Evening Wire: 9/11 Remembered & Kirk Shooter Manhunt | 9.11.25

24 years ago today, the 9-11 attacks changed America forever.

Today, we're taking a moment to remember those who lost their lives.

And we have the latest on the manhunt for Charlie Kirk's assassin.

I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howell.

It's Thursday, September 11th, and this is Evening Wire.

New Yorkers gathered at Ground Zero today to mark the 24th anniversary of the September 11th attacks with six moments of silence, remembering when each plane struck.

The towers fell, the Pentagon was hit, and Flight 93 crashed.

Mourners held signs bearing photos of those who were slain.

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Mayor Eric Adams, Governor Kathy Hochul, and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined survivors and families as the names of nearly 3,000 victims were read.

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump paid respects at the Pentagon Remembrance Ceremony.

On that fateful day, savage monsters attacked the very symbols of our civilization.

Yet here in Virginia and in New York and in the skies over Pennsylvania, Americans did not hesitate.

They stood on their feet and they showed the world that we will never yield, we will never bend, we will never give up.

And our great American flag will never, ever fail.

President Trump will attend the Yankees game this evening.

Officials noted that grief resurfaces every September and that thousands more first responders have since died from 9-11 related illnesses.

The FBI has released surveillance images of a person of interest in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

The man, slim, dressed in dark clothing with an American flag shirt and wraparound sunglasses, is being sought in connection with the fatal attack.

Kirk was killed by a single shot from a nearby campus building.

Agents recovered a Mauser bolt-action action rifle wrapped in a towel, which they believed to be the weapon.

That rifle

was recovered in a wooded area where the shooter had fled.

So the FBI laboratory will be analyzing this weapon.

Investigators have also collected footwear impression, a palm print, and forearm imprints for analysis.

Now, I understand there are a lot of questions about motive.

I assure you that all leads and tips are being fully investigated.

Anyone with information on the suspect or the attack is urged to call 1-800-CALL FBI.

President Trump says Charlie Kirk will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.

Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the latest.

Trump called the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder, quote, a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions.

Kirk built a massive following on college campuses and online, authoring books like Campus Battlefield and the MAGA Doctrine.

His assassination stunned supporters and critics nationwide and left the suspect still at large.

Kirk joins a small list of posthumous recipients of the medal, including Jackie Robinson, John Wayne, and Lucille Ball.

The president said details of the ceremony will come soon, but promised, in his words, a very big crowd.

And what's being praised as a historic change, President Trump signed a memorandum earlier this week directing HHS to crack down on misleading pharmaceutical ads.

Here with Moore's Daily Wire reporter Amanda Pressa-Giacomo.

The FDA is aggressively enforcing existing law and tightening regulations on how drug companies advertise their products.

Now ads will have to more fully, clearly, and plainly disclose drug risks and refrain from exaggerating benefits or risk monetary fines or suspension of promotional privileges.

Here's HHS Secretary Robert F.

Kennedy Jr.

There's only two countries in the world that allow direct-to-consumer advertising by pharmaceutical companies on television.

We're one of those countries.

New Zealand is the other.

It's had a disastrous impact on human health, on people's relationships with their doctors, and really on the entire Gestalt, where Americans are led to believe that there's a pill for every ill and that you don't have to exercise.

You don't have to pay attention to your diet.

Whatever goes wrong with you, you can fix with a drug.

So far, the FDA has sent thousands of letters to drug companies and pharmacies warning them to get their ads in compliance.

Additionally, about 100 cease and assist letters have been sent telling companies to immediately pull ads the FDA says violate rules.

The family of the 23-year-old woman brutally stabbed on a Charlotte train speaking out.

In a statement from the family of Irina Zarutska, they called her a kind and hardworking young woman who came to America seeking peace, only to have her life stolen in the most horrific way.

They're demanding justice, stronger transit security, and sweeping reforms to prevent future attacks.

Saruska was fatally stabbed in August by a man with a long arrest record and a history of mental illness.

Her loved ones say their grief is matched by a determination to ensure no one else suffers the same fate.

Poland says it shot down nearly 20 Russian drones after they violated Polish airspace earlier this week.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk called it the most dangerous escalation since World War II, warning that a line had been crossed.

NATO Secretary General condemned Moscow's reckless behavior, while European leaders from London to Budapest pledged solidarity with Poland.

What is clear is that the violation last night is not an isolated incident.

The Supreme Allied Commander will continue to actively manage our deterrence and defense posture along the entire Eastern Flank.

Russia denies targeting Poland, claiming the drones strayed off course.

Tusk told lawmakers Poland is not on the brink of war, but says the risk of open conflict has never been closer.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is throwing shade at her former boss.

In a new memoir, the former VP took aim at Joe Biden, calling his decision to seek a second term reckless and driven by ego.

In excerpts from the book, Harris says she stayed silent about Biden's age and health concerns out of loyalty, but she then accuses his staff of undermining her and fueling negative stories.

The tell-all has stunned former White House aides, some saying the backstabbing hurts her 2028 prospects.

A judge has blocked President Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

U.S.

District Court Judge Gia Cobb temporarily stayed Cook's removal, deciding that Trump had insufficient cause to remove her from her post at the Fed.

The DOJ is appealing the ruling.

Relatedly, the Senate Banking Committee voted this week to advance the president's nominee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economic Advisor Stephen Myron.

If confirmed by the full Senate, Myron reportedly intends to keep ties with the White House with plans to return to the Council of Economic Advisors after his term at the Fed is complete.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a huge case on President Trump's tariffs this week after the administration asked for swift action.

Daily Wire reporter Zach Jewell has the details.

The U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled late last month that President Trump overstepped his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act when he imposed tariffs on imports from dozens of countries.

But the Trump administration argues that the appeals court, quote, gravely undermines the president's ability to conduct real-world diplomacy and his ability to protect the national security and economy of the United States.

So the Trump team asked last week for SCOTIS to weigh in.

It's now set to do just that, agreeing to a streamlined process with oral arguments set for the first week of November.

A gunman who opened fire at a Denver high school where he attended has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The attack left two of his classmates injured, one of whom remains in critical condition.

Governor Jared Polis called the shooting devastating, offering condolences to the victims and families.

Classes at Evergreen High School were locked down as hundreds of officers swept the campus.

Jackie Kelly of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office gave a brief rundown after the shooting on Wednesday.

It was at 1224 today that we received our first call from Evergreen High School.

Very quickly thereafter, we received a lot of phone calls coming in from the school, which

helped just tell us us that this was not something small.

It was something much bigger.

All of us, everybody on duty, came rushing up here,

as well as literally hundreds of law enforcement from across the metro area.

And we're really, really grateful for their presence

at the scene.

A new audit of a widely criticized L.A.

fire aid charity project is sparking more outrage.

Daily Wire senior editor Joel Niedler has more.

As reported by the New York Post, quote, $100 million in Los Angeles wildfire aid is being doled out to fund pet clinics, DEI projects, and fungus planting.

But not a dime goes directly to victims.

The charity effort kicked off in January with a much-celebrated fundraiser jam-packed with celebrities, including Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews, and Lady Gaga.

It ended up raising about $100 million supposedly for the victims of the wildfires, but as the Post notes, quote, struggling locals say they have yet to see a dime from it eight months later.

Instead, the money is mainly being directed to, quote, a variety of niche, woke, and DEI causes not directly related to helping the fire victims.

Among them, left-wing political advocacy groups including the NAACP Pasadena, the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, My Tribe Rise, and the California Native Vote Project.

The audit was released Monday by the Annenberg Foundation, which is managing the funds.

NASA claims they have found the clearest evidence yet of microbial life on Mars.

Space agency administrators made the announcement in a press conference Wednesday.

So, last July, NASA's Perseverance rover found a leopard-spotted rock at Mars.

They've done the analysis on these leopard spots,

and we, you know, we think they are potentially made by some sort of ancient life.

And if you can't tell, we're really excited about that.

In this case, it's kind of the equivalent of seeing like leftover fossils, you know, leftovers from a meal.

And maybe that meal's been excreted by a microbe.

and that's what we're seeing in this sample.

The so-called poppy seeds or leopard spot patterns were found in rocks lining an ancient riverbed.

Perseverance Rover has been exploring the red planet and beaming back images since 2021.

Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle, has now surpassed Elon Musk as the richest man in the world after Oracle shares surged 40% yesterday.

That surge marked a $101 billion increase in the company's value, pushing Ellison's personal fortune to $393 billion.

Musk's worth is an estimated $385 billion.

The massive spike in Oracle stocks come after the company announced it signed four multi-billion dollar deals with customers Meta, OpenAI, and XAI.

The company also announced it has several more multi-billion dollar deals in the works.

And a California woman could spend six years in a jail cell for allegedly registering her dog to vote.

Prosecutors say 62-year-old Laura Lee Yorex mailed ballots in two elections under her pet's name.

One of them actually counted in the 2021 recall, while the other, a 2022 primary ballot, was rejected.

She's now charged with five felonies, including perjury and filing false documents.

Officials say Yorex even posted pictures online of her dog, Maya Jean, wearing an I voted sticker and posing with a ballot.

Her arraignment was postponed until December.

Those are your drive home updates this evening.

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