As he hits the road. And we turn our focus to this general election. Well, just these dueling rallies certainly provided a window and what were expected to see in the months to come between President Biden and his republican rival, donald trump were the president ticked through multiple themes over the course of his remarks to a rowdy audience. But one of the prominent themes and one that his Campaign Launched on was protecting democracy. And on that front, the president kicked off his remarks, talking about Donald Trumps coziness to authorities, syrian regimes, and also making clear that its a stark contrast between him and donald trump. Take a listen my lifetime has taught me to embrace The Future Of Freedom and democracy and trump and i have a very different value set of an obvious already biden is based on core values of the defined america. And the rest of the world looks at us that way decency fairness, equality were all know donald trump sees a different america and american sto
quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right
[ gunshots ] police tackled the gunman. now described by police as a 41-year-old unemployed man. police say this man has admitted to the shooting. state broadcaster nhk is quoting police who said that he used a homemade gun. we ll take you live to tokyo for updates in a moment. what a shock for that country, for the world. right now here at home, former white house counsel pat cipollone is on capitol hill for closed door testimony today, speaking to the january 6th select committee. we are watching that closely. first, our top story japan s former prime minister shinzo abe, the longest serving prime minister, assassinated during a campaign speech. cnn senior correspondent will ripley joins us now from taipei, taiwan. the circumstances of this particularly in a country with so few instances of gun violence just shocking. what more do we know about the shooter and the circumstances? reporter: yeah. you re talking about a country with half the population of the unite
husband jose. he died of a heart attack days later after a memorial for her. there are virtual meetings tomorrow to try to find what leading senate republican john cornyn calls a basic framework for gun safety proposals that could become legislation in the coming weeks, although it s still a long shot. president biden is prioritizing inflation at the white house today, laying out his three-part plan to address the glowing problem in a wall street journal op-ed and promising he won t medal with the fed ahead of a key meeting with jerome powell. the president also sits down with new zealand s prime minister who led her country to crack down on guns after the christ church mass shooting in 2019. we ll bring you news from their white house meeting as we get it. european union commission president saying this package helps to finalize a ban on nearly 90% of all russian oil imports by the end of the year. we begin this hour with uvalde, with nbc s shaq brewster and nbc justice co
president in american history, unfortunately. so much of it is much of it is preventable. and the devastation is amazing. that was in a meeting with the new zealand prime minister. the united states has its first confirmed ambassador to ukraine in kyiv in three years. she arrives at a critical moment with president zelenskyy saying that russia achieved, quote, maximum combat power in the eastern donbas region. president biden has reaffirmed his support for federal reserve independence in fighting inflation in advance of a meeting today with fed chairman powell as the national frustration with rising inflation becomes a midterm threat for democrats. we begin in uvalde, texas, with nbc s sam brock, and tom winter and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. sam, while federal investigators are looking into the police response to this mass shooting, we are hearing stories about the day as the community attends services for loved ones. tell us what s going on down there. this is a