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--:-- Georgia Howe: And I'm Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, March 8th.
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--:-- John Bickley: Mexican authorities arrested a suspect late Tuesday, allegedly tied to the kidnapping of four Americans last weekend that left two dead.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Brandon Dre.
--:-- Brandon Dre: The suspect Jose Guadalupe N. is a Mexican national in his early 20s. When he was detained, he was guarding a small wooden house outside the city of Matamoros where cartel members held the Americans. Authorities have not confirmed if he is involved with the cartels suspected of kidnapping the U.S. nationals.
--:-- John Bickley: According to Mexican officials, when they discovered the victims kidnapped by the gunmen, two of them, Sheyed Woodard and Zendel Brown, were deceased. Investigations and efforts to capture those responsible are ongoing.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Biden's polarizing nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission has withdrawn from consideration amid significant backlash and Democrat Senator Joe Manchin's announcement that he would not back her.
--:-- Brandon Dre: The Daily Wire's Tim Meads reports. Gigi Sun, the former Obama official, would have been the first openly gay FCC commissioner. She backs the controversial idea of net neutrality and had been vying for the job for 16 months.
--:-- Tim Meads: But in a statement Tuesday, Manchin dealt a significant blow to her chances, saying, quote, "Especially now, the FCC must remain above the toxic partisanship that Americans are sick and tired of. And Ms. Son has clearly shown she is not the person to do that."
--:-- Georgia Howe: Son withdrew within hours of Manchin's statement.
--:-- Tim Meads: Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who's been one of the more outspoken critics of Son's nomination, declared her withdrawal a major victory for bipartisanship, stating, the FCC is not a place for partisan activists. Free speech is too important.
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--:-- John Bickley: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized Fox News for airing newly released footage from the January 6th riots on Tucker Carlson's Monday evening show.
--:-- Tucker Carlson: [Responding to criticism] It was a mistake in my view for Fox News to depict this in a way that's completely had variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Fox News host Tucker Carlson responded to his Democratic and Republican critics on Tuesday evening. All sharing the same outrage And from this we learn two things. One, you're getting close to what they really care about. And you have to ask yourself why. Why is it so important that they would degrade themselves by telling such obvious lies and calling for censorship? Why? What are they trying to protect? That might be worth exploring. And we plan to.
--:-- Tucker Carlson: And the second thing that we learned from this is that they're on the same side. The Senate Majority Leader joins the Senate Minority Leader. Tom Tillis, Mitt Romney, they're all on the same side. So it's actually not about left and right. It's not about Republican and Democrat.
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--:-- David Cohn: In the world of sports, we have the latest regarding the saga of one of the world's best tennis players, Novak Djokovic.
--:-- John Bickley: Crane & Company co-host David Cohn reports. Novak Djokovic has once again been denied entry into the U.S. due to his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
--:-- David Cohn: The number one player in the world requested a medical waiver to participate in the Miami Open as well as the Indian Wells Masters, but was turned away by Homeland Security.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Now, this comes after Djokovic was forced to miss the U.S. and Australian Opens last season, two of the four major tennis tournaments. Moderna, one of the largest vaccine makers, is one of the official sponsors of the US Open.
--:-- John Bickley: Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent a letter to President Biden this week urging the president to allow Djokovic into the country in order to compete.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The Department of Justice released its findings in its civil rights investigation into the Louisville Police Department following the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020.
--:-- John Bickley: Daily Wire's Tim Pierce joins us now to walk us through the report. The DOJ investigated Louisville Metro Police for two years and now alleges that the city's officers regularly, quote, engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the Constitution and federal law.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Those findings claim the LMPD uses excessive force, relies on invalid search warrants, discriminates against black people, and unlawfully stops, detains, and arrests individuals during routine traffic and street stops.
--:-- John Bickley: The DOJ report also claims that some officers have videotaped themselves throwing drinks at pedestrians from their cars, insulted people with disabilities, and called black people monkeys, animal, and boy.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The DOJ also announced that it will be reviewing the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department's use of force and de-escalation policies in the wake of the killing of Tyree Nichols.
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--:-- John Bickley: Well, those are your drive-home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for listening to Morning Wire.
