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PBS News Hour - Segments

News Wrap: Utah Gov. Cox shares more details about suspected Kirk shooter

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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In our news wrap Sunday, Utah’s governor shared new details about the suspected shooter in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the airspace around Poland is being closely monitored after last week’s Russian drone incursion, a few hundred Ebola vaccines reached southern Congo amid an outbreak, and Qatar hosts a summit to consider a response to Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in the country. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Lisa Desjardin. John Yang is away. New details tonight on the suspected shooter in the Charlie Kirk assassination, which Utah's governor says may provide clues about the motive. The state of Utah, where the murder occurred, expects charges will be filed this week. Today, Governor Spencer Cox confirmed several new details about the investigation.

0:22.1

He said the suspect was in a romantic relationship with his roommate, who is transgender.

0:27.5

Cox also said the alleged gunman recently spoke with others about his dislike of Charlie Kirk.

0:33.1

And after the shooting, friends of the suspect initially joked with him that he looked like the shooter police were searching for, but did not think it was really him.

0:42.4

Governor Cox said an important next step will be to figure out exactly why the suspect chose violence and if social media played a role in radicalizing him.

0:51.9

I can't emphasize enough the damage that social media and the internet is doing to all of us,

1:00.0

those dopamine hits, these companies, trillion dollar market caps, the most powerful

1:04.5

companies in the history of the world, have figured out how to hack our brains, get us

1:09.9

addicted to outrage.

1:12.0

The governor said the suspects family and transgender roommate have been helpful to law

1:16.8

enforcement.

1:17.8

Meanwhile, supporters of Charlie Kirk are coming together to mourn the loss of the young

1:22.0

influential activists.

1:23.7

Supporters set up a memorial for him outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Arizona.

1:29.4

A prayer vigil is also set for later this evening at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

1:35.1

Now to Africa and Southern Congo, where a few hundred doses of vaccine have finally reached an area

1:41.4

dealing with an Ebola outbreak. Some 400 doses arrived via UN helicopter.

1:46.8

Tens of thousands more still have not made it. The effort has been slowed down from lack of

1:51.5

funds and trouble accessing the area. In the past, USAID provided support with outbreaks in Congo.

1:57.9

The agency was dismantled earlier this year by President Trump.

2:03.2

In the Middle East, Qatar's prime minister strongly denounced Israel, saying its strike on militant Hamas

2:09.4

leaders staying in the country threatens efforts to normalize ties. This comes as Qatar hosted

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