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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Not really.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I'm really concerned for our country.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
We have a great country.
Speaker 3 (00:10):
We have a radical left group of lunatics out there,
just absolute lunatics, and we're gonna get that problem solved.
I'm only concerned for the country.
Speaker 4 (00:19):
If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben Ferguson, it.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Is Friday morning, and it is nice to have you
with us on the forty seven Morning Update. Is these
days just seem to be blending together as we are
continuing to deal with the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I
can tell you that Thursday was a really tough day.
It was a tough day to watch the reality set
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in of what had happened in the hours before. We
watched the Vice President in the second Lady of the
United States America fly to Utah to then help the
family of Charlie Kirk take Charlie home to Phoenix, Arizona,
where they live. We watch the Vice President of the
United States of America, carrieus casket. We watch the wife
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the Vice President hold her hand, the now widow of
Charlie Kirk. We watch them touch down in Phoenix, and
we see the little and hear the little miracles that
are happening, happening all along the way. Phoenix Air Traffic
Control sent a message to Charlie Kirk after landing in Arizona,
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and here's what they said.
Speaker 4 (01:32):
The thick many five any.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Family when people were here in I don't know when
he thinks.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Of that, he picks up, Well, Charlie, you didn't deserve it.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
May God bless your family.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Welcome home, Charlie, you didn't deserve it. May God bless
your family. The world lost an incredible man, and so
many are grieving the loss of Charlie. I'm one of them.
Because of how many people and how many lives that
he touched. We are saying many that are standing up
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and saying we will not be silent. You have made
us ten million strong. There are so many on the
left that have celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Yet
there are so many that are standing up for what
is right. There are so many that are standing there
and loving Charlie and his family, Loving Erica as the
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second lady whose advance hold the hand as they stepped
off Air Force two with Charlie's casket arriving and moving
that casket to the chapel where he will be. These
are the things that people will remember as we do
come together. I want to tell you that I think
this is one of those moments where you can see
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God using evil for good, more than that assassin could
ever imagine. The White House chief of Staff talk to
my good friend Scott Ji on his show, and I
want you to hear what Susie Wilds had to say
about what she told her staff at the White House.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
I just want to ask you. I mean, you're around
the president, you were around him during the campaign, you
interact with people in public settings. Is it safe in
America right now for an outspoken conservative? I mean, obviously
the president survived a couple of assassination attempts, and Charlie's
no longer with us. How are you processing that question today?
Speaker 6 (03:28):
I think we have to recognize that America has become
a violent place. It's one of the reasons the President
is so committed to a safe district of Columbia, and
as we've had great, great results there. But Marco Rubio
yesterday said, you know, what I think is going on
is that there are embers out there and they're starting
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to burn. And I thought that was a very good
way of looking at the atmospherics. We have a lot
of high profile people here that engage publicly and in
the media, and they say things others might not like.
So I called everybody in before they went home last
night and said, go home, hug your children, hug your spouse,
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be careful, take precautions, and don't let your voice get softer.
Charlie would want everybody to speak as they had been
and more so. That's sort of the way we feel here.
And he was very close to many of us, and
even those that were not his good friends, we know him.
He was so much help in the campaign, So you know,
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there's no question there's a sadness here.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles talking to her
staff who are rattled at the White House over this.
We also have an update from the FBI, and they
gave a update late in the evening last night, and
I want you to hear exactly what they had to say.
Is someone you're asking about this shooter, who is he,
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how did he get away? How do we know not
know where he is right now? Some of those questions
were answered. I want you to hear what was said earlier.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Listen, day, Governor will kick it off.
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us here tonight.
We appreciate the media and the partnership we have with
you in helping from out to the public so that
we can we can catch this assassin and and hold
him accountable. We are going to share a portion of
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a video and that we have of the of the suspect,
as well as some new stills. Those have already been released,
but we want to make sure that they get as
much attention as possible so that we can get help
from from the public in tracking down this this evil
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human being.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
So we're going to We're going to queue up the
video right now.
Speaker 7 (05:55):
Show that I've asked Commissioner Beau Mason if he would
narrate to you what is happening in this video.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Thank you, Governor Bo Mason, Commissioner for the Utah Department
of Public Safety. If you look up to the top left,
you'll see the building where the shooter was proned out
in the top left corner.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
We'll go ahead and.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Play that video on narrate as we so here you
see the suspect grand behind that upper building. He's gonna
come out on the right, moves to this far right corner.
As he does, he's going to climb off the edge
and then drop down to the ground. As he did that,
he left some palm impressions. There's some smudges some places.
We're looking to collect DNA. There's a shoe imprint where
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we leave. The suspect is clearly identified as wearing Converse
tennis shoes. Again, we'll replay that against you can get
another view of that. It's important to note his black
T shirt, his black pants, and there is appears to
be some white on the soles of those Converse tennis shoes.
Those are all identifiable items that we're looking for. In
the stills that are going to follow this, you're going
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to see a very distinctive T shirt with an America
Can flag and appears to have an eagle on it.
There's also a baseball cap with a triangle on it,
and a pair of sunglasses, all distinctive, all things that
we would ask the public to look for and try
to identify if they know someone who has those items,
who has been seen wearing those items. We're looking for
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all that information. Here you see the suspect after dropping
off the building. He moved around across this grass area
around the parking lot. We're going to pan to the
right after he crosses the street. This is where he
moves over into the wooded area. This is the video
evidence that we utilize to track his movements and to
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locate that firearm in that wooded area following.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
The discovery of this evidence.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Good, you want to go to the stills, So here's
the still photographs I mentioned. These have been enhanced, so
these are slightly different than what we introduced earlier. Please
play close attention to the T shirt, like I said,
very distinctive with that American flag and that eagle, the
hat with the triangle, and the sunglasses. If you'll go
to the next picture, please the backpack as well, all
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identifying features that we're hoping the public can help us
identify and lead us to this suspect. And again there's
a better picture of the hat with that triangle logo,
and again the.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
TV shirt, blue jeans, and.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
You get a good look at those Converse tennis shoes
as well. We have pushed these out, we'll continue to
push these out, and we just asked for the public cooperation.
Through the public the tips that have been coming in
are what are giving us our next leads and enabling
us to continue to further this investigation. We've had great
cooperation from the public and we're continuing to ask for
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that as we move forward. Thank you, and I'll turn
time back over to Governor Cox.
Speaker 7 (08:45):
Thank you so much, Commissioner Mason. I want to I
want to thank Director Patel and his team. It's great
to have them on the ground with us tonight. We've
had several briefings and he's had an opportunity to walk
the crime scene. We appreciate our local law enforcement here again.
We have Mike Smith, who is the county sheriff here.
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We have all of our local chiefs of police that
are here as well, all working hand in hand with
the state and with the FBI as as we move
forward with this investigation. Now, just give you a little more.
We will not be taking any questions at this time.
We're giving you the latest information we have, being as
transparent with everything that we have. But I do want
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to share a couple things that I think are important.
We cannot do our job without the public's help. Right now,
the public has answered our call for action. So far,
we've received more than seven thousand leads and tips. I
would just note that the FBI hasn't received this many
digital media tips from the public since the Boston Marathon bombing.
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This case also highlights the dedication of our law enforcement community.
We have twenty federal, state, and local law enforcement partners
that are working shoulder to shoulder to find the person
who committed this horrific crime. With their support, we've completed
nearly two hundred interviews, as you're aware. As has already
been reported, the FBI is offering a one hundred thousand
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dollars reward for information leading to the identification and arrest
of the person responsible for the murder of Charlie Kirk.
We also continue to implore the public to support this
investigation and come forward with any information.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
We are truly hopeful that this video.
Speaker 7 (10:34):
And new photos will lead to even more tips we
are processing. We have an incredible team as state and
federal team working together to process those tips. We are
going out in tandem to interview any potential person of
interest or suspects, but we need again, we need as
many as much help as we can possibly get. Any
videos or photos that you might have, the public should
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be submitted to our digital media tip line, which is
is www dot FBI dot gov. Forward slash Utah Valley
shooting all lowercase. Again, that is FBI dot gov forward
slash Utah Valley Shooting all lowercase. You can also provide
general tips about the shooting by calling one eight hundred
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call FBI, that's one eight hundred c a l L FBI,
or at tips dot FBI dot gov. This is I
would just say this is not just a local matter
here in Utah. We have people all over the country
that are helping to bring this perpetrator to justice for
Charlie Kirk and his family. I will just add as
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well that as was mentioned, there is there is a
lot of forensic evidence that is being processed right now
at both the State Lab and the and federal labs
at Federal Lab in on the East Coast, so we
are working in tandem together.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
I would also just add a word.
Speaker 7 (11:57):
Of note for those for those people who are spending
so much time on on social media. I think Charlie
said it best that when when things get get bad,
we should put our phones down and spend a little
time with our families. There is a tremendous amount of disinformation.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
UH.
Speaker 7 (12:15):
We are tracking our our our our team, the state team,
and I'm sure the federal team as well. What we're
seeing is our adversaries want violence uh China. We have
bots from Russia, China, all over the world that are
trying to instill disinformation and encourage violence.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
I would encourage you to ignore.
Speaker 7 (12:37):
Those, to to turn off those streams and UH and
to spend a little more time with it.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
With our families. We desperately need some healing.
Speaker 7 (12:45):
We'll have more to say about that in the in
the days and weeks to come. More than anything, we
are going to catch this person.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
UH.
Speaker 7 (12:53):
Last thing I will just say is we've been working
with our attorneys getting getting everything that we need, affidavits
ready so that we can pursue the death penalty in
this case, and that will happen here in the state
of Utah. Again, to the public, to those who are grieving,
thank you for your prayers. I know we are feeling
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those prayers. I know the Kirk family is feeling those
prayers as well. We pray that God will bless our
nation at this very dark time. We can start healing
by finding this perpetrator and holding him accountable.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
And we need your help to do that. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
We will obviously keep you updated here on any breaking
news that we get as soon as we get it.
I want to finally just also let you know what
the President's mindset is right now. A reporter asked the
President today, are you concerned for your own safety? It
is the question that I and anyone else as a
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conservative in this movement, are asking themselves about our own
safety right now. Every one of us has been rattled
by this, and every one of us is saying the
same thing. Are we safe? How do we make sure
that we are as safe as possible? Don't forget, as
the White House Chief of Staff said, hug your kids,
Hug your family, Tell the people around you that you love,
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