texas-oklahoma. are have you ever been to ocktoberfest, done it in germany? pete: have you? will: yes, i have done that. what is it like? it is a ball. it is rachel: was there more drinking than last night? will: very similar. it is, you go to a huge tent and, there is just people everywhere you stand. no seats. you stand at a table. you get to know people, strangers, it s a day event. you know, so it is drawn over long period of time. the mugs are gigantic. pete: yep. will: get a bruise, get a bruise underneath the knuckle, all day long you re lifting this. rachel: exercise. will: it is stereotypical of what they call them? maids? pete: as you see it in the movies. will: it really is. she comes out i don t know how many mugs. they are gigantic, she has a way of carrying them. it is so fun. rachel: how is the food? will: germany is not my favorite food. we re going to have some food out here. will: this is going to be excellent i m sure. pete: i ve been to a beer hall i
bill: all that happening during a campaign event days before a national election. shocking a nation with some of the world s tightest gun regulations. violent crime in japan is rare. he was airlifted to a hospital with two gunshot wounds but they were fatal as doctors tried to revive him. the begunman was tackled at the scene. 41 years old. he is alive and an investigation underway how he got so close. alex hogan begins our coverage live in london with the late breaking details as we get more now. alex, hello. hi, bill. the former prime minister of japan has been assassinated. shinzo abe was at a campaign event when he was shot this taking place today in the western part of the country. minutes into his speech for a parliamentary election the 67-year-old conservative politician fell to the ground shot from behind. medics airlifted him to the hospital and doctors attempting to save him with blood transfusions before they officially declared him dead. the gunman is in c
maybe this widget doesn t get done, doesn t get made but our national security is so important. you just can t mess around with that mission. pete: yeah. the more differentiated and distinct you are, how difficult it is people are attracted to that. oh, karn i attain that. not, oh, we re just like everybody else except we wear camouflage. that is where it become as less attractive alternative. and leaders like lloyd austin, i mean, my goodness, talk about a textbook case of somebody who couldn t lead his way out after brown paper bag. just not a leader. who should been fired after what happened in afghanistan. pete: or fired others instead excused it away. rachel: we re on it. renaming bases. pete: we re renaming bases everything is fine. oh, man. we have a few additional headlines for you. we ll try not to depress you.
absolutely. look, this happens in every single modern presidency. clinton before the 1994 mid-terms that went badly but he was considered very weak at this point in his presidency. he was asked in the post election press conference if he was still relevant and there were all kinds of rumors about how he would couldn t lead the party going forward. same thing happened not to george w. bush because of 9/11 but happened to obama, donald trump right before 2018. it always happens. as for the departures, remember this team had to work through the pandemic on the campaign and then in the first year of the administration they were working from home, working in masks, it was a brutally difficult job. they are exhausted and these kinds of departures are not unusual. there are a few more this time i think because the circumstances were so different. look, i think the president will run again and i think he