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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. |
| 0:15.5 | Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Utah prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against |
| 0:22.9 | the 22-year-old man. They say shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In Paris, Tovia |
| 0:29.0 | Smith reports that state prosecutors have formally charged Tyler Robinson with crimes ranging from |
| 0:34.3 | witness tampering to aggravated murder. Prosecutors laid out the evidence against Robinson, including his DNA, allegedly on the trigger of the murder weapon. |
| 0:43.2 | They say the death penalty is warranted in a case of a politically motivated attack that put many at risk. |
| 0:49.6 | County attorney Jeff Gray shared texts Robinson allegedly sent to his transgender partner saying he'd had |
| 0:55.7 | enough of what he saw as Kirk's hateful views. And Gray said Robinson allegedly offered the same |
| 1:01.1 | explanation to his parents. When asked why he did it, Robinson explained there is too much evil |
| 1:07.0 | and the guy referring to Charlie Kirk spreads too much hate. |
| 1:11.8 | The alleged text suggests that Robinson's partner didn't know about the plan beforehand. |
| 1:17.0 | Tovia Smith, NPR News, St. George, Utah. |
| 1:19.6 | President Trump is overseas in the United Kingdom, arriving there today for a state visit. |
| 1:24.7 | He's expected to do a carriage ride with King Charles around Windsor Castle. |
| 1:29.2 | Protesters massing there, too, as NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from Windsor. Windsor is adorned with |
| 1:34.4 | bunting and flags, the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack together. There are also metal |
| 1:39.8 | barriers and security teams sweeping the streets. Sima Saida is with a protest group that flew a giant Trump baby blimp over London during a |
| 1:49.2 | previous Trump visit. |
| 1:50.6 | We can't confirm or deny whether the blimp will be back. |
| 1:54.0 | You'll have to wait to see. |
| 1:55.6 | Protesters unfurled a giant photo of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on a lawn near Windsor Castle and stuck Epstein |
| 2:02.9 | commemorative teacups into a gift shop. But it's not just Trump, the king's brother, Prince Andrew, |
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