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[0] Hey, this is Georgia Howe, and I'm with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Monday, September 19th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] Japan has experienced widespread power outages and mass evacuations after typhoon Nanmadal struck the southern coastline on Sunday.
[3] In more extreme weather news, Hurricane Fiona is now heading into the southwest Atlantic Ocean, where it's expected to intensify.
[4] Fiona has already hit the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
[5] 60 Minutes aired an exclusive interview with President Biden on Sunday in which he made some eyebrow -raising remarks, including that the U .S. would send troops on the ground to Taiwan if China invaded the South Pacific Island.
[6] But would U .S. forces defend the island?
[7] Yes, if, in fact, there was an unprecedented attack.
[8] Host Scott Pelly and noted that an anonymous White House official walked back Biden's remarks after the conversation.
[9] In response to Biden's comments on Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said they have lodged a formal response to the U .S. Democratic Representative Henry Quayar of Texas told CBS that the Biden administration needs to ramp up border enforcement to mitigate the immigration crisis.
[10] We've got to get border patrol.
[11] We've got to get buys, homeland security, the equipment, you know, making sure they have everything where they can enforce the law.
[12] Because if we don't have repercussions at the border, we're going to continue getting 8 ,000 people a day.
[13] The Home Builder Confidence Index fell in September for the ninth straight month as homebuilders brace for a housing recession.
[14] The index fell to 46 in September, down from 76 a year ago.
[15] A new study by a Veterans Group claims that the Department of Veterans Affairs is undercounting the number of former military service members who are dying from suicide and self -harm.
[16] The Taliban freed, the last U .S. prisoner, held hostage in Afghanistan on Monday as part of a prisoner swap with the U .S. government.
[17] Navy veteran and engineer Mark Frerex was exchanged for a Taliban member convicted in a heroin smuggling operation.
[18] Citizens across the United Kingdom gathered Monday to bid Queen Elizabeth II, a final goodbye.
[19] The funeral service was held in Westminster Abbey and welcomed many distinguished guests and world leaders.
[20] Roads near Hyde Park and Westminster Abbey were closed in order to allow the Queen's Casket to make its final journey to Windsor Castle.
[21] Well, we weren't going to come originally, to be honest, but we wanted to be able to have.
[22] History, yeah.
[23] It's kind of a historical moment, so that's why we're there.
[24] Those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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