WEBVTT - What We Know About the Man Arrested for Charlie Kirk’s Death

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, We got him.

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<v Speaker 1>The FBI identified twenty two year old Tyler Robinson as

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<v Speaker 1>their suspect and the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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<v Speaker 1>Robinson has been arrested on suspicion of murder and weapons offenses.

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<v Speaker 2>On the evening of September eleventh, a family member of

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<v Speaker 2>Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted

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<v Speaker 2>the Washington County Sheriff's office with information that Robinson had

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<v Speaker 2>confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident.

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<v Speaker 1>Kirk was fatally shot Wednesday during an event at Utah

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<v Speaker 1>Valley University.

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<v Speaker 3>Tyler Robinson is twenty two years old, and as far

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<v Speaker 3>as we understand, he had expressed that he was no

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<v Speaker 3>fan of Charlie Kirk.

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Senior National security reporter Miles Miller.

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<v Speaker 3>He didn't like his ideology. He told this to family

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<v Speaker 3>members during a dinner recast and knew that he was

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<v Speaker 3>coming to Utah and that is all part of the investigation.

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<v Speaker 3>Much of what he did he talked about in a

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<v Speaker 3>discord server with friends, and his roommate shared that information

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<v Speaker 3>with law enforcement, where he hit the gun, how he

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<v Speaker 3>fled this investigation. Now we'll focus on how much of

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<v Speaker 3>that is true, If he was self radicalized, if he

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<v Speaker 3>had any support to do this, where he got the gun.

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<v Speaker 3>There's still so much we don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>Over the last forty hours, I have been as angry

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<v Speaker 4>as I have ever been, as sad as I have

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<v Speaker 4>ever been.

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<v Speaker 1>During the FBI press conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox warned

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<v Speaker 1>those watching and listening against further violence.

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<v Speaker 4>History will dictate if this is a turning point for

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<v Speaker 4>our country, but every single one of us gets to

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<v Speaker 4>choose right now. If this is a turning point for

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<v Speaker 4>us to make decisions, we have our agency, and I

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<v Speaker 4>desperately call on every American Republican, Democrat, liberal, progressive, conservative, maga,

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<v Speaker 4>all of us to please please please.

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<v Speaker 2>Follow what Charlie tuppy.

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<v Speaker 4>I still believe that there is more.

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<v Speaker 2>Good among us than evil.

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<v Speaker 4>And I still believe that we can change the course

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<v Speaker 4>of history. I'm hopeful because Americans can make it so.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Sarah Holder, and this is the big take from

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg News today. On the show The Latest on the

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<v Speaker 1>assassination of Charlie Kirk, Miles Miller covers national security for Bloomberg.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been closely following law enforcement's investigation into the killing

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<v Speaker 1>of Charlie Kirk and he reports that, according to a

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<v Speaker 1>person with knowledge of the investigation, Robinson's father recognized him

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<v Speaker 1>as the suspect and the photos released by police and

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<v Speaker 1>confronted him, and.

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<v Speaker 3>His father says, you look a lot like that guy

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<v Speaker 3>in the photo. Were you responsible for this? He says, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>I was. Then he says, you need to turn yourself in.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to call our youth pastor at our church.

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<v Speaker 3>The youth pastor just happens to be a task force officer,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a local cop who is assigned to a

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<v Speaker 3>federal task force, the one that actually is looking for him.

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<v Speaker 3>He calls a deputy, a deputy calls the FBI, and

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<v Speaker 3>they bring him in. He makes statements, and they arrest him.

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<v Speaker 3>Parallel to that happening, the FBI is doing their own

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<v Speaker 3>investigation into trying to figure out who this person is.

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<v Speaker 3>And so once they did get some information about him,

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<v Speaker 3>then they were able to piece together and confirm things.

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<v Speaker 3>So one thing is that the person who jumped from

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<v Speaker 3>that roof had a Dodge challenger. Okay, this person that

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<v Speaker 3>we know have in custody, we confirm has a Dodge Challenger,

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<v Speaker 3>same person. One thing that's really interesting is that the

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<v Speaker 3>FBI got about eleven thousand leads, and just because this

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<v Speaker 3>person is in custody does not mean those leads go away.

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<v Speaker 3>They'll continue to track all of it down because you

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<v Speaker 3>have to figure out if anybody gave material support, who

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<v Speaker 3>gave him the gun, how he planned this, and was

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<v Speaker 3>anybody else involved.

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<v Speaker 1>And Tyler Robinson has been taken in as the suspect,

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<v Speaker 1>But what evidence has been shared with the public so

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<v Speaker 1>far that links this man with this The car that.

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<v Speaker 3>Was used as part of the getaway, the fact that

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<v Speaker 3>he on discord says I had this gun in the

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<v Speaker 3>drop point that's where police found the gun believed to

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<v Speaker 3>be used in this incident, the fact that he had

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<v Speaker 3>said that he inscribed bullets. All of those things are

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<v Speaker 3>going to be crucial. But the most easy thing that

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<v Speaker 3>links him to all this is that he's wearing the

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<v Speaker 3>same clothes, wearing the same exact clothes that police said

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<v Speaker 3>he was wearing in surveillance video when he jumped from

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<v Speaker 3>that roof.

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<v Speaker 1>If we're going to be passing through all those details

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<v Speaker 1>in the coming days and over the weekend. But I

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk about those inscriptions on the casings. What

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<v Speaker 1>can you tell us about those?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, one of the inscriptions talked about fascism. Another one

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<v Speaker 3>was Belichow, which was used in Italy and it was

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<v Speaker 3>linked to fascist anti fascist movements. Another one was a

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<v Speaker 3>reference to the furry community.

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<v Speaker 1>These are very online references, it seems.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, very much so, and so part of our reporting

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<v Speaker 3>today is to figure out how online he was. In

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<v Speaker 3>our initial searches, you know, we're not seeing a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of his public profile being meme driven and all that

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<v Speaker 3>kind of stuff, but it'll take sort of that background knowledge.

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<v Speaker 3>Usually twenty four hours after any incident, we get some

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<v Speaker 3>of his non public social media platforms and then get

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<v Speaker 3>to like parse through that. Oftentimes they'll highlight in incidents

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<v Speaker 3>like this, any posts that are germane to trying to

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<v Speaker 3>piece together the ideology that thinking behind all of this.

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<v Speaker 1>More on the next steps of the investigation. When we come.

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<v Speaker 5>Back, I hope you'll permit me a moment just to

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<v Speaker 5>share a few more thoughts about.

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<v Speaker 4>Where we are and how we got here. Social media

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<v Speaker 4>is a cancer on our society right now, and I

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<v Speaker 4>would encourage again, I would encourage people to log off, turnoff,

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<v Speaker 4>touch grass, hug a family member, go out and do

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<v Speaker 4>good in your community.

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<v Speaker 1>On Friday morning, Utah's Republican Governor Spencer Cox spoke at

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<v Speaker 1>a press conference updating the public on the status of

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<v Speaker 1>the investigation and his thoughts on the last thirty six hours.

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<v Speaker 4>I absolutely believe that this is a watershed in American history. Yes,

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<v Speaker 4>the question is what kind of watershed and that chapter

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<v Speaker 4>remains to be written. Is this the end of a

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<v Speaker 4>dark chapter in our history? We're in the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched the press conference this morning. After the updates

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<v Speaker 1>on the investigation, Governor Spencer Cox went back to the

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<v Speaker 1>podium to share some remarks about what he thinks the

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<v Speaker 1>shooting means, how he's making sense of it. What was

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<v Speaker 1>his message.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the Governor's message was that, like, everybody needs to

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<v Speaker 3>calm down the rhetoric one and you know, I think

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<v Speaker 3>making a very online message, which is to get offline

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<v Speaker 3>and touch grass.

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<v Speaker 1>He literally said touch grass.

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<v Speaker 3>I was surprised by that because I feel like those

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<v Speaker 3>are not exactly the words of the right, So it

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<v Speaker 3>was very interesting to hear that. But to call for

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<v Speaker 3>toning down of the rhetoric because it's so different from

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<v Speaker 3>what the President spoke about when he was on Fox Today.

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<v Speaker 3>But the one thing that was really interesting that the

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<v Speaker 3>Governor said in Thursday's press conference was that our adversaries,

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<v Speaker 3>China and Russia are using this incident to try to

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<v Speaker 3>incite the right against the left.

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<v Speaker 1>And is there evidence of that?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I have not seen it, but I'm wondering

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<v Speaker 3>if in the intelligence reports that come out there is

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<v Speaker 3>actual evidence of that.

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<v Speaker 1>What can we say about the role of the FBI

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<v Speaker 1>in this investigation so far, because there's been a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of different information coming out over the past few days.

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<v Speaker 1>The FBI announced they had apprehended someone, then released them.

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<v Speaker 1>How typical is this process for an FBI investigation.

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<v Speaker 3>I cover Cash Bettel pretty closely. I talk with his

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<v Speaker 3>office pretty much daily. I think you can knock him

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<v Speaker 3>for those two tweets announcing that someone was in custody.

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<v Speaker 3>He's trying to be a more modern FBI director. And so,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, getting out and being more transparent about when

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<v Speaker 3>they have information was the goal, but that was not

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<v Speaker 3>the outcome. You know, I spoke with the White House

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<v Speaker 3>today about it. They, you know, have all the support

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<v Speaker 3>for him.

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<v Speaker 1>And what do you make of those eleven thousand leads

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<v Speaker 1>that they're still parsing through. What might we learn in

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<v Speaker 1>the days ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Somebody may have seen him at a gas station, which

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<v Speaker 3>is good because and it helps investigators figure out, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>was a credit card use? Whose credit card was it?

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<v Speaker 3>You have to track every lead down, some of them

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<v Speaker 3>and then probably the bulk of them are incorrect. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I saw a lot on social media. Social media was

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<v Speaker 3>very involved, as you know, with this case, identifying people

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<v Speaker 3>who had nothing to do with this, or as people

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<v Speaker 3>that may be involved because of how they look and

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<v Speaker 3>all of that kind of stuff. And so the bulk

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<v Speaker 3>of it is that kind of stuff, the open source things.

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<v Speaker 3>But you know, when they do an appeal for information,

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<v Speaker 3>you always find something that you just weren't looking for.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the reason why they don't let these leads

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<v Speaker 3>go just because they have a suspect.

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<v Speaker 1>Miles says. The shooting Wednesday is part of a marked

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<v Speaker 1>increase in political violence in the US, and it's got

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<v Speaker 1>authorities on high alert.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, and talking with the Secret Service and talking

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<v Speaker 3>with the FBI. It's something that they're tracking closely, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, It's something that law enforcement around the country

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<v Speaker 3>is going to have to spend a lot of more

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<v Speaker 3>time and money worried about AOC comes to New York.

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<v Speaker 3>When Kamala Harris, now with no secret service, comes to

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<v Speaker 3>New York, she'll have to get lucky protection by NYPD

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<v Speaker 3>intelligence because they just don't want any problems on their watch.

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<v Speaker 3>Will that happen around the country, That's the thing that

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<v Speaker 3>you will have to look out for.

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<v Speaker 1>So are there conversations going on about increased security measures

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<v Speaker 1>for political figures and politicians?

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<v Speaker 3>One hundred percent. Just look last night to Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 3>at the Yankee game with a big bulletproof barrier at

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<v Speaker 3>Yankee Stadium. That barrier didn't exist before, but it sure

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<v Speaker 3>does now. Let's look back to Butler, after Butler, than

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<v Speaker 3>anytime Trump was in public, the big barricade, And the

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<v Speaker 3>only reason they didn't have that is because it's so

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<v Speaker 3>heavy to carry around and you know, carrying these on

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<v Speaker 3>military planes. That is the new normal, at least for now,

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<v Speaker 3>until some of this sort of settles.

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