governor greg abbott. by his own count, abbott has sent some 11,000 migrants to new york so far. mayor eric adams went him against him this week, giving gop stunts that the city shelters that capacity, which means many of these migrants can find themselves alone. today s rivals also coming just days after florida governor ron desantis took credit for orchestrating two flights, mostly venezuelan migrants from texas, to martha s vineyard. men, women, children arriving without any warning, and under false pretenses. migrants say they were told they were going to boston. they were promised jobs and homes. and npr reports they were approached by a woman named perla, who said they would get their papers expedited, if they got on their plane. none of that was true. there is one of those migrants, explaining the ordeal to nbc news. [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] [speaking non-english] the most uncertain 24 hours we ve ever had, no way to listen to how one-way hel
addressed the media calling the attack an affront to democracy and freedom to speech. the suspect, a man in his 40s, was arrested on the spot, in possession of what nhk is describing as a handmade gun. he made no attempt to flee before being swarmed by the security detail. witnesses say abe was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot before receiving cpr. while controversial figure here in japan at times, abe is an incredibly important figure, not only here in japan, but around the world, and news of this shooting has absolutely sent shock waves around the nation, and the world. hours following this shooting, many have taken to social media to say that they hoped at the time that he would pull through with many calling today s shooting a barbaric act that shakes the root of democracy, saying that whether or not you agree with this political stances, violence to suppress political stances is unacceptable. and i mentione
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
thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. of course. cnn this morning continues right now. it s okay. it s a fraud. it s election interference. it s keeping me here instead of iowa and new hampshire. i should be in iowa and new hampshire, south carolina. i should be sitting in a i shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse. and i don t have to sit here. i could just do whatever i want to do, but i want to make sure that you get the true story. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us on this friday, the 2024 campaign trail is running straight through the courthouse, or courthouses. former president trump set to take the stand in his new york civil fraud trial monday. he chose to be in the courtroom yesterday rather than the campaign trail and in the federal election subversion case against him trump s legal team is working to delay the trial set to begin in march in the heat of the presidential election season. legal problems for the curren
and inclusion. we re changing the dynamics of the way people think about food, the way people use food. this work is changing people s lives. ? y you can see bobby s full story at cnnheroes.com. and cnn s special live coverage continues right now. good morning. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. we are following several breaking stories this hour, but, first, former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot during a campaign speech outside of osaka. that moment caught on video. we do want to warn you, it is shocking to see.