The Megyn Kelly Show - August 06, 2026


Armed Man Arrested at Trump Club, House Rep Drops Out, Military Test Alleged Crash: AM Update 8⧸6


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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jashinsky, host of After Party and the Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up
00:00:37.220 Show on SiriusXM Channel 111. It's Thursday, August 6, 2026, and this is your AM Update.
00:00:43.920 They say only consequential presidents, and I am definitely consequential.
00:00:49.680 An armed man arrested at President Trump's California Golf Club just days before the
00:00:54.840 president's visit, a Republican congressman abandoning his re-election campaign after an
00:01:00.000 ethics investigation into his treatment of two young female staffers. They woke up thinking
00:01:05.400 that they were going to win by a lot more, and it was a lot narrower than some of the polling
00:01:10.180 showed leading up to this race. Michigan Democrats delivering a primary night squeaker,
00:01:15.640 handing Abdul El-Sayed a narrow win in a race he was expected to dominate,
00:01:19.820 and a military GPS test reportedly leaving a medevac crew disoriented
00:01:24.340 before their plane crashed into a New Mexico mountain.
00:01:27.840 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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00:02:38.540 A California man facing separate state and federal weapons charges after authorities
00:02:43.460 reportedly discovered him armed at President Trump's golf course outside Los Angeles just
00:02:48.020 two days before the president's visit. Federal prosecutors identifying the suspect as 38-year-old
00:02:53.520 Janine John Talley of Downey, California. According to a federal criminal complaint,
00:02:58.860 agents first noticing Talley at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday
00:03:03.880 while conducting security preparations for the president's upcoming fundraiser.
00:03:08.600 Talley allegedly walking around the property wearing an earpiece while photographing and
00:03:13.220 recording the federal agents and their security planning activities.
00:03:17.380 Federal authorities reporting Talley leaving the property before returning on Sunday as
00:03:21.940 agents continued preparing for the president's visit.
00:03:25.160 Talley allegedly approaching the agents and claiming he worked for the State Department
00:03:29.220 while falsely presenting himself as part of a security detail.
00:03:32.580 The suspect then reportedly telling agency had a loaded firearm inside his vehicle in the golf course parking lot.
00:03:39.980 Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies responding to the property and discovering Talley was also wanted in connection with an unrelated robbery investigation dating back to November of last year.
00:03:51.100 Deputies allegedly recovering a 16-round magazine loaded with hollow-point ammunition from Talley's pocket.
00:03:57.640 A search of his pickup truck reportedly uncovering a loaded 9mm pistol with a round in the chamber, additional hollow-point ammunition, binoculars, and a badge reading, quote,
00:04:08.160 Security Protection Agent.
00:04:10.660 Detectives assigned to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, subsequently searching Talley's home in Downey.
00:04:17.240 Authorities reportedly recovering an illegally modified rifle, a .45 caliber pistol, body armor, high-capacity magazines, ammunition, radio equipment, and multiple notebooks containing what investigators describe only as, quote, concerning statements.
00:04:32.380 On the state level, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charging Taley with four counts, those charges including three alleged weapons offenses connected to the golf course arrest, possession of a short-barreled rifle or shotgun, receiving a large-capacity magazine, and carrying a concealed firearm inside a vehicle.
00:04:51.460 The fourth state charge involving second-degree robbery,
00:04:54.560 reportedly stemming from the separate November 2025 incident under investigation by El Segundo Police.
00:05:00.660 Talley pleading not guilty to all four state charges during his arraignment Tuesday.
00:05:05.760 A judge setting bail at $250,000,
00:05:09.160 ordering Talley to stay away from the golf course and prohibiting him from possessing weapons.
00:05:13.420 His preliminary hearing and bail review set for August 26th.
00:05:18.000 Federal prosecutors separately charging Talley with possessing an unregistered short-barreled rifle
00:05:22.740 based on the weapon allegedly recovered from his home.
00:05:26.060 That federal felony carrying a maximum possible sentence of 10 years behind bars.
00:05:31.340 Talley expected to make his first appearance in federal court following his transfer from county custody.
00:05:36.880 Investigators saying they are still working to determine Talley's motive.
00:05:40.700 Authorities have not accused Talley of plotting to harm President Trump
00:05:43.960 and have not disclosed what investigators found concerning inside the notebooks.
00:05:48.980 Talley previously serving in the United States Marine Corps from 2008 until 2016,
00:05:54.640 reaching the rank of corporal and deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Newsweek.
00:05:59.720 The suspect's first name, Janine, prompting online speculation that Talley might be so-called
00:06:04.860 transgender. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Calvin Ma telling Newsweek
00:06:10.180 that Talley is a biological male. President Trump addressing the arrest last night on Fox News.
00:06:16.720 There was a threat. There was a man who was arrested, seemed to be heavily armed near
00:06:20.340 the property here on Sunday. Is it it's an ongoing concern, sir? Talk about that for
00:06:25.560 brief. Well, the only thing I get a little solace from is they say only consequential
00:06:30.880 presidents. And I am definitely consequential. Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards of North
00:06:38.040 Carolina dropping his re-election campaign two days after the House Ethics Committee recommended
00:06:42.960 that he face a formal censure. The congressman announcing his decision in a post on X early
00:06:47.960 yesterday morning, writing that he reached it after, quote, much prayer and reflection. Mr.
00:06:53.160 Edwards planning to complete his current term while thanking voters across western North Carolina for
00:06:57.820 their trust and support. The announcement following a months-long investigation into Edwards'
00:07:02.880 treatment of two young female employees in his congressional office.
00:07:07.520 The Bipartisan Ethics Committee finding, quote,
00:07:09.820 substantial evidence that the congressman repeatedly crossed professional boundaries,
00:07:14.440 creating a workplace leading to, quote, rumors and innuendo in the office.
00:07:19.200 The report finding, quote, both women were uncomfortable with his behavior,
00:07:22.920 which they attempted to communicate, but were put in an untenable position
00:07:26.380 by virtue of his status as their boss and a member of Congress.
00:07:29.880 The Ethics Committee recommending the full House formally censure Edwards for what it describes as persistent, unprofessional, and inappropriate conduct.
00:07:38.520 Axios first reporting the allegations in May, setting several people who reportedly witnessed Edwards singling out the two staffers for unusually personal attention.
00:07:48.300 The congressman allegedly taking the women to frequent one-on-one dinners, commenting on their clothing and appearances, and purchasing jewelry and other personal gifts.
00:07:57.040 The congressman allegedly buying a purse for one staffer and bringing her as his guest to several events, including the White House Christmas Party in 2024.
00:08:06.800 Congressman Edwards has been married since 1980.
00:08:10.340 Mr. Edwards previously denying the accusations to Axios, claiming political opponents were using false allegations to manufacture negative coverage.
00:08:19.160 Attorneys for the congressman now arguing the recommended punishment is excessive, pointing
00:08:23.560 to the committee's finding that Edwards did not explicitly proposition either woman or
00:08:27.980 engage in sexual activity with them.
00:08:30.640 A censure vote reportedly expected after lawmakers returned from their August recess.
00:08:34.600 Mr. Edwards' withdrawal coming just days before Monday's deadline for North Carolina
00:08:39.760 Republicans to replace him on the ballot.
00:08:42.840 Politico reporting, the Republican Executive Committee for the state's 11th Congressional
00:08:47.000 district, plans to meet Monday evening to select a new nominee. The party now racing to stabilize
00:08:52.880 a district that would ordinarily be considered safely Republican. Cook Political Report elections
00:08:58.400 analyst Dave Wasserman explaining the potential consequences on CNN. It's not just Max Miller in
00:09:04.560 Ohio 7. It's Chuck Edwards in North Carolina's 11th district. It is Corey Mills in Florida's
00:09:10.480 7th district. All three of them either face allegations of sexual harassment or assault.
00:09:15.320 And in Edwards' case was recommended by the House Ethics Committee for censure. Mills in Florida has faced calls to resign. And now Republicans are extremely nervous about Max Miller. All three of those seats I mentioned voted for Donald Trump by between 11 and 12 points in 2024. And they wouldn't be vulnerable for Republicans in a normal year.
00:09:36.240 But these are not normal circumstances and this is not a normal year. President Trump's approval rating in all three seats is underwater. And these scandals could not only widen Democrats' path for the House majority, but push them higher into perhaps more than 225 or 230 seats.
00:09:54.060 Coming up, a tight win for the progressive left in Michigan, as Abdu'l-Sayed wins the
00:10:01.460 Senate nomination over establishment-backed Congresswoman Haley Stevens, and a military
00:10:06.260 GPS jamming exercise now reportedly linked to a deadly medevac crash in New Mexico.
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00:11:38.700 victory many pollsters had been predicting. Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly
00:11:44.000 defeating more moderate establishment backed Congresswoman Haley Stevens, winning roughly
00:11:48.360 48.5% of the vote to Stephen's 47.5%, just one point. El-Sayed entering election day with
00:11:55.980 significant momentum, with the final RealClearPolitics polling average showing him ahead
00:12:00.220 by more than 10 points. The contest widely viewed as a test of the Democratic Party's ideological
00:12:06.220 direction, pitting an outspoken progressive backed by Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman
00:12:11.360 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez against a four-term congresswoman supported by Governor Gretchen
00:12:16.620 Whitmer and establishment Democrat leaders. Al-Sayed ultimately delivering a major victory
00:12:21.860 for the party's progressive wing. Though the results revealing sharp divisions inside the
00:12:26.380 Democrat base, he will not have to unite. CNN's Manu Raju breaking down the returns.
00:12:31.960 Just to look at his path, Abdul Al-Sayed's path to victory, where he did well, where
00:12:36.620 Haley Stevens did well. There's one county here, Washtenaw County, that's the home of Ann Arbor.
00:12:42.800 University of Michigan is there, very academic, very educated district.
00:12:47.540 He did extremely well, really ran up the score against Haley Stevens, winning there by 60.8% to Haley Stevens, 36%.
00:12:57.240 But then when you move over to Wayne County, that's the neighboring district, Detroit there, Haley Stevens winning in Wayne County.
00:13:05.660 Working class voters, a lot of black voters there. 1.00
00:13:08.100 She wins by six points there.
00:13:09.480 And then some of the swing disters that will be absolutely pivotal come November.
00:13:14.400 Macomb County, the home of Reagan Democrats.
00:13:16.840 You can see there Hale-Stevens again beating Abdul El-Sayed, this time by about eight points there in that race.
00:13:25.280 In the neighboring county, Oakland County, more Democratic area, still suburban Michigan area, again, showing where El-Sayed has to make up ground, losing by six points in that suburban county.
00:13:36.080 The narrow result complicating any claim that Michigan Democrats delivered Al-Sayed an overwhelming mandate.
00:13:41.980 Semifor reporter Shelby Talcott assessing how the outcome reshapes the race heading into November on CNN.
00:13:48.400 Progressives won, and that's a huge win for the progressive base.
00:13:52.060 But they woke up thinking that they were going to win by a lot more,
00:13:55.880 and it was a lot narrower than some of the polling showed leading up to this race.
00:14:00.180 And so that's a concern for the progressive base and in a way a win for the establishment Democratic Party.
00:14:06.280 And so it does show that despite El-Sayed winning, there's a lot of ground that he's going to have to make up in this general election.
00:14:12.020 And that's what Republicans have been banking on.
00:14:14.040 I've talked to Republicans over the past few months and they've been open about it.
00:14:17.320 They wanted him to win this race because they feel like the messaging is going to be easier.
00:14:22.460 There's going to be more to attack.
00:14:24.020 And you're already seeing even this morning how they're coming out and attacking him, right?
00:14:28.840 The National Republican Senatorial Committee quickly dropping one of several new attack ads yesterday morning.
00:14:58.840 refused to disavow. I'm not here to disavow people's views. Abdul El-Sayed, too radical,
00:15:03.300 too dangerous. Wrong for Michigan. El-Sayed now trying to carry his anti-establishment message
00:15:08.940 into November after surviving one of the most expensive Senate primaries in the country.
00:15:14.080 The candidate speaking to reporters yesterday morning, seeking to turn the spending gap into
00:15:18.720 the central argument for his general election campaign against former Congressman Republican
00:15:23.480 Mike Rogers. We forged a movement out of that to get money out of politics, put money back in
00:15:30.380 pockets and pass Medicare for all to guarantee health care in this country. And for our troubles,
00:15:36.140 the corporations, the special interests who would rather get to decide who our elected officials
00:15:41.740 are than let us decide who our elected officials are. They spent an unprecedented amount of money
00:15:48.080 to beat us. Attack ad after attack ad after attack ad after attack ad. Wall to wall ads.
00:15:54.460 But it turns out that the commercials are the part of the television show most people don't
00:15:57.660 want to watch. It turns out that you can spend as much money as you want on lies,
00:16:02.940 but it doesn't make them true. Rogers entering the general election with President Trump's
00:16:07.460 endorsement. The former congressman responding to El-Sayed's victory yesterday in a statement,
00:16:11.560 quote, Abdul isn't just another liberal, he's an extremist.
00:16:17.220 Wired reporting a military GPS jamming exercise may have triggered a deadly medevac plane crash
00:16:24.400 in New Mexico earlier this year, apparently leaving the pilots disoriented before they
00:16:29.560 flew into the side of a mountain. The twin-engine Beechcraft King Air taking off from Roswell
00:16:35.360 shortly before midnight on May 13th, heading roughly 60 miles west to Ruidoso to pick up
00:16:41.140 a patient. Two pilots and two nurses traveling aboard the aircraft. Wired identifying the pilots
00:16:46.980 as 30-year-old Captain Keelan Clark and 23-year-old First Officer Ali Kassara. Clark reportedly
00:16:53.240 receiving his commercial pilot's license about a year and a half earlier and being promoted to
00:16:57.520 captain just one month before the crash. Kassara reportedly working for the medevac company for
00:17:02.460 only two months after previously flying cargo planes. The weather reportedly clear, though the
00:17:08.260 nearly moonless night leaving the crew with few visual references over the rural terrain.
00:17:13.360 Eight minutes after takeoff, the pilots telling Albuquerque air traffic controllers
00:17:16.740 they had lost their GPS, according to Wired. The crew asking air traffic controllers to tell them
00:17:22.540 which direction to fly as they attempted to navigate toward Rodoso without their normal
00:17:27.320 GPS guidance. Three other aircraft reportedly losing GPS service around the same time,
00:17:33.080 leaving controllers assisting several planes during the disruption. Wired reporting the
00:17:37.900 aircraft's GPS later returning, though the pilots instead requested permission to make a visual
00:17:43.140 approach after spotting the airport lights more than 30 miles away. The crew turning toward those
00:17:48.860 distant lights, apparently believing they now had a clear path to the airport. The plane turning and
00:17:54.800 descending toward those lights, with the pilots apparently unable to see the nearly 10,000-foot
00:18:00.140 Capitan mountains blocking their path in the dark of night. The pilots attempting to pull up, but not
00:18:05.760 enough to clear the mountains, crashing into the mountainside at full speed, killing all four
00:18:10.360 people aboard. Wired tracing the widespread GPS disruptions that night to a military electronic
00:18:16.760 warfare exercise underway roughly 100 miles away. The Air Force's 746th Test Squadron holding its
00:18:24.640 annual NavFest event at the White Sands Missile Range. The two-week event bringing together
00:18:29.700 military electronic warfare units to test technology designed to disrupt GPS signals
00:18:34.840 and to operate through similar interference from adversaries.
00:18:38.620 The FAA previously warning pilots that GPS service could be disrupted as far as 400 miles
00:18:43.580 from White Sands between May 12th and May 18th.
00:18:47.500 Wired reporting the Ruidoso accident is the first known civilian plane crash in the United
00:18:51.780 States linked to GPS jamming, as the military increasingly tests electronic warfare technology
00:18:57.340 intended to counter drones and other emerging threats.
00:19:01.140 The NTSB yet to issue its final determination on what caused the crash,
00:19:05.620 with its preliminary report only confirming that GPS jamming was active at the time.
00:19:10.560 A final report is due sometime next year.
00:19:13.560 The Air Force has not publicly addressed Wired's reporting
00:19:16.200 or the exercise's potential role in the accident.
00:19:22.060 That'll do it for your AM Update.
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