Good morning, everyone. I'm Mark Halpert, host of Next Up, filling in today for Megan Kelly.

It's Thursday, February 12, 2026, and this is your AM update.

There's electronic breadcrumbs that would be left.

Law enforcement continues searching Nancy and Annie Guthrie's neighborhood in Tucson and stumble

on what may be a key piece of evidence.

To close airspace for 10 days, I think you would think that something very, very significant is happening in real time.

Federal officials reverse an unprecedented airspace closure over El Paso within hours in an eyebrow raising move Canadian authorities

identify the suspect in a deadly mass shooting at a school

which follows a familiar pattern

and Attorney General Pam Bondi goes

toe to toe with Democratic lawmakers

in a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing.

All that and more coming up in just a moment

on your AM update.

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