With one year until the presidential election, voters in key swing states are sharing their views. And check your freezers — Tyson is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of chicken nuggets. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.
Polls: Trump leads Biden in 5 of 6 swing states one year before election
With one year to go until Americans head to the polls for the 2024 presidential election, a new survey is showing what voters in key battleground states are thinking.
A New York Times and Siena College poll show President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner, in five swing states.
The polls were conducted over the last two weeks with over 3,600 registered voters surveyed. According to the results, Biden is behind Trump in five states by margins of four to 10%.
- Arizona
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Nevada
- Pennsylvania
Wisconsin is the only state in the Times’ polls with Biden ahead of Trump by two percentage points.
If you combine the polling data from all six states, Trump leads Biden 48% to 44%.
Most voters polled said Biden’s policies have personally hurt them, and at least 60% of voters in each state said the nation was headed in the wrong direction. At least 47% of voters in each state said there was “not really any chance” they would support Biden, whereas at least 44% in each state said that about Trump.
The former president is set to take the stand today in his $250 million civil fraud trial in New York.
Meanwhile, another Republican candidate for president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is expected to get an endorsement later Monday, Nov. 6, from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, just a couple of months ahead of the January caucuses.
Blinken travels to West Bank, Iraq
Late last night, Nov. 5, Israel said it fully encircled Gaza City as it is carrying out a “significant operation” in Gaza with the Israeli army searches for senior Hamas commanders.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made surprise visits to the West Bank and Iraq over the weekend, continuing his tour of the Middle East, expressing the United States’ commitment to minimizing civilian injuries in Gaza and preventing the war between Israel and Hamas from spreading.
Blinken met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who, according to the Palestinian news agency, called for “an immediate halt” to the attacks in Gaza.
The United States has been urging Israel to allow “humanitarian pauses” in its response against Hamas for the terror attacks. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, Nov. 3, there would be no ceasefire until the more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas are freed.
Following the trip to the West Bank, Blinken traveled to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, where he repeated America’s warning to Iran and its allies not to get involved in the conflict. U.S. forces in Iraq and other locations in the region have been facing a surge of attacks from militia groups aligned with Iran.
“To anyone who might seek to take advantage of the conflict in Gaza, to threaten our personnel, here or anywhere else in the region, don’t do it,” Blinken said. “I made it very clear that the attacks, the threats coming from the militia that are aligned with Iran are totally unacceptable, and we will take every necessary step to protect our people.”
On Sunday, Nov. 5, officials said the U.S. military shot down an attack drone that was targeting American troops near their base in Syria. After visiting Baghdad, the secretary of state traveled to Turkey.
Stanford student hit-and-run being investigated as a hate crime
A Stanford University student is speaking out after a hit-and-run that sent him to the hospital is being investigated as a hate crime amid growing tensions on college campuses as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
According to a public safety statement from the university, the victim, Abdulwahab Omira, who is Arab Muslim, said he was walking to class on Friday afternoon, Nov. 3, when a white man driving a Toyota 4runner made eye contact with the student, accelerated and then struck him while shouting at the victim.
University police said Omira’s injuries were not life-threatening.
From his hospital room over the weekend, the Stanford student released a statement denouncing hate.
“…grappling with a reality I had never imagined, I reflect on the importance of spreading love, kindness, and compassion in a world that seems to be steadily succumbing to hatred and prejudice. This ordeal has solidified my resolve to advocate for love, understanding, and inclusivity,” Omira said.
Omira called out Stanford for its slow response to the situation. The university said it issued a notice as soon it had enough details from police.
Germany’s Hamburg Airport reopens after hostage situation resolved
Germany’s Hamburg airport is back open after a hostage situation was resolved on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 5.
Police say an armed man drove through an airport gate with his 4-year-old daughter in his vehicle on Saturday night, Nov. 4, and fired a weapon twice into the air, making his way outside of a terminal building, parking under a plane.
According to authorities, the girl’s mother notified police that her father had abducted her in a possible custody battle. The hostage situation ended peacefully, with authorities taking the man into custody after 18 hours of negotiations.
While no one was hurt during the stand-off, more than 100 flights were canceled, and several planes were rerouted, ultimately affecting the plans of thousands of travelers.
Tyson recalls nearly 30,000 pounds of dino chicken nuggets
Tyson Foods recalls nearly 30,000 pounds of dinosaur-shaped frozen chicken nuggets because they may be contaminated with metal pieces.
The recall affects the chicken company’s 29-ounce plastic bag packages of the fun nuggets – which were produced on Sept. 5, 2023, and have a best-if-used-by date of Sept. 24, 2024.
The products were shipped to distributors in several states.
Tyson said it issued the recall after a few customers reported they found small “pliable” metal pieces in the chicken.
According to the USDA, there has been one minor oral injury reported. Tyson Foods said anyone who purchased the nuggets should cut the UPC and date code from the packaging, throw out the product and contact the company.
Mark Zuckerberg injured while training for MMA match
You may remember that proposed MMA fight between tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Though that match never came to be, Zuckerberg has been preparing for another one. However, his training took a turn last week, and the Meta CEO ended up in the hospital.
Zuckerberg recently posted a photo to his Instagram account showing him in a hospital bed with his left knee in bandages, revealing he is recovering from a torn ACL he suffered during a martial arts sparring session.
This isn’t the first injury Zuckerberg sustained from his MMA training; last month, he posted a photo of himself sporting bruising on his face, with the caption “sparring got out of hand.”
Zuckerberg said he has been training for an MMA fight early next year, but as he recovers from surgery, he said that fight has been delayed “a bit,” but he’s looking forward to having the match once he’s back on his feet.
