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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. It's Monday, November 14th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: President Biden met with Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping on Monday in Indonesia. According to a White House readout from the meeting, the two did not discuss COVID-19 nor the opioid epidemic.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Per press remarks, Biden claimed that he does not believe China will invade Taiwan anytime soon, stressing China and the United States mutual understanding.
--:-- John Bickley: I absolutely believe there need not be a new Cold War. I met many times with Xi Jinping, and we were candid and clear with one another across the board. And I do not think there is any imminent attempt on the part of China to invade Taiwan. And I made it clear that our policy in Taiwan has not changed at all.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I made it clear that we want to see cross-strait issues peacefully resolved.
--:-- John Bickley: The Biden administration is now offering abortion access to migrant youth, including transportation from states with abortion restrictions to other states where the procedure is legal.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Department of Health and Human Services provided a memo to the Office of Refugee Resettlement regarding the new changes in a memo released last week.
--:-- John Bickley: After teasing it for nearly two years, former President Trump is expected to announce his official bid for re-election on Tuesday from Mar-a-Lago.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The announcement comes as party officials and elected representatives are attempting to prepare for the next election.
--:-- John Bickley: In reaction to the news, GOP Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton stressed that Trump is not the only leader of the Republican Party.
--:-- Georgia Howe: When any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don't have a single leader. The former president is obviously very popular with many of our voters, but we also have important other leaders as well, like some of those victors I just mentioned earlier, like Brian Kemp in Georgia, Ron DeSantis in Florida.
--:-- John Bickley: The United States men soccer team altered their USA logo to include rainbow colors ahead of their first World Cup game in Qatar. The move is meant to show support for the LGBT community in the Middle Eastern nation, which has several laws on the books against homosexuals and has been criticized for human rights abuses.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Amazon is set to lay off around 10,000 people as soon as this week, the New York Times reports.
--:-- John Bickley: The cuts come after other big tech companies like Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced similar mass firings.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is planning to donate most of his fortune to charity in his lifetime. His net worth is $124 billion.
--:-- John Bickley: He told CNN that he will give most of his money in efforts to combat climate change and help those who can bring people together.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The tech giant made the announcement after giving country legend Dolly Parton this year's Bezos Courage and Civility Award and $100 million to be used towards charities of her choice.
--:-- John Bickley: In 1988, Parton established the Dollywood Foundation and has since given away hundreds of millions in charity around the globe, focusing especially on education and literacy efforts.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has filed a lawsuit against some former crew members of the movie Rust where a shooting incident resulted in the death of cinematographer Helena Hutchins last year.
--:-- John Bickley: The 64-year-old actor seeks to clear his name, new court documents filed in Los Angeles say, as he claims to have suffered loss of status and income after the prop gun he was holding discharged and killed Hutchins in October 2021.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A former football player and alleged gunman was taken into custody after a manhunt following a shooting at the University of Virginia on Sunday.
--:-- John Bickley: Three current football players were killed, and at least two were wounded. Students were told to shelter in place or run-hide-fight.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And the University of Idaho canceled classes on Monday after four students were found dead at an off-campus house.
--:-- John Bickley: Local police are still looking for the suspect, but do not believe there is an ongoing threat.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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 the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.
