Authorities are still searching for a motive behind the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
We're all drawing lots of conclusions and how someone like this could be radicalized.
Utah's governor says the suspect is not cooperating, but his family is.
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It's been five days since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot at a university campus in Utah.
And authorities still don't know, or at least haven't said, what they think motivated the 22-year-old they arrested.
Utah's Republican Governor, Spencer Cox, spoke on the Sunday.
Talk shows about the suspected shooter, Tyler Robinson.
He said Robinson is not cooperating, but authorities believe he had left-leaning political beliefs and disliked the conservative influencer.
Here's what Cox told NBC's Meet the Press, and he specifically warned about speculation.
We're all drawing lots of conclusions and how someone like this could be radicalized.
And I think that those are important questions for us to ask and important questions for us to answer.
We're joined now by KUER's Elaine Clark in Salt Lake City.
Elaine, what did Governor Cox say about the suspect?
Well, the governor pointed to the suspect's online activities.
In addition to that, leftist ideology he talked about.
He said Robinson had been spending a lot of time on the deep web.
And so, by way of example, Cox pointed to writings on the shell casings of the rifle that was allegedly used in the shooting.
And he said that represented what he called the memification that is happening in our society today.
And one of the big new details he talked about on Sunday was about Robinson's romantic partner.
Yeah.
So who was that person and were they involved at all?
So the governor said this person was not involved and that they were shocked by what happened.
Now, he didn't name the person, but he did say they were being very cooperative.
So this person who's called a roommate in the suspect's probable cause affidavit was also quote the governor here a boyfriend who was transitioning from male to female.
We don't know any more than that right now, or whether transgender rights had anything to do with Kirk's assassination.
We could get more information on that tomorrow, though.
That's when the suspect is expected to be charged in state court.
Okay.
So, while we're waiting for more information on all that, what has Utah's governor been saying about social media and divisiveness?
Well, the governor is not shy about speaking out about social media.
He says it is fueling outrage and getting users addicted to outrage.
He also accused big social media companies of doing it just to make money.
And here's what Cox suggested on Sunday.
We have to turn it off.
We have to get back to community, caring about our neighbors, the things that make American great.
Cox called social media a cancer.
He mentioned community, so how are people responding to all this?
Well, there was an NPR producer at a church service on Sunday in Orem.
That's the city where the shooting happened Wednesday at Utah Valley University.
This is an evangelical church.
It's called Centerpoint, literally within walking distance from campus.
People at the service were filled with emotions.
There were tears.
There were hugs.
Let's listen to Pastor Mike Smith as he talked to the very large crowd.
Whatever you walked in here with, whatever difficult emotions you carried in with you, it's okay.
It's okay to be not okay today.
We get it, and we're grieving with you.
We're hurting with you, and we're here for you.
In addition to the sermon, there was a table set up that provided counseling resources, and the church had a uniformed police officer at this service.
That's something the pastor said they had never had before.
Wow.
That's KUER News Director Elaine Clark in Salt Lake City.
Elaine, thank you.
Thank you.
U.S.
Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, is in Jerusalem today holding talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, nearly one week after Israel struck Doha, the capital of Qatar, in an attack against senior Hamas leaders.
The attack killed at least six people, none of whom was a senior Hamas leader, and has put the US in a.
President Trump appeared to address that balancing act in comments yesterday with a warning to Israel.
Qatar has been a very great ally.
So Israel and everybody else, we have to be careful.
When we attack people, we have to be careful.
Rubio's visit also comes as Israel has intensified its offensive into Gaza City and is gearing up to occupy it.
Joining us now is NPR's Kerry Kahn from Tel Aviv.
Kerry, Secretary of State Rubio arrived yesterday in Israel.
What is he telling Israelis?
Well, today he's holding talks with Prime Minister Netanyahu and with other officials.
Yesterday, he toured the Jewish holy site, the Western Wall.
There, Netanyahu referenced what he said was the strength of the US and Israeli alliance.
Quote as strong and durable as the stones of the wall.
Before arriving in Israel, Rubio said he would be talking about releasing the hostages, ending the war and rebuilding Gaza once the war ends.
I did speak to some Israelis at the wall yesterday about his visit.
Here's 72-year-old Elie Ben-Loulou, who said he's concerned about international criticism growing against Israel and he wants to make sure US support is solid.
He says, even the Americans, I love them, but one day they could change.
He supports Israel's airstrike in Qatar and added everyone has to look out for themselves.
And what is Qatar saying about the attack?
And maybe any possible retaliation against Israel?
Today in Doha Qatar, they've convened an emergency regional summit with Arab and Muslim heads of state to discuss a response which Qatar says must be strong and decisive.
In remarks yesterday ahead of the meeting, Qatar's prime minister called on the international community to quote abandon double standards and punish Israel for its crimes.
He also added that Qatar's efforts in mediating an end to the war in Gaza will continue.
But this past week he also said that those talks have completely stopped now and it cannot host Israeli negotiators if it's being hit by Israeli warplanes.
And analysts aren't expecting a significant retaliation from the countries.
They, too, are balancing this relationship with the U.S. and Trump's strong support of Israel.
You mentioned Gaza.
What's the situation there now, considering that Israel is moving ahead with plans to take over Gaza City?
Yeah, the weekend has been deadly.
According to health and hospital officials, in Gaza, more than 70 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes and attacks.
Yesterday, just in Gaza City alone, 35 people were killed.
Evacuations for the city, which is nearly a million people, continue.
The military is telling people to get out and move south to what they say are humanitarian zones or empty spaces.
And they say there is water and services available there.
The problem with that is that first, people don't have money or transportation to move out.
They are exhausted.
They've been displaced multiple times already.
And zones in the south are already severely overcrowded, without enough basic services, according to UN agencies.
Most of those sites, too, have been attacked by Israel.
And airstrikes in Gaza City are intensifying and Israel has been leveling tall buildings in the city about a dozen in little more than a week.
Israel says Hamas uses the high-rises, but they've yet to provide any evidence of that.
All right, that's NPR's Kerry Kahn in Tel Aviv.
Kerry, thank you.
You're welcome.
The comedy series The Studio and the drama The Pit were big winners at last night's Emmy Awards.
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder also picked up awards for the comedy series Hacks.
NPR's Manalit Del Barco was on the red carpet and backstage at the ceremony in Los Angeles.
He's here to tell us about television's biggest nights.
Manalit, tell us about these two series, The Studio and The Pit.
Well, it was a big night for Seth Rogen and his creative partner, Evan Goldberg.
They created the studio Satire of Hollywood, and it set a record for a comedy show by winning 13 Emmys in all, including one for Seth Rogen as lead actor in a comedy.
He plays the head of a movie studio and, after winning, Rogen walked into the media room with his castmates and he was carrying a handful of Emmy awards.
Someone asked him if this might inspire future storylines in the studio.
This is like far too good a thing to happen on our show, unfortunately.
Our show is generally based on stress and disappointment, and right now we're all very happy.
And so I don't know if this would comedically work for the show, but it's very encouraging and it's so nice and it's very surreal for all of us, I think.
But you know, one of the big surprises of the night was for the five Emmys won by the medical drama The Pit.
It won for Outstanding Drama Series against popular shows including Severance and The White Lotus.
Executive producer Noel Wiley won his first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama.
He plays an ER doctor more than three decades after he first played one on the show ER.
On stage, he said the show is dedicated to first responders.
To anybody who's going on shift tonight or coming off shift tonight.
Thank you for being in that job.
This is for you.
All right now.
Another show that seemed to come out of nowhere last March, to become kind of a cultural touchstone, was Adolescence.
How did Adolescence perform last night? adolescence was a huge hit.
The Netflix limited series picked up six awards.
Owen Cooper, the British 15 year old newcomer became the youngest male actor to win an Emmy.
He played a 13 year old accused of murdering a classmate.
And in the show, his father was played by Stephen Graham, who also won an acting Emmy.
Graham also wrote and produced adolescence.
And here are Graham and Cooper accepting their awards.
This kind of thing doesn't normally happen to a kid like me.
I'm just a mixed race kid from a block of flats in a place called Kirby.
I was nothing about three years ago.
I'm here now.
So I think if you're listening, you're focusing.
You just step out of your comfort zone a little bit.
Who cares if you get embarrassed, you know?
Now, Manalita, the Emmys are on CBS.
The late show with Stephen Colbert is also on CBS, and CBS recently cancelled his show.
So when his show won for Outstanding Talk Series, what did Colbert have to say?
Well, you know, Stephen Colbert had been the favorite going into the ceremony, and even his fellow nominees, Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel were rooting for him.
You know, on his show Colbert regularly skewers President Donald Trump and some people in the industry thought his show getting canceled was politically calculated, though the network said it was purely financial.
But in his acceptance speech, Colbert thanked CBS, and he said this.
My friends...
I have never loved my country more desperately.
God bless America.
Stay strong.
Be brave.
And if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor.
Colbert told reporters that the tradition of comedy variety show, which stretches back to Jack Benny and vaudeville, will continue.
All right, that's NPR's Bandalit del Barco.
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Thank you.
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