The Megyn Kelly Show - Trump Weighs Government Shutdown Cuts, Delta Planes Collide, UK Terror Attack: AM Update 10/3

Episode Date: October 3, 2025

President Trump signals he may use the government shutdown to permanently cut federal agencies, with OMB Director Russ Vought drafting plans for sweeping layoffs and canceled projects. Two Delta jets collide on a LaGuardia taxiway, injuring at least one person and prompting an NTSB investigation as controllers work unpaid through the shutdown. A terrorist attack on a UK synagogue leaves two Jews dead and four wounded on Yom Kippur, with police killing the attacker and arresting three suspects. Greta Thunberg and hundreds of activists are intercepted by the Israeli Navy while attempting to sail into Gaza...again. All Family Pharmacy: Order now at https://allfamilypharmacy.com/MEGYN and save 10% with code MEGYN10Pique: Get 20% off your order plus a FREE frother & glass beaker with this exclusive link: https://piquelife.com/MEGYN Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Friday, October 3rd, 2025, and this is your AM update. We're going to start looking across the board at layoffs and at agencies. President Trump searching for government programs to shudder as lawmakers battle over how to end the government shutdown. Two Delta planes collide on a New York City runway. Terror in the UK. Two killed and more wounded. in an attack on a synagogue. And Greta Turnberg tries once more to sail to Gaza. How'd that go? All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update. Have you heard about biohacking? It's what some top athletes, CEOs, even doctors are using to take

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scam, he recommends to be cut and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can't believe the radical left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, make America great again. Project 2025 is a policy playbook drawn up by the Conservative Heritage Foundation in hopes of a Republican victory in 2024. Ross Vote is one of the key architects. Democrats throughout the election casting the document as a textbook for installing fascism. President Trump regularly saying he had not read Project 2025, and it was not a part of his campaign, of course here appearing to reference it as a troll. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reacting to reporters

yesterday. Donald Trump and Republicans spent all of last year promising that they were going to lower the high cost of living. They also spent all of the last year running away from Project 2025. Acting like Project 2025 didn't exist. But what have they been doing this year? This year, they've done nothing. Zip Zero. Stingy with De Niro. Nothing to lower the high cost of living for everyday Americans while at the same period of time implementing and unleashing Project 2025. Now all of a sudden, Donald Trump admits it was his project all along. Last week, votes circulating a memo directing agencies to draw up plans for layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Vote specifically targeting programs, projects,

or activities that are not legally required to continue and do not align with President Trump's priorities. On Wednesday, just hours into the shutdown, vote announcing the cancellation of nearly $8 billion in green energy contracts across 16 states. An additional $18 billion in funding toward New York City infrastructure projects put on hold. In March, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer backing down from a budget fight, warning a shutdown would hand Mr. Trump more power to shrink the government. The move drawing tremendous criticism from his party, the minority leader now changing his tune. Last week, Mr. Schumer calling the vote memo an attempt to intimidate Democrats,

telling political, quote, these unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt yesterday on Fox saying, this is no bluff. Look, we have zero dollars coming into the federal government right now because the Democrats shut it down. So what Russ Vote is working diligently on is examining how we can fix this mess to ensure that critical funding continues that we can get people paid. But the Democrats are making that very difficult. We're going to start looking across the board at layoffs and at agencies that we feel do not best serve the American taxpayer that may need to be halted or permanently cut. Is that real or is that a negotiating tactic?

Oh, it's very real. and the Democrats should know that they put the White House and the president in this position. For now, the shutdown continues. Two regional jets operated by a Delta Airlines subsidiary, colliding at low speeds on a LaGuardia taxiway Wednesday night in New York. One flight attendant reportedly suffering a knee injury, according to Port Authority, a person was taken to the hospital. It's unclear if that person is the flight attendant.

Thankfully, no one else was injured. Just before 10 p.m., a plane taxiing in from Charlotte, North Carolina, struck by the wing of another jet, preparing to take off for Roanoke, Virginia. CBS producer Joey Anunziato, who was on board one of the planes describing the crash. We just landed in New York on a dental flight from Charlotte, coming back from work.

We're taxing to our runway, and we got absolutely smashed by another Delta flight. I don't know if we hit them or if they hit us, but it was super jarring. Everyone shot forward in their seats, and it was kind of a little chaotic as soon as it happened. Flight was uneventful up until we landed. I think everybody's okay.

We're probably, I don't know, 50 to 100 yards from our gate. Images of the scene showing extensive damage to the plane's windshield and knows. Fifty-seven passengers were aboard the flight from Charlotte, 28 on the flight to Roanoke, according to the airline. The FAA releasing a statement yesterday morning saying air traffic control instructed the plane departing for Roanoke to yield to the other aircraft before crossing into the intersection. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident. Preliminary reports typically released within 30 days, a full report, within 12 to 18 months.

occurring within the first day of the government shutdown. Air traffic controllers are classified as essential, working through the shutdown, though without any pay. The Air Traffic Controlers Union in a Wednesday statement unrelated to the collision, writing, quote, the increased stress and fatigue that comes from working long hours without pay cannot be overstated. It's unclear if LaGuardia's staffing levels were impacted when the collision occurred. Coming up, an attack on a UK synagogue leaves two Jews killed and four injured. Police declare it an act of terror. And Greta Turnburg's Gaza Flotilla, take two.

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Again, that's P-I-Q-U-E-Life.com slash Megan. Terrorism in the United Kingdom. At least two Jewish people killed, four more injured in a targeted car and knife attack on a synagogue in Manchester, England. Three of the victims now in serious condition. Police shooting and killing the terrorist, later identifying the deceased attacker as 35-year-old Jihad al-Shami, a British citizen of Syrian descent. His name is Jihad. The attack, which happened yesterday morning taking place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Around 9.30 a.m., al-Shami slamming his car directly into people outside of the synagogue, then exiting the vehicle carrying on the attack with a knife.

Video shows police with weapons drawn on the prone assailant attempting to clear onlookers from the scene. An officer firing one round into Shami, killing him. police later confirming the vest he was wearing, suspected of concealing a bomb, was not a viable threat. Manchester police say three suspects have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation, and instigation of acts of terrorism, though law enforcement later saying, quote, they're working to understand the motive behind the attack. In custody, two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s, two local Jewish women speaking out to British radio station LBC and Reuters. All I could hear was helicopters

and I thought, what's going on? And then my mum said she saw two cars speeding right past the house. And then she said, they're heading down that way. So I said, I wonder if it's at shoole. That's my mum at our local synagogue. So she said, I think you're right. And today is Yon Kippoor. It's a very holy festival and I'm Jewish and absolutely terrified. I was on my way to that synagogue when this all happened, and I'm in an absolute state of distress and shock.

You know, we've been saying for years, and pre-October the 7th, that anti-Semitism is real, and we have been continually ghastly. UK Prime Minister Kirstarmer reacting on Thursday. This is a country that stands up to hatred, and that we don't just provide refuge. We provide a home for so many Jewish families, that is the story of Britain. But Britain is also a country where Jewish buildings, synagogues, even schools, require round-the-clock protection, where dedicated specialist security is necessary because of the daily threat of anti-Semitic hatred.

Today's horrific incident shows why. And while this is not a new hate, is something Jews have always lived with. We must be clear. It is a hatred that is rising once again, and Britain must defeat it once again. The Prime Minister also saying police presence around synagogues will be increased. The Daily Mail reporting multiple anti-Israel protesters, continuing with planned rallies last night, one just a few miles away from the site of the attack. Marchers adorned with black and white kaffa scarves, waving Palestinian flags and signs reading, Stop Starving Gaza, and Israel is guilty of genocide. The demonstrations drawing condemnation

on social media, conservative member of the London Assembly, Susan Hall, writing, quote, utterly disgusting, what disgraceful, disrespectful, despicable behavior, today of all days. This attack coming one day after German police arrested three suspected Hamas members, allegedly stockpiling weapons, quote, for assassinations targeting Israeli or or Jewish institutions, according to prosecutors. The suspects arrested in Berlin, two are German citizens, one was born in Lebanon, identified only by their first names and last initials, Abed Al-G, Waelfm, and Ahmed I. Police discovering weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, and several pistols in addition to a, quote, considerable amount of ammunition.

Climate warrior turned Palestinian activist, Greta Turnburg, is at it again. My name is Govijun-Vey. I'm a citizen of Sweden. If you are watching this video, I have been abducted and taken against my will by Israeli forces. Our humanitarian mission was nonviolent and abiding by international law. Please tell my government to demand my and the other's immediate release. Yes, Greta, once again, detained by Israeli officials while attempting to get a government. at herself on TV, I mean, attempting to sail into war-torn Gaza. This latest voyage following a similarly unsuccessful June campaign, but this time the 22-year-old taking a strength in numbers approach.

The global Sumud flotilla organizing about 40 vessels departing from Barcelona about one month ago, carrying approximately 500 activists, including European lawmakers and lawyers, the largest attempt yet to break the blockade. The AP reporting the flotilla was carrying, quote, a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Its main goal, they said, remained to break Israel's illegal siege and end the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. The boats intercepted by the Israeli Navy about 80 miles from shore. This is the Israeli Navy. You are approaching a blockaded zone. If you wish to deliver aid to Gaza, you may do so through the established channels.

please change your course toward the port of Astur, where the aid will undergo a security inspection and then be transferred into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Foreign Ministry posting footage of Greta seated on one of the ships wearing a black and white kaffa, a helmeted officer handing her what appears to be a water bottle and assisting her with a jacket. The ministry writing, quote, Greta and her friends are safe and healthy. Passengers aboard the intercepted ships, Israeli officials say, will be deported to your Europe. This latest stunt culminating just days before the second anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel. Earlier this week, President Trump presenting the Hamas terrorist organization with a deal

to end the war. Israel and other Arab states in the area support the deal, calling for an immediate end to the fighting and release of all remaining hostages. President Trump telling reporters on Tuesday, Hamas has three or four days to respond, the White House promising full backing to to finish the job if this deal is rejected. As of today, no word on whether Hamas will accept the offer. And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for the Megan Kelly Show,

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