The Megyn Kelly Show - August 25, 2025


Trump Eyes Chicago for Crackdown, FBI Raids Bolton, Parents of Missing Baby Arrested： AM Update 8⧸25


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Trump eyes Chicago as the next blue city in line for intervention as the White House s takeover of D.C. police in early August leads to a dramatic drop in crime. All that and more coming up in a moment on Your AM Update.

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Monday, August 25th, 2025.
00:00:38.380 Happy birthday, Doug Brunt. And this is your AM update.
00:00:42.640 After we do this, we'll go to another location and we'll make it safe also.
00:00:47.260 Chicago's a mess.
00:00:48.420 President Trump reportedly planning to mobilize the National Guard in Chicago
00:00:52.440 as part of an overall effort to help blue cities fix their crime problems.
00:00:56.800 We are investigating Ambassador Bolton, but if they ultimately bring a case,
00:01:00.480 it will be because they determined that he has broken the law.
00:01:03.780 The FBI raids former National Security Advisor to Trump 1.0 and current Trump critic John Bolton's home.
00:01:10.560 The media calls it retribution.
00:01:12.860 And the parents of missing baby Emmanuel Harrow arrested on suspicion of murder.
00:01:17.740 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.
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00:02:25.720 President Trump eyes Chicago as the next blue city in line for intervention
00:02:30.400 as the White House's takeover of D.C. police in early August leads to a dramatic drop in crime.
00:02:36.200 D.C. Metropolitan Police reporting zero homicides from August 14th to August 24th,
00:02:43.040 one of the longest murder-free stretches in recent years.
00:02:47.000 According to a February report by Rochester Institute of Technology,
00:02:51.500 prior to the crackdown, D.C. had the fourth highest murder rate per capita in the country.
00:02:56.580 President Trump from the White House on Friday telling reporters he plans to expand the operation.
00:03:01.460 After we do this, we'll go to another location and we'll make it safe also.
00:03:06.420 We're going to make our country very safe.
00:03:08.000 We're going to make our cities very, very safe.
00:03:10.720 Chicago is a mess.
00:03:11.680 You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent.
00:03:14.880 And we'll straighten that one out probably next.
00:03:17.220 That'll be our next one after this.
00:03:18.960 And it won't even be tough.
00:03:20.640 And the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come.
00:03:25.780 They're wearing red hats, just like this, but they're wearing red hats.
00:03:30.580 African-American ladies, beautiful ladies are saying, please, President Trump, come to Chicago. 0.57
00:03:36.900 Please.
00:03:37.540 I did great with the black vote, as you know, and they want something to happen.
00:03:42.520 So I think Chicago will be our next and then we'll help with New York.
00:03:47.140 The Washington Post reporting on Saturday, the Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago in what could be a model for other major cities run by Democrats opposed to mobilizing troops.
00:03:59.700 For the past 13 years, Chicago holds the record for most homicides per year in absolute terms of any U.S. city, with 573 in 2024.
00:04:11.080 The Post reporting at least a few thousand members of the National Guard could mobilize in Chicago as early as September.
00:04:18.660 Over the weekend, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker reposting a New York Times op-ed headline, quote,
00:04:24.080 Trump's crackdown will make crime worse.
00:04:27.080 And writing, quote, Donald Trump's threat to bring the National Guard to Chicago is not about safety.
00:04:32.540 It's a test of the limits of his power and a trial run for a police state.
00:04:36.760 Illinois has long worked with federal law enforcement to tackle crime, but we won't let a dictator impose his will.
00:04:44.300 Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson with a more aggressive response Sunday morning on MSNBC, um, MS now, threatening legal action and perhaps a civilian uprising.
00:04:56.480 You know, look, we're going to remain firm.
00:04:58.340 We'll take legal action.
00:04:59.680 But the people of this city are accustomed to rising up against tyranny.
00:05:05.500 And if that's necessary, I believe that the people of Chicago will stand firm alongside of me as I work every single day to protect the people of this city.
00:05:13.940 President Trump on Sunday also threatening to send troops into Baltimore, writing on Truth Social, quote,
00:05:19.420 Governor Westmore of Maryland has asked in a rather nasty and provocative tone that I walk the streets of Maryland with him.
00:05:27.560 I assume he is talking about out of control, crime ridden Baltimore.
00:05:31.680 As president, I would much prefer that he clean up this crime disaster before I go there for a walk.
00:05:37.380 Vice President J.D. Vance Sunday on NBC saying the administration is aiming to provide an example for all citizens living in crime ridden cities.
00:05:46.040 If you look, for example, at the murder rate in D.C., it rivals some of the worst cities, the most violent cities anywhere in the world.
00:05:54.620 That's a disgrace for our nation.
00:05:56.660 That's a disgrace for the residents who live in D.C. who just want to take their kids to a park or walk down Union Station or take their family out for a bite to eat without being accosted by a vagrant or a violent criminal.
00:06:07.680 We don't have to live like this.
00:06:09.180 My message to my fellow citizens here in D.C. or all across the country would be that allowing vagrants and armed robberies to take over your city, that's a policy choice.
00:06:20.180 What President Trump is showing is that if you just empower local law enforcement to arrest and prosecute the bad guys, we can take back American streets.
00:06:27.660 FBI agents raiding the home and office of former Trump administration national security advisor and current Trump critic John Bolton on Friday morning.
00:06:39.100 The FBI reportedly investigating whether Bolton sent classified documents to his family from a private email server while working in the White House under the first Trump administration prior to his departure from the White House in 2019.
00:06:52.100 The raid reviving a longstanding dispute between President Trump and John Bolton in 2020, the Trump administration unsuccessfully sued to stop publication of Bolton's memoir, alleging it contained classified information.
00:07:06.420 Article three project founder and Trump insider Mike Davis telling Real Clear Politics his prediction is, quote, Democrats, rhinos and reporters who think this raid on John Bolton is about his book will be very embarrassed when the search warrant becomes public.
00:07:20.620 The investigation reportedly frozen under the Biden administration and reopened under FBI Director Kash Patel, who posted on X shortly after the raid began, quote, no one is above the law, FBI agents on a mission.
00:07:35.540 Attorney General Pam Bondi adding, quote, America's safety isn't negotiable.
00:07:40.200 Justice will be pursued always.
00:07:42.720 President Trump asked about the raid on Friday.
00:07:44.900 Mr. President, have you been grieved on the FBI raid of John Bolton soon?
00:07:49.780 No, I don't know about it.
00:07:51.300 I saw it on television this morning.
00:07:52.960 I'm not a fan of John Bolton.
00:07:54.500 He's a not a smart guy, but he could be a very unpatriotic.
00:07:59.360 I mean, we're going to find out.
00:08:00.260 I know nothing about it.
00:08:01.360 I just saw it this morning.
00:08:02.680 They did a raid.
00:08:04.080 Establishment media portraying the raid as another sign of authoritarian retribution on the president's enemies.
00:08:10.200 And this is the latest indication the Trump administration is targeting the president's political enemies.
00:08:15.440 It looks like it's just more revenge and more retribution on his political enemies.
00:08:19.900 He said he was going to go after all of these individuals, and one by one, he's slowly doing that.
00:08:26.300 Vice President J.D. Vance Sunday on NBC reacting to that criticism.
00:08:30.480 Is Ambassador Bolton being targeted because he's a critic of President Trump?
00:08:35.400 No, not at all.
00:08:36.060 And in fact, if we were trying to do that, we would just throw out prosecutions willy-nilly like the Biden administration, DOJ did, prosecutions that later got thrown out in court.
00:08:43.520 If we bring a case, and of course, we haven't done that yet.
00:08:46.360 The Department of Justice has not done that yet.
00:08:48.460 We are investigating Ambassador Bolton.
00:08:50.180 But if they ultimately bring a case, it will be because they determined that he has broken the law.
00:08:54.920 We're going to be careful about that.
00:08:56.340 We're going to be deliberate about that because we don't think that we should throw people, even if they disagree with us politically, maybe especially if they disagree with us politically, you shouldn't throw people willy-nilly in prison.
00:09:05.760 Former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe, who was fired in 2018 for unauthorized leaks and, quote, lack of candor, meaning lying to investigators, a decision ultimately overturned by a court shortly after President Biden took office, bashing Director Patel on CNN as the raid was ongoing.
00:09:23.960 So I should say with respect to the director's social media posting, I mean, it's yet another example of, in my opinion, Kash Patel failing to live up to the example of his predecessors.
00:09:36.540 This is not the kind of thing that any FBI director has ever done.
00:09:40.180 FBI directors don't gratuitously point towards search warrants and the people who are the targets of those warrants in any sort of way that could possibly be interpreted as grandstanding.
00:09:51.040 So I think the implication here is pretty clear.
00:09:55.060 He wanted to draw attention to this law enforcement, this sensitive law enforcement activity at John Bolton's house, which anytime you draw press attention to a search warrant execution, you are elevating the risk that is posed to both the agents and the occupants at that place.
00:10:11.560 So it's a pretty irresponsible thing to do.
00:10:13.600 So weird the FBI never tips anyone off.
00:10:16.780 Tell it to journalist and Biden antagonist James O'Keefe, who had his home raided by the FBI and conveniently, the New York Times magically knew all about it in real time.
00:10:28.300 I was in handcuffs and I was in my apartment.
00:10:30.900 The FBI had just executed a search warrant against an American journalist and unlawfully and broke the law.
00:10:36.760 And then minutes later, I get a text message from Mike Schmidt, national security reporter, New York Times, who somehow he knows all these details.
00:10:44.960 And I don't think the neighbors tipped him off that this is something that he knew he had leaks from the Department of Justice.
00:10:50.860 Bolton has not yet been charged or arrested.
00:10:54.820 Coming up, the search for missing baby Emanuel Harrow takes a chilling turn.
00:10:59.680 Authorities arresting the parents for murder.
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00:11:49.660 The parents of missing seven-month-old California baby Emanuel Harrow, 32-year-old Jake, and 41-year-old Rebecca,
00:11:58.000 arrested Friday morning for murder as authorities determined a kidnapping did not occur.
00:12:02.980 Baby Emanuel is presumed dead.
00:12:05.520 And now it appears the father, Jake, is working with authorities to locate the baby's remains.
00:12:11.540 The San Bernardino Sheriff's Office, releasing a statement last night, quote,
00:12:15.540 This afternoon, a search for Emanuel Harrow was conducted in Moreno Valley.
00:12:20.180 Investigators were assisted by cadaver dogs.
00:12:22.760 Jake Harrow was at the location with detectives.
00:12:25.740 The search has concluded, and Emanuel was not located.
00:12:28.880 RMG News capturing photos of Jake, clad in a red jumpsuit and handcuffs,
00:12:34.900 wading through the brush with investigators.
00:12:37.420 Moreno Valley is an approximately 30-minute drive from the Harrow home in Cabazon.
00:12:42.980 Rebecca reported her son missing on August 14th, claiming he was kidnapped from a sporting goods store parking lot,
00:12:49.280 telling authorities she was knocked out by an unknown person who said,
00:12:53.640 Hola, while changing baby Emanuel's diaper, and when she awoke, the baby was gone.
00:12:59.660 Rebecca speaking out Sunday morning from jail to a Southern California newsgroup reporter,
00:13:04.580 maintaining her story, quote,
00:13:06.620 I want to be out looking for my baby.
00:13:09.300 It is unclear if she was then or is now aware of Jake's apparent cooperation with authorities.
00:13:15.680 Over the last week, investigators increasingly turning attention on the Harrow home,
00:13:21.100 reportedly searching it with cadaver dogs, seizing a vehicle, and electronic devices.
00:13:25.980 In 2023, Jake was convicted of willful child cruelty,
00:13:30.040 a local hospital alerting authorities when his then 10-week-old baby daughter from a previous marriage
00:13:35.500 was brought in with a suspected broken rib,
00:13:38.980 only for doctors to then discover multiple healing fractures,
00:13:42.760 the details of which we won't go back into here.
00:13:46.300 The Orange County Register reporting Rebecca was aware of her husband's previous child cruelty case.
00:13:51.880 Rebecca describing their relationship as, quote,
00:13:53.660 wonderful.
00:13:54.840 Rebecca saying, quote,
00:13:55.620 He's a good dad.
00:13:56.680 He would never hurt a baby.
00:13:58.180 Oh, please.
00:13:59.320 That baby girl, whom he absolutely did hurt,
00:14:02.360 who is now seven,
00:14:03.680 was left unable to see, walk, or talk.
00:14:06.660 As a result of the injuries her, quote,
00:14:09.060 father inflicted upon her,
00:14:10.980 she is now in the custody of a relative.
00:14:13.220 For that despicable crime,
00:14:15.420 Jake was sentenced to a mere 180 days,
00:14:18.400 reportedly serving only one day in jail for booking,
00:14:21.760 the remainder in a work release program run by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
00:14:25.880 How are these people allowed to go on having children?
00:14:28.880 Why isn't there mandated chemical castration? 0.88
00:14:31.080 Serious question.
00:14:32.600 Prior to his Friday arrest,
00:14:34.140 Jake was due back in court on a parole violation
00:14:36.680 related to the child abuse case,
00:14:38.720 according to the Daily Mail.
00:14:40.340 Detectives searching the Herald residence on Friday,
00:14:43.060 News Nation reporting investigators believe Jake is responsible for killing Emanuel.
00:14:47.560 The network reporting blood was found inside the home,
00:14:50.440 that all photos of Emanuel and the baby's clothing had been removed.
00:14:55.400 True crime journalist Annie Elise reporting extended family had not seen Emanuel
00:14:59.860 for at least a month prior to his disappearance.
00:15:03.560 Authorities also confirming another child in the Harrow household
00:15:06.580 was removed by Child Protective Services.
00:15:10.020 Police booking Jake and Rebecca in a Riverside County jail without bail,
00:15:14.360 saying no other suspects remain outstanding.
00:15:16.780 The area where the Harrow family lives,
00:15:19.520 surrounded by miles of rough terrain,
00:15:21.620 providing a daunting challenge to the investigators
00:15:23.840 as the search for Emanuel's remains continues.
00:15:27.460 A tentative court date for the Harrow's set for Tuesday.
00:15:31.480 And that'll do it for your AM update.
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