Police Hunt for Killer of Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.A search is underway for the killer of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who was fatally shot Wednesday at a Utah university.Kirk, executive director of the Turning Point USA advocacy group, was speaking at an outdoor event before a crowd at Utah Valley University when a single shot was fired from a nearby building, according to local police. Governor Spencer Cox described it as a “political assassination.”A person of interest was taken into custody and later released, FBI director Kash Patel said in social media posts, later tweeting that the FBI is seeking information, video and photos to help find the killer.The shooting, the latest in a spate of political violence in the US, drew an outpouring of shock and condemnation from Republicans and Democrats. Kirk, 31, started Turning Point USA more than a decade ago and had turned it into one of the most influential groups helping to rally young voters to conservative causes. He leaves behind a wife and two young children.Today's show features: Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI), on domestic security, geopolitical unrest, US economic policy and offshore power projects involving his state Bloomberg Tech Co-Host Caroline Hyde on the report that Paramount Skydance Corp. is preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Kristy Akullian, CFA, is the Head of Investment Strategy, Americas, BlackRock, on asset allocation strategies Mark F. Cancian, Colonel, USMCR (Ret.) and Senior Adviser for the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the changing nature of US warfare and foreign military operations See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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