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
ex-con who assaulted him first. watch this horrifying video. you seed the career criminal austin simon storm behind the counter and violently shove the clerk jose alba, the grandfather to the floor. he gets up, grabs a gun, that s when he grabs a knife and stabs and kills simon. the bail is set at $250,000 and well violent criminals released without bail courtesy of far left manhattan dal the bread. the new york post calling it justice gone mad. the self-defense isn t a crime. writing in an op-ed, although brad has turned the city upside down and it s time for him to go. especially after soft on crime policies keep giving breaks to the repeat offenders that you see on the screen. he downgraded the charges for the armed robbery assault, caleigh, the list goes on. we have too many to literally name in this hour but they include things like a rap sheet of six felony arrests and 65 misdemeanors, 31 failures to appear in court and two parole violations. two women accused of a
broke that story and expert guidance on what that means. first, let s remember how we got here. today in washington for only the second time a federal judge sentenced a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. at 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see why. in screen shots taken from officer body cams on january 6th, this guy is seen swinging t pole at a police officer so hard it snaps in two on the officer s riot shield. so then the guy goes and finds another pole and starts swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first pole the one he hit so hard, the pole snapped in two, that was capitol police sergeant, ganel. he gave emotional testimony about the horror of that day to the januarye 6th investigation last year. and today he testified at that rioter s sentencing hearing saying he suffered physical and mental injuries from the attack that forced him to leave t
Tonight Donald Trumps lawyers wrap up the case and his criminal trial as the former president declined to take the witness stand. Then my interview with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, as a war crimes prosecutor now seeks a warrant for his arrest. And what is going on with the economy . Inflation may be slowing, but prices remain high in this country. I will ask the head of the Federal Reserve bank of chicago as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. It evening once again, im Stephanie Ruhle in chicago and we are now 168 is away from the election. In about one week from now, a jury of 12 new yorkers will start deliberating the fate of the first former president charged with a crime. Donald trumps defense team rested its new york criminal case today after calling just two witnesses. Donald trump did not take the stand. The Closing Arguments are now set for one week from today. Then the case goes to the jury. My colleague Laura Jarrett has all the details. Reporter
Welcome back. 11 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Eastern. I am jose diazbalart alongside my friend and colleague, ana cabrera. In the trump case, the defense rested. The jury is now done for the week, but the judge will meet with prosecutors and Defense Attorneys this afternoon, and thats when they will discuss the instructions the jury will be given before beginning their deliberations next week. Vaughn hillyard outside the courthouse. Reporter at 2 15 eastern time, the two parties will reenter the courtroom, donald trump included with judge merchan. The jurors are gone until next week, and this is going to be the Charging Conference. This is where the two sides will present to judge merchan how they believe the Jury Instructions should be delivered to the jurors next week. We can expect tension here because of the extent to which the law that is being alleged that donald trump violated, the 34 felony accounts, kind of a complicating factor here. Of course, we are talking about the fals