[ 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
so, take a look at his net favorability rating. that s his favorable minus unfavorable and look at it since essentially march. we see march 25th, which was essentially four months ago, it was minus six points. then it s minus seven points april 25th. may 25th, minus nine points. june 25th, minus 10 points. july 25th, minus 13 points. you don t have to be a mathematician to know that s a bad trend line. and it follows everything that we know that we ve seen in the past. when the president stays out of the news the former president stays out of the news, his numbers go up. when he gets in the news, the numbers go down. to me it s a clear trend line. what are you seeing among republicans in particular. if you look among republicans in particular, obviously the thing i think most republicans are concerned about at this point, specifically donald trump is most concerned about is whether or not he can win in 2024, right? can he win that republican nomination? and of course hi
class. there is either extreme rich or extreme poor and the rest of us just kinds of fall through the cracks. it is exactly those kinds of voters that democrats and the white house are trying to reach. we heard the president just yesterday insisting that americans should trust that he has a plan to help working families. but those families are feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. and, in fact, we saw a little of president biden s own frustration in a letter today where he lashed out at oil companies for making huge profits while gas prices hit record levels. for him, his administration, and the entire democratic party, this economic problem has become an escalating political problem. consider the stakes w more than two dozen states holding primaries over the next three months. voters are making decisions based on what they are feeling now, not what might happen down the line. if you like $8 a gallon gas and you like continued rising costs on every single type of goods that
Done yet, and it will be a major battle to get all parties to agree to this deal. Not the least of which would be israeli Prime Minister benjamin yahoo, aaron korsh has been staunchly opposed. All right. Thank you very much. Kylie atwood in beijing tonight and thanks so much to all of you for being with us anderson starts now good, evening welcome to our continuing special prompt time covers the fastmoving trump Hush Money Trial date eight saw three witnesses testify. Former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, wrapping up a week on the stand, former trump personal assistant or rhona graff seemingly undermining the former president is denial about faris has Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal and a former executive of the bank or Michael Cohen arrange the, uh, hundred and 30,000 daniels payout . Were on a graph under defense crossexamination in meetings, she was not testifying by choice, but nonetheless, telling prosecutors that she kept Contact Information for the two women her bos
Witnesses testify, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, wrapping up a week on the stand, former trump personal assistance, or rhona graff, seemingly undermining the former president is denial about faris and Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal, and a former executive of the bank where Michael Cohen arrange the, uh, hundred and 30,000 daniels payout . Rhona graff, under defense crossexamination in meetings. She was not testifying by choice, but nonetheless, telling prosecutors that she kept Contact Information for the two women her boss had denied knowing intimately, including Stormy Daniels Cell Phone Number and two addresses for Karen Mcdougal she also said she vaguely recalled one seeing daniels at trump tower on the 26th floor. Then when prompted by the defense, she said it might have been in connection with the apprentice earlier. The defense tried hard to undermine former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, and upcoming witness, Michael Cohen the trumps attorney, e