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[ gunshot ] police apprehended the gunman just moments after he fired the two fatal shots from a homemade gun. an investigation into the shooter and his motive is now under way. abe s murder has shaken japan where gun violence is virtually nonexistent. a former abe adviser says the assassination is the equivalent of jfk s. abe was considered one of the most transformative leaders in post world war ii japan. selina, do we know anything this hour about the suspect and investigation? reporter: we have learned from police that the suspect confessed to shooting the former prime minister shinzo abe. he is a 41-year-old unemployed man and said that he holds a grudge against a specific organization and believes that abe was a part of it. the police declined to give any more details about the motive of the suspect, but right now there are 90 investigators working on this case. abe was shot at 11:30 a.m. local time during this campaign speech rally. he was shot in broad dayli ....
doocy at the white house with the latest. peter? here at the white house, they think this jobs report is not a reason to worry about a recession. that phrase, make it in america, the cornerstone of my economic plan. today s report proves making it in america isn t just a slogan, it s my administration. but former obama economic adviser jason furman writes uncomfortably hot jobs report. 528,000 jobs added and unemployment rate falls to 3.5%. what worries me is average hourly earnings were up at 5.8% in july. june revised. the wage moderation that we all discussed last month was wrong data. white house officials are shrugging off the fears saying they still trust the federal reserve to adjust rates to address inflation. they claim there s more good news. in 50 straight days of gas prices falling even though they re $1.72 a gallon more than when president biden got here. you want to talk to a nurse or a teacher or a firefighter? having that little britt of breathin ....
america reports on this friday. white house getting good news on the jobs market but will a massive spending plan send the economy into another tailspin, making an already bad inflation problem even worse? hello, everyone. i am sandra smith in new york. jon: i am jon scott info john roberts. the labor department says the u.s. added 528,000 jobs last month. the on employment rate also falling slightly to 3.5%. both numbers beating expectations. wages are still largely out of step with the rising inflation. now more than 200 economists, 230 to be exact, warning democrats their social spending bill will make high prices in this country even worse. jon: senior economic advisor jared bernstein joins us. first, congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest on the spending bill. good afternoon. democrats say this bill will help with inflation. more than 200 economists warn congressional leaders that the u.s. is in a dangerous crossroads. they argue the bill ....
series of steps to punish the u.s. for allowing house speaker nancy polosi to visit taiwan. which bay engine beijing sees a as a rogue nation. it is early morning in taiwan flight. as the region and the u.s. geared for more trouble with china. china firing with both barrels. as it continues its military exercises around taiwan. island air force jets scrambling as chinese war planes and warships crossed a median line separating china and taiwan. a key buffer zone. china says its forces is rehearsing blockade of taiwan. china has chosen to over react and use speaker pelosi s visit as a pretext to increase military activity around the taiwan strait. beijing went further. president xi regime says it they will cut contact with the u.s. on a range of issues. plus talks on everything from climate change to immigration to cross-border crime. s the chinese military muscles in on taiwan, it is warning the u.s. to stay away. we wish to issue a warning. united states do not ....
wound. several people were also wounded. none of their injuries l life-th life-threatening. police received reports of an active shooter of a physician s office building just before 5:00 p.m. yesterday. this is not a random event. it is not as if he went to a hospital and was indiscriminately shooting at people. he very purposefully went to this location, went to a very specific floor and shot with very specific purpose. it is so sad. i was coming to the doctor and i got my grandkids with me. and this terrible scene. just awful. it is sad. my daughter-in-law is from buffalo. so now it is so slow to home. it is not even safe if you come outside anymore, you you know. this really does happen. you see it on tv but you don t think that it will happen in front of your eyes. this is a wake-up call that it can happen anywhere. you can t even go to a school, can t go to school, now you can t go to the doctor. and police say that they are getting close to identifying the ....