Welcome to the News Hour. One of the nation's most prominent conservative activists is dead after being shot during a political rally at a Utah college campus this afternoon. In a social media post, President Donald Trump announced Charlie Kirk, the head of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, died after being rushed to the hospital from an outdoor event

at Utah Valley University. In the post, the president praised Kirk saying, quote,

no one understood or had the heart of the youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.

In the last decade, Kirk has grown as an influential political figure online and in organizing events on college campuses for conservative causes.

Alisa D. Desart-Dajardin has more on the shooting.

Okay, everybody, welcome back. Email us as always free.

Charlie Kirk was a MAGA superstar, a millennial hosting a daily and highly influential radio show on more than 200 stations that reached

across generations.

That's a lot of people, Utah.

Video today showed Kirk speaking at his Utah event, the first in what he called the American

comeback tour.

As Kirk hosted a segment where he took audience pushback, a shot echoed.

Oh my God.

Go, run, run.

Crowd events were a staple for Kirk.

He regularly toward college campuses and was the founder of Turning Point USA,

one of the largest conservative student and youth groups in recent years.

The side that believes in freedom of speech is the side that I believe is on the right

side of history.

Has there been an instance, guys, where a liberal has had an open mic on campus where

conservative kids can ask questions and you guys feel respected?

Build as the next Rush Limbaugh, this spring the Salem Radio Network proclaimed

...