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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Wednesday, September 27th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] The second Republican debate takes place tonight in California at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, hosted by Fox Business News.
[3] Out of the eight candidates who took part in the first debate, seven have qualified to take the stage tonight, with only former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson failing to qualify.
[4] Former President Trump did qualify.
[5] but once again we'll skip tonight's debate and will again offer some counter -programming.
[6] He's visiting a manufacturing plant in Michigan where he'll give remarks to auto workers who are entering their second week of strikes.
[7] UAW President Sean Fane met with President Biden yesterday and says he does not plan to meet with the former president.
[8] In an interview with CNN, Fane called Trump pathetic for holding a rally for union members at a non -union business.
[9] I see no point in meeting with him because I don't think the man has any bit of care about what our workers stand for, what the working class stands for.
[10] He serves a billionaire class, and that's what's wrong with this country.
[11] Fain also said another Trump presidency would be a disaster.
[12] Trump responded during a recent interview with NBC.
[13] I think he's not doing a good job in representing his union because he's not going to have a union in three years from now.
[14] Those jobs are all going to be gone because all of those electric cars are going to be made in China.
[15] That's what's happening.
[16] Former President Trump is condemning a New York judge's ruling that he repeatedly committed fraud by overvaluing his assets.
[17] Trump accused the judge of taking part in Democrat political lawfare and accused him of, quote, doing the bidding of a completely biased and corrupt prosecutor, Letitia James.
[18] The suit claims that Trump and his company deceived a number of banks and insurers by inflating asset values.
[19] Notably, in the summary judgment, the judge valued the beachfront Maralago Resort and Club at $18 to $27 million, whereas some real estate experts have claimed, that 20 -acre property is conservatively valued between $160 to $300 million.
[20] New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty today to bribery charges in his first court appearance since being indicted on charges of corruption.
[21] Daily Wire Senior Editor, Joel Needler, has more.
[22] Menendez is accused of accepting cash and gold bribes in exchange for using his position to advance the interests of Egypt and benefit a trio of New Jersey businessman.
[23] The senator appeared in Manhattan's federal court today just days after the indictment was unsealed.
[24] The judge ordered Menendez to be released on a $100 ,000 bond and that he surrendered any personal passports, but he will keep an official passport for government business outside the U .S. The U .S. soldier who sprinted across the border from South Korea into North Korea two months ago has been safely released into U .S. custody.
[25] Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more.
[26] Today's announcement from the White House comes after North Korea.
[27] Korea had said it would expel private Travis King.
[28] Officials say they don't know exactly what motivated North Korea to release King, but they suspect that the regime had determined that, as a low -ranking serviceman, he had no real value in terms of any kind of leverage.
[29] If that's the case, the North Koreans may have decided that King was more trouble to keep than to simply release him.
[30] The Hollywood Writers' Strike is officially over.
[31] After nearly five months of picketing, board members from the union agreed to a contract with studios last night, governing boards of the East.
[32] and West branches of the Writers Guild of America, along with their joint negotiating committee, voted to accept a tentative deal that was reached earlier in the week.
[33] Writers were free to begin writing scripts at 1201 a .m. this morning.
[34] The three -year agreement includes increases to compensation, guaranteed lengths of employment and control over AI.
[35] Late -night talk shows, the first to go dark when writers walked out on May 2nd, will be the first shows to return.
[36] Scripted shows will take longer since the Actors Guild, SAG After, on strike.
[37] Looting and property damage occurred across Philadelphia Tuesday night as large crowds of mostly youth made their way into Center City.
[38] Police say they started receiving calls around 8 p .m. that stores such as footlocker, Apple, and Lulu Lemon had all been looted.
[39] They added that last night's looting is unrelated to a peaceful protest that occurred earlier, sparked by charges being dropped against a police officer who reportedly shot Eddie Irizari.
[40] Here's interim police commissioner, John Stammer.
[41] What we had tonight was a bunch of criminal opportunists take advantage of a situation and make an attempt to destroy our city.
[42] And again, it's not going to be tolerated and to see what our city went through in 2020.
[43] And to have, you know, some individuals try to recreate that same type of energy tonight is disgusting.
[44] Stanford also said police have made at least 20 arrests so far.
[45] Police in Baltimore are still searching for a man suspected of killing eco -map technology.
[46] CEO Pavel Lapier, the 26 -year -old CEO who earned a top spot on Forbes' 30 -under -30 list was found dead in her apartment on Monday.
[47] Police said yesterday they've issued an arrest warrant for the 32 -year -old Jason Billingsley on first -degree murder and additional charges.
[48] He's considered armed and dangerous.
[49] This individual will kill and he will rape.
[50] He will do anything he can to cause harm.
[51] So please be aware of your surroundings.
[52] Billingsley had a prior sentence of 30 years in prison for a 2015 first -degree sex offense.
[53] He had 16 years of that sentence suspended when he pleaded guilty, but the Maryland sex offender registry shows he was released from prison in October.
[54] Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott says there's no way in hell that Billingsley should have gone free, citing the fact that he's not a first -time offender.
[55] All right, those are your drive -home updates this afternoon.
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