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What did President Trump say about the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump says that with quote a high degree of certainty, officials have caught the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing. NPR Franco Ordonia's reports Trump says the person held responsible should be given the death penalty.
He said he learned the suspect had been caught just a few minutes before going on set for an interview with Fox and Friends.
Well, I hope he was gonna be found guilty, I would imagine, and uh I hope he gets the death penalty. What he did Charlie Kirk was the finest person that he didn't deserve this.
Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at a college in Utah on Wednesday. The president said a minister who was involved with law enforcement recognized the suspect from the photos released to the public and went to the suspect's father.
How are college campuses responding to security concerns after the Utah shooting?
Trump said the father, quote, convinced the son to turn himself in. Franco, Ordonas, NPR News, New York.
During his Fox interview this morning, Trump also says the next city to be targeted for deployment of National Guard troops is Memphis, Tennessee. He says Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee is supportive, and so is Democratic mayor of Memphis Paul Young. The assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University raised concerns about security and free speech on college campuses, NPR's Martin Costi reports.
Security experts have focused on the fact that the Charlie Kirk event was open air with no screening of spectators to get in. There's been speculation that whenever contentious ideas are involved, these open air events may no longer be feasible on college campuses. But Rodney Chapman, Vice President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, says campus police chiefs are not strangers to handling controversial visits.
I think outdoor events typically have greater risk.
What is the story behind the 300 South Korean workers detained by U.S. immigration?
Does that mean that these will be impossible to have going forward? I don't think so.
But another former campus police chief tells NPR that this shooting may be quote a game changer when it comes to the degree of security that campuses bring to politically charged events. Martin Kosti and PR News.
More than three hundred South Korean workers who were detained by U.S. immigration authorities have returned home. And Pierre's Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul, the workers were setting up a Korean invested EV battery plant in Savannah, Georgia.
The workers arrived by chartered flight at Incheon International Airport outside Seoul, where they were met by crowds of family and friends, officials and journalists, and a few demonstrators protesting U.S. treatment of the workers.
Why is the FTC launching an investigation into AI companies and social‑media platforms?
The workers were accused of working illegally, many were in the U.S., on short-term visas that don't allow employment. To avoid a repeat of this problem, U.S. and South Korean officials say they'll discuss creating new visa categories and quotas. for skilled Korean workers. Anthony Kuhn in PR News Soul
You're listening to NPR. The Federal Trade Commission says it's opening an investigation into some AI companies and social media firms. It wants to review any potential harm to children and teenagers who use AI chatbots. The FTC says it sent letters to companies such as Google, OpenAI, and Meta. Health Secretary Robert F.
What arguments do education officials make against school‑based mental‑health screenings?
Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon have written an opinion piece published in the Washington Post. MPR's Reto Chatterjee reports they argue against school based mental health screenings.
The two secretaries argue that schools must turn to things like, quote, strong families, fitness and nutrition, and hope for the future, close quote, to help kids. They say mental health screens, diagnoses, and talk therapy create stigmas that stay with children. Psychologist Benjamin Miller chairs the advisory board for the mental health nonprofit Inseparable. He says mental health screens are like those for physical health. health intended for early detection so someone at risk can get help before it develops into a health crisis.
We screen all the time in schools for things like vision and hearing.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What did President Trump say about the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing?
0:00–0:55
2
How are college campuses responding to security concerns after the Utah shooting?
0:55–1:55
3
What is the story behind the 300 South Korean workers detained by U.S. immigration?
1:55–2:40
4
Why is the FTC launching an investigation into AI companies and social‑media platforms?
2:40–3:19
5
What arguments do education officials make against school‑based mental‑health screenings?
3:19–4:07
6
How many visitors are expected at Notre Dame after its recent reopening?
4:07–4:38