Trump Weighs Government Shutdown Cuts, Delta Planes Collide, UK Terror Attack： AM Update 10⧸3
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As the government shutdown enters its third day, lawmakers continue to negotiate a short-term solution to the stalemate, and President Trump continues to press ahead with his plan to reduce the size of the federal workforce. Meanwhile, biohacking continues to gain ground in the battle against modern day medicine.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Friday, October 3rd, 2025, and this is your AM
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Update. We're going to start looking across the board at layoffs and at agencies. President Trump
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searching for government programs to shutter as lawmakers battle over how to end the government
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shutdown. Two Delta planes collide on a New York City runway. Terror in the UK. Two killed and
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more wounded in an attack on a synagogue. And Greta Thunberg tries once more to sail to Gaza.
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How'd that go? All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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President Trump on Thursday appearing to move ahead with plans to reduce the federal workforce
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amid the government shutdown. Mr. Trump posting on Truth Social, quote,
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I have a meeting today with Office of Management and Budget Director Ross Vogt, he of Project 2025 fame,
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to determine which of the many Democrat agencies, most of which are a political scam,
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he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.
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I can't believe the radical-left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.
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They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly,
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make America great again. Project 2025 is a policy playbook drawn up by the Conservative
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Heritage Foundation in hopes of a Republican victory in 2024. Ross Vogt is one of the key architects.
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Democrats throughout the election casting the document as a textbook for installing fascism.
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President Trump regularly saying he had not read Project 2025 and it was not a part of his campaign,
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of course here appearing to reference it as a troll. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reacting to
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reporters yesterday. Donald Trump and Republicans spent all of last year promising that they were
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going to lower the high cost of living. They also spent all of last year running away from Project 2025,
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acting like Project 2025 didn't exist. But what have they been doing this year? This year,
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they've done nothing, zip zero, stingy with De Niro, nothing to lower the high cost of living
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for everyday Americans. While at the same period of time, implementing and unleashing Project 2025.
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Now all of a sudden, Donald Trump admits it was his project all along.
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Last week, vote circulating a memo directing agencies to draw up plans for layoffs in the event of a
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shutdown. Vote specifically targeting programs, projects, or activities that are not legally
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required to continue and do not align with President Trump's priorities. On Wednesday,
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just hours into the shutdown, vote announcing the cancellation of nearly $8 billion in green
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energy contracts across 16 states. An additional $18 billion in funding toward New York City infrastructure
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projects put on hold. In March, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, backing down from a budget
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fight, warning a shutdown would hand Mr. Trump more power to shrink the government. The move drawing
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tremendous criticism from his party, the minority leader now changing his tune. Last week, Mr. Schumer
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calling the vote memo an attempt to intimidate Democrats, telling Politico, quote,
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These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring
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the workers back. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt yesterday on Fox saying this is no bluff.
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Look, we have zero dollars coming into the federal government right now because the Democrats shut it
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down. So what Russ vote is working diligently on is examining how we can fix this mess to ensure that
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critical funding continues, that we can get people paid. But the Democrats are making that very
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difficult. We're going to start looking across the board at layoffs and at agencies that we feel do
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not best serve the American taxpayer that may need to be halted or permanently cut. Is that real or is
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that a negotiating tactic? Oh, it's very real. And the Democrats should know that they put the White
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House and the president in this position. For now, the shutdown continues.
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Two regional jets operated by a Delta Airlines subsidiary colliding at low speeds on a LaGuardia
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taxiway Wednesday night in New York. One flight attendant reportedly suffering a knee injury. According
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to Port Authority, a person was taken to the hospital. It's unclear if that person is the flight
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attendant. Thankfully, no one else was injured. Just before 10 p.m., a plane taxiing in from Charlotte,
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North Carolina, struck by the wing of another jet, preparing to take off for Roanoke, Virginia.
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CBS producer Joey Annunziato, who was on board one of the planes, describing the crash.
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We just landed in New York on a Delta flight from Charlotte, coming back from work. We're taxiing to
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our runway, and we got absolutely smashed by another Delta flight. I don't know if we hit them
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or if they hit us, but it was super jarring. Everyone shot forward in their seats, and it was
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kind of a little chaotic as soon as it happened. The flight was uneventful up until we landed.
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I think everybody's okay. We're probably, I don't know, 50 to 100 yards from our gate.
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Images of the scene showing extensive damage to the plane's windshield and nose. 57 passengers were
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aboard the flight from Charlotte, 28 on the flight to Roanoke, according to the airline.
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The FAA releasing a statement yesterday morning saying air traffic control instructed the plane
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departing for Roanoke to yield to the other aircraft before crossing into the intersection.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident.
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Preliminary reports typically released within 30 days, a full report within 12 to 18 months.
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The collision occurring within the first day of the government shutdown. Air traffic controllers
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are classified as essential, working through the shutdown, though without any pay. The air
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traffic controllers union in a Wednesday statement, unrelated to the collision, writing, quote,
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The increased stress and fatigue that comes from working long hours without pay cannot be
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overstated. It's unclear if LaGuardia's staffing levels were impacted when the collision occurred.
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Coming up, an attack on a U.K. synagogue leaves two Jews killed and four injured. Police declare
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it an act of terror. And Greta Thunberg's Gaza Flotilla take two.
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Terrorism in the United Kingdom. At least two Jewish people killed, four more injured in a targeted car
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and knife attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England. Three of the victims now in serious
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condition. Police shooting and killing the terrorist, later identifying the deceased attacker
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as 35-year-old Jihad al-Shami, a British citizen of Syrian descent. His name is Jihad.
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The attack, which happened yesterday morning, taking place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year
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in Judaism. Around 9.30 a.m., al-Shami slamming his car directly into people outside of the synagogue,
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then exiting the vehicle carrying on the attack with a knife. Video shows police with weapons drawn
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on the prone assailant attempting to clear onlookers from the scene.
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He's got a bubble wrap! He's got a bubble wrap!
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An officer firing one round into Shami, killing him. Police later confirming the vest he was wearing,
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suspected of concealing a bomb, was not a viable threat. Manchester police say three suspects have
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been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation, and instigation of acts of terrorism,
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they're working to understand the motive behind the attack. In custody, two men in their 30s and a
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woman in her 60s. Two local Jewish women speaking out to British radio station LBC and Reuters.
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All I could hear was helicopters and I thought, what's going on? And then my mom said she saw two
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cars speeding right past the house. And then she said they're heading down that way. So I said,
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I wonder if it's at shul. That's my mom. That's our local synagogue. So she said, I think you're
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right. And today is Yom Kippur. It's a very holy festival and I'm Jewish and absolutely terrified.
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I was on my way to that synagogue when this all happened and I'm in an absolute state of distress
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and shock. You know, we've been saying for years and pre-October the 7th that anti-Semitism is real
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and we have been continually gaslight. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacting on Thursday.
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This is a country that stands up to hatred and that we don't just provide refuge,
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we provide a home. For so many Jewish families, that is the story of Britain. But Britain is also
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a country where Jewish buildings, synagogues, even schools require round-the-clock protection,
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where dedicated specialist security is necessary because of the daily threat of anti-Semitic hatred.
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Today's horrific incident shows why. And while this is not a new hate, this is something Jews have
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always lived with. We must be clear. It is a hatred that is rising once again. And Britain must defeat it
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once again. The Prime Minister also saying police presence around synagogues will be increased.
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The Daily Mail reporting multiple anti-Israel protesters continuing with planned rallies last night,
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one just a few miles away from the site of the attack. Marchers adorned with black and white
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kafea scarves, waving Palestinian flags and signs reading,
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Stop Starving Gaza and Israel is Guilty of Genocide. The demonstrations drawing condemnation on social
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media. Conservative member of the London Assembly, Susan Hall, writing, quote,
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Utterly disgusting. What disgraceful, disrespectful, despicable behavior. Today of all days.
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This attack coming one day after German police arrested three suspected Hamas members,
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allegedly stockpiling weapons, quote, for assassinations targeting Israeli or Jewish
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institutions, according to prosecutors. The suspects arrested in Berlin, two are German citizens,
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one was born in Lebanon, identified only by their first names and last initials,
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Abed Alji, Yael FM and Ahmed I. Police discovering weapons, including an AK-47 rifle and several pistols,
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in addition to a, quote, considerable amount of ammunition.
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Climate warrior turned Palestinian activist Greta Turnberg is at it again.
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My name is Gevige Mle. I'm a citizen of Sweden. If you are watching this video,
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I have been abducted and taken against my will by Israeli forces. Our humanitarian mission was
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nonviolent and abiding by international law. Please tell my government to demand my and the
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others' immediate release. Yes, Greta once again detained by Israeli officials while attempting to get
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herself on TV, I mean, attempting to sail into war-torn Gaza. This latest voyage following a
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similarly unsuccessful June campaign, but this time the 22-year-old taking a strength-in-numbers
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approach. The global Sumud flotilla organizing, about 40 vessels departing from Barcelona about one
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month ago, carrying approximately 500 activists, including European lawmakers and lawyers, the largest
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attempt yet to break the blockade. The AP reporting the flotilla was carrying, quote, a symbolic amount
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of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Its main goal, they said, remained to break Israel's illegal siege and end
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the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. The boats intercepted by the Israeli Navy, about 80
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miles from shore. This is the Israeli Navy. You are approaching a blockaded zone. If you wish to
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deliver aid to Gaza, you may do so through the established channels. Please change your course
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toward the port of Ashtore, where the aid will undergo a security inspection and then be transferred
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into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli foreign ministry posting footage of Greta seated on one of the ships
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wearing a black-and-white kefea, a helmeted officer handing her what appears to be a water bottle and
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assisting her with a jacket. The ministry writing, quote, Greta and her friends are safe and healthy.
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Passengers aboard the intercepted ships, Israeli officials say, will be deported to Europe.
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This latest stunt culminating just days before the second anniversary of the October 7th attack
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on Israel. Earlier this week, President Trump presenting the Hamas terrorist organization
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with a deal to end the war. Israel and other Arab states in the area support the deal, calling for an
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immediate end to the fighting and release of all remaining hostages. President Trump telling reporters
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on Tuesday, Hamas has three or four days to respond, the White House promising full backing to Israel
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to finish the job if this deal is rejected. As of today, no word on whether Hamas will accept the
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offer. And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for The Megyn Kelly
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