--:-- Georgia Howe: It's been two years since the heinous Hamas terror attack on Israel. How has Israel's position changed in the region?
--:-- Georgia Howe: We were attacked on October 7th and everybody thought Israel was doomed. We can all acknowledge and in some ways also celebrate the fact that we rose from the ashes.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe. John is out this week. It's Tuesday, October 7th, and this is Morning Wire.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Trump is pushing ahead with National Guard deployments despite a fierce legal fight. And Chicago police were ordered to stand down as ICE agents were being attacked. Save Chicago. It's a great city. It's going to be lost if you don't do it. We have no choice but to do this.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And the president joins Republicans in calling for Democratic Attorney General nominee Jay Jones to exit the Virginia race after his violent text messages were revealed. We had Charlie Kirk assassinated and so many folks celebrated in the far left. And now Jay Jones comes out and says that he has two bullets for Todd Gilbert's head and wants to see his children die.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Israel's two-year war in Gaza may be coming to an end after a U.S.-backed peace proposal won widespread backing across the Middle East. Here to talk about the Middle East on the second anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce.
--:-- Tim Pierce: So, Tim, let's talk about the latest with the hostage negotiations. Where do things stand now?
--:-- Tim Pierce: Right. Negotiators are meeting in Egypt as we speak to hammer out the details of the peace framework presented by President Trump. Already there are splits, so there's no certainty that the negotiations will get past the initial stage.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Hamas has agreed to release all of the hostages, but it hasn't agreed to the three-day timeline, nor has it agreed to demilitarize, nor swear off any future involvement in Gaza's governance. But the president is optimistic. He's treated just Hamas' willingness to have a conversation as a win.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Now, today is two years since the October 7th attacks, and a lot has transpired in the region just in that time. Where do things stand for Israel now as compared to 2023?
--:-- Tim Pierce: Yeah, a lot has changed in the past two years. Back in 2023, Saudi Arabia was close to joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. Hamas, that would have been a disaster. It needs Israel isolated.
--:-- Tim Pierce: At the same time, Israel was roiled by judicial reform. There were massive protests in the streets. Israeli society seemed to be tearing itself apart. Hamas sensed weakness, and it needed to break up Arab-Israeli relations, so it attacked.
--:-- Tim Pierce: As an Iranian proxy group, it received help from Iran and its massive network of terror groups. Tehran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, and prior to October 7th, it had used its web of terror groups to surround Israel.
--:-- Tim Pierce: But now, as of 2025, that web has serious holes. Two years after October 7th Israel is in a much stronger position in the Middle East Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actually talked about that in an interview with Daily Wire Ben Shapiro yesterday
--:-- Tim Pierce: Here what he said Two years later we smashed the Iran axis smashed most of its proxies Hamas not finished yet, but we'll get there. Hezbollah, Syria is gone. Smashed also Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program. Still there, but it rolled it really back with President Trump's help.
--:-- Tim Pierce: and the Houthis, who are threatening the entire world and maritime shipping. So Israel emerged from this horrible day as the strongest power in the Middle East.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Now, as much progress, though, as Israel has made with their security in the Middle East, we've still seen an eruption of anti-Semitism and general sentiment, anti-Israel sentiment across the West at large.
--:-- Tim Pierce: What can you tell us about those trends?
--:-- Tim Pierce: Yeah, support for Israel is fading in the West. Canada, the UK, and France recently recognized the non-existent state of Palestine. Trump has called that a reward for terrorism.
--:-- Tim Pierce: And polling in the United States suggests some bad trends for Israel as well. According to a Washington Post poll conducted last month, support for Israel among American Jews has taken hits. The number of them who say the U.S. supports Israel too much has grown to 32%, a 10-point increase since 2020 and a 21-point increase since 2013.
--:-- Tim Pierce: This trend is probably best seen politically in what has happened to the Democratic Party, where the Palestinian cause has become somewhat of a litmus test among progressives.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Yesterday, Netanyahu talked a bit about American support for Israel and made his case why the relationship is still important. Here's some of that.
--:-- Tim Pierce: But the other thing is the technology. You know, Iron Dome, Israel developed it, share it with America. arrow missiles they shoot these missiles from the sky way way up in altitude developed by israel co-shared with america what about offensive weapons well i can tell we shared it with america but i can't share it with you okay the most advanced offensive weapons on the planet things that none of the superpowers have developed by israel shared with america
--:-- Tim Pierce: So the trend in the United States is moving against Israel, which is something the Jewish state has to be concerned about considering how much support it receives from Washington.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Well, it's definitely a trend I've seen both on the left and on the right. Tim, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Thanks for having me.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Violent assaults against federal immigration authorities continue in Illinois, prompting the Trump administration to send hundreds of Texas National Guard troops to Chicago.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Tehr is here with the latest. So Jenny, I know some of this is in legal limbo right now, but tell us about this latest deployment and how leaders in the sanctuary state of Illinois are responding.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Right. So right now, like you said, legal limbo. There's an active legal fight and a hearing is set for Thursday on this.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Now, hundreds of troops were deployed yesterday to Chicago from Texas. This is a big move. Tell me that they're not going to stop on this They're not going to let up on the mass deportation effort amid the ongoing assaults against them and they also not going to let up on these troop deployments
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Across the country there's a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE agents In Chicago in particular, we've seen a number of recent pretty egregious assaults by leftist agitators on the ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois, and then also on ICE agents and Border Patrol agents who have also been deployed to assist in these efforts across the city, putting these agents and officers at risk.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Now, what about the state of Illinois? How are they responding?
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Right. So the state of Illinois has actually responded with a lawsuit. They say that the effort by the Trump administration to deploy Texas troops is unconstitutional, that it's an invasion of the state.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: The city's mayor, Chicago, Brandon Johnson, he is calling out the Trump administration as well. And in fact, he's creating these, quote, ice-free zones where he's saying that ice and border patrol cannot go in the city.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: So these are city buildings, and he's calling on local businesses to participate as well to essentially shield illegal immigrant criminals who are roaming the streets. So he's doubling down because you have the sanctuary state, sanctuary city law already in place.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: And then at the same time, there's more places for illegal immigrant criminals to run and hide in the view of ICE and federal law enforcement sources that I've talked to.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Now, just over the weekend, we had that incident in Illinois where several cars rammed into ICE agents. There was an altercation. A woman was shot. There have been some developments in that story since then. What do we now know about what happened that day?
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Right. So we know that a convoy of vehicles essentially rammed into border patrol agents who were, again, out there as part of this mass deportation effort. You had two anti-ICE agitators who were allegedly orchestrating this, one who was armed, which then led to a border patrol agent who was under assault at the time, firing shots at this individual, a U.S. citizen, who's also said to be subject of a law enforcement alert that went out recently about the threats of doxing of agents.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: So this is all part of these ongoing assaults against these law enforcement officers out there. What also happened during this assault is that the Border Patrol agents who were on scene were also facing a group of rioters that had amassed following the shootout. And they needed support. They needed reinforcements from the Chicago Police Department. They called them in.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: And those officers were actually told to stand down. Where that offending vehicle crashed, they ran the federal agent off the road. They fled on foot westbound 37th place.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: So the chief of patrol clear. Everybody up. We're not responding over there. All right. And 999 just to confirm. 39th place in Kesey.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: They were saying that they were being surrounded by that large crowd and they were requesting the police were not sending, waving off all the cars heading to 39th place in Kedzie. Again, those are the orders were being given.
--:-- Georgia Howe: So very little support for those ICE agents in Chicago. Now, tell us, where do things stand broadly on the deportation efforts?
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Right. So the Trump administration's operations and the surrounding areas of Chicago have already yielded a thousand arrests. It started in early September, so we're already seeing a huge success with this.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: And they're not going to stop. That's what the administration is saying. And that's what my sources on the ground are saying, that this continues despite all the backlash, despite these lawsuits that are ongoing.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And this is also happening amid the shutdown, the government shutdown. These ice-free zones, again, will only protect and shield illegal immigrant criminals, just as sanctuary cities and states do.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This could in fact be deemed as harboring illegal immigrant criminals which could actually be a violation of federal law something the Trump administration could use against the city of Chicago
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right. Well Jenny, thank you so much for reporting.
--:-- Jenny Tehr: Thank you.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A political firestorm is raging in Virginia over text messages that show Democratic Attorney General nominee Jay Jones fantasizing about violence against a GOP colleague.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham is here now with more. So Megan, just to start, can you walk us through the revelations about Jones' texts? What did he actually say?
--:-- Megan Basham: Yeah, so this controversy centers on texts that Jay Jones, who was then a Democratic delegate, sent to Republican delegate Kerry Coyner in August of 2022.
--:-- Megan Basham: And in them, he fantasized about the murder of then House Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican. So here's what Jones said. Three people, two bullets, Gilbert, Hitler, and Pol Pot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.
--:-- Megan Basham: Spoiler, put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know, and he receives both bullets every time. Now, when Coyner asked Jones to stop and suggested that these kinds of remarks were inappropriate, he continued, even referencing Gilbert's children.
--:-- Megan Basham: Coiner said at that point, you were talking about hoping Jennifer Gilbert's children would die, and Jones didn't deny it. Instead, he said, I've told you this before, only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.
--:-- Megan Basham: So basically suggesting that violence might be necessary in order to achieve political goals. And then he said, do I think Todd and Jennifer are evil and they're breeding little fascists? Yes.
--:-- Megan Basham: So he also went on to fantasize about attending the funerals of other Republican lawmakers, saying he would piss on their graves and send them out awash in something. So Jones has now apologized.
--:-- Megan Basham: He said that reading back those texts makes him sick to his stomach. But he also says that he's staying in the race and he placed some of the blame for this becoming a story at all on, quote unquote, Trump controlled media.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Very appalling sentiments, definitely. How are people responding? Is this going to ruin his chances?
--:-- Megan Basham: Well, you know, that really depends on where you look. On the Republican side, obviously, there has been universal condemnation and calls for him to lead this race.
--:-- Megan Basham: Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earl Sears, who is also running for governor, and Attorney General Jason Meares, who is Jones's opponent in this race, both say that the texts are disqualifying. President Trump also said that he needs to go, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has called these texts demented.
--:-- Megan Basham: But while some Democrats are condemning the remarks, not a single prominent Democrat has called for Jones to leave this race over his desire, his expressed wishes, for Republican officials and even their children to face death.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire spoke to Republican candidate for Virginia's lieutenant governor race, John Reed, and he told us that not demanding accountability for this kind of violent rhetoric actually encourages further violent acts.
--:-- Megan Basham: Look, I mean, the Democrats have a violence problem. They talk about it nonstop. They should show some self-restraint. When you see the pattern of Democrat leaders who are constantly kind of fanning the flames and then acting like they don't understand why people are taking them up on killing, quote unquote, Nazis and killing fascists or attacking fantasy white supremacists.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Now, to Reid's point, just last week, Republican Delegate Geary Higgins received a text from a man that said this. I will shoot you at your next public rally, then send you memes with the photos. I know where your effing kids are too.
--:-- Megan Basham: Days earlier, Republican delegate Kim Taylor received a similar message. So really, this is an ongoing problem.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Well, Virginia is often considered a bellwether for national mood. So we're going to be watching this very carefully.
--:-- Megan Basham: Megan, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Yep, my pleasure. Thanks for waking up with us. And if you're watching on YouTube, please like and subscribe. We'll be back later this evening with more news you need to know.
