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00:00:00.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jashinski, host of After Party and the Megyn Kelly Wrap-Up
00:00:06.640 Show on Sirius XM Channel 111. It's Thursday, September 17th, 2026, and this is your AM
00:00:12.600 Update.
00:00:13.500 It's a publicity stunt by someone who wants attention. It will immediately be tabled,
00:00:17.560 of course.
00:00:18.400 House lawmakers heading home early, delaying Congressman Thomas Massey's surprise effort
00:00:22.740 to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth until after the midterms.
00:00:26.660 We've just received the confirmation that, in fact, News Chopper 4 went down just before 7 o'clock tonight in Chatsworth.
00:00:34.940 An L.A. newsroom realizing in real time that the helicopter crash they were covering had claimed the lives of their own colleagues.
00:00:42.260 Soros-backed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner referred to the Justice Department,
00:00:47.340 a federal judge finding evidence he and a top deputy may have pressured prosecutors to deceive the court.
00:00:53.000 and Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg reportedly retreating from the spotlight after suffering
00:00:57.880 a crushing defeat in his first run for Congress. All that and more coming up in just a moment on
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00:01:55.580 and consider telling Congress to guard your card. House Speaker Mike Johnson abruptly sending
00:02:03.000 lawmakers home a day early for their pre-election recess, delaying action on outgoing Congressman
00:02:08.360 Thomas Massey's surprise effort to impeach War Secretary Pete Hegseth until after the midterms.
00:02:14.260 Congressman Massey, Republican from Kentucky who lost his primary earlier this year,
00:02:18.780 caught Republican leaders off guard Tuesday by introducing eight articles of impeachment
00:02:23.180 against Hegseth, the congressman centering his case on Hegseth's management of the war with Iran.
00:02:29.580 Secretary Hegseth directed and caused United States Armed Forces to be introduced into
00:02:34.780 hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, notwithstanding that, one, Congress had not
00:02:41.660 declared war against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Two, Congress had not enacted any specific
00:02:47.640 statutory authorization for the introduction of United States armed forces into hostilities
00:02:52.720 against the Islamic Republic of Iran. And three, no national emergency had been created by an attack
00:02:58.940 by the Islamic Republic of Iran upon the United States, its territories, or possessions, or its
00:03:05.400 armed forces. The allegations extending beyond Iran, Congressman Massey also accusing Secretary
00:03:11.240 Hegseth of abusing his authority during the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas
00:03:16.080 Maduro, characterizing the military operation as the kidnapping of a foreign leader under the
00:03:21.440 pretext of drug enforcement. The congressman telling CNN on Tuesday he deliberately kept
00:03:26.840 the resolution secret from GOP leadership, fearing they would interfere before he could
00:03:31.300 read the articles on the House floor. Congressman Massey designating the resolution as privileged,
00:03:36.740 requiring the House to address it within two legislative days.
00:03:40.580 Republican leadership then canceling today's scheduled votes,
00:03:43.900 effectively pausing the procedural clock until lawmakers return.
00:03:47.920 The House taking its final votes last night before beginning a roughly seven-week recess,
00:03:53.260 members not expected back in Washington until November 9th.
00:03:57.200 Congressman Massey writing on X quote,
00:03:58.960 And there it is. Just as I predicted,
00:04:01.580 they're canceling Congress tomorrow to avoid the vote on impeaching Secretary Hegseth.
00:04:06.280 Speaker Johnson denied to reporters that the schedule change was designed to protect Secretary Hegseth,
00:04:12.080 dismissing Massey's resolution as a stunt.
00:04:15.040 It's a publicity stunt by someone who wants attention.
00:04:17.340 It will immediately be tabled, of course, but we probably won't do that today.
00:04:22.180 We'll probably do it when we come back.
00:04:23.460 But it's a stunt.
00:04:25.120 Secretary Hegseth has done an extraordinary job, the Department of War.
00:04:28.400 We're in the middle of international conflicts right now, and we should not be playing games with national security.
00:04:33.160 A motion to table allowing lawmakers to kill Massey's resolution without holding an up-or-down vote on whether to impeach Secretary Hegseth.
00:04:41.880 Tucker Carlson, a friend of Congressman Massey's, asked if he supports the impeachment effort on last night's episode of After Party.
00:04:48.800 I would support, in fact, demand an apology from the head of that department and from the President of the United States for murdering a bunch of little girls who had nothing to do with anything.
00:04:58.760 And everyone's willing to accept that horrible things happen in war, probably why you shouldn't initiate them in the first place.
00:05:04.880 But when they do happen, you have to apologize for them or else you're evil.
00:05:09.080 Super simple.
00:05:10.380 Carlson referring to the February strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing more than 160 people, most of them children.
00:05:19.020 A preliminary U.S. military investigation reportedly finding American forces were likely responsible.
00:05:24.500 The incident now cited in Congressman Massey's impeachment resolution.
00:05:28.760 Three people killed when a television news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles Tuesday evening,
00:05:35.500 including the reporter and pilot aboard the aircraft and a pedestrian on the ground.
00:05:39.860 The helicopter providing aerial coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 when it went down shortly before 7pm in the Chatsworth neighborhood.
00:05:49.300 Aerial reporter and photojournalist Eliana Moreno and veteran pilot George Marcino killed in the crash,
00:05:55.400 along with 29-year-old Edie Gutierrez Mejia, who was in the parking lot below.
00:06:00.840 Moreno and Marcinot worked for Angel City Air, which owned and operated the aircraft.
00:06:06.240 The crew had been hovering near the scene of an earlier collision between an SUV and a Metro bus,
00:06:10.980 an accident that killed two people and injured six others.
00:06:14.520 The helicopter coming down between two commercial buildings,
00:06:17.680 sparking a fire that burned at least four additional vehicles and two storage containers.
00:06:22.560 Two additional people were taken to the hospital.
00:06:25.400 The cause remains unknown.
00:06:27.520 Video transmitted from the helicopter capturing a warning alarm
00:06:30.400 as the aircraft began rapidly losing altitude.
00:06:33.400 Moreno heard asking Marcineau whether he could pull up moments before the feed ended.
00:06:38.720 The tragedy then unfolding in real time on NBC4.
00:06:42.280 Reporter Robert Kovacek reporting only yards from the wreckage,
00:06:45.860 unaware that the helicopter belonged to his own station.
00:06:49.100 It's a chopper?
00:06:49.940 Yes, it made a chopper.
00:06:50.820 Are you okay? It's not you guys, is it?
00:06:54.000 I don't know. Hey, it's me. You know me from Adrian. I don't know. I don't know.
00:06:58.860 We're hearing that it's a chopper down. We're hearing it is a chopper down.
00:07:02.400 And honestly, I just saw. I just saw a colleague of mine from another from from ABC in tears and concern.
00:07:13.000 We don't know where the chopper is from. We don't know if it even is a chopper.
00:07:16.880 We don't know if it's a news chopper. We are just looking right now. What are you hearing?
00:07:21.260 Okay, so Zee and I, my husband and I saw it. We think it's a 7. I'm not sure. Don't quote me on it. I think it's an Air 7.
00:07:29.100 Did you see what happened?
00:07:30.360 Yeah, it came and it was for the accident that was on DeSoto and Nordoff, and it came and I think it just slammed into the building, but we don't know why.
00:07:41.300 As Kvasek worked to determine whose helicopter had crashed in the studio, long-time NBC4 anchor Colleen Williams beginning to reach the devastating conclusion on the air.
00:07:51.260 We know that our chopper was out there to cover a story. We know we've lost contact with them.
00:07:58.620 And we know that there is a chopper down in a parking lot with no survivors at this point,
00:08:04.780 it appears. So it doesn't take much to piece all that information together.
00:08:10.540 Williams receiving the official confirmation a short time later.
00:08:14.000 We've just received the confirmation that, in fact, News Chopper 4
00:08:17.720 went down just before seven o'clock tonight in Chatsworth. And we're going to take a couple of
00:08:25.200 minutes to think about that, to process and to regroup. But in the meantime, if anything should
00:08:31.880 happen, if there is a news conference, if there is anything, we will break into program and bring
00:08:37.780 it to you. The newsroom returning to the air Wednesday morning, remembering Moreno for the
00:08:42.340 unmistakable enthusiasm she brought to every report and Marcineau for the decades he spent
00:08:47.200 flying above Los Angeles. This morning, we really want to take time to reflect on the tragedy that
00:08:52.320 has touched all of us so deeply. We've been talking about it late last night, early this
00:08:57.280 morning, these overnight hours. And Eliana, we were talking about this morning up in the newsroom
00:09:02.140 as we prepare to show you pictures of Eliana and George. What I'm going to miss most about her and
00:09:07.400 what really stood out to me was her passion and her enthusiasm. Every time you heard her voice,
00:09:13.600 I mean, she was gung-ho. She loved what she did.
00:09:17.280 You could tell there was so much passion and that she loved her job.
00:09:21.040 And what can you say about George that when you thought about News Chopper 4,
00:09:24.520 you thought about George who was so respected within the community as a pilot,
00:09:29.760 but also just as a colleague, somebody that has a legacy and has been here in L.A. for so long.
00:09:34.900 Moreno joining Angel City Air after graduating from Chapman University in 2010,
00:09:39.420 eventually becoming the familiar voice of aerial coverage on both NBC4 and Telemundo 52.
00:09:45.000 Marcineau bringing more than 30 years of flying experience to the job,
00:09:48.680 while also training other pilots as a flight instructor.
00:09:52.000 The pair had flown hundreds of hours together since 2023, according to NBC4.
00:09:57.040 The NTSB leading the investigation alongside the FAA.
00:10:00.920 Investigators arriving at the scene yesterday to begin determining what caused the helicopter to go down.
00:10:06.740 L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, responding to the accident, quote,
00:10:09.760 Our hearts are with those impacted by the bus collision and the helicopter crash,
00:10:13.920 and with the entire community who lost members of their team while they were doing their job.
00:10:19.580 Coming up, a murder appeal, an alleged cover-up, and possible federal crimes.
00:10:24.400 The mounting legal trouble now facing progressive prosecutor from Philadelphia, Larry Krasner.
00:10:30.120 And Kennedy-era Jack Schlossberg, reportedly whisked away to Martha's Vineyard by his family
00:10:34.680 following his crushing congressional defeat.
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00:11:46.440 George Soros-backed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and top deputy Matthew
00:11:50.780 Stiegler now facing the possibility of a federal criminal investigation.
00:11:54.640 A judge finding evidence they may have pressured their subordinates to deceive the court during a convicted murderer's appeal.
00:12:01.740 Krasner emerging as one of the country's best-known progressive prosecutors after a political action committee funded by liberal billionaire George Soros spent nearly $1.7 million supporting his first campaign.
00:12:13.100 His office adopting policies against prosecuting certain lower-level crimes and seeking cash bail in many lower-level cases, fueling years of criticism over his approach to crime and punishment.
00:12:22.940 The latest controversy centering on Dennis Johnson, convicted of second-degree murder
00:12:27.660 in 2009 for the killing of Kenyatta Smith and sentenced to life in prison.
00:12:32.800 Johnson later asking a federal court to overturn his conviction, arguing his trial attorney
00:12:37.260 provided ineffective representation.
00:12:40.080 Stiegler allegedly deciding the office would support Johnson's appeal before conducting 0.99
00:12:44.080 an independent investigation, then assigning the case to Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline
00:12:49.340 Mason, whose previous legal experience involved patents and trademarks rather than criminal
00:12:54.060 litigation. Mason filing a brief in 2022 under Stiegler's direction, agreeing that Johnson's
00:13:00.200 conviction should be overturned. Stiegler reportedly forcing Mason to use information
00:13:04.740 from the Innocence Project, a group seeking to overturn Johnson's conviction. If it's good
00:13:09.780 enough for the Innocence Project, Stiegler allegedly said. Mason also testifying that
00:13:14.480 Stiegler colluded with Johnson's defense attorneys to develop the legal theories to
00:13:18.460 get the case tossed. Four other senior prosecutors inside Krasner's office re-examining Mason's
00:13:24.040 filing years later as the case headed toward a hearing before George W. Bush-appointed federal
00:13:28.560 judge Paul Diamond. Those prosecutors discovering serious factual errors in Mason's filing,
00:13:34.360 then moving to withdraw it from the court. Stiegler allegedly attempting to place the
00:13:38.720 entire blame on Mason, proposing that her other cases be searched for mistakes so she could be 0.99
00:13:43.300 portrayed to the court as a rogue prosecutor with a pattern of filing inaccurate information.
00:13:49.280 Krasner allegedly joining that effort, then warning the four senior prosecutors of, quote,
00:13:53.780 consequences if they disclosed Stiegler's conflict to the judge. Diamond holding evidentiary hearings
00:13:59.940 into what happened inside the DA's office, ultimately crediting Mason and the four
00:14:04.120 prosecutors who uncovered the errors. The judge describing Stiegler's testimony as, quote,
00:14:08.900 contradictory, evasive, and at times outright dishonest. Diamond finding that Stiegler may
00:14:14.840 have committed perjury, and that Krasner and Stiegler may have tried to manufacture a false
00:14:19.540 narrative intended to shield Stiegler and protect the DA's office. The judge concluding their
00:14:25.200 alleged conduct could also amount to obstruction of justice and conspiracy. Diamond now removing
00:14:30.640 Krasner and Stiegler from the Johnson case, referring both men and the Philadelphia District
00:14:35.100 Attorney's Office to the U.S. Attorney for investigation and any other appropriate action.
00:14:41.060 The referral not amounting to criminal charges. Federal prosecutors now responsible for deciding
00:14:46.340 whether to open an investigation, present evidence to a grand jury, or pursue charges.
00:14:51.740 Krasner releasing a statement, quote, I respectfully and vigorously disagree with
00:14:55.800 the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. I look forward to appealing to the
00:15:00.220 higher court as soon as the law allows. Johnson's attempt to overturn his murder conviction
00:15:05.240 remaining on hold. The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office permitted to continue
00:15:09.420 handling the matter, though Krasner and Stiegler may have no further involvement.
00:15:14.840 Former congressional candidate and only grandson of President John F. Kennedy,
00:15:18.920 Jack Schlossberg, retreating from the spotlight after his first run for Congress,
00:15:22.960 ended in a crushing third-place finish. Schlossberg finishing a distant third
00:15:27.660 in June's Democratic primary for New York's 12th congressional district,
00:15:31.740 receiving just 10.8% of the vote, compared to winner Micah Lasher's 39%.
00:15:36.680 Daily Mail sources claiming Schlossberg was convinced he would win,
00:15:41.120 making it all the more painful when he failed to carry even his own Chelsea neighborhood.
00:15:45.880 Sources now telling the Mail Schlossberg has rarely been spotted at his Manhattan apartment
00:15:49.980 in recent weeks, prompting questions among neighbors about where he went.
00:15:54.120 His family reportedly concerned about leaving him isolated after such a public defeat,
00:15:58.680 bringing him to Martha's Vineyard to recover outside the glare of New York politics.
00:16:02.800 The report echoing a separate account earlier this month from the New York Daily News,
00:16:06.720 describing Schlossberg as, quote, down in the dumps since the election.
00:16:10.580 His friends apparently responding with a rather ambitious recovery plan,
00:16:14.140 reportedly trying to connect him with newly single Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
00:16:20.120 in the hopes of producing either a professional opportunity or a romantic one.
00:16:25.400 Schlossberg telling the New York Post he respects the congresswoman
00:16:28.040 but believes she, quote, can do way better than him.
00:16:31.040 Political allies also telling the Daily News
00:16:33.100 they imagine a future for Schlossberg inside a Democrat White House,
00:16:37.040 suggesting he could potentially run a blue administration's social media operation.
00:16:41.560 Schlossberg attracting attention long before his campaign
00:16:44.400 through a stream of bizarre and sometimes cruel videos,
00:16:47.720 at times targeting members of his own family.
00:16:50.120 One post mocking the voice disorder affecting his cousin, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
00:16:55.680 Hey, everybody. I'm trying to figure out the right president to get Donald Trump for the inauguration.
00:17:04.560 So I found a really rare animal and killed it, and I'm going to give it to him.
00:17:10.820 Schlossberg source disputing any suggestion that he has completely withdrawn,
00:17:15.000 telling the Daily Mail he has made several trips back to New York for meetings about his political future
00:17:19.200 and the upcoming midterms.
00:17:23.540 That'll do it for your AM update.
00:17:25.180 I'm Emily Drushinsky, host of Afterparty.
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