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[0] America's comeback starts right now.
[1] Former President Trump has formally announced his candidacy for president of the United States in 2024.
[2] The move is opening a massive chasm within the Republican Party, which could have consequences for years to come.
[3] I'm Daily Wire, editor -in -chief John Bickley, with Georgia Howe.
[4] It's Wednesday, November 16th, and this is Morning Wire.
[5] Texas Governor Greg Abbott has launched an investigation into a 11th.
[6] election processes in the state's most populous county.
[7] What went wrong on election day?
[8] And who was responsible?
[9] And the COP 27 climate talks in Egypt have ended.
[10] But despite commitments to ending climate change, most of the countries are not reaching their goals.
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[19] Last night in a primetime address, former president Donald Trump announced his bid for re -election to the White House in 2024.
[20] after teasing the decision for over a year.
[21] Here are the latest on what the former president had to say and how it could alter the political landscape is Daily Wire's senior editor Cabot Phillips.
[22] Cabot, obviously, it's a big deal when a former president announces they're running again.
[23] This is particularly a big deal.
[24] What can you tell us?
[25] Yeah, it is historic to say the least.
[26] So throughout history, just one president, Grover Cleveland, has successfully won re -election after being voted out.
[27] But one thing it's not, though, is surprising.
[28] Right.
[29] Even before the 2020 election, Trump said, quote, we're trying to do another four years.
[30] Otherwise, I'll see you in four years, clearly implying that he'd run again if he lost.
[31] And now we've got confirmation that he is.
[32] From his property at Mar -a -Lago, Trump described why he's running once again.
[33] Under our leadership, we were a great and glorious nation, something you haven't heard for quite a long period of time.
[34] We're a strong nation.
[35] And importantly, we were a free nation.
[36] But now we are a nation in decline.
[37] We are a failing nation.
[38] For millions of Americans, the past two years under Joe Biden, have been a time of pain, hardship, anxiety, and despair.
[39] Trump went on to lay out his vision for 2024 as well.
[40] We will win because we will fight to lift up the working men and working women of America and to restore the fabric of this nation.
[41] The radical left Democrats have embraced.
[42] an extreme ideology of government domination and control, our approach is the opposite, one based on freedom, values, individual responsibility, and just plain common sense.
[43] It's common sense.
[44] We will dismantle the deep state and restore government by the people.
[45] To further drain the swamp, I will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress.
[46] We will do whatever it takes to bring back honesty, confidence, and trust in our elections.
[47] To eliminate cheating, I will immediately demand voter ID, same day voting, and only paper ballots.
[48] So Trump's opening pitch to voters is essentially, are you better off now or were you better off when I was president?
[49] Now, he's routinely touted the record strength of the economy under his watch, and points to the recent aggression by China and Russia as a sign that America needs his brand of tough foreign policy once more.
[50] So you can expect that message to continue moving forward.
[51] Right.
[52] So what are the big questions at the moment around Trump's campaign?
[53] Well, the biggest right now, at least from a legal perspective, is the federal investigation regarding his storage of classified documents after leaving the White House.
[54] That, along with a pending subpoena from the January 6th Committee, you know, complicates his run for obvious reasons.
[55] Sure.
[56] And there's also the pushback he's getting from within the Republican Party right now.
[57] Tell us about that.
[58] Yeah, beyond the legal side of things, there are some serious fractures among Republicans.
[59] Now, make no mistake about it, a sizable portion of the Republican base is still fully on board with four more years of Trump.
[60] You just have to turn on one of its recent campaign rallies to see how fervent many of his supporters are.
[61] But you cannot ignore the growing faction of Republican voters and GOP leaders who are saying it's time for the party to move on from Trump.
[62] And they point to the lack of success among Trump endorsed candidates in the midterms.
[63] Now, Trump disputes those claims and says that the majority of candidates who he endorsed won, and he is right, but critics say that most of those victories were in non -competitive districts.
[64] They point out that in toss -up states that Biden won, like Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada, Trump endorsed candidates went two for 11 on Election Day.
[65] And in states like Arizona and Georgia, the non -Trump endorsed candidates paced well ahead of those backed by Trump.
[66] And look, his age is also a factor here.
[67] It's been brought up.
[68] He'd be in his early 80s by the time his term ended.
[69] And that has led to questions about his electability.
[70] And we've started to see some Republican officials going on the record saying that they wouldn't want another Trump term.
[71] Yeah, we have.
[72] It's been interesting.
[73] And it's worth pointing out it's not just the more moderate, you know, never Trump faction of the party that's opposing him.
[74] For example, Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, when asked if she would endorse Trump, said, quote, I think the question is who is the current leader of the Republican Party.
[75] Oh, I know who it is, Ron DeSantis, whether he wants to be or not.
[76] Again, President Trump still has significant support among the party base and more than a few allies in Congress and governors' mansions around the country.
[77] And remember, he's also got a massive campaign war chest after he and his allied packs raised tens of millions of dollars over the last few years.
[78] So by most metrics, he's still in a solid spot to win the primary, but the race is going to be a lot more interesting than many people would have expected.
[79] Yeah, and it feels like the 2022 race is just ending.
[80] Exactly.
[81] Here we go again.
[82] Cabot, thanks for reporting.
[83] Anytime.
[84] That's Daily Wire senior editor, Cabot Phillips.
[85] Coming up, Governor Greg Abbott launches an investigation into Election Day malfunctions in Texas.
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[93] The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, called Monday for an investigation into what took place on voting day in the most populous county in the state.
[94] The pressure comes after the county was plagued by widespread machine malfunctions, supply shortages, and confusing court rulings.
[95] Here to discuss is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce.
[96] So, Tim, first off, what happened in Harris County on Election Day?
[97] Hey, Georgia, Harris County, where Houston is located, had a bad election day starting from the time, polls on.
[98] opened to pass the time when they were supposed to close.
[99] The trouble began when a number of ballot machines malfunctioned.
[100] Some of those problems lasted hours and forced precincts to turn voters away.
[101] At least 23 precincts either ran out of supplies partway through election day or came close to running out.
[102] Some of those precincts were able to get more supplies from neighboring polling stations, but others closed their doors early and never reopened.
[103] Additionally, some voters were filling out multiple ballots because of malfunctioning machines.
[104] So there was a huge discrepancy between the number of ballots cast and the number of voters who checked in.
[105] At first, the discrepancy was about 6 ,000, but that number was later revised down to about 2 ,000.
[106] But as you can imagine, the whole situation was chaotic, and voters were pretty upset and rightfully so.
[107] Toward the end of the day, a local circuit court judge issued in order to keep some polling places open past the 7 p .m. closing time because of the morning's delays.
[108] That ruling was struck down by the Texas Supreme Court, but thousands of people cast ballots past closing time anyway.
[109] Another court ordered the next day allowed officials to keep counting ballots past the mandatory cutoff time.
[110] Now, Houston is a very blue area, but Republicans tend to vote in person on election day.
[111] So it seems like both parties would have a reason to be upset about what happened.
[112] What is each side saying?
[113] The Harris County brand to the Democratic Party called Abbott's push for an investigation almost laughable.
[114] The county party accused Abbott of trying to get better results for Republicans while potentially criminalizing election workers.
[115] Republicans were much tougher on the county and election officials.
[116] Harris County has had election problems before.
[117] In fact, Harris County's previous election administrator resigned in April over similar issues during the primaries.
[118] County GOP officials held a press conference last week going over some of the election day problems.
[119] Here's GOP County Chair Cindy Siegel.
[120] I'm representing the Harris County Republican Party, and I can tell you, we're going to fight this.
[121] I'm tired of this crap being going on in our county.
[122] You want to talk about voter suppression.
[123] Voter suppression is when you can't go into a poll.
[124] It's not open.
[125] Voter suppression is when you don't have equipment that works.
[126] And voter suppression is when you don't have the paper to record your ballot.
[127] Well, hopefully Abbott will get some answers.
[128] Voters are rightfully upset about this.
[129] Tim, thanks for reporting.
[130] Thanks for having me. That was Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce.
[131] The Paris Climate Agreement was signed almost seven years ago, But pledges to reduce greenhouse gases have not materialized, and the global community is not on track to reach its climate goals.
[132] At this year's Climate Change Conference in Egypt, President Biden discussed his climate goals for the U .S., even as countries appear to not be on the way to meeting the goals of the deal.
[133] Here to give us the details on the current state of the agreement is Daily Wire's Charlotte Pence -Bahn.
[134] Harz, so where do we stand on this agreement and which countries are involved?
[135] Hi, John.
[136] So overall, none of the four largest producers of greenhouse gases have cut their emissions enough to reach the benchmark set by the Paris Agreement.
[137] Those emitters are the U .S., India, China, and the EU.
[138] That's according to new information that was released by Climate Action Tracker, an independent organization as reported by the New York Times.
[139] China has the highest amount of emissions, and those emissions have been increasing over the past 20 years.
[140] The country puts out almost one -third of all greenhouse gases released by humans on the planet.
[141] That's more than the US, Japan, and Europe all put together.
[142] And China's emissions are getting close to their peak amounts, yet the country hasn't put out new emissions reduction schools this year.
[143] All right, so China's by far the furthest from reaching any of these benchmarks.
[144] What about the U .S.?
[145] How are we tracking on this so far?
[146] The United States put out the most emissions historically and is still one of the highest emitters per capita.
[147] President Biden has pushed for more climate change agenda items and the Democrats pushed through the Inflation Reduction Act, which has a lot of federal money for green energy projects, including tax credits for wind turbines and solar panels, nuclear power plants, and carbon capture, plus help for electric vehicles.
[148] Right.
[149] Many thought the name of the bill didn't actually reflect its main focus, which is climate change policies in many ways.
[150] Now, the UN just held its 27th annual climate change conference in Egypt.
[151] Biden was there on Friday.
[152] What came of that?
[153] Right.
[154] So President Biden said the federal government is going to force oil.
[155] and gas producers to find and secure methane leaks.
[156] The Environmental Protection Agency put out a proposal Friday that it claims would get rid of 36 million tons of methane emissions from oil and gas productions by 2035.
[157] He also upset some activists because he didn't talk about so -called climate reparations, which some European leaders have said they were in favor of.
[158] And some poorer countries were unhappy with the U .S. because they think wealthier nations should do more.
[159] But Biden insisted that the U .S. will reach its emissions goals by 2030 and acted as if the Inflation Reduction Act money for clean energy can assist other nations.
[160] Here's some of what he had to say.
[161] The science is devastatingly clear.
[162] We have to make vital progress by the end of this decade.
[163] The challenge we face are great.
[164] But our capacity is greater than the challenge.
[165] We must never doubt that.
[166] He also announced a massive spending package to help Egypt move to clean energy and proposed a new rule that would force all major federal contractors to announce their emissions and climate -based monetary risks and create goals to bring down emissions.
[167] Okay, so what about Europe?
[168] How are they looking with the agreement goals?
[169] The EU reduced its emissions in recent years, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine has set them back.
[170] Russia drastically cut energy supplies to the EU and has created a pretty dangerous situation ahead of winter.
[171] That has forced most on the continent to try to find other energy sources.
[172] Germany has ramped up its coal mining and imports to get more resources before the cold winter months and European citizens are struggling under high energy costs.
[173] The EU is making the most progress of the four emitters toward reaching its pledges to cut emissions but again, they come at a cost.
[174] Well, we'll see where the public stands on all this in light of surging energy prices.
[175] Charlotte, thanks for reporting.
[176] That was DailyWire's Charlotte Pence -Bahn.
[177] Another story we're tracking this week, the Republican Party officially won the House majority Tuesday.
[178] After Republican candidate, Kevin Kiley defeated Democrat Kermit Jones for California's third district seat.
[179] That victory secured at least 218 seats for the Republicans.
[180] Well, that's all the time we've got this morning.
[181] Thanks for waking up with us.
[182] We'll be back this afternoon with more of the news you need to know.
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