we ll read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of way too early and politico s jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immediately
police tackled the gunman, you can see there, described as a man in his 40s, state broadcaster nhk quotes police who say he used a homemade gun. we will be live in tokyo in just a moment. we are also keeping a close watch this hour on what s happening in washington. former white house counsel pat cipollone expected on capitol hill for closed door testimony today. he ll speak with the january 6th select committee. again, watching that closely as well as the latest jobs report, just out a short time ago, which shows the economy added 327,000 jobs in the month of june. the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.6%. a lot going on this morning as you can see. but we do want to begin with this breaking news out of japan, the assassination of former prime minister shinzo abe. blake essig is in tokyo this morning. what more do we know about this suspect and also what is the reaction throughout the country. reporter: hey, you know, jim, erica, i apologize, i cannot hear you righ
something to hide, and why the threat still exists to this country and where it is all headed next we have an incredible group of experts to help us including, congresswoman harvard constitutional law professor laurence tribe, and house committee member msnbc host amongst and al sharpton and trump whisper at mother jones writer david corn at a whole lot more. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. as we start this special, it is important to remember one thing, what happened on january the six, 2021 was not a spontaneous riot. in fact, it was a coordinated attack. during the first public hearing of the january six committee, vice chairman liz cheney laid out in detail donald trump s seven planned point despite losing the election. that is where all of this begins, trump s loss and his refusal to acknowledge it. even before the election was called for joe biden, donald trump pushed disgusting election conspiracies, but his own team knew the truth. his own team knew that
as we start this special, it is important to remember one thing, what happened on january the six, 2021 was not a spontaneous riot. in fact, it was a coordinated attack. during the first public hearing of the january six committee, vice chairman liz cheney laid out in detail donald trump s seven planned point despite losing the election. that is where all of this begins, trump s loss and his refusal to acknowledge it. even before the election was called for joe biden, donald trump pushed disgusting election conspiracies, but his own team knew the truth. his own team knew that he had in fact lost the 2020 election. i remember the call with mr. meadows, where mr. meadows was asking me what i was finding and if i was finding anything? i remember sharing with him that we were not finding anything that would be sufficient to change the results in any of the key states. next, trump turned to the department of justice to help peddle his election lies. when the officials there re
the man arrested outside kavanaugh s home said yesterday he planned to break in and kill him. bill: dhs warned it could happen. the liberal group that leaked the address online held another protest outside his house last night. only hours after the suspect s arrest. it s prompting a wave of outrage from republicans. not just the fringe left but democratic leadership inciting violence. one reason for protestors to show up outside the home of a public fixture to say we know where you live. nancy pelosi said i m perfectly okay to go to justice s home to change the view. when you send this kind of message, it just undermines the legitimacy of the united states supreme court as an institution and this is what it leads to. do you think just to be clear, you think some of the democrats rhetoric is to blame for what happened this morning? of course. bill: just last month the senate passed a bipartisan bill to increase security for the justices and their families. spe