hospital, officials say he is not breathing and his heart had stopped. our thoughts, our prayers are with him, his family, with the people of japan. this is very, very sad moment and we re waiting news. carley: former president donald trump saying devastating news, that abe has been shot, he was a true friend of mine and more importantly, america. todd: abe left office due to suspected health problems. breaking news overseas. carley: another fox news alert, we are awaiting the release of the june jobs report this morning. economists will be watching as it could give off the latest sign of a recession. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro, white house trying to convince you their agenda will work. are you buying it? gallup poll says no, it is down 15 points from a year ago. that number includes 51% of democrats. former spokesman for the bernie sanders campaign says the economy seems to be running out of control, fundamenta
secretary of state antony blinken reacting to the shocking news. our thoughts, our prayers are with him, for his family, with the people of japan. this is a very, very sad moment and we re awaiting news. former president donald trump who had a very close relationship with abe saying, quote, absolutely devastating news that shinzo abe a truly great man and leader has been shot. he has a true friend of mine and much more importantly america. brian: you heard it was serious and he ended unjust passing away. abe who was japan s longest serving member left office in 2020 due to his health issues not political issues. the suspected gunman was immediately taken into custody. we don t know much about the gunman except he was 40-something years old and seems to be a hand made gun. you don t hear a lot about violence in japan. and shinzo abe still taking part in the political process was campaigning for somebody when he was struck. this is stunning news because simultaneously t
it was grave right away even though they said unresponsive when the shooting first happened they knew the way they were describing it that it would be hard to imagine him coming out of it. so he ended up passing away at a very young age. i was shocked to see in his background his whole family has been leaders throughout japan. rachel: they have. a long history. we have no idea what the motive is as soon as we get some sort of incorporated occasion of that, we will bring that to you. we just don t know yet. steve: the shooter confessed and he said it s because i m dissatisfied with this guy given the approximate location of the shooting to the elections on sunday there is some who are saying was it about the election? was it about politics? we don t know that part yet but stay tuned. once again shinzo abe, japan s longest serving prime minister has been assassinated in japan. brian: passed away at the age of 67. steve: 6:07 here in new york city. big news here, a new york city
have never seen in america before. you have hillary waiting in the wings. you have michelle obama who people like to talk about. truly, it is a tough spot for the democrats right now. todd: rock meet hard place for the democrats. lara trump, have great weekend. and with that fox & friends and flo rida. steve: it is 7:00 p.m. in japan and we start this hour of fox & friends with a fox news alert. former japanese prime minister chins abe has been shot dead after being at a campaign speech in western japan. we have got the video when it happened we have to warn you the footage is graphic.
mr. abe because he was, quote, dissatisfied with him. abe had just started speaking when the shooter came up from behind and shot him twice in the back. i mentioned to you that donald trump had a very close relationship with abe. it was unusually close because other people were at that time not sure how to handle donald trump but abe embraced trump. here is lara trump on donald trump s personal relationship with her father-in-law. i know he visited mar-a-lago multiple times. they respected one another as leaders of great countries. they also, i think, had great friendship that developed over the years. they played golf together so many times. i believe the prime minister even attended one of the first lady s birthday dinners unexpectedly but that s sort of the relationship that they had. and obviously a tragic floors japan. brian: in terms of the type of person he is and the type of political agenda he had, you see