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BREAKING: Manhunt Continues as Charlie Kirk's Body Arrives in AZ · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Not really.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really concerned for our country.
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  Speaker 1: We have a great country.
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  Speaker 3: We have a radical left group of lunatics out there,
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  Speaker 3: just absolute lunatics, and we're gonna get that problem solved.
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  Speaker 3: I'm only concerned for the country.
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  Speaker 4: If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
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  Speaker 4: Ben Ferguson, it.
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  Speaker 3: Is Friday morning, and it is nice to have you
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  Speaker 3: with us on the forty seven Morning Update. Is these
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  Speaker 3: days just seem to be blending together as we are
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  Speaker 3: continuing to deal with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I
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  Speaker 3: can tell you that Thursday was a really tough day.
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  Speaker 3: It was a tough day to watch the reality set
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  Speaker 3: in of what had happened in the hours before. We
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  Speaker 3: watched the Vice President in the second Lady of the
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  Speaker 3: United States America fly to Utah to then help the
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  Speaker 3: family of Charlie Kirk take Charlie home to Phoenix, Arizona,
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  Speaker 3: where they live. We watch the Vice President of the
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  Speaker 3: United States of America, carrieus casket. We watch the wife
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  Speaker 3: the Vice President hold her hand, the now widow of
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  Speaker 3: Charlie Kirk. We watch them touch down in Phoenix, and
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  Speaker 3: we see the little and hear the little miracles that
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  Speaker 3: are happening, happening all along the way. Phoenix Air Traffic
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  Speaker 3: Control sent a message to Charlie Kirk after landing in Arizona,
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  Speaker 3: and here's what they said.
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  Speaker 4: The thick many five any.
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  Speaker 1: Family when people were here in I don't know when
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  Speaker 1: he thinks.
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  Speaker 2: Of that, he picks up, Well, Charlie, you didn't deserve it.
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  Speaker 1: May God bless your family.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome home, Charlie, you didn't deserve it. May God bless
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  Speaker 3: your family. The world lost an incredible man, and so
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  Speaker 3: many are grieving the loss of Charlie. I'm one of them.
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  Speaker 3: Because of how many people and how many lives that
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  Speaker 3: he touched. We are saying many that are standing up
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  Speaker 3: and saying we will not be silent. You have made
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  Speaker 3: us ten million strong. There are so many on the
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  Speaker 3: left that have celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Yet
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  Speaker 3: there are so many that are standing up for what
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  Speaker 3: is right. There are so many that are standing there
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  Speaker 3: and loving Charlie and his family, Loving Erica as the
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  Speaker 3: second lady whose advance hold the hand as they stepped
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  Speaker 3: off Air Force two with Charlie's casket arriving and moving
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  Speaker 3: that casket to the chapel where he will be. These
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  Speaker 3: are the things that people will remember as we do
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  Speaker 3: come together. I want to tell you that I think
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  Speaker 3: this is one of those moments where you can see
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  Speaker 3: God using evil for good, more than that assassin could
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  Speaker 3: ever imagine. The White House chief of Staff talk to
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  Speaker 3: my good friend Scott Ji on his show, and I
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  Speaker 3: want you to hear what Susie Wilds had to say
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  Speaker 3: about what she told her staff at the White House.
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  Speaker 5: I just want to ask you. I mean, you're around
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  Speaker 5: the president, you were around him during the campaign, you
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  Speaker 5: interact with people in public settings. Is it safe in
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  Speaker 5: America right now for an outspoken conservative? I mean, obviously
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  Speaker 5: the president survived a couple of assassination attempts, and Charlie's
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  Speaker 5: no longer with us. How are you processing that question today?
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  Speaker 6: I think we have to recognize that America has become
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  Speaker 6: a violent place. It's one of the reasons the President
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  Speaker 6: is so committed to a safe district of Columbia, and
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  Speaker 6: as we've had great, great results there. But Marco Rubio
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  Speaker 6: yesterday said, you know, what I think is going on
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  Speaker 6: is that there are embers out there and they're starting
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  Speaker 6: to burn. And I thought that was a very good
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  Speaker 6: way of looking at the atmospherics. We have a lot
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  Speaker 6: of high profile people here that engage publicly and in
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  Speaker 6: the media, and they say things others might not like.
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  Speaker 6: So I called everybody in before they went home last
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  Speaker 6: night and said, go home, hug your children, hug your spouse,
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  Speaker 6: be careful, take precautions, and don't let your voice get softer.
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  Speaker 6: Charlie would want everybody to speak as they had been
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  Speaker 6: and more so. That's sort of the way we feel here.
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  Speaker 6: And he was very close to many of us, and
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  Speaker 6: even those that were not his good friends, we know him.
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  Speaker 6: He was so much help in the campaign, So you know,
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  Speaker 6: there's no question there's a sadness here.
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  Speaker 3: White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles talking to her
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  Speaker 3: staff who are rattled at the White House over this.
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  Speaker 3: We also have an update from the FBI, and they
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  Speaker 3: gave a update late in the evening last night, and
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  Speaker 3: I want you to hear exactly what they had to say.
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  Speaker 3: Is someone you're asking about this shooter, who is he,
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  Speaker 3: how did he get away? How do we know not
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  Speaker 3: know where he is right now? Some of those questions
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  Speaker 3: were answered. I want you to hear what was said earlier.
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  Speaker 1: Listen, day, Governor will kick it off.
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  Speaker 7: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us here tonight.
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  Speaker 7: We appreciate the media and the partnership we have with
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  Speaker 7: you in helping from out to the public so that
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  Speaker 7: we can we can catch this assassin and and hold
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  Speaker 7: him accountable. We are going to share a portion of
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  Speaker 7: a video and that we have of the of the suspect,
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  Speaker 7: as well as some new stills. Those have already been released,
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  Speaker 7: but we want to make sure that they get as
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  Speaker 7: much attention as possible so that we can get help
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  Speaker 7: from from the public in tracking down this this evil
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  Speaker 7: human being.
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  Speaker 1: So we're going to We're going to queue up the
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  Speaker 1: video right now.
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  Speaker 7: Show that I've asked Commissioner Beau Mason if he would
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  Speaker 7: narrate to you what is happening in this video.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Governor Bo Mason, Commissioner for the Utah Department
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  Speaker 2: of Public Safety. If you look up to the top left,
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  Speaker 2: you'll see the building where the shooter was proned out
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  Speaker 2: in the top left corner.
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  Speaker 1: We'll go ahead and.
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  Speaker 2: Play that video on narrate as we so here you
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  Speaker 2: see the suspect grand behind that upper building. He's gonna
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  Speaker 2: come out on the right, moves to this far right corner.
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  Speaker 2: As he does, he's going to climb off the edge
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  Speaker 2: and then drop down to the ground. As he did that,
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  Speaker 2: he left some palm impressions. There's some smudges some places.
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  Speaker 2: We're looking to collect DNA. There's a shoe imprint where
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  Speaker 2: we leave. The suspect is clearly identified as wearing Converse
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  Speaker 2: tennis shoes. Again, we'll replay that against you can get
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  Speaker 2: another view of that. It's important to note his black
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  Speaker 2: T shirt, his black pants, and there is appears to
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  Speaker 2: be some white on the soles of those Converse tennis shoes.
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  Speaker 2: Those are all identifiable items that we're looking for. In
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  Speaker 2: the stills that are going to follow this, you're going
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  Speaker 2: to see a very distinctive T shirt with an America
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  Speaker 2: Can flag and appears to have an eagle on it.
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  Speaker 2: There's also a baseball cap with a triangle on it,
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  Speaker 2: and a pair of sunglasses, all distinctive, all things that
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  Speaker 2: we would ask the public to look for and try
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  Speaker 2: to identify if they know someone who has those items,
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  Speaker 2: who has been seen wearing those items. We're looking for
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  Speaker 2: all that information. Here you see the suspect after dropping
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  Speaker 2: off the building. He moved around across this grass area
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  Speaker 2: around the parking lot. We're going to pan to the
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  Speaker 2: right after he crosses the street. This is where he
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  Speaker 2: moves over into the wooded area. This is the video
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  Speaker 2: evidence that we utilize to track his movements and to
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  Speaker 2: locate that firearm in that wooded area following.
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  Speaker 1: The discovery of this evidence.
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  Speaker 2: Good, you want to go to the stills, So here's
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  Speaker 2: the still photographs I mentioned. These have been enhanced, so
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  Speaker 2: these are slightly different than what we introduced earlier. Please
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  Speaker 2: play close attention to the T shirt, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: very distinctive with that American flag and that eagle, the
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  Speaker 2: hat with the triangle, and the sunglasses. If you'll go
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  Speaker 2: to the next picture, please the backpack as well, all
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  Speaker 2: identifying features that we're hoping the public can help us
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  Speaker 2: identify and lead us to this suspect. And again there's
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  Speaker 2: a better picture of the hat with that triangle logo,
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  Speaker 2: and again the.
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  Speaker 1: TV shirt, blue jeans, and.
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  Speaker 2: You get a good look at those Converse tennis shoes
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  Speaker 2: as well. We have pushed these out, we'll continue to
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  Speaker 2: push these out, and we just asked for the public cooperation.
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  Speaker 2: Through the public the tips that have been coming in
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  Speaker 2: are what are giving us our next leads and enabling
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  Speaker 2: us to continue to further this investigation. We've had great
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  Speaker 2: cooperation from the public and we're continuing to ask for
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  Speaker 2: that as we move forward. Thank you, and I'll turn
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  Speaker 2: time back over to Governor Cox.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you so much, Commissioner Mason. I want to I
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  Speaker 7: want to thank Director Patel and his team. It's great
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  Speaker 7: to have them on the ground with us tonight. We've
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  Speaker 7: had several briefings and he's had an opportunity to walk
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  Speaker 7: the crime scene. We appreciate our local law enforcement here again.
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  Speaker 7: We have Mike Smith, who is the county sheriff here.
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  Speaker 7: We have all of our local chiefs of police that
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  Speaker 7: are here as well, all working hand in hand with
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  Speaker 7: the state and with the FBI as as we move
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  Speaker 7: forward with this investigation. Now, just give you a little more.
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  Speaker 7: We will not be taking any questions at this time.
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  Speaker 7: We're giving you the latest information we have, being as
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  Speaker 7: transparent with everything that we have. But I do want
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  Speaker 7: to share a couple things that I think are important.
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  Speaker 7: We cannot do our job without the public's help. Right now,
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  Speaker 7: the public has answered our call for action. So far,
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  Speaker 7: we've received more than seven thousand leads and tips. I
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  Speaker 7: would just note that the FBI hasn't received this many
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  Speaker 7: digital media tips from the public since the Boston Marathon bombing.
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  Speaker 7: This case also highlights the dedication of our law enforcement community.
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  Speaker 7: We have twenty federal, state, and local law enforcement partners
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  Speaker 7: that are working shoulder to shoulder to find the person
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  Speaker 7: who committed this horrific crime. With their support, we've completed
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  Speaker 7: nearly two hundred interviews, as you're aware. As has already
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  Speaker 7: been reported, the FBI is offering a one hundred thousand
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  Speaker 7: dollars reward for information leading to the identification and arrest
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  Speaker 7: of the person responsible for the murder of Charlie Kirk.
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  Speaker 7: We also continue to implore the public to support this
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  Speaker 7: investigation and come forward with any information.
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  Speaker 1: We are truly hopeful that this video.
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  Speaker 7: And new photos will lead to even more tips we
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  Speaker 7: are processing. We have an incredible team as state and
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  Speaker 7: federal team working together to process those tips. We are
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  Speaker 7: going out in tandem to interview any potential person of
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  Speaker 7: interest or suspects, but we need again, we need as
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  Speaker 7: many as much help as we can possibly get. Any
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  Speaker 7: videos or photos that you might have, the public should
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  Speaker 7: be submitted to our digital media tip line, which is
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  Speaker 7: is www dot FBI dot gov. Forward slash Utah Valley
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  Speaker 7: shooting all lowercase. Again, that is FBI dot gov forward
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  Speaker 7: slash Utah Valley Shooting all lowercase. You can also provide
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  Speaker 7: general tips about the shooting by calling one eight hundred
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  Speaker 7: call FBI, that's one eight hundred c a l L FBI,
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  Speaker 7: or at tips dot FBI dot gov. This is I
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  Speaker 7: would just say this is not just a local matter
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  Speaker 7: here in Utah. We have people all over the country
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  Speaker 7: that are helping to bring this perpetrator to justice for
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  Speaker 7: Charlie Kirk and his family. I will just add as
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  Speaker 7: well that as was mentioned, there is there is a
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  Speaker 7: lot of forensic evidence that is being processed right now
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  Speaker 7: at both the State Lab and the and federal labs
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  Speaker 7: at Federal Lab in on the East Coast, so we
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  Speaker 7: are working in tandem together.
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  Speaker 1: I would also just add a word.
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  Speaker 7: Of note for those for those people who are spending
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  Speaker 7: so much time on on social media. I think Charlie
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  Speaker 7: said it best that when when things get get bad,
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  Speaker 7: we should put our phones down and spend a little
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  Speaker 7: time with our families. There is a tremendous amount of disinformation.
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  Speaker 1: UH.
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  Speaker 7: We are tracking our our our our team, the state team,
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  Speaker 7: and I'm sure the federal team as well. What we're
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  Speaker 7: seeing is our adversaries want violence uh China. We have
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  Speaker 7: bots from Russia, China, all over the world that are
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  Speaker 7: trying to instill disinformation and encourage violence.
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  Speaker 1: I would encourage you to ignore.
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  Speaker 7: Those, to to turn off those streams and UH and
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  Speaker 7: to spend a little more time with it.
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  Speaker 1: With our families. We desperately need some healing.
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  Speaker 7: We'll have more to say about that in the in
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  Speaker 7: the days and weeks to come. More than anything, we
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  Speaker 7: are going to catch this person.
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  Speaker 1: UH.
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  Speaker 7: Last thing I will just say is we've been working
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  Speaker 7: with our attorneys getting getting everything that we need, affidavits
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  Speaker 7: ready so that we can pursue the death penalty in
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  Speaker 7: this case, and that will happen here in the state
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  Speaker 7: of Utah. Again, to the public, to those who are grieving,
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  Speaker 7: thank you for your prayers. I know we are feeling
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  Speaker 7: those prayers. I know the Kirk family is feeling those
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  Speaker 7: prayers as well. We pray that God will bless our
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  Speaker 7: nation at this very dark time. We can start healing
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  Speaker 7: by finding this perpetrator and holding him accountable.
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  Speaker 1: And we need your help to do that. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: We will obviously keep you updated here on any breaking
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  Speaker 3: news that we get as soon as we get it.
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  Speaker 3: I want to finally just also let you know what
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  Speaker 3: the President's mindset is right now. A reporter asked the
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  Speaker 3: President today, are you concerned for your own safety? It
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  Speaker 3: is the question that I and anyone else as a
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  Speaker 3: conservative in this movement, are asking themselves about our own
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  Speaker 3: safety right now. Every one of us has been rattled
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  Speaker 3: by this, and every one of us is saying the
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  Speaker 3: same thing. Are we safe? How do we make sure
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  Speaker 3: that we are as safe as possible? Don't forget, as
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  Speaker 3: the White House Chief of Staff said, hug your kids,
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