The Megyn Kelly Show - April 09, 2026


Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon Questions, ＂Terrifying＂ New AI, Missing Mom in Bahamas： AM Update 4⧸9


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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Thursday, April 9th,
00:00:36.340 2026. And this is your AM update. The president's been very clear. The deal is
00:00:41.700 a ceasefire, a negotiation. That's what we give. And what they give is the straits are
00:00:46.460 going to be reopened. Amid conflicting claims about conditions on the ground,
00:00:50.260 U.S. negotiators prepare for in-person talks with the Iranians as a fragile ceasefire hangs
00:00:56.480 in the balance. A powerful new AI tool raising serious security concerns. The Democratic
00:01:02.920 candidate currently leading in the California governor's race has a known history of being
00:01:07.100 predatory towards women. With unverified allegations about sexual misconduct swirling
00:01:12.320 online, Democrat candidate for governor of California Eric Swalwell is speaking out.
00:01:17.500 And an American woman missing in the Bahamas. Her husband says she fell overboard. Her daughter
00:01:23.780 doubts his story. Late last night, a big break in the case. All that and more coming up in just a
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00:02:44.700 show. The fragile ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and Iran holding for now, but already
00:02:53.000 under strain, raising serious doubts about whether it will last. One major sticking point, whether
00:02:58.560 Lebanon is part of the deal. The U.S. and Israel say it's not. Israel continuing strikes tied to
00:03:05.400 its campaign against Hezbollah, insisting Lebanon was never included, a position backed by the U.S.
00:03:12.500 Yesterday, Israel launching a wave of airstrikes, hitting more than 100 Hezbollah command centers,
00:03:18.060 reports the BBC. Iran insisting Lebanon must be included in the ceasefire and was.
00:03:24.860 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi posting to X, quote,
00:03:28.520 The Iran-U.S. ceasefire terms are clear and explicit. The U.S. must choose ceasefire or
00:03:35.060 continued war via Israel. It cannot have both. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is
00:03:40.640 watching whether it will act on its commitments. Pakistan, which helped broker the ceasefire,
00:03:46.520 also says Lebanon was to be a part of the deal and said so from the first moment its prime
00:03:52.360 minister announced the deal quite publicly Tuesday evening. Vice President J.D. Vance
00:03:57.360 addressing the disagreement yesterday before departing a diplomatic trip to Hungary.
00:04:01.880 I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians
00:04:06.060 thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't. We never made that promise. We
00:04:11.540 never indicated that was going to be the case. What we said is that the ceasefire would be focused
00:04:15.800 on Iran, and the ceasefire would be focused on America's allies, both Israel and the Gulf Arab
00:04:20.540 states. Now, that said, the Israelis, as I understand it, again, I'm supposed to get a
00:04:25.400 fuller report when I get on the plane, have actually offered to be, frankly, to check
00:04:31.900 themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is
00:04:36.260 successful. That's not because that is part of the ceasefire. But look, if Iran wants to let
00:04:42.600 this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which
00:04:48.480 has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire,
00:04:53.720 that's ultimately their choice. Meanwhile, another critical question, whether the Strait of Hormuz
00:04:58.800 is actually open. Early yesterday, Iranian state media announcing the strait was closing once again
00:05:05.260 due to those Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt yesterday from the
00:05:10.860 White House on that reporting. Well, with respect to the first reporting out of Iranian state media,
00:05:16.260 the president was made aware of those reports before I came to the podium. That is completely
00:05:21.220 unacceptable. And again, this is a case of what they're saying publicly is different privately.
00:05:25.140 We have seen an uptick of traffic in the strait today, and I will reiterate the president's expectation and demand that the Strait of Hormuz is reopened immediately, quickly and safely.
00:05:37.240 That is his expectation. It has been relayed to him privately that that is what's taking place, and these reports publicly are false.
00:05:44.520 Reality on the ground, less certain. Available shipping data shows traffic remains extremely limited.
00:05:50.340 According to the AP, citing data from shipping intelligence company Windward,
00:05:55.700 just 11 vessels passing through the strait yesterday, roughly the same as recent days before the ceasefire.
00:06:02.300 Windward reporting that all ships are required to coordinate passage with Iran,
00:06:06.400 who is charging tolls of up to $1 per barrel of oil shipped.
00:06:11.140 Otherwise, the carriers risk attack.
00:06:13.720 Vice President Vance yesterday making it clear the ceasefire hinges on the strait remaining open for business.
00:06:19.360 Well, we've already seen an increase in traffic today. Hopefully we'll see an increase in traffic tomorrow.
00:06:24.740 We actually think that we are seeing signs that the straits are starting to reopen.
00:06:28.380 I think you guys have probably seen oil prices have come down.
00:06:30.820 So I think the oil markets, the gas markets are seeing the same thing.
00:06:34.200 But the president's very clear. The deal is a ceasefire, a negotiation.
00:06:39.080 That's what we give. And what they give is the straits are going to be reopened.
00:06:42.460 If we don't see that happening, the president is not going to abide by our terms if the Iranians are not abiding by their terms.
00:06:48.180 Mr. Vance, along with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner,
00:06:53.540 set to travel to Pakistan this weekend for talks with Iran.
00:06:57.440 Those discussions set for Saturday morning local time, at least for now.
00:07:01.480 Vice President Vance was originally slated to go as well,
00:07:04.140 but President Trump suggesting he might not, allegedly due to security concerns.
00:07:10.500 AI company Anthropic, the company behind the popular program Claude,
00:07:15.120 developing a new internal system called Claude Mythos that they say is so advanced at writing
00:07:21.760 computer code, it has inadvertently become an expert at hacking, meaning it could pose a
00:07:27.320 cybersecurity risk if it falls into the wrong hands. Anthropic is so concerned about what the
00:07:33.000 company has built, it is choosing not to release the software publicly, warning it could be
00:07:38.340 weaponized by bad actors. AI automation expert and content creator Nate Herc breaking it down
00:07:44.540 in plain terms on his YouTube channel. So what is Claude Mythos? It's a new model that Anthropic
00:07:49.880 has been developing internally. A lot of us heard about this during that Claude code leak. But think
00:07:54.520 of this as the next generation of Claude, their most capable model yet. And the thing that really
00:07:59.240 caught my attention is they didn't train it to be a hacker. They trained it to just be really,
00:08:03.100 really good at writing code. And being really good at code made it really good at breaking code.
00:08:08.180 And that happened all on its own. It's like training someone to be the world's best locksmith.
00:08:11.880 You don't teach them to break into houses, but now that they understand locks so well, they easily could go break into almost any house.
00:08:18.180 And that skill just came free.
00:08:20.080 In just a matter of weeks, Mythos discovering more software bugs than many human programmers find in an entire career.
00:08:27.500 Among the examples, it identified a flaw in OpenBSD, a highly secure operating system often used to protect firewalls and critical infrastructure.
00:08:37.240 A bug that could allow someone to crash a system remotely just by connecting to it missed for nearly three decades.
00:08:45.700 Mythos showing it can combine multiple small bugs inside the core software that powers much of the internet,
00:08:52.460 effectively linking them together to move the user from basic access to full control of a machine.
00:08:59.640 These examples just scratching the surface of what Mythos reportedly can do.
00:09:03.580 It can find and potentially exploit software weaknesses across the systems that power billions
00:09:09.420 of devices worldwide, according to the company. Anthropic partnering with 12 companies rather
00:09:15.100 than releasing it publicly, allowing them to utilize Claude Mythos to identify bugs
00:09:19.860 within their own systems in order to strengthen their own security.
00:09:23.960 That list including companies like Amazon Web Services, Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft,
00:09:29.200 and NVIDIA, major tech and security companies that power, connect, speed up, and protect the
00:09:34.500 internet. Anthropic also says it is in ongoing discussions with the U.S. government about
00:09:40.300 Claude Mythos' capabilities. Oh, great. Anthropic explaining the goal of the project in a video
00:09:46.520 on its YouTube channel. We partner with a number of the organizations that power some of the world's
00:09:52.080 most critical code to put the model into their hands, to allow them to look at how they can use
00:09:57.640 models like this to bring down risk and protect everyone.
00:10:00.840 And by giving these software developers advanced tools before anyone else, it gives all of
00:10:09.040 us a collective head start.
00:10:10.880 It allows us to find things that we couldn't find before, and it helps us fix these things
00:10:17.280 much more quickly.
00:10:19.480 For a developer who tirelessly maintains software, a model that can help them discover
00:10:24.880 vulnerabilities in their own code and fix them before they can be exploited, that is an invaluable
00:10:32.380 tool. We've spoken to officials across the U.S. government, and we've offered to work with them
00:10:37.240 and collaborate to assess the risks of these models and to help defend against the risks
00:10:42.680 of these models. Everything that we do in our lives now depends on software.
00:10:47.880 Claude creator Boris Cherney releasing a statement, quote,
00:10:51.020 Mythos is very powerful and should feel terrifying.
00:10:55.020 I am proud of our approach to responsibly preview it with cyber defenders.
00:11:00.040 Huh.
00:11:02.040 Coming up, U.S. Congressman Eric Swalwell pushing back on a growing online rumor about
00:11:07.560 accusations of sexual misconduct.
00:11:10.520 And an American woman goes missing in the Bahamas.
00:11:13.880 The husband says she fell overboard.
00:11:16.320 His stepdaughter has some doubts.
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00:12:38.380 Democrat congressman and candidate for governor of California Eric Swalwell responding to
00:12:45.740 unverified but rapidly spreading allegations of sexual misconduct as the gubernatorial primary
00:12:52.020 is now just months away. The claims first gaining traction online, pushed by Democratic activist and
00:12:58.560 former Capitol Hill staffer Cheyenne Hunt, who alleges Swalwell has a pattern of making
00:13:03.800 inappropriate advances toward young women, including staff and interns. Hunt posting a
00:13:09.320 video last week speaking to the camera in front of a superimposed background containing a screenshot
00:13:15.180 of a text message she says is from someone who used to work for the congressman. The text message
00:13:20.280 reading, quote, you know, Eric Swalwell has slept with many of his interns and makes them all sign
00:13:25.820 NDAs so they don't speak up, right? And when I was 19, he tried hitting on me and sliding into my
00:13:32.000 DMs. And I have so many other friends that have similar experiences with him. Hunt says there's
00:13:37.640 more where that comes from. The Democratic candidate currently leading in the California
00:13:41.580 governor's race has a known history of being predatory towards women. And while it may be
00:13:45.960 seen as politically expedient to sweep this under the rug, it is the wrong thing to do. And we know
00:13:51.200 it. This message that I received yesterday is not unique. I have received others and there are many
00:13:56.160 women who have reached out to other political commentators and to reporters with their stories.
00:14:00.680 This particular message follows the same pattern as the other allegations currently circulating.
00:14:05.840 Having this conversation or publicly acknowledging it may feel like aligning with Trump,
00:14:09.980 but that is not the truth. It is aligning with women.
00:14:13.360 Swalwell's spokesperson, Mika Beasley, telling Politico, quote,
00:14:16.700 this false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before an election begins
00:14:21.760 by flailing opponents who have sadly teamed up with MAGA conspiracy theorists
00:14:26.760 because they know Eric Swalwell is the frontrunner in this race.
00:14:30.680 Beasley adding that in more than a decade in office, no staffer has ever been asked to sign
00:14:35.560 an NDA and not a single ethics complaint has ever been filed. Swalwell himself now addressing the
00:14:41.440 claims head on, flatly denying any inappropriate behavior Tuesday on local outlet KCRA.
00:14:47.980 Did you ever behave inappropriately with female staffers?
00:14:51.560 No, no, it's false. And also, you know, some of the allegations I've seen, which is that
00:14:56.100 And we've had NDAs in the office and never there's never been an allegation and there's never been a settlement.
00:15:02.940 And, you know, I will also just take stock that, look, we're we're 27 days before an election starts.
00:15:10.180 Why address it? If there are Internet rumors, why even come out and address this?
00:15:13.720 Yeah, I don't want there to be any question.
00:15:16.440 Elsewhere in the California governor's race, President Trump officially endorsing Republican Steve Hilton on Monday, writing on X, quote,
00:15:23.720 He is a truly fine man, one who has watched as this once great state has gone to hell.
00:15:29.660 Gavin Newsom and the Democrats have done an absolutely horrendous job.
00:15:33.900 Steve can turn it around before it is too late.
00:15:38.420 An American woman missing in the Bahamas.
00:15:40.980 Her husband says she fell overboard.
00:15:43.460 Her daughter suspects foul play.
00:15:45.980 55-year-old Lynette Hooker, originally from Michigan,
00:15:49.100 reported missing by her husband, 58-year-old Brian Hooker, early Sunday morning. The couple
00:15:54.660 had been documenting their sailing life for years, posting videos under the name The Sailing Hookers
00:15:59.920 on social media. Their most recent upload, Friday, showing rough conditions in the Bahamas,
00:16:05.780 captioned, quote, 30-knot gusts. Hold on, everyone. Brian telling authorities the couple left
00:16:11.240 Hopetown for Elbow Cay, typically a 10-15-minute trip, around 7.30 p.m. Saturday night,
00:16:18.160 traveling in an eight-foot dinghy, heading back to their yacht.
00:16:21.900 According to Brian, Lynette fell overboard while holding the keys to the dinghy,
00:16:27.180 causing the engine to turn off, strong currents then carrying her out to sea, he said,
00:16:32.720 as he lost sight of her.
00:16:34.640 With no engine power, Brian telling authorities he paddled for hours,
00:16:38.560 arriving at a boatyard around 4 a.m. Sunday,
00:16:41.140 where he reported his wife missing to someone at the yard, according to CBS News.
00:16:46.660 That person then alerting authorities, prompting the Royal Bahamas Defense Force and Hopetown
00:16:51.180 fire officials to begin search and rescue.
00:16:54.240 Now, nearly a week later, that effort has shifted from rescue to recovery.
00:16:59.120 Brian posting on Facebook that he is, quote, heartbroken, describing, quote, unpredictable
00:17:03.700 seas and high winds, and insisting he made desperate attempts to reach his wife as currents
00:17:08.980 pulled them apart.
00:17:10.580 But Lynette's daughter, Brian's stepdaughter, now raising serious questions about that account.
00:17:16.060 Carly Aylsworth telling multiple outlets this story does not add up, pointing to what she describes as a history of domestic violence in the relationship.
00:17:25.620 Aylsworth describing the relationship to NBC as volatile, saying they have, quote, a history of not getting along, especially when they drink.
00:17:34.540 Tuesday on Fox, Carly elaborating further.
00:17:37.080 There's history of them choking her out and threatening to throw her overboard.
00:17:41.720 So the fact that this is actually happening makes me believe there's more to the story.
00:17:49.060 I've known him all my life.
00:17:50.960 My mom's been with him since I was about four.
00:17:54.020 So he just kind of replaced my dad really quick.
00:17:58.480 But I was too young to really even know what was going on.
00:18:02.400 He's always been basically the one to make the rules of the house, all my groundings.
00:18:09.760 he's very, I believe he has a bunch of anger he hasn't processed. I've seen him choke out one of
00:18:18.280 his daughters before, and we had to go to court for that. And I was only in third grade. So he's
00:18:25.700 just repeating patterns. Ellsworth also says a flotation device believed to have been thrown
00:18:32.800 to her mother was recovered, noting that while life vests were on board, the couple did not
00:18:38.060 typically wear them. She also questions key details in Brian's account, including why Lynette
00:18:43.600 would have been holding the boat's keys at all. Does it strike you as unusual that Lynette would
00:18:50.040 go into the water with the keys to the dinghy? Yeah, that seems a little weird. Doesn't really
00:18:57.540 make sense why she would have them. She never drives the boat. It's always Brian driving the
00:19:02.720 boat. And he's like a pretty big guy. So he's like in front of the key, basically. So she would have
00:19:09.280 to reach over him. And it just doesn't add up. So do you suspect foul play in this incident?
00:19:17.920 A little bit at the moment. And late last night, Bahamian authorities arresting Brian Hooker,
00:19:24.540 the U.S. Coast Guard launching a criminal investigation. A spokesperson for the Royal
00:19:29.660 Bahamas police telling Reuters, quote, we took him into custody around 7.30 p.m. this evening
00:19:35.140 in Abaco for additional questioning based on some probable cause we have. He's been taken
00:19:40.820 into custody as a suspect. He has been arrested. Charges have not yet been filed.
00:19:49.180 And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for the MK show live on
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