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[0] The Biden administration announces a plan to tackle anti -Semitism on college campuses after a string of threatening incidents toward Jewish students.
[1] There's no place for hate in America, and we condemn any anti -Semitic threat or incident in the strongest terms.
[2] What steps is the administration taking, and will they be enough to help protect students?
[3] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire, editor -in -chief John Bickley.
[4] It's Tuesday, October 31st.
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[7] Speculation over Turkey's potential involvement in the Israel -Hamas conflict mounts.
[8] What's Turkey's interest in the region and what would Turkish involvement realistically look like?
[9] It's the largest military in Europe.
[10] They have very, very significant resources.
[11] And more than two months after United Auto Workers walked off the job at factories from some of the biggest names in the business, the end of their strike may be in sight.
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[15] After a string of shocking incidents of anti -Semitism on college campuses across the nation, the Biden administration announced plans on Monday, it says, will help protect Jewish students.
[16] Here to discuss is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestige Acomo.
[17] So Amanda, what exactly is the administration promising to do to protect these students?
[18] Well, the administration has promised a couple of things.
[19] The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, they've connected with campus law enforcement teams to address what they're calling the threat environment and they're sharing information about resources.
[20] The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has also updated its intake process for discrimination complaints.
[21] So now those will specifically state that certain forms of anti -Semitism and Islamophobia are prohibited by law.
[22] VP Kamala Harris' husband, DeG Emhoff, has also joined Education Secretary of Miguel Cardona for a discussion with a nonprofit that comprises of over 50 Jewish organizations.
[23] And finally, Cordona and White House Domestic Policy Advisor, Nira Tandon, they're going to attend a roundtable with Jewish students sometime this week.
[24] Now, we also saw a very similar headline coming out of Harvard University.
[25] Tell us a little bit about that.
[26] Yeah, that's right.
[27] Harvard President Claudine Gay has created an advisory council.
[28] with whom she's going to work with personally to frame an agenda and strategy, she says, for combating anti -Semitism at the school.
[29] You know, we've reported here before that almost immediately following that October 7th attack by Hamas, some 34 student groups at Harvard blamed Israel for the slaughter of those innocents.
[30] There's also been what's been described as threatening demonstrations on campus, and Jewish students have actually reportedly had to lock themselves in their dorm rooms fearing for their own safety.
[31] Well, the precipitating event that seemed to preempt some of these announcements was actually the incident at Cornell.
[32] What happened there?
[33] Yeah, that's right.
[34] There were some graphic threats posted to the Cornell discussion forums over the weekend that included threats to slit the throats of male Jewish students, rape Jewish females, behead Jewish babies in front of their parents, and there was a threat to bring an assault rifle on campus to kill Jews.
[35] Students were warned to stay away from the school's kosher dining hall, and New York Governor Kathy Hogle announced an investigation.
[36] to that matter on Monday.
[37] You know, notably, this sort of targeting has come from activists on the left, despite Jews generally identifying as liberal or Democrats.
[38] Famously, Black Lives Matter has publicly aligned themselves with the Palestinian cause, for example.
[39] But, you know, that's just one example.
[40] Morningweyer spoke to Jay Green, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, about why this has become such a politically polarized issue.
[41] So the progressive left believes in a, worldview where everyone can be grouped into either oppressor or oppressed categories.
[42] And inevitably, despite Jews' historic suffering, Jews get placed in the oppressor category in this Manichean worldview.
[43] And the reason for that is that Jews tend to be more successful than average.
[44] And the progressive left sees any evidence of disproportionate lack of success as evidence of oppression and any disproportionate success as evidence of being an oppressor.
[45] And that then puts Jews in the oppressor group.
[46] Now, that said, though, there have been some Democrats coming out pretty strong against this rhetoric.
[47] Yeah, that's right.
[48] Democratic New York Congressman Richie Torres, for example, he called the threats at Cornell horrifying.
[49] And he said that the academic establishment can no longer turn a blind eye to the deepening rot of anti -Semitism on American College campuses.
[50] Then there was New York City Mayor Eric Adams, also a Democrat.
[51] He's been vocal in his support for Israel and has condemned anti -Semitism on college campuses as well.
[52] And probably the strongest pro -Israel statement actually came from Senator John Federman on Twitter.
[53] So on October 18th, he posted that it was not the time to talk about a ceasefire.
[54] And he said that we must support Israel in efforts to eliminate Hamas terrorists who slaughtered innocent men, women, and children.
[55] And he added that Hamas does not want peace.
[56] They want to destroy Israel and said, quote, we cannot talk about a ceasefire until after Hamas is neutralized.
[57] Well, it's interesting to see where different people fall on this.
[58] Amanda, thanks for reporting.
[59] Yeah, you're welcome.
[60] Coming up, Turkey threatens to intervene in Israel's conflict with Hamas.
[61] As Israel's effort to root out Hamas ramps up, several key players in the region have ratcheted up their rhetoric, including Turkey, whose president, Reichep Erdogan, has threatened to get more involved in support of Thomas.
[62] Joining us to discuss is Victoria Coates, vice president of the Heritage Foundation's National Security and Foreign Policy Institute.
[63] Victoria, thanks for coming on.
[64] Oh, of course.
[65] So there have been some reports of Turkish President Erdogan threatening to intervene in the conflict with Israel.
[66] What have we heard so far from Turkey and what's motivating them?
[67] Yeah, Erdogan has been really outspoken over the course of the last couple of days reinforcing the sort of traditional Turkish activity, particularly in Gaza, and it's been extremely unhelpful.
[68] He's voiced absolute solidarity with the Palestinian cause, made common cause in my mind with the folks that broke out of Gaza three weeks ago and so brutally attacked Israelis and, I would add, American citizens.
[69] That doesn't seem to trouble him at all.
[70] And I can't speak to his psychological motivations, what the issues are he faces domestically in terms of his economy, which is in a pretty bad way or politically where he's having some closer elections than he's used to that he's trying to sort of rally the people around the Palestinian cause.
[71] But it's deeply, deeply dangerous, especially if he were either to actually offer military assistance to Hamas or if it were to be detected or intercepted by the Israelis or the Americans.
[72] In the Eastern Mediterranean at this point, it would be a huge problem for particularly the NATO alliance because Turkey is, of course, a member.
[73] And there is not a mechanism to kick a member out of NATO unless the rest of the members of NATO decide to make the alliance so toxic for Turkey that they do decide to withdraw voluntarily.
[74] So a very, very complicated, unfortunate side effect from the very ugly events of October 7th.
[75] If Turkey were to get involved, what would be the most likely way we'd see them take action?
[76] What kinds of forms would that take?
[77] Yeah, that they might send some sort of flotilla ostensibly of humanitarian aid, which they've done before and try to force it through an Israeli blockade, which can have all sorts of unintended consequences that spark additional conflict.
[78] And certainly, I think, in a self -defeating way, perpetuates in the minds of the Palestinians that there is help coming for them from the Eric world, which, to my observation of the responses, from the Arab world have actually been, given what happened, pretty muted, and the actions have been de minimis.
[79] Turkey is the only one who's actually proposing some kind of material support for Hamas in particular.
[80] So I think the Turks should think we're long and hard about what they want to partner with, whether the, you know, sort of factions of the Palestinians are more important to them than their NATO alliance.
[81] That may be the stark choice they phase.
[82] Right.
[83] Final question.
[84] How is the Biden administration responding to this and how should it be responding?
[85] Yeah, they're basically not responding.
[86] There was an announcement yesterday that Secretary Blinken had a call with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fidon in Ankara Sunday afternoon, I guess, in which they discussed de -escalation and, you know, that kind of thing, which just sends us a horrible signal for the Secretary of State of the United States not to denounce Erdogan's highly inflammatory, unhelpful statements which are only going to pour fuel on a raging fire and not to strongly object to the characterization of our great ally Israel, that normalizes that kind of behavior on the part of Erdogan and makes it tacitly acceptable.
[87] And I think that that is deeply dangerous.
[88] Well, we certainly hope Turkey does not decide to escalate things here.
[89] Victoria, thank you so much for joining us.
[90] Of course.
[91] That was the Heritage Foundation's Victoria Coates.
[92] This week, nearly two months after it started, the United Auto Workers' Strike is reportedly coming to an end as automakers and union leaders reach a historic deal after weeks of contentious negotiations.
[93] Here with more on what's in the deal and what it means for the auto industry is Daily Wire Senior Editor Cabot Phillips.
[94] So Cabot, 2023 has felt like the year of the strike, but this one's now finally coming to a close.
[95] What can you tell us?
[96] Well, this auto strike was, without a doubt, the most consequential from an economic standpoint.
[97] Throughout the last seven weeks, tens of thousands of United Auto Worker members walked off the job at Ford, GM, and Stalantis plants, offering a litany of demands.
[98] Now, from the start, this strike was far more contentious than those in the past.
[99] For example, throughout the union's 88 -year history, union leaders historically kicked off a strike with a handshake ceremony to signal the start of new negotiations.
[100] But that did not happen this go -round, as UAW President Sean Fain, referred to automakers as, quote, the enemy and employed heated rhetoric throughout the strike.
[101] On Monday, though, negotiators made a final breakthrough as General Motors cut a deal with the union, bringing an end to the strike and relief for automakers who've really been scrambling as many of their plans nationwide have been forced to close.
[102] Now, what sort of concessions were ultimately offered by the automakers?
[103] Well, coming in, union leaders were calling for a historic pay bump, and they got one.
[104] Autoexacts at Ford, GM, and Stalantis agreed to separate but similar deals that, once approved, will offer roughly 11 % pay raises up front with another 14 % bump over the next four and a half years.
[105] The deal will also raise the average starting wage by $68 to $28 an hour.
[106] It'll provide new cost of living adjustments and also increase 401K contributions.
[107] All told, the deal will see union members earning about 30 % more over the next five years, 30%.
[108] Now, it is worth noting the deal will still need to win the approval of rank and file members who will vote later this week.
[109] But at the moment, it appears to be a major victory for workers.
[110] Now, what does this deal mean for the automakers, and how is this going to affect car prices?
[111] Yeah, the strike and the deal that ended the strike had and will have very real impacts on their bottom line.
[112] Ford says the seven -week walkout costs them around $1 .3 billion in profits, while GM reported $800 million in losses.
[113] But the real impact will come in the future as their profit margins are almost certain to take a hit.
[114] Analysts say that under this new deal with benefits and wages included, the big three automakers will pay around $90 an hour.
[115] for unionized workers.
[116] That's up from around $65 an hour pre -strike.
[117] At Ford, for example, the new deal is expected to add around $900 in labor expenses per vehicle.
[118] And that is almost certainly going to be passed off to consumers who will have to pay more for those cars.
[119] Critics of the union say the deal will also make it harder for consumers to buy American maid and will ultimately end up benefiting foreign automakers who are able to pay their workers far less and produce similar cars for cheaper overseas.
[120] We've heard a similar message from Big Three execs who say the pay raises will impact their competitiveness and potentially result in workers being laid off down the road if their profits shrink due to increased costs.
[121] Only time we'll tell though.
[122] So a mixed bag, we got higher wages, but potentially some jobs lost.
[123] Yeah, it looks that way.
[124] Cabot, thanks for reporting.
[125] Any time.
[126] That's all the time we've got this morning.
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