we ll read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of way too early and politico s jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immediately
during the 2020 presidential campaign jackson was up sell at home watching joe biden deliver a speech. what he saw joe biden say about that him deeply as a physician. he just announced he was candidate for u.s. senate. watch. i m here to ask you for help. where i m come from you don t get far unless you ask. my name is joe biden, i m a democratic candidate from the united states senate. tucker: ronnie jackson s all that and then went on twitter and made the obvious point, joe biden before this goes any further should undergo a cognitive examination, the country deserves that. within 20 minutes, jackson recalls in his new memoir, barack obama sent him an email. i have to express my disappointment that the cheap shot you took a joe biden via twitter, obama said. it was unprofessional. i expect better. that wasn t just obama speaking, that was the uniform command of people who run the democratic party throughout the 2020 campaign. do not notice what joe biden is actually lik
with energy bills expected to continue rising, 70 charities have written to the two candidates to be the next prime minister, calling for £1200 of government support to help low income families make ends meet this winter. ., ., , ., , this winter. throughout history, it has been government s this winter. throughout history, it has been government s role - this winter. throughout history, it has been government s role to . has been government s role to provide support to households who need it in a time of crisis. we saw it during the pandemic using the furlough scheme and the £20 uplift a universal credit per week and we need to see that again now. we need to see that the government at least doubles that support to low income households right now or we are going to be facing a winter of truly terrifying circumstances. fix, to be facing a winter of truly terrifying circumstances. a source of many of terrifying circumstances. a source of many of these terrifying circum
that is double the number before the pandemic. so this is a mock up restaurant. you won t find a customer in here. the boss of this suffolk hotel chain shows me the training centre he started in march to help recruit and retain staff. you have to do something about it yourself because no one is going to give you these people, and if you want them to stay, you have got to give them the skills and the confidence to be with you. labour shortages now, but could that tide be about to turn? at the alex cafe, they are open all week three days only, though, upstairs. but the owner is in no rush, with rising energy costs for him and his customers. i ve done the job for over a0 years and it has never been like this. you know, you have always been able to see a path, however steep that path is, or how difficult. at the moment, it is almost like an abyss. we could be looking at £100,000 per year extra extra on energy. you know, that s £2,000 per week. he is trying to keep it simp
hello, good afternoon. all change weatherwise into the start of next week. it will be unsettled with thundery showers and also feeling cooler. but one more day of that extreme heat and the met office weather warning which extends all the way up to northern england and into eastern areas of wales. it is valid until midnight tonight, the heat uncomfortable for many, of course. some thunderstorms around today but wet weather out towards northern ireland and scotland, some flashes of lightning already, but for most, the heat and sunshine continues, high cloud in the south, temperatures for some could get as high as 34 35. 0vernight tonight, still warm and uncomfortable for sleeping. some showery rain in western wales and the south west of england, otherwise dry, temperatures dipping to the mid to high teens for many. so, a warm start again tomorrow morning. but more showers around on monday, the thunderstorms particularly across england and wales will be hit and miss, some place