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John Bickley
These are questions that take cultures thousands of years to answer. During Answer the Call, I take questions from people just like you about their problems, opportunities, challenges or when they simply need advice. How do I balance all of this grief, responsibility? How do you repair this kind of damage? My daughter Mikayla guides the conversations as we hopefully help people navigate their lives. Everyone has their own destiny. Everyone. At least five soldiers are hospitalized after a shooter opens fire on an army base. The U.S. meets with Russia as Trump's peace deadline nears and RFK Jr. Cancels hundreds of millions of dollars in MRNA vaccine research. I'm Daily Wire Executive editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, August 6th, and this is Evening Wire. At least five soldiers have been shot and taken to the hospital after a shooter opened fire today at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The shooter has been apprehended and officials say he is a 28 year old army sergeant. All of the injured are in stable condition and expected to recover. The shooter used his own handgun in the attack. Fort Stewart is the largest army base east of the Mississippi, with three on base schools and nearby campuses. Brigadier General John Lupus gave an update in a press conference today. The shooting occurred at the soldier's place of work. It did involve his co workers. We're still not certain about the motivations, but again he's been interviewed by army investigators and we believe we'll gain more information here shortly. President Trump is really cranking up the heat on India with another 25% tariff hike set to hit at the end of this month. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the details. The move doubles the total US tariff rate on India to 50% and takes effect August 27. It comes in response to the country's continued purchase of Russian oil and gas. It also comes just days before Trump's deadline for Russia to agree to a peace deal in Ukraine or face sweeping secondary sanctions on energy trade. India, the world's second largest purchaser of Russian oil after China, has now pushed back, calling the tariffs unjustified and vowing to defend its economic interests. For his part, President Trump says the Kremlin's energy revenue poses a direct threat to US national security and foreign policy goals. Meanwhile, Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the president's peace deadline nears. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest. The White House has warned of crippling tariffs on Russia and, as we just heard, nations buying its oil if a deal isn't struck with Ukraine by this Friday. So far, no breakthrough has been announced, though sources say the Kremlin could suggest a pause on aerial attacks if Kyiv agrees. Trump has voiced growing frustration with continued Russian strikes, including a deadly attack this week on civilians in southern Ukraine. Meanwhile, Moscow is touting new hypersonic weapons and warning of deeper tensions with NATO. Speaking of flaring NATO tensions, Romania scrambled some of its F16 jets after an overnight Russian drone strike hit just a half mile from its territory. The Romanian Defense Ministry confirmed that drones targeted Ukraine's Ismail region, though no airspace violations were reported. As emergency alerts were issued and NATO was notified, bright flames from the Ukrainian side were visible across the Danube River. More revelations are coming out of the DOJ's meeting with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Daily Wire Deputy Managing editor Tim Rice has more. As sources tell ABC News, Maxwell says she never witnessed President Trump doing anything inappropriate. Maxwell met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for nine hours last month, reportedly answering questions about over 100 individuals. Her lawyer says no deal was requested in exchange for her cooperation, but hinted that a pardon from Trump is possible. Soon after the meeting, Maxwell was transferred to a much lower security Texas prison, raising new questions. Meanwhile, Maxwell's lawyers say she is opposed to the administration potentially unsealing the grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case, worrying it could jeopardize her Supreme Court appeal. Democratic Senator Adam Schiff is under investigation for mortgage fraud. Fox News obtained a criminal referral letter from the U.S. federal Housing Housing Finance Agency. It states that the California Democrat appears to have falsified bank documents and property records to acquire more favorable loan terms for his purchase of a home in Maryland. Schiff apparently claimed two properties, a condo in Burbank, California and the home in Potomac, Maryland as his primary residence. When Trump commented on the investigation in a social media post, Schiff denied wrongdoing. Texas governor Greg Abbott is moving to oust the ringleader behind the Democrats walkout stunt. Abbott asked the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove House Caucus Chair Gene Wu from office after he, along with 50 of his colleagues left the state to block a vote on GOP backed congressional redistricting. The lawsuit from Abbott alleges that Wu violated the state constitution and effectively forfeited his seat in the Legislature. Wu says his actions are part of his, quote, constitutional duty to block the Republicans efforts. Alligator Alcatraz may have some competition. The Trump administration is teaming up with Indiana to open up a new migrant detention facility dubbed the Speedway Slammer. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem unveiled the near 1,000 bed facility Tuesday, saying it will help remove, quote, the worst of the worst from the U.S. here she is on Fox today. We're so grateful for the partnership that we're building with governors. We've got several of these facilities that'll come online soon, and it really is meeting a need that our country has to clean up our streets. Indiana Governor Mike Braun says the new facility is just the beginning, while also offering up space at Camp Atterbury and Grissom Air Reserve Base. The project is funded by Trump's big Beautiful bill and follows Florida's launch of Alligator Alcatraz earlier this summer. Speaking of Alligator Alcatraz, a judge is considering ceasing its operation. Today, a hearing was held over allegations that it was built without required environmental studies. Environmental groups and the Miccosukee tribe argued that the government boosts bypass the National Environmental Policy act, and that risks harming endangered species and sacred sites. But the state says it's exempt from the policies and insists the impact is minimal. A former Doge staffer is being called a hero after jumping in to defend a woman from carjackers in D.C. ed Korestein used to work for the Department of Government Efficiency, where he was known by the online name Big Balls. He now works at the Social Security Administration. Korstine and his significant other were surrounded by about 10 teenagers early Sunday morning when the teens made a comment about taking the couple's vehicle. President Trump responded to the incident, saying D.C. needs to stop crime or risk being taken over by the federal government. Somebody from Doge was very badly hurt last night. You saw that a young man who was beat up by a bunch of thugs in D.C. and either they're going to straighten their act out in terms of government and in terms of protection, and we're going to have to federalize and run it the way it's supposed to be run. Elon Musk says the teens beat Korestein to the point of concussion. So far, police have arrested two of them. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is shutting down $500 million in MRNA vaccine research, daily Wire reporter Amanda Presa Giacomo explains. The Health and Human Services secretary said that these vaccines have more risk than benefits, and he canceled 22 related contracts. Kennedy said the vaccines are ineffective because they only code for a small part of the viral protein, usually a single antigen, and he pointed out that a single mutation essentially renders those vaccines useless. During the COVID pandemic, millions of people caught the omicron variant even though they were vaccinated. Due to the nature of MRNA vaccines. Kennedy said that the department will replace MRNA programs with other broader vaccine strategies, such as whole virus vaccines. Let me be absolutely clear, HHS supports safe, effective vaccines for every American who wants them. That's why we're moving beyond the limitations of MRNA for respiratory viruses and investing in better solutions. The CDC has issued a China travel warning over the outbreak of the Chikunguya virus, Daily Wire senior editor Joel Niedler reports. In a travel notice updated this month, the agency is warning Americans to take enhanced precautions while traveling to the country due to an outbreak of the mosquito borne virus. Chinese health officials say that more than 7,000 cases have been confirmed since last month in the Guangdong province, particularly the city of Foshan. The CDC says that most people infected with the virus develop some symptoms which usually begin three to seven days after a mosquito bite. The most common symptoms are fever and joint pain, but can also include headaches, muscle pain, joint swelling or rashes. The good news? Most people get better within a week, though some can have prolonged joint pain. Senator Marsha Blackburn is officially throwing her hat in the ring for governor of Tennessee, saying she wants to put the Volunteer State on the map as America's conservative leader. The second term Republican senator announced her candidacy today in a video declaring that President Trump needs strong governors to help back up his agenda. This is Tennessee. We'll honor the Constitution, we'll value life, and we'll define our boys and girls the way God made them. I love Tennessee, I believe in Tennesseans and I'm ready to deliver the kind of conservative leadership that will ensure our state is America's conservative leader for this generation and the next Apple is announcing a $100 billion investment in US manufacturing. This would bring Apple's total US investments to $600 billion over the next four years. This will include a new American manufacturing program to bring more of Apple's supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the U.S. the company plans to use the program to incentivize other global companies to make critical parts in the US And Seattle's NHL team's mascot had a wild encounter with a brown bear while on a promo shoot in Alaska while filming in Katmai national park. The bear charged toward the blue haired troll mascot known as Buoy, but veered off at the last second. The run in happened as part of a youth hockey trip and the whole thing was caught on video and later posted by the team. Thankfully, no one was hurt and safety guides were on hand. Here's the marketing director who witnessed the bear visit. I think bringing a troll into an environment like that does cause a level of just extra awareness to make sure everyone is going to be safe, including our lovely troll buoy. It was honestly no harm, no foul. The bear got his salmon and we all moved on. All right, those are your drive home updates. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com and in case you missed it, this morning we covered some major stories, including Elizabeth Warren endorsing Zorin Mamdani, Gavin Newsom jumping into the redistricting fray, and Oklahoma rolling out new anti woke tests for teachers. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of Morningwire.