The Megyn Kelly Show
RFK Grilled on the Hill, Trump's Newsy Trip to Syria, Diddy Trial Revelations: AM Update 5/15
Thu, 15 May 2025
Secretary RFK Jr. delivers a fiery defense of his sweeping HHS reforms and new dietary guidelines during House and Senate budget hearings. President Trump’s Middle East tour focuses on strengthening alliances through economic deals, defense cooperation, and diplomatic outreach. Star witness Cassie Ventura delivers harrowing testimony of abuse and manipulation by Sean “Diddy” Combs in the rapper's criminal trial. The MLB lifts its lifetime ban on Pete Rose after his death, making the legendary player eligible for the Hall of Fame.Tax Network USA: Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYNto speak with a strategist for FREE today Herald Group: Learn more at https://GuardYourCard.com
Chapter 1: What are the highlights of today's AM Update?
Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Thursday, May 15th, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
Let's work together and do something that we all believe in, which is have healthy kids in our country, for God's sake.
HHS Secretary RFKJ testifying at House and Senate budget hearings, delivering impassioned pleas for bipartisan cooperation in restoring American health.
I just want to thank you for everything, and maybe in particular our friendship. It's been a very loyal, great, beautiful friendship.
President Trump deepening ties with Middle Eastern leaders in a whirlwind tour. The star witness in the Sean Diddy Combs trial takes the stand for a second day. And the legendary Pete Rose now posthumously eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame after a little help from President Trump. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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HHS Secretary RFKJ sitting for a House Appropriations Subcommittee budget meeting Wednesday morning, and then in the afternoon, off to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. In the morning session, Mr. Kennedy identifying key HHS goals for fiscal year 2026, focus on ending the chronic disease epidemic, and improve the efficiency of Medicare and Medicaid services.
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Chapter 2: What reforms is RFK Jr. proposing for HHS?
We won't solve this problem by throwing more money at it. We must spend smarter. We will shift funding away from bureaucracy toward direct impact. We will address nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyles. We will emphasize healthy eating and Head Start and ensure the program continues to serve its 750,000 children and parents effectively.
We will equip the FDA to expand its food safety efforts through research, regulations, independence, and education. We will rebuild public trust. Trust that eroded through years of industry capture, corruption, waste, and misplaced priorities.
Secretary Kennedy is overseeing a massive reorganization of HHS, reducing what the Trump administration says is redundant bureaucracy and consolidating the department from 28 divisions into 15. Ranking member of the committee, Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, launching a blistering attack on Secretary Kennedy.
Chapter 3: How is RFK Jr. responding to criticism on vaccine policies?
Under your budget proposal, Americans would die of needless and preventable deaths. Yourself and President Trump and Elon Musk are attacking health programs to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. By promoting quackery, we are endangering the health of the American people with pseudoscience, fear-mongering, and misinformation. Because of these cuts, people will die.
And with respect to views on vaccine, quite frankly, I believe you are promoting quackery. Under your watch, our country is now failing to contain vaccine-preventable diseases. Measles, a disease eliminated in the United States just decades ago, has now claimed the lives of three Americans, including two children, who died needlessly.
The secretary later in the hearing going back to address Congresswoman DeLauro's comments on the measles outbreak. I want to correct you.
We have about 1,100 measles cases in this country. The growth rate last year was 15 additional, so we have plateaued. Mexico has roughly the same number with a third of our population, and they got 300 extra cases last week. You are wrong about what you said earlier.
Mr. Kennedy asked by a Republican how Congress can help HHS promote healthy diets for young children, responding... We are about to reissue the dietary guidelines, and we're going to do it very quickly.
We took the Biden guidelines, which are 453 pages long, and were clearly written by industry that are incomprehensible... driven by the same industry capture and those kind of carnal impulses that put Froot Loops at the top of the food pyramid. And we are changing that. So we're going to have four-page dietary guidelines that tell people essentially eat whole food.
Secretary Kennedy then pivoting back to address an earlier comment from ranking member DeLauro about food dyes.
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Chapter 4: What is the controversy surrounding gain-of-function research?
Congressman DeLauro, you say that you've worked for 20 years on getting food dye out. Give me credit. I got it out in 100 days. I'll give you that. All right, so let's work together and do something that we all believe in, which is have healthy kids in our country, for God's sake. There's no such thing as Republican children and Democratic children.
They're just kids, and we should all be concerned with them.
In the afternoon Senate session, Secretary Kennedy responding to a question about the dangers of gain-of-function research, the high-risk practice of making viruses more dangerous in the name of developing future treatments, which Secretary Kennedy believes led to the COVID pandemic.
We've also proposed a methodology for regulating and for determining what is dangerous gain-of-function and what is legitimate gain. scientific investigation and how to bring the public into that debate.
We have some of the Democrats here who are talking about the great science from NIH, but now we have a major agency, intelligence agency, the CIA, the FBI, the DOE, and the State Department have all agreed that NIH research almost certainly led to the pandemic, the COVID pandemic. So that's not the kind of the result that we should be allowing or enabling. And we're going to end that now.
Secretary Kennedy also doing battle with Democrat Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, who was newly bearded.
He went on the Dr. Phil show. and said that the measles vaccine was never fully tested for safety. You said there's fetal debris in the measles vaccine. All true. All true. Do you want me to lie to the public? None of that is true. Of course it's true.
Of course it's true. Senator, you do not know what you're talking about.
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Chapter 5: What are the key developments from Trump's Syria visit?
President Trump signed an executive order in early May halting federal funding for gain-of-function research in overseas labs and authorizing U.S. agencies to pause domestic projects they deem dangerous. President Trump meeting with the new president of Syria just one more stop on a breakneck tour through the Middle East. Mr. Trump, the first U.S. president in 25 years to meet a Syrian leader.
Ahmad al-Sharaa taking office in December after his Islamist coalition ousted longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad from power. The international community expressing caution at the group's rise, unsure whether Mr. Shahra once linked to jihadist movements may prove as authoritarian as Assad or as jihadi as he's been in the past.
Though Mr. Shahra has rebranded himself as a nationalist leader, concerns remain about his militant background and the Islamist roots of his coalition. President Trump extending an olive branch to the new leader, lifting longstanding sanctions on Syria, offering the war-torn nation a chance at a prosperous and modern future.
President Trump inviting Syria to join the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations with Israel for the first time since the establishment of the Jewish state. Mr. Trump reflecting on the meeting from Air Force One.
I think very good, young, attractive guy, tough guy, you know, strong pass, very strong pass fighter. He's got a real shot at potential today. He's a real leader. He led a charge and he's pretty amazing. Did you see him? Did you get to see him? He was there and he was with us at the event.
Later in Qatar, President Trump meeting with the emir, remarking on the opulent palace and very warm welcome.
I just want to thank you for everything and maybe in particular our friendship. It's been a very loyally Beautiful friendship. And the job you've done is second to none. You look at this. It's so beautiful. As a construction person, I'm seeing perfect marble. This is what they call perfecto. And just a great job you've done. And what a beautiful place. And we appreciate those camels.
I haven't seen camels like that in a long time. And that was some greeting. We appreciate it very much.
The leaders then signing a joint declaration of cooperation between the two nations. The agreement, though non-binding, signals goodwill and good faith between the U.S. and Qatar. An early result of the cooperation agreement, a $200 billion contract for Boeing. President Trump, despite his recent criticism of Boeing...
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