was ta ken to safety. we have heard from the prime minister now. this event was cancelled in that particular venue, but then in another event, he addressed the crowd, appearing, of course, defiant, wanting to send the message that he s unfazed by this, that he won t stop, saying that this shouldn t stop the electoral process, that we re doing something important and that it should not be stopped by this. but it does raise important security questions, doesn t it? particularly as it comes just a while after the assassination of the former prime minister, shinzo abe. that s right. this comes less than a year after the assassination of the former prime minister, shinzo abe, and there are very uncomfortable parallels being made. first of all, that it happened relatively soon after that high profile assassination. remember, these events are very, very rare injapan. this is one of the safest countries in the world. they have very strict gun laws. but in the assassination, just
made her daughter cry. we understand that the prime minister, fumio kishida, was about to give a speech after visiting a port in that area in support of the local candidate of his ldp ruling party in the upcoming local elections, and just as he was about to start, this object was thrown. he ducked down and he was ta ken to safety. we have heard from the prime minister now. this event was cancelled in that particular venue, but then in another event, he addressed the crowd, appearing, of course, defiant, wanting to send the message that he s unfazed by this, that he won t stop, saying that this shouldn t stop the electoral process, that we re doing something important and that it should not be stopped by this. but it does raise important security questions, doesn t it? particularly as it comes just a while after the assassination of the former prime minister, shinzo abe. that s right. this comes less than a year after the assassination
twitter, assuming you believe it, he says there are more people that have come to twitter in the last i think seven to ten days since he took over the platform but aren t those the people who got kicked off twitter because they were racists and some of that may be the case. it also appears, again, based on the numbers, there s a huge international community that s come on board. look, he does have his following. there s a pied piper element to him. that s why the politics of this are so interesting, especially because there s whole millennial generation that follows what musk does and what he says. if he says vote a republican, there may be a generation between 20 and 30 years old saying that guy is a smart guy, i m going to do what he says. he may be lost, on his own, but he will not stop trolling or put things out that he knows draw a reaction. get off twitter? he just bought the thing. constantly tweeting. he won t stop.
freedom are you prepared to stand up for? brian: think about the humiliation of a man who prides himself on being a strongman, takes his shirt off and hops on a horse, has this badass army, and he s getting his butt kicked everywhere. his generals are being fired, his people don t want to be drafted. they are leaving the country rather than put on a uniform, and the soldiers are so confused and untrained with weapons that were basically from the 1980s. he has been exposed. he has been exposed, but never underestimate a wounded animal. putin remains in charge of a massive military force. he has 6,000 nuclear weapons. we don t know about his mental stability. but i ve always felt from the start of this war not a country, just the war that there are some ways we will have to engage with this guy. he forgets what he wants from ukraine, if he ceases any land and territory he wants and declares it with fake referenda as russian territory, if he does this and gets away with it, he
person in the store shooting. and she proceeded to say to me, what? i can t hear you. why are you whispering. you don t have to whisper. they can t hear you. reporter: she dropped her phone and says she was disconnected. i just laid down flat on the floor and got against the counter praying that he didn t see me. during this whole time it s just constant just shooting. he won t stop. it was constantly going. as i hear him getting closer, i just pressed myself, like, trying to get as flat as i can on the ground and up against the counter praying that he wouldn t see me. reporter: in addition to the profound grief the community is feeling, there s the potential for real economic fallout. several people in this neighborhood told us it took local leaders years to get this tops supermarket established in this neighborhood, and then when it was, other businesses like banks quickly followed. they re now worried even when this tops store reopens as promised that the economic