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Aired September 13, 2025 - 03:00   ET

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BEN HUNTE, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Hello. Wherever you are in the world, you are now in the CNN NEWSROOM with me, Ben Hunte in Atlanta. And it is so good to have you with me.

Coming up on the show, the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk is now in custody.

What led law enforcement to him?

Russia and Belarus start their joint military drills. Neighboring nations are worried it's a sign of aggression to come.

And a lost masterpiece, last seen more than 400 years ago, pops up once again.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is CNN NEWSROOM with Ben Hunte.

HUNTE: Welcome.

With a suspect in custody in the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, authorities are working to understand exactly what happened and what motivated that crime.

Sources tell CNN that Tyler Robinson has, quote, "lawyered up" and is refusing to talk to investigators now. The 22-year old is currently held without bond and will make a virtual court appearance on Tuesday. He will be arraigned on multiple state charges, including aggravated murder.

Charlie Kirk's wife, Erika, made her first public comments on Friday evening. Her voice quivered with emotion as she vowed to continue her husband's work.

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ERIKA KIRK, CHARLIE KIRK'S WIDOW: If you thought that my husband's mission was powerful before, you have no idea. You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country and this world. You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.

To everyone listening tonight, across America, the movement my husband built will not die. It won't. I refuse to let that happen. It will not die. All of us will refuse to let that happen. No one will ever forget my husband's name and I will make sure of it.

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HUNTE: Well, authorities say Robinson turned himself at his father's urging. Senior U.S. national correspondent Ed Lavandera takes us through the manhunt and the arrest.

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GOV. SPENCER COX (R-UT): We got him.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The information that led investigators to Tyler Robinson came just after authorities released new videos and enhanced photos of the suspect fleeing the shooting scene.

The 22-year old was arrested at 10:00 pm Thursday night. Robinson is now in custody in the Utah County Jail, held on several charges including aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice. He could face the death penalty.

The manhunt lasted 33 hours. Investigators say video images of the suspect showed him running along the rooftop of a Utah Valley University campus building, dropping to the ground and walking away. This was seconds after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed with a single supersonic bullet 12:23 pm Wednesday, local time.

The focused manhunt began after authorities analyzed surveillance footage from the scene. A rifle was found in a wooded area near the university with evidence that may point to the suspect's motive.

COX: Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read, "Hey, fascist!. Catch!"

LAVANDERA (voice-over): The governor said surveillance video matched the suspect identified on the roof to footage showing him arriving on campus in a Dodge Challenger.

COX: He is observed on video in a plain maroon T-shirt, light-colored shorts, a black hat with a white logo and light-colored shoes.

LAVANDERA (voice-over): Authorities say the suspect arrived on campus at 11:52 am. Less than 24 hours later at 9:48 am Thursday, the FBI released the first photos from surveillance video of a person of interest, showing a man in sunglasses and a dark blue cap, wearing a T shirt with an American flag.

Later that night at 7:52 pm, authorities released the video of the suspect running across a rooftop. Robinson, matching the descriptions in the video, was later located at his home in Washington County, Utah, at 10:00 pm Thursday, 260 miles from the scene and taken into custody.

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According to Utah's governor, Robinson's father confronted him after seeing the video and the images and told his son to turn himself in. Robinson was then transported overnight and booked into jail just before 2:00 am Friday morning, 12 miles from the scene of Kirk's shooting.

LAVANDERA: Local prosecutors tell CNN that formal criminal charges will be filed next Tuesday and, on that day, the 22-year-old suspect is expected to make his first initial court appearance.

He will not be taken from this jail here in Utah County to the courthouse. He will appear in the courtroom virtually -- Ed Lavandera, CNN, Spanish Fork, Utah.

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HUNTE: Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe spoke to CNN about how the images that officials released led to the suspect's arrest.

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ANDREW MCCABE, CNN SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: They threw the Hail Mary pass and it was caught by his family. That was really kind of the result they were hoping for, not specifically the family but someone who knew him, seeing that stuff and responding exactly the way his family did.

The thing that really stands out to me, the massive question that I have from the -- from the press conference today and all the things that we've learned today, is the status of this roommate who they interacted with last night.

Clearly, investigators went to the roommate's location. Roommate was very cooperative and provided his phone to the investigators to see the substance of these chats that took place on Discord, which is a gaming -- ultimately, an app built to facilitate communication between gamers.

And it is in that that Richardson (sic) allegedly makes all these comments about, Look -- you know, having to go back and retrieve the weapon, where he placed the weapon, the fact that he was surveilling the location to come up with a time to go in and get it.

That exchange raises this question of, what did the roommate know?

Was the roommate knowledgeable about this plan ahead of time?

Was the roommate involved in the planning or the execution of this attack?

So even though the governor said that they didn't anticipate charging anyone else, I think there's a big question hanging out there about, what is the status of this roommate?

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HUNTE: With Robinson now in police custody, some details are emerging about his past. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tyler Robinson.

KYUNG LAH, CNN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As Tyler Robinson graduated Pineview High School in 2021, photos and videos from his mother's Facebook page show him as a high achiever, graduating with such a strong academic record that he won a four-year scholarship.

TYLER ROBINSON, CHARLIE KIRK MURDER SUSPECT: Congratulations. You have been selected to receive the resident presidential scholarship from Utah State University. The value of this scholarship is approximately $32,000.

LAH: But Robinson did not use all four years of that scholarship. He took a leave of absence after just one semester. According to Utah State University and enrolled at Dixie Technical College in the electrical apprentice program.

It appears Robinson lived near his family at an apartment in St. George, where today law enforcement was at this complex. FBI technicians gathered evidence at the apartment. A neighbor described Robinson as super reclusive. This apartment is three hours away from Utah Valley, the site of the shooting.

He lived here with a roommate who showed police messages.

COX: The content of these messages included messages affiliated with the contact, Tyler, stating a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush.

LAH: In the woods near the school, investigators found that rifle, along with bullet casings engraved with messages, some referring to online memes and video games, others seemingly political.

COX: "Hey, fascist! Catch!"

A second unfired casing read, "Oh, Bella, ciao, Bella, ciao, Bella, ciao, ciao, ciao."

LAH: That inscription "Bella, Ciao" appears to reference an Italian anti-Nazi folk song, which has been used in recent years on video games and a TV show.

Robinson's voter registration doesn't show any political leaning. He registered as unaffiliated with any party and had not voted in the last two general elections but he had recently become more political. A family member described what he said at a dinner. COX: In the conversation with another family member, Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. They talked about why they didn't like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate.

LAH: It was his family and a friend who turned Robinson into the sheriff's department.

Among the clues, investigators say they got footprints from Converse shoes when the suspect jumped off the roof. Photos show Robinson wearing Converse in several pictures similar to surveillance photos captured at Utah Valley.

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Pinpointing Robinson's exact political beliefs right now is proving to be a bit difficult. We've spoken to a number of people who have known him over the years.

We spoke with a high school friend of his, who says, before the 2020 election, Robinson appeared to support Donald Trump and described the family as, quote, "diehard Trump."

But then we spoke to someone who's known him more recently, who said that Robinson, quote, "wasn't too fond of Trump or Charlie Kirk" -- Kyung Lah, CNN, Los Angeles.

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HUNTE: Charlie Kirk supporters held vigils in several cities on Friday.

In New York, mourners gathered at Madison Square Park in Manhattan to pay their respects. They held up a photo of Kirk and the American flag.

On the Virginia Tech University campus, the College Republicans group and the local chapter of Kirk's Turning Point USA organization held a candlelight vigil. Some carried signs reading, "Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk."

The University of North Dakota chapter of Turning Point also paid tribute to Kirk. They held a candlelight vigil, with some people laying flowers and delivering remarks.

OK. NATO is hoping to send a message to the Kremlin after Russian drones flew into Poland. Still ahead, some European firepower heads to the east, just as Russia and Belarus launch joint military drills.

Plus, Nepal swears in its first female prime minister after days of violent unrest. How this 73-year old chief justice was able to sway so many of the country's young people. That's coming up.

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HUNTE: Welcome back.

Tensions are growing along NATO's eastern flank as Russia and Belarus kick off their joint military drills. They involve warships in the Baltic and Barents Seas, along with an estimated 30,000 ground troops.

Moscow has described the drills as a practice run for repelling a foreign invasion but Polish officials say Russia and Belarus are practicing aggressive moves against their country.

Similar exercises in 2021 served as a staging ground for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That's according to Western officials. But the latest drills are far smaller.

NATO is also moving military assets closer to its eastern border after a Russian drone incursion into Poland this week. On Friday, dozens of U.N. members expressed grave concern over the incident, which Poland says was meant to test NATO's reaction.

The alliance's secretary general says its new move is meant to send a message that NATO is ready to defend itself. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh has more for us.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: NATO are saying this will start initially with a focus on Poland.

They are outlining some of the assets involved, which include two F- 16s from Denmark and an anti-air frigate, three Rafale jets from France and four Eurofighters from Germany. The U.K. also part of this as well.

Now we also know that Poland is putting in a kind of restriction on their airspace on that eastern border that runs alongside Belarus and Ukraine, from which the, now we know, over 20 drones would have flown.

And NATO says that this operation, Eastern Sentry, modeled, they say on Baltic Sentry, which was put in place after an alleged sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea by those close to Russia, this is essentially an extension of that.

Now I should point out that this original incursion of drones was, in fact, tackled by a combination of Polish F-16s and Dutch F-35 jets. So there are a lot of NATO assets already on standby in this particularly sensitive area, to tackle the incursions that have been there in the past.

Remember, this is not the first time that we have seen Russian aircraft making incursions or fly close to NATO airspace. But it is the first time we've seen something of this magnitude that has been shot down. More details we're learning, Isa, though, about that incursion involve

it being 21 separate drones they believe were launched initially from Russia. I understand that you can adapt some of the drones being used here. The Gerbera Shahed-type drone can fly further with a bigger fuel tank if you don't put explosives in it.

And we understand that some of the drone debris found doesn't suggest necessarily they were carrying explosives. But the outcome of this now is a lot of questions about whether this was an intentional Russian move.

Now we've heard from President Trump saying that, you know, it could have been a mistake, I quote here, "but regardless, I'm not happy about having anything to do with that whole situation. But hopefully it's going to come to an end."

He has immediately seen a bit of a pushback from the Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, somebody who, you know, he has been relatively close to, saying they wish it was a mistake. They believe this was intentional.

I understand, you know, a lot of the jury is still out about trying to define Russian motives, a hard thing to do. But ultimately, the logic here, many say, suggests that you don't fly over 20 drones simply through a common navigational error into a NATO member's airspace.

But that Trump statement doing an awful lot of work about how Trump really feels about this, trying to put it down to a Kremlin error, saying he's not happy but then also saying he's not happy about having anything to do, it seems, with this notion of bolstering European security.

And I think that may be, in the long run, what Moscow is aiming for, trying to find a moment where the U.S. desire to honor its part in NATO is diminished. And then testing their capacity to defend their airspace with this remarkable incursion.

Civilian homes damaged, Isa, let's not forget, and then now NATO, moving forward with this response, a bid to show cohesion and upscale in their capabilities.

How much it necessarily changes, though, in terms of Moscow's thinking, we'll find out in the days and weeks ahead.

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HUNTE: Israeli strikes on Friday killed dozens of Palestinians, mostly in northern Gaza. Hospitals say at least 70 people were killed across the region, with the majority, 56, in the north of the enclave, according to a tally by hospitals in the region.

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This all comes as Israel ramps up attacks ahead of its expected ground invasion. Meanwhile, 142 countries approved a non-binding resolution at the U.N.

General Assembly endorsing a two-state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Ten countries, including Israel and the U.S., voted against it.

The declaration calls for Hamas to be excluded from any government of a Palestinian state. But Israel's prime minister has vowed there will be no Palestinian state.

U.S. vice president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio met with Qatar's prime minister just days after Israel's strike targeted Hamas negotiators in Doha. Vance reiterated American solidarity with the Gulf state.

And Rubio is expected to travel to Israel in the coming days to convey U.S. priorities in the Israel-Hamas conflict following the attack.

Nepal's first female prime minister was sworn in on Friday as interim leader after a week of violent unrest gripped that country. She is 73- year old Sushila Karki, a former chief justice. She became the champion of Gen Z activists after protesters pushed for the end of corruption in the government.

Her reputation as fearless and incorruptible while on the supreme court helped to sway the youth population. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout looks back at the events that were leading up to her swearing-in.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A dramatic week in Nepal as the capital turned into an inferno. Protesters in Kathmandu torched government buildings, including the parliament and the home of the former prime minister, who was forced to step down on Tuesday.

High-rise buildings like the Hilton Hotel were also destroyed. Some ministers were evacuated, airlifted to safety by helicopters as demonstrators closed in.

SURAJ RAJ PANDEY, EYEWITNESS: Yesterday night was super, super, super scary. But we had I could actually see a lot of high rises burning into flames right from my balcony.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everything is burning around Kathmandu.

PANDEY: So we could not sleep all night yesterday.

STOUT (voice-over): The protesters are young, defiant and demanding change.

It's very good for our country, he says. Now I think like us, the youth will stand.

STOUT (voice-over): The protests were initially triggered by a social media ban. But after the government lifted it on Monday, they intensified, fueled by a wider set of grievances, including government corruption, lack of economic opportunities and the recent use of lethal force on protesters.

Dozens of people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded. This video was filmed by Shree Gurung, another eyewitness.

SHREE GURUNG, EYEWITNESS: This young little girl was hit by a baton on her head and she was completely bloody. And I was trying to help her out. And a lot of kids, they started falling down and they started beating. They started fighting everywhere. And then everyone ran.

STOUT: In all the chaos, you were wounded as well.

GURUNG: Yes, I'm wounded. I've got treatment on my hand and at my back and legs.

STOUT (voice-over): The U.N. condemned the violence.

VOLKER TURK, U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN RIGHTS: I have received concerning reports of unnecessary and disproportionate use of force by the security forces. I call for an urgent, thorough, transparent and impartial investigation.

STOUT (voice-over): Protest anger has extended online to videos like this, mocking so-called nepo kids, the entitled children of officials. The protests are being led by young people known as Gen Z.

And their pick for interim leader, Nepal's first female chief justice, Sushila Karki, will now step in as the authorities try to resolve the political vacuum. A nationwide curfew is still in place as the city smolders and tries to rebuild -- Kristie Lu Stout, CNN.

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HUNTE: Days before he was fatally shot in Utah. Charlie Kirk traveled through East Asia to share his views with like-minded conservative groups. What he said the political parallels are between the region and the U.S. -- next. See you in a bit.

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HUNTE (voice-over): Welcome back. I'm Ben Hunte. Let's take a look at today's top stories.

The suspect in the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is now in custody; 22-year old Tyler Robinson is being held without bond and will have his first court appearance on Tuesday, where he'll be arraigned on multiple initial state charges, including murder.

NATO is boosting its eastern flank after the incursion of Russian drones into Poland this week. The alliance is launching Operation Eastern Sentry, moving planes and other military assets closer to its eastern borders. Russia and Belarus are launching joint military drills on the opposite side of those borders.

Nepal appointed its first female prime minister as an interim leader on Friday, marking an end to days of violent unrest; 73-year old Sushila Karki is a former chief justice of Nepal and is known for her zero tolerance for corruption. Her reputation helped gain her support among the youth activists who led the protest movement.

Following the arrest of the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk, the governor of Utah is calling on Americans to temper their political disagreements with civility and avoid a descent into more violence. Well, earlier, he spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN HOST: You've called this a watershed event in our history and that the chapter is still being written about what kind of a watershed event is it?

What direction the country goes from here. Can you just talk about that a little bit and how do we all help write that history?

COX: Yes, so to me, I look at this, it feels like something happened. This is big and it's big for a reason.

Again, somebody who was involved in political speech, political discourse, doing the very thing that is the foundation for our democratic republic and then losing their life, which makes it harder for all of us to do the thing that we should do and that's dangerous in a different type of way.

And so, the question is, we've certainly been building to this. I don't think it's a surprise to most people that something terrible like this could happen. You know, President Trump was almost assassinated a year ago.

So the question is this the end of a very dark era?

Does this wake us up in a way that we actually change?

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Or is this just the beginning of something far, far worse?

And what will write that history, what that will depend on is all of us. It's not any one person who's going to change this.

If we are waiting for a leader from Washington, D.C., or Utah or anywhere else, then it will never happen. And that's why I just feel so strongly that it's incumbent on every single one of us to look into our souls and decide, do we want this to continue?

Are we going to be the part that continues or are we going to try something different?

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HUNTE: Charlie Kirk was sharing his brand of conservatism overseas in South Korea and Japan in the weeks before his death. Speaking with CNN, he said he saw parallels between the U.S. and Japan on political issues, such as immigration and birth rates, too. CNN's Hanako Montgomery has more for us from Tokyo.

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HANAKO MONTGOMERY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Three days before he was assassinated, Charlie Kirk was half a world away on his very first tour of Asia, making stops in South Korea and Japan where he gave CNN one of his last interviews.

CHARLIE KIRK, POLITICAL ACTIVIST: I've always wanted to come to Japan and I told my team, I said, hey, any way we could go to Japan?

You know, just add it on to our Korean trip. And so, we did. And was thrilled to be able to do this event.

MONTGOMERY (voice-over): He told CNN he was invited to Tokyo by Sanseito, a far-right Japanese populist party that's inspired by Trump's MAGA brand.

KIRK: The attacker racialized us, just for the record.

MONTGOMERY (voice-over): And Kirk's firebrand conservatism.

KIRK: I'm really kind of thrilled to see that there is this growing political movement here in Japan that is fighting the same things that we believe in.

MONTGOMERY (voice-over): But Kirk also came with a warning for Japan.

KIRK: I learned, especially the last couple of months, that, you know, with mass immigration and many other issues, that this country is going through some of the similar type of dynamics that I see in France and in Germany and the U.K. and, of course, in our country.

Even my greatest critics would agree that if you put 30 million Pakistanis in Japan, Japan's not Japan anymore. That's not xenophobia. It's common sense.

MONTGOMERY (voice-over): Foreigners make up about 3 percent of Japan's population but that number is about 60 percent higher than a decade ago, while the country's population has declined. A reality Kirk was quick to highlight.

KIRK: Two issues, family formation and mass immigration, both of those have not been heading in the right direction.

MONTGOMERY (voice-over): Conservative politicians here have seized on stories of foreigners misbehaving as a rallying cry in their political campaigns. Sanseito leader, Sohei Kamiya, said that Kirk's message resonated deeply. Kamiya said he was, quote, "stunned and heartbroken" at the news of Kirk's killing. For Japan's far-right, Kirk's visit was validation. For America's MAGA movement, it was proof its message is spreading, finding common ground in one of Donald Trump's closest allies -- Hanako Montgomery, CNN, Tokyo.

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HUNTE: Scientists have a sweet deal for the honeybees to save their population. Coming up, details on a new superfood that could strengthen food security all around the world.

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HUNTE: A long-lost masterpiece by baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens has been rediscovered in Paris. The 17th century painting, titled "Christ on the Cross," had been missing since 1613. It quietly remained in private hands for centuries before resurfacing during the sale of a private art collection in a Parisian mansion.

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JEAN-PIERRE OSENAT, AUCTIONEER (through translator): And that's where I found this painting. It was there since the 17th century without ever being displayed to the public and without anyone knowing it was a Rubens.

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HUNTE: The auctioneer suspected it was an important work. And experts in Antwerp confirmed it as authentic. The piece is expected to sell for up to $2.3 million when it goes to auction next month.

Honeybees play an important role in the production of many leading global crops. So scientists are on a mission to save the bee population. And they believe they can do that with a new superfood. CNN's Allison Chinchar reports.

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ALLISON CHINCHAR, AMS METEOROLOGIST (voice-over): Beekeepers are buzzing over a new superfood for honeybees. Bees are critical pollinators for crops all over the world but they are facing more and more population threats each year from climate change and pests.

Led by biology professor Geraldine Wright, Oxford University has developed a bee superfood that Wright says could stop the global decline of honeybee populations and, in turn, bolster food security around the world.

GERALDINE WRIGHT, BIOLOGY PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: You sometimes meet these very large periods where there's not enough forage for your bee populations. And you -- that produces malnutrition in that population and you lose a lot of colonies to disease as a result.

CHINCHAR (voice-over): The group of researchers engineered a food supplement for bees that mimics the compounds naturally found in plant pollen. Wright says the substitutes currently on the market do not have all the nutrients the bees need, causing whole colonies to become depleted of micronutrients.

She says her team's superfood can sustain a colony indefinitely and support reproduction and growth.

The livestock production economy basically hasn't really focused on insects in terms of what they need nutritionally. And so we think this is a major change in that particular area, which is expanding and growing as human populations grow.

CHINCHAR (voice-over): In three-month trials within controlled glasshouse settings, bee colonies were fed the superfood and raised up to 15 times more larvae to the pupal stage, compared to those on regular diets. Wright says she and her colleagues think the food is a key to reversing bee decline.

WRIGHT: Our pollen substitute is going to be more expensive than those that are currently on the market. But it's the perfect food.

So it's -- we anticipate that it will be better for the bees in the long run and therefore the beekeepers will have to actually use less food to help their colonies than they would if they were using something that was nutritionally substandard.

CHINCHAR (voice-over): Wright and her team plan to partner with a Belgian bioscience company to get trials underway and start commercial production of the bee food in 2026 -- Allison Chinchar, CNN.

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HUNTE: Hollywood is getting ready to celebrate the best in American television this weekend. The biggest stars will gather in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Emmy Awards. It looks like shows on streaming platforms dominate once again in the Best Drama Series category.

It's a battle between shows like "Severance," "The White Lotus," "Andor" and "The Pitt." Nominations for Best Comedy Series include "The Studio," "The Bear," "Hacks" and "Abbott Elementary." Comedian Nate Bargatze will host this year's ceremony and is giving winners new incentives to keep their speeches short.

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NATE BARGATZE, COMEDIAN: So for this one, I was like, look, I'll start the show with the Boys & Girls Club, $100,000. I'll donate that. And then if the positive to -- if they go under, we will put money on top of it.

ELIZABETH WAGMEISTER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: OK.

BARGATZE: So I would prefer them not all go that under because that can get pretty expensive quick. But if you go over, you will be -- you're just going to take $1,000 a second away from the board. We got to do something.

WAGMEISTER: The stakes are high.

BARGATZE: The stakes are high. They can go to social media, you know, think everybody on social media. I mean, more people are going to see it there anyway, you know.

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HUNTE: The Emmys are celebrating their 77th year.

OK. That's all I've got for you. Thanks for joining me and the team. I'm Ben Hunte in Atlanta. "WORLD SPORT" is next. Then there's so much more CNN NEWSROOM. I will see you at the same times tomorrow. See you in a bit.