law career helped me become governor. gave me advice on being a good dad. he s one of the people i talk to most in the world, and very rarely were we talking about my job. he was an incredible friend. we also lost julianna farmer, jim tutt, josh barrack, each amazing people whose families grieve them, whose community will morn and be miss. these are irreplaceable, amazing individuals, that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us. kentucky governor andy beshe making the comments about the mass shooting in louisville, hours before a fifth bank employee died at the hospital. we ll get a live report from louisville for the latest on the surviving victims and the investigation in a moment. plus, one of the two tennessee lawmakers expelled from the house floor for protesting gun violence gets his seat back. we ll have more on that development and what s next for the other lawmakers straight ahead. also this morning, we ll take you through the legal battle over a common
mystery. who bombed a controversial landmark in georgia good evening, everyone it was a brazen act of violence that has stunned japan and the world. shinzo abe, former prime minister of japan, ally to the u.s., and friend of american presidents, murdered in broad daylight by a lone assassin, shot in a country where gun violence is exceedingly rare it happened in the city of nara as the long-serving leader was appearing at an outdoor event in support of a fellow politician abe felled by two gunshots the shooter wrestled to the ground. authorities say he used a homemade gun and has confessed to the murder in washington, president biden reacting to the news saying he was stunned and outraged this afternoon, traveling to the japanese embassy where he signed a book of condolences. janis mackey frayer has our report we must warn you, some of the images are graphic. reporter: it was 11:30 in the morning former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, was giving a campaign speech whe
and over again. why is it always a young and angry man? what can be done to stop this american carnage? oh put that question to the national security. later, wealthy evangelical conservative couples were able to wine and dine supreme court justices while making comments about the issues facing the court. i have some thoughts about desperately needed reforms for the highest court in the land. all of that and more is coming up. there s, the latest news you might have missed. this morning, the body of shinzo abe was return to tokyo. he was shot while giving a campaign speech from one of his parties candidates yesterday. the investigation into the assassination continues today. police are saying that the detained suspect used a homemade gun. the violence shock japan. the national police agency reported only ten shootings in all of 2021. janice is reporting. reporter: katie, japan is in mourning forge st. joe abby. he was assassinated in a brazen attack. this is a place where
It be a police officer, a School Security officer or a civilian who is carrying a concealed weapon, the shooter engages, shoots back and forth or commits suicide. Either way, the shooting of innocents stops. Its upsetting to read these documents knowing what actually happened that day. And it shows a failure byea Broward County Sheriffs Department either to properly train its officers or, in the case of maybe the current officer the officer who had to resign in disgrace, obviously he ignored the training if indeed he followed it. Tucker so this wasnt some hidden thing. This wasnt esoteric. This was in the training manual. I think thats relevant because sheriff israel in the days after the shooting went to the cnn guncontrol rally and sat on s the stage and blamed armed citizens, blamed the middle of the country basically for what happened and never mentioned the failures of his deputy, but he mustve known that this was the protocol. Wouldnt he have known that . Thats right. And you kno
by the governing municipality in his district nbc news correspondent kathy park has more. i would like to nominate representative justin jones. reporter: a political showdown in nashville. ayes, 36. reporter: the former tennessee lawmaker justin jones back to the statehouse just days after his expulsion. the metro nashville council voted yunanimously in favor of his reinstatement. partisanship has been a force in violating basic principles of democracy. reporter: this special meeting comes after a rare move by house republicans to remove three democratic lawmakers after they joined a gun control rally on the house floor, which republicans say violated the rules. call it peaceful or whatever, but they had a protest against house policy on the floor. no access. no peace ar.