It's Thursday, September 11th.
I'm Jane Costin, and this is Why Today,
the show that can't really think of anything funny to say right now.
On today's show,
former Vice President Kamala Harris tells us how she really feels about former President Joe Biden's re-election bid in an excerpt from her upcoming book.
And NASA works to answer the question, is there life on Mars?
But let's start with some truly horrible news.
Today at approximately 1220 Mountain Standard Time,
political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot in an event at the Utah Valley University.
He was taken by a private vehicle to Timbuk-Nogos Hospital, where he later passed.
On Wednesday,
31-year-old conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an on-campus event about an hour south of Salt Lake City.
He was there as part of his American Comeback Tour, an event series produced by Turning Point USA,
the right-wing organization he founded when he was 18 years old.
I want to be clear that this is a rapidly developing story.
The assassination is being investigated by local and campus police,
as well as the FBI and the Utah Department of Public Safety.
Again, I want to be clear.
At the time of this recording on Wednesday at 8pm Eastern,
no suspect is in custody and no motive has been determined.