[ gunshot ] police apprehended the gunman just moments after he fired the two fatal shots from a homemade gun. an investigation into the shooter and his motive is now under way. abe s murder has shaken japan where gun violence is virtually nonexistent. a former abe adviser says the assassination is the equivalent of jfk s. abe was considered one of the most transformative leaders in post world war ii japan. selina, do we know anything this hour about the suspect and investigation? reporter: we have learned from police that the suspect confessed to shooting the former prime minister shinzo abe. he is a 41-year-old unemployed man and said that he holds a grudge against a specific organization and believes that abe was a part of it. the police declined to give any more details about the motive of the suspect, but right now there are 90 investigators working on this case. abe was shot at 11:30 a.m. local time during this campaign speech rally. he was shot in broad daylight. a
Pete good morning. Its labor day and we hope you are not laboring at home. We have a good old crowd here at the Nashville Underground in nashville, tennessee. Its 5 00 a. M. Central time. On labor day. [cheers and applause] pete the line was out the door. Folks pumped. They are waking me up because its an Early Morning here on fox friends. Thank you all for being here. Its great to see you. We are at the Nashville Underground on broadway on the strip here in nashville, tennessee. And the only thing missing, guys, is Griff Jenkins and the doctor. The doctor is in the house, dr. Nicole saphier. Good to see you two on remote. Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend looking forward to hosting three hours with you guys. Nicole we do miss having you here on the couch. Its great seeing you there with all the Energy Behind you. Wish we were there. Griff who knew that crowd loved belinda carlisle. That crowd loves it. Please tell them we wish they were all with us here, pete. Pete oh, indee
it s april 5th. and this is fox & friends. parents are outraged after school staff members allegedly taped a disabled student to a chair. the family is going to join us this hour. brian: plus we are three days away from a total solar eclipse. hug your loved ones. we will talk to an eclipse chaser. they re busy every 25 years. steve: who knew? brian: we will tell you the best areas to see it from. lawrence: dwayne the rock johnson tells us in exclusive interview how he really feels four years after endorsing president joe biden. watch. america right now that answer, is no. am i going to do that again this year that answer is no. steve: more from will s interview with him as the second hour of fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, mornings are always better with friends. ainsley: president biden heads to baltimore today to speak with state and local officials after last week s deadly bridge collapse. brian: mark meredith joins us from the details
biden s conviction. can republicans, voters, and trump himself explain away how a justice system they say has been weaponized by biden convicted the president the s own sun. it took an effort of herculean proportions clearing 50,000 tons of steel from 500 feet of water in less than three months after the key bridge collapse in baltimore. how soon can they start the next massive undertaking rebuilding the bridge itself? transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins me to discuss it in just a few minutes. and how old is too old to be in office? north dakota voters taking a shot at actually putting a number on it, 81. keep in mind, if they had their way at least a dozen and a half congressional lawmakers would be gone. could this new political push have legs? but we start with the hunter biden verdict causing some confusion in the republican ranks and sucking the air out of donald trump s claims that he s been singled out, targeted by a weaponized justice system. as the n
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Hear planes flying fairly low over my deck, fighter planes. This is my personal home deck, and i wondered what this was about and shortly after that i got a phone call. One of the nice things about working in Pierce County is we work closely with west pierce and tillicum police department. And we had people who responded from jblm who did great stuff. I get to work with people who are willing to when as soon as something goes down immediately respond and immediately cooperate closely. Thats what weve seen tonight. Next 24 hours im sure we will have some of our people there. We will have people from the federal government. We will have people from the
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