The Megyn Kelly Show - October 07, 2025


Judge Allows National Guard In Chicago for Now, Israel and Hamas Negotiate in Egypt： AM Update 10⧸7


Episode Stats

Length

19 minutes

Words per Minute

150.49495

Word Count

2,995

Sentence Count

196

Misogynist Sentences

2

Hate Speech Sentences

2


Summary

A federal judge allows the Trump administration to send the National Guard to Chicago for now, and we will know very quickly whether Hamas is serious or not by how these technical talks go in terms of the logistics. Israeli and Hamas officials are meeting in Egypt, hammering out the final details of a peace agreement two years to the day since the October 7th terrorist attack. CBS News enters a new era as Paramount announces Barry Weiss as its new editor-in-chief. And Ghislaine Maxwell s legal battle to overturn her conviction seemingly comes to an end. All that and more coming up in a moment on Your AM Update.


Transcript

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, October 7th, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
00:00:39.620 Their plan all along has been to cause chaos, and then they can use that chaos to consolidate Donald Trump's power.
00:00:47.400 A federal judge allowing the Trump administration to send the National Guard to Chicago for now.
00:00:52.780 And we will know very quickly whether Hamas is serious or not by how these technical talks go in terms of the logistics.
00:00:58.360 Israeli and Hamas officials meeting in Egypt, hammering out the final details of a peace agreement two years to the day since the October 7th terrorist attack.
00:01:09.100 CBS News entering a new era as Paramount announces Barry Weiss as its new editor-in-chief.
00:01:15.440 Can she save the dying brand?
00:01:18.120 And Ghislaine Maxwell's legal battle to overturn her conviction seemingly comes to an end.
00:01:22.760 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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00:02:40.360 The governor of Illinois is alleging an unconstitutional invasion by the federal government.
00:02:46.080 President Trump is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to justify his deployment of the National Guard to Chicago.
00:02:53.180 Happy Tuesday.
00:02:54.580 Biden appointed federal district judge April Perry on Monday, siding with the Trump administration for now,
00:03:00.600 and allowing President Trump to deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard and 300 members of the Illinois National Guard to Chicago.
00:03:10.020 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson trying to stop it with a lawsuit filed yesterday morning,
00:03:17.020 in which they moved for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction.
00:03:21.480 This, after the Department of War's Sunday announcement, calling up the Guard for at least 60 days,
00:03:27.740 in order to protect federal agents and property amid an immigration crackdown in the Windy City.
00:03:33.440 Judge Perry declining to immediately stop the deployment and setting briefing on the motion for an injunction,
00:03:40.180 giving the Department of Justice until tomorrow night to respond, with oral arguments set for Thursday.
00:03:45.420 But each side ramping up the legal rhetoric since invasion claims Pritzker, insurrection claims Mr. Trump.
00:03:53.420 The Pritzker lawsuit arguing the Trump administration's justification for the deployment is, quote,
00:03:58.400 based on a flimsy pretext.
00:04:00.520 Far from promoting public safety in the Chicago region,
00:04:03.500 defendants' provocative and arbitrary actions have threatened to undermine public safety by inciting a public outcry.
00:04:09.740 In recent days, agitators clashing with ICE agents in the Chicago area.
00:04:14.940 At one point, protesters boxing in agents with some 10 of their vehicles.
00:04:20.080 One woman, armed with a semi-automatic pistol,
00:04:23.060 who had earlier doxed ICE agents and called for her gang to, quote,
00:04:27.640 F those MFers up,
00:04:29.820 accused of trapping the officers in their cars
00:04:32.660 and when they exited their vehicles trying to run them over.
00:04:36.120 Officers opening fire on the woman, who was hit, but still able to drive herself to the hospital.
00:04:42.800 Fox News reporting more than a dozen arrested in the protests since Friday.
00:04:47.120 Governor Pritzker, Attorney General Kwame Raul,
00:04:50.320 and Mayor Johnson on Monday evening railing against the Trump administration.
00:04:54.540 Their plan all along has been to cause chaos,
00:04:57.740 and then they can use that chaos to consolidate Donald Trump's power.
00:05:01.940 They think they can fool us all into thinking that the way to get out of this crisis that they created
00:05:07.440 is to give them free reign.
00:05:10.340 The American people, regardless of where they reside,
00:05:13.560 should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military,
00:05:19.380 particularly for the reason that their city or state leadership
00:05:23.840 has fallen out of the president's political favor.
00:05:27.880 The only radical is a president trying to deploy National Guard from across the country into our city.
00:05:33.460 We do not need or want the National Guard to police our streets.
00:05:37.060 In a separate action, Mayor Johnson on Monday morning
00:05:40.220 signing an executive order installing ice-free zones within the city.
00:05:45.540 The order establishes ice-free zones.
00:05:48.560 That means that city property and unwilling private businesses
00:05:53.320 will no longer serve as staging grounds for these raids.
00:05:57.880 Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property,
00:06:04.120 and ice cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant.
00:06:07.920 Private entities may voluntarily choose to display signage to designate their property
00:06:12.940 as part of a citywide network of community spaces that stand together
00:06:17.580 in affirming the safety, dignity, and belonging of all of our residents.
00:06:22.620 By extending this protection beyond city-owned land,
00:06:25.880 the order builds a broad civic shield that limits the reach of harmful enforcement practices.
00:06:32.820 The White House responding in a statement,
00:06:35.200 quote,
00:06:35.340 The White House then listing eight illegal aliens arrested in recent days
00:06:55.120 and their alleged offenses,
00:06:57.220 including aggravated criminal sexual assault,
00:07:00.080 concealing homicidal death,
00:07:02.180 armed carjacking,
00:07:03.440 and failure to register as a sex offender.
00:07:07.800 Today, marking two years since Hamas terrorists launched a devastating attack on Israel,
00:07:14.040 killing 1,200 and taking around 250 hostage,
00:07:17.860 including American citizens.
00:07:19.440 The terrorists storming a music festival,
00:07:22.800 gunning down young revelers in cold blood.
00:07:25.980 To this day, 48 hostages remain in captivity.
00:07:29.340 Only 20 are believed to be alive, according to the BBC.
00:07:33.000 A few weeks later, Israel began its full-scale invasion of Gaza,
00:07:37.280 destroying tunnels and buildings in pursuit of ending Hamas's control of the region once and for all.
00:07:43.260 It's nearly impossible to get a true death toll.
00:07:45.820 The Palestinian Ministry of Health, a Hamas-run organization,
00:07:50.320 claims more than 60,000 have been killed in the war.
00:07:54.040 Even if that number were true, however,
00:07:56.440 we know it makes no distinction between civilians and militants.
00:08:00.380 What we do know is tens of thousands have been killed.
00:08:04.220 On Monday, Israeli and Hamas officials meeting at an Egyptian resort
00:08:08.240 to hammer out the final details of a peace deal proposed by the Trump administration.
00:08:12.640 The 20-point plan unveiled at the White House last week.
00:08:16.260 More on that in a moment.
00:08:17.700 News of the deal comes as American support for Israel's war is on a downward trend.
00:08:22.340 A new Washington Post poll showing 61% of American Jews
00:08:26.040 believe Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza.
00:08:29.320 Nearly 40% say Israel is committing a genocide.
00:08:32.980 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also losing popularity among American Jews,
00:08:37.860 68% rating his performance as either poor or only fair.
00:08:42.840 However, 94% of American Jews simultaneously say Hamas has committed war crimes against Israel,
00:08:48.940 with 68% blaming Hamas for civilian deaths in Gaza.
00:08:52.920 A new Pew Research poll showing 59% of U.S. adults
00:08:56.740 hold an unfavorable opinion of the Israeli government.
00:09:00.360 That's up from 51% in early 2024.
00:09:03.660 33% say the U.S. is providing too much military assistance to Israel,
00:09:08.140 as opposed to 8% who say it's not enough.
00:09:10.480 A New York Times poll last week showing American support for Israel has, quote,
00:09:15.040 undergone a seismic reversal,
00:09:17.360 with large shares of voters expressing starkly negative views about Israel's management of the war.
00:09:23.600 Six out of ten saying Israel should end its military campaign,
00:09:27.300 even if the hostages are not released.
00:09:29.480 Nearly seven in ten younger voters oppose additional aid to Israel.
00:09:34.900 Republicans are still Israel's strongest supporters,
00:09:37.880 though their support has dropped 12 points since the war began.
00:09:41.860 On Friday, Hamas partially accepting Mr. Trump's proposal,
00:09:46.180 agreeing to release the hostages while calling for further negotiations on other elements of the deal.
00:09:52.100 Axios reporting on a Friday call between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
00:09:56.260 Mr. Netanyahu reportedly characterized the response as a rejection of the plan.
00:10:02.320 President Trump reportedly replying, quote,
00:10:04.580 I don't know why you're always so effing negative.
00:10:07.200 This is a win. Take it.
00:10:09.400 By Saturday, the prime minister publicly taking credit for the deal.
00:10:13.420 Secretary of State Marco Rubio Sunday on Meet the Press elaborating on details of the ongoing negotiations in Egypt.
00:10:20.180 Now, we need to work through the logistics of how that's going to happen.
00:10:23.660 I mean, and again, that sounds simplistic, but it's not just about you got to make sure that there's no fighting going on.
00:10:28.480 You have to make sure the Red Cross can get there, what time they're going to be there, where they're going to be.
00:10:32.080 All of that has to be worked through.
00:10:33.460 And that's not easy in the middle of an active war zone.
00:10:36.300 That has to be de-escalated.
00:10:37.900 And that's exactly what they're meeting about right now.
00:10:39.900 I mean, that's what the talks are about.
00:10:41.760 That's what the high level talks are going to be in Cairo tomorrow.
00:10:44.180 Mr. Secretary, they could be released this week.
00:10:46.240 Our expectation, yeah, we want it to be as soon as possible.
00:10:50.160 There's no doubt about it.
00:10:50.980 We want it as soon as possible.
00:10:52.440 It needs to happen as quickly as possible.
00:10:54.360 And we will know very quickly whether Hamas is serious or not by how these technical talks go in terms of the logistics.
00:10:59.940 But absolutely, we want these hostages, all of them, living and deceased, released as soon as possible.
00:11:05.720 CNN reporting the talks are expected to last a few days, with mediators from the U.S., Qatar, Egypt and Turkey also participating.
00:11:13.100 On Sunday, President Trump telling reporters he believes the war could be ended within a few days, texting with CNN's Jake Tapper, saying if Hamas does not refuse to cede power in Gaza, it faces, quote, complete obliteration.
00:11:29.020 Coming up, big changes coming to CBS News as parent company Paramount announces a new editor-in-chief for its news division.
00:11:36.840 And Ghislaine Maxwell reaches the end of the road in her legal challenge to overturn her criminal conviction.
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00:12:59.300 CBS News parent company Paramount on Monday announcing a $150 million deal to acquire independent news and opinion site The Free Press, founded by Barry Weiss, who is also stepping into the role of editor-in-chief of CBS News.
00:13:18.120 Weiss left her post as a columnist and editor at The New York Times in 2020, publishing a letter lambasting her colleagues and the institution itself.
00:13:26.700 Quote, a new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at this paper, that truth is not a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job it is to inform everyone else.
00:13:42.060 Weiss then founding The Free Press, growing it into a newsletter it says has more than 1.5 million subscribers, with approximately 170,000 paying subscribers.
00:13:52.100 On Monday, Weiss addressing the deal on her Honestly podcast, explaining why she is returning to legacy media after publicly swearing it off.
00:14:00.960 I was raised to be a believer in the institutions that built America and that made sense of it.
00:14:07.400 Our universities, book publishers, movie studios, and yes, newspaper companies that forge public opinion for the entirety of my grandparents' and parents' lives.
00:14:16.920 But what I found five years ago is that the most important public conversations were happening outside of those places.
00:14:24.700 So much has changed since then.
00:14:26.640 As the gatekeepers of the mainstream have failed one after another, an explosion took place across the media landscape.
00:14:34.180 Incredible new voices came to the fore.
00:14:36.720 Personalities and influencers have overtaken 100-year-old journalism brands in only a few years.
00:14:42.240 This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that allows us to do just that.
00:14:46.700 It gives the free press a chance to help reshape a storied media organization, to help guide CBS News into a future that honors those great American values that underpin the free press and the best of American journalism.
00:15:00.560 And in doing so, to bring our mission to millions of people.
00:15:05.160 Chairman and CEO of Paramount, David Ellison, releasing a statement, quote,
00:15:08.840 This move is part of Paramount's bigger vision to modernize content and the way it connects, directly and passionately, to audiences around the world.
00:15:17.900 CBS News struggling in recent years with declining ratings and internal battles fueled by ideological infighting.
00:15:24.840 CBS Morning's consistently trailing behind its competitors on ABC and NBC as the show's programming, reportedly heavily influenced by self-declared astronaut Gayle King, leans into heavily progressive themes.
00:15:38.840 Earlier this year, Paramount agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit, with President Trump over a 60 Minutes interview, Mr. Trump says was deceptively edited to favor then-Vice President Harris in the lead-up to the 2024 election.
00:15:53.060 But let's face it, that was the least of 60 Minutes and CBS News' bias problems.
00:15:58.780 Paramount also agreeing to install an ombudsman and committing to ensuring, quote,
00:16:04.020 Viewpoint diversity, nondiscrimination, and enhanced localism in its coverage, as part of its bid to gain approval for a multibillion-dollar merger with Skydance earlier this year.
00:16:14.760 What they're going to do about being an absolute bore, we don't yet know.
00:16:18.400 Media reporter for The Guardian, Jeremy Barr, posting to X about internal reactions to Weiss's new position, quote,
00:16:25.580 Several CBS News employees I have spoken with said they are in wait-and-see mode.
00:16:30.920 One was more blunt.
00:16:32.300 A throwing-up emoji is not enough of a reflection of the feelings in here.
00:16:37.640 Good luck to our pal Barry as she enters the snake pit that is corporate legacy media.
00:16:43.320 The Supreme Court on Monday bringing final closure to Ghislaine Maxwell's attempt to get her criminal conviction tossed, declining to hear her appeal.
00:16:53.920 Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and confidant convicted in the Southern District of New York in 2021
00:16:58.600 sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 for her role in sexually abusing minors with the disgraced financier.
00:17:06.940 The court's decision likely marking the end of the legal road for Maxwell, meaning clemency is the only path to early release.
00:17:14.620 Maxwell appealing several aspects of her conviction, her argument resting largely on a highly unusual and equally controversial 2008 plea deal
00:17:23.120 between Jeffrey Epstein and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
00:17:27.980 The terms of that agreement allowing Epstein to plead guilty to two state charges,
00:17:33.360 one count of soliciting prostitution and one count of soliciting prostitution from a minor,
00:17:38.640 which is not a thing.
00:17:40.020 That's called statutory rape.
00:17:42.220 Anyway, they allowed that in exchange for avoiding federal charges against him.
00:17:46.840 The deal also barring future prosecution of Epstein and, quote, potential co-conspirators.
00:17:53.200 Maxwell's attorneys arguing that meant her.
00:17:55.620 However, contending Epstein's Florida plea deal should have barred Maxwell's later prosecution in New York.
00:18:01.280 The Second Circuit Court of Appeals not buying it, writing, quote,
00:18:04.480 It is well established in our circuit that a plea agreement binds only the office of the U.S. attorney for the district
00:18:11.020 in which the plea is entered unless it affirmatively appears that the agreement contemplates a broader restriction.
00:18:18.300 In July, Maxwell meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche over two days,
00:18:23.060 speaking about what she observed during her time with Epstein,
00:18:27.040 who officials say died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial.
00:18:32.020 Following that meeting, Maxwell was moved to a lower security prison in Texas,
00:18:36.860 an apparent concession for her cooperation with no official reason given for the move.
00:18:42.200 The meeting arranged amid public outcry over the handling of the Epstein case.
00:18:46.240 Despite Maxwell's cooperation with Blanche and her legal team's public musings about hopes for a pardon,
00:18:53.080 the Trump DOJ continuously fighting against Maxwell's attempts to overturn her conviction.
00:18:58.540 Maxwell's attorney, David Oscar Marcus, saying, quote,
00:19:01.660 This fight is not over.
00:19:03.180 Serious legal and factual issues remain,
00:19:05.780 and we will continue to pursue every avenue available to ensure that justice is done.
00:19:10.300 And that'll do it for your AM update.
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