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The Global Fallout Following the Release of Epstein Files; Ukraine and Russia Exchange 314 Prisoners of War; U.S.-Russia New START Treaty Expires; Guthrie Family Plead for Mom's Safe Return; DOJ Facing Criticism Over Redaction Errors; 700 Officers to Leave Minnesota Immediately; Bad Bunny Speaks Ahead of Super Bowl Halftime Show. Aired 1-2p ET

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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN ANCHOR: Live from Atlanta, I'm Lynda Kinkade, Zain and Bianna are off today. This is a special edition of "One World."

The British prime minister had no personal link to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but his political future could now be on the

line. We begin with a continuing fallout from the latest batch of Epstein files that expose his close connections to the rich and powerful around the

world. Keir Starmer is trying to weather a storm of criticism for hiring Peter Mendelsohn to be ambassador to the U.S. Lawmakers are questioning

Starmer's judgment and leadership after new emails revealed the extent of the former diplomat's ties to Epstein.

CNN's Melissa Bell has more on how the fallout from the newly released files is reverberating in Britain and across Europe.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: It was a conspiracy against me, literally, by Epstein and other people. But I think it's time now for the country to

maybe get onto something else.

MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): But the rest of the world is not moving on, with the British leader now fighting

for his political survival. Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologizing on Thursday to Jeffrey Epstein's victims.

KEIR STARMER, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: I am sorry. Sorry for what was done to you. Sorry, that so many people with power failed you.

TRUMP: It was beautifully stated. What a beautiful accent, too. I'd like to have that accent. Thank you.

STARMER: My mother would be proud.

BELL (voice-over): Keir Starmer's former ambassador to Washington, Peter Mendelsohn, at the centre of the political firestorm.

STARMER: It had been publicly known for some time that Mendelsohn knew Epstein. But none of us knew the depth and the darkness of that

relationship.

BELL (voice-over): London's Metropolitan Police launching a criminal probe into allegations of misconduct when Peter Mendelsohn was business secretary

back in the late 2000s. But the prime minister's judgement is also now under scrutiny.

STARMER: I regret appointing him. If I knew then what I know now, he would never have been anywhere near government.

BELL (voice-over): Given the fallout, there is also the question of what Epstein was doing and why. The Polish government is now investigating

whether Russian intelligence services may have been involved.

DONALD TUSK, POLISH PRIME MINISTER (through translator): It is highly probable that this was a premeditated operation by the Russian KGB. This

so-called honey trap, a sweet bait, a trap set for the elites of the Western world, primarily the United States.

BELL (voice-over): Allegations the Kremlin has dismissed as a waste of time, even as the fallout continues, consuming also the reputations of

European royalty. Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit expressing embarrassment for her close friendship with Epstein. And the former Prince

Andrew, further disgraced by the latest revelations and now evicted by his brother King Charles from Windsor. Revelations that may cost Mendelsohn his

title too. Starmer has called for legislation that would strip the man once known as Labour's Prince of Darkness of his peerage, making Lord Mendelsohn

plain old Peter.

Melissa Bell, CNN, Paris.

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KINKADE: Well, any moment we are expected to hear from global superstar Bad Bunny.

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KINKADE: This Sunday, Bad Bunny will be the first Spanish language artist to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. It will also mark his first major

performance in front of a large audience on the U.S. mainland since 2022. The Puerto Rican rapper's recent tour did not stop here out of concern that

ICE agents might raid his venues.

I want to discuss with our next guest, Jason Lipschutz, who is the co-chief content officer at Billboard. Good to have you with us. So, Sunday is going

to be very exciting. The Puerto Rican superstar set to headline the Super Bowl halftime game concert. Just explain for us in historical terms how

significant this moment is.

JASON LIPSHUTZ, CO-CHIEF CONTENT OFFICE, BILLBOARD: It's enormous and it's interesting because last year we saw Kendrick Lamar dominate February

because he won record of the year, song of the year at the Grammys and then headline the Super Bowl halftime show a week later.

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We saw something similar brewing with Bad Bunny because he won album of the year last week and now is headlining the Super Bowl. So, this is kind of

his moment. But it's even bigger to me because this is a Spanish language artist who has broken boundaries across not only North American music but

global music.

I think like it cannot be overstated how much Bad Bunny means to the advent of Spanish language music around the world. And just as a representative

for Latin pop and Latin urban music, he has broken the mold in ways that even his most ardent supporters couldn't have expected five years ago.

KINKADE: Yes, and as you mentioned, Jason, his album, his sixth studio album became the Grammys Spanish album, the album of the year, but it was

the first Spanish language album to take that sort of win. Does it feel like this is Bad Bunny's year?

LIPSHUTZ: It does. And, you know, we've seen a lot of pop music and North American pop music become more global over the past decade with K-pop and

Latin pop. And these are non-English language songs that are, you know, racing up the top 10 of the Hot 100 and albums that have blasted into the

top 10 of the Billboard 200. But even within that context of non-English language music becoming more prominent, Bad Bunny has just blown away every

record. Like he stands on his own as one of the defining superstars of this century at this point.

And yes, now this is kind of his coronation, right? He wins album of the year, the first Spanish language pop album to win the Grammy for the top

prize. And now, he is going to be the first predominantly Spanish language artist to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, the biggest stage in the

world.

KINKADE: And, Jason, what people might not realize if they haven't been following Bad Bunny closely is he was the most streamed artist on Spotify

last year, even beating Taylor Swift. How does this set the stage? Both, you know, those sort of numbers, those records and also his Grammy wins set

the stage for the Super Bowl performance in terms of commercial momentum for him.

LIPSHUTZ: Yes. You know, obviously Bad Bunny is already huge. Like, you know, even if even if he was not headlining the Super Bowl halftime show,

his songs are racing up the streaming charts right now because he just won album of the year at the Grammys. Like he had a number one album for

multiple weeks last year. He was already an A-lister.

What I think this Super Bowl halftime show could do is reach the mainstream and the very, very casual fans who are know the name Bad Bunny, can't

really sing any songs, can't really name any albums, reach those millions and millions and millions of fans in a much more profound way. Some of them

could become Bad Bunny fans after a few days. Like, you know, this is a huge opportunity for him to not only grow as a group, but bring in more

audience.

KINKADE: Of course, the Super Bowl performance is not without controversy. There are critics saying he shouldn't be performing after his comments at

the Grammys on the weekend where he politically he's politically charged. A speech said ICE out effectively. Do you think we'll see political comments

from him this weekend?

LIPSHUTZ: You know, I'm not sure. I think probably not as pronounced as at the Grammys, simply because, you know, accepting a Grammy gives you the

opportunity to make a speech and kind of reflect on the state of things. Obviously, he's been very outspoken against ice and the current

administration's immigration policies. I don't know if he's going to have that level of platform just in terms of like a spoken word breakdown or

something along those lines during the halftime show. He's going to be playing his songs.

There may be more subtle nods toward his political activism. I -- you know, I wouldn't be shocked by that, but I don't know if he's going to kind of

stand on the on the podium and deliver a diatribe in the same way. We shall see.

KINKADE: We will be bringing his press conference at the half hour live to our viewers. Jason Lipschutz. Thanks so much for joining us.

LIPSHUTZ: Thank you.

KINKADE: Well, in Abu Dhabi, some progress on talks between Russia and Ukraine, each returning 157 prisoners to the other side. This marks the

first such exchange in four months. And according to Steve Witkoff talks, the talks have been productive, but he says significant work remains.

We also have new reaction from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He's stressing the need for, quote, "faster results" and says that

negotiators have agreed to meet again in the near future.

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And overnight, a landmark treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired. For more than a decade, the New START treaty put limits on both countries'

nuclear arsenals.

I want to go straight to Kylie Atwood live from Washington. And, Kylie, if we can start on the expiration of that 2010 New START treaty, which would

have put a cap on nuclear arsenals for both the U.S. and Russia. There doesn't seem to be any talks at this stage that will be announced to revive

that agreement or start a new agreement. Is there a concern that Russia could use this gap as leverage?

KYLIE ATWOOD, CNN U.S. SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Certainly. And I think the big picture here is that this is the first time in decades that the U.S.

and Russia, the world's two largest nuclear superpowers, don't have any limits on their nuclear arsenal or the deployment of that nuclear arsenal,

the nuclear weapons that they now have around the world.

And there are real concerns about what this could do to actually trigger a nuclear arms race. Experts are saying that. Other experts, however, say

that the New START treaty, which first went into effect in 2010, is outdated, that it was kind of a relic of the past and shouldn't have been

adhered to anymore. But other experts say that even though this was an old treaty, a nuclear race between the United States and Russia, of course,

with China also rapidly working on its nuclear arsenal, would not be beneficial to the U.S.

I want to read you a quote from a senior State Department official who told my colleague and I, "We being the U.S., do not benefit from a wasteful,

inefficient arms race. We do not benefit from a lack of predictability and transparency in knowing what the Russian nuclear program is up to. We don't

benefit from potential miscommunication or miscalculation based on a lack of information."

So, what could this arms race actually look like? Well, the United States has taken preparations to upload nuclear warheads as a result of this all

now no longer being in effect, this treaty. So, we'll have to watch and see if they do that. Experts say that they are likely to do so.

We should note that leading up to this treaty, the United States had actually had to pull back some of its nuclear arsenal to be in alignment

with the treaty's limits. And so, there are actions that they could pretty rapidly undertake. But preparation is necessary.

When it comes to Russia, the same concerns exist when it comes to them uploading more nuclear warheads around the world. But when you talk to

experts, they actually say that Russia is in a position to do that more rapidly than the United States. They could blow past the United States in

uploading those nuclear weapons, which would be a very concerning reality.

I want to read you a quote on that from the woman who was the chief negotiator for the New START treaty, saying they, of course, Russia, have

active warhead production lines as well as active production lines for other related components for their missile systems that they would be able

to upload rapidly. We know they have the industrial capacity available and we do not have it.

So, clearly there is a concern here about Russia being able to launch forth with what could be this nuclear arms race more rapidly than the United

States. We know that President Trump himself has been very interested in nuclear controls. But, of course, they are allowing this to expire at this

time. We'll have to watch and see what the Trump administration actually decides to do as a result.

KINKADE: All right. Kylie Atwood, we will stay tuned. Appreciate you. Thank you. Well, still to come, NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie and her

siblings make an emotional plea on social media for the safe return of their mother.

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KINKADE: Any minute now, we expect an update from authorities in Arizona on the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. On Wednesday, her

daughter, NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie, along with her siblings, made an emotional plea on social media for their mother's safe return.

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SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, NBC ANCHOR, "TODAY": We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you, and we are

ready to listen. Please reach out to us.

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KINKADE: Investigators have not yet identified a suspect. CNN's Marybel Gonzalez is following this story for us. Maribel, I'm wondering if

authorities have had any new leads, any new tips, since Savannah Guthrie and her siblings released that emotional plea for information.

MARYBEL GONZALEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Lynda. Well, I can tell you that we are expecting a press conference from the Pima County sheriff, that is

who has been taking the lead on these updates to the media. That is set to happen any minute now. We know that was scheduled to happen about 15

minutes ago, but they are running a little bit behind. We are hoping to hear an update in this case.

As of yesterday, the sheriff's office had published an official notice saying that they have not yet identified a suspect or even a person of

interest in this case. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't have, they're not looking into certain leads, or it could just mean that

they're holding back this information from the public, or maybe that they are truly stumped. We don't know. That is the problem.

But we are now in day five of the search for Nancy Guthrie, and I can tell you that that social media post from the Guthrie family, that devastating

plea to the public for help and to also return their mother safely back home, that was posted the same day that we saw investigators back here at

Nancy's home, back at the scene, including FBI agents. They were doing a follow-up, is what we are told, and we witnessed as they were taking out

what appeared to be evidence from the home.

Now, in that social media post that you heard there from Savannah, she also alludes to this world of A.I. that we're living in and asking for evidence

that Nancy is alive and well. We know that nowadays it's really easy to alter images and videos, and so asking for that evidence is really

noteworthy. Another thing I will tell you is that the community here in Tucson is rallying behind the family. They held a vigil last night. Lots of

people showed up, and they were praying for Nancy's safe return.

And the president, Donald Trump, has also shown his support. He said he has spoken with Savannah directly and is offering federal resources to assist

the Guthrie family and also local law enforcement in their massive search for Nancy.

KINKADE: All right. Maribel Gonzalez, thanks to you. I want to bring in CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller. I

appreciate you joining us. Authorities have declared the area around Nancy's home as a crime scene. What evidence have they shared that lead

them to believe that she was indeed taken against her will?

JOHN MILLER, CNN CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST: Well, they haven't shared much evidence except to say that things that they saw

when they entered the house were disturbing to them, and they determined it was a crime scene. What we've learned since from a variety of sources is

there was blood on the front steps or the front walkway just outside the front door. It appeared that a ring doorbell camera had been removed from

that area, according to footage taken by one of the news outlets yesterday, and that there were other things inside the house that indicated to them

that she did not leave willingly.

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KINKADE: All right. I understand the sheriff's press conference is about to begin. I'll let you listen to that. We'll see if there is an update.

John Miller, thanks very much for your time.

We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back with much more news from CNN.

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KINKADE: Welcome back to "One World." I'm Lynda Kinkade. More now in the fallout from the release of those latest Epstein files. The Justice

Department is feeling pressure after Epstein survivors said private information was revealed in the latest document release.

Officials insist they acted swiftly to fix the errors, and lawyers representing survivors say a resolution has been reached. But there is also

concern about what some are calling the over-redaction of more important details. Namely, people believed to have helped Jeffrey Epstein. CNN's MJ

Lee reports.

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MJ LEE, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL ENTERPRISE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Justice Department under fire, facing criticism for over-redacting

information about individuals who may have aided Jeffrey Epstein. In a 2014 email released in the files, a person writes to Epstein, quote, "Thank you

for a fun night. Your littlest girl was a little naughty." But the identity of the individual who wrote that message is redacted.

And in this image of Epstein's inner circle from the files, we see associates like convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein's

assistant, Lesley Groff. But several others in the graphic are blacked out. The release files also showed numerous email exchanges that appear to

describe the procurement of women. New Brazilian just arrived. Sexy and cute. Nineteen years old. A 2013 email to Epstein reads from someone at a

Paris modeling agency, that sender's name redacted.

I found at least three very good young poor, a 2018 email to Epstein reads. Meet this one, the person continues, not the beauty queen, but we both

likes her a lot. This sender's name also redacted.

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A DOJ official said in a statement to CNN, any fully redacted names are of victims. In many instances that it has been well documented publicly. Those

who were originally victims became participants and co-conspirators. We did not redact any names of men, only female victims. Names of law enforcement

officers were also among the redactions.

Also included in the release Epstein files, a highly controversial draft indictment from the 2000s that would have charged Epstein along with three

others. They were described as having been employed by Epstein and having conspired to persuade, induce and entice individuals who had not attained

the age of 18 years to engage in prostitution. Their names are redacted.

REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): So, you have a Justice Department that's leadership cared more about protecting the men who committed these crimes than the

survivors who were victims of the crime.

LEE (voice-over): The law that forced the DOJ to release the Epstein files mandates the DOJ to make certain redactions, such as identifying

information about victims and child pornography. Some individuals who helped connect Epstein with young women were also victims. Deputy Attorney

General Todd Blanche acknowledging errors were made and that his department is working around the clock to correct failures to redact victim's

information.

TODD BLANCHE, U.S. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL: You're talking about pieces of paper that stack from the ground to two Eiffel Towers. And so, the minute

that a victim or their lawyer reached out to us since Friday, we immediately dealt with it and pulled it down and we're continuing to do

that. We knew that there would be mistakes.

LEE (voice-over): Epstein survivors are outraged.

SHARLENE ROCHARD, JEFFREY EPSTEIN SURVIVOR: Publishing images of victims while shielding predators. It's just a failure of complete justice. Why

should anybody come forward? Because the justice system is not going to be the justice system.

LEE (voice-over): MJ Lee, CNN, Washington, D.C.

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KINKADE: President Trump says there needs to be a softer touch in his immigration crackdown that comes after federal agents killed Renee Good and

Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. In an interview with NBC, the president says fatal shootings should not have happened, but that his administration will

continue to target criminals.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Speaking of Minneapolis, what did you learn?

TRUMP: I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to be tough. These are criminal. We're dealing with really

hard criminals.

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KINKADE: The president's border czar, Tom Homan, already announced some changes happening in Minneapolis. 700 personnel are being withdrawn and

agents will now be equipped with body cams. But that leaves about 2,000 agents still in the city.

Our Kevin Liptak is following the details and joins us live from Washington. Thanks for being with us, Kevin. So, the White House has

ordered the withdrawal of hundreds of ICE agents from Minneapolis after those fatal incidents. Is this a tactical shift or is this potentially a

broader change to their strategy?

KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: You know, I think it is a tactical shift, but it also represents a significant alteration of how they

are going about this mass deportation campaign. The president insists that that is still his policy, that that is what he ran on, and a lot of his

voters are still insisting upon it. But you hear in that interview even the president acknowledge essentially that he was going about it wrong.

And it is extraordinary, you do not hear the president make those kinds of concessions very often, you know, acknowledging that maybe the way he was

going about this particular issue was not working. And when he says that we're going to take a softer touch, it is, I think, a recognition that

many, many Americans were looking at those scenes of chaos in Minneapolis and really sort of disapproving of how the president was handling it. You

know, his numbers on immigration did sort of a total flip. You know, that was once a very politically potent issue for him. Now, it has become a

vulnerability.

Now, listening to Tom Homan, he says that the reason they're able to reduce the number of agents in Minneapolis and in Minnesota is they're getting

more cooperation from some of the counties. You know, a certain number of counties are now allowing these federal agents to go into jails and arrest

undocumented immigrants who are being held there. That's something that the administration had been asking for quite some time. The way he put it was

that this was, quote, "smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement."

He's also saying that there will be a reorganization of ICE and CBP agents, essentially funneling them into the same chain of command. He says that

that will essentially streamline the operations there. And so, according to the administration, this is essentially a tactical change that will still

allow them to deport the number of criminals and deport the number of undocumented migrants that they wanted to.

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This isn't necessarily, you know, enough for the Democratic leaders in Minnesota. So, you have the governor, Tim Walz. You have the mayor, Jacob

Frey, who say that this does not go far enough. They say that they need to see more agents come out. They want to see also state-level investigations

into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

The federal administration had not necessarily been cooperating with the state efforts to investigate those killings. And so, even though this does

seem like a concession in a lot of ways on the part of the administration, even though President Trump is acknowledging that he will now be taking a,

quote, "softer approach," it doesn't seem as if it's going to be enough to satisfy many of the president's critics.

KINKADE: The critics and the communities, of course, Kevin, those most impacted, you mentioned that the Democrats have been pushing to limit the

power of these ICE agents. And of course, the debate around the budget was largely centered on that divide, that sense of division on this issue. Just

explain for us how this is shaping the administration's legislative agenda and budget negotiations going forward.

LIPTAK: Yes. And the debate persists. You know, they were able to pass lengthy funding bills for every agency except the Department of Homeland

Security, which is where these contentious federal law enforcement divisions exist. That funding is going to expire on February 13th. And they

will still need to come to an agreement with the Democrats on how to get that agency funded. And the Democrats are making a number of demands. You

know, they want to see, for example, masks for ICE agents be banned. And that has been --

KINKADE: Kevin, I'm just going to have to interrupt. Sorry. We're going to go to this press conference about the missing mother of NBC anchor Savannah

Gaffrey. Let's listen in.

HEITH JANKE, SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, FBI: -- have a ransom letter that was sent to the local media and then to national outlets. As with every

lead, we are taking it seriously. We are in communication with the family. And while we advise and recommend from a law enforcement perspective, any

action taken on any ransom is ultimately decided by the family. Thank you to those in the community that have called in tips. For anyone out there

that may have information, no matter how small you think it may be, please report it. You can do so by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI or online at

tips.fbi.gov.

My next message is to those imposters who are trying to take advantage and profit from this situation. We will investigate and ensure you are held

accountable for your actions. We have made one arrest related to an imposter ransom demand, and a complaint will be presented to a magistrate

judge later today. You will get more on that from the FBI and our U.S. Attorney's Office here in Arizona when it becomes available.

To anyone that may be involved, do the right thing. This is an 84-year-old grandma. This is an 84-year-old grandma that needs vital medication for her

well-being. You still have the time to do the right thing before this becomes a worse, much worse scenario for you. Please return Nancy home.

Thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. So, the first person we're going to start with the list is going to be NBC National, Liz Kreutz. Right here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can you walk us through that timeline from when you believe, if you look at this here, from 1:47 to 2:28, what you think

happened there and what particular software would have detected somebody on camera?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't -- I know we know the software that was there, but I'm not -- I'm sorry, I'm just not in the weeds. I know that -- think

of your doorbell cameras. Somebody walks up, mine, my wife's, if I walk up, she gets an alert, and it's usually something like that. A person is

detected.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, to understand that involved, one, does that mean that it was about a 45-minute span that the suspect or suspects would have

been on the property? And then also, does this essentially mean that you cooperated with tech companies and you can officially say that no

surveillance video is available from the home?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We know that the tech company that we sent that camera off to, yes, they've said they've run out of ways to recover any video.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Next person is going to be ABC News, Aaron Kaczorowski (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I'm sorry, it was what, 45 minutes?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's about a 45-minute span that somebody would have been on the property then from 1:47 to 2:28.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I think those times speak for themselves, and it is about -- like I say, those are approximates. So, yes. I'm sorry, who was

next?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Aaron Kaczorowski (ph), ABC News.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi, Sheriff. Thanks very much. Is there information that you are purposefully withholding because of the active investigation

that might be leading you in a particular direction?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know, this is no different than any criminal investigation that we conduct here. Law enforcement has conducted

investigations since 1865 here in Pima County. We're always mindful of what it is that's in front of us and what we should release and can release.

There's legal guidelines that guide us, but there's also strategy too. So, you know, I'll leave that for you to determine.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now, that you are having such an injection of manpower from the Pima Critical Incident Team and the FBI, would you slow to bring

that in at the outset, should all of these resources be brought to bear sooner?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I guess that -- you know, it's Monday morning quarterbacking. I do it all the time, so you have the opportunity to do it

for me. I'll take that hit.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: CBS News, Jonathan Vigliotti.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sheriff, over here. Has there been any proof of life and has there been any sign of life?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm going to anything to deal with the ransom notes and that, I would defer to the FBI, but no, to my knowledge, we're still

looking for Nancy.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And for my follow-up question, if I can speak with the special agent, what was it about this apparent ransom note that now three

days on, you first haven't been able to validate. And second, it warranted --

KINKADE: You've just been listening there to the press conference in Tuscan, Arizona, about 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who they believe was

taken. She's the mother of NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie. Now, they gave some new details. They said they haven't been able to recover any video from her

doorbell camera. They believe someone may have been on the property at her house for some 40 minutes or more. They also said there have been several

imposters that have come forward, one of which has now been arrested.

Still, they made a plea for any more information with -- who has any -- if anyone has any information on the whereabouts of Nancy Guthrie, they want

them to come forward.

Well, we're going to go to another press conference right now. Global superstar Bad Bunny is speaking at an Apple Music event ahead of his

history-making Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. Let's listen in.

ZANE LOWE, APPLE MUSIC RADIO HOST: You must be feeling that. How do you feel right now, if you could put into words?

BAD BUNNY, RAPPER, SINGER AND RECORD PRODUCER: To be honest, I don't know how I'm feeling. There's a lot. You know, there's a lot. I've been saying

that I'm still in the middle of my tour. I just was at the Grammys last week.

LOWE: Yes. Yes. Three-time Grammy winner, album of the year winner, Bad Bunny.

BAD BUNNY: All of that means I've been working on this show, what we're going to do next Sunday. It's been a lot. Of course, there's a lot of

grateful and agradecimiento. It's how I've been feeling this whole year with the album, with Debi Tirar Mas Fotos.

The biggest feeling is being grateful. Like (INAUDIBLE) I feel I'm happy, but I'm just processing and taking one day at a time and just leaving. You

know what I mean? So, I'm excited about this performance. I'm excited, but at the same time, how I said before, I feel more excited about the people

than even me, about my family, about my friends, people that I know that they always have believed in me. They're happy.

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Because this mom and the culture, and that's what make this show to me make it special.

EBRO DARDEN, APPLE MUSIC RADIO HOST: On that note not having what it sounds like you're saying also, it's just not even having time to breathe,

like, to just be like, whoo, right? So, yes, you're on tour. How did you even carve out time to squeeze in what's happening with you on Sunday? Can

you give us some insight into how you managed to get prepared for Sunday's Super Bowl halftime performance?

BAD BUNNY: Like I said, I just try to take it easy. Wake up, work out, my coffee, try to not think too much about it. Last night I couldn't sleep

because I was thinking on the -- but yes, I want to think that it's just 30 minutes doing something that I love, that I like, and it's just like that

I'm trying to enjoy it and I know that I'm going to have fun. All the crew, all the people, they're going to have fun that day.

LOWE: And you're not alone, right? At the end of the day, it's, there's a huge team that comes together for all of these experiences.

BAD BUNNY: Yes, yes, yes. So, that's what I'm trying to focus. Like just enjoy the moment, enjoy what is happening, what I'm doing, or trying to not

put pressure or something.

LOWE: You said it, 13 minutes, you know. On really the world's biggest stage, certainly when it comes to entertainment and sports. No doubt about

it. And we know and love you as a, as an artist and a musician, your music, your shows, but we're also here to get to know the sides of you that we

perhaps don't know about. Like what, did sports ever play a role in your life, even before music? Could it have been something else other than

music? Was sports ever serious?

BAD BUNNY: Well, I'm not good at sports, but I do love sports. I come from Puerto Rico. There's a huge sport culture there. Baseball, boxing,

basketball a lot of sport. Actually, we have a football player playing at the Super Bowl from Puerto Rico.

So, yes, I grew up watching sport, playing sport. Very bad. But I do, I love sport. So, yes, always that is -- actually is one of my favorite, like

combination like sport with music is where I really feel like, I don't know, there's a -- there's something that make me feel passionate about

that. So, yes.

DARDEN: We've had the opportunity and been very fortunate and had the privilege of, you know, having multiple conversations with you and

supporting you since the early days of your career. And we just want to thank you, man, for just always being so lovely and amazing and yes. And

showing up for us. Matter of fact, if everybody doesn't mind and we want to take a look back at some of those defining moments with Bad Bunny.

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BAD BUNNY: I love music always since I was a kid.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Apple Music up next.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bad buddy world record.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He really want that people feel like you can be Puerto Rican and be a star.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are Apple Music's artist of the year.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bad Bunny.

BAD BUNNY: Now, is like a deeper journey to show people who I am and what I really represent.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Super Bowl LX Bad Bunny in the bay. Bad Bunny in the bay.

BAD BUNNY: This is for everyone. This is for all the people who have been supporting me, so it's going to be a great day.

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LOWE: Crazy, right?

BAD BUNNY: Crazy.

LOWE: You know, last time that I got a chance to go to Puerto Rico and hang out with you, number one, that was the strongest coffee I've ever had

in my entire life. I could have flown back to New York without a plane that day. It was so strong, I swear.

Number two, we were talking about your most recent record and Grammy album of the year, Debi Tirar Mas Fotos. You touched on it before, you know, that

album is such an important album for you as a human and also in terms of where you come from, you know, you went home to make it. It was very

inspired by, you know, who you are and where you come from. What does that album mean to you a year on? How has it changed shape for you and how

important is that record to you?

BAD BUNNY: That record teach me a lot. And I think it's one of the most, if not, I think the most special project that I ever have done because, it

brought me to here. And I wasn't looking for anything of this. I wasn't looking for the album of the year at the Grammys, also at the Latin

Grammys. I wasn't looking for perform at the Super Bowl halftime show and I just was looking for connect with my roots, connect with my people more

than ever, connect with myself, with my history, with my culture and I did it in a very honest way.

I only wanted to perform at the residency and that's it. I said, I don't want to leave here. I don't want to leave. I want to stay the whole time.

And then it was like, oh, wow, the world really wants me, like -- so I should go also to give some love, show love to the world, to Latin America

and then the opportunity to bring that feeling that I put on that album to one of the biggest stage in the world is something that I never thought.

So, definitely this album is the most special cause because as I said, I was trying to connect with myself and my roots, my -- who I am and that

tell you something that I already knew before, but now, it's like confirmed, like you always have to be proud about who you are and feel

comfortable being yourself, feel proud about your history and where you're from but don't let that limit yourself. Like I know where I come from but I

also know where I can go. So, definitely this is an album that are going to -- it's going to be in my heart for my whole life. So, yes.

DARDEN: Beautiful, man. Round of applause for sure. Speaking of global impact, you're number one in China.

BAD BUNNY: Yes.

DARDEN: I mean, for real. Listen, this is a -- you know. And we met up in La Perla, a historic neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico and we were

celebrating the release of Un Verano Sin Ti, which is one of Apple Music's 100 best albums of all time. Do you credit Un Verano Sin Ti with being some

of the springboard to the global appeal where you are today?

BAD BUNNY: Yes, definitely Un Verano Sin Ti was special and was the first album that went global. I have been very blessed because every step that I

do on my career is like get another level. That's how I feel.

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Like on my career and also personally. But since I dropped my first album, it's been like a progress, like lessons and it's been a beautiful and tough

journey. And yes, Un Verano Sin Ti gave me that spotlight I guess to the world. And I worked for it. I told you, I remember that I talk to my team.

I remember speaking to my team like, yes, I'm doing the album for the world. So, do your best. And we did it.

And that's what I mean. Anyone could have think that with that album is the album that I was going to win album of the year or maybe perform at the

Super Bowl halftime show. But that's what I'm saying. Like that's what I told you that this album that we did in my photo teach me a lot. And I

don't know how to say in English, but (INAUDIBLE), I don't know. Yes. God's timing is perfect. And I'm very happy and grateful.

LOWE: What a life. Yes. You know, this isn't your first Super Bowl halftime show moment. Six years ago, Super Bowl 54, Jennifer Lopez,

Shakira, you're on the stage. You know, it's hard not to imagine as a fan that something changed that day for you. Is it as simple as that? I mean, I

know that you say you never expected to do this and it's not why you made the album to get here. They're not connected. But on that day six years

ago, do you think looking back, you were like, hmm, I'm going to come back here and I'm going to do it my way?

BAD BUNNY: Well, actually, no, it's not that I said, oh, I want to come back here by myself. Of course, around people, my team, they said, we come

back. And I was like, yes, yes. As I told you, I never looking for this. I maybe sound very mean trying to be the most, I don't know, humble or naive.

But I swear to God, I never looking for. My biggest achievement, my biggest pleasure is just create, have fun doing it and connect with the people.

When I drop a song that I'm speaking about my feeling or if I drop a song speaking about what I did last night and people connect with me, that's the

best feeling. And that's what I'm always looking every time that I'm at the studio working. And that's why I also I always work with people like

friends because to me is a very intimate --

KINKADE: You've just been listening to Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, who, of course, is going to make history this Sunday at the Super Bowl. He

will be the first solo Spanish language artist to ever headline the Super Bowl, which is, of course, the biggest stage in the sporting world.

We have our Jason Lipschutz standing by. He is the co-chief content officer at Billboard. He has also been listening in. And my big takeaway, Jason,

was just his humility and his gratitude for being at this point in his life. He said he never sought to take home album of the year at the Grammys

as he did last Sunday. He never sought to get the headline act at the Super Bowl. But yet here he is. I mean, what was your takeaway?

LIPSHUTZ: Yes, the exact same as yours. It's interesting. It kind of is the continuation of that 10-second sit where he couldn't believe that he

had won the album of the year where he just kind of sat with it for a few seconds before getting up on stage.

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Yes, he's a super humble guy and one of our most humble superstars. He kind of can't believe the stratospheres that he has already reached. But yes, I

mean, he is a singular force in popular music at this point. And he obviously deserves this stage. But yes, it's cool to kind of see it sink in

with him in real time where he's like, oh, wow, I'm headlining the Super Bowl in a few days.

KINKADE: Yes. I mean, he was the most streamed artist on Spotify for 2025. And as we just heard there, he's also reached number one in places like

China. Like his impact is far and wide, right?

LIPSHUTZ: Yes, it's really hard to comprehend what he has accomplished based on what non-English language music was doing in North America 10

years ago. Like we had not had -- you know, next year is the 10-year anniversary of "Despacito," which was just this watershed moment on the

Billboard charts of a huge Spanish language song reaching number one and staying there for months.

KINKADE: And who doesn't love that?

LIPSHUTZ: Bad Bunny has taken that and thrown it away.

KINKADE: Jason, I'm just going to have to wrap you up there. We have to wrap up this show. We will be tuning in, no doubt, for the Super Bowl on

Sunday and Bad Bunny's performance. Jason Lipshutz, thanks so much. And thanks to everyone joining us for this special edition of "One World." I'm

Lynda Kinkade. Thanks for watching. Isa Soares is next.

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