Dan Mitchinson: US correspondent on Luigi Mangione being charged with murder, terrorism in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with murder as an 'act of terrorism'.

Mangione received an 11-count indictment in connection to the December 4 shooting in Manhattan.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says this case has divided the nation - with many young Americans seemingly voicing support with Thompson's killing.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International Correspondence with Ends and Eye Insurance Peace of Mind
for New Zealand Business twenty three away from five. Dan
Mitchison's I US correspondent Luisi Manngioni charged with an act
of terrorism in the United Healthcare CEO killing Dan.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yeah. Interesting that they've charged him underneath this, and I
think we're going to find out a lot more, as
is kind of referrals in the next couple of days too.
I mean, they're still trying to bring him to a
New York courtroom from Pennsylvania, and he was already charged
with murder last week of Brian and Thompson the CEO.
But this indictment that we just heard today could help

(00:38):
move the procedural steps, I guess, towards extraditing him out
of here. And it's also interesting too. At the same
time that this is coming out, we just had a
pull out from Emerson College that's finding that more young
Americans that believe his assassination was acceptable than don't, which

(00:58):
I find very stagger in. I mean, forty one percent
of these people believe that the murder of Thompson the
CEO was somewhat more completely acceptable.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
That is shocking Dan, because and I was pleased to
see that that included the word terrorism in the second
degree murder charge here because a lot of people saying
it's vigil anti justice. No it's not. It's it's violence
with a political and allegedly political motive, which is anti
you know, Wall Street, anti capitalism. I mean, that is

(01:29):
the definition of terrorism.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
It is. Well, yeah, I mean you said that and perfectly,
And yet you've got all these defense funds that have
been popping up for him on a lot of different
websites as well. And the question though, that I'm wondering
after reading into a lot of this over the last
couple of days, I mean, are we and by we
I mean the public? And is this why that you're
getting so many people that seem to be siding with
this guy. Are they feeling sympathy for the shooter? Or

(01:53):
are are people just angry at the healthcare system for
you know, the obvious reasons, you know, the high prices
and the red tape and the insurance companies that are
denying the claims. And I think that's what you hope
it is, and not the fact that they're giving a
pass to this guy that just went out and committed
a cold blood of murder.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
This young woman who's being accused of a shooting at
a Christian school in Wisconsin seen wearing a chilling a
chilling photo of her with a T shirt on what's
this about?

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Well, yeah, there is, I mean in a manifesto too
that she shared online before she stormed into this school today.
I mean, they're still not quite sure where this all
came from at this point. But what is interesting on
what everybody is talking about too, is the fact that
you know, she is a girl and it's one of

(02:44):
more I mean, the shooting that we had. I hated
to say it. I even asked my daughter today, I said,
how many shootings do you think we've had on school
grounds this year? And she guessed she said three hundred
and I said, well, you're clothes it was three hundred
and twenty this year so far. But what's unusual is
that this is a female shooter, and you only have
a handful of these I think maybe twelve or thirteen
that have been women in these So I think that's

(03:04):
what's got a lot of people in newsrooms and out
in the community and in the media talking about is
something that is so unusual like this, You have a
teenager who is not the so called traditional angry white
male that we associate with many of these shootings.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
Tell us about the hidden ticket fees and vacation rental
charges that have been banned in America.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
Well, yeah, let's sort of end things on a good
note here. I mean the Federal Trade Commission today. What
they're doing is banning hotels and ticketing and short term
rental companies from including these hidden junk fees and their prices,
which is good news if you want to come on
over on your summer holidays and visit us over here
in the US. So rather than getting hit with these
so called service or convenience fees, they're going to have

(03:46):
to let you know up front, because you go online
and you see, wow, this deal is just too good
to be true, and you get through, and you get through,
and by the time you get to the end, you
find a world wait a minute, and paying a couple
of one hundred dollars more than I was told I
was going to be and these can add up to
you know, hundreds, if not thousands of dollars for a
family vacation. So you think you're getting a bargain, you
really aren't. This is going to change and it could

(04:06):
save I don't know, fifty sixty million hours per year
for people who are searching online for a great deal,
not to mention billions of dollars over the next decade
in savings for people. So come on over and take
advantage of it.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
Sounds pretty good, Dan Dan mentioned some now US correspondent,
Thanks so much for your time. Eighteen away from five.
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