Our national politics reporter, T.J. Muscaro, walks us through the timeline of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and what happened immediately after.

The following day, the trial for Ryan Wesley Routh began. Routh, who is representing himself, is charged with the Sept. 15, 2024, attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Jacob Burg describes Routh’s bizarre opening argument.

Sam Dorman ties the two events together with Justice Amy Coney Barrett's highly anticipated new book, "Listening to the Law," which calls for respect as political violence rocks the nation.

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