legacy of shinzo abe. so consequential, in the u.s./japan relationship. of course the word just breaking this morning that he was assassinated, shot in the back in nara, japan. it is so shocking. i ve covered him for years. he was such a transformational figure in japan. three generations of political leadership, his father, his grandfather and his importance, he was moving japan into a more military defensive posture against china. supporting taiwan. he was now the leader of the asia trade deal that we walked away from because of donald trump acceding that territory to china. and he stepped into so many vacuums in japanese politics and global politics and his relationships with president obama and then vice president
gun rights advocates pressed the president on how he s working to make america safer. mr. obama said he is not trying to take guns away from law abiding owners. south korea is now blasting propaganda broadcasts at the dmz directed at north korea. this in response to pyongyang s claim it detonated a hydrogen bomb this week. the south has also increased its military defensive posture. the north has at times reacted to these broadcasts with artillery fire. at least 50 people are dead in a truck bombing in western libya. the town s mayor says the vehicle plowed into a group of about 400 people at a police training center and then exploded. authorities say they don t know yet who s behind it. new video and pictures from syria are disturbing and they re reminding people of world war ii concentration camps. the images we ll show you are