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--:-- Host: This is Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, March 21st, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Host: Former President Donald Trump will reportedly not be charged today by the Manhattan District Attorney.
--:-- Host: Here with more is Daily Wire Managing Editor Greg Wilson.
--:-- Greg Wilson: The Stormy Daniels hush money case took a dramatic turn Monday when Robert Costello testified for two hours, burying the prosecution's star witness and Trump's former fixer, Michael Cohen.
--:-- Greg Wilson: Costello, Cohen's former legal advisor, told the panel Cohen is a convicted liar and not trustworthy.
--:-- Greg Wilson: The grand jury expected to reconvene Wednesday to continue weighing whether or not to indict Trump but it was not known if any more witnesses will testify.
--:-- Greg Wilson: Trump denies any wrongdoing, and his legal team is confident he will be acquitted if the case ever goes to trial.
--:-- Host: Russia says that one of its fighter jets intercepted two U.S. B-52 bombers over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a potential provocation that comes just days after Russian planes forced a U.S. drone into the Black Sea.
--:-- Host: Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce.
--:-- Tim Pierce: According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Russian Su-35 was scrambled toward the U.S. planes, which were headed toward Russia, but it returned to its base when the B-52s turned away.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The statement was accompanied by footage the ministry said was shot from the Russian plane's cockpit that appeared to show one of the two American jets.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The incident came as Chinese President Xi Jinping was in Moscow for with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at ending the Russian-Ukraine war.
--:-- Tim Pierce: It also followed two Russian nuclear bombers flying over the Sea of Japan for several hours, just as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was visiting Ukraine.
--:-- Host: President Biden announced this week that he will be declassifying some intelligence related to the origins of the COVID pandemic just days after Congress unanimously passed legislation forcing the issue.
--:-- Host: Daily Wire Tim Meads has more.
--:-- Tim Meads: Biden signed Republican Senator Josh Hawley COVID Origin Act of 2023 into law on Monday, saying that he shares Congress's goal of releasing, quote, as much information as possible about the origin of the virus.
--:-- Tim Meads: However, the president added that he may have portions of the intelligence redacted for the purpose of protecting U.S. national security.
--:-- Tim Meads: Hawley called the move a huge victory for transparency, adding that it's now time for accountability.
--:-- Host: It's unclear when the origins report will be released.
--:-- Host: The UN released its new IPCC climate summary report on Monday, which incorporates studies conducted over the last six years and sounds the alarm over climate change.
--:-- Host: The report details a rapidly closing window of opportunity for a, quote, sustainable future for all.
--:-- Host: The panel claims that by 2030, greenhouse gas emissions would need to be cut nearly in half to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
--:-- Host: That's a key goal of the Paris Climate Agreement.
--:-- Host: The National Association of Realtors announced today that year home prices have dropped for the first time in a decade.
--:-- Host: The median price of an American home was lower in February of 2023 than it was in February of 2022 according to the data.
--:-- Host: As prices dropped, housing sales increased from January into February, but they're still down year-over-year.
--:-- Host: And public school classes in Los Angeles were canceled last minute today due to a school worker union strike.
--:-- Host: The union represents about 30,000 school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and other school support staff.
--:-- Host: Even though this is a school worker strike rather than a teacher strike, LA's major teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, joined in.
--:-- Host: That forced the school district to abruptly cancel classes this morning.
--:-- Host: Here's the union president talking about negotiations.
--:-- Union President: The only thing that will stop it is a 30% plus $2 equity paid wage increase in order to bring us back to the table.
--:-- Union President: He adds that they're also demanding more work hours for part-time employees.
--:-- Host: Those are your drive-home updates this afternoon.
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--:-- Host: And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
