shocking somber news out of japan, a political assassination, japan former prime minister, shinzo abe , down in public, the moment the fatal shot was fired, caught on video. a warning, what you are about to see is chilling. the gunman struck the former prime minister in the back, one bullet penetrated his heart, according to dr. pitt 20 worked to try to save him. but they could not. the former prime minister was pronounced dead number 5:0 3 pm local time. already, a massive investigation underway, police have arrested a 41-year-old man who police say he has confessed to using a homemade weapon to carrying out the assassination. japan has notoriously strict handgun laws, had are extraordinary difficult to get, abe, 67 years old, the longest- serving prime minister in that country s history. cnn reporters are covering the story from all over the globe, and we begin in tokyo. live on the street, a shocking assassination, just a shock to see gun violence in a country in which it
more. a new terror tactic revealed wild fires. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with new developments in a growing diplomatic crisis dogging the obama administration. the chinese dissident who escaped house arrest and sought refuge, but the u.s. embassy in beijing is now appealing directly to president obama for help. chen guangcheng was basically pushed out of the embassy and abandoned, but the top american diplomat in china tells cnn a very different account of what happened. cnn s stan grant is in beijing and has been following this story from the beginning. dramatic developments, huge interest at stake, stan. you had a chance to speak with the u.s. ambassador gary locke about all of this. what is the very latest? reporter: yes. he is gary locke, the man with the answers about what went wrong at the embassy. chen guangcheng said he was encouraged to leave and without knowing the full range of his threat that