i m michael holmes, coming to you live from the cnn center? atlanta. breaking news out of japan, former prime minister shinzo abe has been rushed to hospital, after being shot according to japan s broadcaster nhk. this happened as he was giving a speech in western japan. for those just catching up on things, let s start with what we know happened. japanese public broadcaster nhk is reporting that former japanese prime minister shinzo abe house shot twice in the chest while delivering a speech at 12:30 local time. abe was rushed to the hospital, bleeding from his chest in a state of cardiac arrest. nhk says that abe was conscious and responsive. will be transported after the shooting. witnesses say abe was shot from behind. he didn t collapse after the first shot but did collapse after the second shot at the time. the suspect did not attempt to run. was arrested on the spot. a man believed to be in his 40s, has been arrested with possession of a gun. the gun is believed to b
americans believe donald trump should face criminal charges for his part in the capitol riot. on tuesday the house select committee investigating the capitol insurrection will begin its third week of hearings. this time the panel plans to focus on former president trump s efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. georgia elections officials are expected to testify at tuesday s hearing along with arizona house speaker rusty bowers. our justice and crime reporter is joining us. what can we expect from tuesday s hearings? reporter: we re going to see another aspect of donald trump trying to manipulate the laws to take the election in 2020. this tuesday the public hearing before the house select committee is going to focus on the states, specifically battle ground states like arizona and georgia where trump and the lawyers were trying to get people to change the outcome of the votes in the states. those were states that trump lost. so we kn
of a single party state. you know, the state had used to have a long tradition of democrats having a presence there, but really it boiled down to joe manchin and i think that result seems to indicate that the sort of joe manchin wing is very small and it certainly is not large enough to overcome trump s dominance in that state. but when you look at nebraska, you have the added factor here of an actual scandal, credible sexual assault allegations against herbster in the last several weeks of this campaign, and it seems that even trump can t overcome that. trump may be able to get away with a lot when it comes to those kinds of allegations, but he can t transfer that over to other candidates in a lot of cases. it is not the first time that trump has endorsed candidates who have been accused of misconduct, he did it in alabama, with roy moore, he did it in pennsylvania, prior to that his candidate chosen candidate dropping out of the race, and in this case, in nebraska, he
ukraine. it is so, so important for the ukrainians to have the support of countries like the united kingdom in the west, not only to lobby other countries to provide military support and to provide it themselves. barely a day goes by when zelenskyy doesn t plead with the west fordonbas, they are outgun and outmanned. it seems like a good day when they hold the line. in places like the north and the southern parts of the country, where the ukrainians are holding the line, taking back territory, of course, the russians are content to lob missiles on to the other side. yesterday, a missile strike hit in the city center. and the ukrainians say in kha kharkiv, in the northern part of the country, there was shelling that killed three people. all right. scott mcclain, appreciate your reporting there, in kyiv for us. our thanks to you.
a dire new warning today that russia s war in ukraine could be a long and drawn out conflict. both the head of nato and british prime minister boris johnson saying the war could drag on for years. we re seeing new video that shows the devastation in eastern ukraine. the body cam video taken by a russian soldier last month showing damaged buildings and empty streets as russian forces took control of that town. cnn s sam joins us from kha kharkiv. is there a growing sense on the ground that could war could go on for years? reporter: well, fredricka, i think this is an important turning point. that s why you ve seen boris johnson writing in the sunday times and stoltenberg writing, giving an interview both with the same message to prepare