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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, March 6th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: An attack today on a shipping vessel in the Gulf of Aden caused fatalities, and many suspect Yemen's Houthi rebels are to blame. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
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--:-- Tim Pierce: Authorities say most of the crew was forced to abandon ship, though the extent of the damage to the vessel remains unclear. Officials say the attack on the ship, named True Confidence, came after it had been addressed by individuals claiming to be the Yemeni military via radio, something the Houthis have been doing since their attacks began in November of last year.
--:-- John Bickley: U.S. officials told NBC News that the attack killed at least two sailors and injured half a dozen others. The Houthis didn't immediately claim responsibility for the attack, though it typically takes several hours for them to acknowledge an assault.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Despite more than a month and a half of U airstrikes Houthi rebels have remained capable of launching attacks such as this one.
--:-- John Bickley: In the wake of Super Tuesday former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has ended her bid for the White House. Haley made the announcement this morning following the results from last night in which Trump swept 14 of the 15 states that held Republican presidential primaries or caucuses.
--:-- Nikki Haley: Haley did not, however, immediately endorse former President Trump, who will likely be the official GOP nominee within the next week or two. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. And our conservative cause badly needs more people. This is now his time for choosing.
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--:-- Nikki Haley: I end my campaign with the same words I began from the book of Joshua. I direct them to all Americans, but especially to so many of the women and girls out there who put their faith in our campaign. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. For God will be with you wherever you go.
--:-- John Bickley: Trump took to social media last night to invite Haley supporters to, quote, join the greatest movement in the history of our nation.
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--:-- John Bickley: Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces new charges and an indictment filed by Manhattan federal prosecutors. Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has more.
--:-- Joel Needler: The senator and his wife Nadine are faced with new counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice connected to bribery payments the senator allegedly took from several New Jersey businessmen. The new accusation appears to have resulted from co-defendant Jose Uribe's guilty plea last week. Uribe admitted to providing Nadine Menendez with a Mercedes convertible in exchange for the senator's help.
--:-- John Bickley: The new charges come in addition to charges against Menendez for acting as a foreign agent He accused of taking luxurious gifts in exchange for doing favors for foreign governments.
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--:-- John Bickley: Defense attorney Ashley Merchant testified today before a Georgia State Senate committee as it investigates the action of Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis. Merchant is the defense attorney for a Trump co-defendant currently being charged by D.A. Willis.
--:-- Ashley Merchant: Terrence Bradley was Nathan Wade's law partner originally, and he was also his lawyer in the divorce. So she became DA January 1st, 2021, but she had a transition team leading up to that. And Mr. Wade was in charge of her transition team. So Mr. Bradley said that they had been together. They met at this conference. Nathan was still married and Mr. Bradley was upset because he essentially just left her after meeting Ms. Willis and dropping the kids off at college. And then ultimately that Nathan was hired as the attorney on this case.
--:-- John Bickley: They had been dating before and he told me, you know, they met at hotels. He would go to her place. I remember him saying, you need to find her bestie who they had a falling out. That's the person whose condo it was that they would meet at.
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--:-- John Bickley: San Francisco went all in on a pair of law and order ballot measures on Tuesday night, one of which would require welfare recipients suspected of drug use to undergo drug screenings The welfare requirement measure known as Proposition F passed with 63 percent support as of this morning.
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--:-- John Bickley: Another ballot measure known as Proposition E expands police powers while also reining in some of the oversight. That had 60% approval as of this morning. Critics of the measures have claimed that the results would backfire and reverse progress in the city, though Democratic Mayor London Breed, who is up for re-election, supports both measures.
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--:-- John Bickley: New York Governor Kathy Hochul said today that she will deploy National Guard soldiers and state police officers to patrol state subway systems. The governor said a large show of force in the system will hopefully help commuters and visitors to the city feel safe.
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--:-- John Bickley: This new presence will add on to an already large presence of law enforcement in the subway after Mayor Eric Adams ordered an additional 1,000 officers in February, following a 45% spike in crime in January. Hochul has said she will deploy 1,000 members of the authority to, quote, conduct bag checks in the city's busiest stations.
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--:-- 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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