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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: OCTOBER 7, 2026 · What You Need To Know

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  Speaker 1: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know today.
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  Speaker 1: We're getting over that hump. It's Wednesday, October 7th. This week,
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about the black politicians who want to make
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  Speaker 1: history as their respective states' governors. Number one, Nevada Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General Aaron Ford secured the Democratic nomination for governor, setting
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  Speaker 1: up a general election matchup against Republican incumbent Joe Lombardo. Mr. Ford,
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  Speaker 1: who became Nevada's first black statewide officer in 2019, hopes
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  Speaker 1: to achieve another historic milestone this November. He emphasizes that
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  Speaker 1: his campaign and leadership approach are rooted in working class values,
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  Speaker 1: hard work, and community responsibility. Meanwhile, across the country... Number two,
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  Speaker 1: former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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  Speaker 1: executive David Crowley are running competitive campaigns to become their
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  Speaker 1: respective state's next governors. And if successful, they would become
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  Speaker 1: perhaps the fourth and fifth black Americans elected governor in U.S. history.
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  Speaker 1: Political analysts note their campaigns illustrate changing electoral dynamics in
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  Speaker 1: battleground states like Georgia and Wisconsin, despite historical challenges for
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  Speaker 1: urban-identified Americans. candidates. That's brown and black folks. Number three,
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  Speaker 1: President Trump signed an executive order allowing all drivers to
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  Speaker 1: purchase tax-exempt red dye diesel fuel. This measure waives the
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  Speaker 1: off-road requirement that typically reserves the untaxed fuel for agricultural
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  Speaker 1: machinery and farm vehicles. The administration stated the directive aims
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  Speaker 1: to lower shipping costs and reduce retail prices on consumer goods.
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  Speaker 1: Number four, what a good news story. A Baltimore woman
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  Speaker 1: known as Ms. Mays is combating local book deserts by
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  Speaker 1: delivering free books via a mobile green and gold trolley.
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  Speaker 1: This former library worker started the initiative after discovering many
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  Speaker 1: neighborhood children lack access to books at home. She now
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  Speaker 1: travels across her city of Baltimore to provide children with
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  Speaker 1: diverse reading materials and foster a lifelong appreciation for for literature.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. Number five, from the Black and Missing file,
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  Speaker 1: 22-year-old Christina Nevaeh Munn-Holiday went missing following a car accident
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  Speaker 1: on Interstate 10 in Iberville, Louisiana on September 29th. Ms.
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  Speaker 1: Munn-Halliday is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, a
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  Speaker 1: 120-pound black female with shoulder-length brown hair, brown eyes, and
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  Speaker 1: distinctive tattoos. Take a look at her picture in the
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  Speaker 1: What We Need to Know newsletter, and anyone with information
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  Speaker 1: regarding her whereabouts is urged to contact local authorities under
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  Speaker 1: case number 2609-117. That's case number 2609-11727. Here's your daily
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  Speaker 1: inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. A compassionate heart sees the person
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  Speaker 1: before it sees the mistake. Wow. I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed,
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  Speaker 1: be empowered.