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--:-- John Bickley: Welcome to Morning Wire, I'm John Bickley, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Wire.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And I'm Georgia Howe, co-host of Morning Wire. It's Thursday, October 13th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- John Bickley: A Florida jury has rejected the death penalty for the Parkland shooter. The jury instead opted for life in prison during the sentencing trial on Thursday.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Parkland shooter is convicted of killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day 2018.
--:-- John Bickley: Following the resignation of the L.A. City Council president, the White House says President Biden thinks the remaining council members heard on a racially charged recording should step down.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The council members were part of a recorded discussion in which racist and degrading comments were made.
--:-- John Bickley: The Consumer Price Index rose 8.2 percent between September 2021 and September of 2022, according to a Thursday report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, surpassing expectations.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Economist Rick Santelli predicts that customers won't see relief for two years.
--:-- Rick Santelli: I think in a year and a half, two years from now, prices will definitely be significantly lower because many of these structural issues cannot be fixed by the Fed. Only time will fix them.
--:-- John Bickley: As a result of the record inflation, Social Security benefits are set to increase by 8 next year or about $140 per month for the average recipient. That's the largest increase in 40 years.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Biden reportedly asked Saudi Arabia to delay cutting oil production until after midterm elections, threatening to take action if they refused.
--:-- John Bickley: Saudi Arabia announced last week that OPEC would be cutting petroleum output by 2 million barrels per day in defiance of President Biden's request.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Some Democratic officials are now calling for the U.S. to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
--:-- John Bickley: The president says America will respond in the coming week.
--:-- Georgia Howe: New York City teachers are warning Mayor Eric Adams that the city's public schools are not prepared to handle newly enrolled migrant students.
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--:-- Daniela Agarov: Our schools were not prepared. We don't have bilingual teachers. Children are being asked to translate for other children. Our schools were not prepared to receive this influx of students, and we want to make sure that everybody's being served well.
--:-- John Bickley: In global news, Russia warned Thursday morning that if NATO becomes directly involved in the war against Ukraine, it would result in nuclear World War III that will be, quote, catastrophic for all mankind.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Biden spent time in Los Angeles on Thursday as part of a fundraising push before the November midterms.
--:-- John Bickley: The January 6th committee plans to vote to subpoena former President Trump. That's according to the AP today.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The committee held their last hearing before midterms on Thursday.
--:-- John Bickley: 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.
