Special Episode: A Suspect Is Caught in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination

The Daily

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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On Friday morning, the police in Utah said they had arrested a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, ending a manhunt that had stretched over 33 hours. In this special episode of The Daily, we break down what we know about the arrest and the alleged killer’s motives.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.
0:05.9	This is a special episode of the Daily.
0:11.7	On Friday morning, police in Utah said that they had arrested a suspect in Charlie Kirk's assassination,
0:20.0	ending a massive manhunt that had stretched over 33 hours.
0:26.3	Today, what we know about the alleged killer and his motives.
0:33.4	It's Friday afternoon, September 12th.
0:40.3	Okay. It's Friday afternoon, September 12th. Any updates on the suspect?
0:43.5	Yeah. Can I always say, I think, just to protect us all, and so Fox doesn't get sued, and we all don't get sued?
0:51.4	The news came from President Trump himself on Fox News early Friday morning.
0:56.5	I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him.
1:00.9	Right now.
1:02.2	In custody. Right.
1:03.0	In custody.
1:03.7	After two days of false starts and mistaken identity, including the questioning of two men who were later released,
1:12.8	police in Utah, Trump said,
1:18.2	had arrested the man that they believed had killed Charlie Kirk. Everybody did a great job.
1:23.7	You know, getting somebody that you start off with absolutely nothing. And we started off with a clip that made up look like an ant that was almost useless. We just saw there was somebody up there.
1:29.6	And so much work has been done over the last two and a half days.
1:33.2	You know, it's amazing.
1:34.0	Fox anchors repeatedly pushed Trump to answer the question on everyone's mind.
1:38.4	What can you share with us about his ideology?
1:40.7	What exactly were the shooter's motives and ideology?
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