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 leaking us classified documents has now been charged under the espionage act, the 21 year old air national guardsman jack to sarah made his first appearance in federal court on friday, a day after being arrested while the classified documents were posted in at least two different discord, chat rooms and included detailed intelligence assessments.
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i kept yelling back are you friendly . We didnt know if it was another gunman or if it was return fire. And the Capital Policeman put his head around the dugout and i could tell it was them returning fire. It was a very chaotic situation, and it lasted for at least ten minutes and it just kept going on and on. Some estimated over 50 shots. I stood up up in the dugout trying to get a sense of where the gunman was. He walked around first base outside of the fence. And he got into the dugout. And we realized we were not safe there. Could you se
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
there s a level at which he is meeting with people and excluding others and taking perks like this discounted condo rental that certainly creates the appearance that epa is for sale. you don t doubt that that is the message scott pruitt is basically saying through his actions? interestic i ethics don t apply to me. it s compliance with all of the safeguards and restraints on government officials. his security entourage, lavish spending and inability to take responsibility for any of it i m not aware. i was not aware. i was not aware. i was not aware. means his name keeps surfacing as the next potential candidate to be publically fired by his boss. it s time we issue an eviction notice, change the locks and kick scott pruitt out of the epa.
you don t doubt that that is the message scott pruitt is basically saying through his actions? ethics don t apply to me. it s compliance with all of the safeguards and restraints on government officials. his security entourage, lavish spending and inability to take responsibility for any of it i m not aware. i was not aware. i was not aware. i was not aware. means his name keeps surfacing as the next potential candidate to be publically fired by his boss. it s time we issue an eviction notice, change the locks and kick scott pruitt out of the epa. we re at a point now with scott pruitt being investigated by the house, the senate, the government accountability office, the office of management and budget and inspector general, with that many investigations going on, i