prime opportunity where we do see security around the protectee really in 360 degrees, however, the public was allowed to get close and we see this often within political rallies. again, the footprint of security for the former prime minister was reduced from his former position, so allowing that attacker to get close. while we don t know the motivation of this attacker the brazen nature of it, coupled with the fact that in an environment where guns are anomalous this homemade weapon was utilized to launch the assassination attack is shocking. this is what we re going to have to look at, whether or not police and law enforcement within the region knew of this threat, knew of this individual and were the right security measures put into place? i do give credit to the close protection detail that was there, they reacted very quickly, but that threat got very, very close and it really
secret service agent jonathan wackrow and gordon chang author of nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world. jonathan, if i can, i want to start with you and the security aspect of this and how glaring it was to see in broad daylight in a public campaign event and i think we have the video again here where you see this recently retired japanese leader gunned down in public. how did this happen? what went wrong in terms of security? well, john, i mean, this is a stark reminder that threats against political leaders around the world do not end when they leave office. they typically reduce over time, however, they are not never fully eliminated, especially if they remain within the political spotlight. so to your point what we look at is this was a political rally, it was in an open air environment, close to a transportation hub and this is a
those barriers pushed out, you would see a different level of security, but here, i mean, security is always thinking about that threat environment, how dynamic and unpredictable it is. they acted quickly, but, again, it was just a very tough environment to operate in when you have the public getting that close, you know, utilizing now a homemade weapon. gordon, in terms of what a unique figure shinzo abe was, especially in terms of u.s./japanese relations, he was the first japanese prime minister to host a u.s. president at hiroshima, barack obama, the first prime minister to visit pearl harbor with obama and then his relationship with donald trump. what kind of a person was he? what do you see here? what i see is a towering figure and as nic robertson said, he was a man of great vision. he was able to heal some of the divides between japan and the united states, he was able to work both political parties and as you mentioned president obama
abortion is now illegal are concerned about those states gathering their data in an attempt to go ahead and move forward with prosecutions, promoting the safety and security of patients, there s not a lot of details from the white house so far on exactly what that would account for, and also creating this task force, an interagency task force led by the department of health and human services as well as the white house s gender policy counsel to coordinate interagency efforts related to policies around reproductive health care services. it s important to note that a lot of the steps included in this executive order are already things that we ve heard from president biden or the hhs secretary xavier becerra, steps that they ve done to take or outlined that they will be taking. this executive order appears to codify a lot of those steps in this executive order and also requires the hhs secretary to submit a report to the president within 30 days on his efforts on
those qualities. we will be worse off without him, but we have to make sure that his legacy continues. i think his values are our values, our democratic values, but he brought to politics in all of the dealings i had with him a sincerity and an authenticity that is all too rare in politics today. your reporters mentioned his relationship with donald trump. look, trump presented a huge challenge to abe, i mean, the united states was the sheet anchor of japanese security, it s security guarantee underpinned japanese security and trump s erratic nature, his threats to disrupt alliances, his demand that, you know, alliance partners pay more money for american partnership and so forth, it was rattling rattling everybody all the time, and he was tough on abe at