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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.
--:-- John Bickley: It's Tuesday, August 29th, and we've got a packed show for you today.
--:-- Georgia Howe: That's right, John. Let's get started with some breaking news.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Now, let's move on to some serious news. Edalia has been upgraded to a hurricane as it barrels toward Florida's Gulf Coast.
--:-- John Bickley: The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has dubbed the system an unprecedented event since no major hurricane on record has ever passed through the bay bordering on the Big Bend region.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The storm is projected to make landfall tomorrow as a Category 3 system with winds hitting upwards of 120 miles per hour.
--:-- John Bickley: Officials on the island of Cedar Key have ordered residents to evacuate as the storm surge could bring water up to 15 feet.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's Cedar Key Commissioner Sue Coulson.
--:-- Sue Coulson: It's really important we leave. We don't control the power. The power will go out when it goes out. The water will go off probably tonight, which will also impact the sewage treatment. So this is going to be a problem for people who can't live without water or sewage. But look at our city. It's very old. It's historic. And we're hoping that those people back then knew what to do and these buildings will maintain one more time.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The FBI is reportedly searching for more than a dozen Uzbek illegal immigrants who are believed to have been smuggled into the U.S. by an ISIS individual.
--:-- John Bickley: Here with more is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce.
--:-- Tim Pierce: On Tuesday, CNN reported that earlier this year, Uzbekistan nationals seeking asylum were reportedly screened for any red flags. It wasn't until after their release that the FBI discovered an Uzbekistan smuggling ring operating in cooperation with a Turkish smuggler who reportedly is connected to ISIS.
--:-- Georgia Howe: After the discovery, top national security and administration officials held emergency meetings.
--:-- Tim Pierce: National Security Council spokesman Adrian Watson told CNN that there is no indication that the individuals are terrorists. However, other government sources told CNN that the more than 15 migrants are still under criminal scrutiny.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Meanwhile, in Ohio, a man is accused of crashing his minivan into a school bus in Clark County last week, causing the bus to flip and resulting in dozens of injuries and the death of an 11-year-old boy.
--:-- John Bickley: Witnesses told WLWT News 5 that the crash was traumatizing.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Just being a mom, you know, it hurt my heart. And I've seen something that will probably never, ever leave my mind.
--:-- Tim Pierce: 35-year-old Hermonio Joseph, a Haitian native who was in the country illegally, has officially been charged with aggravated vehicular manslaughter.
--:-- John Bickley: Joseph entered the U.S. in 2022 and was released by the Biden administration with a notice to appear at an immigration hearing.
--:-- Georgia Howe: He's currently in Clark County Jail on $100,000 bond. ICE has placed a detainer on him.
--:-- John Bickley: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is suspending his bid for the presidency and dropping out of the 2024 race.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The announcement came today nearly one week after the first GOP primary debate which Suarez failed to qualify for.
--:-- John Bickley: The two mayor tweeted the following: While I have decided to suspend my campaign for president, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The real Slim Shady has stood up and is demanding that GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stop using his music.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Rapper Eminem and music licensor BMI sent a cease and desist letter to Ramaswamy's campaign demanding the campaign stop using the rapper's song, Lose Yourself.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Earlier this month, the entrepreneur-turned-presidential candidate rapped the song at an Iowa State fair.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Here's a bit of that. Lose yourself in the music the moment you want it. That was the song.
--:-- John Bickley: On August 23rd, a BMI rep told Ramaswamy's lawyer that Eminem objected to the campaign's use of Eminem's musical compositions and that he wanted his songs removed from the agreement.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The Ramaswamy campaign issued the following response, quote, to the American people's chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady.
--:-- John Bickley: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced on Tuesday that he is being treated for a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma, which the congressman says is treatable.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has the latest.
--:-- Zach Jewell: The top Republican lawmaker said in a post on X that he had been diagnosed with the disease after getting blood work done because he was not feeling like himself for a few days.
--:-- John Bickley: The cancer is highly treatable and he expects to work over the next few months as he undergoes treatment.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The 57-year-old Louisiana congressman was first elected to the House in 2008 after serving in the Louisiana state legislature for more than a decade.
--:-- John Bickley: California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a civil rights lawsuit against a school district on Monday to halt its recently adopted policy that requires schools to inform parents about student gender transitions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Brandon Dray has more.
--:-- Brandon Dray: A.G. Bonta announced earlier this month he launched an investigation into the Chino Valley Unified School District, which represents over 26,000 students in San Bernardino County.
--:-- John Bickley: The district's policy requires teachers to inform parents within three days if their child uses names and pronouns different from their birth certificate. or if the child requests to use school facilities or join a sports team opposite of their gender.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Bonta argued the district's, quote, forced outing policy discriminates against the privacy rights of LGBTQ plus students and the California Constitution.
--:-- Brandon Dray: However, Sonia Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified Board of Education, disagrees.
--:-- Sonia Shaw: Shaw said that Bonta's actions displayed, quote, government overreach and aggressive action against parents.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And do you hate paper straws like I do?
--:-- John Bickley: Good news, you might have a medical and environmental excuse to never use them again.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A new study out of Belgium published in the journal Food Additives and Contaminants suggests that forever chemicals, or PFAs, were found in the majority of both paper and bamboo straws tested.
--:-- John Bickley: Such chemicals may have the potential to cause cancer and other ailments and also negatively affect the environment.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Per the paper, 18 different PFAs were detected in total, and the most common one was banned globally in 2020.
--:-- John Bickley: According to the study, plastic straws are actually better for you and the planet.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com.
--:-- John Bickley: 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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