Fauci Held in Contempt, Trump’s 2028 Reality Show, Hawaii Dem Candidate's Beach Brawl: AM Update 8/7

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**Emily Jashinsky** (0:32)
Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jeschenski, host of After Party and the Megyn Kelly Wrap Up Show on SiriusXM Channel 111 It's Friday, August 7th, 2026 And this is your AM Update.

**Mike Davis** (0:43)
He deserves to go to prison. Tony Fauci is a monster. He created COVID in a Wuhan lab.
He lied about it.

**Emily Jashinsky** (0:52)
Senate Republicans voting to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he refused to answer more than 100 questions about the government's handling of COVID-19.
President Trump reportedly telling donors who he wants to succeed him, as questions remain over whether he has truly made up his mind. A powerful El Nino now raising fears of extreme weather on a scale not seen in generations.

**Kama Holman** (1:16)
As I got closer and closer, he was just getting more irate and violent and then saying stuff like, you know, I'm going to hurt you.

**Emily Jashinsky** (1:23)
And a Democrat running for Congress in Hawaii allegedly threatening beachgoers, before picking a fight with the wrong bystander. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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**Emily Jashinsky** (2:56)
Senate Republicans voting to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, escalating their effort to prosecute the former federal health official over his refusal to answer questions about the government's handling of COVID-19.
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approving the contempt resolution yesterday in an eight to seven party line vote. The vote following Fauci's appearance before the committee last week, where he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination one hundred and eleven times. Fauci refusing to answer questions ranging from his views on the origins of COVID-19 to the color of his tie and the day of the week. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases arguing in his opening statement that Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky had already made clear he wanted Fauci prosecuted, leaving him concerned that virtually anything he said could be used against him. Senator Paul rejecting that argument, contending that Fauci faced no legitimate threat of federal prosecution for conduct covered by the sweeping pardon issued by former President Joe Biden. Here, Senator Paul's opening remarks at yesterday's hearing.

**Rand Paul** (4:06)
Eight days ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci sat before this committee in the witness chair under subpoena for conduct covered by the President Biden's full and unconditional pardon reaching back to 2014
Dr. Fauci faced no risk of federal prosecution. All he had to do is tell the truth. More than 100 times, though, he refused. The chair ruled that Dr. Fauci's assertion of the Fifth Amendment privilege was unsupported in light of the pardon and the testimony he offered in his opening statement. The chair directed Anthony Fauci to answer. He refused again. That is what we are voting on today.