Platner Sexting Scandal Explodes, LA Mayor's Race Tightens, Meteor Crashes in MA: AM Update 6/1

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0:38I just really wanted to make sure that everyone knows that Graham and I have a great marriage. Democrat Graham Plattner, U.S. Senate candidate from Maine, facing explosive new reporting involving sexting exchanges with multiple women and an account on a messaging app with a dark reputation. President Trump holds off on approving an Iran deal framework demanding tougher terms as the conflict enters its 14th week. I think it's likely you're going to get a Democrat and a Republican, but it's not guaranteed. It's just the nature of California's top two system. California's high stakes primary hitting the final stretch as voters head to the polls tomorrow.

1:20And a meteor crashes down off the coast of Massachusetts, startling residents from New Hampshire down to Rhode Island. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM update.

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3:02Senate in Maine. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporting Plattner's wife, Amy Gertner, told campaign officials last year that she previously discovered sexually explicit text messages between her husband and multiple women. Plattner and Gertner marrying in November of 2023. Plattner's campaign officially launching less than two years later, on August 19, 2025. According to the Times, Gertner contacted Genevieve McDonald, then political director of the campaign, just days before Plattner was set to appear at a Labor Day rally with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont last year, raising concerns that her husband's messages could become a political liability.

3:45McDonald telling the Times that Gertner described the messages as, quote, quote, sexting, adding that Plattner had been communicating with as many as a dozen women. The Times reporting a current campaign official has confirmed the exchanges, though clarifying that Plattner had only messaged up to six women and stopped before the campaign actually launched, which they appear to think makes a difference. Campaign aides reportedly deciding the issue was a private matter being handled by Plattner and Gertner in marriage counseling. Last October, McDonald resigning as political director of the campaign amid mounting controversies over Plattner's dicey past social media posts, as well as his chest tattoo widely regarded as a Nazi symbol.

4:31Then, as reporters at the Wall Street Journal and New York Times were preparing stories on the sexting allegations, the Bangar Daily News reporting one of Plattner's top advisors, Morris Katz, sent quite a warning on Friday to McDonald through an intermediary. The message reportedly telling McDonald she would be publicly accused of lying, betraying the couple's trust, and of trying to sabotage the campaign if she dared to speak to reporters. The move apparently backfiring, though, with McDonald then agreeing to go on the record with the New York Times, telling the paper, quote, the U.S. Senate is not a training ground for redemption.

5:07It is a place for proven leaders with moral clarity and integrity. The journals report surfacing another issue involving Plattner's extensive online footprint, an account on Kik. That's a private messaging app with a long history of child safety concerns. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation, referring to Kik as, quote, a predator's paradise, citing the app's anonymous messaging features and its history of allowing underage users to communicate with adults. The journal reporting it verified an account tied to Plattner using the handle PHustle0331, similar to handles he has used on other social media platforms.

5:49The Daily Wire reporting the account was created in 2016 when Plattner was 32 years old. The profile featuring a shirtless mirror selfie of a man wearing only a towel with his face out of frame, but with visible tattoos matching Plattner's. Plattner's campaign telling the journal he deleted the app from his phone years ago, but never deactivated the account. Plattner's wife, Amy Gertner, who is reportedly on the campaign payroll, recording a video response posted Saturday night to Plattner's account on X. It makes me really angry, disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there's a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on, like healthcare and education and childcare.

6:47I just really wanted to make sure that everyone knows that Graham and I have a great marriage. Being married is hard. being newly married is hard being newly married and going through infertility is hard being newly married going through infertility and a senate campaign is is hard our marriage counselor helps uh my personal counselor helps ground's personal counselor helps and we work on our mental health every day platner speaking yesterday to local outlet wmtw denying mcdonald's story, sort of. This is the amazing part. The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times ran stories without any evidence besides the gossip from a former staffer.

7:35I'm sorry, that's frankly journalistic malpractice. We pushed back on it, they won it, they did it anyways. So are you confirming that the messages did not exist? What's that? The messages, they did not. I'm confirming that what Genevieve McDonald said in the New York Times is not true. So you never met with her about uncomfortable, for lack of a better word, sexting messages as the campaign was going? We talked about things in Amy and I's marriage that we've gone through over the years. We talked about that because that's our marriage and we discussed it with the campaign. What Genevieve McDonald claims isn't true.

8:14Plattner now the presumptive Democratic nominee after Maine Governor Janet Mills, the establishment favorite, dropped out of the race in late April, citing a lack of funds to continue her campaign. Plattner's remaining Democratic challengers are polling in the low single digits ahead of the June 9th primary. He is expected to face incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins in November in a race Democrats see as one of their best chances to pick up a Senate seat in the midterms. Yesterday, multiple Democrats asked on the Sunday shows about the latest revelations surrounding Plattner, each offering similar evasive responses.

8:49Here, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim of New Jersey and Chris Murphy of Connecticut. That guy has questions to answer, and that's what campaigns are for. But when I go all over New Jersey and see hundreds and hundreds of thousands of New Jerseans losing their health care and millions more seeing their health care costs go up, I know that so much is riding on Democrats taking control of the Senate. You know, this information is out there with any campaign in the country. the character and the transparency about the different candidates is going to come out. That's part of a campaign. But what I do hear from people in New Jersey around the country is that they don't trust this U.S.

9:28Senate right now led by the Republicans. I mean, Grant Plattner is somebody that served our country. He served his community. He certainly admitted that he has made mistakes, but I think this is going to be a pretty clear contrast in Maine between somebody who has spent his life protecting us versus somebody who seems to be protecting Donald Trump's corruption. The Real Clear Politics polling average currently shows Plattner leading Senator Collins by 7.8 points. More on this later today on The MK Show. More than 13 weeks into the U.S.-Iran war and a peace deal remains out of reach for now. President Trump on Friday laying out terms for a possible peace agreement on Truth Social, including that Iran, quote, will never have a nuclear weapon or bomb, that the Strait of Hormuz, quote, must be immediately open, and that enriched nuclear material buried underground, quote, will be unearthed by the United States and destroyed.

10:26The president ending the post writing, quote, I will be meeting now in the Situation Room to make a final determination. But no final determination arrived. Instead, after two hours of discussions with top aides, the president reportedly attempting to toughen the terms of a potential framework. According to the New York Times, Mr. Trump raising concerns about provisions that would unfreeze Iranian funds. Iran has said it will not negotiate on its nuclear program unless and until we release some$12 billion of its frozen assets. Axios reporting President Trump also requesting changes to some of the wording regarding the Strait of Hormuz, though the nature of those modifications remains unclear.

11:07The nuclear section of the proposal? Also still uncertain, including what happens to Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and what restrictions would be placed on future enrichment. President Trump seeking more detail on that front, with one senior administration official saying the president wants, quote, more specifics about how the U.S. gets the material and the timing. Whether Iran has agreed to anything at all around the uranium is also unclear. It has previously dismissed as baseless. Earlier, Trump comments that its stockpile would be destroyed, reports Iranian media. President Trump speaking to his daughter-in-law, Laura Trump, Saturday on Fox about some of the nuclear language still being negotiated.

11:49One guarantee that I have to have is that there will be no nuclear weapons. They've agreed to that. And it was very interesting. They originally said, we will not develop a nuclear weapon. And I said, well, what happens if you buy a nuclear weapon? So now it says we will not develop or in any way purchase a military weapon. That's a big difference. So we're getting what we want slowly. Very tough negotiators. It takes a long time. I'm in no hurry. I'd like to say I'm in a hurry because, you know, gasoline prices are going to come tumbling down. But if you're going to be in a hurry, you're not going to make a good deal.

12:24And slowly but surely, we're getting, I think, what we want. And if we don't get what we want, we're going to end it a different way. Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammed Bagar-Galibov, warning yesterday that the U.S. is not to be trusted, saying there's no deal until Iranian rights, whatever that means, are protected, with Iran's foreign minister adding, everything that is being said now is speculation. Axios reports Trump was told it could take roughly three days for the Iranians to respond, with one senior administration official saying, quote, they're literally in caves and they're not using email.

12:59As the diplomatic effort continues, several Americans injured last week after an Iranian missile was shot down near an airbase in Kuwait. MS Now reporting a U.S. official confirms four American troops and three contractors suffered, quote, minor injuries last Wednesday. The outlet reporting all seven returned to duty within 24 hours. Coming up, California voters heading to the polls tomorrow as a new poll finds L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt surging. And Massachusetts residents rattled over the weekend as a meteor explodes in the sky.

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15:14Hilton warning Republicans to unite now behind him or risk a pair of Democrats in the runoff. Hilton posting a message on social media yesterday to anyone still supporting his fellow Republican, Chad Bianco. I know that many Republicans were holding on to the hope that we might have two Republicans in the top two, myself and Chad, and then we're guaranteed change in California. But if that was ever possible, it's certainly not possible today. You just have to look at the math. This is not personal. It's not about me or Chad or our qualities or our record or anything like that. It's about the future of California.

15:50And if we don't get a Republican in the top two, we have no chance for change. So I'm asking each and every one of you, please, let's focus on what we all care about, including Chad, which is saving California.

16:25is about change versus more of the same. If you want a governor who can't be bought, who can take on the powerful interests crushing us, if you're ready for change, Tom Steyer for governor. Meanwhile, Steyer last week also voicing support for a very unpopular stance, male athletes in women's and girls sports. Steyer posting a video to social media with A.B. Hernandez, a male pretending to be female, who's just finished his high school sports career with two, count them, two women's state track titles. I was saying in this town hall, it's the job of the governor to stand between danger and Californians.

17:04And I mean it. And to make sure that people are safe and to protect them from all the malign influences in this world. And I take that super, super, super seriously for you, just so you know. And I'm so proud of you for what you're doing. So proud of you for succeeding. So proud of you for competing. I think that's really the point. And I'm going to hope like heck that you don't just make state, but you do really well there. Deal? Deal. Deal. Congratulations on what you've done as a mom and congratulations on what you've done as an athlete. Steyer referencing AB's mother at the end of that clip there.

17:38In the governor's race, the top two will advance, setting up a high stakes November showdown to replace current governor Gavin Newsom. In the L.A. mayoral race, polls show Democrat incumbent Karen Bass holding a narrow lead. Unbelievably, she burned their city down. But there she is, with progressive city council member Nithya Raman and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt right behind. A new poll from the California Post showing Pratt jumping into a statistical tie with Bass, 30 % to 29 % with council member Raman in third. The poll finding voter frustration as the driving force behind the shift, with 62 % of Angelenos saying the city is on the wrong track.

18:20Currently, Bass's approval rating sits at 32%. If one of the candidates somehow gets over 50 % of the vote, the race is over. Otherwise, the top two will advance to a runoff to be decided in November. Parts of New England getting a rare out-of-this-world wake-up call over the weekend. On Saturday, a three-foot meteor creating a thunderous boom plunging into Cape Cod Bay, according to NASA. The noise startling residents and rattling windows from Boston to Rhode Island. One woman telling WBZ Boston she thought it might be an earthquake. I have never been in an earthquake, but it felt like maybe what it might feel like.

18:58It felt like it was, felt like a little bit of a vibration and I'm on the fourth floor, but I could feel it. Another Massachusetts resident telling ABC News it felt like someone was slamming all the doors in his house at once. You can see in the footage that I provided, you can see the physical shaking of the cameras. Whatever that shockwave was, was enough to literally move things. Calls flooding in to police around the Northeast. Do you hear a logic explosion in West CBD? We're getting called. I heard it and felt it, but no idea where it came from. NASA saying the meteor hit around 2 p.m. Eastern, breaking apart roughly 40 miles above the ground, unleashing energy equal to 300 tons of TNT.

19:39There was apparently no warning of the space rock before or after it entered the Earth's atmosphere traveling at approximately 75 ,000 miles per hour. Carl W. Hergenrother, the executive director of the American Meteor Society, tells the New York Times when these rocks land, they generally do not cloud with steam, as fallen meteors are occasionally depicted to do in media. Quote, it's not like in the movies where it leaves a big, you know, steaming hole in the ground. It's just you walk outside and there's a black rock on the ground where there shouldn't be. So far, no injuries, no damage, and no peace is being recovered from the water, though scientists are looking over eyewitness videos and satellite data in hopes of tracking down the space rock's origin.

20:24This incident, the latest in a string of dramatic fireball reports across North America this year, all coming as the Trump administration has started rolling out their UFO files disclosures. And that'll do it for your AM update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for the MK Show live on Sirius XM's The Megan Kelly Channel, 111 at noon east, on youtube.com slash Megan Kelly and on all podcast platforms.