Pratt's Lead Over Raman Evaporates, Karmelo Anthony Defense Begins, Golden Tempo Wins: AM Update 6/8

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0:39It's Monday, June 8th, 2026, and this is your AM Update. Spencer Pratt's lead over city councilwoman Nithya Rahman completely vanishing in the Los Angeles mayor race over the weekend, as the fight for the final spot in November's runoff intensifies. Let's call it quits, because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time. Mr. President. President Trump's rainy sit-down with NBC ends abruptly after a series of increasingly tense exchanges. There was a two-inch deep wound that hit the cartilage of Austin Metcalfe's sternum and actually pierced one of the ventricles in his heart. A rare Saturday court session in Texas, with jurors hearing graphic testimony in the Carmelo Anthony murder trial as prosecutors rest their case.

1:22And no triple crown sweep, but still a stunning finish in the Belmont Stakes as Golden Tempo makes history yet again. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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2:59Pratt ending election night in what looked like a clear second place with 30.4 % of the vote. Pratt on Tuesday sounding confident about the next five months. I was going to be happy if I wasn't moving forward because I would have known God didn't want me to be the mayor. But now I feel very confident that I am going to continue to work hard, learn everything I need to learn, build my teams, show all the experience I'm going to surround myself with because that's a concern people have. Oh, he has no experience. I'm going to build that experience around. And we have five months to put the best team the city could ever dream of around me.

3:34Raman ending election night with 22.4 % of the vote, addressing supporters in remarks that sounded like a candidate bracing for the end. Many thousands of votes will be counted in the days ahead, and we may not get an answer we like, but regardless of what happens next, nobody, nobody can take away what all of us have built together. But by this weekend, the race looking very different, as there were still hundreds of thousands of ballots still outstanding. In California, mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day can still be counted if they arrive up to a week later, meaning the numbers can keep shifting for days after voters leave the polls.

4:15And the New York Times reporting, Rahman began making up ground in the first major post-election updates with the councilwoman outperforming Pratt among newly counted ballots on Wednesday and Thursday. Throughout the weekend, the gap continuing to narrow, Rahman winning the Saturday ballot drop with Rahman not only beating Pratt, but even outpacing Bass, taking 40 % of the newly counted Los Angeles City vote to Bass's 33 % and Pratt's 18%. As of yesterday afternoon, Pratt's lead dwindling to just about 1 point, 27.32 % to Raman's 26.21%. And then, with last night's latest vote count coming in, Raman officially surpassing Pratt, moving into second place.

4:56Prediction market Kalshi now putting the odds of a Bass-Raman runoff now at 99%. The drawn-out count becoming its own political flashpoint, with Pratt's vanishing lead fueling a wave of online skepticism from supporters and commentators, questioning how a race could shift so dramatically after Election Day. California leads the nation in voting by mail, sending ballots to every active registered voter, and seeing more than 80 % of voters return ballots by mail in 2024. But those ballots still have to go through a lengthy processing period before they are counted, allowing the numbers to keep shifting for days after Election Day.

5:33California's Secretary of State office requires counties to complete the official canvas by 30 days after Election Day, including counting, auditing, and certification. But Republican strategist Mike Murphy telling NBCLA the long wait is damaging public trust. In your view, what is the impact when we vote and there is suspense for weeks as we count close to half the ballots. It's unacceptable now. You know, we could do better, but that's kind of the California state motto now in most government things. Right. But does it have a corrosive effect on the process? You know, I worry about it. We might see this if the scenario where Raman catches up with Bass, Pratt is going to pull out the Trump hymnal and start screaming, oh, they put the fix in it.

6:21The machine, you know, it's all corrupt. And while that is not true, it is corrosive. And the average voter looks at this and thinks, why the hell does it take so long to honestly count the vote? What's going on? And people are so cynical about politics, they think, oh yeah, there's somebody in a back room who gives the Iggy to somebody and cut to the machines all change. So yes, I think it is corrosive, which is why it's worth investing to run a 24-hour operation and count these damn votes a lot quicker. The Los Angeles Times reporting the late count trend was not a surprise to election analysts, who expected Rahman to gain ground as mail-in ballots came in, reporting, quote, Many left-of-center voters, Rahman's base, held on to their mail-in ballots into the last minute as they waited to choose between Democratic gubernatorial candidates.

7:09They also say younger, more progressive voters tend to hold on to their ballots longer generally. The Times also noting that while the L.A. mayor's race is officially nonpartisan, Pratt is a registered Republican running in an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Pratt, for his part, still insisting the race is not over, posting yesterday afternoon to X, quote, we've got all the way till July 6th to keep counting. They're not the only ones who know where to find votes. We'll stay on this story on the MK Show all week. President Donald Trump's sit-down with NBC's Kristen Welker on Meet the Press yesterday turned increasingly combative during a rainy interview in rural Wisconsin marked by interruptions tense exchanges, and an abrupt ending.

7:51The interview, taped Friday, taking place inside what appeared to be a large barn or shed, with rain clearly heard pounding outside. Welker even noting at one point they had paused the interview for heavy rain to pass, and later pausing again for an audio issue. As the interview continued despite the delays, the tension between Mr. Trump and Welker only growing. Welker pressing the president on the ongoing conflict with Iran, where a peace deal remains elusive. One of your consistent campaign promises was no new wars going all the way back to 2015. Did you break that promise to the American people?

8:29I had to stop a country, very powerful, very dangerous country, from having a nuclear weapon because they'd use it. They're nuts, okay? They're crazy people. I deal with them. And very high-strung people. I'm a little crazy. And get along with him. I like him. But you don't want to let him have a nuclear weapon. And I'm doing the world a service. So you're saying you didn't break your promise. And yet, Mr. President, in your first term, you held to that promise. And it was so fundamental to who you were as a candidate to a first term president. First of all, I didn't guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?

9:13I built our military. So when you say I promised, I didn't promise anything. I don't like these endless wars. This is not an endless war. From there, the conversation turning to the economic fallout at home. Welker pressing President Trump on the strain facing farmers, a core part of his political coalition. What's your message to farmers, though, Mr. President, who say they are struggling, they're struggling to make ends meet? Am I allowed to talk? You keep asking questions and you don't listen to the answers. I love the farmers and the farmers love me. The farmers trust me. So I had a choice to make.

9:48I could keep it going. The farmers were doing great. Fertilizer was very cheap. Everything was cheap. Gasoline was very low. Everything was very low. I could have kept it that way. But I said I have to take a little bit of return. The farmers are going to understand it better than anybody. We're going to have higher gasoline. We're going to have a little higher fertilizer, etc., etc. But I'm going to get rid of a nuclear weapon in the hands of very dangerous people. Excuse me, wait. It should have been done for 47 years. No president had the guts to do it. I did it and I've done it. It's almost complete.

10:19As soon as that's complete, gasoline prices are going to drop like a rock. The interview eventually veering into California's slow vote count when the tension that had been building through the interview finally boiled over. Do you think it's appropriate that they have an election and five days later they're nowhere close to picking State and local officials acknowledge they are slow. They're urging. No, they're crooked. They're urging the votes to be counted quickly. That's how they vote in California. They're crooked, just like you're crooked. Your press is crooked. And meet the press is crooked.

10:48To be fair, I'm not crooked. But let's continue. Really? Well, you play right into their hands. Let's continue. You're either crooked or you're stupid. You play right into their hands with this rap. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they're rigged. And you're crooked. And meet the press is crooked. And so is ABC. and CBS and CNN. But Mr. President. You're one sided crooked network. Sorry, let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time. Mr. President, let's please. I traveled all the way to Wisconsin. I've sat in the rain with you.

11:21I know. I've sat in the rain with you for an hour. On and off in the rain. And I've given you enough time. You ought to straighten out your press because you know what? A country can never be great with a dishonest. And that is where the interview ended, with Welker later saying she and the president spoke after the camera stopped rolling and that the president agreed to another interview at a later date. Coming up, emotional testimony in Texas as jurors hear graphic details about the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf and Golden Tempo making history yet again, storming from behind to win the Belmont Stakes.

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13:19The two boys, who attended different schools, involved in a confrontation under Metcalf's team's tent. Prosecutors say Metcalf and other students repeatedly told Anthony he was in the wrong tent and needed to leave, with the confrontation escalating after Metcalf touched or pushed Anthony. Prosecutors say Anthony then stabbed Metcalf in the chest. Anthony now facing a charge of murder, a first-degree felony that carries anywhere from 5 to 99 years in prison. Prosecutors calling a 17-year-old witness to the stand Saturday morning, a member of Metcalf's track team. The student testifying that he was in the tent when Metcalf asked Anthony to leave, and it was his impression that Anthony was trying to provoke Metcalf.

14:00A second teenage witness asked by prosecutors what Anthony did when asked to leave the tent. Quote, He doesn't leave. He gets angry and tries to provoke us, saying, Another witness taking the stand, one of Metcalf's teammates who also knew Anthony. The witness saying he saw Anthony under the tent and initially greeted him before Metcalf asked Anthony, quote, Who are you? The teen testifying, Anthony became defensive when he was asked to leave. Quote, Carmelo said you'll have to move me. The witness saying Metcalf then put his hand on Anthony's back, and he saw Anthony's hand go into his backpack.

14:33The teen telling jurors he did not expect anything dangerous to be inside because, quote, we're at a track meet. On cross, the defense pressing the witness on his relationship with Anthony, showing jurors photos of the two at social gatherings together. The witness acknowledging he and Anthony were, quote, cool with each other, but did not hang out one-on-one very much. The defense asking why, when the confrontation began, he did not step in and tell the others he knew Anthony. The witness replying he was focused on the track meet and did not think he needed to calm the situation down. The prosecution then calling its final witness, the Collin County Medical Examiner.

15:09Before testimony began, the state warning those in the courtroom, including Metcalfe's family, that the evidence would be graphic, and anyone who needed to step out should do so. Metcalf's family leaving the courtroom before the medical examiner took the stand. Court TV's Cody Thomas, a reporter following the trial from inside the courtroom, describing that testimony. We heard about this two-inch gaping wound. She described gaping, and she described the difference between gaping and a slit-style stabbing wound. Gaping is more of it's kind of like filleted open, you know, not to be insensitive to it, but that's the way she kind of described it on the stand, and that it was a two-inch deep wound that hit the cartilage of Austin Metcalfe's sternum and actually pierced one of the ventricles in his heart.

15:53So he was literally stabbed in the heart, which is likely why the CPR and life-saving efforts weren't working, because no matter how much the heart was pumping out, it was leaking from the source. So it was really establishing the gravity of the wound. And the jury, again, got to see four pictures. Two of them were Austin Metcalfe on the autopsy table, and two of them were the heart removed from the body. That's what the medical examiner was describing they were seeing. So, of course, I'd imagine that a family didn't want to hear that. The state resting its case, calling 21 total witnesses over three days.

16:24The defense then asking the judge for a directed verdict, essentially arguing prosecutors had failed to present enough evidence for the case to even go to the jury. The judge denying the motion, allowing the trial to continue. The defense then calling several witnesses of its own, trying to show Anthony had not crashed the tent as aggressively as prosecutors suggested. A football and track coach at Anthony's school testifying, he knew of no specific rule barring athletes from entering another team's tent area. But on cross-examination, prosecutors repeatedly bringing the focus back to the knife.

16:56The coach agreeing weapons were not allowed at track meets, and there was no reason for an athlete to have a knife there. The trial's set to continue later today. Out in the center of the racetrack, Commandments running a giant race, Renegade in between and Golden Tempo. Golden Tempo, Renegade, Commandment on the outside. Golden Tempo from last to first has to fend off Commandment in the final strides. Golden Tempo pulls away late. Golden Tempo has won the Belmont Stakes. Golden Tempo with another remarkable come-from-behind win, this time at the 158th Belmont Stakes, just over a month after winning the Kentucky Derby.

17:36Jockey Jose Ortiz again riding golden tempo to victory, winning by a length and a quarter over commandment, with Derby runner-up Renegade finishing third. The win making even more history for trainer Cherie DeVoe, who became the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner earlier this year, and now becomes the first woman to train a winner of multiple triple crown races. DeVoe also becoming the second woman in four years to win the Belmont, after Jenna Ananucci She trained Archangelo to victory in 2023. Here, DeVoe reacting to the win at a post-race press conference. I keep saying it's surreal and it's overwhelming and it's amazing and all the superlatives, but I kind of wrongfully probably thought that because of the way the race was run in the Derby, he was having to go out and prove himself.

18:26We felt the best horse won the Kentucky Derby, and it just solidified that today. For the second year in a row, the same horse winning the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes without running in the Preakness. DeVoe and Golden Tempo's owners choosing to skip that middle leg, a decision that ended any chance at a triple crown sweep. DeVoe asked after the race if she believes Golden Tempo could have won the triple crown. DeVoe responding, quote, we made our decision and we won today and we're going to be happy about that. That'll do it for your AM update. I'm Emily Jashinski, host of After Party.

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