"Mildly" Positive Hantavirus U.S. Case, Biden Fights Audio Release, Hoosiers at WH: AM Update 5/12

May 12, 2026

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Megyn Kelly's AM update on May 12, 2026, recaps key developments including a U.S. monitoring case tied to a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, the White House Correspondent's dinner shooting suspect's not-guilty plea amid conflict claims, former President Biden's move to block memoir audio from a classified documents probe, and the national champion Indiana Hoosiers' White House visit.

Hantavirus Passengers Under U.S. Quarantine

Eighteen passengers—17 Americans and one U.S.-British dual citizen—from the MV Hondius cruise ship, linked to a fatal Andes variant hantavirus outbreak, are now monitored at two U.S. facilities. Sixteen are at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, which houses the National Quarantine Unit and Nebraska Biocontainment Unit; one is in biocontainment after testing "mildly positive" (one of two samples positive) but shows no symptoms and is doing well. The unit uses negative air pressure to contain potential airborne spread. A couple was sent to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, where one has mild symptoms and is isolated, with their partner monitored as a close contact.

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1 (00:33) **AM Update Intro** - Megyn Kelly welcomes listeners to Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 edition and teases top stories
2 (02:31) **Hantavirus Passengers Arrive in US** - 18 cruise ship passengers from MV Hondius monitored at Nebraska and Emory facilities after deadly Andes variant outbreak
3 (02:54) **Mildly Positive Case Details** - One passenger tests mildly positive on one of two samples, asymptomatic and doing well
4 (04:08) **Quarantine and Monitoring Protocol** - 42-day watch period in hotel-like units with Wi-Fi and exercise gear; case-by-case home release decisions
5 (05:45) **Exposure Definition Explained** - CDC defines close contact as bodily fluids like saliva or 6 feet/15 cumulative minutes proximity
6 (06:21) **Trump Comments on Hantavirus** - President offers reassurance, notes virus is hard to catch and praises Nebraska team
7 (07:19) **White House Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty** - Cole Thomas Allen, 31, enters plea on four counts including attempted assassination of president

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Show Notes

18 passengers from a cruise ship tied to a deadly hantavirus outbreak are now being monitored at U.S. health facilities, with one person testing “mildly” positive. The suspect charged in last month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting pleads not guilty, as his attorneys move to remove U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and other Trump administration prosecutors from the case. Former President Biden is preparing to attempt to block the release of audio recordings from his 2017 memoir interviews, which became evidence in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s classified documents investigation - president of the Oversight Project Mike Howell weighs in. The undefeated national champion Indiana Hoosiers visited the White House to celebrate the program’s first title, though star quarterback Fernando Mendoza missed the event because of NFL rookie commitments.

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