Alex Berenson (3:46)

How did this all start? How did they stop you here? You were driving here? My wife was driving. Your wife was driving? Because they were following me. And once I saw they were following me, I pulled over. They didn't even have to put a traffic sign or anything. I got off the car and they arrested me as soon as I got out the car. They didn't even tell me what was going on until the detectives got here like two hours before I got arrested. And then the detectives got here, it was the FBI agent in Santa Cruz county. And they told me I was being detained for kidnapping. And I asked him, like, kidnapping of who? And they told me, this lady, I don't know her name, and Nancy Guthrie. Yeah, that's her. And I told him, I work in Tucson for gls. I might have delivered a package to your house, but I never kidnapped anybody.

Megyn Kelly (4:26)

TMZ reporting the FBI had only just obtained the newly released images of the apparent intruder, releasing them immediately rather than holding them back. Last night, former FBI Special agent Stuart Kaplan telling Laura Ingraham on Fox this tape is a game changer.

Alex Berenson (4:44)

Facial recognition relies upon measurements, distance between the eyes, the width of the nose. And so the FBI has already mapped out this person's face, run it through facial recognition technology where you could square it up and pick out a driver's license, meaning a person who may be a registered driver in the state of Arizona or in the state of California, wherever that person may reside and get an identical match notwithstanding, we're all looking at a person who has a mask on. And as you said, well, dark eyes, a potential mustache. Well, facial recognition looks beyond that mask. And I can tell you, Laura, as I said last night, we were on the precipice of this case being cracked wide open. It is cracked wide open TMZ Also.

Megyn Kelly (5:37)

Reporting law enforcement sources involved in the investigation believe the perpetrator is local to Tucson Law enforcement going door to door last night, asking neighbors and local businesses for information on the newly identified person. On camera the FBI's elite hostage team has been deployed to Tucson along with the SWAT team, which also remains deployed. FBI Director Kash Patel telling Sean Hannity last night about some new leads.

Alex Berenson (6:04)

Sean, without, you know, polluting the investigation, I will say we have made substantial progress in these last 36, 48 hours thanks to the technical capabilities of the FBI and our partnerships. And I do believe we are looking at people who, as we say, are persons of interest. But as you know, with any investigation, you are a person of until you're either eliminated or you're actually found to be the culprit or the culprit's involved. And that's the stage we're at right now.

Megyn Kelly (6:29)

Last night, Tucson outlet KGUN confirming reports of some activity in the bitcoin account listed in the ransom note, amounting though to less than $300, well short of the $6 million demand. Anchor Mary Coleman of KOLD in Tucson reporting early this morning, the sheriff tells her there have been no signs of Nancy Coleman adding a life flight out of the area yesterday, which generated some buzz on X, was unrelated to the Guthrie case. Anyone with information is urged to call 1-800- call FBI or submit tips@tips.FBI.gov the feds offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Nancy's recovery or the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Three top Trump immigration officials appearing before the House Homeland Security yesterday, defending the administration's mass deportation campaign. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott and U.S. citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edloe touting what they describe as historic enforcement gains.

Alex Berenson (7:38)

From January 20, 2025 through January 20, 2026, ISIS conducted nearly 379,000 arrests. Among those arrests were more than 7,000 suspected gang members and in over 1400 known as suspected terrorists. And the numbers speak for themselves. We have achieved record low illegal crossings between ports of entry. Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border totaled over 90,000 for the entire year. That's a number that used to represent a single month under the Biden administration. Our fraud detection and national security team completed over 21,000 investigations identifying fraud in approximately 65% of those cases.

Megyn Kelly (8:19)

The hearing coming amid mounting fallout from the federal immigration surge in Minneapolis, where two agitators, Renee Good and Alex Preddy, were killed in confrontations with federal immigration officers Lyons and Scott repeatedly declining to comment about those incidents, citing pending investigations. Lyons taking the brunt of Democrats fire Congressman Eric Swalwell of California, pressing him over five year old Liam Ramos, who was taken into protective custody after his father fled ICE agents on foot, abandoning his child, then upon apprehension, telling agents he wanted his boy to stay with him in detention pending deportation.

Alex Berenson (8:58)

Considering your honorable service in the past and the dishonorable acts that those who have worked for you have conducted and the disgraceful statements that the leadership above you have said, you now have a decision. Will you stand with the kids who you're supposed to protect, or will you side with the killers bringing terror to our streets? Mr. Lyons, will you resign from ICE? No, sir, I won't. Why not? Because, sir, that child that you're showing right there. The men and women of ICE took care of him when his father abandoned him in ran law enforcement. Time has expired.

Megyn Kelly (9:33)

Congressman Sri Tanadar of Michigan, who has introduced legislation to abolish ICE and who co sponsored a bill to impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noemi, neither of which have advanced with this threat to. Rodney Scott, do you believe President Trump will pardon you?

Alex Berenson (9:50)

I'm not going to speak on behalf of President Trump, but I'll tell you, I signed up for this job to protect America, and I'm very proud of the service that I provide. And I don't need a pardon from anybody. Well, you better hope so. You better hope you get being pardoned.

Megyn Kelly (10:05)

Because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your.

Alex Berenson (10:10)

Agencies have shown over the past year.

Megyn Kelly (10:14)

Congresswoman Lamonica McIver of New Jersey presenting Lyons with this absurd line of questioning. Mr. Lyons, do you consider yourself a religious man?

Alex Berenson (10:23)

Yes, ma'.

Megyn Kelly (10:24)

Am. Oh, yes. Okay. Well, how do you think Judgment Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?

Alex Berenson (10:31)

I'm not going to entertain that question.

Megyn Kelly (10:32)

Oh, okay. Of course not. Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?

Alex Berenson (10:35)

I'm not going to end. Of course. How many governments the gentlelady will suspend. The gentlelady will suspend.

Megyn Kelly (10:42)

Republicans largely focusing on operations to remove criminal illegal aliens from their communities and giving officials ample time to defend their agents operating under hostile conditions. GOP Congressman Eli Crane of Arizona accusing Democrats of focusing more on immigration politics than the victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

Alex Berenson (11:03)

Mr. Scott, Mr. Lyons, do you guys remember any riots for some of these victims that were assaulted and victimized by illegal alien criminals like Nate Baker Lake and Riley Fletcher Harris, Skyler Provenza, Ivory Smith? I've Got a whole list of them. Do you remember any riots from our Democrats or their constituents when any of these American citizens were victimized by illegal alien criminals? No sir. No, sir. Why do you think that is? Because that's the question that I get asked all the time, Congressman. Why? Why do the Democrats care more about illegal alien criminals than they care about these American citizens? I cannot speculate. But when I look at the chaos that it creates and the corrosive nature that it creates, I go beyond the politics of the United States and I look at our nation state adversaries like Iran, Russia and China and their influence on social media to keep this negative discourse going. And I think this is a much bigger issue than we're actually admitting that it is in here.

Megyn Kelly (12:06)

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Alex Berenson (15:35)

Fifty years ago, if you smoked, you know, if you smoked a joint, it had a few milligrams of THC in it. Now it might have 100 milligrams of THC in it. The reason is that the industry has gotten really, really good at making what they call flower herbal cannabis a lot stronger. So it used to be, let's say 1 to 3% THC. Now you couldn't sell that in a store, you'd be laughed out of the store. It's mostly 20 to 30% THC, but it's not like joints have gotten smaller. So it's just much, much easier to consume a ton of THC than it used to be. The other issue is that a lot of people don't even use flower cannabis anymore. They just vape. So that's basically just ingesting a chemical, either inhaling it, you know, eating it in a brownie, possibly literally putting a little tincture on your tongue that's just pure thc. And the idea, one of the things that people who use cannabis say is, oh, it's a plant, it's natural. This stuff is no more natural than anything else that comes out of a lab.

Megyn Kelly (16:38)

The ratings for Super Bowl 60 are now in the game, Falling short of last year's all time record. An average of 124.9 million viewers tuning in across NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital and NFL, according to Nielsen. Viewership peaking in the second quarter at 1:37.8 million, setting the record for highest peak viewership in history as the Seahawks led the Patriots 60 at that point. As for the halftime show, despite massive social media promotion, Bad Bunny's mostly Spanish performance did not surpass last year's audience. No bueno the halftime show averaging 128.2 million, about 5 million lower than rapper Kendrick Lamar's record setting performance last year, which netted 133.5 million views. The Turning Point USA alternative, which had 6.1 million concurrent views. No doubt contributing to that dip in millions tuning out from Bad Bunny this year. And that'll do it for your AM Update. I'm Megyn Kelly. Join me back here for the MK show live on SiriusXM's the Megyn Kelly Channel 111 at noon east on YouTube.com Megyn Kelly and on all podcast platform. February is the month of being in love with a rich, creamy sensation of my Mochi ice cream. Maimochi is premium ice cream wrapped in soft, chewy dough. It's like a sweet ice cream dumpling. It comes in delicious fruit flavors like strawberry and mango and classic favorites like cookies and cream. Every box of my Mochi has six mochis, so it's fun to share with the people you love most. Grab a purple box of my Mochi ice cream today and feel joyfully chill.