minister says abe is in critical condition and doctors are fighting to save his life. the fire department reports that abe was in a state of pulmonary arrest. they were quick to arrest the gunman, a plan in his 40s, saying he used a home made gun. we are live this hour in tokyo. what more can you tell us? you just heard the booming gunshots ring out in the video you just played. japanese broadcaster reporting former prime minister shinzo abe was shot, once in the chest and one on the right side of his neck. it happened this morning in the western city of nara. about an hour ago, the current prime minister held a press conference and addressed abe s current condition. take a listen. [speaking in foreign language] first of all in the morning, i received the news that the former prime minister was shot and now in critical condition. emergency operation is taking place to save his life. i pray he pulls through. he went on to call today s shooting an unforgivable act. now, aft
The defining battle of this century. Will, thank you very much. And thanks very much to all of you for joining us. You for joining us. Ac 360 starts now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. In tel aviv. Exactly 24 hours from now, President Biden will address americans from the oval office. The white house made that announcement shortly after he wrapped up his brief visit here to the region. The president met with according to his secretary, the president will focus on hamas attacks as well as russias war in ukraine. At a refuelling stop in germany, Cnns Kevin Liptak asked the president if he was disappointed. Lets listen. No. Disappointed . Look, i came to get something done. I got it done. Part of that appears to be an agreement with egypts president el sisi who he spoke with my phone instead of meeting face to face in aman. The president said el sisi agreed to open to humanitarian aid and affirmed israel was not responsible for the hospital explosion. What happened las
charming, he is say seasoned politician. comes from a political family. incredibly well connected. recognizable. on the campaign trail people show up when he appears, people attend, there was quite a crowd today as well, at the event. i am wondering. you were talking about the level of gun violence in japan. it is obviously so low, the country is held up as a model of countries especially when we are looking at what we are seeing hoer in the united states with so much gun violence, will this, you think, shake people s confidence in their own public safety that something like this could happen? i think it will be a shaking event. there are some, you know, high profile incidents of crimes here and there when wherever there is one, like an arson attack, it rattles the country because crime rates in general are low. you think about the security that was present today.
the arab world. one out of every four people who live in this region are egyptians. i don t have to review with you the history of this country and the cultural and historical importance. so whether it happened in tunisia is certainly a shaking event. startling event. but what is happening in egypt is without precedent. we have to adjust to it. yes, we will take some of the blame for not having pushed harder for human rights and democratization and freedom and all those things. but we now are presented with a situation where we re gonna have to act quickly. the longer these demonstrations last, the more likely it is that a radical element will hijack what is really a spontaneous movement. greta: you look at the pictures they are gripping. you watch video and you can
the arab world. one out of every four people who live in this region are egyptians. i don t have to review with you the history of this country and the cultural and historical importance. so whether it happened in tunisia is certainly a shaking event. startling event. but what is happening in egypt is without precedent. we have to adjust to it. yes, we will take some of the blame for not having pushed harder for human rights and democratization and freedom and all those things. but we now are presented with a situation where we re gonna have to act quickly. the longer these demonstrations last, the more likely it is that a radical element will hijack what is really a spontaneous movement. greta: you look at the pictures they are gripping. you watch video and you can