The nation struggles to come to grips with this latest rash of political violence. One of these incidents involved the shooting of the lobby of ABC’s Sacramento affiliate. Shockingly, NBC was the only newscast to offer these new details.
NBC’s Liz Kreutz included the shooter update within her report on the imminent return of Jimmy Kimmel:
LIZ KREUTZ: Two days after Kimmel was pulled off the air, police say 64- year-old Anibal Hernandez Santana fired shots into an ABC station in Sacramento. Tonight, the district attorney telling NBC News investigators found anti-Trump notes in his home, and that they believe Kimmel’s suspension may have been a factor.
THIEN HO: We are still looking at and investigating the case, but he chose a very particular target, and with the notes that he left behind, I think there’s circumstantial evidence to show this is a politically motivated crime by this individual.
KREUTZ: Hernandez Santana, a retired state lobbyist, was first arrested by local police on Friday, but released on bail. The FBI then stepped in and rearrested him . His attorney says he plans to plead not guilty to the number of state and federal charges he now faces.
Additional details, per The New York Post:
Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, had a calendar note on his refrigerator to “do the next scary thing” dated Sept. 19, the day he allegedly blasted three bullets into the lobby window of ABC10’s Broadway headquarters, prosecutors announced on Monday.
Investigators also found an anti-Trump book and a handwritten note that said “For hiding Epstein and ignoring red flags” during a search of his car, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho said.
The note mentioned FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, and Attorney General Pam Bondi, threatening that they were “next,” Ho added.
To be clear, the shooter compiled a target list consisting of senior federal law enforcement. Additionally, investigators found documents citing the Epstein case as a clear motivation for the shooting. And yet no one from among CBS or ABC saw fit to cover this.
Instead, they each omitted the story from their respective newscasts, ensuring instead that they made time to fawn over Kimmel’s return. With this and so many stories, the legacy media make clear that if it weren’t for double standards, there would be none at all.
Click “expand” to view the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on the NBC Nightly News on Monday, September 22nd, 2025:
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
9/22/25
6:35 PM
TOM LLAMAS: Good evening. It‘s been nearly a week since Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended. But starting tomorrow, the late-night comedian will be on the air once again. Disney announcing Kimmel’s return after what it calls “thoughtful conversations”, saying it pulled the show last week because of “comments that were ill-timed, and thus insensitive.” ABC and Disney faced pressure from the FCC and major station groups after Kimmel made the comments, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing. But, the suspension was met with concerns about freedom of speech. In Hollywood, you see the list here, hundreds including Meryl Streep and Jennifer Aniston signed an open letter condemning the suspension. Kimmel himself has been silent so far, but what will he have to say when he comes back? Liz Kreutz starts us off tonight.
LIZ KREUTZ: Tonight, after nearly a week of silence, Disney announcing Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air Tuesday night. The company says the reversal comes after days of thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, adding Kimmel’s show was suspended last week to avoid further inflaming a tense situation, calling his comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, ill-timed, and thus, insensitive.
JIMMY KIMMEL: We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the Maga over the weekend trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points.
KREUTZ: Disney and ABC pulled Kimmel from the air after pressure from the FCC chairman and two major television groups who said they would stop airing the show following conservative outrage over Kimmel’s comments. Sinclair, which owns dozens of ABC stations nationwide, previously said it would not air Jimmy Kimmel Live again unless the comedian apologized to the Kirk family and made a donation to them and Turning Point USA. Sinclair has not yet said whether it will run Kimmel’s show tomorrow night.
PROTESTER: Free speech is under attack.
KREUTZ: The decision to put Kimmel back on the air comes as Disney faces mounting backlash, including protests and calls to boycott the company.
HOWARD STERN: I am canceling my Disney plus.
KREUTZ: Today, ABC's The View finally addressing the controversy.
WHOOPI GOLBERG: The government cannot apply pressure to force someone to be silent.
KREUTZ: Two days after Kimmel was pulled off the air, police say 64- year-old Anibal Hernandez Santana fired shots into an ABC station in Sacramento. Tonight, the district attorney telling NBC News investigators found anti-Trump notes in his home, and that they believe Kimmel’s suspension may have been a factor.
THIEN HO: We are still looking at and investigating the case, but he chose a very particular target, and with the notes that he left behind, I think there’s circumstantial evidence to show this is a politically motivated crime by this individual.
KREUTZ: Hernandez Santana, a retired state lobbyist, was first arrested by local police on Friday, but released on bail. The FBI then stepped in and rearrested him . His attorney says he plans to plead not guilty to the number of state and federal charges he now faces.
LLAMAS: Liz joins us now live. The big question, do we know if Kimmel is going to apologize?
KREUTZ: Tom, we do not know, but we do know that he plans to address his suspension tomorrow night. The other big question, of course, is whether Nexstar and Sinclair will choose to air the show at all. NBC News has reached out to both media companies. So far, no comment. Tom.
LLAMAS: All right. Liz Kreutz with that new reporting tonight. Liz, we thank you.