Evening Wire: G7 Allies Agree to Open Oil Reserves & Job Growth Comes In Low | 10.2.26

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Clancy's defense attorney still has one more motion filed to block a retrial that has not yet been ruled on. Either way, prosecutors in Massachusetts have not said whether they intend to try Clancy's case again, so the motion may not be necessary. Clancy's trial ended in a mistrial last month after the jury deadlocked 11 to 1. The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in September at just 29,000. The new numbers released today fall well below the projected 90,000, while the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher than expected to 4.2 percent. Meanwhile, downward adjustments for August and July show the numbers at about 60,000 lower than previously reported. But the disappointing numbers come amid some pleasant surprises on the economy. The U.S. economy has been in the lead for a long time, including a better-than-projected 2.2 percent GDP growth last quarter and slightly falling gas prices over the last week. The U.S. and its G7 allies have agreed to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude from strategic reserves over the next four months as fuel prices soar amid the war in Iran. Associate producer Garrett Fantim has the latest. The coordinated release, which begins immediately, is intended to ease shortages after strikes on energy infrastructure, damaged refineries, and roadblocks. The U.S. economy is expected to reduce the world's capacity to produce diesel. U.S. diesel prices recently approached $6.50 a gallon, while the price of futures fell 8 percent Friday after the announcement. The move also comes as President Trump considers banning U.S. diesel exports, a proposal opposed by American oil companies and European leaders who say Europe relies heavily on American fuel. French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump had committed to not imposing an export ban on diesel to G7 countries. The heroic fly Dubai pilot who saved the plane and its passengers from a Muslim terrorist opened up for the first time about the moment his own co-pilot turned on him. Foreign affairs reporter Cassia Kiva has more. In an emotional call with India's prime minister today, Captain Smit Macha said, quote, I was fighting for my life. I had suffered so many wounds I had fallen down. But when I was lying down there, I could hear the aircraft was going down. I knew absolutely that this was the one last push. The door was right there. I just opened it, sir. Everyone else came in. Split second decision saved 174 lives. We've also learned more about the attacker. The heroic passenger said that after they were able to subdue him, that he then told them to, quote, kill him, meaning that he, quote, failed at his mission and preferred to die, said one of the Israeli heroes. Israeli authorities believe that the co-pilot had undergone Islamic radical indoctrination and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that if somebody sent him to commit the terror attack, they would pay a very heavy price. This has made another major policy change on traffic stops. Immigration reporter Jenny Tehr has more. ICE is changing its rules for vehicle stops, requiring officers to complete specialized training before they can pull over vehicles and ordering them not to pursue drivers who refuse to stop. An internal agency memo obtained by The Daily Wire says officers who complete one of six additional training courses can conduct traffic stops, while those who do not will serve only in a support capacity. The memo says, The memo also limits the use of tire deflation devices and vehicle pinning to specially trained officers and requires emergency lights, sirens and body cameras during stops. The changes follow several recent ICE-involved shootings during vehicle stops, including a shooting in Austin last month. And it also comes after DHS previously halted all ICE traffic stops following two fatal shootings in Maine and Texas. The Paramount and Warner Brothers discovery post-merger name has been revealed. Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers will have a new name once their merger is complete. Daily Wire reporter Amanda Harding has more. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced the new name on Friday. The new company will take from Paramount and simply be called Skydance. Ellison explained in a social media post that the new name will preserve the distinct identities and extraordinary legacies of both the brands of Paramount and Warner Brothers, which will remain separate entities under Skydance. After the merger, he wrote, quote, By combining them, we aren't rewriting history. We're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has removed the DA from the Cornell alleged rape case, citing, quote, lack of confidence and appointed Attorney General Letitia James as the special prosecutor to take over. Hochul says she's deeply disturbed with the original investigation and is vowing to, quote, not allow anyone to sweep the case under the rug. The governor also says she supports closing what she called, a loophole, making it difficult to claim rape after willingly consuming alcohol and drugs. Meanwhile, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting warnings that she could end up facing legal action over her comments about the Cornell case. Associate producer Brooke Morgato has more. During a town hall Sunday, AOC made claims that go beyond the actual facts of the case and clash with what the university has already addressed. Here's some of her comments. Seven men drugged and gang raped. A 20-year-old woman. They lured her in to a fraternity house. They drugged her with ketamine. They then posted to a group chat that she was incapacitated. And seven men took turns gang raping her for seven hours. Their fraternity knew. This was reported to Cornell University. And after looking into this matter, they expelled two of them and made the rest write essays as their form of punishment. Critics have pointed out that none of those statements are proven, and most do not actually align with what the woman who has filed the lawsuit claims. President Trump has ordered a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East. That's according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The new vessel will come with more than 10,000 more Marines as the U.S. prepares for the next stage in the war with Iran. President Trump has not been clear about what the next step will be, though he has, predicted that the U.S. and Iran could strike a peace deal after the midterm elections. According to the Wall Street Journal, the USS Theodore Roosevelt and its strike group are expected to arrive in the Middle East in November, though it's not clear where it will sit. The carrier will join the USS George H.W. Bush and the USS George Washington in the region. And every Democrat in the Senate voted Wednesday to block legislation that would restrict congressional stock purchases and require photo ID to vote in federal elections. The stop insider for the trading act fell seven votes short of the 60 needed to advance. All Republicans supported advancing the measure, while Democrats and both independents opposed it. The no votes claimed the trading restrictions were inadequate and also objected to the voter ID provision. The legislation which passed the House in July would bar lawmakers, their spouses and their dependent children from purchasing new individual publicly traded stocks, but would allow them to retain existing holdings. 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