{"id":59468,"date":"2025-12-04T15:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/erika-kirk-to-open-up-about-life-loss-and-politics-in-town-hall-airing-on-cbs\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:47:20","slug":"erika-kirk-to-open-up-about-life-loss-and-politics-in-town-hall-airing-on-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/erika-kirk-to-open-up-about-life-loss-and-politics-in-town-hall-airing-on-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Kirk to open up about life, loss and politics in town hall airing on CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Three months after her husband, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/charlie-kirk-dies-shooting-utah\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/span>, was assassinated, Erika Kirk will open up about life, loss, the state of political discourse and more in a one-hour town hall event moderated by Bari Weiss, CBS News&#8217; editor-in-chief. The special will be broadcast on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on the CBS television network and will stream later on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramount+<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vanity-rewritten=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News 24\/7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event, filmed before a studio audience, will feature Kirk fielding questions from young evangelicals, prominent religious leaders, and figures across the political spectrum. The conversation will also focus on our country&#8217;s political divide \u2014 and how we can find our way out.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/erika-kirk-address-charlie-kirk-fatal-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Erika Kirk<\/a><\/span> is the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/erika-kirk-charlie-kirk-widow-turning-point-usa-ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">chairman and CEO<\/a><\/span> of the Turning Point USA. The organization was founded by her late husband, a conservative political activist who was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shot and killed<\/a><\/span> on Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking before a crowd on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like so many people around the world, I will never forget the moment that Erika Kirk forgave her husband&#8217;s killer,&#8221; said Weiss. &#8220;I am eager to speak to her \u2014 and thrilled to be doing so in front of a group of Americans who I know will elevate the conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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