addressed the media calling the attack an affront to democracy and freedom to speech. the suspect, a man in his 40s, was arrested on the spot, in possession of what nhk is describing as a handmade gun. he made no attempt to flee before being swarmed by the security detail. witnesses say abe was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot before receiving cpr. while controversial figure here in japan at times, abe is an incredibly important figure, not only here in japan, but around the world, and news of this shooting has absolutely sent shock waves around the nation, and the world. hours following this shooting, many have taken to social media to say that they hoped at the time that he would pull through with many calling today s shooting a barbaric act that shakes the root of democracy, saying that whether or not you agree with this political stances, violence to suppress political stances is unacceptable. and i mentione
after hamas. the security system continues to flow. that s not going to change. we re also going to do everything we can to make sure that they are properly accounting for the civilian population and minimizing the damage and casualties as much as possible. the other thing we re not going to take our foot off the gas on is seeing if we can get nood another pause and get more hostages out and more security aid in. that s john kirby laying out the top priorities. we ll show you what else he had to say about the failed negotiations for another humanitarian pause in gaza. also ahead, the latest on a string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. plus, speaker mike johnson gives a timeline for a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry in the house of representatives and to president biden. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us
Bank shares are pulling down that market. Battle of the bands well speak to the boss of a Company Bringing the likes of hozier and bastille straight to your living room. Today we want to know, as more car brands consolidate, does it matter which badges on the back of your car . Is there enough choice in the car . Is there enough choice in the car market . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Do get in touch with your thoughts on this story. Our top story today. General motors, as was widely expected is selling opel and vauxhall General Motors will sell opel to psa group the French Company that owns peugeot and citroen. The price . 2. 33 billion. As we speak, both companies are hosting a Press Conference in paris. Buying gms Loss Making European Operations will make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. And it will be a giant. Last year, psa and gm europe sold a combined 4. 3 million vehicles an
North korea will reject the results of what it calls the forced autopsy which it says was not witnessed by north korean officials. Who knows if the north korean will ever get that body back or what that autopsy will say about the cause of death. Brian, thank you. Im brianna keilar. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, breaking news, the dow hits an all time high again seven days in a row. Trump taking the credit. Does he deserve it . And the secret Service Investigating an incident tonight involving trumps mor or the cade, what happened, and trumps twitter tirade. He tweeted, deleted, retweeted. Lets go out front. Good evening. Im erin burnett. One thing going right for trump. An alltime high. These are the facts. Stocks hit a record today in the midst of their best streak in 25
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The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Devastation. House after house after house in this neighborhood unable to survive. Lets give you a sense of what it was like when the fire roared through here. Flames swirling in high winds and hot temperatures, Wreaking Havoc on the Northern California landscape. The aptally named car fire which was first sparked by a vehicle ravaged the reason since monday, doubling in size over the course of the week and is still growing, deadly, out of control. Charred dozens of acres and structures as firefighters try to contain it. Neighborhoods scorched as smoke and fire climbed through hills, fueled by dried landscape. No idea what were going to do tomorrow. Hell, we dont know what were going to do tonight. Reporter this man and his wife never imagined they would see their house like this. We didnt think the fire was going to come here, so we didnt really take things out. Like Everybody Else that was scrambling at the last min