The Megyn Kelly Show - November 11, 2026


Epstein Report Exposes Failures, 2028 Dem Race Contenders, Cruise Murder Confession： AM Update 11⧸11

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00:00:00 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Wednesday, November 11th,
00:00:06 2026, and this is your AM update.
00:00:09 Had the government done its job, much of this abuse could have been prevented.
00:00:13 Congress releasing its long-awaited Jeffrey Epstein report,
00:00:17 detailing the preferential treatment he received and investigative failures.
00:00:21 So lately, a lot of people have been asking me about what's next.
00:00:25 The race for the 2028 Democrat presidential nomination already taking shape
00:00:29 as several potential contenders offer new clues about their political ambitions.
00:00:34 A Texas man accused of murdering his wife aboard a cruise ship,
00:00:37 court documents revealing disturbing details about his confession,
00:00:41 and nearly 200 million Americans bracing for their first taste of winter
00:00:45 as plunging temperatures and the possibility of snow sweep across much of the country.
00:00:51 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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00:01:47 The House Oversight Committee, releasing its long-awaited report on Jeffrey Epstein yesterday,
00:01:52 concluding that years of government failures allowed the convicted sex offender
00:01:57 to continue abusing young women and girls.
00:02:00 The report coming after a 15-month investigation into Epstein's crimes,
00:02:05 his powerful connections, and the federal government's handling of his case.
00:02:09 Republican Committee Chairman James Comer announcing the findings.
00:02:13 We conducted 19 witness interviews or depositions,
00:02:16 subpoenaed the Department of Justice, Epstein's estate, and two major banks,
00:02:21 and reviewed financial records from the Department of Treasury to uncover the truth.
00:02:25 What we found is both heartbreaking and infuriating.
00:02:29 These women endured unimaginable abuse,
00:02:33 and the federal government failed them at nearly every turn.
00:02:36 Had the government done its job, much of this abuse could have been prevented.
00:02:41 The report offering few major new revelations about Epstein's powerful associates,
00:02:46 but providing new details about his controversial 2007 plea agreement
00:02:50 which allowed him to avoid federal prosecution and serve just 13 months on lesser state charges.
00:02:57 During his sentence, Epstein permitted to leave jail for up to 12 hours a day,
00:03:01 six days a week, supposedly to work at the Florida Science Foundation,
00:03:06 described by congressional investigators as a, quote, sham corporation.
00:03:11 Epstein also allowed to travel in private vehicles escorted by paid off-duty deputies,
00:03:15 receive visitors without constant supervision, and visit his Palm Beach mansion.
00:03:20 Several survivors alleging Epstein continued sexually abusing them during his work-release program.
00:03:27 The report also questioning potential conflicts of interest, including a federal prosecutor who
00:03:32 failed to disclose a past romantic relationship with an attorney representing Epstein. A 2020
00:03:38 DOJ review, however, finding no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct. The committee
00:03:44 highlighting testimony that Epstein ordered computers and hard drives removed from his
00:03:49 Palm Beach residence before a police search in 2005. According to the committee, federal
00:03:54 prosecutors believed the missing equipment could contain critical evidence of sexual exploitation.
00:04:00 Prosecutors ultimately abandoning efforts to recover the equipment amid resistance from
00:04:05 Epstein's attorneys and negotiations over his plea agreement. The report also scrutinizing
00:04:11 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who acknowledged visiting Epstein's private island with his family
00:04:16 in 2012, despite previously claiming he cut ties with Epstein in 2005. Secretary Letnick
00:04:23 maintaining their interactions were limited and denying any wrongdoing. As for President Trump,
00:04:29 the Republican-led investigation finding no evidence implicating him in Epstein's criminal
00:04:34 activities. The committee, now urging the DOJ to investigate sexual assault allegations made by
00:04:40 Epstein's longtime assistant, Sarah Kellen, who testified that former Miami Beach Mayor
00:04:46 Philip Levine and celebrity hairstylist Frederick Fakai sexually assaulted her,
00:04:51 both men previously denying wrongdoing. Congressman Comer also pushing legislation
00:04:56 aimed at preventing nondisclosure agreements from being used to silence alleged victims of
00:05:02 sexual abuse. Our investigation exposed how powerful men used nondisclosure agreements
00:05:08 to silence survivors. No one should face legal threats for telling the truth. That's why I
00:05:15 introduced the Survivors Voice Protection Act, protecting survivors and witnesses who speak out
00:05:20 about these crimes. Congressional Democrats criticizing the report as incomplete, arguing
00:05:25 that Republicans failed to fully investigate Epstein's powerful associates. The committee's
00:05:30 top Democrat, Congressman Robert Garcia, criticizing the lack of public hearings and what he considers
00:05:36 insufficient scrutiny of President Trump's relationship with Epstein.
00:05:40 The congressman also questioning Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to a minimum security prison
00:05:44 following her interview with then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
00:05:49 Democrats planning to resume the investigation themselves when they take control of Congress
00:05:53 in January.
00:05:54 Congressman Garcia promising public hearings, saying, quote,
00:05:58 Our work is just getting started.
00:05:59 With Democrats preparing to take control of Congress following last week's midterm elections,
00:06:06 attention turning toward the 2028 presidential nomination. Potential contenders already testing
00:06:12 the waters, traveling the country, raising their profiles, and laying the groundwork for possible
00:06:17 campaigns. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg fueling speculation yesterday with the
00:06:22 announcement of a new book titled Next, scheduled for release in January.
00:06:28 So lately, a lot of people have been asking me about what's next.
00:06:31 And as chance would have it, I have been thinking about exactly that subject for about a year.
00:06:35 On Tuesday in the election, Americans sent a powerful message, a rejection of the status quo, and a demand for something better.
00:06:43 I am proud to announce and excited to release my new book next.
00:06:47 It's not a policy manual.
00:06:49 It's an account of how we got here and an argument about what could happen if America takes big swings to reform our political system.
00:06:57 If we do that, we can have a life that is better, not just better than today, but better than before.
00:07:03 Ahead of the midterms, Buttigieg campaigning in roughly three dozen states.
00:07:08 The former South Bend, Indiana mayor winning the Iowa caucuses during his 2020 presidential campaign before withdrawing after a fourth place finish in South Carolina.
00:07:18 Buttigieg later serving as President Biden's transportation secretary,
00:07:21 drawing criticism for taking parental leave during the 2021 supply chain crisis
00:07:26 as cargo ships backed up at American ports.
00:07:30 Former VP Kamala Harris also considering another presidential run. 0.99
00:07:34 Harris campaigning for Democrat candidates across the country ahead of the midterms, 0.84
00:07:38 including winning Senate candidates John Ossoff in Georgia,
00:07:41 Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, and Scott Colombe in Mississippi.
00:07:45 In an interview published Sunday by The Nation, Ms. Harris arguing National Democrats have made a mistake by abandoning much of the South, pointing to population growth and economic concerns as reasons to compete in traditionally Republican states. 0.78
00:08:00 As for another presidential run, Harris acknowledging her indecision during an October interview with CNN.
00:08:06 I'm sure there are many things that I should, you know, just sit at home and, you know, eat bonbons and, you know, cook Doug's favorite food.
00:08:16 And I can, you know, I can cook Doug's favorite foods and do this.
00:08:20 Do you have a lean of which way you would decide for another presidential run?
00:08:24 I go back and forth.
00:08:25 Yeah.
00:08:26 Honestly, go back and forth.
00:08:29 Because of what?
00:08:30 Oh, there's so many factors, but I'm not going to talk about it right now.
00:08:34 Another potential contender, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, fresh off a landslide re-election
00:08:40 victory last week. Moore winning by more than 30 points, although his growing national profile
00:08:46 now coinciding with renewed scrutiny of his military service in Afghanistan. ABC7 reporting
00:08:52 new allegations from a retired Army lieutenant colonel who supervised Moore during his deployment
00:08:57 in Afghanistan in 05 and 06. The lieutenant colonel disputing Moore's past claims about
00:09:03 leading soldiers into combat, contending that Moore primarily served in a staff position and
00:09:08 did not personally experience direct combat. In 2024, the New York Times reporting Moore
00:09:14 claimed to have received a Bronze Star on a 2006 White House fellowship application,
00:09:20 although he had not been awarded the medal. Governor Moore calling it an honest mistake,
00:09:25 explaining that a superior officer had recommended him for the award,
00:09:29 which the Army ultimately granted years later in December 2024, but not until after he was
00:09:37 claiming he had received it. Governor Moore's office strongly rejecting the latest accusations,
00:09:42 pointing to his combat action badge. Asked Monday on MS Now whether he would serve his
00:09:47 full four-year term, the governor offering a less than direct answer.
00:09:52 Governor, let me ask you about your future. Will you commit to serving a full term through
00:09:56 2031 well i know i know last tuesday the people of maryland overwhelmingly uh reelected me i'm
00:10:04 thankful that you know we ended up winning with the largest uh largest margin of any
00:10:08 maryland governor's reelection in history um and uh with over 31 points um and so i'm thankful for
00:10:15 the vote of confidence of the people maryland gave in me and so let me just get to them i was
00:10:19 not running full term oh yeah yeah well i told him i i'm not i wasn't running for re-election
00:10:24 because we were thinking about anything else.
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00:10:36 as of last night.
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00:10:42 Harris and Buttigieg each hovering around 5%,
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00:11:01 Coming up, disturbing new details on the murder of a woman aboard a cruise ship,
00:11:07 including the suspect's confession to federal investigators, and a blast of winter weather
00:11:12 heading for the eastern half of the country, bringing the coldest temperatures in months
00:11:16 and the season's first snow for some Americans.
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00:12:43 beating and strangling his wife aboard a cruise ship, then confessing to investigators. 48-year-old
00:12:49 Jason Leon Watford of Tyler, Texas, accused of killing wife Susan Watford Sunday night
00:12:55 aboard the MSC Seascape as the ship traveled from Galveston to Mexico through international waters.
00:13:03 KPRC 2 in Houston reporting the FBI confirmed a child was inside the cabin
00:13:07 where the murder took place. That child now reportedly safe in foster care.
00:13:13 According to a federal criminal complaint obtained by Fox News, Watford and his wife
00:13:18 arguing over dinner before returning separately to their shared cabin about 25 minutes apart.
00:13:24 Surveillance footage showing no one else entering or leaving the room until a housekeeper arrived
00:13:29 around 9 p.m. to deliver towels. Watford answering the door, the employee noticing blood on his hands
00:13:36 and pants, then spotting his wife lying face down on the floor. The housekeeper alerting other ship
00:13:42 personnel who discovered the woman dead with multiple facial injuries. Roughly 15 minutes
00:13:48 after the housekeeper first knocked, surveillance footage capturing Watford leaving the cabin in a
00:13:53 different shirt and pants, then sitting on the hallway floor, scrolling through his phone.
00:13:59 Investigators later recovering blood-stained clothing from inside the cabin. Ship security
00:14:04 detaining Watford and the vessel returning to Galveston early Monday, where FBI agents boarded
00:14:10 to investigate. After reviewing surveillance footage, federal agents questioning Watford,
00:14:15 who waived his Miranda rights and reportedly agreed to a video-recorded interview.
00:14:20 According to the complaint, Watford admitting to repeatedly striking his wife,
00:14:25 then strangling her with his hands and arm for roughly four to five minutes until he became
00:14:30 exhausted. Watford previously sentenced to probation in 2024 for assaulting his wife,
00:14:37 per KPRC-2. Watford making his first appearance in federal court yesterday,
00:14:42 requesting a court-appointed attorney and declining to seek release on bond.
00:14:47 His attorney requesting a probable cause hearing for Monday,
00:14:50 when prosecutors will be expected to present evidence supporting the murder charge.
00:14:56 Nearly 200 million Americans bracing for their first real taste of winter as a developing storm
00:15:02 system moves across the eastern half of the country, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures,
00:15:07 heavy rain, and the possibility of snow. According to CNN, much of the country east of the Mississippi
00:15:13 River expected to experience its coldest weather since spring, with temperatures falling 5 to 15
00:15:19 degrees below normal by the end of the week. The Weather Channel forecasting temperature drops of
00:15:24 up to 20 degrees in some cities between today and Friday as the storm moves from the Midwest
00:15:30 toward the east coast. Farther east, the storm could develop into a nor'easter, bringing heavy
00:15:35 rain, gusty winds, and possible coastal flooding from North Carolina to New England. Snow is
00:15:41 possible in the higher elevations of upstate New York, northern New England, and the Appalachian
00:15:46 Mountains. The cold snap expected to be short-lived, however, CNN forecasting a return
00:15:52 to above-average temperatures across much of the eastern U.S. as early as next week.
00:16:00 And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for the MK show live on Sirius XM's The Megan Kelly Channel 111 at noon east on youtube.com slash Megan Kelly and on all podcast platforms.