abandoned church here in Nashville into a creative space for wounded veterans.
--:-- Lyndon Blake: A church on Nashville's west side is set for years with no purpose. Creative Vets, an organization for wounded veterans, saw the church's potential, but the church came with a hefty price tag of $3.35 million.
--:-- John Bickley: Thankfully, Sinise saw the potential too. The actor donated $1 million to the organization this year to help buy the church for veterans to have a place to go 24 hours a day to immerse themselves in songwriting, music, and other artistic avenues.
--:-- Gary Sinise: [Speaking about the project] Learning guitars, songwriting, arts and crafts, painting, all these kinds of things. These can be very, very healing. I've seen these programs work. I'm very supportive of these programs.
--:-- John Bickley: I'm a musician myself, and I know what music does for me. There's a great quote that I love by Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president. The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten.
--:-- Lyndon Blake: Creative Vets Executive Director Richard Casper celebrated Gary's gift, saying that it will go a long way in helping to expand access to life-saving songwriting and visual arts programs for the veterans.
--:-- John Bickley: And this will help them drive down the wait list of veterans seeking out creative healing through Creative Vets.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your Drive Home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- John Bickley: And in case you missed it, earlier today, we covered some major stories, including Democrats breaking ranks over the deal to reopen the government, Florida probing JPMorgan Chase over connections to Operation Arctic Frost, and the effects of the shutdown on veterans and service members.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morning Wire.
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