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Kirk’s suspected killer’s texts revealed, FBI chief clashes with Congress: Unbiased Updates
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00:01
The death penalty now in play for the man accused of gunning down Charlie Kirk.
00:05
This morning, the text messages that point to a confession.
00:09
Plus, TikTok gets a reprieve, a U.S.-China deal that even Trump is backing.
00:14
And the end of an era for Ben & Jerry's, why one half of the iconic duo is calling it quits.
00:21
The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.
00:27
These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.
00:33
Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.
00:35
This morning, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk is now facing seven felony charges.
00:42
And prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty.
00:45
22-year-old Tyler Robinson appeared in court by video Tuesday, saying little as a judge in Utah read the charges,
00:52
including aggravated murder, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice.
00:56
Prosecutors say Robinson fired a bolt-action rifle from a rooftop,
01:01
striking Kirk in the neck as he spoke to students at Utah Valley University.
01:06
They say DNA on the rifle trigger matches Robinson,
01:10
and he left a chilling note under his keyboard that read, quote,
01:14
I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I'm going to take it.
01:18
According to court documents, Robinson and his roommate were in a romantic relationship.
01:22
Now we're seeing their text exchange from the day of the shooting.
01:26
Let's take a look together, and I'll narrate.
01:29
Tyler texts, drop what you're doing.
01:31
Look under my keyboard.
01:33
What? You're joking, right?
01:34
The roommate responded.
01:36
Tyler said, I am still okay, my love, but I'm stuck in Orem for a little while longer yet.
01:41
Shouldn't be long until I can come home, but I got to grab my rifle still.
01:45
To be honest, I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age.
01:49
I am sorry to involve you.
01:52
The roommate asked, you weren't the one who did it, right?
01:55
I am. I'm sorry, Robinson said.
01:58
The roommate replied, I thought they caught the person.
02:01
Robinson, no.
02:02
They grabbed some crazy old dude, then interrogated someone in similar clothing.
02:07
I had planned to grab my rifle from my drop point shortly after,
02:10
but most of that side of town got locked down.
02:13
It's quiet, almost enough to get out, but there's one vehicle lingering.
02:17
Why? The roommate asked.
02:20
Why did I do it?
02:22
Yeah.
02:23
Robinson then texted, I had enough of his hatred.
02:26
Some hate can't be negotiated out.
02:29
If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence.
02:33
Going to attempt to retrieve it again.
02:35
Hopefully they have moved on.
02:36
I haven't seen anything about them finding it.
02:39
Prosecutors say Robinson planned the attack for more than a week
02:42
and urged his partner to delete their texts.
02:45
He was arrested days later near his hometown of St. George, Utah.
02:49
He stood back in court September 29th.
02:52
In Washington, FBI Director Cash Patel is set to testify
02:56
before the House Judiciary Committee this morning,
03:00
facing questions about his handling of the Charlie Kirk assassination investigation
03:04
and his overall leadership at the Bureau.
03:07
It comes after a fiery four-and-a-half-hour Senate hearing yesterday
03:11
where Patel clashed with Democrats repeatedly.
03:13
In his opening statement, ranking member Dick Durbin condemned Patel
03:18
for spreading, quote, mass confusion after he posted on X
03:21
that Kirk's killer had been caught hours after the shooting,
03:25
a claim that turned out to be false.
03:27
Patel stood by the post.
03:30
Could I have been more careful in my verbiage
03:32
and included an A subject instead of subject?
03:35
Sure, in the heat of the moment, but I was doing the best I could.
03:37
You know, Kander, I don't quite get that,
03:39
because if we have our man, that would suggest to the public
03:42
that everybody can rest and relax
03:45
and not then continue to provide information to the local law enforcement and to you.
03:50
So that was a mistake.
03:52
I don't see it as a mistake.
03:53
I see it as something working with the public
03:55
to identify that there was a subject in custody.
03:58
Patel was also pressed on whether 22-year-old Tyler Robinson acted alone.
04:03
He said the case is, quote, very much ongoing
04:05
and that the FBI is investigating more than 20 Discord users
04:09
from a chat room where Robinson allegedly took responsibility for the shooting.
04:14
But Kirk's case was just one flashpoint.
04:17
Patel faced heavy scrutiny over his handling of the Epstein files,
04:21
including the decision to move Jelaine Maxwell
04:23
to a minimum security prison in Texas after her interview
04:27
with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
04:29
That's when tensions boiled over and insults flew.
04:33
The Bureau of Prisons decided on their own,
04:36
without any consultation with Blanche or anyone else,
04:40
that they were going to suddenly, after this interview,
04:43
completely unrelated to this interview,
04:46
completely unrelated to anything she said,
04:49
move her to a prison not suitable for a sex offender.
04:52
Do you want the American people to believe that?
04:55
Do you think they're stupid?
04:57
No.
04:57
I think the American people believe the truth,
05:00
that I'm not in the weeds on the everyday movements of inmates.
05:02
Oh, you're not in the weeds?
05:03
What I am doing is protecting this country,
05:06
providing historic reform,
05:08
and combating the weaponization of intelligence by the likes of you.
05:13
You are a political buffoon at best.
05:15
Well, you can take an internet troll.
05:17
Take it to the bank that the FBI is protecting this country
05:21
and the state and citizens of the California.
05:23
We have seen historic reform.
05:26
We have seen nothing more than an internet point of order.
05:28
Next, Patel got into a shouting match with Senator Cory Booker,
05:31
who ripped him over the Kirk case,
05:34
the Epstein files,
05:35
and the removal of FBI agents.
05:37
Watch.
05:37
I think you're not going to be around long.
05:40
I think this might be your last oversight hearing.
05:42
Because as much as you supplicate yourself to the will of Donald Trump
05:45
and not the Constitution of the United States of America,
05:49
Donald Trump has shown us in his first term and in this term,
05:52
he is not loyal to people like you.
05:55
He will cut you loose.
05:57
That rant of false information
06:00
does not bring this country together.
06:03
If you want to work on bringing this country,
06:05
it's my time, not yours.
06:06
My God, my God.
06:08
If you want to talk about...
06:09
If you want to talk about...
06:09
...biding this country,
06:10
I follow you on your social media posts
06:13
that tear this country apart.
06:15
It is my time to address your falsehoods.
06:17
You can try all you want
06:19
to not take responsibility for what you have said.
06:24
Sir, you're making a mockery of this committee.
06:26
Sir, you don't tell me my time is over.
06:28
Today's hearing in the House begins at 10 a.m. Eastern.
06:31
Senator Ted Cruz yesterday called the Senate session
06:33
political theater.
06:35
We'll see if today brings more of the same.
06:38
The director who was ousted from the CDC
06:41
just weeks after her Senate confirmation
06:43
is set to testify this morning on Capitol Hill.
06:47
CBS News has obtained the prepared testimony
06:49
of Susan Minares.
06:51
She's set to tell the Senate Health Committee today
06:53
that she was fired after refusing to pre-approve
06:56
vaccine recommendations regardless of scientific evidence
07:00
and declining to fire career CDC scientists.
07:03
One quote reads,
07:05
Secretary Kennedy demanded two things of me
07:08
that were inconsistent with my oath of office
07:11
and the ethics required of a public official.
07:14
He directed me to commit in advance
07:16
to approving every ACIP recommendation
07:19
regardless of the scientific evidence.
07:22
He also directed me to dismiss career officials
07:25
responsible for vaccine policy without cause.
07:28
He said, if I was unwilling to do both,
07:31
I should resign.
07:33
Minares says she refused and was fired.
07:36
HHS denies her claims, calling her insubordinate
07:39
and accusing her of undermining
07:41
the Trump administration's agenda.
07:43
President Trump and First Lady Melania
07:46
are in the UK this morning,
07:48
welcomed Tuesday by dignitaries
07:50
and members of the Royal Air Force
07:52
as their state visit began.
07:54
You see them there.
07:55
Later today, they will be honored guests
07:57
of King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle.
08:00
The welcome ceremony includes a carriage procession,
08:03
a military flyover,
08:05
and a banquet at St. George's Hall,
08:07
complete with speeches and toasts.
08:09
The trip began with the major announcement,
08:11
a new technology pact.
08:12
Between the United States and Britain,
08:15
big names like Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA
08:17
have committed tens of millions of dollars
08:19
to develop AI, quantum computing,
08:22
and nuclear energy.
08:24
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called it
08:26
a deal that will shape the future
08:28
for millions on both sides of the Atlantic.
08:31
But the visit to Windsor Castle
08:33
took an unexpected turn Tuesday night.
08:36
Police arrested four people
08:37
after images of Trump and convicted sex trafficker
08:40
Jeffrey Epstein were projected
08:42
onto Windsor Castle.
08:44
The projections included photos of Trump and Epstein together
08:47
and a lewd birthday message
08:49
Trump allegedly sent Epstein in 2003.
08:53
TikTok may have just dodged another ban
08:56
after a breakthrough deal
08:58
between the United States and China.
09:00
Treasury Secretary Scott Besson met face-to-face
09:02
with Chinese officials in Madrid this week,
09:05
finalizing what both sides are calling
09:07
a framework agreement that would overhaul
09:09
TikTok's U.S. operations.
09:12
The Wall Street Journal reports that under the deal,
09:14
TikTok's American business would shift
09:17
to a new U.S.-based entity
09:19
with a group of big-name investors,
09:21
including Oracle, Silver Lake,
09:23
and Andreessen Horowitz,
09:24
owning 80% of the company.
09:27
TikTok's algorithm, developed in China,
09:29
would be licensed but run by U.S. engineers.
09:33
Oracle would keep handling
09:34
American's user data.
09:36
President Trump announced the arrangement
09:38
to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday.
09:40
Well, we have a deal on TikTok.
09:42
I've reached a deal with China.
09:43
I'm going to speak to President Xi on Friday
09:46
to confirm everything up.
09:48
We made a very good trade deal
09:50
and I hope good for both countries,
09:51
but a very different deal
09:53
than they've made in the past.
09:54
We have a group of very big companies
09:56
that want to buy it.
09:57
And, you know, the kids wanted it so badly.
09:59
I had parents calling me up.
10:01
They don't want it for themselves.
10:02
They want it for their kids.
10:03
They say, if I don't get it done,
10:05
they're in big trouble with their kids.
10:07
Trump has pushed the official ban deadline
10:09
to December 16th.
10:11
If this deal holds,
10:12
it could finally end the years-long battle over TikTok
10:15
and keep the app online
10:16
for its 170 million American users.
10:20
Finally this morning,
10:21
the next time you reach for that favorite tub
10:24
of Ben and Jerry's,
10:25
it'll be just Ben.
10:26
Not officially, but for the first time,
10:28
Jerry Greenfield is out.
10:30
Jerry's departure was announced
10:32
by Ben Cohen himself,
10:33
who posted his longtime partner's
10:35
resignation letter online.
10:37
In it, Greenfield calls it
10:38
one of the hardest decisions of his life,
10:41
saying standing up for the values of justice,
10:44
equity, and our shared humanity
10:45
has never been more important.
10:48
And yet Ben and Jerry's has been silenced,
10:50
sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power.
10:53
He's talking about a long-running feud
10:55
with Unilever, the megacore,
10:57
that brought back Ben and Jerry's in 2000.
10:59
Ben and Jerry's built their brand
11:01
on more than ice cream,
11:03
taking stands on climate change,
11:05
police reform, Trump policies,
11:07
and most recently, Israel's war in Gaza.
11:10
Greenfield says that social mission
11:12
is now being muzzled,
11:13
and the independent voice they were promised
11:15
in the sale agreement has melted away.
11:18
So what's Ben and Jerry's without Jerry?
11:20
Well, hopefully tasty
11:21
for its supporters and customers.
11:24
By the way, in pre-reading the story,
11:25
that reminded me,
11:25
I never made it to DQ for ice cream this summer.
11:29
I'm a big Dairy Queen fan,
11:30
big presence here in Omaha, Nebraska.
11:32
I usually like the large chocolate and vanilla
11:34
mixed together with a cherry shell.
11:35
I never stopped in.
11:37
That bums me out.
11:39
I guess, you know,
11:40
trying to eliminate sweets and eat healthy,
11:42
not all that fun sometimes.
11:44
All right, before we head out,
11:45
here's what we're tracking today.
11:47
The former CDC director heads to the Hill this morning
11:49
with Susan Menara set to testify
11:51
after her controversial ouster over vaccine policy.
11:55
Also at 10, President Trump
11:57
and First Lady Melania Trump
11:59
participate in a St. George's Chapel visit
12:01
and wreath-laying at the tomb of Queen Elizabeth II.
12:05
Then at 2.30, all eyes on the Fed
12:07
with a rate cut likely
12:09
as Jerome Powell gives a press conference.
12:11
And at 4, Vice President J.D. Vance
12:14
hits the trail again,
12:15
visiting a Michigan manufacturer
12:17
as he promotes President Trump's agenda.
12:19
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12:26
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12:28
Those are your Unbiased Updates for this Wednesday.
12:31
We'll see you back here tomorrow.
12:32
For all of us here at Straight Arrow News,
12:34
I'm Craig DiGrelli.
12:35
Have a great day.
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