NASA announced this week that it's launching a planetary defense mission that involves

firing a spacecraft at an asteroid.

I mean, we've left footprints and tire tracks and things like that on various bodies,

but this will be the first time humanity has changed a celestial motion.

We'll discuss the details of NASA's historic mission and its implications for the safety

of the planet.

I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

It's October 9th, and this is your Saturday edition of Morning Wire.

President Biden faces increasingly grim poll numbers, with new polling showing him at his

lowest point yet.

Well, look at what happens September 1, the net minus two, the disapproval above the approval,

and now minus five, so essentially going in the wrong direction, not good.

The underwater at this point.

What's driving the drop in the president's approval, and are Democrats standing by him

despite the decline?

And ESPN once again made headlines this week over how it handles employees after one of

its reporters gave her opinion on some hot-button issues.

What sparked the controversy and how are other members of the sports media responding?

Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire.

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