Our viewers watching here in the united states and around the world. i m leila rock ahead on cnn newsroom, the air national guardsman charged with leaking classified documents had access to some of the united states most sensitive intelligence how we got such high level clearance. panic and chaos at a political event in japan, while the prime minister rushed to a safe location and pension reform is now law in france, less than a day after the country s constitutional council weeks of protests and approved the plan to raise the retirement age from 62. to 64. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila harrack. the man accused of
Learn? leila since we last talked, we are now hearing from the prime minister directly. he indeed did give that speech and in that speech, he acknowledged that police are investigating what s been described as some kind of explosion. he said he s fine. he apologized for what happened and appreciated concerned. and then he said the real attention should be on the upcoming elections. let me walk you through the what exactly happened at around noon time in tokyo. in the small sport fishing ports of wakayama, which is about six or seven hours drive south of tokyo, the prime minister there was gathered when witnesses describe some kind of silver objects flying through the air. one witness told japanese broadcaster nhk that there is some kind of bright light. and then there was the explosion immediately. the prime minister was removed from that area, whisked away by his security entourage. and then a man, a younger man. that s how he s described basically tackled
To the ground by people in the crowd, including what is believed to be a police officer . a man who was wearing glasses. he had a mask of great backpack. he has now been removed and is facing a charge described by police as forcible obstruction of business, according to japanese law that basically means getting in the way of everyday affairs. how the how his potential weapons charge may fit into all this, we don t know . and the other big looming question is who is this man? this this man who is accused of throwing this object? we are still waiting to get confirmation of his name his age. where he was from and leila. he had any kind of political issues or gripes with the prime minister. but this is the start of a political season . there are a lot of issues facing japanese voters, including everything from inflation to the future of nuclear energy. but that is that s that s what we know so far. the prime minister indeed is safe. market eerily
Was here that might occur, but i think it also has an incredibly important educative function that it might serve. we might highlight the importance of the rule of law, importance of accountability, even for president or former president that no human being no politician. no powerful individual is above the law. and if that message comes across that s a great message to send to america and to the world. michael genevieve s thank you so much. thank you, leila. meanwhile, officials claim to have new evidence suggesting potential obstruction by donald trump in their probe of his handling of classified documents , according to the washington post, investigators say the information indicates mr trump personally reviewed some of the documents in his mar-a-lago home after receiving a subpoena last night last may, rather from the just justice department will additional evidence obtained by investigators suggests that mr trump told others. to mislead
See that we re down to five seconds. we ll see you in our next session. the amateur. good place. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world . i m leila rock. just hours from now. donald trump is expected to arrive in new york