Budget Battle Escalates, DHS Launches Self-Deport App, Trudeau Officially Replaced： AM Update 3⧸11
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As the deadline looms for a government shutdown looms, immigration officials are running out of money fast. What s behind the sudden rise of Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy? All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, and this is your AM
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Update. We're out of money. I mean, we'll run out of beds in two weeks. As the shutdown deadline
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looms of border czar Tom Homan warning Congress, immigration officials are running out of money
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fast. I'm confident if we have the right policies, it'll be a very smooth transition. Trump officials
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seeking to ease economic concerns as markets tumble amid tariff wars. Canadian Prime Minister
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Justin Trudeau finally ousted by his party. And what's behind the sudden rise of Democrat Senator
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Chris Murphy? All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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me. House Speaker Mike Johnson likely to hold a vote later today on a six-month funding extension
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to avert a government shutdown. The deadline, 1159 p.m. on Friday, just three days away. With the
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House so narrowly divided and the funding bill facing full Democratic opposition, Speaker Johnson
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has little room for error. Republican Congressman from Kentucky, Thomas Massey, remaining firm in his
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opposition, which means every other GOP member must vote yes in order for this bill to pass the
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House. Three GOP congressmen expressing some hesitation. Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez telling
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CNN he'll make a game-time decision. Political reporting Pennsylvania Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick
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and Florida Congressman Corey Mills also on the fence. Speaker Johnson, however, appearing confident he
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has the votes, telling reporters, quote, no one wants to shut the government down and we are doing the
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responsible thing as Republicans. Speaker Johnson saying it will then be up to Senate Democrats to
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do the right thing. However, the hurdle to clear the Senate getting a little bit higher with Republican
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Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul's announcement, he will be voting no. Senator Paul posting on X,
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quote, the bill continues spending at the inflated pandemic levels and will add two trillion to the
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debt this year. Count me as a hell no. Democrats oppose the bill, saying it takes away the power of the
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purse from Congress handing too much control to President Trump. As the fight over government
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spending continues, the strain on immigration enforcement is becoming more urgent. We're out
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of money. I mean, we'll run out of beds in two weeks. I mean, we're about 46,000 in custody now.
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We ought to be about 65,000 at this point in time. And when we run out of beds, it seems we stop
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interior enforcement operations because when we arrest somebody, we've got to have a bed to put them in for
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removal. So Congress does. They need to get us some funding we need so this administration can
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keep the promises they made to the American people. The CR contains nearly $500 million in
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additional funding for immigration enforcement. Officials say they need the funding to expedite
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the removal of criminal aliens from within the country. Homeland Security today announcing an upgrade
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to the Biden administration's CBP-1 app. The app allowed more than one million migrants to
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apply for asylum prior to arrival in the U.S. Once processed, migrants were released on parole,
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often with appointments scheduled years down the road. That program ended following a day one
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executive order from President Trump. The revamped app, now called CBP Home, allows illegal aliens a
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streamlined process to self-deport. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem writing in a statement,
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quote, the CBP Home app gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport so they may still have
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the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream. Secretary Noem going on
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to say if the migrants do not self-deport, they will be found, deported, and never allowed to return.
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Wall Street starting the week in the red as recession fears shake investor confidence. The Dow dropping
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nearly 900 points, S&P 500 dropping 2.7 percent, and the Nasdaq falling 4 percent. On Sunday, President Trump
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I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition because what we're doing is very big.
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We're bringing wealth back to America. That's a big thing. And there are always periods of,
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it takes a little time. It takes a little time. If you look at China, they have a hundred-year
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perspective. We have a quarter. We go by quarters. That's true. And you can't go by that. You have to
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do what's right. What we're doing is we're building a tremendous foundation for the future.
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These comments after a rough week in the markets. Investors worrying over tariff wars and the impending
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possible government shutdown. On Friday, the S&P closed down 3.1 percent, its worst weekly drop in
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six months. Trump administration officials, like their boss, insisting the short-term pain is necessary
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to build a more resilient economy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent telling CNBC that the administration's
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goal is to shift from government-driven growth to a private sector-led economy.
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We are trying to transition from public to private. I talked about we are going to have safe and sound
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regulation to get our banking system going again. So the banks should be generating loans to private
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companies. Employment should be from private companies, not from government. And I'm confident
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if we have the right policies, it'll be a very smooth transition.
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The center of this strategy? Tariffs. On Sunday, President Trump doubling down on what he calls
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We're going to take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs, and we're going to become so rich,
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you're not going to know where to spend all that money. I'm telling you, you just watch.
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Coming up, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially replaced as head of his party.
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And what's behind the sudden media rise of Democrat Senator Chris Murphy? Is he really
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Former banker Mark Carney set to become Canada's next prime minister,
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securing 86% of the vote in the Liberal Party leadership election. Mr. Carney will succeed
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current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation from the Post in January upon the
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election of a new party leader. Under Mr. Trudeau's leadership, the Liberal Party
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suffered declining support amid sluggish economic numbers and internal party turmoil. The resignation
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of Finance Minister Christia Freeland, who was critical of Mr. Trudeau, the final breaking point
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in Mr. Trudeau's nine-year run atop the government. Mr. Carney previously led the Bank of Canada and
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the Bank of England. Canadian liberals believe he's the man for the moment, as their country faces an
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existential threat posed by President Trump's tariffs. In his victory speech, Mr. Carney rejecting
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President Trump's suggestions of making Canada the 51st state.
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The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country.
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Think about it. If they succeeded, they would destroy our way of life. And Canada never,
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ever will be part of America in any way, shape or thing. The Canadians are always ready when someone
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else drops the gloves. So the Americans, they should make no mistake, in trade as in hockey,
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Canada will win. Under the country's parliamentary system, Mr. Carney is expected to call a national
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election in the coming weeks, seeking a mandate from all voters. Mr. Carney, poised to run against the
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head of the opposition party, conservative leader Pierre Polyev. Under Mr. Polyev's leadership,
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the conservative party receiving a surge in support, flipping two historically liberal districts
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in shocking special election upsets. Voters embracing Mr. Polyev's populist message.
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Justin Trudeau does not believe in liberty. He believes in government control. He wants to control
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your money. He wants to control your kids. He wants to control everything. That is illiberal.
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It's the opposite of liberalism. We should put Canada first. We want to put our country first,
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stand up for our country against both American aggression, but also against the destructive
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liberal policies that have made us helpless and reliant on the U.S.
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Mr. Polyev coming out of the gate swinging against Mr. Carney on Monday.
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The liberal establishment has installed Justin Trudeau's economic advisor as the next liberal leader.
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To trick Canadians into giving liberals a fourth term in power. But he's just like Justin,
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and he's more of the same. We have the same liberal MPs, the same liberal advisors,
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the same liberal promises who will produce the same liberal results. Doubling housing costs,
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doubling the debt, doubling lineups at food banks, enriching the global elites at the expense of the
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working class. Despite Mr. Polyev's double-digit lead against Mr. Trudeau, the Trump tariffs inspiring
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a surge in support for the liberal party. The liberals, whose approval rating had been hovering
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in the low 20s, climbing to higher than 30 percent, up 10 points since January. Canadian pollster at the
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Angus Reid Institute finds 43 percent of Canadians believe Mark Carney would better handle negotiations
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with President Trump versus 34 percent who choose Pierre Polyev. The liberal party seeking to capitalize
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on this momentum as more Trump tariffs are set to kick in April 2nd.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia today meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's
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top aide, Andrei Yermak, in an effort to revive peace talks. The AP reporting two anonymous sources
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say the Ukrainian delegation is ready to sign the rare earth minerals deal during the talks.
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The Ukrainians are likely also to propose an air and sea ceasefire in Ukraine, a move meant to
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convince President Trump the Ukrainians are serious about reaching peace with the Russians.
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Special Envoy Steve Wyckoff expressing optimism that a deal will be made.
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Zerlensky sent a letter to the president. He apologized for that whole incident that
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happened in the office. I think that was an important step. And there's been a lot of
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discussion between our teams and the Ukrainians and the Europeans who are relevant to this discussion
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as well. And I would like to describe it as progress.
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While en route to Saudi Arabia, Secretary Rubio, speaking to reporters,
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stated that depending on the outcome of the talks, the U.S. may be prepared to lift the pause on
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military aid and intelligence sharing that President Trump put in place after the Oval
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Office tension. He added that his visit aims to assess what concessions the Ukrainians are willing
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to make. As Democrats struggle to find their footing in the second Trump administration,
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Democrat Senator from Connecticut Chris Murphy attempting to fill the void with digital content.
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Senator Murphy's social media videos, often selfie style, regularly going viral, despite his status
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Donald Trump doesn't care about the destruction of Medicare or Medicaid or the Department of Education
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Republicans never want to fix the immigration system.
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Their motivation is always to make it more chaotic and more confusing.
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Guys, the whole game is Trump doing favors for his billionaire friends.
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The New York Times reporting in February, Senator Murphy doubling his Instagram followers over the
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previous two months, racking up almost 30 million impressions on the platform, a rising star in the
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media. Some recent headlines, the Hartford Courier, Connecticut's senator leading the national
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resistance against Trump. NBC, how one senator is placing himself at the center of the Trump
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resistance. The Hill, Murphy looks to be guiding force for Democrats in new Trump era. But some now
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questioning whether his surge in visibility is purely organic, especially given reports that his
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alleged new girlfriend happens to run a progressive media company funded by George Soros and Reed
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Hoffman. Semaphore reporting Tara McGowan, CEO of Courier Newsroom, posted a selfie of herself and
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Senator Murphy last week on her private Instagram, captioned, quote, not postponing joy. Courier
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Newsroom is often criticized by the right as a Democrat outlet posing as a news network. The Washington
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Free Beacon referring to it as the George Soros funded Democratic propaganda network. The New York
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Post reporting Ms. McGowan has used her personal platform and position for years at the digital
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outlet to promote Murphy. That activity ramping up in recent months during the time in which we know
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Senator Murphy separated from his wife of 17 years. That happened last November. The reports indicated
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they are not divorced and remain legally married. And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan
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Kelly. Join me back here all week for our special series, Megan Kelly Investigates on the disappearance of
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