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this is cnn breaking news. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. we re following breaking news out of japan, where shinzo abe has been rushed to a hospital after being shot. this happened as he was giving a speech in nara in western japan. have a look here. japan s current prime minister says abe is in critical condition and considers are fighting to save his life. the fire department reports that abem nair arrest. police say he used a homemade gun. blake is in tokyo. what more are we learning about this? kim, very fluid situation here. japanese public broadcaster, nhk, is reporting the former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe has been shot twice. once in the chest and once in the neck, while delivering a speech around 11:30 this morning local time, in the western city of nara. according to the prime minister, who just gave a press conference, as you mentioned, abe is in critical condition, an ....
democracy and suppression of freedom of speech. you played the video and we heard those two gunshots ring out. earlier today around 11:30 a.m. local time, nhk reported that shinzo abe had been shot twice, once in the chest and according to the fire and disaster management agency, once in the neck. it happened while delivering a speech, a stump speech around 11:30 this morning local time in western japan about an hour and a half, two hours ago the current prime minister held a press conference and addressed abe s current condition. take a listen. translator: first of all in the morning today in noara, i received the news that shinzo abe is shot and in critical condition. i pray that he pulls through. reporter: he went on to call the shooting an unforgiveable act. nhk says the former prime minister was bleeding from his chest and in a state of cardiac arrest while being transported to the hospital. witnesses say he was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the fi ....
collapsing on the street. police arrested a man in his 40s on suspicious or the alleged shooter was quickly wrestled to the ground. it appeared to be a hand made gun in the attack. officials say that abe was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest after collapsing. he was air lifted to a hospital and right now is undergoing emergency treatment. blake essig is joining us from tokyo. what is the latest information on the former prime minister s condition? reporter: shock and sadness really. the yoverwhelming sense here, former prime minister abe, you heard the gun shots, shot twice once in the chest and also once in the neck. the shooting happened while delivering a speech around 11:30 friday morning local time here in the western city of nara. several hours after the shooting current prime minister fumio kishida held a press conference to update the world about abe s condition. take a listen. translator: first of all in the morning today in nara prefecture, i ve recei ....
Israel. Two more hostages have been released. Two older women were told, the family of yohevid confirms that she has been let go. They confirmed this just a couple of minutes ago. Lipsitd was one of the founders of the kibbutz. A Peace Activist who the paper says regularly transported patients from gaza for medical treatment in israel. She is somebody thats been talked about a lot in the news over the past two weeks. Joining us now from tel aviv is nbc news correspondent hala gorani. A lot is up in the air. Walk us through what we are able to report right now . Reporter we heard from the brigade spokesperson, the military ring of hamas, announcing the release of two hostages, a source briefed on the talks confirmed to me as well about ten minutes ago that these two hostages were released. They were chosen for release because they were elderly, without confirming the names of the hostages, but you mentioned elderly women. One of th ....
Of the national elections, a six or seven week long process. Mr modi, being strongly tipped to win a third term as indian Prime Minister, although turnout has been an issue across the country. You can see there, live pictures, slightly holding the, with huge crowds in this very sacred city. It is possible that the Prime Minister is going to very famous temple there and he has clearly got a lot of supporters out in his home city there. The place that he represents and is filing his nomination for as Prime Minister. Of course, this is a contentious election. It is represented in some parts of india but indian state politics is very split, with a number of other parties in the south and the east. In this fourth phase, a number of states are voting, with the Election Resu ....