"Second Strike" Narrative Falls Apart, Kash Patel Responds, and How To Be a Man, with Rich Lowry, Charles Cooke, Elliot Ackerman, and Bryan Cox | Ep. 1204

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Brian L. Cox, Cornell Law professor, to talk about the new reporting casting doubt on the Washington Post narrative about Sec. Hegseth and the deadly "second strike," the significance of a potential intercepted conversation between a survivor and a narco-terrorist, and more. Then Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review join to discuss the reality of the drug boat strike story, why the press is itching to slam the Trump admin and sacrificing objectivity, Kash Patel's exclusive comments reacting and pushing back against the anonymous report aimed at his work at the FBI, what could really be behind the smears coming out now, disgusting reactions from the media on the shooting of National Guard members in DC, their choice to blame Trump for the actions of the Afghani national, and more. Then Elliot Ackerman, writer, "The Free Press," joins to discuss the truth about the CIA-backed “Zero Unit,” the Afghan involvement he experienced, his decorated military career, why he began his series about what "A Man Should Know," how young boys need positive role models in today's culture, the importance of intentionality and doing the little things, and more. Cox- https://x.com/briancox_rltw/status/1995406709737607440?s=42 Cooke- https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke Lowry- https://www.nationalreview.com/ Ackerman- thefp.com/Elliot10 Riverbend Ranch: Visit https://riverbendranch.com/ | Use promo code MEGYN for $20 off your first order. Geviti: Go to https://gogeviti.com/megyn and get 20% off with code MEGYN. Done with Debt: https://www.DoneWithDebt.com & tell them Megyn Kelly sent you! Byrna: Go to https://Byrna.com or your local Sportsman's Warehouse today.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:10.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. No drama in my voice today because I cannot use any of my normal intonations, just hanging on. I've started
0:24.3	a steroid and I have these trusty little watermelon drops which are very tasty. I have to say,
0:30.6	Lodens, if you're wondering. So bear with me because we actually do have a ton of real news breaking today. So honestly, like I considered not coming
0:41.0	yesterday, my voice is really starting to go. There's too much news. I have to be here and I am here.
0:46.4	And let's do this thing. Quite a turn of events regarding the Washington Post's big story
0:52.9	on Friday that Secretary of War at Pete Hexeth
0:55.9	allegedly ordered military leaders to quote, kill everybody after two people aboard an alleged
1:01.9	drugboat survived the initial attack. Okay, this is the Washington Post. It broke on Friday.
1:07.1	That was its reporting. It set the country on fire for the past five days with people
1:13.7	repeating that story, accusing Pete Hedgeseth of war crimes, and has dominated print media,
1:19.9	digital media, and everything online, everything on cable. The New York Times late last night
1:26.4	reporting, citing five U.S. officials
1:29.8	that basically Washington Post story was all wrong. The Secretary Higgsett's initial order
1:35.5	did not, in fact, specify what should happen if survivors remained. And as White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt laid out yesterday, the second attack was ordered
1:48.8	independently by Admiral Frank Bradley, goes by Mitch, I guess, in order to render the vessel
1:55.2	destroyed and complete the mission.
1:58.1	We pointed this out in the AM update this morning, and our first guest is going to walk us through it.
2:02.1	There is a difference between a mission that is meant to destroy a boat
2:06.8	that winds up simply damaging it on the first strike
2:09.6	and one that destroys it on the first strike,
2:11.9	but nonetheless has two people floating in the water.
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