The Megyn Kelly Show
First American Pope, Bidens Defensive on The View, Casey Means as Surgeon General: AM Update 5/9
Fri, 9 May 2025
Robert Francis Prevost is elected first American-born pope of all time, named Pope Leo XIV. Former President Joe Biden is joined by his wife Jill for a lengthy, rambling, defensive appearance on "The View." President Trump names Dr. Casey Means as the next Surgeon General, prompting a wave of positive MAHA response and some backlash from the others in the movement. And the first post-Liberation Day trade deal is announced, with the UK.Tax Network USA: Call 1-800-958-1000 or visit https://TNUSA.com/MEGYN to speak with a strategist for FREE todayPatriot Mobile: Get a Free Month at https://PatriotMobile.com/MEGYN or call 972-PATRIOT
Chapter 1: Who is the new American Pope?
Good morning, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. It's Friday, May 9th, 2025, and this is your AM Update. White smoke at the Vatican, there's a new pope, and for the first time ever, he's from America.
The people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us, and they didn't see how hard Joe worked every single day.
Former President Joe Biden, plus Dr. Jill, sit through a rambling and defensive appearance on The View. And President Trump's new pick for Surgeon General, Casey Means, gets attacked by some in the Maha movement. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update. Tax day may have passed, but for millions of Americans, the real trouble is just beginning.
Chapter 2: What are the implications of Joe and Jill Biden's appearance on The View?
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Chapter 4: What does Pope Leo XIV's election mean for America and the Catholic Church?
But unlike every other time in history, an American-born man walked out on that balcony to the cheering crowds below. Robert Francis Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. Born in Chicago and alum of Villanova University in Philadelphia, he has spent most of his time in Peru and is a dual citizen. He has been serving as head of the Dicastery for Bishops since 2023. The powerful position means
He oversees the selection of new bishops. President Trump giving his congratulations shortly after the announcement, writing on Truth Social, quote, it is such an honor to realize that he is the first American pope. What excitement and what a great honor for our country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment. A shock pick.
Little has been written in the weeks since Pope Francis' death about what sort of Pope Leo XIV might be. But that has not slowed down the Internet speculation. Many reports describing him as a centrist. His home state of Illinois does not register voters by party, but he appears to have voted in several Republican primaries.
However, an ex-account believed to belong to Prevost used sparingly, sharing an article in February headlined, J.D. Vance is wrong. Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our love for others. Additional tweets and retweets have been critical of Mr. Trump or his policies. Still, some conservatives see the fact that he chose a traditional papal name and wore the traditional papal garb
as Benedict XVI did and Francis did not, as encouraging signs. Much more on this historic day for Catholics and the world, and on the new American Pope in the days and weeks ahead. Former President Biden appearing for a lengthy interview on The View on Thursday alongside his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, for part of it.
This comes as several books are being released about his final years in the White House with implications of a cover-up of his cognitive decline. Through pre-scripted questions from the hosts, the former president gave rambling, at times incoherent, answers. At one point, President Biden asked to address why his vice president, Kamala Harris, lost to President Trump pointed to sexism and racism.
Why do you think the vice president lost, and were you surprised?
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Chapter 5: How did Joe Biden address Kamala Harris's election loss?
I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America. But I was surprised. I wasn't surprised because they went the route of the sexist route, the whole route. I mean, this is a woman. She's this. She's that.
Really, I've never seen quite as successful and a consistent campaign undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't lead the country and a woman of mixed race.
Sonny Hostin asked Mr. Biden about the way Ms. Harris answered Hostin's questioning during a campaign appearance on The View. She said that answer had been weaponized against Ms. Harris when Harris refused to name an area of disagreement with her boss.
First of all, I did not advise her to say that, number one. Like I said, I was vice president. I understand the role, number one. Number two... I think it was, I think she was talking about she wouldn't have changed the successes we've had, not as opposed to that we wouldn't change anything at all. She has to be her own person. And she was. She was.
And so I think that that was used in a way that is contrary to what she meant by when she said that. And I think that, you know, she was part of every success we had. We'd argue like hell, by the way.
No, no, no. That's good.
We'd sit and say, well, what about this version? Joe, I don't like that.
Anyway, we worked it out. When Jill Biden joined the show, she cut in and interrupted her husband to respond herself to accusations of cognitive decline laid out in these recent books.
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Chapter 6: How does Jill Biden respond to accusations of shielding Joe Biden?
We're also in a situation where we found ourselves unable to deal with a lot of just basic issues, which I won't go into in the interest of time. And so we went to work and we got it done. And, you know, one of the things that...
Well, and Alyssa, you know, one of the things I think is that the people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us, and they didn't see how hard Joe worked every single day. I mean, he'd get up, he'd put in a full day, and then at night he would, I'd be in bed, you know, reading my book, and he was still on the phone reading his briefings, um, Working with staff.
I mean, it was nonstop. It's the White House. Being president is not like a job.
It's a lifestyle. And later, Dr. Jill addressed critics who said she was like Lady Macbeth during the last year of her husband's administration.
I was with Joe day and night. I saw him more than any other person. I woke up with him. I went to bed at night with him. So I saw him all throughout the day. And I did not create a cocoon around him. I mean, you saw him in the Oval Office. You saw him making speeches. He wasn't hiding somewhere. I didn't have him sequestered in some place. I mean, that's ridiculous.
Was that hurtful to you when they were describing you as Lady Macbeth? Yes, it was very hurtful. It was very hurtful, especially from some of our so-called friends.
And we may be hearing more from former President Biden soon. Politico reporting the Trump administration is weighing the possible release of the full audio from special counsel Robert Herr's interview with then-President Biden that took place in October 2023. The transcript was released last year. Coming up, President Trump picks Casey Means as his next Surgeon General. How'd that go?
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