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Anti-Israel Protestors Crash Harris Event & Taliban Parades U.S. Equipment | Afternoon Update | 8.15.24
I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl. It's Thursday, August 15, and this is your Morning Wire Afternoon Update. A Kamala Harris campaign after party in Manhattan turned into chaos last night, as anti-Israel protests spilled into a Harlem restaurant hosting the event. "Yeah, children and body bags are going to come down you!" Protesters broke through barricades on the street and even set off smoke bombs, leading to significant disorder. The NYPD responded swiftly, making multiple arrests. Vice President Harris is facing backlash after announcing plans for the first federal ban on corporate price gouging in the food and grocery industries. Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips, has more. The Harris campaign said the controversial plan would "set clear rules of the road to make clear that big corporations can't unfairly exploit consumers to run up excessive corporate profits on food and groceries." However, critics have likened the plan to Soviet-style price controls, which led to shortages, and argue it ignores the true causes of inflation. Economists on both sides of the aisle have warned the plan could lead to scarcity and higher food costs. Morning Wire spoke to former investment banker, and best-selling author Carol Roth, who argued the plan is part of Kamala Harris' effort to distance herself from rising costs under the Biden-Harris administration. "She's trying to say no, it's not us, it's not the government running $2 trillion deficit. It's not the spending that we're doing. It really is companies being greedy. And when you have an industry like the food service industry, particularly grocery stores, they operate on a 1 to 3 percent profit margin. And somehow she's blaming them for inflation, which is silly." Donald Trump is seeking to delay his sentencing and the hush-money case until after the election. Trump's lawyers argue that the current September 18 sentencing date advances "naked election interference objectives" and could compromise the integrity of the proceedings with early voting already underway. Voting has already been delayed once. Meanwhile Judge Juan Mershan will rule on Trump's presidential immunity claim on September 16, just two days before the currently scheduled sentencing. A Ukrainian diving instructor has wanted in connection with the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. According to a German news program, investigators believe Vladimir Zarovlev, along with a Ukrainian couple, chartered a yacht and planted explosives near the pipelines. The attack, which caused Germany's most serious energy disruption since World War II, severely damaged three of the four pipelines transporting gas from Russia to Germany. A German warrant was issued in June for Zarovlev's arrest. The Taliban marked the third anniversary of the Biden administration's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan by parading around all of the weapons and vehicles the U.S. left behind. "Daily wire reporter Tim Pierce is here with the latest." The parade took place at Bagram Airfield, which was once the center of U.S. operations in Afghanistan. Uniform Taliban soldiers marched with machine guns while trucks and motorcycles carrying the Taliban flag filled Kabul's streets in celebration. Taliban leaders praised their rule, claiming they brought peace and security under Islamic law. Critics say the display highlighted U.S. failure as American supplied arms bolster the Taliban's grip on the country. Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg told Fox News that many people still need to be held accountable. "Primarily it falls on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, because they walked away from the Doha agreement. That was the agreement that President Trump put in place, because, remember, Kamala Harris said she was the last person in the room when the Afghan decision was made by Biden. She owns it. But we added in place, and the embarrassment you see today is them parading around with the equipment we left behind." The Justice Department is defending its plea deal with Boeing over two deadly plane crashes. The DOJ argues that there's insufficient evidence to pursue more serious charges. Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving regulators about the 737 MAX and will pay a $243 million fine. Days of victims in the 2018 and 2019 crashes want the deal rejected, calling the punishment too lenient. U.S. District Judge Reid O'Connor could still accept or reject the agreement, which may lead to further negotiations. "And the VP picks are set to take the debate stage on October 1, just as early voting begins in some states. CBS News confirmed the event will be moderated by Nora O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan in New York City. J.D. Vance accepted the invitation and challenged Tim Walls to a second debate on September 18th. This debate comes as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump prepare for a debate of their own on September 10th. "Alright, there's your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to DailyWire.com and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to our latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning." Have you ever heard of a data broker? They're the middleman collecting and selling all those digital footprints you leave online. You might be surprised to learn that some data brokers are not just selling your information to advertisers, but to organizations like the Department of Homeland Security and the IRS. So protect your online privacy today by visiting expressvpn.com/wire. 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