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Schumer Averts Shutdown
00:03:06
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| Good morning, everyone. | |
| I'm Megan Kelly. | |
| It's Friday, March 14th, 2025, and this is your AM update. | |
| Allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option. | |
| Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer caving in the budget battle, announcing he will vote to allow the government funding bill to go forward, averting a shutdown. | |
| Our position is based on the assumption that this ceasefire would lead to a long-term peace. | |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled tentative acceptance of a ceasefire deal, but says he has some concerns he would like to speak to President Trump about. | |
| President Trump inviting New York Governor Kathy Hochul to the White House, trying to pressure her into reversing New York's Green New Deal fanaticism. | |
| And Michelle Obama's podcast debut does little to squash swirling divorce rumors. | |
| All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update. | |
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| Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer caving on the budget battle, a complete reversal from his position just hours earlier, announcing on the Senate floor Thursday night he will not let the government shut down. | |
| While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse. | |
| For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. | |
| But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even more, even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option. | |
| Despite Senator Schumer's early assertions of unity, the Democrat Party remaining deeply divided on their spending bill strategy, some fearing a shutdown would be worse politically than passing the Republican CR. | |
| Punch Bowl News reporting New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand could be heard yelling loudly through the doors of the Senate Dem's lunch, arguing against shuttering the government. | |
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Putin's Energy Bargaining Chip
00:09:18
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| Eight Democrats are needed to advance the bill in a procedural vote. | |
| They will not be required to vote on the actual bill itself, which only requires a simple majority, which the Republicans have. | |
| With Senator Schumer's support of the procedural move, the bill is likely to pass later today, just in the nick of time. | |
| The European Union announcing a 50% tariff on select U.S. imports, namely whiskey, in direct response to Wednesday's U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel. | |
| President Trump immediately responding on Truth Social, writing, quote, if this tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% tariff on all wines, champagnes, and alcoholic products coming out of France and other EU-represented countries. | |
| Commerce Secretary Howard Luttnick on Bloomberg admonishing the European Union and Canada for not appreciating the gravity of the president's tariff strategy. | |
| We need to have steel and aluminum domestically in America. | |
| In national security, you need metals to make bullets. | |
| You need metals to make munitions. | |
| You need metals to make everything. | |
| And Donald Trump is very focused on let's make sure the key ingredients that are necessary to defend America are made here in America. | |
| Secretary Luttnick saying retaliatory tariffs on items such as sports equipment and alcohol are not serious policy measures, only serving to frustrate the president further, escalating tensions even more. | |
| A key plank in President Trump's economic vision, bringing back aluminum and steel manufacturing, shoring up national security, and creating American jobs he believes we never should have lost. | |
| U.S. steel and aluminum production began declining in the 1970s as foreign competitors like Japan modernized and ramped up production. | |
| The decline accelerated in the 1990s with the rise of China and the passage of NAFTA. | |
| Foreign producers operate under different labor laws and environmental regulations. | |
| They're able to manufacture metals more cheaply, often selling them below market value, making it tough for U.S. manufacturers to compete. | |
| The Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting in June 1979, manufacturing employment reached an all-time peak of 19.6 million. | |
| Today, the number is around 13 million. | |
| President Trump summing up his views on U.S. trade policy on Truth Social, writing, quote, the U.S. doesn't have free trade. | |
| We have stupid trade. | |
| The entire world is ripping us off. | |
| Markets, still spooked by the uncertainty of the tariff wars, the Wall Street Journal reporting the SP 500 losing about 5.3 trillion from its mid-February peak, the NASDAQ down 14% from its December high, and the Dow dropping 9% from its record level. | |
| Treasury Secretary Scott Besson on CNBC reassuring investors. | |
| I'm not concerned about a little bit of volatility over three weeks, because if you look over the long term, the reason stocks are a safe and great investment is because you're looking over the long term. | |
| I can't tell you that markets are going to go up today, tomorrow, next week, but I can tell you that if we put proper policies in place, it's going to lay the groundwork for both real income gains and job gains and asset continued asset gains. | |
| Secretary Besson saying markets will stabilize if Congress can work together to pass tax cuts for individuals and businesses. | |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing at a Thursday news conference some reservations about the ceasefire proposal agreed to by the Ukrainians. | |
| Mr. Putin saying the Russians agree with the ceasefire in theory, but they have additional concerns, and he would like to speak to President Trump before agreeing to anything. | |
| We agree with the proposals for the ceasefire, but our position is based on the assumption that this ceasefire would lead to a long-term peace, something that would remove the initial reasons for the crisis. | |
| Mr. Putin initially justified his invasion based on a number of reasons. | |
| The first on the list, Ukraine's push to join NATO. | |
| Mr. Trump, as recently as Thursday, reiterating that will not happen. | |
| Mr. Putin also claimed the invasion was intended to denazify Ukraine. | |
| The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish. | |
| Prior to the war, Ukraine was home to one of the largest Jewish populations in Europe. | |
| Mr. Putin also asserted without evidence the Ukrainian government was preparing a military offensive against Russian-backed separatists in the Donbass region. | |
| This region borders Russia and it's home to primarily Russian speakers. | |
| The Russian military currently occupies about 20% of Ukraine, including the Donbass region. | |
| Its fate subject to further peace negotiations. | |
| Despite media reporting suggesting Mr. Putin's statement is an indication he will refuse this deal, President Trump responding with cautious optimism from the Oval. | |
| I hope Russia is going to make the deal too. | |
| If President Putin agrees and does a ceasefire, I think we're going to be in very good shape to get it done. | |
| We want to get it over with. | |
| That's why it was very important what I instructed everybody, including Steve, what we're looking for, to discuss concepts of land, concepts of power plants, because it's complicated. | |
| The power plant in question, Zaporizha nuclear power plant, is the largest in Europe. | |
| It's been under Russian control since 2022 and is not currently operational. | |
| In peacetime, the plant provides about 20% of Ukrainian energy. | |
| It is a key bargaining chip in Russian possession. | |
| On CNBC, Treasury Secretary Scott Besson warning the president is prepared to fully ratchet up pressure on the Russians in order to get a deal done. | |
| If we just take kind of a scale zero to 10, that I think the Biden administration sanctions on Russia were probably a three. | |
| On the way out the door, they took them to a six. | |
| And I can tell you, we wouldn't hesitate to take them up to 10. | |
| Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow. | |
| Long days of intense negotiations on all sides to come. | |
| Coming up, President Trump invites New York Governor Kathy Hochul to the White House, pressuring her into reversing New York's Green New Deal fanaticism. | |
| And Michelle Obama's podcast does little to squelch divorce rumors. | |
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| New York Governor Kathy Hochul meeting President Trump at the White House this morning to discuss a pipeline project hinging on New York's approval. | |
| The Constitution pipeline, previously killed by New York in 2020, would run 124 miles bringing gas from Pennsylvania to New York, where it could then be moved across New England. | |
| President Trump telling reporters from the Oval the project is an easy win to reduce energy costs. | |
| Well, we're working on one project. | |
| It should be very easy. | |
| It's a pipeline going through a small section of New York. | |
| Families in New York and Connecticut and New England are going to save $5,000 a family. | |
| Think of that. | |
| Because right now they have the highest energy prices maybe in the world, they say New England is a disaster. | |
| So we're working on that. | |
| The president writing on Truth Social that if New York does not give final approval, then they will use other authorities to get the project through. | |
| Governor Hochul embracing radical green energy policies. | |
| She aims to stifle and ultimately phase out natural gas in the Empire State. | |
| In 2023, New York became the first state to begin eliminating natural gas hookups in most new buildings. | |
| Barron's reporting the pipeline's builder is Williams Companies. | |
| Its CEO, Alan Armstrong, says he will not build this thing without the governor's buy-in, even if he does get federal approval. | |
| Mr. Armstrong saying, quote, We are not going to go putting our neck out until they invite us with the red carpet rolled out. | |
| Williams Company says Mr. Armstrong lost hundreds of millions of dollars trying to build two failed pipelines in the Northeast over the past decade. | |
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Michelle Obama Returns to Podcasting
00:03:01
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| Former First Lady Michelle Obama, noticeably absent from the public eye since last year, finally found launching a podcast with her brother, Craig Robinson. | |
| The podcast, IMO, in my opinion, premiering on Wednesday to a lukewarm reception and low viewership. | |
| The podcast produced by Higher Ground Productions and Obama Company will feature Mrs. Obama and Mr. Robinson sharing life lessons and conversations with their elitist friends. | |
| A lot of people have questions they want to know, especially when they see somebody of note with a platform who, you know, by every measure looks successful. | |
| The people, you know, they want to hear some honest kind of conversation about how people are working it through. | |
| The first episode premiered to 42,000 views after 24 hours. | |
| And the second, featuring actress Issa Ray lagging even further, just 13,000. | |
| The show's YouTube numbers appearing to receive a slight boost following reports highlighting how bad the audience engagement was. | |
| Newsweek running cover for the Less Than Stellar Performance reporting, it's also important to note that this new podcast from Obama is very much in its infancy. | |
| The Michelle Obama podcast was released in 2020 and was the most successful original in Spotify history. | |
| Well, that podcast launched in July of 2020, the height of George Floyd rioting and COVID shutdowns. | |
| Her latest podcast was promoted by virtually everyone. | |
| Lately, the biggest buzz surrounding Mrs. Obama, however, is not about where she is, it's about where she is not. | |
| A recent slate of solo appearances from her husband, Barack Obama, sparking divorce rumors. | |
| In January, President Obama attended President Jimmy Carter's funeral and then President Trump's inauguration without his wife. | |
| Last week, Mr. Obama went to dinner with his daughters and then an LA Clippers game without his wife again. | |
| On Valentine's Day, the couple sharing coordinated messages on social media with the exact same photo posted, but staying silent, of course, on swirling divorce rumors. | |
| Mrs. Obama using her new platform instead to offer some less than flattering words about her husband of three decades. | |
| When a girlfriend comes to visit, it's usually like, you got to stay for two days because it's going to take us so much time to check up. | |
| Now, Barack's come in, he's come out, and he's like, y'all still talking? | |
| He'll sit down for five minutes, be like, how are the boys? | |
| Because he golfs. | |
| It takes five hours to golf. | |
| He'll golf with his buddies, come back, and be like, how's X? | |
| He's good. | |
| It's like, what'd y'all talk about? | |
| Nothing. | |
| On Thursday, Mrs. Obama was seen in public for the first time this year for a live taping of her podcast at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. | |
| No reporting of Mr. Obama anywhere in sight. | |
| And that'll do it for your AM update. | |
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The Disappeared Girl Mystery
00:00:25
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| I'm Megan Kelly. | |
| Join me back here today for our last installment of our special series, Megan Kelly Investigates on the Disappearance of Baby Lisa Irwin and a shocking conclusion. | |
| A 10-month-old girl who disappeared from her crib in the dark of night. | |
| It will air on SiriusXM Triumph Channel 111 at Noon East, on youtube.com/slash Megan Kelly, and on all podcast platforms on on the Moving Kelly Show | |