Evening Wire: 90 Americans Still Missing In Nepal & Russia Threatens British Targets | 8.28.26

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A New York teenager and mother are among 90 Americans still missing in Nepal after a catastrophic flash flood while the death toll has now risen above 540 people contributor Tim Pierce reports. Helicopters have carried more than 3,000 people to safety so far in Kathmandu and other areas. Local media says that as many as 12,000 people may still be missing hundreds of them to risk. The Red Cross said today that it estimates that around 90,000 people have likely been impacted by the disaster. A CBS reports that a Paul police issued a new alert today after receiving information that had damn on the Tibetan side of the border had burst. Rescue and relief workers were told to stay on high alert and immediately move to a state location if necessary. The warning comes amid fears of flooding from an overflowing barrier lake high up on the Chinese side of the Himalayan Mountains. An Obama-appointed judge has halted Trump's mail-in voting rules again. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani blocked the Postal Services' fresh rules just days after they were announced, issuing a 14-day temporary restraining order that halts mandatory compliance for the upcoming elections. Days before Talwani's ruling, the Supreme Court handed the president a major procedural victory, lifting a previous injunction against his executive order because the state's head sued before final rules were issued. The DOJ is expected to appeal Talwani's ruling immediately, setting up yet another potential showdown before the U.S. Supreme Court. The son of Democrat Congresswoman Ilan Omar has been linked to a raid on an apartment that ended up with seized guns and ammo. Here's reporter Drew Berkmeyer. Police executed a search warrant Tuesday night at a Minneapolis apartment reportedly shared by Omar's adult son and a man arrested earlier that day on a weapons charge. Law enforcement sources told Alpha News that officers recovered firearms and ammunition from the apartment where Omar's son Adnan allegedly lives with 22 year-old Abdul Rahman Tully Abdi. The Minneapolis Police Department confirmed that officers arrested Abdi after recovering a firearm while impounding his vehicle following a traffic stop earlier that day. Officers initially stopped Abdi for driving after his license was canceled and for failing to provide proof of insurance. He was released at the scene, but officers discovered a firearm while impounding his vehicle. Police later arrested him without incident and he was later released. President Trump honored the four-member Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor during a ceremony today, which took place at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The recipients, NASA astronauts, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hanson, completed a 10-day mission around the moon in April. marking humanity's first return to lunar orbit in more than 50 years. During the event, Trump also signed an executive order establishing the U.S. Space Academy. Take a listen. There is a spirit that we didn't see in this space so much and now you've really brought it back and today we're proud and proudly awarding the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the remarkable crew of Artemis II. Please join me in congratulating Commander Reed Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hanson. Great people. Thank you. Congratulations. Congress created the Space Medal of Honor in 1969 to recognize astronauts who show exceptionally meritorious service to the nation and its inaugural recipients in 1978, included Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, and Alan Shepherd, among others. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday defended directing its reporters and editors to stop describing the September 11 attacks as terrorist attacks. The internal memo surfaced ahead of the anniversary of the horrific attack. The CBC told Fox News Digital that the guidance aligns with its policy of not using terms that are politically or emotionally loaded. The left-leaning outlet said, quote, "It is the practice of the CBC to exercise extreme caution before using the words terrorist and terrorism." FBI director Cash Patel responded, saying, quote, "Any agency in Canada that doesn't publicly reject this bastardization of history and an insult to the soul's loss during our largest terrorist attack in US history will no longer have a friend in this FBI." Freedom is given to us by God not government, but its ability to endure rests with the people. We're seeing our God-given rights tested, threatened, and violated right now, and we must stop it before it's too late. Our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom are fighting some of the most critical legal battles of our generation, upholding biological truth, defending free speech, preserving religious liberty. But they depend on friends like you to keep up this work. Your gift today powers the very legal battles that are defining freedom's future. Every dollar you give today will be matched by a special grant while funds last. Visit joinadf.com/wire or text wire to 838-48 to make twice the impact for freedom today. That's joinadf.com/wire or text wire to 838-48 for it. In "Other News" out of Canada, a man gave life-saving CPR to a struggling author. Daily Wire associate producer Brooke Morgato has the harrowing details. Retired logger and fisherman Gordon Melish found three sibling otters tangled in a fishing net. He quickly freed them after a neighbor spotted them near a marina in alert bay. But one was unresponsive, prompting Melish to give it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. He said, quote, "I grabbed it and picked it up. I wrapped my mouth around its mouth and nose and gave it a breath of life." After the author was revived, local resident Robin Quirk sheltered it overnight in her car, before making the long trip to a wildlife rescue center, where it spent a week recovering. The author was eventually returned to alert bay, where Melish and Quirk watched it swim back into the wild and reunite with its mother in siblings. The animal has reportedly been spotted since and appears to recognize Quirk when she whistles the logo by she made up during their drive. Of the experience, Melish said, quote, "A life's a life no matter what it is. Try to do your best to save it." Russia is now threatening strikes on British military targets. The warning of, quote, "catastrophic consequences" came from the Russian foreign ministry Thursday. Moscow says Britain is, quote, "one step away from being legally responsible for strikes from Ukraine that it claims are acts of, quote, "terrorism." The threat came a day after Russia claims that Ukraine deliberately struck a shopping mall in Denetsk, a Russian-controlled area in eastern Ukraine. That strike Russia says used British storm shadow missiles and ended up wounding civilians, including children. As a result, Moscow is threatening to start carrying out strikes against British military targets, not just inside Ukraine, but also outside of it. The iconic voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, has died at 85. Associate producer and Transformers fan Garrett Van Team has more. Peter Cullen's family revealed that he passed away on Wednesday. He went at peace in his Hollywood home and was surrounded by loved ones. Cullen started out on Canadian TV and radio in the 1960s, before appearing regularly on the sunny-and-share comedy hour as a performer. He would go on to be a voice actor across decades, lending his talent to characters such as EOR in Disney's The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Monterey Jack and Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, and even Carr, the evil prototype vehicle from the show Night Writer. But it was in 1984 when Cullen voiced his most famous character, Optimus Prime, and the hit TV cartoon Transformers. He would return to the franchise repeatedly for animated and live-action films, video games, and several spin-offs, garnering over 40 credits for Optimus alone. When prepping for the original role, Cullen consulted a Vietnam War veteran who told him to portray Optimus as, quote, "a real hero, not a Hollywood hero," and said, quote, "he's strong enough to be gentle," and the advice clearly worked. Not only did the role then Cullen years of work, and daytime Emmy, but also a place in the hearts and lives of millions of fans. One moment I reminded of now that lives rent-free in my mind is when Optimus Cullen says this, "We are here. We are waiting." And Norway's King Harold V died today at age 89, and his son has ascended to the throne. Harold famously went into exile in the U.S. as a child during the in the Nazi occupation of Norway. He also ended up marrying his school sweetheart after turning down a string of noble would-be wives at 89 Harold was Europe's oldest monarch. His son, Crown Prince Hakan 53, has already been crowned King Hakan VIII. - Those are your drive home updates this evening. To learn more about these stories, go to dailywire.com. And in case you missed earlier today, we covered some major stories, including the latest on the Lindsay Clancy case, the worsening crisis in CUTA, and a look back on Dolly Parton's legacy. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back tomorrow morning with another weekend edition of Morningwire.