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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, January 23rd, and this is your MorningWire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: President Biden will likely appoint a former COVID czar to be his next chief of staff, according to a recent report. Sources told media that Jeff Zients would be named the successor to Ron Klain, who's expected to step down as chief of staff in the coming weeks.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The man who disarmed the 72 suspected shooter who killed 10 people at a dance hall in Monterey Park this weekend spoke to Good Morning America today. After fleeing the first crime scene, the shooter allegedly entered a second dance hall with a gun. When Brandon Say, who runs the dance hall with his family, attacked the shooter and disarmed him.
--:-- Brandon Say: I realized I needed to take this weapon, disarm him or else everybody would have died. When I got the courage, I lunged at him, grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. He was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. Finally, at one point, I was able to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, point the gun at him, intimidate him, and say, get the hell out here. I'll shoot.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Arrests of individuals on the U.S. terror watch list at the southern border have skyrocketed over the past two years. In 2020, just three terror suspects were arrested at the border, but the figure jumped to 98 in 2022. So far in 2023, a total of 38 individuals on the terror watch list have already been apprehended at the southern border.
--:-- John Bickley: Nike permanently closed its flagship store in downtown Seattle on Friday after 26 years in operation. Nearby Regal Cinemas also announced that it would not be renewing its lease in its downtown Seattle location. Seattle has been increasingly plagued by homelessness and crime in the area.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Microsoft announced it will invest millions of dollars into the maker of ChatGPT. The AI chatbot recently passed a Wharton School of Business test, and people from both the tech and education worlds are sounding the alarm over its potential uses.
--:-- John Bickley: The Department of Justice announced Monday that Charles McGonigal, a former top FBI agent in charge of New York's counterintelligence office, was arrested over the weekend due to his ties with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who is currently under U.S. sanctions. Authorities allege that McGonagall violated U.S. sanctions by agreeing to provide services to Deripaska in exchange for money.
--:-- Georgia Howe: McGonagall helped initiate Operation Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI's investigation into supposed Trump-Russia collusion, for which the Mueller investigation ultimately found no evidence.
--:-- John Bickley: Richard Barnett, the January 6th defendant known for putting his feet on Nancy Pelosi's office desk, was found guilty on all eight charges Monday morning, including felony obstruction, civil disorder, and theft of government property.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Spotify chief executive Daniel Eck announced Monday the company will lay off about 600 employees or roughly 6 percent of their nearly 10,000 employees. The move comes as a cost measure after significant spending during the pandemic.
--:-- John Bickley: A Fox News weatherman said Sunday that around seven or eight young people attacked him on a subway in New York City after he says an older gentleman was being harassed by the teens and he intervened. They had me on the ground. My ribs are all kind of bruised up too. They got their hits in. But that guy, he got out of there. He's fine. And the cops grabbed a couple of these kids. I got x-rays. I'm okay. This is all going to heal. New York City! What a place.
--:-- 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.
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