Biden Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Hur Audio Drops, Mexican Navy Ship Crashes in NYC： AM Update 5⧸19
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Biden diagnosed with cancer. We have the details. A sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. The five-hour audio recording of President Biden s interview with Special Counsel Robert Herr released publicly. A Mexican Navy ship crashes into the Brooklyn Bridge. Investigators search for the cause of the accident. And authorities identify a suspect in the terror attack at a California fertility clinic.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Monday, May 19th, 2025, and this is your AM
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Update. President Biden diagnosed with cancer. We have the details.
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A sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. The five-hour audio recording of
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President Biden's interview with Special Counsel Robert Herr released publicly. A Mexican Navy
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ship crashes into the Brooklyn Bridge. Investigators search for the cause of the accident, and
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authorities identify a suspect in the terror attack at a California fertility clinic. I come to you
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as a brother who desires to be the servant of your faith and your joy. Pope Leo XIV is officially
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inaugurated as head of the Catholic Church. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM
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Update. As President Trump is settling into his new administration, one of the top Democrats in
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Congress aiming to undermine the Trump agenda is Democrat Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois. And
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takeover of your credit card before it's too late. On Sunday afternoon, the office of former
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President Joe Biden releasing a statement, quote, last week, President Biden was seen for a new finding
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of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with
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prostate cancer, with metastasis to the bone. While this represents a more aggressive form of the
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disease, the cancer appears to be hormone sensitive, which allows for effective management.
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The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.
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President Trump responding on Truth Social, quote,
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Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden's recent medical diagnosis. We extend our
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warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.
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News of the diagnosis raising questions about whether it is possible for prostate cancer
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to metastasize into bone cancer so quickly. Some now asking whether it's possible that President
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Biden might have had cancer while in office. And if that were the case, many questioning how a White House
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physician would not have caught the symptoms in a prostate-specific antigen test. His last physical,
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February 28, 2024, with no mention of the PSA test or the results. The announcement comes as a new book
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on how the White House hid Mr. Biden's mental acuity problems hits shelves this week. No sooner had
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Mr. Biden's office made the announcement than former Obama advisor David Axelrod said on CNN that
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conversations about Mr. Biden's mental state, quote, should be more muted and set aside for now as
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he's struggling through this. To be clear, The Megyn Kelly Show and AM Update disagree. We wish Mr.
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Biden all the best with his recovery, and we also plan to dig deep into these issues, including what
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role not only the White House but the press had in covering them up when the authors of the new book,
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Original Sin, appear on The Megyn Kelly Show this Tuesday.
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On Saturday, Axios releasing the long-awaited audio recordings of special counsel Robert Herr's
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interview with President Biden. The tapes capturing President Biden's responses during Mr. Herr's
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investigation into his handling of classified documents. The probe centering on documents from
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Mr. Biden's time as vice president and as senator that were discovered at his home and former office.
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The five-hour interview conducted on October 8th and 9th, 2023, became a key factor in Herr's decision
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not to pursue criminal charges, citing concerns that a jury might perceive President Biden as,
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quote, a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory. Throughout the interview,
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President Biden meandering, struggling to grasp words. The president also frequently veering off-topic,
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sharing personal anecdotes seemingly unrelated to the prosecutor's questions.
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Mr. Biden asked if he ever brought classified material from the Naval Observatory or the West
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Wing, responding with a rambling 12-minute answer, including a story about a trip to Mongolia.
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They had a target. They said, hey, 100 yards away. And these guerrillas were, you know,
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taking shots. And I think, I don't know, it's an embarrassment to make a point with a hand at the
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bow and arrow. I'm not a bad archer. But all I found that were, if I could pull it back, so I
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Special counsel Herr's report also noting Mr. Biden's struggles in recalling important life
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events, including the date of his son Beau's death. Here's the audio from that portion of the
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interview. I don't know. This is what, 2017, 18, that period? Yes, sir. Remember, in this time frame,
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my son has either been deployed or is dying. Beau Biden passed away from brain cancer in May,
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I'm not sure the month, sir, but I think it was, yeah.
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And what's happened in the meantime is that as Trump gets elected in November of 2017,
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2016, 2016. All right. So, why did I have 2017 here? That's when you left office.
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The final report, released in February 2024, prompting President Biden to hold a rare
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evening press conference to address the characterizations in special counsel Robert
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I know there's some attention paid to some language in the report about
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my recollection of events. There's even reference that I don't remember when my son died. How in the
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hell dare he raise that? Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself,
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As the tapes show, Mr. Herr had not raised President Biden's son's death. It was Mr.
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Biden who did that. Back then, Dems still circling the wagons around Mr. Biden, some tearing into
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Mr. Herr, accusing him of partisan activism at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on his findings
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in March. One moment here from then-California Congressman Adam Schiff.
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You don't gratuitously do things to prejudice the subject of an investigation when you're
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declining to prosecute. You don't gratuitously add language that you'll know will be useful
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in a political campaign. You were not born yesterday. You understood exactly what you
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were doing. It was a choice. You certainly didn't have to include that language. You could have said
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vis-a-vis the documents that were found at the university. The president did not recall.
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There is nothing more common. You know this. I know this. There is nothing more common
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with a witness of any age when asked about events that are years old to say, I do not recall.
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Indeed, they're instructed by their attorney to do that if they have any question about it.
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You understood that. You made a choice. That was a political choice. It was the wrong choice.
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Despite public polling showing increasing public concern surrounding Mr. Biden's cognitive
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abilities, Democrats and media members insisting in the months leading up to and the months
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following this report that President Biden was at his very best. A portion of that defense,
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Start your tape right now because I'm about to tell you the truth. And F you if you can't handle
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the truth. This version of Biden is the best Biden ever.
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He is sharp, intensely probing, and detail-oriented and focused.
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Agism is an issue. Americans have a rich history of holding people's physical characteristics
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against them. He's older. That doesn't mean that he
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is unfit. And there's a lot of ageism there. The flip side of this coin is that he has a
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tremendous amount of wisdom and experience. Have you heard any concerns from anyone who has met
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with President Biden about him seeming a little slower? No. More wild speculation from a bunch of
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people who have probably never been in a room with Joe Biden and certainly don't have medical
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degrees that I'm aware of. The tapes obtained by Axios in conjunction with the new book co-authored
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by Axios reporter Alex Thompson and CNN Jake Tapper. Those are the authors of that book, Original Sin.
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On Saturday evening, a sailing ship belonging to the Mexican Navy smashing into the Brooklyn Bridge
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in a deadly, horrifying accident. The Cuauhtémoc, a tall ship, the kind you might think of as a
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classic sailing vessel on a global goodwill tour carrying 277 people when it suffered a mechanical
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failure and reportedly began drifting backward. The ship's three towering masts striking the bridge
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one by one. Two crew members were killed, more than 20 others injured. The New York Times reporting
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11 are in critical condition. Despite the impact, the heavily trafficked Brooklyn Bridge did not sustain
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any substantial structural damage, which is a miracle if you look at this crash. New York City Mayor Eric
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Adams delivering remarks from the scene. The police commissioner and her team immediately responded
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with FDNY Commissioner Tucker to have a coordinated effort and willing to thank the Coast Guard and their
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effort as well. So the coordination was extremely important and it was executed to the best of our
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ability to minimize any loss of life. Dramatic video captured by bystanders from every angle showing
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sailors who had been perched on the rigging dangling from the masts. One witness telling the New York
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Post a crew member was seen dangling for at least 15 minutes before being rescued. The ship is now docked at
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a nearby pier in New York Harbor as investigations into the cause of the accident continue. Coming up,
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the FBI announces a suspect in the deadly car bombing outside of a California fertility clinic. And the first
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The FBI investigating a deadly car explosion at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California as
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an intentional act of terrorism. At 10.52 a.m. Saturday, a massive blast rocking the area,
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damaging buildings several blocks away. The suspect was killed and four were injured in the blast.
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Investigators recovering two rifles and ammo from the scene. The suspect, identified by authorities as
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25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, a resident of 29 Palms, about an hour drive away from the scene of
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the explosion. According to the Associated Press, the suspect was planning to record or stream the
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attack. The LA Times, reporting on a website containing no names but, quote, appearing connected
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to the bombing, laying out the case for, quote, a war against pro-lifers. The site includes a section of
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the website directing users to view the recorded stream of an IVF clinic bombing, though there is
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no file connected to the prompt. According to the Times, the website, quote, extolled a hodgepodge of
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philosophies from abolitionist veganism, the opposition to all animal use by humans, and negative
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utilitarianism, the idea that we should act to minimize suffering rather than maximize pleasure in the
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world. The AP also reports that writings recovered from Bartkus' home, quote him as believing the world
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should not be populated. On Saturday night, law enforcement swarming a neighborhood in 29 Palms,
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ABC Eyewitness News reporting tactical units and an armored vehicle on the scene. The target of the
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attack, the American Reproductive Centers, a fertility clinic, and IVF lab, suffering extensive damage.
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Aerial footage showing the roof partially collapsed, debris extending out into the street.
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The clinic reporting on social media, all staff members are accounted for, and no eggs or embryos
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were damaged in the explosion as they are held in a different facility. My goodness. Assistant
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Director of the LA Field Office, Akil Davis, telling reporters this is one of the largest bombing
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investigations in Southern California. The Joint Terrorism Task Force is leading the investigation.
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Authorities believe this was an isolated incident. Attorney General Pam Bondi, writing on X, quote,
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We are working to learn more, but let me be clear. The Trump administration understands that women and
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mothers are the heartbeat of America. Violence against a fertility clinic is unforgivable.
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Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope ever, officially inaugurated on Sunday as the head of the Catholic Church.
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Thousands gathering in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, among them a large U.S. delegation and dignitaries
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from around the world to witness the installation of the new pontiff, who now leads the world's
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1.4 billion Catholics. A moment from the Pope's homily.
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I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother
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who desires to be the servant of your faith and your joy, walking with you on the path of God's love,
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for he wants us all to be united in one family.
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Pope Leo, wearing the traditional white papal vestments, a departure from his predecessor,
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Pope Francis, who chose simpler garments, appearing visibly emotional at times, most notably upon receipt
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of the Fisherman's Ring, a symbol of the pontiff's authority. The large gold ring, a reference to St.
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Peter, the first pope, who was a fisherman by trade. According to scripture, Jesus called to him,
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saying, I will make you a fisher of men. Pope Leo XIV greeting dozens of dignitaries after the mass,
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including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Ahead of the visit, Secretary
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Rubio asked about perceived criticism from the Vatican regarding the Trump administration's
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immigration policies. Here he is responding. How do you reconcile what the Vatican has said
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on compassion for migrants with the Trump administration's policies?
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Well, first of all, the pope is not a political figure. I know he's covered like one, but they're not.
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They're the earthly head of the Roman Catholic Church. And the church has strong social doctrine
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teachings. And I think there is not incompatibility. We too are compassionate towards migrants. I would
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argue there's nothing compassionate about mass migration. I understand there's this temptation to
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cover the papacy as a political office. It is not a political office. It is a spiritual office.
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And it is one that has a short social teachings that are aligned with the faith and with the gospel.
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And but I don't believe those are incompatible with a national policy that shows tries to prevent
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mass migration. Following the inaugural mass, the pontiff shaking many hands, some visitors bowing
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and kissing the papal ring. Pope Leo breaking protocol one time to embrace his brother, Louis Prevost.
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And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for The Megan Kelly Show.
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We'll have all the latest on this Biden news. We're live on Sirius XM Triumph Channel 111 at
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