secretary of state antony blinken reacting to the shocking news. our thoughts, our prayers are with him, for his family, with the people of japan. this is a very, very sad moment and we re awaiting news. former president donald trump who had a very close relationship with abe saying, quote, absolutely devastating news that shinzo abe a truly great man and leader has been shot. he has a true friend of mine and much more importantly america. brian: you heard it was serious and he ended unjust passing away. abe who was japan s longest serving member left office in 2020 due to his health issues not political issues. the suspected gunman was immediately taken into custody. we don t know much about the gunman except he was 40-something years old and seems to be a hand made gun. you don t hear a lot about violence in japan. and shinzo abe still taking part in the political process was campaigning for somebody when he was struck. this is stunning news because simultaneously t
draws to a close this labor day weekend millions of americans are traveling heading to the beaches and getting ready to head back to school. we ll talk with dr. marc siegel about how pandemic learning loss might affect students on this new school year. but, we begin tonight in mississippi were in aviation worker faces several charges after stealing an airplane according to police and threatening to crash it into a walmart. charles watson is live in jackson, mississippi with the latest on that, charles. good evening jon boehner the name of the aviation worker he is cory patterson. at this point police say he is charged with grand larceny and making terroristic threats. he stole and threatened to crash into a walmart in tupelo, mississippi. refer to police chief there who tells us patterson is a ten year employee of tupelo aviation where he fuels planes. police are not sure at this point if he is in fact a licensed pilot. but they do believe patterson has at least some flight
when there s life and light and love. and that if we can just get to the light and life and love, 51% of the time, then we are having a good day. and we are having a good era. don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and i think that america is a marvelous example of a human community that gets so much wrong but which knows intuitively that if you do the right thing, everybody benefits. and we have to see each other as neighbors and not as enemies. do not despair, do not give up, in the words of churchill, never, never, never give up. try john meacham, as always, thank you for being with us. i hope you and your family are having a great fourth of july weekend. that was joe s conversation with john meacham ahead of this july 4th holiday. erin o hearn picks up the coverage right now. good money. morning, john. don t go far. no holiday starting yet. good morning to you at home and welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this monday, july 4th. we begin with the latest fr
include this week s san antonio tragedy. welcome to fox news live i m gillian turner in washington. happy fourth of july weekend to you and your families. well, texas governor greg abbott is slamming the biden administration in a new exclusive interview on fox news live over their inaction at the border. hey, claudia. reporter: good morning to you, gillian. not only is the governor blasting president biden for, quote, not lifting a finger to address the chaos there at the border. he s bracing for the number of illegal crossings to grow even higher following last week s ruling by the supreme court that will essentially allow asylum seekers to stay in this country while they wait for the courts to hear their case. governor abbott saying, quote, the supreme court s decision upholding dhs s termination of remain in mexico policy will only embolden the biden administration s open-border policies. but the president s point people on national security are cheering the ruling saying
sky. beautiful. the sun just rose. and, of course, after the first day of summer. now we are a couple of days in. five days in and the days are getting shorter. brian: i feel bad for rhode island. every time something small or not big bigger than rhode island, not as small as rhode island. bigger than rhode island. it s the size of rhode island. everything is always compared to rhode island. don t you feel bad for them. steve: this is from new yorkers. in other words, our state could kick your state s butt. prior. brian: always an analogy. rhode island is always the small state analogy. ainsley: have you been to newport before. steve: yeah. beautiful. ainsley: restaurant black pearl, rhode island where they serve clam chowder and so good it s worth going. steve: if it was so good why didn t you bring us a t-shirt? ainsley: i know. next time i go i will. brian: envision the boat pulling up to the dock. how many claims do you need? if you have seafood in the m