Evening Wire: Iran Attacks Kuwait & Nowak Protests Spread Across Britain | 6.3.26

Summary

Morning Wire: Evening Wire – Iran Attacks Kuwait & Nowak Protests Spread Across Britain (June 3, 2026)

Episode Overview

In this episode, host John Bickley delivers a rapid-fire update on major global and domestic news: Iran’s escalating conflict in the Gulf, protests and debates over police conduct in Britain, critical election updates from California, political scandals, and a bombshell about scientists smuggling virus vials into the US. The tone is urgent, skeptical of mainstream narratives, and focused on exposing controversial stories and shifting political tides.

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Key Topics & Major Segments

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1. Iran Attacks Kuwait International Airport

[00:33 – 01:47]

• Incident Details:

  • Iran launched a drone strike on Kuwait’s International Airport, killing one and injuring more than 60, just days after the airport reopened from previous attacks.
  • Drones struck Terminal 1, badly damaging it and halting commercial flights.
  • The assault was retaliation for a US operation targeting an Iran-linked tanker attempting to break a blockade.

• US & Iranian Exchange:

  • The US retaliated with airstrikes on an Iranian military facility after Iran fired missiles and drones at both Kuwait and Bahrain.

Memorable Moment:
“Videos posted online show smoke pouring from the terminal.” – Cassia Kiva [00:58]

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2. Trump’s Heated Call with Netanyahu

[01:47 – 02:17]

• Trump confirmed reports of a tense call with Israeli PM Netanyahu regarding Israel’s conflicts with Lebanon:

“Are you effing crazy? What are you effing doing? … I did. I wouldn't say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. You know, at some point I said maybe we got to stop this, we got to stop it. But I have a very good relationship. We've done well, done well together.”
— President Donald Trump [01:47]

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3. Protests Over Henry Novak’s Death—Claims of Two-Tier Policing in Britain

[02:17 – 02:57]

• Rising Tensions:

  • Protests escalate across the UK after police allegedly mishandled the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Henry Novak.
  • Both police and protesters reported injuries.
  • Conservative and Reform leaders claim Novak (white) was ignored by police due to race.

• Political Fallout:

  • Reform Party leader Nigel Farage criticizes the “two tier system of policing.”
  • PM Keir Starmer calls for tougher action on knife crime but refuses to review a law permitting Sikhs to carry ceremonial knives—the type used in the attack.

Notable Quote:

“It is now clear to growing millions in this country that we're living under two tier policing.”
— Nigel Farage (via Andy Valdez) [02:39]

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4. California Election Results Update

[02:57 – 04:09]

• Governor’s Race:

  • 60% of votes counted.
  • Republican Steve Hilton leads, Democrat Javier Becerra close behind, Tom Steyer trails in third.

• LA Mayor’s Race:

  • Independent Spencer Pratt in second place behind incumbent Karen Bass, who may not secure an outright majority.
  • Growing frustration with Bass’s leadership among LA voters.

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5. Graham Platner Sexting Scandal Spreads

[04:09 – 05:05]

• Strategist’s Sordid Past:
  • Platner’s chief strategist Morris Katz is under scrutiny for threatening a whistleblower and for a controversial children’s book with explicit content.
  • The scandal includes Platner’s sexting outside marriage; he retains backing from top Democrats.

Notable Quote:

“Katz also published a children’s book in 2020 intended to teach young boys about sex...including a chapter titled the Magic of Masturbation.”
— Drew Berkmeyer [04:32]

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6. NJ House Race: Candidate with Terrorism-Related Past Wins Primary

[05:05 – 05:53]

• Adam Hamawi:
  • Plastic surgeon, endorsed by prominent Democrats.
  • Previously served as translator and testified in defense of the Blind Sheikh (Key 1993 WTC bombing figure).
  • Hamawi calls criticisms “guilt by association.”

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7. The Alleged 'Hunger Strike' at ICE’s Delaney Hall

[05:53 – 06:49]

• Truth Revealed:
  • Reports of a hunger strike are misleading; inmates are eating candy bars instead of meals.
  • Commissary sales doubled, indicating plenty of food (though not official meals) being consumed.
  • Claims of poor conditions (e.g., worms in food) persist.

Notable Quote:

“There was never a hunger strike.”
— Trump Border Czar Tom Homan (quoted by Lauren Baer) [06:21]

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8. CBS News Fires Scott Pelley

[06:49 – 07:36]

• Conflict:
  • Pelley fired after challenging new 60 Minutes leadership, accusing editor Bari Weiss of “murdering the show.”

Quotes:

“Pelley was fired. He called the leadership at the network, quote, no longer recognizable.”
— Andy Valdez [07:25]
“The foundation of trust and mutual respect with Pelley was, quote, broken.”
— Bari Weiss (via Andy Valdez) [07:36]

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9. Supreme Court Allows Alabama GOP-Favoring District Map

[07:36 – 08:15]

• Ruling:
  • Critical win for Republicans; new districts favor GOP for upcoming elections.
  • Governor Kay Ivey calls it “a win for the people of Alabama.”

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10. Judge Ordering Trump’s Name Removal Tied to Biden’s Allies

[08:15 – 08:43]

• Conflict of Interest Alleged:
  • Judge Christopher Cooper’s wife is Biden’s personal attorney and was involved in other prominent Democratic cases.
  • Trump claims bias:

“Cooper has, quote, a total conflict of interest and asserts he can't be treated fairly in Cooper's court.”
— President Donald Trump (via Nathan Gay) [08:30]

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11. US Announces New Forced Labor Tariffs

[08:43 – 09:26]

• Policy Expansion:
  • 10–12.5% tariffs on countries not policing forced labor—includes major allies and rivals.
  • The move faces international backlash, especially from the EU.

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12. Two Scientists Charged with Smuggling Monkeypox Vials

[09:26 – 10:34]

• Crime Details:
  • Vincent Munster and Claude Quay (NIH-affiliated) arrested at Detroit airport with 113 vials labeled as testing gear, actually containing monkeypox and other substances.
  • Officials alarmed at smuggling during a major outbreak—sentences up to five years possible.

“These NIH experts apparently broke our laws by smuggling viral pathogens on a packed commercial airplane from an outbreak in the Republic of Congo. Let that sink in.”
— US Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. (via Jacob Wheeler) [10:10]

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13. Clint Eastwood’s Retirement

[10:34 – 11:22]

• Hollywood Legend Steps Down:
  • At 96, Eastwood retires after seven decades in acting and directing.
  • Direct quote from one of his iconic films used to mark the occasion:

“Man’s got to know his limitations.”
— Clint Eastwood, "Magnum Force" [11:18]

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Notable Themes and Tone

• Distrust in Institutions:
  Each story reflects skepticism toward media, government, or law enforcement integrity—highlighting issues of transparency, partisanship, and accountability.
• Focus on Scandal & Outrage:
  Scandals and perceived double standards, particularly involving political, judicial, and law-enforcement figures, are central.
• Pace & Delivery:
  The delivery is efficient, fact-focused, yet often packs a pointed, sometimes sardonic edge.

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Timestamps Index

| Segment | Timestamp | |----------------------------------------------------|-------------| | Iran Attacks Kuwait | 00:33–01:47 | | Trump-Netanyahu Call | 01:47–02:17 | | Britain: Henry Novak Protests/Policing Debate | 02:17–02:57 | | California Election Update | 02:57–04:09 | | Platner Sexting Scandal & Strategist | 04:09–05:05 | | NJ House Candidate, Terrorism Ties | 05:05–05:53 | | ICE Delaney Hall “Hunger Strike” | 05:53–06:49 | | CBS’s Pelley Fired | 06:49–07:36 | | Supreme Court GOP Win (Alabama Map) | 07:36–08:15 | | Trump/Cooper Judicial Conflict | 08:15–08:43 | | US Tariffs on Forced Labor | 08:43–09:26 | | Scientists Smuggle Monkeypox | 09:26–10:34 | | Clint Eastwood’s Retirement | 10:34–11:22 |

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Conclusion

This episode of Evening Wire offers urgent, headline-driven analysis from a right-leaning perspective, challenging official narratives and highlighting political division, ongoing scandals, and dangerous lapses in government and institutional oversight. Listeners walk away with a punchy overview of both international and domestic news, reinforced by strong, sometimes provocative speaker quotes and a pointed critique of the status quo.

Transcript

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[John Bickley]

Protests spread across the UK Iran attacks Kuwait and the vote counting continues in California. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. Georgia's on vacation for a little bit longer. It's Wednesday, June 3rd. This is Evening Wire. Iran attacked Kuwait following a late night skirmish with the US in and President Trump confirmed his heated phone call with Netanyahu. Daily Wire foreign affairs reporter Cassia Kiva has the details.

[Cassia Kiva]

Iran launched an overnight drone strike on Kuwait's International Airport, killing one person and injuring more than 60 others just days after the airport reopened following earlier strikes. Officials say multiple hostile drones slammed into Terminal 1, causing widespread damage and forcing all commercial flights to stop. Videos posted online show smoke pouring from the terminal. The attack came after the US Targeted an Iran linked oil tanker attempting to break through the American blockade. The US Military confirmed the retaliatory strikes on an Iranian military facility after Iran fired the missiles and drones toward Kuwait and also Bahrain. Meanwhile, in an interview with the New York Post, President Trump confirmed the validity of an Axios report and claimed that he had a tense call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

[President Donald Trump]

You had a phone call with Bibi Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, in which you were angry with him. You said, are you effing crazy? What are you effing doing? Is that true? Did you speak to him in those terms? I did. I wouldn't say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. You know, at some point I said maybe we got to stop this, we got to stop it. But I have a very good relationship. We've done well, done well together.

[John Bickley]

Protests are spreading in the UK over the police handling of the stabbing of 18 year old Henry Novak. The protests have sometimes taken on a violent bent with injuries to both police and protesters. Conservative lawmakers and protesters say police ignored Novak's pleas for help because he was white. Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has called

[Andy Valdez]

for action against a, quote, two tier

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system of policing following the horrendous circumstances of Henry Novak's death. Can I urge the prime minister to consider, consider this. It is now clear to growing millions in this country that we're living under two tier policing.

[John Bickley]

Liberal Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for a crackdown on knife crime in the country, though he's notably refused to reconsider a legal exemption that allows Sikhs to carry ceremonial knives like the one used to kill Novak. Millions of votes are still yet to be counted in California Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has the latest in the

[Tim Pierce]

race for California governor, with about 60% of the vote in by Wednesday afternoon. Republican Steve Hilton led the pack with Democrat Javier Becerra just a few points behind, while another Democrat, billionaire Tom Steyer, is in third. Hilton was optimistic about the early returns in a video he posted this morning.

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Hi everyone. It is the morning after a very, very good night. It does look like change really is

[Tim Pierce]

coming to California in the race for LA mayor, independent Spencer Pratt has made a strong effort to lead America's second largest city with just over 60% of the vote in the reality TV personality is in second election. Analysts say that incumbent Mayor Karen Bass has secured a spot for the general, but her failure to win an outright majority is a sign of the frustration in LA with her leadership. Behind Pratt in third is City Council member Nithya Raman, a former Bass ally and member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

[John Bickley]

Senate candidate Graham Platner's sexting scandal has now drawn attention to the sordid past of his chief strategist. Daily Wire reporter Drew Berkmeyer has the story.

[Drew Berkmeyer]

Morris Katz has been called the political mastermind behind the Zoran Mamdani campaign. Now he's trying to repeat his success with Graham Platner in Maine. The 26 year old Katz drew major criticism for reports that he threatened a former campaign staffer after she revealed Platner's history of sexting women outside of his marriage. Katz's own history is now making headlines. The strategist has previously admitted to sending lewd photos of himself to multiple individuals. Katz also published a children's book in 2020 intended to teach young boys about sex. The book, marketed to children as young as 10, included a chapter titled the Magic of Masturbation. Katz has also jokingly lamented that the publisher would not allow him to include pictures of his own penis in the book. Despite mounting scandals, Platner is still endorsed by Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders, a

[John Bickley]

Democratic candidate with ties to terrorism, has won his party's primary for a US House seat in New Jersey. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has more.

[Zach Jewell]

Adam Hamawi, a plastic surgeon, won a crowded primary Yesterday in New Jersey's deep blue 12th congressional district, he led the pack in fundraising boosted by endorsements from high profile Democrats such as Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Bernie Sanders. And he received that support despite having previously served as translator for Omar Abdel Rahman, known as the, quote, Blind Sheikh Sheikh, the Mastermind of the 1993 World Trade center bombing. Hamawi also testified in defense of the Blind sheikh at his 1995 trial before Rahman was sent to prison for terrorism and seditious conspiracy. Hamaoui has dismissed questions about his past as, quote, guilt by association.

[John Bickley]

Shaming Here with a Daily Wire exclusive on the so called hunger strike in ice's Delaney hall is lifestyle reporter Lauren Baer.

[Lauren Baer]

Democrats claim that inmates at Delaney hall are on a hunger strike, but a different story is playing out inside the facility. Inmates are refusing to eat their regular meals and buying candy bars instead. New data obtained by the Daily Wire shows that commissary sales at Delaney hall more than doubled from May 26 to June 1, reaching total sales of over $30,000. President Trump's border czar Tom Homan visited the facility and confirmed that inmates were eating candy bars and that, quote, there was never a hunger strike. The claim that there was a hunger strike stems from allegations of poor conditions inside the facility, where Democratic lawmakers have claimed that there were worms in the food given to inmates.

[Andy Valdez]

CBS News has fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after the veteran newsman picked a fight with his bosses at a Monday staff meeting. Daily Wire assistant editor Andy Valdez has more.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Peli interrupted the new executive producer of 60 Minutes, Nick Bilton, during his introductory remarks. Peli questioned Bilton's credentials and also accused CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss of, quote, murdering the show after an attempt to mediate with Pelly, Bilton, Weiss and CBS News President Tom Zabrowski. Pelley was fired. He called the leadership at the network, quote, no longer recognizable. Weiss addressed Pelly's ousting this morning with CBS News staff explaining that the foundation of trust and mutual respect with Pelly was, quote, broken.

[John Bickley]

The GOP scored a midterm win in

[Andy Valdez]

the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

[John Bickley]

The court issued an emergency order allowing

[Andy Valdez]

Alabama to use a congressional map likely to benefit Republicans in upcoming elections. The map was adopted by the state legislature in 2023 and leaves all but one of the state's seven congressional districts favoring the GOP. That gives Republicans a chance to pick up one additional House seat in November. Republican Governor Kay Ivey commended the Supreme Court's decision calling it, quote, a win for the people of Alabama and our elections. President Trump is calling out the judge who ordered his name to be removed from the Kennedy Center. Daily Wire assistant editor Nathan Gay reports.

[Nathan Gay]

New details have come to light, revealing that Judge Christopher Cooper apparently married his wife in a ceremony officiated by Merrick Garland. That wife, Amy Jeffress, represented Lisa Page during the FBI texting scandal, helped the January 6th Committee, and now serves as Joe Biden's personal attorney. Her former law firm also represented Eugene Carroll against President Trump. The president said in response that Cooper has, quote, a total conflict of interest and asserts he can't be treated fairly in Cooper's court.

[John Bickley]

The Trump administration has plans to place new tariffs on dozens of countries and the eu. Daily Wire Homepage managing editor Jordan Schroeder has the latest.

[Jordan Schroeder]

Late Tuesday, the Office of the U.S. trade Representative said tariffs of 10 or 12.5% will be placed on economies that have failed to police products of forced labor. Canada, Mexico, the U.K. japan and China were included as targets, as well as dozens of others singled out in a U.S. investigation into global forced labor practices. Some of the targets have already challenged the findings. The chair of the European Parliament's trade committee, Bernd Longe, called the investigation's findings absurd. The tariff announcement follows a February Supreme Court decision that nullified the sweeping emergency tariffs the president announced last year.

[John Bickley]

Two scientists were caught sneaking 113vials of monkeypox into the US here with more is Daily Wire reporter Jacob Wheeler, Vincent

[Jacob Wheeler]

Munster and Claude Quay, two scientists affiliated with the NIH were charged with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States from the Republic of Congo and giving false statements to federal investigators. The pair arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after traveling from the Republic of Congo, where a monkeypox outbreak was ongoing. They claimed the case contained diagnostic and testing equipment, but in fact it housed 113 biological vials. Upon examination of 20 of them, 17 were filled with deactivated monkeypox, one with chickenpox and one with human DNA. U.S. attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. Wrote in a statement saying, quote, these NIH experts apparently broke our laws by smuggling viral pathogens on a packed commercial airplane from an outbreak in the Republic of Congo. Let that sink in. No motive was given. If convicted, both men face a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

[Andy Valdez]

And according to his son, Clint Eastwood has officially retired from Hollywood. The Superstar just turned 96 years old, celebrating his birthday just this past Sunday. He began his career over seven decades ago with his first appearance on the 1960s television show Rawhide. He then shot to stardom across several classic westerns including Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy and eventually moved to directing as well. He made several Oscar winning films such as Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and American Sniper. Altogether, he has 70 films to his name. His last directorial outing was two years ago for juror number two. And while we're all hoping for another return from the American icon, it seems Eastwood is taking his own advice from another of his classics, 1973's Magnum Force.

[President Donald Trump]

Man's got to know his limitations.

[John Bickley]

All right, those are your drive home updates. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com and in case you missed it, earlier today we covered some major stories including Trump backing away from his anti weaponization fund, the growing fallout over the police handling of the murder of Henry Novak, and a new report on an FBI case involving an autistic teen who was radicalized online. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another full edition of MORNING Wire.