Hegseth Impeachment Push, Citibank Shooting Hero, Wall Street Selloff: AM Update 11/6

(upbeat music) - Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Dushinsky, host of After Party and the Megan Kelly Wrap-Up Show on Series XM, Channel 111. It's Friday, November 6th, 2026, and this is your AM update. - This is all about the politics of personal destruction. Didn't work against President Trump, and it won't work with me. - Secretary of War Pete Hikesett facing a bipartisan impeachment threat. His new reporting suggests President Trump may be considering replacing him. - Upon the car coming to rest, the suspect exits the vehicle with a rifle, approaches the female, and she is shot. - An armed security guard stopping a deadly shooting at a city bank office complex in Florida. After gunmen crashes through a security fence, it opens fire on employees. Three states moving forward with executions on the same day, as convicted murderers in Indiana, Florida, and Alabama face lethal injection. And Wall Street's post-election rally coming to a screeching hall. 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Save 45 bucks right now with promo code MK at urgentcarekit.com/MK. That's urgentcarekit.com/MK, promo code MK. (upbeat music) - Secretary of War Pete Higgseth facing a growing impeachment threat from both sides of the aisle. This President Trump reportedly considers replacing him, following Republicans' devastating midterm losses. According to Fox News Digital, several House Republicans now believe an effort to impeach Higgseth could succeed as early as next week, as anger over the war in Iran intensifies following Tuesday's election. Republican Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky announcing plans to force an impeachment vote in Congress returns, unless Secretary Higgseth resigns first. Massey previously introducing articles of impeachment against the Secretary earlier this year, accusing him of violating federal law and exceeding his authority in directing US military operations. The Congressman, writing on Ex Yesterday, the President Trump should consider replacing Higgseth while Republicans still control the Senate, warning that Democrats will pursue far more aggressive investigations once they take power in January. Massey planning to introduce what's known as a privileged resolution, a procedural maneuver that would force House lawmakers to address the impeachment effort within two legislative days. Republican leaders could attempt to block the measure by voting to table it or send it to committee, but several GOP lawmakers telling Fox News Digital, they believe it could pass. One Republican declaring Higgseth is, quote, "screwed," while another predicting the measure would succeed if brought to a vote. The outcome potentially hinging on attendance as some defeated Republicans may choose not to return to Washington for the final weeks of the congressional session. With the GOP holding only a narrow majority, even a handful of Republican absences could give Democrats and Republican defectors enough votes to impeach Secretary Higgseth per Fox Digital. One current White House official telling Fox the election would have looked dramatically different without the war in Iran, predicting President Trump will ultimately hold Secretary Higgseth accountable before the end of the year. The White House publicly criticizing the impeachment push spokeswoman Lauren Bis accusing Democrats of pursuing partisan investigations rather than working alongside the President. Secretary Higgseth himself firing back in a lengthy video posted to X Thursday, accusing Massi and his Democrat allies of using impeachment as a political weapon. - This is not about me, but of course, the other side, in case you've noticed, they're obsessed. A disgruntled, defeated congressman along with all his Democrat allies has also dropped sham articles of impeachment against yours truly. Just like they tried against President Trump, twice. You see, their policies don't work, so their obsession with political theater disguised as power drives them to try to destroy their opponent. It's all about the politics of personal destruction. You can rest assured of that. - Meanwhile, questions mounting about whether Higgseth will remain in President Trump's cabinet. According to CBS News, President Trump has privately asked advisors whether Higgseth should keep his job, raising the possibility of a shakeup following Republicans sweeping election losses. The network setting multiple sources familiar with the conversations as several potential scenarios circulate within Republican circles. One involving Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who a source tells CBS is being considered as a possible replacement. DeSantis could potentially secure Senate confirmation during the lame duck session, then take over the Department of War when his term as governor expires January 5th. Another possibility involves Higgseth leaving the administration for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn winning her state's governor's race Tuesday, meaning she will have to vacate her Senate seat before taking office in January. Under Tennessee law, the governor can appoint a temporary replacement, and Higgseth's name has reportedly surfaced as a possible candidate. Secretary Higgseth and his family own a home outside Nashville, although local reporting suggests he has considered a less likely choice for the appointment. A source close to incoming Governor Marsha Blackburn telling punch bull news that Higgseth is not under consideration for the Senate appointment. President Trump asked directly once day whether he was considering replacing Higgseth. Are you considering replacing Hillary Higgseth? No, I think he's doing a very good job. You don't want him to fill Marsha Blackburn Senate be appointed. Well, I think he's doing a very good job, and I actually think he'd be very popular if he did that, but I haven't heard that at all. President Trump pressed about Higgseth again yesterday during an appearance in the Oval Office, praising the secretary's performance, but offering no further details about his future in the administration. An armed security guard who is a Marine Corps veteran being hailed as a hero after stopping a gunman who opened fire at a city bank office complex near Tampa, Florida, shooting the attacker after he killed a woman and stormed into the building's cafeteria. Sheriff Chad Chronister identifying the guard as John Frailey, crediting him with confronting the gunman and preventing further bloodshed. The deadly confrontation unfolding Wednesday afternoon at the city bank's center in Brandon where more than 3,200 employees were working at the time. According to the Hillsboro County Sheriff's Office, the attack beginning when 35-year-old Jacob Pearson of Orlando drove his gray sedan over several medians crossed a grassy area and smashed through a security fence. The car plowing into an outdoor dining area where employees were eating lunch, then the driver climbed out carrying a rifle. Chief Deputy Frank Lossat describing what happened next. When he enters the property, he drives over several medians through a grassed area, drives through a secure, fenced part of the building, crashes into an outdoor seating area where multiple individuals were having lunch. Upon the car coming to rest, the suspect exits the vehicle with a rifle, approaches the female and she is shot. We will not release identification on the female. We are still pending full identification and next to kin notification. Video obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, showing the gunman approaching a person on the ground and apparently firing several shots at close range then walking away. Another recording capturing people shouting warnings as the armed suspect approached. The victim identified yesterday as 41-year-old Leanne Salman of Palm Harbor, a city bank employee of nine years who died at the scene. The gunman then entering the building's cafeteria where frayly hearing the gunshots rushed toward the danger, taking up a defensive position inside a men's restroom. The marine veteran then exchanging gunfire with Pearson, fatally wounding the attacker. According to the Sheriff's Office, frayly stopped the attack just four minutes after the first 911 calls came in at 12.11 pm. The gunman transported to Tampa General Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 1 pm. The witness describing to WHIO the terrifying moments as employees scrambled to escape. I was right outside the cafeteria, having lunch on the benches outside. We were just eating, and all of a sudden, I heard people come, people screaming, heard some people running around. And then I saw a big group of people, panic faces. I heard three shots. Next thing I know, I was springing all the way out here. For other people hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, Sheriff Chronister indicating that some may have been hurt while fleeing the gunfire. The shooting prompting a massive police response, more than 400 law enforcement personnel descending on the campus, including 367 sheriff's deputies. Authorities searching and securing the office buildings as thousands of employees evacuated or sheltered in place. Investigators doubt linking the attack to a dispute over a $2,500 debt, Pearson allegedly owed city bank. Chronister revealing that Pearson had no prior criminal record and was married with a seven-year-old child. his wife cooperating with investigators as detectives continue examining the circumstances surrounding the attack. Coming up, a rare day of executions across the country as three states move to carry out death sentences on the same day. A brutal day on Wall Street as markets erase their post-election gains. - AI is changing everything, including how criminals steal. They are targeting something most Americans don't even realize is vulnerable. The thousands of dollars in equity in your home. A scammer can use AI to craft the perfect document that they file with the county transferring your home into their name and then use your ownership to take out loans or sell it. For quick cash, it's called title fraud and it's happening all over America. That is why there's home title lock and their million dollar triple lock protection. These guys will monitor your property records 24/7. 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In Indiana, 50-year-old Jeffrey Wiseheight executed for the murders of his girlfriend's two young children in 2010. Wiseheight admitting to setting fire to the family's home near Evansville, killing the eight-year-old and five-year-old children inside. According to the Associated Press, Wiseheight pronounced dead at 12.45 Thursday morning at the Indiana State Prison, becoming the first person executed in the state this year. His attorneys unsuccessfully seeking to delay the execution, arguing that a history of head injuries and mental health problems warranted additional medical testing. They also challenged the state's lethal injection drugs, which were purchased from a pharmacy facing disciplinary proceedings before Indiana regulators. Republican governor Mike Braun rejecting requests for clemency, pointing to the numerous state and federal court reviews that left Wiseheight's death sentence intact. The execution proceeding shortly after midnight, prison officials reporting that Wiseheight made no final statement. In Florida, 67-year-old Jesse Gourdotto scheduled to be executed by lethal injection yesterday evening. As of 6 p.m. Eastern time, no court had intervened to stop the execution. Gourdotto sentenced to death for the 2004 murder of a 75-year-old woman who had previously helped him secure employment and housing. He confessed to stabbing the woman to death inside her Walton County home before stealing money, jewelry, and other belongings to support his drug addiction. Gourdotto pleading guilty and receiving a death sentence with subsequent legal challenges failing to overturn his punishment. Gourdotto's execution set to mark Florida's 19th this year, tying the state record set in 2025. Republican governor Ron DeSantis overseeing more than half of the executions carried out nationwide this year, defending the pace as an effort to deliver long-awaited justice to victims' families. In Alabama, 54-year-old Michael Taylor also scheduled to be executed by lethal injection yesterday evening. As of 6 p.m. Eastern time, his execution remained scheduled to proceed. Taylor convicted of murdering an older couple during a robbery at their Gadsden home in 1991. Just 19 at the time, Taylor beating both victims to death with a metal bar before fleeing in their Cadillac. Police arresting him roughly an hour away in Birmingham. His attorneys unsuccessfully attempting to block the execution over a change in the method used to carry out his sentence. Taylor previously selecting nitrogen gas, only for the state to switch to lethal injection after a judge ruled against the planned nitrogen procedure. His legal team objecting to the change, but a judge allowing the execution to proceed. Thursday's execution scheduled less than two months after Tennessee's failed attempt to execute convicted murderer Krista Pike. Pike surviving two doses of lethal injection drugs in September, prompting questions about execution procedures and renewed legal challenges to capital punishment. Wall Street's post-election rally coming to an abrupt end yesterday, a stocks plunged across all three major indexes, wiping out Wednesday's gains and marking one of the market's worst trading days since President Trump's sweeping tariff announcement in April 2025. The sell-off hitting technology stocks particularly hard, as investors reconsidered the future of the artificial intelligence boom, following Democrats' massive victories in the midterm elections. According to CNBC, the tech-heavy NASDAQ falling 5.5%, its steepest one-day decline in 19 months. The index now officially in correction territory, meaning it has fallen at least 10% from its previous record high, reached October 6th. The Dow Jones industrial average shedding more than 1800 points a decline of 3.4% while the S&P 500 losing 4.4%. All three indexes more than erasing their gains from Wednesday's post-election surge. At the center of the reversal, growing concerns that new restrictions on data centers could slow the massive infrastructure expansion, fueling the AI industry. The election results adding to broader opposition to data center development across the country. Raising questions about whether technology companies can continue expanding at their previously anticipated pace. Barry Rittolt's founder of Rittolt's wealth management, discussing the market's sudden change in direction on Bloomberg podcasts Thursday. - We're going through the process of digesting. On the one hand, gridlock is great for stocks. We tend to see a rally following midterm elections, but then as people started to do a little homework, hey, there were over a dozen referendums on various state ballots about restricting data centers and just carving back what's been going on in an AI build-out. And so some of this is, hey, this is going to be more complex and more expensive than we originally thought. Maybe we're putting some of our eggs in one basket and we need to be a little more diversified and not so technology semiconductor AI heavy 'cause we really have no clarity as to what's going to happen here. - The pressure spreading throughout the semiconductor industry as investors pulled money from companies closely tied to the AI expansion. Chip making giants Nvidia and Broadcom, each falling roughly 8%, while Qualcomm tumbling about 10%, despite beating quarterly earnings expectations, Oracle losing approximately 7%, as the sell-off extended beyond chip manufacturers to other major technology companies, meta-declining roughly 4%, while Amazon and Google's parent company Alphabet each losing about 2%. Despite yesterday's steep losses, the broader market remaining in-positive territory for the year. The SAP 500 still up 7.4% in 2026, the NASDAQ retaining an overall gain of 4.6%. That'll do it for your AM update. I'm Emily Dreschensky, host of Afterparty. Go and check out more at AfterpartyEmily.com. Catch the Megan Kelley Show later today live on Series 6M's, the Megan Kelley Channel 111 at noon East on YouTube.com/ Megan Kelley and all podcast platforms.