Trump Wins at Supreme Court, Tariffs Market Madness, Truth About RFK and Measles： AM Update 4⧸8
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Supreme Court weighs in on two cases in favor of the Trump administration, including one involving a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, and another involving a Venezuelan immigrant who was deported to his home country, Venezuela. All that and more coming up in today s AM Update.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, April 8th, 2025, and this is your AM
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Update. Listen, we've got 50 countries that are burning the phone lines into the White House up.
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As markets yo-yo in response to President Trump's recently announced tariff strategy,
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White House officials say dozens of countries are lining up to renegotiate trade deals.
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We're having direct talks with Iran, and if they've started, it'll go on Saturday.
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The Trump administration is set to begin direct talks with the Iranian regime over its nuclear
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ambitions. RFKJ takes media fire amid a deadly measles outbreak, but the reports tend to gloss
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over one key fact. And the Supreme Court weighs in on two cases in favor of the Trump administration.
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All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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first. A big win for the Trump administration at the U.S. Supreme Court, which today lifted the
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injunction on Trump's deportations of suspected Venezuelan gang members, saying the D.C. court,
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where they objected to their removal, did not have proper jurisdiction. The high court, in a 5-4 decision
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in which Trump appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the three liberals in dissent, found that,
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as the Trump administration had conceded, the illegals deserve some measure of due process prior
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to removal, but that those hearings must be held in so-called habeas proceedings, which means before
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an immigration judge and in the jurisdiction in which the migrants are detained. In this case,
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that's Texas, not Washington, D.C. Therefore, Judge Boasberg did not have the right to hear this case,
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and his orders trying to stop the deportations and turn those deportation flights around were improper.
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Bottom line, the Trump administration may continue to summarily remove these suspected gang members
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under the Alien Enemies Act. Individual hearings on the deportations, if at all, will happen in
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immigration courts where the detainees are held once arrested. The Supreme Court also weighing in on the
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case of the 29-year-old Salvadorian National the Department of Justice admits was mistakenly deported to
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El Salvador. The high court ruling the government did not have to meet the midnight Tuesday deadline
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set by a lower court judge to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Last week, U.S. District George
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Paula Zinnis ordering the government to return Mr. Abrego Garcia by 11.59 p.m. on Monday. He was in the U.S.
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with protection from being removed to only one country, his home of El Salvador, after an immigration
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court earlier found a likelihood of danger to him there. Judge Zinnis, appointed by President Obama,
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writing in this case, quote, as defendants acknowledge they had no legal authority to
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arrest him, no justification to detain him, and no grounds to send him to El Salvador, let alone
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deliver him into one of the most dangerous prisons in the Western Hemisphere. Authorities arrested Mr.
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Abrego Garcia on March 12th in Baltimore. On the 15th, he was deported to El Salvador. He could have
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been deported elsewhere, just not to El Salvador, given the removal protection he received. ICE
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officials say Mr. Abrego Garcia was inadvertently included on a flight manifest that should have
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only included people cleared for deportation to El Salvador. The Trump administration maintains
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Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member. In fact, two immigration courts have found evidence to support
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that. DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin telling CNN, quote, whether he is in El Salvador or a detention
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facility in the U.S., he should be locked up. The Supreme Court's Monday decision does not settle the
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underlying dispute whether Mr. Abrego Garcia has a right to additional due process before he's deported
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from the U.S. That battle will play out in the lower courts. Monday, markets swinging wildly throughout
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the day in response to President Trump's tariff plans. Markets opening to sharp declines, then surging
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after a false report suggesting Trump would pause his tariffs. The short-lived rally collapsing soon after
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the White House called the story fake news. The Dow Jones falling by 349 points, the S&P 500 dropping by
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11, both slight drops, the Nasdaq ending the day with a slight gain of 15 points. Top Trump officials
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hitting the media circuit over the weekend, preparing viewers for the anticipated Monday market madness,
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reinforcing the president's tariff strategy. We've got to start to protect ourselves and we've got to
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stop having all the countries of the world ripping us off. We have a $1.2 trillion trade deficit and the
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rest of the world has a surplus with us. They're earning our money. They're taking our money.
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And Donald Trump has seen this and he's going to stop it. The market will find a bottom. It will be
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soon. And from there, we're going to have a bullish boom. And the Dow is going to hit 50,000 during
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Trump's term. The S&P 500 is going to have a very broad-based recovery. And wages are going to go up.
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Profits are going to go up. And life's going to be beautiful here in America. Trust in Trump.
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Everyone wants to look at the stock market going down. You know what else went down? Oil prices went
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down almost 15% in two days, which impacts working Americans much more than the stock market.
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On Monday, author and historian Victor Davis Hanson adding perspective to the stock market's
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bounces on The Megyn Kelly Show. I was looking at the Dow when it's 37 or 38,000. It's pretty much
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where Biden was in 2023. And over the Biden and Trump eight years, it's gone up 100%. But if you look
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at wages, and this is what it's all about, even though the productivity over the last 50 years
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has almost doubled per worker, wages only went up 35%. Now, as far as the psychodrama goes,
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you and I are elites and we understand that. But 10% of the country owns 93% of the value of the
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stock market. 50% are only invested at 1%. So a lot of this paranoia is that these people are
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not making over a 10-year period what they think they deserve. President Trump further targeting
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China on Monday with a post on Truth Social reading, quote, if China does not withdraw its 34%
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increase above their already long-term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, the United States
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will impose additional tariffs on China of 50% effective April 9th. If implemented, the new tariffs
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would bring the total rate on China to 104%. Later in the day, the president hosting Israeli Prime
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Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Mr. Netanyahu announcing his country would move
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quickly to eliminate trade barriers between the U.S. and Israel. Israel can serve as a model for many
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countries who ought to do the same. You know, I'm a free trade champion, and free trade has to be fair
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trade. And I think that's basically the position that you've put forward, Mr. President. We are going
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to eliminate the tariffs and rapidly. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins telling CNN more countries
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are lining up to make new trade deals with the administration. Listen, we've got 50 countries
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that are burning the phone lines into the White House up, and probably the president's cell phone
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as well, and probably Howard Lutnick's as well. Right now, we're two business days into this new
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American order. So I think we have a lot to be determined. But the president is resolute in his
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focus, in his boldness, in his fearlessness, and in his relentlessness to ensure that we're putting
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America first by using these tariffs, along with deregulation, cutting taxes, energy dominance.
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Eric Trump, posting on X last week, quote, I wouldn't want to be the last country that tries
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to negotiate a trade deal with Donald Trump. The first to negotiate will win. The last will
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absolutely lose. I've seen this movie my entire life.
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While the White House canceled the official press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu,
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President Trump invited the press pool into the Oval for an extended Q&A session with Mr. Netanyahu,
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along with high-ranking U.S. officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco
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Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. President Trump announcing
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the administration will engage in direct talks with Iran.
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We're having direct talks with Iran. And they've started, it'll go on Saturday. We have a
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very big meeting and we'll see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be
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preferable to doing the obvious. And the obvious is not something that I want to be involved with,
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or frankly, that Israel wants to be involved with if they can avoid it. So we're going to see if we
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can avoid it. The Iranian regime declined direct talks on a nuclear deal in late March. What motivated
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the change of heart? Not yet clear. Iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism,
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arming and funding groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, all of which carry out attacks against the U.S.
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or its allies. Relatedly, Secretary Hegseth providing an update on the U.S. campaign against
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the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. It's been a bad three weeks for the Houthis and it's about to get
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worse. It's been a devastating campaign, whether it's underground facilities, weapons manufacturing,
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bunkers, troops in the open, air defense assets. We are not going to relent. The Iranians as well,
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they should not continue to provide support to the Houthis. And that message has been made
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very clear. So we have a lot more options and a lot more pressure to apply.
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Under the Biden administration, the Houthis launched hundreds of attacks on ships traveling
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through the Red Sea, including U.S. military and merchant vessels. The threat of the Houthis
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rerouting thousands of ships around Africa, adding thousands of miles and millions of dollars in fuel
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costs. The Trump administration in recent weeks launching a wave of attacks against the group,
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restoring safe passage to the critical corridor, largely relied upon by global trade partners.
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Coming up, RFKJ takes media fire amid a deadly measles outbreak,
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HHS Secretary RFKJ visiting Southwestern states as part of a Make America Healthy Again tour.
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Axios reporting White House officials urging Secretary Kennedy to take a more public-facing
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role. The tour coinciding with a measles outbreak, largely affecting Texas. Over the weekend,
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Secretary Kennedy visiting a Gaines County, Texas Mennonite community, suffering the loss of two
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young children due to complications from measles. A six-year-old passing away in February and an
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eight-year-old last week. Secretary Kennedy on Sunday writing on X, quote, in early March,
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I deployed a CDC team to bolster local and state capacity for a response across multiple Texas
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regions, supply pharmacies, and Texas-run clinics with needed MMR vaccines and other medicines.
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MMR standing for measles, mumps, and rubella. The post goes on to say, quote,
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the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine. The media immediately
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seizing on the post as an opportunity to smear RFKJ, a longtime critic of childhood vaccine
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mandates. Measles outbreak in Texas is growing, and a second unvaccinated child has died of the
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virus. Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. was at the child's funeral yesterday and
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publicly backed the MMR vaccine as the most effective way to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Of course, that is raising the question, though, why did he wait until now to do that? That was his
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most direct statement yet as someone who in the past has been a vaccine skeptic. You know,
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it's amazing that the lead of a lot of our news headlines on this, our top health official says
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that the MMR vaccine is effective. I mean, that's just sort of like, that shouldn't be news, but it
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is news when it's RFK Jr. saying it. I would urge people to look at his statements, which seem to be
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on both sides of the coin. He did not have a full-throated endorsement. Missing in those reports,
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critical context, members of the Mennonite community are largely unvaccinated for religious reasons and
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have been long before RFKJ became the head of HHS. Many Mennonite families live in tight-knit
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rural communities. Vaccine rates are significantly lower in these groups across the board, not just
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for MMR, making outbreaks more likely. Of the approximately 500 measles cases in Texas, Gaines County,
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home to a substantial Mennonite population, accounts for 315.
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President Trump on Monday hosting the L.A. Dodgers, celebrating the 2024 World Series champions.
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President Trump praising the team in his remarks, calling team manager Dave Roberts, quote,
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one of the greatest managers ever to wear the Dodger blue. Mr. Roberts in 2019, suggesting he would skip
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a trip to the Trump White House if the Dodgers won the series, telling the L.A. Times, quote,
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we have to win it first, but one trip to D.C. playing the Nationals is plenty for me. The Dodgers did not
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make the series that year. Mr. Roberts explaining his change of heart to reporters last week, quote,
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this is not a political thing. I'm not going to sit up here and make it political. We're looking
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forward to celebrating our championship team. Star player Mookie Betts, who skipped a Trump White House
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meeting in 2019 as a Red Sox player, also in attendance. Mr. Trump making a special shout out.
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Including superstars, Mookie Betts. Oh, is he good?
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Good looking. Mookie, that guy can play, can't he? I mean, unbelievable. You really, Mookie is,
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I've been watching it. I don't want to say I watched him when he was on Boston, but I did. I didn't think,
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I didn't think that was a particularly good trade when they made it, and I happened to be right.
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The only player not in attendance, first baseman Freddie Freeman, absent due to an ankle sprain.
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And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for The Megan Kelly Show,
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