The Megyn Kelly Show - Talarico's Mystery ＂Flu＂ Absence, NYC ICE Shooting, New White House Press Secretary： AM Update 10⧸12

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00:00:58.400 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Monday, October 12th, 2026. And this is your

00:01:03.900 AM update. I just had the flu and I feel much better. New audio raising questions about whether

00:01:09.860 Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, James Tallarico, really spent more than a week

00:01:15.300 away from the campaign trail recovering from the flu. He's the one that decided to accelerate

00:01:20.740 and ram into another vehicle with his five-year-old in the vehicle.

00:01:24.600 An ice shooting in New York City sparking a political firestorm after a wanted suspect allegedly tried to run down federal agents.

00:01:33.080 President Trump announcing his pick for White House press secretary following a nearly two-month vacancy.

00:01:38.360 And a deadly tiger attack at a wildlife park in England after a man climbs into the animal's enclosure.

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00:03:06.380 to get peace of mind today. A newly released audio recording further in flaming controversy

00:03:14.020 over Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas James Tallarico's extended absence from the

00:03:19.980 campaign trail as an Ohio mental health facility seems to confirm Tallarico was there right before

00:03:26.820 they deny it. Tallarico resurfacing Friday at the Austin City Limits Music Festival,

00:03:32.480 nine days after his last public appearance. The Democrat participating virtually in a

00:03:37.900 September 30th forum hosted by the U.S. Hispanic Business Council, telling attendees he had been

00:03:43.700 diagnosed with the flu the previous evening after visiting an urgent care clinic in Dallas.

00:03:49.500 Tallarico remaining out of the public view for more than a week, his campaign telling

00:03:53.820 the Dallas Morning News last Tuesday that the Democrat had fallen ill after an especially

00:03:58.340 busy stretch of campaigning, but would return to the trail soon. That explanation doing little

00:04:04.240 to quiet, growing questions about his whereabouts. Outside speculation taking a more serious turn on

00:04:10.480 Saturday, when conservative commentator Caroline Wren posted flight tracking information she

00:04:16.520 suggested could connect Tallarico to a mental health facility in Ohio. Wren pointing to flight

00:04:22.700 tracking records purportedly showing a private plane leaving Austin, Texas Thursday night,

00:04:27.780 landing at an airport near Cincinnati, then returning to Texas Friday morning,

00:04:33.740 possibly after having picked up Tallarico. That Ohio airport located approximately 20 minutes from

00:04:40.440 the Lindner Center of Hope, where Harris County, Texas judge Lena Hidalgo, a friend of Tallarico's

00:04:47.260 according to Wren, previously received treatment for depression. Wren highlighting the timing of

00:04:52.720 the return flight, which landed in Austin Friday morning, just hours before Tallarico then appeared

00:04:58.280 at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. However, the flight records provide no indication of who

00:05:04.540 was actually aboard the aircraft, or whether it had anything to do with James Tallarico whatsoever.

00:05:10.440 Independent journalist Nick Sorter escalating the allegations yesterday afternoon,

00:05:14.900 publishing an audio recording he claimed confirmed Tallarico had been receiving

00:05:19.120 psychiatric treatment at the Lindner Center of Hope. The recording purportedly capturing

00:05:24.580 conservative influencer Ryan Amaker speaking over the phone to a woman identifying herself

00:05:30.240 as an employee of the facility. Amaker posing as Tallarico's cousin, claiming he was trying

00:05:36.700 to arrange delivery of a care package. During the exchange, the woman appearing to indicate

00:05:41.700 that someone named James Tallarico had recently been discharged.

00:05:46.880 Okay, so nothing for James Tallarico?

00:05:50.360 Yes, it looks, well, this is what it's today.

00:05:53.520 It looks like she was discharged this evening.

00:05:57.280 That's why I don't have it.

00:05:59.320 Oh, he was discharged then?

00:06:01.540 Mm-hmm.

00:06:02.720 Okay.

00:06:03.440 And this is the Hope Linder?

00:06:04.060 They should be.

00:06:05.080 Okay.

00:06:05.540 I'm sorry.

00:06:06.460 This is, and I'll make sure I have to write this.

00:06:07.740 This is Hope Linder?

00:06:09.740 Yes, uh-huh.

00:06:11.300 Okay.

00:06:11.800 And you're in Hamilton, Ohio?

00:06:13.600 No, we're not in Hamilton.

00:06:15.160 Oh.

00:06:15.520 We're in Mason.

00:06:17.500 Okay.

00:06:18.240 So that's why he's on the system.

00:06:19.360 He's in recent.

00:06:20.060 Okay.

00:06:21.080 All right.

00:06:21.620 Okay.

00:06:22.240 Thank you.

00:06:22.860 Thank you.

00:06:23.560 Bye-bye.

00:06:24.600 Texas reporter Tony Ortiz of conservative outlet Current Revolt

00:06:28.840 subsequently publishing the full six-minute, 41-second recording,

00:06:32.580 along with additional details about how Amaker obtained the audio.

00:06:37.680 Amaker telling Ortiz he made three calls in all to the facility,

00:06:41.520 explaining that during his first attempt,

00:06:43.380 an employee requested a verification code he did not have. During his third call, Amaker providing

00:06:49.780 the four-digit number 2244, which he later admitted to Ortiz, was entirely made up. The

00:06:56.640 recording pointing to a potentially significant inconsistency involving the date of Tallarico's

00:07:02.160 purported discharge. The woman on the call referring to a discharge occurring that evening.

00:07:08.740 Omaker telling reporter Ortiz the conversation took place Saturday, which would mean that

00:07:13.960 evening was Saturday evening, which is one day after Tallarico had already returned to

00:07:19.740 the campaign trail in Austin.

00:07:21.980 The Lindner Center of Hope now rejecting the allegation, writing on X, quote,

00:07:26.420 Representative James Tallarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.

00:07:32.220 Tallarico later responding to that post with, quote,

00:07:35.100 I've never even been to Ohio, end quote, with the crying slash laughing emoji added.

00:07:41.360 He also addressed the controversy yesterday in an interview with NBC5 Dallas-Fort Worth.

00:07:46.720 How bad was it for somebody who wants to know, is this just like in bed rest or did you ever have to go to a doctor or hospital?

00:07:52.820 I just went to my primary care physician, but it wasn't anything worse than, you know, a nasty case of the flu.

00:07:59.140 Well, so conservative folks on Twitter and some of Paxton's ally were pushing the idea that you had a stress-induced episode and were getting treatment for it.

00:08:08.660 What are your thoughts? Did that happen?

00:08:10.080 That's not true. I just had the flu and I feel much better.

00:08:14.040 But it's a good reminder that you can't believe everything you read on the Internet.

00:08:17.820 Tallarico's next major moment on the campaign trail comes Wednesday for a CNN town hall.

00:08:22.800 Federal immigration agents shooting a wanted illegal immigrant in New York City Thursday

00:08:29.440 afternoon after authorities say he rammed government vehicles and attempted to run down

00:08:34.420 officers while trying to evade arrest. The confrontation unfolding in broad daylight in

00:08:39.800 the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, while the suspect's five-year-old son was sitting in

00:08:44.920 the backseat of his car. According to the Associated Press, federal agents approaching

00:08:49.700 28-year-old Dominican national Oscar Belgal as he pulled into a parking spot shortly after

00:08:55.720 4 p.m. NYPD surveillance footage showing plain-clothes agents rushing toward Belgal's

00:09:02.320 vehicle with guns drawn, one wearing what appears to be a construction vest. Belgal then reversing

00:09:08.620 and pulling forward, an agent appearing to strike the driver's side window as the vehicle moves

00:09:13.500 away. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Marcos Charles

00:09:19.040 saying agents had attempted to block Belgal in, but he refused their commands to exit the vehicle.

00:09:25.600 According to Charles, Belgal accelerating into two government vehicles before driving toward

00:09:30.560 other officers, prompting an agent who said he feared for his life to open fire. The actual

00:09:36.800 shooting occurring outside the surveillance camera's view, the NYPD confirming one federal

00:09:41.820 agent discharged seven rounds, striking Belgal in the neck. Two agents also reportedly injured

00:09:47.940 during the confrontation, both subsequently treated and released from the hospital.

00:09:52.660 Separate body cam footage released by the NYPD showing city police officers arriving after the

00:09:57.880 shooting, finding Belgal handcuffed and bleeding on the pavement. The officers then carrying him

00:10:03.880 to a patrol car and rushing him to a nearby hospital. Belgal sustaining what officials

00:10:09.300 describe as a superficial neck wound, his five-year-old son uninjured and now reportedly

00:10:14.980 in the care of his mother. The operation targeting a man authorities say had spent years cycling

00:10:21.120 through New York's criminal justice system. According to the New York Post, Belgal entering

00:10:25.980 the U.S. illegally around 2022 before accumulating a lengthy record involving robbery, assault,

00:10:33.440 weapons offenses, and alleged drug dealing. Court records showing Belgal pleaded guilty to

00:10:39.220 grand larceny following a 2023 robbery arrest, receiving five years probation in April 2025.

00:10:46.600 Just months later, authorities arresting him again on charges involving the alleged sale of

00:10:51.380 cocaine and fentanyl, a case that remains pending. Federal officials also identifying

00:10:57.220 Belgal as an alleged associate of the violent Trinitarios street gang, with DHS chief Mark

00:11:03.180 Wayne Mullen telling CNN that investigators believe Belgal has knowledge of the shooting

00:11:08.120 of a Customs and Border Protection officer by the gang last year.

00:11:12.660 ICE already attempted to arrest him in September, only for Belgal to evade authorities.

00:11:18.000 Here's Mullen yesterday on CBS.

00:11:20.500 Who did know who was in the vehicle was Oscar.

00:11:23.800 Now, as a father of six individuals, or six kids, I mean,

00:11:27.240 there's no way would I ever put my kids in danger.

00:11:30.560 If I was giving lawful commands, and he knew he was being sought after,

00:11:34.080 he knew the police was looking for him, because like I said, he just evaded a month ago.

00:11:37.700 I would have immediately got out of my vehicle to protect my child.

00:11:42.760 He's the one that decided to accelerate and ram into another vehicle with his five-year-old in the vehicle

00:11:48.520 and then tried to accelerate towards other police officers.

00:11:51.260 The shooting setting off a confrontation between the Trump administration and New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani,

00:11:57.320 who condemned the operation at a Thursday evening press conference.

00:12:01.200 ICE agents surrounded the man's vehicle before opening fire.

00:12:05.300 They wore construction vests and masks that concealed their faces.

00:12:09.340 There was no reasonable way to identify them as ICE agents.

00:12:13.960 School had just gotten out.

00:12:16.180 The street was crowded with families and children.

00:12:19.220 When ICE agents opened fire, a five-year-old child, a five-year-old child, was in the backseat of the car.

00:12:26.480 For the past two hours, I have been on the phone with President Trump and Secretary Mullen,

00:12:32.260 negotiating the release of the man ICE agents shot.

00:12:36.100 Those negotiations were unsuccessful.

00:12:39.260 Just moments ago, ICE put the man in an unmarked vehicle and whisked him away.

00:12:44.680 Let me say this plainly.

00:12:46.240 What happened today was an outrage.

00:12:50.280 Secretary Mullen responding Friday, offering his own account of the conversation with the mayor.

00:12:55.400 I spoke to the mayor several times last night.

00:12:58.920 He was wanting us to release this individual back onto the streets.

00:13:04.180 President Trump actually got involved and said that we would release him to New York's finest.

00:13:10.480 If NYPD wants to take the charges and pursue the charges, we'll be happy to release him into the custody of NYPD.

00:13:17.780 I shared that with the mayor.

00:13:19.540 The mayor once again said we will not be detaining him.

00:13:22.560 Wanted us to walk away and allow this dangerous criminal back onto the streets.

00:13:28.140 Belgaul remains in federal custody as his attorneys fight to prevent his deportation.

00:13:33.040 According to CBS New York, Belgaul is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn

00:13:37.780 after initially being transferred to an immigration facility in New Jersey.

00:13:42.440 A federal judge Friday temporarily blocking his deportation while attorneys challenge his

00:13:47.280 detention. Belgaul's attorney is now facing a deadline of tomorrow to address whether the

00:13:52.200 court has jurisdiction to hear the case, according to inner-city press. Federal authorities reiterating

00:13:58.380 their intention to pursue his removal from the United States. Coming up, President Trump choosing

00:14:05.620 his next White House press secretary turning to a longtime supporter of his administration,

00:14:11.000 and a man killed by a tiger at a wildlife park in England after climbing into the animal's enclosure.

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00:15:28.180 President Trump naming conservative commentator Katie Zachariah as his new White House press

00:15:33.660 secretary, tapping a longtime supporter to become the administration's chief spokesperson.

00:15:38.900 The president announcing his selection Friday on Truth Social, praising Zachariah for what he

00:15:43.960 described as, quote, an unblemished record of support. Mr. Trump also describing Zachariah as

00:15:49.820 a devoted member of MAGA and expressing confidence she will work well alongside the press and his

00:15:55.540 administration. Zachariah replacing Caroline Levitt, who stepped down in August following

00:16:00.020 the birth of her second child. The incoming press secretary currently serving as a senior

00:16:05.100 communications advisor for Trump Media and Technology Group. That's the company behind

00:16:10.200 Truth Social. Zachariah previously spending roughly two months at the DHS under then-Secretary

00:16:16.220 Kristi Noem and becoming a familiar face on conservative television through appearances

00:16:20.480 on Fox News and Newsmax. The search reportedly complicated by the discovery that several

00:16:26.280 potential candidates had previously criticized President Trump. A White House official telling

00:16:30.820 CNN the admin repeatedly identified promising contenders, only to then find past comments

00:16:36.940 critical of the president. Zachariah reported the emerging as a contender last week. Zachariah

00:16:42.840 appearing on Fox News Friday evening for her first TV interview since the announcement.

00:16:47.900 Katie, congrats. How'd you get the gig? Well, Jesse, I got a wonderful phone call from the

00:16:54.640 chief talent recruiter, the president himself. And it turns out that being a huge supporter of

00:17:01.440 all of his policies actually works. And he loved what a fighter I was for him, Jesse. So I just get

00:17:07.960 to continue doing what I've been doing, which is promote all of the things that President Trump is

00:17:13.840 doing on behalf of the American people to win. Zachariah posting to X on Friday, pledging to

00:17:19.200 work with the White House Press Corps and reporters across the country to highlight the administration's

00:17:24.100 accomplishments. President Trump on Saturday expressing confidence in his new pick while

00:17:29.080 speaking to reporters. I think Katie is going to do a great job. I've known Katie a little bit,

00:17:35.120 but I've watched her a lot on television and she does a very good job and she believes in us and

00:17:41.020 she believes in what we're doing, which is making America great again. She really does. Thank you

00:17:46.860 for that question. Zachariah is set to begin her new role today with her first briefing set to

00:17:52.060 take place tomorrow morning. A man mauled to death by a Siberian tiger at a wildlife park

00:18:00.700 in northern England on Saturday. The incident unfolding at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, where

00:18:06.780 police say the man entered the park's Land of the Tigers exhibit shortly before 1.35 p.m.

00:18:12.700 According to the New York Post, the man appearing to be in good spirits in the moments leading up

00:18:16.880 to the attack, even asking another visitor to take his picture with the massive tiger behind

00:18:21.540 him still outside the enclosure. Another park visitor, Marie Miller, describing the man's

00:18:27.240 unusual behavior in a Facebook post, writing, quote, the man who I saw on the bridge with his

00:18:32.360 AirPods in dancing was happily enjoying seeing the tiger, which was calmly sitting in the sunshine.

00:18:39.580 Eyewitnesses describing the man as climbing over barriers along the elevated visitor walkway

00:18:44.860 before making his way down into the tiger's enclosure. Miller suggesting he may not have

00:18:50.460 understood the danger, writing, quote, I'm not sure if he was with a carer or family member,

00:18:56.120 but I honestly do think he just wanted to play with a tiger. Other witnesses raising questions

00:19:01.760 about whether the man may have had a disability. The Daily Express reporting park visitor Richard

00:19:07.540 White described the man as appearing deaf and autistic, though neither condition has been

00:19:13.260 confirmed. Meanwhile, The Sun reporting the man appeared to make gestures resembling

00:19:18.260 makaton signs during the attack. That's a communication system commonly used by people

00:19:23.620 with learning or communication difficulties. Disturbing footage of the encounter showing

00:19:28.500 the tiger repeatedly lunging at the man, biting and clawing at his back as the man sat on the

00:19:33.740 grass and attempted to fend off the animal. The tiger also seen swiping at him with its front

00:19:39.120 paws as the man raised a pointed finger toward the tiger's face, an apparent attempt to protect

00:19:44.960 himself. Emergency crews rushing to the scene, the Yorkshire Ambulance Service dispatching two

00:19:50.580 ambulances, a helicopter and a doctor, despite efforts to save him, the man dying from his

00:19:56.640 injuries at the park. Police confirming his family has been notified, though his identity has not been

00:20:02.760 made public. The wildlife park temporarily closing following the incident as authorities investigate

00:20:08.480 exactly what happened. The Land of the Tigers exhibit featuring a two-acre habitat for

00:20:13.740 endangered Siberian tigers, with a raised walkway allowing visitors to observe the animals from

00:20:19.360 above. The tiger involved a four-year-old male named Altai, brought to the park from Norway last

00:20:25.840 year as part of an endangered species breeding program. Yorkshire Wildlife Park confirming

00:20:31.200 yesterday, Altai was unharmed and will not be euthanized. And that'll do it for your AM update.

00:20:39.120 I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for The MK Show, live on SiriusXM's The Megan Kelly Channel,

00:20:44.080 111 at noon east, on youtube.com slash megankelly, and on all podcast platforms.

The Megyn Kelly Show - October 12, 2026

Talarico's Mystery ＂Flu＂ Absence, NYC ICE Shooting, New White House Press Secretary： AM Update 10⧸12

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