Karmelo Anthony Trial Begins, Bolton’s Expected Guilty Plea, Return of the Screwworm: AM Update 6/5

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The murder trial of Texas teenager, Karmelo Anthony, kicking off with emotional testimony, describing the moments directly after the fatal stabbing.

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There is an arrogance in sharing classified information with one's family members.

**Randy Zelen** (0:54)
They don't have clearances.

**Megyn Kelly** (0:55)
Former Trump National Security Advisor turned major critic of the president, John Bolton, expected to plead guilty to mishandling classified information. The Department of Homeland Security defending its detention center standards amid increased scrutiny this week.

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The flies land in the wound. They lay their eggs. The larva then is what actually eats the flesh.

**Megyn Kelly** (1:18)
And a flesh-eating maggot. Sorry. Once wiped out in the US., confirmed in a Texas calf. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Opening statements and day one of witness testimony in the murder trial of Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony taking place yesterday in Collin County, Texas. Jurors hearing dramatic and emotional testimony about the moments surrounding the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet last year.
Anthony, who was also 17 at the time of the incident, admitting to stabbing Metcalf during a confrontation in April of 2025, but his attorneys maintaining he acted in self-defense. Prosecutors rejecting that argument, describing the incident as, quote, an unjustified, unprovoked murder. In opening statements, prosecutors telling jurors Anthony entered a Memorial High School team tent after it started to rain and refused repeated requests to leave. According to the state, Metcalf approaching Anthony, telling him to leave the tent before Anthony allegedly responded, touch me and see what happens. Defense attorneys painting a different picture, describing Anthony as an honor student, athlete and oldest sibling who found himself caught in a rapidly escalating confrontation. The defense arguing jurors will hear evidence supporting Anthony's claim that he feared for his safety. Defense attorney Mike Howard telling jurors in his opening statement, In that split second, Melo had a decision to make, how and when to act. Self-defense is useless if you wait too late to defend yourself. He reacts in a split second of fear, chaos. After Karmelo defended himself with that knife, he ran, he didn't stab again, he dropped the knife, he didn't stab anyone else.
Texas law allows someone to use deadly force against another if they reasonably believe they face an imminent deadly threat. The law also will not allow a finding of self-defense if the defendant provoked the initial encounter. Here's veteran criminal defense attorney Randy Zelen with more to The New York Post.

**Randy Zelen** (5:00)
From what we know, this was a verbal altercation where it almost seems like the defendant was provoking the incident himself by allegedly saying, touch me and see what happens as he's reaching into a bag. And then apparently he was touched.