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The Megyn Kelly Show

GOP Chances in NY and CT, Military Recruitment Issues, and REAL Top Gun Pilot, with John Ellis and Dave Berke | Ep. 416

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by John Ellis, editor of the "News Items" Substack, to talk about whether the GOP really may win in New York and Connecticut, races to watch in Washington state, Kari Lake's smarts and savvy, John Fetterman's new "medical report,"crime in America, whether the election is a referendum on Biden himself or the economy overall, and more. Then Dave Berke, a former TOPGUN pilot and Marine veteran, joins to discuss what it's like being selected as a TOPGUN student and becoming an instructor later, his most challenging battles, the danger of pilots losing consciousness and crashing, relationship with Marines like Jocko Willink, being a consultant on the new "Top Gun" movie, leadership and life lessons, how he became attracted to the military and the Marines, serious military recruitment issues in America, the "weakness" of the military, and more. Plus, MK Mailbag - reading your emails! Email Megyn at [email protected].

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for Open, Honest, and Provocative Conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.

0:15.0

Later, we are going to bring you the incredible story of a retired Marine Corps officer

0:19.4

and combat vet who consulted on the new Top Gun, he is the real maverick.

0:26.2

That's what I say.

0:28.1

They admit.

0:29.1

He may have been an inspiration for the Tom Cruise character.

0:32.4

He consulted on the show for a reason.

0:34.6

This is the real guys that we're going to talk about these dog fights in the air and

0:39.6

what it's actually like and how you get recruited for that role and what's happening with our

0:43.6

military because there was testimony before Congress this week saying and I quote, there

0:51.5

is an unprecedented, an unprecedented mission gap right now when it comes to our recruiting.

0:58.7

For new military members that we face the greatest recruiting challenge in 50 years.

1:05.1

Okay, that was just last month that that hit.

1:08.4

So why is that right?

1:10.0

Why is that?

1:11.0

We're going to do all of it.

1:12.0

First though, we take a dive into the midterm races.

1:14.4

There's a lot of news to get to in Pennsylvania as John Federman's doctor releases a quote

1:19.9

medical report saying he's healthy.

1:22.2

Take a look at Arizona and carry lakes, epic battle with reporters.

1:26.7

And this is the story of God to talk about first.

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