The Megyn Kelly Show - El Paso Airspace Closure Mystery, Canadian School Shooting, Bondi Brawls on the Hill： AM Update 2⧸12

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone.

00:00:33.680 I'm Mark Halpert, host of NextUp, filling in today for Megyn Kelly.

00:00:37.060 It's Thursday, February 12th, 2026, and this is your AM Update.

00:00:41.160 There's electronic breadcrumbs that would be left.

00:00:44.320 Law enforcement continues searching Nancy and Annie Guthrie's neighborhood in Tucson

00:00:48.080 and stumble on what may be a key piece of evidence.

00:00:51.600 To close airspace for 10 days,

00:00:54.500 I think you would think that something very, very significant is happening in real time.

00:01:00.000 Federal officials reverse an unprecedented airspace closure over El Paso within hours

00:01:05.500 in an eyebrow-raising move.

00:01:07.440 Canadian authorities identify the suspect in a deadly mass shooting at a school,

00:01:11.780 which follows a familiar pattern.

00:01:13.880 And Attorney General Pam Bondi goes toe-to-toe with Democratic lawmakers

00:01:17.800 in a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing.

00:01:20.840 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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00:02:30.640 Law enforcement officials continuing their search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie

00:02:35.320 and finding what might be a key piece of evidence yesterday.

00:02:38.860 Since the release of videos and images recovered from a Nest camera

00:02:42.120 showing a masked individual outside Nancy's door on the night of her disappearance,

00:02:46.520 law enforcement receiving more than 4,000 calls.

00:02:50.900 MK True Crime host Phil Holloway, reporting from Tucson,

00:02:54.520 says much of yesterday's law enforcement activity

00:02:56.600 was focused on searching roadways and foothills just north of Nancy's home.

00:03:01.580 In a possible new breakthrough, investigators discovering a black glove on the roadside

00:03:05.920 about one and a half miles from Nancy's home.

00:03:08.760 Fox News reporting a second black glove was also discovered.

00:03:12.380 The figure captured on Nancy's Nest Cam was wearing what appeared to be a similar pair.

00:03:18.020 Investigators spotted recently going door-to-door in Nancy's daughter's Annie's neighborhood again,

00:03:23.800 as well, about five miles away from Nancy's home.

00:03:27.540 Holloway spoke to some of Annie's neighbors about what the FBI is asking them about.

00:03:31.640 They are looking for the neighbors to turn over any relevant information from any electronic devices that they may have,

00:03:39.520 but specifically one of the things that I was told they were looking for was a phone.

00:03:44.760 And apparently a phone was believed to have been in the possession of the perpetrator,

00:03:50.800 the one seen in the photos and videos at Nancy Guthrie's door.

00:03:54.480 So if that phone were turned on, that phone would have talked, so to speak,

00:04:00.720 with every cell tower between Nancy's home and wherever it went.

00:04:07.480 And in addition, it would have talked to every wireless router.

00:04:14.080 So there's electronic breadcrumbs that would be left when a phone, if it's turned on, is traveling.

00:04:21.580 And so the FBI presumably would be able to trace the route that that phone would have taken

00:04:29.220 if it were turned on when the perpetrator left Nancy's house.

00:04:34.200 Megan, I'll have much more on this case later today on The Megan Kelly Show.

00:04:37.260 And anyone with information is urged to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit tips at tips.fbi.gov.

00:04:44.880 A dramatic and mysterious announcement of a 10-day shutdown of airspace over El Paso, Texas,

00:04:52.720 now raising deeper questions about what really happened after it was quickly reversed.

00:04:56.560 The FAA issuing a notice to airmen or NOTAM Tuesday night blocking flights in the airspace over El Paso

00:05:03.960 and nearby Santa Teresa, New Mexico, from yesterday through February 21st,

00:05:09.780 citing, quote, temporary flight restrictions for special security reasons.

00:05:14.040 The sweeping Grand Stop disrupting commercial traffic, rewriting medical evacuation flights,

00:05:19.260 and raising rapid alarm among the public.

00:05:22.140 El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson describing it as, quote,

00:05:25.180 a major and unnecessary disruption, one that has not occurred since 9-11.

00:05:30.380 Within hours of issuing the 10-day Grand Stop, the FAA suddenly lifting the order.

00:05:35.020 CBS News reporting the closure resulting from a spat between the FAA and the Department of War

00:05:39.920 over drone-related testing.

00:05:41.940 The Pentagon reportedly planning tests of anti-drone military technology near Fort Bliss,

00:05:47.560 adjoining the El Paso International Airport, including a high-energy laser.

00:05:52.760 But safety coordination meetings with the FAA were still pending.

00:05:56.480 According to CBS, the Pentagon felt ready to proceed with testing prior to scheduled safety meetings.

00:06:01.700 FAA Administrator Brian Bedford then abruptly closing the airspace without first notifying the White House,

00:06:08.240 the Pentagon, or DHS.

00:06:10.660 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, pointing to the involvement of the cartels,

00:06:14.740 posting to X, quote,

00:06:16.000 the FAA and Department of War acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion.

00:06:20.840 The threat has been neutralized and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region.

00:06:25.360 The restrictions have been lifted and normal flights are resuming.

00:06:28.340 However, CBS reporting at least one object initially believed to be a foreign drone

00:06:33.040 during recent operations turned out to be a party balloon, and it was reportedly shot down.

00:06:38.420 Now, with conflicting explanations emerging,

00:06:41.400 questions mounting about whether this was a real security emergency,

00:06:44.760 a breakdown in coordination, or maybe something else entirely.

00:06:48.360 Former acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf tells us

00:06:51.040 cartel drone activity along the border is real and it's extensive.

00:06:55.260 Yeah, I mean, there's a significant amount of cartel activity when it comes to the use of drones.

00:07:00.640 I mean, thousands and thousands of recorded incursions and others.

00:07:06.460 And usually, you know, an incursion of the U.S. is just very, very briefly

00:07:10.560 because most of their operations are on the Mexican side.

00:07:14.600 Or if they are dropping contraband, you know, they will drop it over the border

00:07:18.460 and then the drone will retreat very, very quickly.

00:07:21.380 This doesn't appear to be the same case, so we'll see what more information comes out.

00:07:27.160 But the use of drones by cartels and limited amount of counter drone authority

00:07:35.320 that the Department of Homeland Security has as well is kind of an ongoing battle.

00:07:40.220 Despite that threat, Wolf tells us cartel drone activity rarely shuts down airspace,

00:07:44.940 especially at any major airport.

00:07:46.780 Historically, you do not see airspace closures because of drone activity.

00:07:52.120 Usually, if it is, it's because the Department of War is interdicting

00:07:57.720 or there's a significant amount of drones that are coming fairly close to commercial aircraft

00:08:06.900 landing or takeoff paths at a commercial airport.

00:08:11.760 And it's a prolonged incursion of some kind.

00:08:15.620 I mean, normally where you see a lot of these incursions along the border are not in urban areas.

00:08:20.720 Or if they are in urban areas, they're in small urban areas, unlike El Paso.

00:08:26.640 You know, there are other airports in Del Rio and Brownsville, Rado,

00:08:30.640 that are fairly close to the border.

00:08:32.900 Wolf says the FAA is often cautious,

00:08:35.480 but he has major questions about the initial 10-day shutdown.

00:08:39.340 If there's any type of threat to commercial aviation, they're going to close that airspace.

00:08:43.420 And then they're going to figure out what's going on and then try to open it back up,

00:08:48.400 which is the case, right?

00:08:49.380 I mean, the 10-day closure that the FAA originally put out is highly unusual.

00:08:54.980 You know, wherever the president's at, right, for instance,

00:08:57.380 or when there's a Super Bowl or when there's a big event.

00:09:00.000 But those are limited duration.

00:09:01.520 In most cases, maybe a couple of days.

00:09:05.420 And so to close airspace for 10 days,

00:09:08.600 I think you would think that something very, very significant is happening in real time.

00:09:13.820 And then, of course, the FAA pulls it back and says, OK, it's canceled.

00:09:17.640 I think they probably do need to answer some questions to say,

00:09:21.840 well, why did you jump to 10 days right away?

00:09:24.520 And what was the coordination with the Department of War?

00:09:26.900 And was it exactly what happened?

00:09:28.800 And while some have speculated about unidentified aerial phenomena or UAPs,

00:09:34.080 the new term for UFOs, Wolf dismisses that as unlikely.

00:09:38.060 I suppose it's possible.

00:09:39.660 But I think what's more logical is that either responding to drone incursions by the cartels,

00:09:47.200 which we know they use, they use drones very liberally,

00:09:50.860 or the fact that the Department of War was testing some type of technology as well.

00:09:56.260 I think it's I think that's more plausible given the location.

00:10:01.560 Coming up, Canadian authorities confirm the gunman who murdered eight in a remote British Columbia town

00:10:06.520 was a young man living as a woman and temper slayer on Capitol Hill.

00:10:10.880 Attorney General Pam Bondi battles Democrats over the Epstein files

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00:11:12.520 A gunman opening fire in Western Canada on Tuesday, killing eight and injuring dozens more

00:11:17.780 in one of the deadliest shootings in the country's history.

00:11:20.820 This, the latest act of violence in North America to be carried out by a man pretending to live as a woman.

00:11:26.960 Police receiving reports of an active shooter at Tumblr Ridge Secondary School located in a rural town in British Columbia

00:11:33.640 around 1.20 p.m. local time on Tuesday, arriving at the scene within two minutes, authorities finding six of the victims dead at school

00:11:41.720 before discovering the bodies of two more victims at a residence in the remote town, which has just 2,400 residents.

00:11:48.580 It remains unclear what time those murders took place.

00:11:51.600 The gunman also injuring 25 people, two with, quote, serious or life-threatening injuries, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP.

00:12:00.780 Dwayne McDonald, a deputy commissioner at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia, saying at a Wednesday press conference

00:12:07.080 that one of the victims previously believed to have died in transport to the hospital actually remains in critical condition.

00:12:14.460 Commissioner McDonald with more details on the victims.

00:12:17.260 The deceased victims from the school include an adult female educator, three female students, and two male students between the ages of 13 and 17.

00:12:28.660 Two additional victims, an adult female and a male youth, were located deceased in the local residence.

00:12:35.360 The New York Times identifying the victims at the residence as the 18-year-old shooter's 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old stepbrother.

00:12:43.360 Police finding the suspect dead at the school, which is an enrollment of around 175 students in grades 7 to 12 from a, quote, self-inflicted injury.

00:12:52.900 Authorities now coming under fire for what they did and did not say about the suspect in the aftermath of the shooting.

00:12:58.720 An initial alert issued about the active shooter at the school Tuesday afternoon, describing the suspect as, quote, female in a dress with brown hair.

00:13:07.360 Police Superintendent Ked Floyd later characterizing the shooter in a press briefing as a, quote, gun person,

00:13:13.560 fueling speculation that the shooter may have been identifying as transgender.

00:13:16.900 On Wednesday, RCMP confirming the speculation, identifying the shooter as a resident of Tumblr Ridge, who was born male and began presenting as a girl around the age of 12.

00:13:28.580 At yesterday's press conference, Commissioner McDonald pushing back on claims that authorities were withholding the information about the shooter,

00:13:35.000 instead saying the department is simply respecting his identity.

00:13:38.500 We're not hiding it.

00:13:39.900 I will say this.

00:13:41.060 We identified the suspect as they chose to be identified in public and in social media.

00:13:46.080 I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male, who approximately, the information that I have,

00:13:52.280 approximately six years ago began to transition to female and identified as female, both socially and publicly.

00:14:01.760 Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Hill yesterday, appearing before the House Judiciary Committee for more than five hours,

00:14:07.460 in a hearing with more fireworks than a typical Fourth of July.

00:14:10.740 Ranking member Jamie Rask and Democrat of Maryland starting off the proceedings with this friendly greeting.

00:14:16.240 I asked the chairman to add a few extra rounds of questions today because we each have five hours of questions, not five minutes,

00:14:23.660 but we're stuck with five minutes.

00:14:25.320 That's clearly insufficient to give voice to America's victims and survivors and to demand answers about all the corruption and cover-ups that we see at DOJ right now.

00:14:34.880 We've got just one round, so we ask you politely but firmly, Madam Attorney General,

00:14:39.980 please do not waste one second of our precious time by evading questions, by changing the subject,

00:14:47.900 or engaging in personal attacks against members of Congress.

00:14:51.500 We saw your performance in the Senate, and we're not going to accept that.

00:14:54.980 This isn't a game.

00:14:55.940 Democrats focusing largely on the Epstein files, pressing A.G. Bondi on the DOJ's handling of the document rollout,

00:15:02.700 which was supposed to be completed by December 19th under the Epstein Files Transparency Act,

00:15:08.400 signed into law by President Trump.

00:15:10.420 Democratic lawmakers frequently invoking the presence of a group of alleged Epstein victims in attendance,

00:15:16.200 berating A.G. Bondi for what they call a lack of accountability for Epstein survivors.

00:15:20.900 To promote justice for the people, you've got to listen to the victims, like the women seated behind you today.

00:15:28.160 You still haven't met with these survivors.

00:15:31.440 To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand.

00:15:36.060 And if you are willing, please raise your hands if you have still not been able to meet with this Department of Justice.

00:15:44.960 But I'm going to ask the victims behind you right now, first, can you please stand up?

00:15:49.700 And then, can you please raise your hand if you think after everything you've heard today,

00:15:56.620 you feel that, A.G., the feds, have your back.

00:15:59.520 Do we have your back?

00:16:00.860 And that's the issue, Madam A.G.

00:16:03.520 Attorney General Bondi firing back, accusing Democrats of a glaring double standard,

00:16:07.860 noting that many of the loudest voices regarding the Epstein files were silent on the issue for years.

00:16:13.080 You all should be apologizing.

00:16:15.640 You sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it.

00:16:20.000 I'm not going to put up with it.

00:16:21.720 You know, all they want to do, all the American people need to know this.

00:16:26.260 They are talking about Epstein today.

00:16:29.140 This has been around since the Obama administration.

00:16:32.620 This administration released over 3 million pages of documents, over 3 million.

00:16:39.620 And Donald Trump signed that law to release all of those documents.

00:16:46.020 He is the most transparent president in the nation's history.

00:16:51.500 And none of them, none of them, ask Merrick Garland over the last four years one word about Jeffrey Epstein.

00:17:01.920 How ironic is that?

00:17:03.160 In a rare moment of agreement, Congressman Eric Swalwell of California raising concerns about violent threats against him and his family.

00:17:10.940 A.G.

00:17:11.280 Bondi pledging to work with the congressmen and all lawmakers who are dealing with threats.

00:17:15.740 What I want to talk to you next is serious.

00:17:17.860 And I did not expect this would happen.

00:17:19.400 And I'd like your help on it.

00:17:21.200 May through December of 2025, we received messages at my office that said,

00:17:25.500 I hope somebody shoots you and your children and your wife in the head. 1.00

00:17:29.520 I would stay indoors as much as possible.

00:17:31.260 And my children, unfortunately, have to do that.

00:17:34.260 The president can come after me.

00:17:36.100 It's fine.

00:17:36.920 I'm in the arena.

00:17:37.960 So are these folks.

00:17:39.220 But we never expected that the Department of Justice would not seek to prosecute and investigate those who are making threats against us.

00:17:47.680 Congressman, I completely agree with you.

00:17:49.920 I know about several of those personally involving you.

00:17:55.680 I believe one has been charged publicly.

00:18:00.260 None of you should be threatened, ever.

00:18:03.020 None of your children should be threatened.

00:18:05.460 None of your families should be threatened.

00:18:07.940 I'll gladly talk to you after this hearing about your cases.

00:18:11.220 But I can tell you some of them are very active.

00:18:13.420 Appreciate that.

00:18:14.020 And of course, this testy exchange with Congressman Raskin.

00:18:17.540 You can let her filibuster all day long, but not on our watch.

00:18:21.080 Not on our time.

00:18:22.460 No way.

00:18:23.300 And I told you about that, Attorney General, before you started.

00:18:25.900 You don't tell me anything.

00:18:27.120 Yeah, I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate.

00:18:29.540 He's a lawyer.

00:18:30.220 Not even a lawyer.

00:18:31.140 Committee will be in order.

00:18:32.280 I should get back at least 45 seconds.

00:18:34.180 We will give you a few more seconds.

00:18:35.520 I said that already.

00:18:38.500 Well, that'll do it for your AM update.

00:18:40.440 I'm Mark Calperin, host of Next Up on the MK Media Podcast Network.

00:18:43.940 Catch the Megyn Kelly Show today, live on SiriusXM, the Megyn Kelly Channel, 111 at Noon East,

00:18:50.640 on YouTube.com slash Megyn Kelly, and on all your favorite podcast platforms.

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The Megyn Kelly Show - February 12, 2026

El Paso Airspace Closure Mystery, Canadian School Shooting, Bondi Brawls on the Hill： AM Update 2⧸12

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