00:06:02.420I didn't look at it. All I know is that Todd Blanche is great. He's going to do a great job.
00:06:08.320Everybody knows it. And I understand there's been a sign off. But I don't know what they agreed.
00:06:14.200I think Todd Blanche agreed to reconfirm things that he's already said. And what he said was OK.
00:06:21.300CNN reporting senior White House officials were closely involved in the negotiations,
00:06:25.720though the outlet does not indicate the president personally reviewed the final terms.
00:06:30.100Blanche coordinated with the White House throughout the talks, keeping senior officials informed about the negotiations and the major sticking points, according to the outlet.
00:06:39.060The Senate Judiciary Committee now scheduled to vote on Blanche's nomination at 9 a.m. this morning.
00:06:45.400A repeat violent offender in Charlotte, North Carolina, allegedly shooting two men last week, killing one of them less than two hours after being released from jail.
00:06:55.82029-year-old David Simpson now charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder,
00:07:00.520and several additional weapons offenses. Local outlet WCNC citing court records reporting
00:07:06.620Simpson paid a $10,000 bond shortly after midnight Wednesday, following an unrelated
00:07:12.000charge of possessing a weapon while behind bars. Police called to an East Charlotte apartment
00:07:17.880complex about an hour and a half after Simpson was released, discovering two men who had been
00:07:23.680shot. One victim dying from his injuries, the second reportedly surviving with serious wounds.
00:07:30.360An affidavit cited by local outlets indicating the shooting rose out of a long-running dispute
00:07:35.060over a parking space. Simpson's girlfriend, Shakima Scott, allegedly involved in an argument
00:07:41.440with the victims earlier that night, with residents calling 911 twice. Simpson's girlfriend charged
00:07:47.660with accessory after the fact. A judge now ordering Simpson held without bond, as his lengthy criminal
00:07:54.300record, including a conviction for killing another person, comes under fresh scrutiny. Simpson
00:07:59.920initially facing first-degree murder in a 2013 killing before pleading guilty to voluntary
00:08:05.600manslaughter in 2015. Simpson serving about five years in prison before being released on parole
00:08:11.440in 2020. That conviction? Only one entry in a criminal history continuing after his release.
00:08:18.800WSOC-TV reports Simpson has been arrested at least 10 times since his 2020 release from prison.
00:08:25.260Charlotte defense attorney Tim Kennedy, who is not involved in the case,
00:08:29.480telling WCNC the newest allegations force an obvious question.
00:08:33.440If you look at his history, it seems like this gentleman has picked up just about every year
00:08:40.280up to this point some kind of a violent crime so you kind of have to ask the question why wasn't
00:08:47.280he already in jail when he got the new charge in either 2025 or earlier this year the DA's office
00:08:54.820could have filed a motion approached you know done a hearing and asked the judge to revoke
00:09:03.060the bonds in his prior cases granted one of them was dismissed but he picked up two separate
00:09:09.460weapons charges, and no one revoked his bond. This case now becoming the latest example of
00:09:15.420a repeat offender in Charlotte repeatedly returning to the streets until another person
00:09:20.420is killed. The city drawing national criticism last year after Ukrainian refugee Irina Zarutska
00:09:26.580was stabbed to death on a light rail train by a repeat offender with more than a dozen prior
00:09:31.840arrests. Her murder igniting outrage over a justice system in a blue city, repeatedly showing
00:09:37.400compassion to dangerous criminals as innocent people pay the price.
00:09:42.360Simpson now set to return to court on August 21st.
00:09:46.980Coming up, Michigan Democrats choosing today between the party establishment and its progressive
00:15:45.720Polls close in Michigan at 8 p.m. local time. In Missouri, another Election Day showdown testing just how far left Democrat voters want their party to move.
00:15:55.360Former Squad member Cori Bush attempting a political comeback against Democrat Congressman Wesley Bell, the man who knocked her out of office two years ago.
00:16:05.240Missouri polls closing at 7 p.m. tonight.
00:16:07.780Former Vice President Kamala Harris appearing to put some distance between herself and her
00:16:13.860former boss while keeping the door open to another White House campaign.
00:16:18.700Vice President Harris speaking Friday at the National Urban League conference in Nashville,
00:16:22.880where CEO Mark Morial asked her to identify the three most effective presidents in American
00:16:29.320history. The former vice president naming several Democrats, conspicuously leaving out the man she
00:16:35.840served beside for four years. In your view, rank the top three most effective presidents in American
00:16:43.580history. Oh, Mark, don't make me do that. And I was watching NPR. I was doing a whole, did anybody
00:16:50.880watch a whole thing on FDR? You know, he did some good things. In fact, it was he who talked about
00:16:58.800the expansion of the Supreme Court, and then he got ferocious back, you know, kind of blowback for
00:17:06.800that. But he did good. It was Social Security. I credit, you know, Kennedy, of course, in terms of
00:17:13.120what he laid the groundwork for, and then Johnson followed up on. Of course, of course.
00:17:18.620And then, of course, Barack Obama. Yeah, of course. And what he did with the Affordable Care Act,
00:17:24.980among many things. The omission coming as Vice President Harris continues weighing whether to
00:17:30.100seek the Democrat nomination again in 2028. Ms. Harris signaling that her version of a comeback
00:17:35.900campaign would embrace sweeping systemic changes long championed by the Democrat Party's far left
00:17:42.080flank. More here from Friday's event. I know this is going to be controversial coming from me in
00:17:48.220particular, we need to revisit the Electoral College. We need to revisit the point of expanding
00:17:57.400the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts. We need to revisit, if they so want,
00:18:08.780statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C. Though offering several notable teases in recent months,
00:18:14.820Ms. Harris has yet to commit to running again, a person familiar with her private deliberations
00:18:20.000telling Politico, quote, she hasn't decided and she hasn't ruled it out. No credible strategist
00:18:25.540would recommend ruling it out this early. For now, the former VP remaining an early Democrat
00:18:30.780frontrunner, the latest Real Clear Politics average placing Harris at 28 percent, leading
00:18:36.680California Governor Gavin Newsom by 11 points. Governor Newsom sitting in second at 17 percent,
00:18:42.660followed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 10.6 percent, Congresswoman AOC of
00:18:49.240New York at 8.8 percent, and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has 6.6 percent, although one recent
00:18:56.440poll from Emerson has Harris in fifth place among the potential contenders. And that'll do it for
00:19:04.600your AM Update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for The MK Show, live on SiriusXM's The
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