The Megyn Kelly Show - June 26, 2025


Trump Secures Major NATO Win, Admin Pushes Back Against Intel Leaks to Media： AM Update 6⧸26


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Trump administration slams reporting from CNN and The New York Times, casting doubt on the effectiveness of a recent strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, Riverbend Ranch is located just a few miles from West Yellowstone, Montana, and is known as one of the most respected Angus beef ranches in the nation.

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone.
00:00:33.960 I'm Megyn Kelly.
00:00:34.880 It's Thursday, June 26th, 2025.
00:00:37.520 And this is your AM Update.
00:00:39.520 We will learn more and more about it.
00:00:40.960 But the baseline is real damage was done.
00:00:43.460 Of that, we're very confident.
00:00:44.960 Trump officials slamming reporting by CNN
00:00:47.100 and The New York Times,
00:00:48.340 casting doubt on the level of damage
00:00:50.080 inflicted on three key Iranian nuclear facilities.
00:00:53.440 And then daddy has to sometimes use strong language.
00:00:56.060 He did it very affectionately.
00:00:57.780 Daddy, you're my daddy.
00:00:58.780 Moments of levity at the NATO summit
00:01:01.040 as President Trump secures a huge win.
00:01:04.360 Closing arguments in the Sean Diddy Combs trial
00:01:06.460 set to begin today.
00:01:07.820 And House Speaker Mike Johnson's message
00:01:10.000 to Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett.
00:01:12.820 All that and more coming up in just a moment
00:01:14.440 on your AM Update.
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00:02:35.020 The Trump administration slamming reporting
00:02:37.340 from CNN and The New York Times
00:02:38.980 casting doubt on the effectiveness
00:02:40.440 of the U.S. strike
00:02:41.820 on three key Iranian nuclear facilities.
00:02:44.780 CNN reporting an early U.S. intel assessment
00:02:47.440 suggests the strikes did not destroy
00:02:49.280 the nuclear sites,
00:02:50.340 citing descriptions provided by, quote,
00:02:52.260 people familiar with the assessment.
00:02:54.400 CNN omitting from its initial report
00:02:56.660 that these conclusions were deemed, quote,
00:02:58.840 low confidence.
00:03:00.520 The New York Times, citing, quote,
00:03:02.200 officials familiar with the findings,
00:03:04.180 reporting the initial damage assessment
00:03:05.780 suggests President Trump's claim
00:03:07.700 that the nuclear facilities were obliterated
00:03:09.940 is an overstatement
00:03:11.380 and saying much of the stockpile
00:03:13.040 of enriched uranium
00:03:14.260 was moved to another location
00:03:15.840 prior to the strike.
00:03:17.300 The Times, too,
00:03:18.280 failing to reveal in its initial report
00:03:20.060 that these conclusions
00:03:20.960 were deemed, quote,
00:03:22.140 low confidence.
00:03:23.760 President Trump on Wednesday
00:03:24.760 from the NATO summit
00:03:25.680 in the Netherlands
00:03:26.440 saying the papers have it wrong,
00:03:29.040 citing new information
00:03:29.980 that supports the administration's view
00:03:31.940 that key sites were,
00:03:33.340 in fact, destroyed.
00:03:35.020 Since then,
00:03:35.820 we've collected additional intelligence.
00:03:38.100 We've also spoken to people
00:03:39.380 who have seen the site
00:03:40.380 and the site is obliterated.
00:03:43.800 And we think everything nuclear
00:03:45.500 is down there.
00:03:46.220 They didn't take it out.
00:03:47.480 We think we hit them so hard
00:03:48.800 and so fast
00:03:49.540 they didn't get to move.
00:03:50.720 And if you knew about that material,
00:03:52.040 it's very hard
00:03:52.880 and very dangerous to move.
00:03:54.700 Secretary of State Marco Rubio
00:03:56.200 from The Hague
00:03:56.820 providing more detail
00:03:58.080 on the damage
00:03:58.740 each facility sustained.
00:04:00.280 So in Esfahan,
00:04:01.980 there was this conversion site,
00:04:03.340 which is how you turn this metal
00:04:04.680 into something that's useful.
00:04:06.420 That's wiped out.
00:04:07.640 And so they can't do that today.
00:04:10.100 Beyond that,
00:04:11.060 all of the support structures
00:04:12.580 around it as well.
00:04:13.980 In Natanz,
00:04:14.900 which is also an underground facility,
00:04:16.440 basically the Israelis
00:04:17.380 have put a lot of damage on it.
00:04:19.100 And then the United States
00:04:19.940 went in with two additional
00:04:21.220 heavy munitions
00:04:22.440 that penetrated into the ground
00:04:23.800 and did more damage.
00:04:24.660 The hard one,
00:04:25.220 the one that was really difficult,
00:04:26.520 is Fordow
00:04:27.300 because it's buried
00:04:28.120 underneath a mountain.
00:04:28.940 There's no doubt in our minds
00:04:30.100 it's very significant,
00:04:31.460 substantial,
00:04:32.420 lasting damage
00:04:33.160 was done to their program.
00:04:34.740 We will learn more
00:04:35.580 and more about it,
00:04:36.220 but the baseline is
00:04:37.600 real damage was done.
00:04:38.740 Of that,
00:04:39.080 we're very confident.
00:04:40.060 We dropped 12 of these things
00:04:41.380 into these holes.
00:04:42.220 I mean,
00:04:42.420 it's not like we just did a couple
00:04:43.860 and see how it went.
00:04:45.200 The CIA, too,
00:04:46.280 releasing a statement
00:04:46.960 on Wednesday afternoon,
00:04:48.160 quote,
00:04:48.700 CIA can confirm
00:04:49.960 that a body
00:04:50.600 of credible intelligence
00:04:51.860 indicates Iran's nuclear program
00:04:53.720 has been severely damaged.
00:04:55.760 Key Iranian nuclear facilities
00:04:57.220 were destroyed
00:04:58.000 and would have to be rebuilt
00:04:59.580 over the course of years.
00:05:02.000 The International Atomic Energy Agency,
00:05:04.460 or IAEA,
00:05:05.860 a nuclear watchdog
00:05:06.940 tasked with monitoring
00:05:08.220 Iran's nuclear program,
00:05:10.020 supporting the administration's assessment.
00:05:12.400 The organization's director general
00:05:13.860 saying in a statement,
00:05:14.920 quote,
00:05:15.160 During these attacks,
00:05:16.260 we have seen extensive damage
00:05:17.760 at several nuclear sites in Iran,
00:05:20.360 including its uranium conversion
00:05:22.020 and enrichment facilities.
00:05:23.940 The Israeli Atomic Energy Commission,
00:05:25.940 concluding the U.S. strikes
00:05:26.960 in combination
00:05:27.740 with the Israeli strikes,
00:05:29.040 quote,
00:05:29.560 set back Iran's ability 1.00
00:05:30.780 to develop nuclear weapons
00:05:32.060 by many years.
00:05:33.600 And a spokesman
00:05:34.280 for the Iranian foreign ministry
00:05:35.720 on Wednesday saying,
00:05:36.860 quote,
00:05:37.400 our nuclear installations
00:05:38.540 have been badly damaged.
00:05:40.760 Secretary of Defense
00:05:41.840 Pete Hegseth
00:05:42.660 on Wednesday
00:05:43.240 providing additional context
00:05:44.680 to the CNN
00:05:45.480 and New York Times reporting
00:05:46.940 and putting the leakers
00:05:48.560 on notice.
00:05:49.820 When you actually look
00:05:50.580 at the report,
00:05:51.360 by the way,
00:05:51.680 it was a top secret report.
00:05:53.920 It was preliminary.
00:05:55.460 It was low confidence.
00:05:57.380 All right.
00:05:57.620 So this is a,
00:05:58.540 you make assessments
00:05:59.360 based on what you know.
00:06:00.600 They don't.
00:06:00.780 As I said,
00:06:01.180 it could be very devastating,
00:06:02.900 very serious.
00:06:03.280 Moderate to severe,
00:06:04.580 and we believe
00:06:05.260 far more likely
00:06:06.340 severe and obliterated.
00:06:08.120 We're doing a leak investigation
00:06:09.320 with the FBI right now
00:06:10.760 because this information
00:06:11.820 is for internal purposes,
00:06:13.500 battle damage assessments,
00:06:14.580 and CNN and others
00:06:16.140 are trying to spin it
00:06:16.960 to make the president
00:06:17.900 look bad
00:06:18.420 when this was
00:06:18.860 an overwhelming success.
00:06:20.420 As for future plans
00:06:21.680 to reach a new nuclear deal,
00:06:23.580 President Trump's saying
00:06:24.340 Wednesday it's not necessary.
00:06:26.520 They fought.
00:06:27.260 The war's done.
00:06:28.400 And, you know,
00:06:29.220 I could get the statement
00:06:30.380 that they're not going
00:06:31.100 to go nuclear.
00:06:31.760 We're probably going
00:06:32.680 to ask for that,
00:06:33.620 but they're not going
00:06:34.580 to be doing it.
00:06:35.220 But they're not going
00:06:35.800 to be doing it anyway.
00:06:37.140 They've had it.
00:06:38.460 They've had it.
00:06:39.480 Now, maybe someday
00:06:40.240 in the future
00:06:40.780 we'll want that.
00:06:42.220 But I've asked Marco,
00:06:43.880 do you want to draw
00:06:44.480 I just asked him
00:06:45.740 the question
00:06:46.160 as we were walking
00:06:46.940 on the stage,
00:06:47.700 do you want to draw
00:06:48.220 up a little agreement
00:06:48.980 for them to sign?
00:06:49.900 Because I think
00:06:50.280 we can get them
00:06:50.800 to sign it.
00:06:51.760 I don't think
00:06:52.340 it's necessary.
00:06:55.320 On Wednesday,
00:06:56.300 the NATO summit
00:06:56.980 concluding at The Hague,
00:06:58.200 the meeting between
00:06:58.900 member nations
00:06:59.580 striking a particularly
00:07:00.760 collegial mood
00:07:01.920 in contrast
00:07:02.740 to the typical
00:07:03.400 media portrayal
00:07:04.200 of President Trump
00:07:04.920 as a bully
00:07:05.620 and unreliable ally
00:07:07.000 to the U.S.'s
00:07:07.860 longstanding partners.
00:07:09.800 President Trump
00:07:10.280 securing a key victory
00:07:11.520 at the summit
00:07:12.040 with NATO's allies
00:07:13.020 agreeing to boost
00:07:13.880 defense spending targets
00:07:15.260 to 5%
00:07:16.380 of their respective
00:07:17.400 GDPs,
00:07:18.500 more than doubling
00:07:19.400 the longstanding
00:07:20.220 benchmark of 2%,
00:07:21.720 President Trump
00:07:22.760 touting the win
00:07:23.720 at a NATO press conference.
00:07:25.720 And following
00:07:26.320 my election
00:07:27.040 last November,
00:07:28.080 almost all
00:07:28.820 have accelerated
00:07:30.520 plans to reach
00:07:31.740 the 2%,
00:07:33.620 3%,
00:07:34.340 4%,
00:07:35.000 and then ultimately
00:07:35.860 very quickly 5%.
00:07:37.360 When the allies
00:07:38.320 reach this number,
00:07:39.980 it will add more
00:07:40.920 than $1 trillion
00:07:41.720 a year to our
00:07:43.220 common defense.
00:07:44.240 And this is a
00:07:44.900 monumental win
00:07:45.820 for the United States
00:07:47.940 because we were
00:07:48.660 carrying much more
00:07:49.620 than our fair share.
00:07:50.760 It was quite unfair,
00:07:52.100 actually.
00:07:53.040 President Trump
00:07:53.600 and NATO Secretary
00:07:54.400 General Mark Ruda
00:07:55.800 appearing to really
00:07:57.080 hit it off
00:07:57.600 throughout the summit.
00:07:58.620 This moment,
00:07:59.480 between Mr. Trump
00:08:00.300 and Mr. Ruda,
00:08:01.500 who is the former
00:08:02.420 Prime Minister
00:08:02.980 of the Netherlands,
00:08:04.240 discussing the recent
00:08:05.040 ceasefire deal
00:08:05.720 with Israel and Iran,
00:08:07.320 quickly going viral.
00:08:08.500 They've had a big fight,
00:08:10.000 like two kids
00:08:10.680 in a schoolyard.
00:08:11.440 You know,
00:08:11.700 they fight like hell.
00:08:12.740 You can't stop them.
00:08:13.740 Let them fight
00:08:14.180 for about two,
00:08:15.020 three minutes.
00:08:15.880 Then it's easier
00:08:16.400 to stop them.
00:08:17.200 And then daddy
00:08:17.700 has to sometimes
00:08:18.560 use strong language
00:08:19.660 to get them stopped.
00:08:20.860 President Trump
00:08:21.480 asked about that comment
00:08:22.460 later in the day.
00:08:23.760 Mark Ruda,
00:08:24.880 the NATO chief,
00:08:26.240 who is your friend,
00:08:27.980 he called you
00:08:28.840 daddy earlier.
00:08:30.940 Do you regard
00:08:32.200 your NATO allies
00:08:33.660 as kind of children?
00:08:35.380 No, he likes me.
00:08:36.220 I think he likes me.
00:08:37.140 If he doesn't,
00:08:38.220 I'll let you know.
00:08:38.920 I'll come back
00:08:39.460 and I'll hit him hard,
00:08:40.380 okay?
00:08:41.120 He did it very affectionately.
00:08:43.040 Daddy, you're my daddy.
00:08:44.600 Do you regard
00:08:45.140 your NATO allies,
00:08:46.220 though,
00:08:46.540 as kind of like children
00:08:47.860 and they're obviously
00:08:48.500 listening to you
00:08:49.260 and they're spending more
00:08:50.560 and you're obviously
00:08:52.020 appreciative of that,
00:08:53.900 but do you hope
00:08:55.020 that actually
00:08:55.860 they're going to be able
00:08:56.800 to defend themselves,
00:08:58.720 defend Europe
00:08:59.340 on their own?
00:09:00.680 I think they need help
00:09:01.620 a little bit
00:09:02.080 at the beginning
00:09:02.660 and I think they'll be able to
00:09:04.020 and I think they're going
00:09:04.800 to remember this day
00:09:05.880 and this is a big day
00:09:07.380 for NATO.
00:09:08.380 Secretary General Ruda
00:09:09.520 also asked on Wednesday
00:09:10.780 about his attitude
00:09:11.980 toward President Trump.
00:09:13.700 The language
00:09:14.340 that you have used
00:09:15.660 when talking
00:09:16.380 to Donald Trump
00:09:17.320 has been notable
00:09:18.520 because of its flattery.
00:09:20.820 Today,
00:09:21.540 you called him daddy
00:09:22.480 and you sent
00:09:24.360 a text message
00:09:25.320 to him
00:09:25.840 that was gushing
00:09:27.040 with praise.
00:09:28.580 Is this the way
00:09:29.360 that you feel
00:09:30.220 you have to act
00:09:31.680 when doing business
00:09:33.180 with the U.S.
00:09:33.880 President
00:09:34.360 through flattery
00:09:35.920 and praise?
00:09:36.840 When he is
00:09:37.600 doing stuff
00:09:38.840 which is forcing us
00:09:40.700 to, for example,
00:09:41.540 when it comes to
00:09:42.240 making more investments,
00:09:44.660 I mean,
00:09:45.000 would you ever think
00:09:45.760 that this would be
00:09:46.560 the result
00:09:47.040 of this summit
00:09:47.660 if he would not
00:09:48.340 have been re-elected
00:09:49.120 President?
00:09:49.740 So doesn't he
00:09:50.400 deserve some praise?
00:09:52.000 And when it comes
00:09:52.500 to Iran,
00:09:53.580 the fact that he took
00:09:54.420 this decisive action,
00:09:56.040 very targeted,
00:09:57.380 to make sure
00:09:58.000 that Iran 0.91
00:09:58.780 would not be able
00:09:59.720 to get his hands
00:10:01.400 on a nuclear capability,
00:10:03.660 I think he deserves
00:10:04.480 all the praise.
00:10:05.500 The media was quick
00:10:06.460 to mock the friendly exchange
00:10:07.900 without crediting Mr. Trump
00:10:09.260 for his accomplishments.
00:10:10.840 Contrast that
00:10:11.400 with the New York Times
00:10:12.160 in 2018
00:10:12.800 after Mr. Trump's
00:10:14.120 NATO appearance,
00:10:15.200 which the Times
00:10:15.780 called, quote,
00:10:16.460 an assault on norms
00:10:17.920 that left NATO,
00:10:19.100 quote,
00:10:19.340 distracted and shaken.
00:10:21.140 The Times accusing
00:10:21.860 Mr. Trump of,
00:10:22.860 quote,
00:10:23.140 stirring discord
00:10:24.120 by threatening
00:10:25.140 to leave NATO
00:10:25.980 if other nations
00:10:26.840 did not pay
00:10:27.420 their fair share.
00:10:28.300 The Times describing
00:10:29.480 the day as
00:10:30.080 unsettling for NATO members,
00:10:32.120 adding,
00:10:32.800 Mr. Trump got little
00:10:33.960 in the way
00:10:34.460 of concrete results.
00:10:36.380 After Wednesday's
00:10:37.200 successful summit,
00:10:38.300 the Times focused
00:10:38.940 on how nations
00:10:39.600 are unlikely
00:10:40.300 to actually live up
00:10:41.540 to the 5% spending pledge
00:10:43.420 and on how
00:10:44.440 not enough attention
00:10:45.340 was paid to Ukraine.
00:10:47.300 Good grief.
00:10:49.240 Late Wednesday,
00:10:50.040 President Trump
00:10:50.600 announcing that
00:10:51.300 Secretary of Defense
00:10:52.500 Pete Hegseth
00:10:53.460 will be holding
00:10:54.180 a major news conference
00:10:55.980 this morning
00:10:56.580 at 8 a.m.
00:10:57.600 along with
00:10:58.200 military representatives,
00:11:00.400 the purpose of which
00:11:01.080 is to, quote,
00:11:01.920 fight for the dignity
00:11:02.900 of our great
00:11:03.840 American pilots.
00:11:05.500 The president claiming
00:11:06.200 these pilots
00:11:06.800 were, quote,
00:11:07.340 very upset
00:11:08.200 about the fake news
00:11:09.780 by CNN
00:11:10.400 and the failing
00:11:11.300 New York Times.
00:11:12.960 He added,
00:11:13.380 the news conference
00:11:13.980 will prove both
00:11:14.800 interesting
00:11:15.420 and irrefutable.
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00:12:43.140 The prosecution
00:12:44.260 in the Sean Diddy Combs trial
00:12:45.800 informing the judge
00:12:46.920 ahead of a Wednesday
00:12:47.920 meeting on jury instructions
00:12:49.340 that they are dropping
00:12:50.720 three alleged predicate acts
00:12:52.880 supporting the racketeering
00:12:54.100 conspiracy charge
00:12:55.120 against the mogul.
00:12:56.220 Contrary to what some
00:12:57.860 in the media reported,
00:12:58.940 however,
00:12:59.680 no charges have been
00:13:00.960 dropped against Combs.
00:13:02.680 He is still facing
00:13:03.560 the same charges
00:13:04.580 of sex trafficking,
00:13:06.080 transportation to engage
00:13:07.160 in prostitution,
00:13:08.400 and racketeering conspiracy.
00:13:10.400 In order to secure
00:13:11.540 a racketeering conviction,
00:13:13.600 prosecutors must prove
00:13:14.440 Combs was the head
00:13:15.400 of a criminal enterprise
00:13:16.700 engaged in a pattern
00:13:18.100 of criminal activity
00:13:19.360 involving two or more
00:13:20.820 predicate crimes.
00:13:22.500 This latest move
00:13:23.260 simply removing
00:13:24.100 three predicate acts
00:13:25.440 from the list
00:13:26.140 of what jurors
00:13:26.820 will be asked
00:13:27.440 to consider,
00:13:28.760 namely attempted kidnapping,
00:13:30.900 attempted arson,
00:13:32.260 and aiding and abetting
00:13:33.360 sex trafficking.
00:13:34.780 The prosecution
00:13:35.440 is not abandoning
00:13:37.120 its allegations
00:13:37.840 that Combs committed
00:13:39.120 actual arson,
00:13:41.040 actual kidnapping,
00:13:42.440 and actual sex trafficking.
00:13:44.280 It's only dropping
00:13:45.260 its predicate act allegations
00:13:46.900 that he attempted
00:13:48.120 or aided and abetted
00:13:49.760 those crimes.
00:13:51.280 Closing arguments
00:13:51.920 set to begin today,
00:13:53.120 Combs has denied
00:13:54.080 all charges.
00:13:54.840 House Speaker Mike Johnson
00:13:58.280 on Wednesday
00:13:58.800 joining The Megyn Kelly Show
00:14:00.060 as the self-imposed
00:14:01.260 deadline to pass
00:14:02.140 President Trump's
00:14:02.940 one big beautiful bill
00:14:04.500 rapidly approaches.
00:14:06.300 Republicans in Congress
00:14:07.260 aiming to pass the bill
00:14:08.220 by July 4th
00:14:09.260 through a special process
00:14:10.340 known as reconciliation,
00:14:12.160 allowing the House
00:14:12.780 and Senate to pass
00:14:13.600 a budget bill
00:14:14.200 with a simple majority
00:14:15.380 and avoid the 60-vote threshold
00:14:17.260 required to overcome
00:14:18.220 a filibuster in the Senate.
00:14:20.200 House and Senate Republicans
00:14:21.180 working for months
00:14:22.000 on the legislation,
00:14:23.020 aiming to provide funding
00:14:24.100 to complete
00:14:24.760 the southern border wall
00:14:25.900 and fully support
00:14:27.080 the Trump administration's
00:14:28.160 mass deportation effort
00:14:29.600 with new ICE agents
00:14:31.100 and new immigration judges.
00:14:33.300 The bill also would make
00:14:34.280 the 2017 Trump tax cuts
00:14:36.120 permanent and deliver
00:14:37.280 on a number of other
00:14:38.220 Trump campaign promises,
00:14:39.820 including no taxes on tips
00:14:41.520 and no taxes on overtime.
00:14:44.000 Republicans also aiming
00:14:45.240 to deliver on Medicaid reform,
00:14:47.600 Democrats criticizing the bill
00:14:48.980 as an effort to give tax cuts
00:14:50.380 to the wealthy
00:14:50.960 at the expense
00:14:51.940 of the nation's
00:14:52.960 most vulnerable.
00:14:53.700 A bill that will throw
00:14:55.600 13.7 million Americans
00:14:58.000 off their health care coverage
00:15:00.100 in order to help pay
00:15:01.480 for tax cuts for billionaires.
00:15:03.160 Policies that are giving
00:15:04.280 tax breaks to billionaires,
00:15:06.200 racking up deficits,
00:15:07.720 taking away Medicare,
00:15:09.440 Medicaid from ordinary people.
00:15:11.080 People will lose their coverage.
00:15:13.480 And why?
00:15:15.080 Why is that?
00:15:16.200 To give tax breaks
00:15:17.220 to the highest end?
00:15:18.660 Speaker Johnson
00:15:19.400 responding to those allegations.
00:15:21.560 What we're doing
00:15:22.360 is restoring common sense.
00:15:23.880 Medicaid is intended
00:15:24.740 to be a temporary safety net
00:15:26.220 for people who desperately need it.
00:15:27.700 You're talking about
00:15:28.180 the elderly, disabled,
00:15:29.800 you know, young, single,
00:15:30.940 pregnant moms 1.00
00:15:31.660 who are down on their luck, right?
00:15:33.540 But it's not being used
00:15:34.940 for those purposes
00:15:35.700 because it's been expanded
00:15:37.000 under the last two
00:15:38.260 Democrat presidents
00:15:39.180 and to cover everybody.
00:15:41.420 So you've got a bunch
00:15:42.460 of able-bodied young men,
00:15:43.860 for example,
00:15:44.820 who are on Medicaid
00:15:45.780 and not working.
00:15:46.940 So what we're doing
00:15:47.940 is restoring work requirements
00:15:49.500 to Medicaid, okay?
00:15:50.340 This is common sense.
00:15:51.420 It's about an 85% approval rating
00:15:54.120 in public polling
00:15:54.960 because it makes sense.
00:15:56.660 If you are on the public wagon,
00:15:58.580 you need to help pull it.
00:16:00.340 And Megan,
00:16:00.620 all we've done in the bill
00:16:01.540 is add 20 hours a week, okay?
00:16:03.780 A requirement to work
00:16:05.160 for 20 hours a week
00:16:06.560 or be in a job training program,
00:16:08.380 looking for a job
00:16:09.160 or volunteer in your community.
00:16:11.220 Over the last several weeks,
00:16:12.720 the Senate negotiating
00:16:13.700 over its version of the BBB,
00:16:15.800 MK Media star Mark Halperin
00:16:18.120 of the show Next Up
00:16:19.780 with Mark Halperin
00:16:20.640 calls the passage of the bill
00:16:22.040 a make-or-break moment
00:16:23.300 for the president's second term.
00:16:25.420 Speaker Johnson on the likelihood
00:16:26.820 of meeting the president's
00:16:28.280 July 4th goal.
00:16:29.800 The president and I talk about this
00:16:31.160 multiple times every day
00:16:32.240 and he wants to have
00:16:33.020 a signing ceremony
00:16:33.860 on Independence Day.
00:16:35.360 I mean, it would be epic.
00:16:36.280 It'd be awesome.
00:16:36.780 This would be the most
00:16:37.300 consequential legislation
00:16:38.460 that Congress has passed
00:16:39.400 in generations.
00:16:40.440 And if the Senate does their job
00:16:42.160 as expected by this weekend,
00:16:44.140 we'll stay through
00:16:44.860 and get this thing done.
00:16:46.220 So as quickly as possible
00:16:47.680 under the procedure,
00:16:48.560 I have to let the bill procedurally,
00:16:50.300 I have to let the bill lay over
00:16:51.540 for 72 hours
00:16:52.720 once it's delivered to us,
00:16:53.900 obviously,
00:16:54.400 so everyone can read it
00:16:55.240 and go through it.
00:16:56.380 And then we'll pass this thing.
00:16:58.660 A Senate GOP aide
00:16:59.920 telling AM Update,
00:17:01.280 the Senate will likely proceed
00:17:02.720 to the bill on Friday,
00:17:04.680 debating and voting on amendments,
00:17:06.440 planning to vote on final passage
00:17:08.000 sometime this weekend.
00:17:09.300 Speaker Johnson also discussing
00:17:11.320 his Democrat colleagues' reaction
00:17:13.040 to President Trump's authorization
00:17:14.520 of the U.S. military strike
00:17:16.260 on key Iranian nuclear facilities.
00:17:18.860 Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett
00:17:20.620 criticizing the order,
00:17:22.180 saying President Trump
00:17:22.960 unconstitutionally bypassed
00:17:25.040 congressional authority.
00:17:26.700 I'm the one that's supposed
00:17:27.820 to make the fucking decision
00:17:29.000 or at least get them over.
00:17:30.400 The Speaker's reaction?
00:17:31.920 I would like Jasmine Crockett
00:17:33.280 to have the platform everywhere
00:17:34.700 to talk all the time.
00:17:35.720 She's the best gift to us possible.
00:17:37.740 I want her to be the face
00:17:39.020 of the Democratic Party.
00:17:39.940 She and AOC can lead them
00:17:41.420 into oblivion.
00:17:42.340 That's fantastic.
00:17:43.200 More Jasmine, okay?
00:17:44.640 Because it puts on display
00:17:45.920 what these people actually believe,
00:17:47.660 where their party is headed.
00:17:48.720 They have no leader.
00:17:49.660 They have no platform
00:17:50.540 that they can run on.
00:17:51.500 All of their policies
00:17:52.280 have been repudiated.
00:17:53.840 All they have,
00:17:54.620 they're a one-trick pony.
00:17:55.620 All they can do is criticize
00:17:56.700 Trump and the Republicans.
00:17:57.840 And that'll do it
00:18:01.560 for your AM update.
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