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[4] I'm Georgia Howe with DailyWire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[5] It's Monday, January 8th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[6] Republicans in the House have put forward a resolution paired with a report from the House oversight and judiciary committees holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress.
[7] Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce, has more.
[8] This comes after the first son defied a congressional subpoena as part of the House impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
[9] Instead, Hunter appeared on Capitol Hill in a defiant press conference saying he would only testify in a public setting.
[10] Both the report and resolution are set to be considered by the Oversight Committee during a meeting on Wednesday.
[11] At the same time, the House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a meeting recommending the first son be held in contempt of Congress.
[12] Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin claims the move is unprecedented since the younger Biden was asked to appear, and he agreed.
[13] Congressman Comer and Jordan later expanded their investigation to probe whether President Biden was involved in Hunter's decision to defy the subpoena, something they say would be an impeachable offense.
[14] Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic today.
[15] Fauci, who is a leading voice during the pandemic and the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will sit before the Republican -led committee for 14 hours of interviews across two days.
[16] House staff say the interviews will focus on a variety of things, including pandemic origins, vaccines, and mask mandates.
[17] The interviews are taking place behind closed doors.
[18] Hundreds of flights remain canceled today after the FAA's decision to ground all Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft.
[19] The flights are mainly Alaska and United Airlines flights amounting to around 350 total cancellations as of Monday morning.
[20] Much of the cancellations are concentrated at Alaska's Seattle -Tacoma International Airport, though several other airports, including in Newark, Denver, and Chicago O 'Hare, have seen a large number of flight cancellations as well.
[21] At this point, thousands of travelers have been affected by the flight cancellations.
[22] One man said he had just dropped off his daughter for a flight to California when he saw the news.
[23] I saw the news, then realized it was a max flight, so, you know, obviously they don't have very high reputation right now for quality.
[24] So, yeah, we checked the new flight and it's not the same plane, so I'm relatively comfortable with that.
[25] This all comes after a panel blew out of a 171 passenger plane's fuselage mid -flight.
[26] The Alaskan airline flight was forced to make an emergency landing.
[27] Last night, the NTSB said it had recovered the panel and the door plug that also detached from the plane.
[28] According to NTSB chair, Jennifer Homandy, the auto -pressurization fail light illuminated during three flights before this one, raising questions about the need for maintenance.
[29] One on December 7th, one on January 3rd, and one on January 4th.
[30] In these three previous flights, after the light illuminated, they flipped the switch to alt mode.
[31] Nothing occurred, very benign.
[32] They reported it.
[33] It was tested by maintenance and then reset.
[34] I'm sure I will be asked if there is any correlation between the light.
[35] that illuminated and the expulsion of the door plug, we don't know that there was any correlation.
[36] It could be entirely separate.
[37] Chinese authorities claim they've detained a person who they believe to be collecting state secrets on behalf of the British Foreign Intelligence Agency MI6.
[38] In a social media post, the Chinese Ministry of State Security said that Britain is believed to have been in contact with the person since 2015.
[39] They say the person had been trained in intelligence gathering and was provided equipment to do so.
[40] No further information has been given on what intelligence was gathered, nor did the ministry say where the alleged agent was being held.
[41] A new winter storm is on the move and is expected to affect over 40 states.
[42] This comes after nearly two feet of snow hit California, Colorado, and several states in between.
[43] Now, according to officials, nine states in the West and the plains are under a blizzard warning.
[44] The storm is on track to move through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
[45] Then it will head toward Chicago, Milwaukee, and Green Bay.
[46] Meanwhile, the South is bracing for flash flooding and tornadoes along the Gulf coast from Texas to Florida.
[47] And awards season officially kicked off Sunday night with the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards.
[48] Here with the latest is Daily Wire Culture Reporter, Megan Basham.
[49] The Golden Globes returned to television last night with Oppenheimer emerging as the night's big winner.
[50] Christopher Nolan's historical.
[51] drama about the creation of the atom bomb took home five statuettes, including best drama, best actor in a drama, and best director.
[52] Barbie, the other big box office success of 2023, was largely snubbed, losing best comedy to the indie film, Poor Things.
[53] The ceremony marked a second life for the Globes, which A -lister's had boycotted the last few years due to scandals over alleged racism, sexism, and evidence that previous owner, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was exchanging awards for favors.
[54] The organization was subsequently sold last June to Dick Clark Productions.
[55] All right, those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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