Jimmy Kimmel taken off air; Pennsylvania shooting; AI ‘cheat button’; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 18 September 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Jimmy Kimmel was taken off air after a conservative backlash to his comments about Charlie Kirk. |
| 0:10.7 | That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Thursday, September 18th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:26.7 | ABC 18th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. ABC announced yesterday that it will take its late night show Jimmy Kimmel live off the air indefinitely. The biggest owner of ABC |
| 0:33.7 | affiliated stations had said earlier yesterday that Kimmel's program would be replaced starting last night. |
| 0:40.8 | It linked the move to statements he made about last week's killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, calling them offensive and insensitive. |
| 0:50.5 | Here's what Kimmel said on Monday night's show. |
| 0:53.1 | We hit some new lows over the weekend with the Maga Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. |
| 1:05.2 | The Trump administration's FCC chairman Brendan Carr also criticized Kimmel yesterday. |
| 1:12.1 | Here's what he said, speaking to the right-wing podcast host, Benny Johnson. |
| 1:16.7 | I mean, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. |
| 1:19.6 | These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, |
| 1:26.5 | or there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead. |
| 1:30.1 | President Trump celebrated the news about Kimmel's show on Truth Social. |
| 1:34.7 | He posted that it was great news for America. |
| 1:38.5 | But Democrats, comedians, and others expressed their outrage and said the move threatened free speech in America. |
| 1:52.0 | Number two. Three police officers were killed in a shooting yesterday in Southern Pennsylvania. |
| 2:00.2 | Five members of law enforcement were shot in York |
| 2:03.4 | County yesterday. Three were killed, and two others were injured and remain hospitalized in critical |
| 2:10.1 | but stable condition. Police shot and killed the suspect, who authorities have not identified. |
| 2:17.4 | They also didn't give a motive. |
| 2:19.8 | But according to state police, the officers had been responding to a domestic investigation. |
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