[ 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
in the donbas have come under attack in the last 24 hours. also new this morning, ukrainian president volodymer zelenskyy once again visiting the front lines. this near the country s central southern region. another area that s been a target of russian attacks for months. it is a bloody, bloody battlefield in the east, and you hear two different points of view as to how it s going there. ukrainians holding their own, but others concerned about russian advances. joining me to discuss developments, military analyst general wesley clark, and lieutenant general mark hurtling. good to have you both on, gentlemen. good to be with you. both of you have been following this war very closely. both of new touch with people in ukraine, also here in the u.s., to monitor developments. and you have somewhat different views as to how well it is going right now for ukrainian forces, level of concern. and i want to get a sense of where you stand right now. perhaps, general hurtling, if i could start
are asking for hard weapons. ed. weapons as soon as possible and we are asking for hard weapons. ed, you have travelled are asking for hard weapons. ed, you have travelled around are asking for hard weapons. ed, you have travelled around the are asking for hard weapons. ed, you have travelled around the donbas - have travelled around the donbas region, which has been a place of conflict, a place of questions, for a long time now. what do people in the wider region think about what the wider region think about what the future holds? i the wider region think about what the future holds? the future holds? i think there is. i mean, the future holds? i think there is. i mean, the the future holds? i think there is. i mean, the region - the future holds? i think there is. i mean, the region is - the future holds? i think there i is. i mean, the region is really empty is. i mean, the region is really empty now is. i mean, the region is really empty now. you go to lots of the tow
ukrainian border in russia. many of them already russian citizens. since more than 720,000 people in the rebel held eastern territory of donbas have received fast-tracked russian passports since 2019. this reasonable of ukraine erupted over the past 24 hours with more than 100 cease-fire violations committed by russian backed separatist. and today ukraine s military intelligence services warn russian sources have placed land palestines in the public buildings in the largest city adding that people shouldn t leave their homes or take public transportation. further west, in the ukrainian capital of kyiv, preparations continue to resist a broader russian invasion. u.s. officials believe it could include fighter jets, ballistic missiles and ground forces. political science in the city say they are concerned about internal threats that could be utilized by russia. as they try to evacuate civilians. we called into action to respond to the threat including
well, in this case, i hope putin is aware of that precedent because if he goes into ukraine and faces a bloody and difficult insurgency for years. and the other thing that really isn t widely understood prior to 2014, ukraine had sort of mixed emotions about russia. there was a lot of history there. there were a lot of people that really. i ve been, i ve talked to the patriots in the east. i ve talked to the patriots in the west, i understand. but after 2014, ukraine hates russia with a purple passion, just about all of them, because surprise. ..unsurprisingly, countries don t like it when you militarily attack them. so. they don t necessarily hate them in the donbas, though, do they? because those two self declared republics now look more russian than western. well, i think it s certainly split cos i don t think the people in the donbas have enjoyed being at war for the last eight years. it hasn t exactly made them sympathetic to ukraine. yeah, no, exactly. it s probably made them u