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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, November 7th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A man carrying a rifle was arrested at a park close to Senate office buildings in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. However, the U.S. Capitol Police say there's no ongoing threat.
--:-- John Bickley: Police say the suspect is in custody and they have searched the park and plan to go through the man's belongings due to safety concerns. Police officers were seen running toward the Capitol. One witness described the suspect as a tall black man wearing an orange jumpsuit.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The U.S. has authorized the sale of precision bombs to Israel as the country fights to eradicate Hamas. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has more.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: The Biden administration formally notified Congress on October 31st of its authorization to allow the sale of the kits which turned unguided bombs into precision guided bombs. The order came after another sale of the same kits valued at over a million dollars. The Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is purchasing the equipment directly from Rafael USA, an American company that has ties to its Israeli counterpart, and not through the U.S. government.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The weapons transfer comes after Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist attack on October 7th, murdering 1,400 Israelis, wounding 5,300 more, and kidnapping more than 240. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel may remain in Gaza for an unspecified amount of time, though President Biden has said occupying Gaza would be a mistake.
--:-- Cabot Phillips: This comes as rockets fired by Hezbollah reached further into Israeli territory. The terror group's deputy secretary general tried to frame Israel as the aggressor, saying that the attacks from Iranian-backed militant groups against American targets were, quote, a clear message that if you expand, there will be serious consequences.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Brandeis University says it will no longer recognize Students for Justice in Palestine on its campus, the first private university in the nation to do so. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has more.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The student organization announced on Instagram that its Vigil for Palestine event set to take place on Monday has been canceled since their organization was unjustly de-chartered. According to the Jewish Insider, the university SJP chapter was notified of their disbandment through a letter in a decision that was quote not made lightly. The group will no longer receive funding or be allowed to hold events on campus.
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--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Part of the letter reads as follows. The national SJP has called on its chapters to engage in conduct that supports Hamas in its call for the violent elimination of Israel and the Jewish people. These tactics are not protected by the university's principles.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Law enforcement officials in Southern California are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Jewish man who was injured during a confrontation with a Palestinian protester at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies. 69-year-old Paul Kessler died on Monday. Witnesses say Kessler had been in a physical altercation with Palestinian counter-protesters in the city of Thousand Oaks.
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--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: They were both on an even ground and they were yelling at each other. And then the man brought his megaphone up and hit Paul and Paul went down.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Sheriff's Department also says that the medical examiner's office determined the cause of death to be blunt force head injury and the manner of death homicide. Officials say a suspect in the confrontation who called 911 has been cooperative after being detained for a short period of time.
--:-- John Bickley: Voters around the country are walking into the voting booth today to decide key elections including a bid by Kentucky Republicans to flip the governor office and an abortion referendum in Ohio. In Kentucky, Democratic Governor Andy Beshear is facing a challenge from Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, with recent polls showing a tight race.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In Ohio, voters will decide whether to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution. Pro-life advocates say that the initiative could allow abortions in late stages of pregnancy.
--:-- John Bickley: And WeWork, a company once worth billions of dollars, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world said on Monday that it was entering a restructuring support agreement with many of its stakeholders in hopes of cutting down the company's debt.
--:-- Georgia Howe: According to AP, the agreement should strike roughly $3 billion from what the company owes. The company's downfall is also documented in a Hulu documentary. Here's what the director told ABC about the company's CEO.
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--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Adam began to expand his vision beyond their core business, thinking that WeWork could solve some of the most intractable global problems imaginable.
--:-- 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.
--:-- John Bickley: Thanks for listening to the Morning Wire.
