CBS Evening News Season 77 Episode 221 Sep 16, 2025

Shortly before suspect Tyler Robinson made his first court appearance from jail, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray unveiled sweeping allegations of what happened after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on the campus of Utah Valley University. Carter Evans reports. FBI Director Kash Patel testified for more than four and a half hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he faced tough questions about his leadership of the bureau, including the ouster of top officials and his handling of the investigation into the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Scott MacFarlane has details. Independent experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Israel called the report "distorted and false." Elizabeth Palmer reports. Academy Award-winning actor and director Robert Redford, one of the biggest movie stars to ever grace the screen, and whose magnetic charisma in such films as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Way We Were" and "The Sting" made him an icon, has died. He was 89. Lee Cowan has a look back at his career.