The Megyn Kelly Show - June 19, 2026


Illegal Immigrant is Alleged Ringleader of UFC Plot, Vance on Deal, Knicks' Parade： AM Update 6⧸19


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The alleged mastermind behind the White House UFC attack plot identified as an illegal immigrant from Mexico. The Justice Department charged Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez and four other men earlier this week with plotting a mass casualty attack targeting government officials and thousands of spectators at UFC Freedom 250.

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00:00:17.680 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Friday, June 19th, 2026, and this is your AM
00:00:23.500 Update. The alleged mastermind behind the White House UFC attack plot identified as an illegal
00:00:29.820 immigrant from Mexico. The Obama deal allowed the accumulation of stockpiled weapons-grade
00:00:35.380 material. Ours is actually leading to the destruction of that stockpile. Vice President
00:00:40.480 J.D. Vance defending the new Iran agreement, confronting critics at home and abroad as
00:00:46.160 negotiations toward a final deal are set to begin. He later recalled reciting a simple prayer,
00:00:52.300 Jesus, Mary, get me there, just get me there. President Trump recognizing three men today,
00:00:58.700 awarding them the nation's highest military honor for their extraordinary acts of valor.
00:01:04.460 And 2 million Knicks fans flooding lower Manhattan,
00:01:08.120 celebrating a championship win decades in the making.
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00:02:45.340 Agency, LLC, a licensed insurance agency. The alleged ringleader of the explosive drone
00:02:53.600 and sniper plot targeting Sunday's White House UFC event is a 31-year-old illegal immigrant
00:03:00.140 from Mexico, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Justice Department
00:03:04.780 charging Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez and four other men earlier this week with plotting a
00:03:10.880 mass casualty attack targeting government officials and thousands of spectators at UFC
00:03:16.480 Freedom 250. According to federal court filings, the plot calling for explosive drones to drive
00:03:22.160 spectators and government officials toward waiting snipers, while a second group allegedly
00:03:27.300 prepared to storm the White House gates. The group allegedly preparing for months,
00:03:32.540 developing maps, escape routes, and plans for a safe house before the mother of one participant
00:03:38.440 learned of the plot and alerted authorities. DHS telling Fox News Alvarez came to the U.S.
00:03:44.460 as a child, remaining in the country after his visitor visa expired in 2001 and later receiving
00:03:50.840 protection from deportation through the Obama-era DACA program. News Nation reporting his DACA
00:03:57.840 status has been revoked following his arrest, ICE also lodging an immigration detainer against him.
00:04:04.780 The FBI taking Alvarez into custody on the day of the fight at an old church near the town of
00:04:10.120 western Nebraska, which he allegedly selected as a safe zone for himself and his co-conspirators,
00:04:16.260 reports local outlet WOWT-TV. Alvarez, with thick, curly, dark hair and a full beard,
00:04:24.500 seen grinning in his mugshot wearing an orange jail uniform. According to the charges filed
00:04:30.400 in Nebraska, the FBI identifying Alvarez as Shepard in the group's encrypted chats,
00:04:36.320 accusing him of planning, organizing, and directing the attack. In one message,
00:04:40.660 Alvarez allegedly instructing members where to position sniper and drone teams,
00:04:45.500 pointing out a long-range location he described as a great shot with an easy escape toward the
00:04:51.600 river. When another participant discussed building drones carrying explosives, Alvarez
00:04:57.160 allegedly responded, quote, as many and as deadly as we can get. Prosecutors also accused him of
00:05:04.000 telling the group he already had one drone and was working on more. Fox News reporting investigators
00:05:09.940 have identified 23 people within the alleged planning network, though only five arrests have
00:05:16.040 been announced, as federal officials emphasize the investigation is ongoing. The five men arrested
00:05:22.180 so far charged with conspiracy to commit murder, carrying a potential sentence of life in prison
00:05:27.760 and a $250,000 fine. The DOJ also bringing conspiracy charges involving violence on
00:05:34.820 White House grounds. That's an offense carrying up to five years.
00:05:39.940 Vice President J.D. Vance taking a turn behind the White House briefing room lectern yesterday,
00:05:45.580 filling in for Press Secretary Caroline Levitt while she's on maternity leave
00:05:49.060 to defend the administration's newly signed agreement with Iran.
00:05:53.520 The VP opening the briefing by pointing to encouraging progress in the hours since the signing of the agreement.
00:05:59.840 Last night, 12.5 million barrels of oil went through the Strait of Hormuz.
00:06:04.420 That is a high since the beginning of the conflict.
00:06:07.020 Oil prices are down nearly at their level from the pre-war conflict.
00:06:10.700 Gas prices dropped below $4 a gallon today for the first time since the conflict.
00:06:15.620 And importantly, they're going to keep falling further given how low oil prices are.
00:06:20.600 The vice president pressed on Iran's ballistic missile program
00:06:23.640 after President Trump acknowledged at the G7 that the regime would retain some missiles for self-defense.
00:06:30.940 That concession angering some of the more fervent war hawks, Mr. Vance responding.
00:06:36.420 So we destroyed a substantial number of their ballistic missiles and their
00:06:40.040 ballistic missile launchers themselves. It's not just the bullets, but it's the actual gun.
00:06:45.160 And that's what we were extremely effective at in destroying during the last three months of
00:06:49.220 the campaign. All the president said yesterday is that, of course, countries don't give up the
00:06:55.380 right of self-defense. Israel doesn't give up the right of self-defense if Hezbollah fires rockets
00:07:00.100 or drones at Israel. The Iranians don't give up the right of self-defense in their country,
00:07:05.460 but we do expect that as part of the final deal, they are not going to be able to build the kind 0.98
00:07:10.380 of missiles that can broadly threaten the entire world. And that's what the President of the United
00:07:14.780 States said yesterday. What we want to see is Iran not funding regional instability,
00:07:20.340 funding regional terrorism, and of course, try to rebuild their nuclear weapons program.
00:07:24.200 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declaring in March that Tehran's ballistic missile production capacity
00:07:29.780 had been, quote, functionally defeated, leaving Iran with some missiles but severely limiting
00:07:35.280 its ability to replace them. Mr. Vance also rejecting the claim that President Trump has
00:07:40.400 simply revived the Obama-era Iran deal under a different name. Number one, the Gulf Coast
00:07:47.400 coalition loves this deal because they think that it makes Iran weaker. They hated the Obama deal
00:07:52.820 because they thought that it made Iran stronger. They know more about this and they have more to
00:07:56.660 lose than anybody, including the United States of America, so I trust their judgment. Now,
00:08:01.400 there are all these substantive differences as well. The Obama nuclear deal allowed enrichment.
00:08:06.020 Ours will not. The Obama deal allowed the accumulation of stockpiled weapons-grade
00:08:10.540 material. Ours is actually leading to the destruction of that stockpile of enriched
00:08:15.120 material. So there are many differences. The Obama deal gave them over a billion dollars
00:08:18.500 of American money. This deal gives them zero dollars of American money.
00:08:24.380 Vice President Vance arguing the MOU is the foundation of what will hopefully lead to a
00:08:29.220 wider peace in the region, but only if all sides, including Hezbollah and Israel, show restraint.
00:08:35.840 We expect Hezbollah is not going to be firing rockets and firing drones at the Israelis.
00:08:40.400 And we also expect that the Israelis are not going to be going wild in Lebanon, right? Both sides
00:08:44.700 have to honor their end of the deal. Now, as you guys know, sometimes these ceasefires
00:08:48.500 are a little messy. The President of the United States said this a couple of weeks ago, that
00:08:52.720 a ceasefire in that region of the world just means they're shooting a little bit less at each other
00:08:56.860 than they were before. What you've seen is radical progress in Lebanon, less shooting,
00:09:02.680 less firing, but you're still going to have these little flare ups from time to time. And that's
00:09:06.640 just the sort of thing that we're going to have to manage through the diplomatic process. And
00:09:10.440 eventually what we want to see is the Lebanese government, the elected representatives of the
00:09:14.660 people of Lebanon who are able to police Southern Lebanon so that Hezbollah has not taken over the
00:09:19.960 country. The Israelis are not threatened. And then consequently, the Israelis are not attacking
00:09:24.640 southern Lebanon or Beirut either. Vice President Vance also taking aim at Israeli cabinet members
00:09:30.780 who have been attacking the deal and President Trump. Donald J. Trump is the only head of state
00:09:37.680 in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time. And he
00:09:44.460 happens to be the head of state of the world's superpower. If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli
00:09:49.380 government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the
00:09:55.880 entire world. And the second message I would give to some of those cabinet members, Bibi,
00:10:00.360 to his credit, has not gone down this path. But to some of these cabinet members in Israel who
00:10:04.860 are attacking the president of the United States, the other thing that I would say is that over the
00:10:08.800 last three months, two thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have
00:10:15.180 been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars. The problem for Israel 0.65
00:10:21.060 is not Donald J. Trump. And anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of
00:10:27.060 the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in.
00:10:33.180 The VP telling reporters that with the MOU officially signed, the difficult work of negotiating
00:10:38.760 a final deal could begin in Switzerland as soon as this weekend, with his own travel plans depending
00:10:44.720 on when the Iranian delegation can arrive. Coming up, President Trump presenting three
00:10:51.520 American service members' Medals of Honor in a White House ceremony. And the Knicks
00:10:56.620 take over Lower Manhattan, celebrating their first NBA title since 1973.
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00:12:13.140 President Trump hosting a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House yesterday,
00:12:17.880 awarding three American service members for extraordinary acts of courage,
00:12:22.340 two in Vietnam, one in Afghanistan.
00:12:25.240 The Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration,
00:12:28.480 awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces distinguishing themselves through acts of
00:12:33.800 valor above and beyond the call of duty, risking their own lives in combat against enemy forces.
00:12:40.520 The first recipient retired Marine Major James Capers Jr., born into a family of sharecroppers
00:12:46.700 before enlisting in the Marine Corps and eventually going on to become one of the
00:12:50.580 most decorated Marines in U.S. history. Capers becoming the first Black enlisted Marine to
00:12:56.540 earn a battlefield commission, rising into the officer ranks while serving in combat and the
00:13:02.360 first Black officer to lead a Marine recon company. Capers deepened Vietnamese jungles in 1967,
00:13:09.480 leading an elite nine-man recon team known as Team Broad-Minded, tasked with locating an enemy base.
00:13:16.980 Over the course of four days, the outnumbered team repeatedly repelling attacks and killing
00:13:21.560 more than 200 enemy fighters. On the final day of battle, the Marines ambushed by a claymore mine
00:13:27.860 and a relentless barrage of enemy fire. Capers sent flying into a tree, suffering a massive
00:13:34.700 abdominal injury, a badly broken leg, and shrapnel wounds in 17 places. Despite the extensive
00:13:41.660 injuries and tremendous blood loss, Capers continuing to lead after every Marine under
00:13:47.280 his command had been wounded. President Trump describes what happened next, referring to capers
00:13:52.640 here as Jim. Jim Rose, pushing forward on a leg that shouldn't have been able to carry any of his
00:13:59.480 weight. After a shot of morphine, Jim asserted command of the firefight he took over like
00:14:06.820 nobody's ever seen before. Barely clinging to consciousness, he called in close air support
00:14:13.740 for an entire hour. Very dangerous. It was sometimes a little bit too close.
00:14:20.200 And it was the only force strong enough to repel the onslaught of a lot of very tough soldiers on
00:14:27.000 the other side. Once an extraction helicopter reached his team, Jim loaded his wounded men
00:14:33.440 first before finally loading himself. When the helicopter groaned under the weight of his entire
00:14:40.380 team too many people. He attempted to deplane, but his team physically held him back, refusing
00:14:47.220 to leave their leader behind. Major Capers accepting the Medal of Honor in person nearly
00:14:52.760 five decades after retiring from active duty in 1978, following 22 years of service.
00:15:00.060 The next Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to retired Marine Colonel John W. Ripley.
00:15:05.120 On April 2, 1972, more than 30,000 North Vietnamese troops backed by 200 tanks and
00:15:12.520 other heavy equipment preparing to advance into South Vietnam, their route taking them across a
00:15:18.320 bridge, one that would have carried the invasion deeper into South Vietnam but for the extraordinary
00:15:23.620 actions of then-Captain John Ripley. The only prayer of stopping the assault? Destroying the
00:15:30.300 bridge. South Vietnamese engineers had stockpiled more than 500 pounds of explosives nearby,
00:15:36.780 but only one man had the experience to place them. Ripley reaching for the first load of explosives.
00:15:43.600 Everyone said, don't do it, John, don't do it. He grabbed the steel girders above his head and
00:15:49.220 hand over hand, he climbed dangling beneath the bridge and over the rushing water with a lot of
00:15:56.480 very angry people watching him, completely exposed to withering enemy gunfire. John
00:16:03.480 completed not one, not two, but five such trips. He's a strong guy, a very strong guy.
00:16:12.960 At one point, John remembers a tank round blasting into the bridge and knocking him
00:16:18.380 temporarily unconscious. For five straight hours, he hauled explosives, placed charges,
00:16:24.240 and ran a primer cord to each one of them.
00:16:28.940 He later recalled reciting a simple prayer,
00:16:31.300 Jesus, Mary, get me there, just get me there.
00:16:35.620 When John detonated the explosives,
00:16:37.980 the bridge collapsed into the river,
00:16:40.040 crushing the advance and saved the hope 0.99
00:16:42.600 of a free Vietnam for Easter morning.
00:16:46.380 Colonel Ripley retiring from active duty in 1992
00:16:49.240 and passing away in 2008.
00:16:51.700 his sons, grandsons, and daughter-in-law attending the ceremony on his behalf.
00:16:58.220 And finally, Army Major Nicholas Dockery awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions
00:17:02.460 on October 2, 2012 in Afghanistan.
00:17:06.120 Then, 2nd Lieutenant Dockery leading a platoon tasked with guarding a governor's compound
00:17:11.340 when 150 Taliban fighters launched a surprise attack,
00:17:15.960 President Trump recounting the extraordinary series of actions that followed.
00:17:19.840 Nick did a quick headcount and realized one of his team members was still missing, Sergeant Jack Hansbrough.
00:17:27.340 Nick rushed through the compound until he found the sergeant being dragged unconscious through an alleyway by two Taliban fighters with very bad intentions.
00:17:38.620 Nick eliminated both terrorists in close quarters, then pulled Sergeant Hansbrough back to cover, but found he was not breathing.
00:17:45.580 So urgently, Nick administered CPR until the sergeant's heart kicked back in.
00:17:53.920 As mortar fire thundered down all around them, Nick covered his incapacitated teammate with his own body, shielding him from further injury.
00:18:02.780 In his final act of unbelievable valor that day, Nick climbed his way to the open roof where he was again vulnerable to Taliban gunfire at highest levels.
00:18:13.840 He signaled enemy positions with smoke grenades, allowing American gunships to come to the platoon's rescue.
00:18:22.640 Dockery, the last man to depart the battlefield after four hours of relentless fighting.
00:18:28.000 He went on to become an Army Green Beret before retiring earlier this year.
00:18:33.840 Approximately two million New York Knicks fans packing lower Manhattan yesterday morning,
00:18:38.560 decked out in orange and blue, celebrating the team's first NBA championship win since 1973.
00:18:46.600 The newly crowned champions parading down the Canyon of Heroes with roughly one and a half
00:18:51.480 tons of recycled paper raining down from the high rises above. The Knicks repeatedly battling back
00:18:57.960 from steep deficits throughout their championship run, including game four of the finals, the
00:19:03.640 miracle at MSG when they slowly chipped away at the San Antonio Spurs' 29-point lead to eventually
00:19:11.140 win the game by one point. The team doing it again in Game 5, erasing a 16-point deficit
00:19:18.500 to clinch the championship on the road 94-90. Fans beginning to line up Wednesday night,
00:19:25.980 camping out for hours before the viewing pens opened at 6 a.m. Those pens filling in less than
00:19:32.220 two hours according to the nypd with the parade still hours away jubilant fans speaking to fox
00:19:38.540 five new york yesterday from the parade route we left it around 5 30 got here at 6 30 a.m did you
00:19:44.920 ever think this day would come no no long time coming thank god it happened and uh we all deserve
00:19:51.980 it new york deserves it what's it like for you to be here tonight uh to support the knicks and
00:19:57.100 congratulate them from winning the NBA championships from 52 years.
00:20:02.800 Let's go Knicks! Let's go Knicks, baby!
00:20:06.460 The celebration not entirely painless. The FDNY reporting at least 26 people taken to hospitals,
00:20:13.060 with another 16 treated at the scene for minor problems, including several cases of
00:20:17.640 heat-related illness. The parade culminating at City Hall, with Mayor Zoran Mamdani presenting
00:20:23.840 each player with a symbolic key to the city. Nick's point guard and MVP of the NBA Finals,
00:20:31.080 Jalen Brunson, who scored 45 of the 94 total points to win game five, taking the mic.
00:20:38.880 Thank you to my teammates, giving me confidence every single day.
00:20:42.600 The belief we had in each other made this possible. Thank our coaching staff,
00:20:47.280 our medical staff, everyone that pitched in every single day behind the scenes. 0.99
00:20:51.060 Damn. 0.99
00:20:52.160 We really did it, dog. 0.99
00:20:55.000 Somehow, someway, I knew we were going to find a way to get this done.
00:20:58.840 Most importantly, thank you to the fans.
00:21:01.460 I'm not going to lie, though.
00:21:02.440 Y'all are some pretty hard critics.
00:21:04.540 But we appreciate it.
00:21:06.200 At least I do.
00:21:07.920 Appreciate it a lot.
00:21:09.660 Lastly, I want to thank my family.
00:21:12.080 Truly, without them, their sacrifice and everything, it would be possible. 0.98
00:21:16.580 Damn, New York, we really did it, man. 0.98
00:21:18.240 We really did it. 0.99
00:21:19.000 We wouldn't trade this for a world. 0.54
00:21:21.880 Alicia Keys then bringing the celebration home with Empire State of Mind. 0.98
00:21:31.540 The players, arm in arm behind her, sing screaming along to the chorus.
00:21:37.140 The victory tour not over just yet.
00:21:40.260 Knicks owner James Dolan confirming Wednesday on WFAN
00:21:43.880 that the team has accepted an invitation to visit President Trump at the White House.
00:21:49.000 we still have to figure out the details etc but you know yes of course i mean you know look i
00:21:54.660 invited the president yes to come down for the game right he is a friend i've known him for 30
00:21:59.880 for 30 years and i'm very proud to bring the team to the white house you said you're privileged that
00:22:04.480 a sitting president came to the garden first time ever for a finals game first time ever for any
00:22:08.800 nba finals president trump attending game three at madison square garden the only game the knicks
00:22:14.300 lost in the finals. The Knicks set to become the first NBA champs to visit the White House during
00:22:20.360 either of President Trump's terms. And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join
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