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Shock Details of Savannah Guthrie Mom's Abduction, New Busfield Allegations Exposed: AM Update 2/3
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President Trump touts sharp crime drops in cities that cooperate with federal law enforcement, urging Democratic leaders to stop resisting help and start asking for it. Authorities say evidence suggests NBC host Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother was taken from her Arizona home in a shock abduction as the search intensifies. A newly-resurfaced 1990s deposition details disturbing allegations against actor and director Timothy Busfield as he now faces criminal charges involving child actors. President Trump announces the newly-renamed Trump-Kennedy Center will shut down for roughly two years for a sweeping, federally-funded overhaul. Relief Factor: Break up with pain—Relief Factor targets inflammation so you can move better and feel better; try the 3-Week QuickStart for just $19.95 at https://ReliefFactor.com or call 800-4-RELIEF. Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold
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Megyn Kelly
Good morning everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 and this is your AM update.
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Donald Trump
If I were a Democrat, governor or whatever, I would call up Trump. I say come on in, make us look good.
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Megyn Kelly
President Trump highlighting crime fighting success in cities that request federal help calling on more Democrats to cooperate.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos
There's a lot of things there that tell us that indicate to us that she was removed from that scene and it was without her consent.
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Megyn Kelly
New details emerging in the search for NBC host Savannah Guthrie's missing mom. A resurfaced deposition from the 1990s detailing multiple disturbing allegations against actor and director Timothy Busfield as he now faces criminal charges tied to child actors and President Trump announces the Trump Kennedy center is about to shut down for a while. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. Relief Actor loves hearing from pain free customers and hopes they can help you next. One user of Relief actor named Kim wrote to them to say, quote, before trying Relief Factor, I struggled just to make it through my work days. I'd collapse on the couch at night, aching everywhere. Within a few weeks of starting Relief Factor, the daily pain began to fade. Now I'm keeping up at work and I still have energy left from my family. There are many stories just like Kim's of parents having more love to give but less strength to share. Relief Factor does not just ease your pain, it can restore your evenings and your laughter and the simple joy of being present and being a good parent. If you want to feel the difference like Kim with back pain, knee issues or stiffness that is slowing you down, Relief Factor could give you your mobility back. Relief factor is 100% drug free and it targets the inflammation that causes pain. In order to move better, feel better and actually enjoy life again, try the three week quick start for just 19.95. Go to relieffactor.com or call 800 for relief. Let's see if you could be next in getting out of pain. The feds arresting two more participants in the January 18 protest disrupting a Christian church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi. AG Bondi posting to X yesterday morning, quote, if you riot in a place of worship, we will find you. Then naming the suspects as Ian Davis Austin and Jerome D' Angelo Richardson. Austin and Richardson joined seven others, including YouTuber Don Lemon, charged with conspiracy against rights and violating the Face Act. Prosecutors allege the defendants launched a, quote, coordinated attack on city's church, interfering with the congregants federally protected right to worship. The arrests come as Minnesota remains a flashpoint in the broader fight over federal immigration enforcement. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announcing yesterday that effective immediately, all federal officers in Minneapolis will be outfitted with body cameras and the camera program will be implemented nationwide as funding becomes available. President Trump yesterday urging Minnesota leaders to help the administration get rid of criminals by allowing ICE to take into custody illegal immigrants getting released from local jails, which would end a key sanctuary city policy. Orders are Tom Homan last week suggesting Minnesota's state Attorney General Keith Ellison had declared this cooperation a possibility in Minnesota cities. But on Friday night, Homan admitting local leaders who continue to say they will not help ICE have not actually agreed to help him.
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Minnesota Official (possibly Tom Homan or related official)
Well, here's what we have, Sean meeting with the governor and AG and Mayor Fry. Here's what we came out with. The state prison system will honor our detainers, so we will continue to take those people in the custody of a safety, in the safety and security of facility and not have to go on the street and look for them. The AG said that sheriffs can honor our detainers and I'm meeting with sheriffs across the state to give us prior notification. Excuse me. He didn't say they would honor a detainer. Said they can notify us before they release them and so give us time to get there and take them into custody in a safety and security facility. And we're working on that. So if we get that cooperation, which we're working on, we got some commitments here. That means we can draw down on the number of agents there because we're in the jails.
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Megyn Kelly
Minnesota Governor Tim Walls, a Democrat, says prisons in his state do cooperate with federal immigration authorities, though critics say that's misleading. While state prisons may honor ICE detainers, city and county jails in Minnesota mostly do not. A key distinction, Mr. Trump contrasting the resistance with states and cities that actively invite federal help in cracking down on crime.
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Donald Trump
But Washington and D.C. is beautiful again and it's safe. Memphis also Memphis, Tennessee, New Orleans, Louisiana. We're there for three weeks. It's cut. We've cut the crime down to by 64% within another month while virtually no crime there. We can do that all over. I will say this, if I were Democrat governor or whatever, I would call up Trump. I say come on in, make us look good because we're cutting crime down to nothing and we're taking people out, career criminals who are only going to do bad things and we're bringing them back to their countries. But where we've done it has been amazing and we have a capacity to do it at much greater levels.
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Megyn Kelly
The latest example of such cooperation coming out of West Virginia. ICE announcing the arrest of 650 illegal aliens netted in a two week operation spanning from January 5th to the 19th. Fourteen federal, state and local law enforcement agencies working on the joint operation called ICE Wall. Among the hundreds rounded up Chinese national Ling Yan, who has a final order of removal and was convicted of two counts of endangering the welfare of children. In Ohio, ICE also arresting a convicted child sex abuser, a criminal convicted of drug possession charges and more, according to a press release from the agency. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey, a Republican, releasing a statement reading, quote, I want to thank the men and women of ICE for their outstanding partnership with various state entities, including the state police and their tireless work here in West Virginia. They have removed dangerous illegal immigrants from our communities and made our state safer for families and law abiding citizens. A troubling update in the search for Today show host Savannah Guthrie's missing mom, 84 year old Nancy Guthrie. The elder Guthrie reported missing around noon on Sunday when a friend from church noticed she did not show up for the service and called one of her children. Authorities responding to the home finding what Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos called a quote, concerning scene. Sheriff Nanos telling Inside Edition yesterday afternoon the evidence suggests Ms. Guthrie did not leave the house of her own free will. Do you believe she was kidnapped?
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Donald Trump
She was removed from the scene?
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos
I can't say by force. Were there personal items of hers that were left behind? Yes. There's a lot of things there that tell us that indicate to us she was removed from that scene and it was without her consent.
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Megyn Kelly
Sheriff Nanos later telling CBS investigators believe Guthrie was abducted from the home while she was sleeping. When asked by CNN later whether they have reason to believe that Nancy Guthrie was hurt, the sheriff demurred, saying he cannot speak to that right now. Nancy's phone, wallet, her ID and car were all still at her home when detectives searched the property. The front door was reportedly unlocked, but there were signs of forced entry and lights on in the common area. Sheriff Nanos telling the Daily Mail, quote, this was in our opinion, someone who entered her home in the middle of the night and removed her. It could be more than one person. We don't know that yet. When asked by CNN last night if a ransom demand had been received, the sheriff said no, adding, we're not hearing anything like that. However, Showbiz 411's Roger Friedman reporting last night, quote, I am told exclusively that inside NBC the belief is that Nancy, 84, is still alive, that this may be a kidnapping for ransom gone wrong. At a press conference earlier in the day, Sheriff Nono's stressing that Nancy Guthrie does not suffer from dementia related issues, but does have mobility limitations.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos
I want to stress to you, and it's really important, Ms. Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie is of great sound mind. This is not a dementia related. She is as sharp as a tack. The family wants everybody to know this isn't somebody who just wandered off. Her physical limits are based on just age and you know, we get old and so it's more physical. But clearly she is as sharp as a tack.
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Megyn Kelly
She was last seen around 9:30pm on Saturday at her home in Catalina Foothills about 15 minutes north of Tucson, Arizona. Authorities are asking residents in the area to assist in the search and to turn over any security camera footage that could potentially help lead to the NBC host's mother, Sheriff Nanos, warning that time is of the essence. More than 48 hours have passed and without access to her required daily medication, the family says Guthrie's life is at risk. Customs and Border Protection is assisting with the investigation, as is the FBI, which is reportedly assisting with analysis of cell phone tower data near the Guthrie home. The sheriff, who had drones, an airplane, a helicopter, rescue dogs and more searching for Ms. Guthrie on Sunday, says this has now shifted from a search and rescue operation to the investigation of a crime scene. Authorities are asking anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Nancy Guthrie to please call the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-6278. Coming up, a newly unearthed deposition from the 1990s reveals disturbing allegations made against actor and director Timothy Busfield by Julia Roberts, sister in law and president. Trump announces big plans for the newly renamed Trump Kennedy Center.
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Donald Trump
Foreign.
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Megyn Kelly
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Text MK to the number 989898 new reporting shedding light on long standing allegations against actor and director Timothy Busfield as he now faces criminal charges involving two child actors. The Daily Mail exclusively obtaining a 1994 deposition in which actress and casting director Eliza Roberts, who is married to Julia Roberts brother Eric, described Busfield as a creep who harassed and humiliated her. Roberts volunteering the sworn statement more than three decades ago after reading an article in the paper about a teenage girl then accusing Buzzfield of lewd and harassing behavior on set of the movie Little Big League, Roberts telling attorneys, quote, I was stunned to hear it because the same thing happened to me with him. That's when Roberts decided to come forward to report her experience with Busfield at a children's bookstore in Santa Monica. Roberts recalling that she had met Busfield a few times before through work, he approached her and began chatting. The conversation, she said, began with talk about kids, then Busfield turning to, quote, marriage and passion and sex and divorce. Roberts continuing, quote, he started to say how he was attracted to me and I just kind of said thanks for the compliment and see you later. And I went out to my car and went to put my keys in the ignition and when I turned around to pull out of the space, he was right in my car window. That's when Roberts described Busfield making, quote, very graphic comments, including reports the Daily Mail, a comment about a sex act he'd like to perform on her and a vile complaint about his own wife in bed. She went on to say Busfield followed her to a car wash, continuing to harass her. She says it was, quote, very hard to get rid of him and that the encounter left her with, quote, a sick feeling inside. Five other women also submitting sworn statements in support of the 17 year old's account, according to the Daily Mail. The lawsuit ultimately settling out of court in 1995. On Friday, Roberts sending a new statement to the Daily Mail, quote, I stand by everything I said then. The reason why I stand by it is because it was true then and it is true now. The resurfaced deposition comes as Busfield now faces two counts of criminal misconduct against a minor tied to allegations from now 11 year old twin boys who acted in Fox's series the Cleaning lady when Busfield served as director, according to court records. The boys allege the inappropriate touching began in 2022 when they were seven. Busfield's surrendering to Albuquerque police last month before being released on his own recognizance with a New Mexico judge, citing his lack of criminal history and no corroborating evidence. Prosecutors in court filings referencing multiple prior allegations against Busfield, including the incident on the Little Big League set, a separate allegation that he abused a 16 year old girl during an audition around 2001, and a claim that in 2012 he sexually assaulted a woman in a movie theater, reports the Washington Post. Busfield was not charged in any of those cases. Busfield denies the latest allegations, his legal team saying the alleged victim's parents are motivated by money and revenge and are a couple of con artists. The father was convicted of fraud in another case and was disbarred from being an attorney. The mother allegedly has multiple civil judgments against her for fraud. The criminal case involving the two young boys remains ongoing. President Trump announcing the recently renamed Trump Campaign Kennedy center will shut down for about two years beginning July 4th to undergo construction, revitalization and complete rebuilding. In a Sunday truth social post, Mr. Trump, who also serves as the chair of the center's board, writing, quote, if we don't close, the quality of construction will not be nearly as good and the time to completion because of interruptions with audiences from the many events using the facility will be much longer. The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result. Mr. Trump yesterday from the Oval further describing the project. Do you plan on tearing it down and how much will all of the Brank patients cost?
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Rick Grenell
Probably around $200 million. It's in very bad shape, it's run down, it's dilapidated, it's sort of dangerous. Things fall out, fall out of ceilings. You've seen it. We had a lot of great events here over the last year, but you can't do any work because people are coming in and out. We have a marble man over there the other day. He said, you know, every time I put down a piece of marble. People are stepping on the marble. They don't even have time to dry and you can't do the same quality job. And so we're going to close it and we're going to make it unbelievable, far better than it ever was, and we'll be able to do it properly. I was thinking maybe there's a way of doing it simultaneously, but there really isn't. I'm not ripping it down. I'll be using the steel. So we're using the structure, we're using some of the marble and some of the marble comes down. But when it's open, it'll be brand new and really beautiful.
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Megyn Kelly
President Trump last February replacing the entire board of the once progressive center with allies and appointing special envoy Rick Grenell as interim president. Grinnell tasked with ensuring the Kennedy center promotes values, aligning with the America first vision and stabilizing the finances he says were left in dire straits by past management. In an ex post, Grinnell writing quote, I'm grateful for President Trump's visionary leadership. I am also grateful to Congress for appropriating an historic $257 million to finally address decades of deferred maintenance and repairs at the Trump Kennedy Center. On a March visit to the center, President Trump criticizing prior leadership over the state of the building.
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Rick Grenell
It's in tremendous disrepair, as is a lot of the rest of our country, most of it because of bad management.
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Donald Trump
Shame.
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Rick Grenell
What I've watched and witnessed. They spent a fortune $250 million and they built these rooms that nobody's going to use, rooms underground. And I've often wondered what are the big cubes that they have outside that block the view, the cubes with the door in them so that people can get down to rooms that nobody's going to use. And it's a shame.
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Donald Trump
It's a shame.
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Megyn Kelly
The president's sweeping takeover of the Trump Kennedy center, igniting backlash from Democrats and left leaning art groups since the board voted in December to add the president's name to the center, the Washington National Opera, composer Philip Glass, the Martha Graham Dance Company, Doug Verone and dancers, and several other groups you've never heard of pulling out of scheduled performances, according to Newsweek. 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 Megygyn Kelly Channel 111 at noon east on YouTube.com Megan Kelly and on all podcast platforms.
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