White House Warns Democrats, Biden Revisits 2024, Baby Buried Alive Rescued: AM Update 11/12

(upbeat music) - Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Chishinsky, host of After Party and the Megan Kelley Wrap-Up Show on Series XM, Channel 111. It's Thursday, November 12th, 2026. And this is your AM update. - We can't forget about these folks that are causing harm. Like, you know, I think it's like, I mean, maybe it's because I'm like, I'm gay, but like, you know, like pettiness is a thing. - The White House warning congressional Democrats that their planned investigations into President Trump's administration could cross the line into criminal conduct. Former President Joe Biden opening up about his cancer diagnosis and revisiting his disastrous 2024 debate. - We found Luke, Kaua, Sharp, level months old, buried alive, clinging to life, crying, the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby. - A remarkable rescue in South Carolina after authorities discover an infant allegedly buried underground by his own father. And former Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor, suing a newspaper for defamation, alleging a reporter who he once slept with, helped investigate his relationships with other women. All that more coming up in just a moment on your AM update. - Kozy Earth has been an absolute game changer in our home, making the bed and couch infinitely more comfy. Now that Kozy season is officially here and the nights are getting cooler. There are two specific pieces that we need to talk about. First, their bamboo sheet set. It can fix your hot sleeping. Stay perfectly cool, sleep straight through the night without kicking off the covers and getting out of bed in the morning will be harder than ever for the best reasons. Then there's their bubble cuddle blanket. The weight, drape, and ultra plush texture are unreal. Everyone in your family is going to love it. If you wanna elevate your everyday living space, this is the ultimate upgrade. 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The warning following a series of provocative statements from Congressman Garcia, who has made no secret of his plans to investigate the president, his family, and current and former members of his administration, following last week's sweeping Democrat victories. Mr. Garcia posting on social media after the election quote, "Oversight Democrats are ready to take on the crooks, the con men, and the Trump crime family, lawyer up." During an appearance Saturday at Crooked Media's conference, Congressman Garcia teasing the scope of his planned investigations and his motivations. - Just because you're a Kimberley Goldfoil or you're Christy Noam or you're Pam Bondy and you're no longer in office, that doesn't mean that we're still not interested in accountability for all of your crimes and grift. We're not gonna forget. Like, we can't forget about these folks that are causing harm. Like, I'm mad. - Sharf appearing to take particular issue with that rhetoric, writing in this letter that the Trump administration will not be quote, "extorted" or intimidated by investigations motivated by quote, "animous, pettiness, hatred," or any other unlawful motive. The White House lawyer arguing that congressional subpoenas must serve a legitimate legislative purpose rather than become a tool to harass or intimidate political opponents. Sharf warning that efforts to threaten administration officials or use congressional investigation simply to instill fear, quote, "may cross the line into blatant criminality." The letter citing Supreme Court decisions establishing limits on congressional investigations, including a requirement that subpoenas serve a legitimate legislative purpose. Democrats are ready outlining an expansive investigative agenda. According to CBS News, potential targets include the Trump family's cryptocurrency ventures, a $2 billion Saudi investment in Jared Kushner's private equity firm and Pentagon contracts involving companies linked to the president's sons. Other areas under consideration, including allegations of improper contracting practices at the Department of Homeland Security, corporate donations toward the new White House ballroom and the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Congressman Garcia pushing back on Sharf's warning, accusing President Trump of having something to hide. In a statement, the Congressman declaring, quote, "Congress's authority comes from Article 1 of the Constitution, not from the permission of the White House." We spoke with Attorney Will Chamberlain, Senior Counsel at the Article 3 Project, who explains the significance of Sharf's warning and the legal limits on congressional investigations. I think it's simply a warning that Garcia and a lot of other Democrats have been extraordinarily aggressive with their rhetoric about what they're trying to do with these investigations to the point that it doesn't really indicate any kind of a legitimate legislative purpose, they're just using it to harass. And there's binding case law that's not what you're allowed to do with congressional investigations, the power to prosecute and investigate for the criminal purposes rests with the executive branch. The challenge for the White House, however, establishing that Democrats are crossing those constitutional boundaries. Chamberlain suggesting Congressman Garcia may have inadvertently made that task easier. Usually it's pretty difficult to prove, but the problem here for Congress or rather for Garcia is that they've been all over the media talking about what their actual purpose is, meaning they've been saying repeatedly that their purpose is to harass. If they were smart, they would have been a lot quieter about it and there would have been much less to go on. - The dispute potentially setting the stage for a series of courtroom battles. - The real impact of this stuff is gonna be felt if and when the executive branch defies some of these subpoenas and then the Congress tries to go to court to get them enforced. That's when the court will look at these out of court statements by Garcia and others and say that there is no legitimate legislative purpose here and the executive branch is not obligated to comply. As for how President Trump should approach the incoming Congress, Chamberlain recommending a selective strategy rather than blanket resistance to Democrat subpoenas. - I think the Trump administration should evaluate each subpoena on its own individual merits. Look at the ones that seem, if they're connected to a legitimate legislative purpose, you can go ahead and comply with those. For the ones that look like it's pretty clearly designed to harass, that's where you should, you know, try and, you know, essentially not comply and essentially demand that they be more narrowly tailored and if Congress refuses to do so, that's when you litigate. - Former President Joe Biden, giving what is being described as the only new interview to People magazine had of next Tuesday's release of his memoir, Promise Me, America. The Biden-X account announcing over the weekend that the 83-year-old was scaling back planned appearances to promote the book, citing his ongoing battle with cancer. Mr. Biden announcing in May of last year, nearly four months after leaving office, that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, which had already spread to his bones. Now, speaking to People magazine, the former president reflecting on his health during his final years in the White House and how his cancer diagnosis might have changed the course of his presidency. - If I had known that I was feeling lousy because I had cancer, I would have resigned. I would have not gone forward because I don't think an 80-year-old man with cancer should be running for, you know, but that wasn't the case. - President Biden undergoing radiation and hormone therapy following his diagnosis, telling people that recent tests show no further spread of the disease. The timing of that diagnosis, raising questions from the outset, as some medical experts express skepticism that a president receiving regular medical care could have advanced cancer without it being detected sooner. Among those questioning the timeline, leading prostate cancer surgeon Dr. David Samadhi, who raised concerns during a May 2025 appearance on the Megan Kelly show. - Someone who is in politics like this, senators, congressmen, politicians, they have a lot of attention, they check their cholesterol, they check their hearts, they check from top to bottom. So, you know, it's true that over the age of 80, we don't want to be too aggressive with PSA screening because most likely people die from other diseases than prostate cancer. But someone like him who was just the president, there's no way in the world that their doctors would just not look at PSA and not look at the PSA in the last many years and just say, well, he's old enough and there's no indication to do this. That doesn't happen. - Mr. Biden rejecting suggestions that he concealed his illness while in office, insisting that the public learned about his diagnosis at the same time he did in maintaining that his illness never interfered with his ability to do the job. Mr. Biden revisiting another major controversy from his final year in office, his June 2024 debate against President Trump, the former president downplaying the significance of that performance. - Look, I don't know anybody had made a mistake in debate. To me, it was not very consequential. First of all, I thought there'd be another debate, which there wasn't. But I was standing in fact that there wasn't another debate. [BLANK_AUDIO] and disturbed me because it wasn't consequential. A stark contrast to the reaction from his own wife, Dr. Joe Biden revealing earlier this year that she feared her husband was having a stroke as she watched the debate. The former president struggling throughout the night. "And I'm going to continue to move until we get the total ban on the total initiative relative to what we're going to do with more border patrol and more asylum officers." President Trump? "I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence, I don't think he knows what he said either." The performance triggering widespread alarm among Democrats, prompting growing calls for Biden to withdraw from the race. Just 24 days later, Mr. Biden abandoning his reelection bed and endorsing vice president Kamala Harris. Coming up, a miraculous rescue in South Carolina, police finding an 11-month-old baby buried alive in the woods for nearly 24 hours. A former Wisconsin lieutenant governor filing a defamation lawsuit alleging a newspaper reporter he once had a sexual relationship with helped investigate his involvement with other women. 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In extraordinary rescue in South Carolina, authorities finding an 11-month-old baby buried alive in the woods after apparently spending 24 hours underground. Koa Sharp discovered Tuesday afternoon inside a makeshift grave trapped in a dog crate allegedly buried by his own father. Washington County Sheriff Jake Kuhn announcing the discovery. God is good. Just a few moments ago, we found little Koa Sharp 11-month-old buried alive, clinging to life, crying the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby. The desperate search beginning Monday afternoon after Koa disappeared while in the care of his father, 25-year-old Michael Comer. According to Sheriff Kuhn, the baby's paternal grandmother had left Koa with Comer while running in errand, expecting another caregiver to arrive shortly afterward. By the time that caregiver reached the home, both father and son were gone. Deputies tracking Comer across Lexington County throughout the day eventually finding him hiding in a shed late Monday night. Comer arrested on burglary and resisting arrest charges. Koa, nowhere to be found. The search continuing into Tuesday as nearly 100 law enforcement officers and first responders combed the area, desperately hoping to find the missing baby alive. Investigators eventually focusing on a wooded area near Comer's father's home, where searchers noticed a patch of freshly disturbed dirt beneath the pine straw. We searched that with our crime scenes tech, our crime scenes sled and FBI folks, and as they probed it and laid it out and started digging, you could hear a little Koa crying. So as you imagine, race was on, everybody's getting out and they're trying to get him out. There's discovering Koa buried inside a two-foot-by-two-foot-wire dog crate wrapped in a towel. The sheriff believing the towel may have created an air pocket that allowed the baby to breathe while the chilly weather potentially improved his chances of survival. Koa immediately rushed to a hospital for treatment and released into the care of relatives on Tuesday night. Sheriff Kun expressing hope that the little boy will make a full recovery. According to the Associated Press, court records revealing that Comer had been placed on probation just last month, after pleading guilty to domestic violence and aggravated breach of peace charges. Prosecutors dropping a separate gun charge as part of the plea agreement, and crediting Comer for more than two months already spent behind bars. Comer's mother Patricia, speaking to local television station WACH, describing her concerns about her son's mental health. "He has problems with schizophrenia and manic depression, depression, diagnosis." Police now charging Comer with attempted murder. He remains behind bars as the investigation continues. Former Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes suing the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for defamation, alleging that a reporter who he had previously slept with helped develop the story, accusing him of using his political influence to pursue women. According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the female political reporter maintaining an on-and-off sexual relationship with Barnes for several years, beginning in 2018, despite that history, the reporter allegedly helping develop a story about Barnes' relationships with other women. The reporter not identified in the lawsuit, although she was not among those whose names appeared on the published articles. Barnes' campaign, learning of her involvement, and notifying the journal Sentinel of the conflict on July 30 before the story was published. The newspaper removing the reporter and assigning other journalists to review portions of her work, but publishing the articles later that same day. In the July articles, the journal Sentinel accusing Barnes of repeatedly using his political standing to pursue sexual relationships with young adult women, citing three anonymous sources. One of those sources acknowledging a sexual encounter with Barnes, although none accusing him of abuse or mistreatment. The journal Sentinel also reporting that the Wisconsin Democrat Party hired an outside law firm to investigate allegations of inappropriate behavior. Barnes denying that he exploited his political position to pursue women or that the party conducted a formal investigation into his conduct. According to Wisconsin Public Radio, Barnes' attorneys arguing that the newspaper misrepresented the party's handling of an anonymous complaint, portraying a possible legal review as a full-fledged investigation. The controversy coinciding with the end of Barnes' campaign for Wisconsin Governor. Barnes withdrawing from the governor's race the same day the articles were published, although denying the two were connected. Barnes telling WBAY TV2 that the reporting had nothing to do with his decision. The journal Sentinel defending as reporting rejecting Barnes' demand for corrections and retractions. Executive editor Greg Borowski insisting the articles underwent the newspaper's standard editing and legal review and that Barnes had an opportunity to respond before publication. Borowski also disputing the allegations surrounding the reporter's involvement, maintaining she did not participate in reporting or writing the published story. Barnes now seeking compensatory and punitive damages and requesting a jury trial. However, as a public figure, the former lieutenant governor facing a high legal bar required to prove the newspaper knowingly published false information or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.