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Georgia Howe
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President Trump
We'll see how it all turns out. We have to get the final word down in concrete. I look forward to having the hostages come home to their parents.
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Georgia Howe
I'm Georgia Howe. John's out this week. It's Monday, October 6th, and this is Morning Wire. Homeland Security says a group of domestic terrorists ambushed immigration officials in Chicago and Mexican cartels have put out bounties on ice agents.
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Kristi Noem
It's been $2,000 to kidnap them, $10,000 to kill them.
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Georgia Howe
They've released their pictures and prosecutors are furious after Justice Kavanaugh's would be assassin gets a sweetheart deal from a Biden appointed judge. Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need.
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Georgia Howe
President Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to his peace proposal and will soon begin the formal process of ending the war in Gaza. Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest. So, Cabot, we could be on the verge of a very significant peace agreement. What's the latest?
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Cabot Phillips
Well, right off the top, we must say that we've seen ceasefires and peace treaties fall apart repeatedly throughout this conflict. So obviously there's good reason for caution. But according to President Trump, this war could soon be over. It all started last week when he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu at the White House and laid out his formal 20 point plan for peace, among other things, and included the release of all hostages within 72 hours, demands for all Hamas terrorists to turn in their arms, the the destruction of all Hamas military infrastructure, including their vast tunnel system and of course, guarantees that Hamas will have, quote, no role in the governance of Gaza. On the flip side, Trump's plan also says that no Palestinians would be forced to leave Gaza and many who have could return. It also offers amnesty for Hamas terrorists who surrender peacefully and also vague mention of a pathway to Palestinian statehood and self determination, though no guarantees were given there. And Israel does appear unlikely to budge on that front. Trump made clear Friday that this was his final offer, saying, quote, if this last chance agreement is not reached, all hell like no one has ever seen before will break out against Hamas. And that seemed to finally get the ball rolling.
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Georgia Howe
Now walk us through. We had a number of developments over the weekend. What happened.
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Cabot Phillips
So within hours of that just dire warning from Trump on Friday, Hamas officials issued a statement of their own thanking him for his efforts at peace and saying that they would release all 48 hostages, both the living and the dead, though we're not yet sure exactly how many of those remain remaining are still alive. President Trump responded quickly, calling on Israel to cease bombing in Gaza to allow for the safe transfer of hostages, and then writing on Truth Social, quote, based on the statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting peace. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly. Then here he is speaking after that from the Oval Office.
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President Trump
This is a big day. We'll see how it all turns out. We have to get the final word down and concrete. Very importantly, I look forward to having the hostages come home to their parents and having some of the hostages, unfortunately, you know, the condition they're in, come home likewise to their parents because their parents wanted them just as much as though that young man or young woman were alive.
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Cabot Phillips
Hamas on Friday also agreed to hand over control of Gaza to a, quote, Palestinian body of independent technocrats. That was another condition laid out out by Trump in that formal peace plan. For their part, the Israelis agreed to reduce their military activity in Gaza, quote, to a minimum and engage only in defensive fighting. In the meantime, they also appear ready to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel and hundreds more captured within Gaza during the war.
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Georgia Howe
Now, we had the most significant developments on Saturday. What happened then?
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Cabot Phillips
So, on Saturday, President Trump posted on Truth Social that Israel had, quote, agreed to the initial withdrawal line, which we have shown to and shared with Hamas. That post included an image with those proposed lines for the Israeli military, along with assurances that, quote, when Hamas confirms those lines, the ceasefire will be immediately effective, the hostages and prisoner exchange will begin, and we will create the conditions for the next phase of withdrawal, which will bring us close to the end of this 3,000 year catastrophe. Now, as I mentioned earlier, bears repeating, there are still plenty of folks in the international community who are hesitant to celebrate a peace just yet, and for good reason. Anytime you're dealing with a terror group like Hamas, it's tough to take them at their word. For his part, the President is sending a delegation led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. They're going to Egypt to ensure the hostage swap goes off smoothly, and then they'll sit down with officials from each country to talk through the fine print. The biggest sticking point right now appears to be the requirement that Hamas hand over all of their weapons and then refrain from any future say in governance. But as these talks take place, President Trump has continued to vow enormous consequences if they back out now saying, quote, I will not tolerate delay, which many think will happen, or any outcome where Gaza poses a threat. Again, regardless, looks like we'll know very soon if this deal is going to hold up and hopefully end this bloody conflict.
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Georgia Howe
Well, just a reminder, tomorrow is October 7th. It will be two years. Cabot, thanks for reporting.
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Georgia Howe
Were attacked over the weekend by anti ICE agitators. Federal officials were forced to draw weapons in self defense, sending at least one woman to the hospital. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce is here to talk about the attack on ICE and the Trump administration's continued deportation efforts. So, Tim, wild events in Chicago, what happened?
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Tim Pierce
Yeah, ICE officers were ambushed on Saturday, boxed in by 10 vehicles. One of the agitators, Homeland Security has called them domestic terrorists, was armed with a semiautomatic weapon. According to Homeland Security spokeswoman, quote, law enforcement was forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed US Citizen who drove herself to the hospital to get care for her wounds. Two people have been arrested. The woman referenced by the department is allegedly Maramar Martinez, who officials said was known before the incident for making threats against immigration enforcement. After the attack, Chicago police actually left the area and according to Homeland Security, left federal agents in a precarious situation. That's just one instance of what Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says is a lack of local and state support and why the military is coming to Chicago to help.
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Kristi Noem
We will go into Chicago, we will go into Portland, and we'll make sure we have the backs of our law enforcement. And that's what the Department of War is providing for us when we go out and do operations and the local law enforcement are told to stand down, that they can't be there for us. It's extremely dangerous for these ICE officers, for these CBP agents that are out there trying to help go after these dangerous criminals.
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Tim Pierce
For his part, Illinois Governor J.B. pritzker on Sunday was telling the Trump administration to get out of a city.
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President Trump
They're raiding neighborhoods where instead of going after the bad guys, they're just picking up people who are brown and black and then checking their credentials. Are you a US Citizen? I don't know about you, but I don't carry around papers that say I'm a US Citizen. They are the ones that are making it a war zone. They need to get out of Chicago. If they're not going to focus on the worst of the worst, which is what the president said they were going to do, they need to get the heck out.
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Georgia Howe
Now, last week we reported that Portland, Oregon was in Trump's sights as a place that he wanted to send in National Guard to support the immigration efforts there. What's the status in Portland?
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Tim Pierce
Yeah, there are already immigration officers on the ground in Portland. And they've had to deal with threats, protests, a lot of interference. The Trump administration planned to send National Guard troops to Portland, but a federal judge, one actually nominated by President Trump, barred troops from being sent to Portland. The judge said that the situation doesn't meet the bar for a federalization of the national guard. Now, California Governor Gavin Newsom says that Trump is sending 300 California National Guard troops to Portland anyway. That hasn't been confirmed by the Trump administration. The White House says that the president will win the case on appeal.
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Georgia Howe
Now, on top of all of the threats that ICE agents are facing domestically, we're also seeing reports that the cartels are targeting them as well.
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Tim Pierce
Drug cartels have put bounties on immigration officers, which makes efforts by activists and agitators to identify federal agents all the more dangerous. Here's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemi.
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Kristi Noem
Intelligence indicates that these people are organized. They're getting more and more people on their team as far as attacking officers. And they're making plans to ambush them and to kill them. We have specific officers and agents that have bounties that have been put out on their heads. It's been $2,000 to kidnap them, $10,000 to kill them. They've released their p, they've sent them between their networks. And it's an extremely dangerous situation and unprecedented.
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Tim Pierce
And all that on top of a roughly 1,000% increase in assaults on ICE officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Georgia Howe
A very scary job right now. Tim, thanks for reporting.
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Tim Pierce
Thanks for having me on.
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Georgia Howe
A man was charged with attempting to assassinate a justice of the US after he turned himself in outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh with a gun and burglary tools. On Friday, a judge sentenced him to just eight years in prison, citing in large part his recent gender transition. Daily Wire investigative reporter Luke Rosiak was there in the courtroom for the sentencing. So, Luke, tell us about this verdict. And also, how did transgenderism come up?
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Luke Rosiak
Hey, Georgia. It honestly felt like the judge received Nicholas Roski rather than Judge Kavanaugh to be the victim here. Federal sentencing guidelines called for 30 years to life, but Judge Deborah Boardman, a Joe Biden appointee to the Maryland federal court, spent seven hours justifying a 22 year downward departure. Another interesting thing you mentioned, the transgender element. Nicholas Roski's lawyer said that he's now Sophie Roski, a transgender woman. Judge Boardman seemed very sympathetic to that. She said, quote, Ms. Roski came out to herself as transgender in 2020, but kept it secret. Ms. Roske's sister came out as gay two years prior, but Ms. Roski saw that their parents struggled to reconcile her sexuality with their religious beliefs. I am heartened to see that this terrible infraction has helped the Roski family accept their daughter for who she is. Roski's mother, Colleen, told the judge that she, quote, attended PFLAG meetings and learned about the LGBTQ community and is committed to going on this journey with Sophie. She said she was, quote, frustrated with what was going on in the world, and we weren't a safe place to process it.
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Georgia Howe
So how did they even get onto the topic of transgenderism? Why was that germane to the sentencing?
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Luke Rosiak
So Judge Boardman said prison is especially hard for transgenders. Quote, the length doesn't need to be particularly long. Unduly harsh conditions make a difference, too. Let's not hide the fact that President Trump issued an executive order saying transgender inmates would be assigned to prison with their biological sex. Prosecutors actually replied that there is an injunction holding up much of that order, and the judge later acknowledged that was true. And Rosky may actually get female hormones in prison even now. But she still gave out a lenient sentence based on the mere attempt by Trump and speculation that it might later be successful.
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Georgia Howe
Now, is Rosky making an apparent attempt to transition?
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Luke Rosiak
I mean, I'll say I was about 10ft away from him, and he appeared as an unusually tall man with an unusually deep voice. There was no attempt to act feminine on his part. The insistence by the judge that he go to a women's prison or else spend little time in prison at all is especially odd because I reviewed his online post where he describes himself as transgender but says he's attracted to women. The post also suggests he's a furry, which is a commonality with the boyfriend of the man who allegedly assassinated Charlie. Kirk. Rosky posted a classified saying he was a, quote, MTF pet seeking an owner.
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Georgia Howe
So is the judge allowed to hand down a sentence this light if the mandatory sentence for trying to kill a justice is supposed to be 30 years to life?
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Luke Rosiak
Boardman said the Supreme Court couldn't force her to follow sentencing guidelines, saying, quote, they used to be mandatory. But in a Supreme Court case called Booker, the Supreme Court held that they were advisory. She acknowledged that Rosky had committed domestic terrorism, but questioned the legitimacy of the U.S. sentencing Commission's decades old terrorism enhancement, saying, quote, I have not seen evidence that the Sentencing Commission relied on evidence that it would reduce recidivism.
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Georgia Howe
Well, particularly fraught right after the Charlie Kirk assassination.
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Luke Rosiak
You'd think, Yeah, I mean, Rosky did call police and confess before completing the act, and that was part of the reason for the light sentence. But Boardman really seemed to focus at least as much on these other factors.
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Georgia Howe
Now, did the Kavanaughs give an impact statement to the court?
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Luke Rosiak
No. Now, Rosky's family, including his parents and sister and himself, all spoke, and they emphasized his gender journey, need for therapy, and the emotional impact on the family. Kavanaugh's mother and wife were there, but didn't address the court. The moment the judge said Roski would be getting only eight years, they abruptly left the room. The judge also subjected Roski to a lifetime of court supervision after his release, which could come in about four years with time served and good behavior.
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Georgia Howe
While AG Pambondi did indicate the DOJ might attempt to appeal this sentence. Luke, thanks for reporting.
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Luke Rosiak
Of course.
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Georgia Howe
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