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Iran publicly rejects President Trump's peace offer, but the White House says they're making

progress behind the scenes.

It was made clear to the United States that Iran wanted to talk.

President Trump is willing to listen.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley.

It's Thursday, March 26, and this is Morning Wire.

Hawaii residents reel from historic flooding as massive storms wreak havoc on the islands.

This is the largest flood that we've had in Hawaii in 20 years.

The largest flood since the flood manoa back in the early 2000s.

And in a landmark ruling on social media addiction, a court finds YouTube and meta guilty

of contributing to growing mental health problems.

The verdict was a finding of liability on all counts against both meta and YouTube.

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As the US continues to build up ground forces in the Middle East, President Trump is trying

to nail down a peace deal to end the war in Iran.

Wired in live host, Cabot Phillips joins us now to break it all down.

So Cabot, we have learned the details now of President Trump's offer to the Iranians.

What kind of details do we find out?

Right.

He suspended those potential strikes on Iranian power plants this past Saturday and gave

a five-day window for peace talks to take place.

And in the last 24 hours, we've gotten new details on the offer that he's making, which

again, is going not directly to the Iranians, but through intermediaries like Turkey,

Egypt, and Pakistan.

From what we know, this is a 15-point plan that includes a number of major concessions

from the Iranians.

For example, it requires they dismantled their three largest nuclear sites and removed

all enriched uranium from the country while agreeing to cease all-future enrichment.

It also places severe limits on their ballistic missile capabilities and demands a full opening

of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange the White House offered to let the regime keep

a nuclear program for civilian use, albeit with very close oversight, they also reportedly

offered to lift a number of economic sanctions that have hampered the Iranian economy for

years now.

Now, from a logistical standpoint, acceptance of this plan would reportedly result in

an immediate 30-day ceasefire during which time a broader, more permanent solution could

be decided upon.

For their part, the White House said Wednesday that Iran's new leaders should take notes

from the mistakes of their deceased predecessors and accept a deal.

The remaining elements of the Iranian regime have another opportunity to cooperate with

President Trump.

The President's preference is always peace.

There does not need to be any more death and destruction.

How are the Iranians responding?

Well, initially they denied that they had engaged in any talks to begin with.

However, on Wednesday, regime officials announced that they had, in fact, received Trump's

offer, but rejected it completely.

In their words, U.S. demands were, quote, excessive and inconsistent with the reality of its

defeat on the battlefield.

They added that, quote, Iran will end the war at a time of its own choosing, and only

if the conditions that is set are fulfilled, it will not allow Trump to determine the

timing of the war's end.

But according to reports, they did privately signal a willingness to talk to Washington,

though their demands right now are quite hefty to say the least.

And what are those demands?

So, according to the Wall Street Journal, the regime is saying any plan must include an

immediate end to U.S. strikes, the closure of all American military bases in the Persian

Gulf, a lifting of all economic sanctions, total control of the Strait of Hormuz, and

the right to collect fees from passing ships, guarantees that no strikes will occur in

the future, and the list goes on.

Now, obviously, most of those points are never going to be accepted by the president.

But the question is whether they are legitimate demands, or simply just posturing.

Iranian officials, for their part, have expressed doubts that even Trump's offer was legitimate,

with some calling it a, quote, deploy to benefit markets, or even a distraction to allow for

the U.S. to continue its infantry buildup in the region while these talks go on.

And to that point, Trump's five-day pause on power plants' strikes will expire right

as new troops arrive in the region.

We mentioned yesterday that he deployed those 2,000 elite paratroopers, while they'll

be joined Friday by 2,200 more Marines from the 31st Expeditionary Unit.

So if Trump decides the talks are not going anywhere, he could well use those troops

to secure the Strait of Hormuz from the ground.

Now, Iran is also claiming that President Trump is planning a ground operation.

What are they saying?

Right.

Iran's parliament-speaker, Muhammad Ghalabov, claimed yesterday that, quote,

Iran's enemies with the support of one of the regional countries are preparing to

occupy one of the Iranian islands.

He went on to threaten new attacks on infrastructure in the region of such an operation.

It took place.

Now, the White House is yet to acknowledge those remarks, but he could be referring to

Kharg Island, which is home to much of Iran's oil infrastructure, and it's worth noting

online prediction markets currently have the odds of U.S. boots on the ground in Iran

at 60 percent by April 30th.

Now, I know some people might roll their eyes when they hear that.

They don't really care about prediction markets, but they have been remarkably

accurate at predicting all sorts of geopolitical events in the past year, including the initial

start of the word self.

So it is worth keeping an eye on.

Well, if those betting markets are correct, boots on the ground would be a major development.

So what?

Cabot, thanks for reporting.

Absolutely.

And just a reminder to our audience, you can hear more from Cabot on the next episode

of Wired in Live, which airs today at 4 p.m. Eastern on dailywire.com.

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The worst flooding to hit Hawaii in two decades has left parts of the islands destroyed

and in need of help.

Daily Wire reporter Lyndon Blake joins us now with the details aid

lending.

So some disturbing footage and reports coming out of Hawaii.

What is the latest?

Yeah.

Well, you have to keep in mind the same parts that are getting hit by all this rain and

flooding is the same parts of the island that were hit by those horrible, deadly wild

fires a couple of years ago.

So right now in Hawaii, they're experiencing this thick, reddish, volcanic mud that has

been rushed through the islands because of all this rain they're getting in parts of

a Wahoo.

So the flooding has damaged homes, literally picked them up off their foundation and taken

them down the street, schools, and even a hospital in Maui.

And the homes quickly washed away over the weekend because they had back to back heavy

downpours and that's what led to rain just toppling over already saturated grounds.

230 people have actually had to be rescued and some residents even had to use their surfboards

to escape their homes that were flooding.

Other people had to brave the floods to help their neighbors and you can hear from some

of them right here.

It's just coming off the street and offering help, dropping off wheelbarrows and shovels.

During the floods, we saw how self-reliant we needed to be, right, it was all left on us.

We had to go get people, we had to feed people, we had to figure it out on ourselves.

So what made this a big problem in Hawaii is that range is kept coming.

So after the weekend downpour earlier this week, they had to deal with more rain on Monday

and that turned streets into rivers.

So to give you an idea of how fast the water is piling up in some areas, it even went

up to four feet in a matter of minutes.

It was one of those things that residents describe as coming out of nowhere because you had

them go and run errands.

This one moment went to run a quick errand and within 15 minutes by the time she left

the store, she saw cars floating down the street.

Hard to imagine experiencing that firsthand.

So this has been described as historic, just how unusual is this kind of flooding for

Hawaii?

So Hawaii has not had this type of flooding since 2004 and these storms are happening in

the winter minds and they're called Kona Lowe's and these are the specific types of storms

that happen in Hawaii between October and April and they can bring massive downpours.

And what's happening right now in Hawaii is they had back to back Kona Lowe's and that

just made it almost impossible to recover and try to get some of that ground dry before

the next downpour came in.

So as of now, how much damage are we talking about and is there any sign that this is going

to let up?

Yes.

So right now, Governor Josh Green says the damage is upwards of one billion dollars.

So he's reached out to President Trump to ask to send federal aid.

They're going to have to use this money to repair airport schools, roads, homes and that

hospital that I mentioned earlier in Maui.

So the good news is it looks like the rain's letting up now.

I checked the forecast in Hawaii and the precipitation chances were low, but residents in the meantime

are having to boil their water.

It's not safe to drink right now, but hopefully the rain will hold off in another big storm

holds off so they can start cleaning up and rebuilding.

Well, I certainly hope so.

And as you said, this community has already experienced a lot of trauma in the last couple

of years.

Linda, thank you so much for reporting.

Thanks.

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After years of parents sounding the alarm over the dangers of social media, the courts

are echoing their concerns and back to back rulings daily wire editor and chief Brent

sure is here to bring us up to speed.

So Brent, we just saw two major verdicts there being called watershed rulings.

First, let's start with the one most recent one in Los Angeles yesterday.

What happened there?

That rough couple of days for Metta's public image and pocketbook.

There are multiple California cases right now, but the big one that got a ruling yesterday

is a personal injury case called KGM or Kaley versus Metta and Google Kaley.

She's now 20 years old.

She claimed she experienced serious mental health issues, all stemming from years of social

media use specifically on Instagram and YouTube.

She says those companies are liable for her suffering because they knew that the product

was addictive and causes mental health problems for young teens.

So she began using YouTube.

She says at age six, Instagram at age nine, and she brought the suit when she was 19.

She says she now has anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, suicidal ideation, all directly

caused by those platforms.

When L.A. County jury yesterday has now agreed with her, they found both Metta and Google

were negligent.

The case, which was tried in the California Superior Court, considered whether the platforms

knowingly designed their platforms to get young users addicted.

The jury looked closely at interface features like infinite scrolling, auto play, beauty

filters, as well as internal documents relating to discussion of those features and the

fact that the company was well aware that the product caused the exact symptoms that

Kaley says she felt.

The jury ended up awarding Kaley $3 million with most of that coming from Instagram.

But the big thing here is that it obviously paves the way for many other people to pursue

similar claims because obviously, you know, she's not the only one who's been on YouTube

in Instagram since they were six or 10 years old.

And addiction is just one of the issues the parents are concerned about.

We also saw a case coming out of New Mexico relating to these platforms exposing children

to child predators.

Tell us about that New Mexico verdict.

Yes.

So back to back days for Metta, that jury in New Mexico ruled that Metta violated consumer

protection laws and was ordered to pay the state $375 million.

The case stems from a sting operation that the state conducted in 2023 where they posed

as a 13 year old girl on Facebook and found the account was absolutely inundated with messages

and content from child predators.

One of the more damning exhibits the state brought during the trial was internal communications

between employees where they were explicitly discussing how a 2019 decision by Mark Zuckerberg

to have all communications being cryptid would make it very hard for law enforcement to investigate

child sex abuse.

So clearly Metta knew this was a big issue and that their policy of encryption would actually

protect predators.

But the platform they fired back saying that the examples brought by New Mexico were

cherry-picked.

Ultimately, the jury cited against Metta they recommended that hefty $375 million fine.

Now, they're calling the California case in particular a bell weather.

What other cases are on the docket in California or elsewhere that could be affected by these

verdicts?

It's huge liability.

I mean, you see that what California wants only $3 million, the New Mexico wants $375 million,

the California ruling may end up being way bigger because there are 1,600 personal injury

cases already filed.

So if it's $3 million for each case, we could see a massive wave of settlements that come

in and potentially changes to these platforms themselves to protect themselves from further

lawsuits for New Mexico, 42 states have already filed similar child safety suits.

So you know, these things can pile up pretty quickly.

For their part, Metta put out a statement saying they respectfully disagree with the ruling

and that they are pursuing all legal options.

Well, I think a lot of parents are really cheering on these suits and hoping there will be

changes made.

Brent, thanks for reporting.

Yeah, of course.

Thanks, guys.

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