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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Friday, November 25th, and this is your Black Friday edition of the Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: If you've been traveling for Thanksgiving this week, you know that airline travel is back to pre-pandemic levels, but it hasn't quite hit 2019's record of 2.9 million travelers on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The TSA is expecting to screen 2 million passengers a day across U airports on the busiest days this week.
--:-- John Bickley: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg celebrated the numbers, saying, "We are delighted that demand is returning like nobody thought possible with more and more passengers having the income and the desire to take to the skies."
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Department of Health and Human Services is again saying that the American public should partake in masking and social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and guard against long COVID.
--:-- John Bickley: The new report, sponsored by the HHS and conducted by research agency Coforma, suggested that these policies should be either strongly encouraged or even mandated, while calling for expanded government programs that offer financial support and benefits for COVID victims.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Rising interest rates and high home prices have led to a 30 percent drop in home purchases by investors in the third quarter.
--:-- John Bickley: The reduction means fewer homes being built or restored for future buyers. Home purchases by investors fell from 94,000 in the same quarter last year to 66,000 this year.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Also driving the trend is the slowing of rent growth from 13 to just 10 percent.
--:-- John Bickley: As Russian President Vladimir Putin's assault rages on, the European Union sent Ukraine another 2 billion in assistance on Tuesday.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The EU is expected to approve another 18 billion in 2023. So far, the EU has sent 6.7 billion total to Ukraine for a variety of necessities and supplies.
--:-- John Bickley: Dr. Anthony Fauci's final White House press conference went sideways this week, after a reporter asked a question about what Fauci has done to investigate the origins of COVID-19.
--:-- Georgia Howe: White House Press Secretary Corrine Jean-Pierre shut down the question, saying, "We have a process here. I'm not calling out on people who yell. And you're being disrespectful to your colleagues and you're being disrespectful to our guests."
--:-- John Bickley: I will not call on you if you yell. And also you're taking time off the clock because Dr. Fauci has to leave in a couple of minutes.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The much-anticipated sequel to the 2009 box office hit Avatar is due to release December 16th and is projected to be one of if not the most expensive films ever produced.
--:-- John Bickley: Director James Cameron has declined to state how expensive the film budget was, but reports suggest that the production budget alone was over $250 million.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And in some sports news, the final weekend of the college football regular season promises some big rivalry matchups, including the No. 2-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes versus the 3rd-ranked Michigan Wolverines, and the 7th-ranked USC Trojans versus the 18th-ranked Fighting Irish.
--:-- John Bickley: And of course, my underrated Florida State Seminoles are facing off against the Florida Gators this evening.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive-home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- John Bickley: And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
--:-- Georgia Howe: From all of us here at Morning Wire, we hope you're enjoying the show.
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