weapons of death also tonight, michael cohen joins me to talk about what weaponization of government really looks like. as jim jordan plays make believe on the issue in an embarrassing field hearing of the once respected house judiciary committee. plus, justice clarence thomas is promising to fix his financial irregularities as a whole new set of questions come to light and we begin tonight with more young americans fighting for their lives at this country s massacre epidemic rages on following a spate otmass shootings less than three weeks since the children of nashville were buried, this is a feeling of an accelerating gun culture and the carnage and death that comes with it. the fear, the violence, they can feel unstoppable, even all consuming at times and it isn t just because of america s indifference to gun violence it feels like parts of this country are engaged in a celebration of gun violence. a veneration and devotion that has turned america into the most heav
country. crowds gathering to pay their respects to the former prime minister of japan shinzo abe. what happens feel like an incident that shook the foundations of japan s safety. the funeral and services for the prime minister will be held monday and tuesday with at attendance limited to close family and friends. i m pamela brown. you re in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. hundreds of pro-choice protesters in the streets of washington today demanding more action. a day after president biden signed an executive order to try to protect abortion rights. our brian todd has been out with the crowds, brian? pamela, an intermittent driving series of rainstorms didn t stop hundreds of protesters from gathering here in franklin square park and marching over to the white h house. a very ipassionate crowd. some were threatened if they pressed against the white house fence. some did that and actually tied themself to the white house fence briefly but we didn t witness arres
one of the areas of the country to get out while they can, and grieving families in texas are furious with officials over their lack of answers about the uvalde school shooting. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we re now learning that the funeral for japan s shinzo abe will be held next week. a wake is scheduled for monday, with his memorial service set for the next day. a hearse carrying the former prime minister s body arrived a few moments ago. he was gunned down while giving a campaign speech on monday. doctors spent hours trying to save him but his blood loss was too great. police are hinting at a possible motive. listen to this. translator: the suspect committed the act as he had a grudge against a specific organization and believed former prime minister abe was part of it. we would like to refrain from getting into the details. condolences have been pouring in from world leaders who knew and worked with abe during his years as p
the ground ahead and missile strikes across ukraine leaving destruction and injured. we ll have a live report from kyiv. the funeral for japan s shinzo abe will be held next week. a wake is scheduled for monday with his memorial service set for the next day. a hearse carrying the former prime minister s body arrived at his tokyo home a few hours ago. hundreds of mourners lined the streets outside. just one day earlier abe was giving a campaign speech in western japan when he was shot at close range with a homemade gun by a man. police found several crude guns made from metal pipes and other materials. under japan s strict gun laws, it s very difficult for citizens to own guns. the dockers tried to say about abe but say his blood loss was just too great. he was the longest-serving figure and a world known figure on stage. blake is covering this for us. reporter: earlier the body of shinzo abe accompanied by his wife arrived back here at his home in tokyo located just down
welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with the money lead. wall street closing this hour mostly flat after today s jobs reported exceeded expectations. great news, obviously, but not slowing rising prices and fears of a recession. according to the bureau of labor statistics, the united states added 372,000 jobs in june and on average american paychecks are up 5.1% in the last year. but that s not keeping up with inflation, which jumped 8.6% annually in last month s report. that s a problem for president biden as he is struggling to convince americans his economic agenda is working. my economic plan is moving this country in a better direction. reporter: more signs on friday of a robust u.s. labor market. the economy adding 372,000 jobs in june, far beating economists expectations and the unemployment rate remaining at 3.6%, near historic lows. president biden celebrating the news, saying the u.s. has now recovered all of the jobs lost du