The Megyn Kelly Show - Shock Details of Savannah Guthrie Mom's Abduction, New Busfield Allegations Exposed: AM Update 2/3
Episode Date: February 3, 2026President 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 sugge...sts 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Tuesday, February 3, 2026, and this is your AM update.
If I were a Democrat governor or whatever, I would call up Trump. I'd say, come on in, make us look good.
President Trump highlighting crime fighting success in cities that request federal help, calling on more Democrats to cooperate.
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.
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.
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The feds arresting two more participants in the January 18th protest disrupting a Christian church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
A.G. 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 DeAngelo 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 Kristy 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.
Borders 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.
Well, here's where 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 retainers.
So we will continue to take those people in the custody of a safety and security of a facility
and not have to go on the street and look for him.
The AG said that sheriffs can honor our retainers, and I'm meeting with sheriffs across
the state.
to give us prior notification. Excuse me. He didn't say that 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
and safety and security facility. And we're working on that. So if we get that cooperation,
which we're working on, we've got some commitments here. That means we can draw down on the number
of agents there because we're into jails. 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 and cracking down on crime. 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. We've cut the crime down by 64 percent within.
another month. We'll have virtually no crime there. We can do that all over. I will say this.
If I were a 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 it 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.
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,
14 federal state and local law enforcement agencies working on the joint operation called Ice Wall.
Among the hundreds rounded up, Chinese national Lingyan,
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's 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?
She was removed from the scene. 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.
Sheriff Nano's 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
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 Nano's stressing that Nancy Guthrie does not suffer from dementia-related issues, but does have mobility limitations.
I want to stress to you, and it is really important. Ms. Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie, is of great sound mind.
This is not a dementia-related. She is as sharp as a tech. The family wants everybody to know, this is 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 attack.
She was last seen around 9.30 p.m. 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 Narnos 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 520351-6278.
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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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, quote,
creep who, quote, 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 Busfield
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 alleged the inappropriate
touching began in 2022 when they were seven. Busfield 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 Kennedy Center
will shut down for about two years,
beginning July 4th to undergo, quote,
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 running information cost?
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 that 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 is it.
I'm not ripping it down, and 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.
President Trump last February,
replacing the entire board of the once progressive center with allies
and appointing special envoy Rick Grinnell 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. It's in tremendous disrepair, as is a lot of the rest of our country, most of it
because of bad management. This is a shame 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, one of the big cubes that they have outside that block the view,
the cubes with a door in them
so the people can get down to rooms
if nobody's going to use.
And it's a shame. It's a shame.
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.
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