shocking somber news out of japan, a political assassination, japan former prime minister, shinzo abe , down in public, the moment the fatal shot was fired, caught on video. a warning, what you are about to see is chilling. the gunman struck the former prime minister in the back, one bullet penetrated his heart, according to dr. pitt 20 worked to try to save him. but they could not. the former prime minister was pronounced dead number 5:0 3 pm local time. already, a massive investigation underway, police have arrested a 41-year-old man who police say he has confessed to using a homemade weapon to carrying out the assassination. japan has notoriously strict handgun laws, had are extraordinary difficult to get, abe, 67 years old, the longest- serving prime minister in that country s history. cnn reporters are covering the story from all over the globe, and we begin in tokyo. live on the street, a shocking assassination, just a shock to see gun violence in a country in which it
even after stepping down, he was elected at the very powerful head of a faction, he was hitting the campaign trail, just days before japan s national election, working very hard to try to achieve the goals that he had for the, john, you never did rewrite the constitution, and his abenomics politics never came to fruition, he dressed up like super mario, to promote the 2020 1x, they will help because of covid on a smaller scale. but he tried to fight hard. will, thank you very much. let s check in at beijing, selena, you are in beijing, but you live and work in tokyo as well. again, one of the very interesting tracts in the apes career, he tried to mend the tension between tokyo and beijing, but of late, came to be very skeptical of the treasury, think recently, the united states must make clear to the world that it will depend taiwan, when it comes to china, what else comes to mind on this sad day?