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
welcome to the show i m mehdi hassan. you know you can tell the case of the classified documents at mar-a-lago it s serious. donald trump isn t doing interviews. not lucky used to. and it s absent, one trump boxes all over right-wing media. showing he can explain this calmly. should he can explain take down the heat about the face trump using his message to the dartmouth. it starts and hence with russia. ukraine impeachment. one karat at the hillary clinton email investigation scandal. the hunter biden laptop. we have the same winds for pete operation by the democrats or the radical left in the media. same correct we are government gangsters, the same agents that were involved in russia gate they want to hide the corruption of the fbi and doj. but the deep state does is they fight back by attacking has personally. public enemy number one has always been donald trump. this is what the mar-a-lago rate was about. this farcical raid operation of the doj and the fbi as part of a
that hearing will take place after the committee has videotaped the testimony of pat cipollone. cipollone, think, is the trump white house s top lawyer. he s a man who, at least as far as we know, appears to have pushed back on some of the most dangerous and brazen ideas conceived of by the ex-president and his closest allies as they worked to overturn the results of the 2020 election. cipollone also held the same job as john dean whose legendary 1973 testimony was a turningpoint in the watergate investigation. here is what january 6 investigator john wood had to say right here on msnbc about the tremendous significance of the committee getting an interview with cipollone. it was really important that he would eventually end up testifying before the committee and on the record and videotaped so the american people can see it. i m glad that is coming together this friday so hopefully the committee will show some of the key clips of that interview during a hearing next week.
no indication. where celebration was he contemplating. some event in the madison area. he planned this for several weeks, for the highland park shooting. any last questions for the state s attorney? all right, folks. this is probably going to conclude our formal press briefings on this matter. if there is breaking news or anything major that does develop, we will call a press conference. otherwise, i would not anticipate major press briefings like this. investigators have months to go continuing their investigation into this. we ll be collaborating very closely with the state s attorneys office. they will be collaborating with their federal partners. we will be collaborating with our federal partners. any specific questions please reach out directly. is he on suicide watch? he s been classified now. i don t know. and with that, the end of today s briefing, thank you for staying with us for andrea mitchell reports as we continue our coverage of the breaking news f
who may have tried to intimidate star witness before she testified. the loved ones of the uvalde shooting victims are sick of waiting for answers. we re sitting here just listening to empty words. that s all it is. empty words. my sister died protect ing her children, her students. sd why the mayor claims he can t tell them anymore. welcome to the lead. we begin with our politics lead. breaking news as we follow the repercussions from cassidy hutchinson bombshell testimony. we have the very latest. reporter: witness intimidation has become a serious focus of the january 6th select committee. cnn has learned both instances the committee presented as examples of possible witness intimidation during the hearing on tuesday were directed at their witness, cassidy hutchinson. he knows you re loyal and you re going to do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that attempting the influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents