Luigi Mangione Plea Talks, Manhattan Rent Hits New Record, LA Lakers Massive Sale: AM Update 8/13

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**Emily Jashinsky** (0:32)
Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Dushinsky, host of After Party and The Megyn Kelly Wrap Up Show on Series 6M, Channel 111 It's Thursday, August 13th, 2026, and this is your AM Update.

**David Crowley** (0:43)
Every one of us has something much bigger to unite around, and that is keeping MAGA extremism from bringing chaos we see in Washington.

**Emily Jashinsky** (0:53)
Breaking down how the polls so badly missed, David Crowley completing a stunning comeback after dropping out of the Wisconsin governor race just weeks earlier. Luigi Mangione reportedly heading back to federal court tomorrow, the speculation about a possible plea deal with potentially major implications for his separate state murder case.

**Zohran Mamdani** (1:12)
To one of the more than two million New Yorkers who lives in a rent stabilized apartment, your rent is going to be frozen next year.

**Emily Jashinsky** (1:17)
Manhattan rents hitting a new all-time high, as real estate professionals reportedly point to two new housing policies from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, adding pressure to the market, and the Los Angeles Lakers reportedly being sold again, this time for a record $12.5 billion, just one year after the franchise came under new ownership. All that more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

**Megyn Kelly** (1:45)
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**Emily Jashinsky** (2:53)
Early yesterday morning in Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley pulling off a stunning upset in the Democrat primary for governor, narrowly defeating Democratic Socialist State Representative Francesca Hong by less than one percentage point, 39.8% to 39.4%.
Hong going into election day as the clear favorite, despite facing growing scrutiny over her far left record and resurfaced comments, including pass support for abolishing police and ICE, a call to cancel Thanksgiving, and complaints about Fourth of July fireworks. Crowley actually suspending his campaign just over a month before the primary, saying it had become clear he would not be the Democrat nominee for governor. Ten days later, Crowley jumping back into the race after Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez dropped out amid campaign finance problems with former Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes also eventually leaving the contest as the field rapidly narrowed. Outgoing Democrat Governor Tony Evers also reversing his previous decision to stay out of the primary, endorsing Crowley and campaigning for him in the closing stretch. As questions about Hong's electability against Republican nominee, Congressman Tom Tiffany took center stage. Hong speaking to supporters while the race was still too close to call, pledging that regardless of the outcome, her political fight would continue.

**Francesca Hong** (4:11)
The fight continues no matter what. Because no matter who wins this primary, we're going to continue to fight for each other.
We are going to collectively reject despair.
And we are going to unite. We're fighting for our communities whose land Tom Tiffany happens to be selling to Big Tech and Big Oil. Where it's Tom Tiffany's Medicaid cuts that are shutting down our hospitals. And when our neighborhoods and our neighbors are disappeared by uncontrolled ICE fascists, it's Tom Tiffany who shows up in support. And while he's doing that, we are fighting for hope.