it s seven in the morning in singapore, and two in the morning in turkey where voting has closed in one of the most critical elections. the country is deciding whether president erdohan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a close race between him and an opposition leader kemal k l cdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by mr erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. and also called for better relations with the west including renewal of turkey s bid for membership of the eu. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003 and became president in 2014. under him turkey enjoyed strong economic growth, but it s been hit by high inflation, and the recent earthquakes in which tens of thousands died. he s also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president
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right now on andrea mitchell reports, domestic and foreign crises confronting the white house ahead of the president s anticipated re-election announcement coming soon markets tumbling a multibillion dollar loss sparking uncertainty over a tough interest rate decision this hour, collision the u.s. and russia have their first physical contact off the crimean peninsula since the war began. this hazardous episode is a part of a pattern of aggressive and risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international airspace i will speak with ned price about what happened when the department called the russian ambassador on the carpet and other hot topics during his two years at the podium. planned parenthood ceo and texas native cecile davis joins me good day i m andrea mitchell in washington following breaking news on wall street. u.s. and european markets plunging on news that massive global lender credit suisse has been cut off by saudi investors after reporting an $
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