Trump Announces Israel-Iran Ceasefire, Socialist Surges in NYC Mayoral Primary： AM Update 6⧸24
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The President, without a single casualty, obliterated the Iranian nuclear program. President Trump announces a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Jurors in the Sean Diddy Combs criminal trial view more sexually explicit materials as the prosecution enters the final stretch. And it s primary day in New York City as Democrat voters decide largely between disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo and an AOC protege. All that and more coming up in just a moment on Your AM Update.
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It's Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
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The president, without knock on wood, having a single American casualty
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What the president is really trying to figure out here is to build a long-term settlement here.
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President Trump announces a ceasefire between Israel and Iran
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following the Iranians' limited retaliatory strikes against American targets.
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Under Joe Biden, there was 1,272 nationalists of Iran released in the country.
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So we know that some terrorists have crossed that border.
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Borders are Tom Homan detailing the number of Iranians who illegally entered the U.S. under Joe Biden.
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Jurors in the Sean Diddy Combs criminal trial view more sexually explicit materials
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as the prosecution's case enters the final stretch.
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And it's primary day in New York City as Democrat voters decide largely between their disgraced former governor
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All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Iran launching multiple missiles at U.S. bases in the Middle East on Monday.
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Retaliation for President Trump's momentous decision to bomb three key Iranian nuclear facilities
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on Saturday evening in a targeted military strike.
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The Iranian National Security Council saying the number of missiles launched was equal to the number
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U.S. B-2 bombers on Saturday dropping 14 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs on two locations in Iran.
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Qatar is home to the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, where approximately
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Following the strike, Reuters reporting a senior Iranian official saying the country,
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quote, has the necessary rationality to begin diplomacy, but also saying if the U.S. is seeking
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negotiations, then Israeli and U.S. attacks must stop.
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President Trump posting on Truth Social that Iran gave advanced notice of the strikes,
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writing, quote, Iran has officially responded to our obliteration of their nuclear facilities
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with a very weak response, which we expected and have very effectively countered.
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There have been 14 missiles fired, 13 were knocked down, and one was set free because
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I am pleased to report that no Americans were harmed and hardly any damage was done.
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Most importantly, they've gotten it all out of their system, and there will hopefully
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I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost
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Perhaps Iran can now proceed to peace and harmony in the region, and I will enthusiastically
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President Trump following up in another post, quote, congratulations world, it's time for
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Hours later, President Trump posting to Truth Social, quote, it has been fully agreed by and
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between Israel and Iran that there will be a complete and total ceasefire.
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An official end to the 12-day war will be saluted by the world on the assumption that everything
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I would like to congratulate both countries, Israel and Iran, on having the stamina, courage,
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and intelligence to end what should be called the 12-day war.
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Vice President J.D. Vance reacting on Fox moments after the president's announcement.
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First of all, the president, without knock on wood, having a single American casualty obliterated
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We are now in a place where we weren't a week ago.
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A week ago, Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon.
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Even now, Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because
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While we have obliterated the Iranian nuclear program, our hope and our expectation is that
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they're not going to try to rebuild that program.
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And I think that's what the president is really trying to figure out here, is to build a long-term
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settlement here to where we can have peace in the region, where our regional allies and,
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of course, the American people, most importantly, can be secured, but where we can ensure that
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the destruction of the Iranian nuclear program that has already happened is not something
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A senior Iranian official later confirmed to Reuters that the Islamic Republic has agreed
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In recent years, the Iranian regime facing rising discontent among its people.
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In 2022, a widespread revolt sparked when a young woman was beaten to death for violating
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The protests lasting months, but eventually fading following a major crackdown.
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As recently as May, protests erupting in response to rising prices and poor economic conditions.
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On Monday, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, whose father was ousted
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by the Mullahs in 1979, offering to lead a transition to a democratic Iran if the Iranian people rise
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There is only one way to achieve peace, a secular democratic Iran.
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I am here today to submit myself to my compatriots, to lead them down this road of peace and democratic
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To those of you who are loyal to the Iranian nation and not the Islamic Republic, there is
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a future for you in a democratic Iran if you join the people now.
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I am establishing a formal channel for military, security, and police personnel to reach out
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directly to me, my team, and our expanding operation.
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This is a secure platform to efficiently manage the growing volume of inbound communications
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and requests from those breaking with the regime and seeking to join our movement.
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Pahlavi going on to implore Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who is reportedly in hiding, to
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step down and face justice, promising a fair trial and due process in return.
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It is unclear what level of support Pahlavi has inside Iran, however.
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Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson Monday on The Megyn Kelly Show describing the stark change
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in circumstances the Iranian regime is facing and predicting the end of the Ayatollah's reign
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No one would have believed this if you said, in 20 months, Israeli and American pilots are
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going to be flying at will all through Iranian airspace.
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There's going to be no ability to knock anybody down.
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They had this reputation, but it was kind of shattered this last two weeks.
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And I think that we're still stuck with the idea that they can do all of these formidable
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But they actually are in a state of panic right now.
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I think the biggest danger just to finish for the Iranians is the military because they
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have taken out the top 20 or 25 generals with the closest ties to theocracy.
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And everybody else, the subordinate generals, know they're going to be on the list.
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If there's going to be a regime change, and I'm sure it's going to be the people, I think
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it's going to be somebody in the military who's going to say to the people, we didn't do this.
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Borders are Tom Homan commenting on the number of Iranian illegals inside America, describing
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the realities caused by four years of Joe Biden's wide open southern border in a Fox News interview.
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We don't know who they are, where they came from, because they got away.
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Do we know where every one of the two million are?
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We don't know why they're here, where they came from.
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But we do know the Border Patrol Intelligence for the last four years, they found prayer
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They found identification from people from Iran, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Syria, south of the
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So we know that some terrorists have crossed that border.
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Fox's Bill Malusian reporting of the 1,504 Iranian nationals caught crossing the border illegally
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from fiscal year 2021 through 2024, 48 percent were released back into the country.
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It's unclear how many Iranians who entered the country under the Biden administration were
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on the terror watch list, though all Iranians are classified as special interest aliens due
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In early June, President Trump imposing a travel ban on foreign nationals entering from Iran,
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Coming up, closing arguments in the Sean Diddy Combs trial expected Thursday as the prosecution
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Special Agent for Homeland Security Investigations, Joseph Circiello, back on the stand Monday in
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Agent Circiello called by prosecutors to link together troves of evidence, including thousands
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of pages of text messages, phone records, financial records, and other documents, seeking
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to prove Mr. Combs was the leader of a criminal enterprise involving members of his staff.
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Circiello confirming several sexually explicit videos depicting alleged girlfriend and Combs
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victim, Jane, engaging in relations with other men, adding Combs can also be seen in the
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The jury viewing 12 more minutes of videos of Jane engaging in what she and Combs referred
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Reporters inside the courtroom reporting two jury members closed their eyes as the footage
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The defense anticipates resting its case by the end of today.
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They say they will not call Combs or anyone else as a witness, instead opting to present
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additional other evidence that they say will support their client's innocence.
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Closing arguments expected to begin on Thursday.
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Its primary day in New York City, New Yorkers turning out to vote for their preferred mayoral candidate
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as recent polls show disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo may lose to Zoran Mamdani in his
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How on earth are voters in America's largest city choosing between a 33-year-old socialist
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The former, Mamdani, endorsed by Congresswoman AOC, running on a radical leftist platform,
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here now a montage from several of his campaign ads.
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On June 24th, let's get some more free transit.
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New York is a sanctuary city, but Eric Adams has allowed ICE to operate in our neighborhoods
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The landlord lobby knows I'm going to freeze your rent.
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City-owned grocery stores with guaranteed lower prices.
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We're going to take the price gouging out of produce.
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And the latter, Governor Cuomo resigning from his post as governor in August 2021,
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after a report by New York Attorney General Letitia James concluded he sexually harassed at
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least 11 women. Governor Cuomo, a once rising star in the Democrat Party,
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thought at one point to be a possible future presidential contender,
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also haunted by another 2021 New York Attorney General report,
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finding his administration underreported nursing home deaths during COVID by as much as 50 percent.
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That was following his widely challenged and heavily criticized decision
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to send COVID-positive patients into New York nursing homes,
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despite being explicitly warned it would kill elderly residents.
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A reminder, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams announced in April he is running as an independent.
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New York City uses ranked choice voting, meaning if no single candidate earns more than half of the vote
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on the first round of the primary vote, the last ranked candidate is tossed out,
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and the second preference of those who voted for that last ranked candidate is counted instead.
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Mamdani is counting on Cuomo not securing more than half the vote in the first round,
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hoping subsequent rounds will push him over the threshold.
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The final survey of the race, conducted by Emerson College, Picks 11, and The Hill,
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finding Cuomo holding a narrow lead at 35 percent,
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and the third-place candidate, Comptroller Brad Lander, trailing by double digits.
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When ranked choice is considered, Emerson has Mamdani winning the primary at 52 percent versus Cuomo's 48.
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Another recent poll by Marist showing Governor Cuomo leading with 38 percent to Mamdani's 27,
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Despite the ultimate outcome, NBC's chief data analyst Steve Kornacki explains
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how this race could lead to an even more dramatic general election.
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Let's say that Andrew Cuomo were to lose the Democratic primary to Zoran Mamdani.
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So Zoran Mamdani would then be the Democratic candidate,
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but Cuomo is also going to be the nominee of a party he created called the Fight and Deliver Party.
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So even if he loses the primary and Mamdani is the Democratic candidate,
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Cuomo can still run in November as the Fight and Deliver candidate.
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For that matter, if Cuomo were to win the primary and Mamdani were to lose it,
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there's a party called the Working Families Party that's already said
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Democrats should vote for Mamdani in this primary
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that may well endorse him if he wants to run as their candidate,
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so he could take another shot at it in the general election.
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Republican Curtis Sliwa will also be vying for the city's top job in the general election.
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I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for The Megan Kelly Show,
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live on SiriusXM Triumph Channel 111 at noon east,
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