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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Friday, November 25th, and this is your Black Friday edition of the Morning Wire Afternoon Update.
[2] If you've been traveling for Thanksgiving this week, you know that airline travel is back to pre -pandemic levels, but it hasn't quite hit 2019's record of 2 .9 million travelers on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
[3] The TSA is expecting to screen 2 .5 million passengers a day across U .S. airports on the busiest days this week.
[4] Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg celebrated the numbers.
[5] We are delighted that demand is returning, like nobody thought possible, with more and more passengers having the income and the desire to take to the skies.
[6] The Department of Health and Human Services is again saying that the American public should partake in masking and social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID -19 and guard against long COVID.
[7] The new report sponsored by the HHS and conducted by Research Agency, Coforma suggested that these policies should be either strongly encouraged or even mandated, while calling for expanded government programs that offer financial support and benefits for COVID victims.
[8] Rising interest rates and high home prices has led to a 30 % drop in home purchases by investors in the third quarter.
[9] The reduction means fewer homes being built or restored for future buyers.
[10] Home purchases by investors fell from 94 ,000 in the same quarter last year to 66 ,000 this year.
[11] Also driving the trend is the slowing of rent growth from 13 % to just 10%.
[12] As Russian President Vladimir Putin's assault rages on, the European Union sent Ukraine another $2 .5 billion in assistance on Tuesday.
[13] The EU is expected to approve another $18 billion in 2023.
[14] So far, the EU has sent $6 .7 billion total to Ukraine for a variety of necessities and supplies.
[15] Dr. Anthony Fauci's final White House press conference went sideways this week.
[16] week after a reporter asked a question about what Fauci has done to investigate the origins of COVID -19.
[17] White House Press Secretary Karin Jean -Pierre shut down the question.
[18] We have a process here.
[19] I'm not calling out on people who yell.
[20] And you're being, you're being disrespectful to your colleagues and you're being disrespectful to our guests.
[21] I will not call on you if you yell.
[22] And also, you're taking time off the clock because Dr. Fauci has to leave in a of minutes.
[23] The much -anticipated sequel to the 2009 box office hit Avatar is due to release December 16th and is projected to be one of, if not the most expensive films ever produced.
[24] Director James Cameron has declined to state how expensive the film's budget was, but reports suggest that the production budget alone was over 250 million.
[25] And in some sports news, the final weekend of the college football regular season promises some big rivalry matchups, including the number two -ranked Ohio State Buckeyes versus the third -ranked Michigan Wolverines and the seventh -ranked U .S .C. Trojans versus the 18th -ranked Fighting Irish.
[26] And, of course, my underrated Florida State Seminoles are facing off against the Florida Gators this evening.
[27] Those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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