[ gunshots ] police tackled the gunman. now described by police as a 41-year-old unemployed man. police say this man has admitted to the shooting. state broadcaster nhk is quoting police who said that he used a homemade gun. we ll take you live to tokyo for updates in a moment. what a shock for that country, for the world. right now here at home, former white house counsel pat cipollone is on capitol hill for closed door testimony today, speaking to the january 6th select committee. we are watching that closely. first, our top story japan s former prime minister shinzo abe, the longest serving prime minister, assassinated during a campaign speech. cnn senior correspondent will ripley joins us now from taipei, taiwan. the circumstances of this particularly in a country with so few instances of gun violence just shocking. what more do we know about the shooter and the circumstances? reporter: yeah. you re talking about a country with half the population of the unite
The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Russia investigation because we now know special counsel Robert Muellers team has just interviewed a woman who once ran a high prized new york call girl ring, a woman who went to jail as part of this whole scandal surrounding former new York Democratic governor elliott spitzer, a woman othersquies known as the Manhattan Madam. Investigators appear to be interested in Kristin Davis ties to long time trump adviser roger stone who she knew for years and years. So to sara murray we go, our cnn Political Correspondent on this Breaking News. So, sara, we know that she voluntarily sat down with muellers team. What was the focus of the interview . Well, brook, we are not sure exactly what muellers interest is in Kristin Davis. As you pointed out shes had a checkered past when it comes to Law Enforcement, this is someone who ran a highend prostitution ring, but its also someone who has been close to roger stone both personally as w
right now, big moment on the hill. the house select committee is hearing key witness testimony from the former white house counsel pat cipollone as they hope he sheds light into the trump white house on january 6th. what did the president do and not do? this comes as some gop operatives connected to the former president s alternate electors plan are set to turn information in to the doj today. let s dig into what may be happening with cnn politics reporter and editor at large chris saliza and commentator and columnist for new york magazine, errol lewis. good to see you. you are on deck first, my friend. okay. i know you re prepared. when we look at what is expected to come out of this interview today, i have to say what s most intriguing to me is whether little bits will be fed to us, or whether this is going to be held for next week s hearings. what are you hearing there in washington?
people are not liberals. now will that change minds? i don t know. i think the committee has done a good job in terms of the way in which they ve presented this information. i think they ve been methodical. it doesn t look as much like a normal committee hearing with a lot of members talking and the witnesses not talking very much at all. so i think that they ve done a good job. the question is how much persuasive how much persuasion can be done to groups who have largely made up their mind? i think that s a separate conversation from the legal one, and the case that s being built here. they obviously go hand in hand. the committee has to try to address both, well should there be criminal referrals at the end of this, as well as did we change minds with the information and the people that we put forward. chris, errol, good to see you both, thank you. the ukrainian president volodymer zelenskyy goes to the front lines once again to thank the troops for their work, their heroism in
made her look like a responsible adult at a time of crisis, good public servant. i think pat cipollone could very well come off the same way. and that s what i think the comm committee s going to steer him toward, toward doing the best thing for the country, simply to tell the truth of what happened on january 6th. and real quickly to you, chris, to that point, as you were wisely pointing out, this is really about the committee clearly wants to be building a case here. that is part of the case they re building. my gosh, it s a huge part of it. i think mick mulvaney, former white house chief of staff, made this point and i think done it well on our air which is we re not talking about liberal democrats. this is not nancy pelosi saying she thinks donald trump did something wrong on january 6th, right? who we ve heard from, cassidy hutchinson, former hill staffer, and someone who worked in the white house closely with mark meadows. cipollone, the white house counsel, who i ll note d