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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now on Colorado's Morning News and emotional goodbye as thousands
gathered at State Farm Stadium and Glendale, Arizona, yesterday, honoring
the life of conservative activists Charlie Kirk. Kirk's wife, fair Cup,
had a message for her husband's.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Killer father, forgive them for they not know what they do.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
That man, that young man, I forgive him. Kirk Lee
is behind his wife and two young children. Erica recently
appointed the CEO of Turning Point. Joining us on the
ka Comma Spirit of Health Hotline Live for Arizona Fox
News Radio is Jeff Manasso. Jeff, what was the overall
feeling and sentiment at yesterday's memorial for Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Too to one moment, and that was when Gerrika Kirk
said those words that I think most people would have
a hard time doing, forgiving, but she did in honor
of her husband and his mission of faith. And when
she did that, I was in the press section. Generally
(01:01):
you're a member of the press. You've seen this before.
Many members of the press are generally a robot. They
don't even stand for the national anthem. I can tell
you that when she said those words, everybody was on
their feet even members of the press who had their
arms in the air, and I saw some of them crying.
I have never I've never seen that before.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Just before that, I mean, it felt like while she
was saying that you could hear a pin drop, you'd
almost expect that nobody was inside that stadium if you
were just listening to the audio. But then just the
eruption and noise afterwards of support and standing with her.
What was it like inside the stadium? Do we have
an expectation of how many people were even in attendance?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, a lot. This is a Super Bowl style event
that normally takes a year out in planning, that was
put together, cobbled together in a week, a national security event,
the level one national security event. Security was tight. Ten
miles out from the stadium. It was rush hour traffic
in the debt of night. Miles out from the stadium.
(02:02):
People were just parking their cars in neighborhoods and walking
to make the pilgrimage. There was an overflow stadium. There
was an overflow arena across that fills about twenty thousand people.
So it was one hundred thousand plus maybe more, give
or take. We'll find out. Maybe some real numbers. Soon
(02:22):
everybody seems to have a different number. But I can
tell you it was packed. It took at least five
hours for people to get in there from starting to finish,
and then the event went long. It was about five
six hours as well, so it was a long day,
but everybody remained in their seats. And these people came
together from not only across the country, but the world.
(02:42):
Many people that we talked to. They came together for
church and a faith revival here in Glendale. And you know,
we heard from faith leaders and friends of Charlie Kirk,
and from some of the most powerful people in the world,
and just honoring this young man who had thirty one
built this movement that support orders say will be will
be felt for for generations. I can tell you that
(03:08):
you know, this was this was this was a memorial,
but there was also a sense of hope and peace
that that really was tangible. I mean, if you're a
human being, you could feel it. This this connection between
between people here uh looking for hope, looking for looking
for faith, maybe the meaning of life, whatever they're looking for,
(03:29):
whatever they're searching for, they came together and celebrating what
Charlie meant to them and and what and what he
meant to to faith and spreading that word. And we
heard from Vice President j D. E Vance, President Trump,
members of the Cabinet, and JD. Evan said, you know,
in all of his years in politics, he's never talked
about faith so much. But this really faith really was
(03:52):
the it was was was the main aspect of this.
And if you look at Charlie Kirk's reach, uh and
his impact, we are seeing that TPUSA had about twenty
one hundred chapters prior to his death. Now some seventy
thousand requests have come in for new chapters, high school
and college chapters from around the world, and TPUSA is
(04:17):
now a global global force.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Were there any sort of protests outside the stadium? Did
we hear from any of those folks? What was that
like or was there really anything?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
We had a couple so sorry, guys, I'm talking so much,
I'm losing my voice, but we saw a couple of
protesters out there, but you knowing, there's nothing crazy people
holding signs and largely they were just ignored.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Live from Arizona, It's Fox News Radios. Jeff Banasso, Jeff,
thank you so much for your coverage on this memorial event.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
We appreciate it.
Now on Colorado's Morning News and emotional goodbye as thousands
gathered at State Farm Stadium and Glendale, Arizona, yesterday, honoring
the life of conservative activists Charlie Kirk. Kirk's wife, fair Cup,
had a message for her husband's.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Killer father, forgive them for they not know what they do.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
That man, that young man, I forgive him. Kirk Lee
is behind his wife and two young children. Erica recently
appointed the CEO of Turning Point. Joining us on the
ka Comma Spirit of Health Hotline Live for Arizona Fox
News Radio is Jeff Manasso. Jeff, what was the overall
feeling and sentiment at yesterday's memorial for Charlie Kirk.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Too to one moment, and that was when Gerrika Kirk
said those words that I think most people would have
a hard time doing, forgiving, but she did in honor
of her husband and his mission of faith. And when
she did that, I was in the press section. Generally
(01:01):
you're a member of the press. You've seen this before.
Many members of the press are generally a robot. They
don't even stand for the national anthem. I can tell
you that when she said those words, everybody was on
their feet even members of the press who had their
arms in the air, and I saw some of them crying.
I have never I've never seen that before.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Just before that, I mean, it felt like while she
was saying that you could hear a pin drop, you'd
almost expect that nobody was inside that stadium if you
were just listening to the audio. But then just the
eruption and noise afterwards of support and standing with her.
What was it like inside the stadium? Do we have
an expectation of how many people were even in attendance?
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, a lot. This is a Super Bowl style event
that normally takes a year out in planning, that was
put together, cobbled together in a week, a national security event,
the level one national security event. Security was tight. Ten
miles out from the stadium. It was rush hour traffic
in the debt of night. Miles out from the stadium.
(02:02):
People were just parking their cars in neighborhoods and walking
to make the pilgrimage. There was an overflow stadium. There
was an overflow arena across that fills about twenty thousand people.
So it was one hundred thousand plus maybe more, give
or take. We'll find out. Maybe some real numbers. Soon
(02:22):
everybody seems to have a different number. But I can
tell you it was packed. It took at least five
hours for people to get in there from starting to finish,
and then the event went long. It was about five
six hours as well, so it was a long day,
but everybody remained in their seats. And these people came
together from not only across the country, but the world.
(02:42):
Many people that we talked to. They came together for
church and a faith revival here in Glendale. And you know,
we heard from faith leaders and friends of Charlie Kirk,
and from some of the most powerful people in the world,
and just honoring this young man who had thirty one
built this movement that support orders say will be will
be felt for for generations. I can tell you that
(03:08):
you know, this was this was this was a memorial,
but there was also a sense of hope and peace
that that really was tangible. I mean, if you're a
human being, you could feel it. This this connection between
between people here uh looking for hope, looking for looking
for faith, maybe the meaning of life, whatever they're looking for,
(03:29):
whatever they're searching for, they came together and celebrating what
Charlie meant to them and and what and what he
meant to to faith and spreading that word. And we
heard from Vice President j D. E Vance, President Trump,
members of the Cabinet, and JD. Evan said, you know,
in all of his years in politics, he's never talked
about faith so much. But this really faith really was
(03:52):
the it was was was the main aspect of this.
And if you look at Charlie Kirk's reach, uh and
his impact, we are seeing that TPUSA had about twenty
one hundred chapters prior to his death. Now some seventy
thousand requests have come in for new chapters, high school
and college chapters from around the world, and TPUSA is
(04:17):
now a global global force.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Were there any sort of protests outside the stadium? Did
we hear from any of those folks? What was that
like or was there really anything?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
We had a couple so sorry, guys, I'm talking so much,
I'm losing my voice, but we saw a couple of
protesters out there, but you knowing, there's nothing crazy people
holding signs and largely they were just ignored.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Live from Arizona, It's Fox News Radios. Jeff Banasso, Jeff,
thank you so much for your coverage on this memorial event.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
We appreciate it.
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