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--:-- Host (John Bickley): Florida is taking the battle of COVID-19 vaccine mandates straight to the White House. Nobody in Florida should be losing their job over these jabs.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): We want people to be able to work. We want people to be able to provide for their families. We want people to be able to have livelihoods.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he would sign four bills restricting mandates in the Sunshine State.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): How do the bills protect doctors, nurses, and other employees? And why is DeSantis pushing them through now?
--:-- Host (John Bickley): I'm John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Friday, November 19th, and this is Morning Wire.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): The number of homicides in the U.S. jumped significantly in 2020. Every city in the nation, large and small, was affected.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): We'll examine the numbers and take a look at how the rise in crime impacted communities nationwide.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): The weeks-long COP26 climate summit is over. It was billed as the last best hope for saving the environment.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Did the summit live up to those lofty goals? And why are some activists unhappy with the results?
--:-- Host (John Bickley): This COP26 is so far just like the previous cops. And that has led us nowhere.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): They have led us nowhere.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): And updates from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, including the judge banning MSNBC.
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--:-- Host (John Bickley): Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Florida Thursday, announcing he would sign bills restricting vaccine mandates in the Sunshine State.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Here to discuss is Daily Wire senior editor Ash Short.
--:-- Ash Short: So, what bills did DeSantis sign?
--:-- Ash Short: He signed four bills on Thursday aimed at banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
--:-- Ash Short: These bills would require private employers to allow for vaccine exemptions, including, but not limited to, health or religious concerns, pregnancy or someone trying to get pregnant, and for those who have already been infected by COVID-19 and therefore have natural immunity.
--:-- Ash Short: We're actually doing a science-based approach.
--:-- Ash Short: For example, you're automatically exempt because of natural immunity.
--:-- Ash Short: And I think that that's very, very important.
--:-- Ash Short: The legislation will also prevent schools from forcing students to get vaccinated or to wear masks.
--:-- Ash Short: And it strips the Surgeon General's ability to force vaccine mandates.
--:-- Ash Short: Finally, this legislation will begin the process of having Florida exit OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that is issuing the vaccine mandates ordered by the Biden administration.
--:-- Ash Short: Can Florida actually exit OSHA, I mean, legally?
--:-- Ash Short: That's a great question, and it remains to be seen.
--:-- Ash Short: So as we've discussed before on this show, several states and companies, including the Daily Wire, have filed lawsuits against OSHA and the Biden administration's vaccine mandate.
--:-- Ash Short: And as a result, the mandate has been suspended.
--:-- Ash Short: So why is DeSantis signing these bills now?
--:-- Ash Short: Well, Florida was one of the states that filed the lawsuit.
--:-- Ash Short: Right. And DeSantis said during his press conference that a legal and legislative approach was needed.
--:-- Ash Short: The bills DeSantis signed on Thursday came after he called for a special legislative session to get them to his desk
--:-- Ash Short: He said he needed to protect workers so they wouldn't lose their jobs after the holidays due to the federal government's mandates.
--:-- Ash Short: DeSantis also brought up Florida's fight against mandates aimed at federal contractors and mandates for doctors and nurses, which would risk federal funding for Medicare and Medicaid.
--:-- Ash Short: The whole reason they launched 15 days to slow the spread is because they didn't want the hospitals to be overrun.
--:-- Ash Short: Now they're going to do this mandate and some nurses, many nurses could lose their job.
--:-- Ash Short: So you're actually making the hospitals short-staffed as a result of the mandate.
--:-- Ash Short: So how does this make any sense?
--:-- Ash Short: And I guess we should mention the location of this press conference.
--:-- Ash Short: Right. Brandon, Florida. Probably not an accident by the governor there.
--:-- Ash Short: Probably not.
--:-- Ash Short: Thanks for keeping us informed.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Of course. That's Daily Wire senior editor, Ash Short.
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--:-- Host (John Bickley): Coming up, homicides in the U.S. rise at an alarming rate.
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--:-- Host (John Bickley): 2020 was a year unlike any other, including its historic rise in deadly crime.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): The number of people killed in the U.S. surged in both large and small communities.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Here to discuss the numbers and the policies that may have contributed is Daily Wire reporter Ben Johnson.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Thanks for joining us, Ben.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Anytime.
--:-- Ben Johnson: So Americans have seen news trickling in of major cities reporting massive increases in the number of homicides over the last year.
--:-- Ben Johnson: But now data's available for the whole country. What kind of picture does it paint a violent crime in 2020?
--:-- Ben Johnson: 2020 will go down as the largest increase in the number of homicides in U.S. history, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
--:-- Ben Johnson: The FBI reported a 30% increase in homicides between 2019 and 2020.
--:-- Ben Johnson: There was a total of 21,570 homicides in the U.S. last year, so that means 4,900 more Americans were killed in 2020.
--:-- Ben Johnson: According to the National Center for Health Statistics, which is an arm of the CDC, that's an even larger surge in homicides than the nation experienced after the 9-11 attacks.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Larger than 9-11?
--:-- Ben Johnson: Yeah, and the violence was not localized.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Murder rates rose in large cities, but also in small towns across the United States.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Authorities say every large city saw its murder rate rise by 30% or more.
--:-- Ben Johnson: So about a third.
--:-- Ben Johnson: One of the cities that has been in the spotlight for its ongoing violent crime rate is Chicago.
--:-- Ben Johnson: What does the data say there?
--:-- Ben Johnson: Chicago's official statistics say the city has had 715 murders so far this year, which is a 57% increase over pre-pandemic levels.
--:-- Ben Johnson: But it may be worse than that.
--:-- Ben Johnson: The Chicago Sun-Times, which officially tracks every murder in the city, reports almost 800 victims in Chicago streets this year.
--:-- Ben Johnson: One of the most publicized murders occurred Tuesday when a 24-year-old University of Chicago graduate named Chongqing Zing died during a robbery in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
--:-- Ben Johnson: His alleged murderer, 18-year-old Alton Spann, pawned the man's laptop for $100.
--:-- Ben Johnson: The pettiness of the crime left Chicago Superintendent of Police David Brown stunned.
--:-- Ben Johnson: You just let that sink in for Mr Zin and his family grief Zin's murder came just days after an 18-year-old named Will McGee was brutally murdered during a carjacking in the city's Pullman area.
--:-- Ben Johnson: His father, Reverend Willie McGee, said cars surrounded his son's vehicle during an attempted carjacking.
--:-- Ben Johnson: And as he started running from him, one of the guys shot him in the back.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Killed him as he was running away, fleeing from them.
--:-- Ben Johnson: They could have had the car.
--:-- Ben Johnson: They could have had any of that.
--:-- Ben Johnson: I would have gave anything.
--:-- Ben Johnson: I'd have gave my life for my son.
--:-- Ben Johnson: His son had just been elected homecoming king.
--:-- Ben Johnson: How has Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot dealt with the surge in crime?
--:-- Ben Johnson: Well, initially, she tried to cut the police budget by $59 million in 2020 as part of the defund the police movement.
--:-- Ben Johnson: She's also insisted that police officers be vaccinated against COVID-19.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Right now, she's dealing with a shortage of as many as 1,600 officers from the CPD.
--:-- Ben Johnson: But last month, she increased the police budget by $189 million.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Well, with all this tragedy, is there any good news in this report?
--:-- Ben Johnson: Well, maybe a cautious note that while things moved in the wrong direction fast last year, murder rates have been higher, much higher, both total and per capita, in the past.
--:-- Ben Johnson: For every 100,000 Americans, almost eight people were killed in 2020, but in 1980, it was 10.2.
--:-- Ben Johnson: And the overall number of murders peaked in 1991 at 24,703.
--:-- Ben Johnson: So, things could always be worse?
--:-- Ben Johnson: That's cold comfort.
--:-- Ben Johnson: It is.
--:-- Ben Johnson: Thanks, Ben.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): That's Daily Wire's Ben Johnson.
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--:-- Host (John Bickley): This past weekend, the United Nations Global Climate Summit, COP26, came to an end, with hundreds of countries reaching various agreements on the subject of climate change.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): However, the event has been condemned by many, including by climate activists, for its alleged hypocrisy.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Here to tell us more is Daily Wire's Ian Howarth.
--:-- Ian Howarth: First, Ian, what were the stated goals of this summit?
--:-- Ian Howarth: Well, the summit, which was held in Glasgow, was billed by its organizer as the last best hope to save the planet.
--:-- Ian Howarth: It was also the first UN climate deal to explicitly discuss the supposed need to move away from coal power and subsidies for fossil fuels.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Okay, so what were some of the key takeaways from the summit?
--:-- Ian Howarth: Well, it really depends on who you ask.
--:-- Ian Howarth: In reality, the outcomes of this summit were similar to the outcomes of most climate summits, a lot of promises with no concrete plans in the near future.
--:-- Ian Howarth: At the end of the summit, the headline news was that diplomats from nearly 200 countries agreed to intensify efforts to fight climate change, calling on governments to come back next year with stronger plans to reduce emissions and increasing funding from richer countries.
--:-- Ian Howarth: And then there were other more granular agreements.
--:-- Ian Howarth: The US and China agreed to do more to cut emissions, with China committing to develop a plan to reduce methane.
--:-- Ian Howarth: China also agreed to phase down coal starting in 2026, but didn't specify by how much or over what period of time.
--:-- Ian Howarth: This comes as China's coal production has reached an all-time high.
--:-- Ian Howarth: More than 100 countries agreed to end deforestation by 2030 and to cut methane emissions by 30% by the end of this decade.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Then India, one of the world's largest polluters, joined a group of countries who have pledged to reach net zero emissions.
--:-- Ian Howarth: But the goal is set 49 years away in 2070.
--:-- Ian Howarth: But again these are all promises with very little evidence that they would either happen or be effective in addressing the subject of climate change
--:-- Ian Howarth: Climate activist Greta Thunberg actually made this point dismissing the conference as consisting of a lot of blah blah blah
--:-- Ian Howarth: We say no more blah blah blah No more exploitation of people and nature and the planets No more exploitation No more blah blah blah No more whatever they doing inside there
--:-- Ian Howarth: And many pointed out that this summit was, you know, an expression of hypocrisy, correct?
--:-- Ian Howarth: Yeah, a lot like so many past examples of climate advocacy summits.
--:-- Ian Howarth: The meeting took place between multiple heads of state and so-called titans of industry, almost all of whom flew in to attend.
--:-- Ian Howarth: A total of 400 private jets delivered leaders to the summit, burning over 13,000 tons of CO2 in the process.
--:-- Ian Howarth: That's equivalent to the amount consumed by more than 1,600 British citizens in one year.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Prince Charles, an outspoken advocate for fighting climate change, was one of those who took a private jet to the event, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew back to London halfway through the summit for a dinner.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Then there's John Kerry, President Biden's so-called climate czar, who attended the summit as one of the key negotiators.
--:-- Ian Howarth: He routinely jets around the world on his private airplane.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Back in August, there were reports that his family's private jet had taken over 16 trips this year alone.
--:-- Ian Howarth: And President Joe Biden attended after traveling to Rome for the G20 meeting with an estimated 2.2 million pounds of carbon generated during his Europe trip.
--:-- Ian Howarth: The president also traveled to Scotland with a huge entourage, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Apparently, attending this summit via Zoom wasn't in the cards, which is resulting in many refusing to take the outcome of this meeting particularly seriously.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Yeah, apparently so.
--:-- Ian Howarth: Thanks for the update.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Thanks for having me.
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--:-- Host (John Bickley): Another story we're tracking this week still no verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial after judge Bruce Schroeder requested an expert witness to review information over drone footage that the defense says was withheld from them.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Judge Schroeder has also banned reporters from MSNBC for the duration of the trial.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): He issued that order after a journalist hired by the network was stopped by police when he ran a red light after appearing to be following the jury bus from the courthouse.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): The man said he was told by an MSNBC employee to follow the bus.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Here's what Judge Schroeder said in response.
--:-- Judge Schroeder: I have instructed that no one from MSNBC news will be permitted in this building for the duration of this trial.
--:-- Judge Schroeder: This is a very serious matter, and I don't know what the ultimate truth of it is.
--:-- Judge Schroeder: But absolutely, it would go without much thinking that someone who is following the jury bus, that is a very, it's extremely serious matter and will be referred to the proper authorities for further action.
--:-- Host (John Bickley): Thank you.
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