The Megyn Kelly Show - June 15, 2026


Trump Lands New Iran Deal, Tren de Aragua Leader Killed, UFC Fight at White House： AM Update 6⧸15


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Trump withdraws his name from the Kennedy Center, Iran agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and a first-of-its-kind UFC fight on the White House lawn brings exactly the drama one might expect. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Monday, June 15th, 2026, and this is your AM
00:00:38.320 Update. If the Iranians comply with this deal, it is going to fundamentally transform the Middle 0.99
00:00:43.800 East for the next 50 years. President Trump announcing a new ceasefire agreement with Iran 0.98
00:00:48.960 to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as details of the deal begin to emerge. And we were able to identify
00:00:55.260 where he was and kill him, just like we would kill al-Qaeda or ISIS. 0.98
00:00:59.540 The notorious founder of Tren de Aragua killed inside Venezuela in a joint operation with 1.00
00:01:06.240 America.
00:01:07.440 President Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center after a federal judge rules the board
00:01:12.440 never had the authority to put it there in the first place.
00:01:15.940 And a first-of-its-kind UFC fight on the White House lawn brings exactly the drama one might
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00:01:23.240 All that and more coming up in just a moment.
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00:02:34.820 President Trump coming to a new agreement with Iran last night to extend the ceasefire and begin
00:02:40.660 a new round of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program while ordering the removal of the U.S.
00:02:47.460 naval blockade on Iran and, with Iran's agreement, preparing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the
00:02:54.340 deal is formally signed on Friday. The president writing on Truth Social that the agreement will
00:02:59.360 bring, quote, peace and security to the whole region, adding that the Strait will reopen Friday
00:03:04.840 following mine removal operations, allowing oil to once again flow freely through the critical
00:03:10.440 shipping route, something it was doing prior to the U.S. launching this war. The breakthrough,
00:03:16.700 coming after months of difficult negotiations and on a day in which the emerging agreement
00:03:21.780 appeared to be on the verge of collapse. Israel launching an attack on the southern suburbs of
00:03:27.180 Beirut on Sunday, despite Iran demanding that any agreement with the U.S. also end the fighting in
00:03:33.300 Lebanon, which Israel says was in retaliation for more attacks by Hezbollah in the region.
00:03:39.620 Follow that? The strike prompting the Iranians to raise the possibility that the regime could 0.73
00:03:44.580 walk away from the negotiations. President Trump reportedly calling Israeli Prime Minister
00:03:49.200 Benjamin Netanyahu after the attack, expressing his frustration in blunt terms. Here was the
00:03:55.300 direct quote Mr. Trump gave to Axios, colorful language included, quote, 1.00
00:04:00.680 Why did Bibi have to do a fucking attack? I was so pissed off, I let him know. He has no 0.99
00:04:06.580 fucking judgment. I let him know that. The president separately telling Fox News he asked 0.99
00:04:11.800 Netanyahu, quote, what the fuck are you doing? Instructing the prime minister not to conduct 0.98
00:04:16.960 any additional strikes. President Trump then publicly calling on all sides to stand down,
00:04:22.880 writing on Truth Social, quote, there should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon,
00:04:27.560 but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel,
00:04:32.480 adding, quote, this could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace. Let's not blow it.
00:04:37.380 Hours later, Pakistani Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif announcing that the U.S. and Iran had
00:04:42.860 reached an agreement following negotiations mediated by Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
00:04:48.620 and Turkey. Sharif writing on X, quote, both sides have declared the immediate and permanent
00:04:53.460 termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon. The agreement expected to be
00:05:00.700 formally signed this Friday in Switzerland following technical meetings between the two
00:05:04.960 sides throughout the week. Vice President J.D. Vance appearing on Fox shortly after the
00:05:09.560 announcement, outlining what the administration describes as the agreement's three major
00:05:14.680 achievements. Three things that I think are important for the American people just to
00:05:19.040 appreciate about what this deal does for all of us as Americans. Number one, this is the immediate
00:05:25.000 opening of the Straits of Hormuz and, of course, the lifting of the naval blockade that we've had
00:05:29.760 on iran along with it the number two thing that it means is that iran will never have a nuclear
00:05:35.700 weapon and not just pursue a nuclear weapon but procure or try to buy a nuclear weapon as well
00:05:40.880 that's built into this agreement and then the third thing is and this only happens to be clear
00:05:47.080 if iran delivers on their promise and so there's an approach here where we verify and where there
00:05:52.200 are real benefits so long as iran meets their end of the obligation but if the iranians comply with
00:05:58.580 deal. It is going to fundamentally transform the Middle East for the next 50 years. It's going to
00:06:03.400 end the war. It's going to make the Middle East more investable. It's going to mean a lot of
00:06:08.100 prosperity, lower energy prices for the American people. That's a very, very big win. And it all
00:06:13.540 happened because the president stuck with it. One Iranian state broadcaster declaring, quote,
00:06:18.180 the U.S. was forced to accept an end to the war. Despite the sweeping declarations from both sides,
00:06:24.340 the complete terms of the agreement not yet publicly released. The New York Times reporting
00:06:29.100 the agreement reached Sunday is essentially an extension of the current ceasefire for another
00:06:33.800 60 days, with the most difficult questions surrounding Iran's nuclear program and U.S.
00:06:39.140 sanctions deferred to the next phase of negotiations. The Wall Street Journal reporting
00:06:44.000 Iran is seeking major economic concessions in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program,
00:06:49.880 including access to billions of dollars frozen overseas and an end to sanctions that have
00:06:56.580 stifled the country's economy. Secretary of War Pete Hegsep yesterday on CBS discussing several
00:07:02.840 ways the U.S. could remove or destroy Iran's enriched uranium, another point of contention
00:07:08.940 apparently not addressed in this deal yet. Ultimately, Iran will need to destroy it and
00:07:16.280 remove it, downblend it, and we will be involved, whether physically or otherwise, to ensure that 1.00
00:07:20.740 that happens. Could be the U.S. military. Could be another option. I think our negotiators,
00:07:25.200 our world-class negotiators are going to have a lot of options. The U.S. military is good at
00:07:29.440 these types of things. So is the Energy Department. And so working with the Iranians to ensure it's
00:07:33.880 destroyed and removed and their program is dismantled will be center. Well, it's an important 1.00
00:07:38.520 point for those who are members of the U.S. military to understand whether you are saying
00:07:43.580 ground troops would be involved in cleaning up nuclear dust that you're saying that you're trying
00:07:49.040 to put words on a headline. What I'm saying is we have we have plans. No, we have plans for
00:07:54.240 everything. And should the president need a, you know, a compel option, we have compel options and
00:07:59.940 many different types of compel options. But right now we've set the conditions for 60 days to ensure
00:08:05.580 that that material is downblended, destroyed or removed. Whatever the president decides is in the
00:08:10.400 the best interest of the United States of America, and the War Department is there to support that
00:08:14.520 effort. President Trump announcing on Friday a joint U.S.-Venezuelan strike killing the founder
00:08:21.680 and longtime leader of the Trenda Aragua gang, Hector Nino Guerrero Flores, inside Venezuela.
00:08:29.160 The president posting to Truth Social, quote, the U.S. Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal
00:08:33.920 kinetic strike to successfully execute Nino Guerrero, calling Trenda Aragua, quote, one of
00:08:39.840 the most bloodthirsty terrorist organizations on planet Earth.
00:08:43.680 Accompanying the post, video appearing to show the strike from overhead.
00:08:47.800 A sudden flash of flames followed by a burst of thick black smoke filling the screen.
00:08:52.640 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirming the strike took place earlier in the week
00:08:56.860 at a Trenda-Aragua compound, with Venezuelan security forces assisting in the operation.
00:09:03.440 The cooperation marking a shift in the relationship between Washington and Venezuela.
00:09:07.980 In January, U.S. forces carrying out a pre-dawn military raid
00:09:11.920 that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife,
00:09:16.480 bringing them to the U.S. to face federal charges.
00:09:19.820 Maduro, since pleading not guilty,
00:09:22.180 his former VP, Delce Rodriguez, taking over as acting president,
00:09:26.280 with her government since pursuing a more cooperative relationship with the Trump administration.
00:09:32.140 That new relationship allowing American forces to operate inside Venezuela,
00:09:36.040 alongside the country's own security services,
00:09:39.120 with the New York Times reporting the CIA supplied the intel
00:09:42.200 that led to Guerrero's location and the eventual strike,
00:09:46.100 citing a senior admin official.
00:09:48.760 The strike ending a nearly three-year international manhunt
00:09:51.760 for the gang leader, who built his criminal empire
00:09:54.400 from inside one of Venezuela's most notoriously lawless prisons
00:09:58.280 while serving time for murder and drug trafficking.
00:10:01.840 Trenda Aragua expanding far beyond Venezuela into other parts of Latin America, the U.S.,
00:10:07.600 and even Europe.
00:10:08.640 The DOJ accusing the organization of operating as a multinational crime syndicate involved
00:10:14.440 in drug and weapons trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, human smuggling, sexual exploitation,
00:10:20.880 and murder.
00:10:22.140 In 2024, the State Department offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading
00:10:27.900 to Guerrero's arrest or conviction.
00:10:30.860 In December of last year, federal prosecutors in Manhattan charging Guerrero with racketeering
00:10:36.320 conspiracy, terrorism, drug importation, and firearms offenses.
00:10:41.220 Then U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, describing Guerrero
00:10:45.600 as, quote, the mastermind of Trenda Aragua's evolution from a Venezuelan prison gang into
00:10:51.740 a transnational terrorist organization that committed countless acts of violence, extortion,
00:10:57.160 and drug trafficking.
00:10:58.740 Secretary Hegseth asked yesterday why the administration chose to kill Guerrero
00:11:02.700 rather than capture him and bring him to the U.S. to face those charges.
00:11:06.920 We've shown we can do that when we did it with Nicolas Maduro.
00:11:09.980 And because of that, it created the conditions where,
00:11:13.040 in partnership with the Venezuelan government, this is a huge deal.
00:11:15.820 I mean, they invited our military in because they have a foreign terrorist organization
00:11:20.340 on their soil in Trende, Aragua, the founder and leader.
00:11:24.120 And we were able to identify where he was and kill him, 0.96
00:11:26.900 just like we would kill al-Qaeda or ISIS and we did in the Middle East. We treat these foreign 1.00
00:11:31.500 terrorist organizations the same way, just like we do with drug boats when we identify
00:11:35.360 they're run by those FDOs. So that was a great development. I mean, think about that. President 0.92
00:11:39.360 Trump had the foresight to seize Maduro, change the relationship. We have a totally different
00:11:43.660 energy dynamic around the world. By the way, the way energy flows today, the straits will
00:11:47.800 be nowhere near as relevant one to two years from now. Because of the foresight of President Trump,
00:11:52.800 He's made us energy independent at home. We're a net exporter. Now Venezuela through our partnerships.
00:11:58.480 Now we're killing foreign terrorist leaders who have terrorized the American people. 0.96
00:12:02.220 The amount of drugs and gangs that came from China in Iraq and the United States of America. 0.80
00:12:05.360 Yeah, energy prices are pretty high right now.
00:12:07.540 It's a huge deal.
00:12:09.740 Coming up, the Kennedy Center stripping President Trump's name from its facade after a judge finds Congress
00:12:15.920 never gave the board the power to rename the institution.
00:12:19.460 and UFC Freedom 250 taking over the White House and Washington, D.C.
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00:13:45.200 morning, less than six months after it went up, with a federal judge ruling the institution's
00:13:50.360 board had no legal authority to rename the National Performing Arts Center in President
00:13:55.560 Trump's honor. Crews assembling scaffolding Friday and covering the work area with tarps,
00:14:01.600 but thunderstorms delaying the work beyond the judge's original 11.59 p.m. deadline.
00:14:07.380 The court then granting the center a brief extension until noon Saturday.
00:14:11.960 A small crowd gathering outside to watch, including former CNN host Jim Acosta,
00:14:17.560 who treated the removal of several metal letters like the collapse of Soviet communism.
00:14:22.920 This is very much like watching the Berlin Wall coming down.
00:14:28.500 It is a sign that mankind, that humankind can stand up against tyranny.
00:14:35.280 Yes, Jim, just like the Berlin Wall.
00:14:38.380 By Saturday morning, Kennedy Center President and Executive Director Matt Floca notifying
00:14:43.600 the court that the name had been removed.
00:14:45.880 The fight beginning in the opening weeks of President Trump's second term when he overhauled
00:14:50.440 the center's leadership, replacing multiple trustees, and was personally elected chairman
00:14:55.320 by the newly constituted board.
00:14:58.280 In December, the board voting to rename the institution the Donald J. Trump and John F.
00:15:04.060 Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Democrat Congresswoman from Ohio, Joyce Beatty,
00:15:10.280 who holds a seat on the board because of her position in Congress, later suing after she
00:15:15.080 was stripped of her voting rights and the center was renamed over her objection. Congresswoman
00:15:20.480 Beatty arguing Congress established the center as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy
00:15:25.880 and that the board could not unilaterally give it a new name. Late last month, U.S. District Judge
00:15:31.440 Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, siding with Ms. Beatty. Ruling the law establishing
00:15:37.120 the center makes, quote, crystal clear that it must be named for Kennedy and cannot carry another
00:15:42.260 formal name based solely on the board's decision. Judge Cooper writing, quote, Congress gave the
00:15:48.020 Kennedy Center its name and only Congress can change it. The Kennedy Center now appealing
00:15:53.140 the ruling with Justice Department lawyers representing the institution, warning the
00:15:57.400 removal could put major private donations at risk, claiming agreements with some donors
00:16:02.720 require Trump's name to remain in the center's official branding. Also caught up in the legal
00:16:08.420 fight, President Trump's plan to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years for extensive
00:16:13.480 renovations. President Trump maintaining the building is in such poor condition that a full
00:16:18.640 closure is necessary to complete the renovations properly, rather than attempting the work while
00:16:23.940 performances continue. Judge Cooper acknowledging the building badly needs repairs, but temporarily
00:16:30.260 blocking the closure after finding the board approved Mr. Trump's plan without adequately
00:16:34.800 examining the consequences of shuttering the institution. Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma
00:16:40.620 de Ravi telling Axios the center is, quote, confident that on appeal the court will uphold
00:16:45.980 the board's will to recognize President Trump's historic contributions to our nation's cultural
00:16:51.200 Center. A full weekend of UFC Freedom 250 festivities taking over the White House and
00:16:58.680 Washington, D.C., all building toward last night's unprecedented UFC fight on the South Lawn.
00:17:05.500 President Trump hosting UFC Freedom 250 as part of the celebration leading up to America's 250th
00:17:11.680 birthday, with fight night also falling on Flag Day and on President Trump's 80th birthday.
00:17:18.440 About 4,000 invited guests gathered inside the White House grounds,
00:17:22.480 while roughly 85,000 tickets were made available for fans watching from the Ellipse.
00:17:27.380 Before the first punch could be thrown, one final effort to knock out the entire event,
00:17:31.920 two Virginia residents challenging the administration's decision to hold the festivities
00:17:36.720 on federal property, arguing officials had bypassed required legal and environmental reviews.
00:17:43.000 On Friday, U.S. District Judge Ahmet Mehta, an Obama appointee, rejecting their emergency request to block the event, clearing the way for the weekend to proceed.
00:17:53.980 The festivities beginning Friday night with a press conference featuring the fighters at the Lincoln Memorial.
00:17:59.600 Undefeated lightweight champion Ilya Teporia facing interim champion and longtime fan favorite Justin Gagey with the championship belt on the line.
00:18:09.540 Teporia shoving Gagey during their face-off
00:18:12.080 with Honest Abe looking on from behind,
00:18:15.460 prompting this response.
00:18:17.400 Look where we're at. Look at this beautiful view.
00:18:20.080 You want to act like a fucking animal? 1.00
00:18:24.060 By Saturday, the action moving from verbal sparring 1.00
00:18:27.260 to motorcycles flying over the White House lawn.
00:18:32.900 Extreme sports legend Travis Pastrana
00:18:35.520 joined by fellow riders on a freestyle motocross exhibition on the South Lawn.
00:18:40.580 Across the street, thousands of fans turning out for the UFC Freedom 250 Fan Fest
00:18:44.940 on the Ellipse, with temperatures climbing into the 90s.
00:18:49.040 Later in the evening, the ceremonial weigh-in opening with a bald eagle
00:18:52.300 soaring over the crowd before the seven pairs of fighters stepped onto the scale
00:18:56.720 against the backdrop of the White House and the Washington Monument.
00:19:00.720 The Zac Brown Band closing out the night with a concert.
00:19:04.260 By Sunday morning, one final opponent standing between the fighters and the octagon, Mother Nature.
00:19:10.340 The Weather Channel forecasting a 60% chance of thunderstorms with possible heavy downpours, wind gusts reaching 34 miles per hour, and a threat of excessive mosquitoes.
00:19:21.860 The massive 92-foot structure covering the octagon designed to protect the fighters from the rain, but event protocols requiring a 30-minute pause each time lightning strikes within 8 miles of the White House.
00:19:33.240 UFC President Dana White on Friday making clear that rain alone would not stop the fights.
00:19:38.100 Listen, the show goes on on Sunday no matter what happens. We're going. So
00:19:41.960 if it rains, snows, whatever happens, we have a fight on Sunday. So
00:19:47.260 I'm sick and tired of hearing about the weather now and all the other bullshit surrounding this 0.99
00:19:52.220 event. We are fighting on Sunday night on the White House lawn, no matter what. 0.99
00:19:58.340 By Sunday afternoon, the UFC offering fans a more cautious message.
00:20:02.500 The organization posting to X, quote,
00:20:04.720 Then finally, fight night.
00:20:16.200 Thousands of fans filling the ellipse Sunday evening,
00:20:18.960 USA chants carrying across the grounds as the crowd waited for the action to begin,
00:20:23.900 the weather briefly interrupting the evening before the fighters were cleared to enter the octagon.
00:20:29.000 Ultimately, Gagey defeating Teporia, handing the previously undefeated champion his first professional loss and claiming the lightweight title.
00:20:38.820 Inside the octagon, the new champion taking in the moment.
00:20:42.380 I told myself I was going to lose.
00:20:44.420 I told myself I was going to get embarrassed so that I can go to my most primal place and dig deep.
00:20:50.160 And I had to.
00:20:50.800 That guy had me in trouble.
00:20:51.780 He had me rocked my chin, smoked my liver, and I stuck in it.
00:20:57.060 And look at my face. 0.77
00:20:59.120 I got some thick-ass skin, I'll tell you that.
00:21:01.340 Something's wrong with my face.
00:21:02.640 A first-of-its-kind fight night, now part of American history.
00:21:08.880 And that'll do it for your AM Update.
00:21:10.880 I'm Megan Kelly.
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