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🗓️ 13 September 2025
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| 0:00.0 | The last word starts right now with Ali Velshi in as every, he is every Friday night for Lawrence O'Donnell. |
| 0:06.4 | Hi, Ali. |
| 0:06.9 | Friend, you know, I always think his show is great, but tonight was important. |
| 0:10.3 | That conversation, which you're uniquely positioned to have about the tenor, you know, that we use, the language that we use around violence in politics, it's evolved. |
| 0:20.7 | It's changed. And I don't think there's anybody in America who thinks it's changed for the better at this point. That's an important part of how we think about these things. When tragedies occur like they do this year, how do we talk about it in a way that, that doesn't make it worse? You know, I don't, I don't argue that you have to like anybody or like anybody anybody's views. You've been in a position of the White House where you've had to debate people, but that's what you do. You debate people. And we need to learn that we've got that agency. We've got that freedom in this country to do that. And that's where it should begin and end. Such an important point about we can debate. We love to fight. We love to call people out. We love to hold people to account. We will continue to do that. |
| 0:55.1 | And there's... Such an important point about we can debate. We love to fight. We love to call people out. |
| 0:59.4 | We love to hold people to account. We will continue to do that. And there's no place for violence. |
| 1:12.9 | And I also think this is a moment where leaders have responsibility. And there's so many points in history to think about, not on bringing people together in a naive way, but I think you know what I'm saying. No, you showed examples of political leaders who did that in the aftermath of crises who said, |
| 1:18.9 | I'm going to make a choice. I have a choice to make about how we're going to move forward, |
| 1:22.5 | and they did that. And again, that's also absent today. But thank you for your efforts tonight. |
| 1:26.7 | I appreciate it. You have a great weekend. |
| 1:28.4 | Thank you, Allie. |
| 1:29.5 | Well, tonight the suspect in the assassination of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk |
| 1:33.5 | is behind bars after a 33-hour manhunt. |
| 1:36.4 | As we continue to learn new details about that suspect, he's a 22-year-old Utah resident. |
| 1:41.6 | His name is Tyler Robinson. |
| 1:43.4 | Robinson is being held in state custody. |
| 1:45.5 | Officials believe he acted alone in the shooting. In a statement, the Utah Attorney General |
| 1:50.1 | Jeff Gray said his office is planning to file formal charges against Robinson on Tuesday. |
| 1:55.9 | According to a probable cause affidavit, Robinson is expected to be charged with aggravated |
| 2:00.1 | murder, felony discharge of a firearm |
| 2:02.6 | causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice. At today's press conference, the Utah |
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