speech in the city of nara in western japan. our blake essi fw is live at this hour in tokyo. and blake, we are learning more details, we believe one person now in custody. what more can you tell us about this shooting? >> reporter: yeah, a very fluid situation. japanese public broadcaster nhk is reporting that shin zo abe hs been shot in the chest while delivering a speech around 11:30 this morning. nhk is reporting that abe was rushed to the hospital in a state of cardio pulmonary arrest, meaning that his heart wasn't beating. we do not know the current health condition of the former prime minister. now, witnesses say that abe was shot from behind. he didn't collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot and people at that point began conducting cpr. witnesses say that the suspect

didn't attempt to run. he just got arrested on the spot. several police officers on site were able to take the suspect into custody and he's now being questioned. police did retrieve a gun and the suspect, again, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. nhk reporters on the scene said they heard two shots while abe was delivering that stump speech. he was there to deliver a speech in support of liberal democratic party candidates ahead of the upper house election, which is set for this sunday. abe is japan's longest-serving prime minister, first elected in 2006 before serving multiple different terms over the years that had followed before stepping down in 2020 because of health concerns relating to a long-term debilitating disease. despite stepping down, abe remained a key player in japanese politics, speaking very candidly about taiwan, hinting even recently at japan's

increased military role, possibly military role in taiwan. again, former prime minister shinzo abe has been shot, believed to be twice, rushed to the hospital. we do not know his current health condition. >> and blake, as you mentioned, the upper house elections are this sunday. what is at stake? because it's highly unusual, right, to see gun crime in j japan. especially shootings. very rare. >> reporter: yeah, look, lynda, here in japan, gun violence is almost nonexistent. the number of deaths resulting from firearms hasn't reached triple digits since the year 2000. the reason, according to gub control advocates, firearm regulations here in japan are extremely restrictive. under japan's 1958 firearm and sword law, most guns are illegal

in the country under the law. possession really is only allowed if special approval is obtained. and before that can even happen, you must pass a background check and explain to police why you need a gun, receive formal instruction and pass a collection of written mental and drug tests. and while it is rare when it comes to mass killings here in japan, often it's these people that are resorting to knives or arson instead of guns, so gun violence in japan, incredibly rare. >> and as you mentioned, earlier, blake, the former prime minister has a chronic health condition. he was the longest serving prime minister in japan, he served twice, first from 2006, again from 2012 and then he resigned in 2020 because of that health condition. has he been seen much in public since his resignation?

>> reporter: you know, lynda, again, talking about his health condition, you know, the -- it can be treated and he was using medication to treat his health condition, which allowed him to seek re-election in 2017, but since stepping down, he has been active. we've seen him, again, talk very openly, candidly, about the potential for japan to get involved militarily in taiwan, if china were to -- to invade. and so, you know, you've seen him almost, you know, transition away from, you know, from being in public office where he might have had to watch what he said to make sure that he's, you know, didn't upset, you know, china or any other countries, around the world in this region, and really has been able to speak more candidly and he has done so since stepping down and

resigning from being japan's prime minister in 2020. so, being involved in the ldp runup to the election to generate support for candidates, he's been very much seen as a king maker here in japan. again, you know, highly respected, longest-serving prime minister, you know, getting his stamp of approval goes a long way here in japanese politics. >> and just on that note, just how popular is shinzo abe, given that he was the longest-serving former prime minister? >> reporter: you know, i think -- i think it varies. i think a lot of people absolutely, you know, support -- the majority support prime minister shinzo abe. you look at the amount of times that he was re-elected as prime minister, you know, known for his abe-nomics, his economic plan. and then more recently, you know, the -- his more hawkish approach to japan's military

and, again, in a country like japan where the pass visit constitution exists and, you know, there's a long history of not wanting to build up, you know, whether it's military that would be able to be deployed outside of japan, or strike targets outside of japan, prime minister -- the former prime minister has been an advocate of working within that pass visit constitution to better defend japan moving forward. and i think that on the ground here, you know, that is a -- you know, there's a sense that that is -- you know, it's a popular thought at this point. recognizing that here in japan, surrounded by russia, surrounded by north korea and china, i talked to many people, many high-ranking officials within the japanese government who say

that -- that the security environment surrounding japan right now is the worst it's been since shortly after the end of world war ii, and so in order to protect itself, looking at what's happened with the united states withdrawal from afghanistan and the concern that even though there's a security pact between the two nations, that the united states would come to japan's defense if japan was attacked, there's a concern that that might not be the case and the fact that japan needs to take its own security into its own hands and i think that prime minister abe was a big advocate of that. >> and blake, just for viewers joining us right now, just recap what we know about this shooting, the former prime minister shinzo abe believed to have been shot in the chest. >> reporter: yeah, again, nhk, japan's public broadcaster, reporting that the shooting took place around 11:30 this morning local time in the western city

of nara. nhk reporting that he has since been rushed to the hospital, bleeding from his chest, essentially in a state of cardio pulmonary arrest, which could mean that his heart was not beating or he wasn't breathing. that all being said, we really do not know at this point the current health condition of the former prime minister, but witnesses on the scene say that he was shot from behind, he didn't collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot, where at that point people began conducting cpr. witnesses say on the scene that the suspect didn't attempt to run. he was arrested by several police officers on site, taken into custody, being questioned at this time. police did retrieve a gun from the suspect, who has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. nhk reporters on the scene did report, again, two shots, believe that the suspect came --

shot abe from behind while he was delivering that speech in japan's western city, again, he was there to deliver a stump speech in support of liberal democratic party candidates ahead of this sunday's upper house election. but again, lynda, to recap, prime minister, longest serving prime minister in japan's history, shot, we do not know at this point his condition. a very fluid situation, we're learning more details by the minute. >> blake essig from tokyo, our thanks to you. and we are going to stay on this story, i want to welcome david sanger, form "new york times" tokyo bureau chief. thank you for joining us. so, we are learning that the former prime minister of japan, shinzo abe shot twice in the chest. he collapsed, went into cardiac arrest. what's your reaction? >> well, first, this is incredibly rare in japan.

i lived in japan as a correspondent and "the times" bureau chief from 1988 to 1994, just as abe shinzo was first getting aelected to the -- to the japanese diet. knew him as a young politician. and if there were any shootings in japan at that time, they were usually ya cue sa, you know, organized crime groups that were shooting each other, but the idea of political assassination? almost unheard of, as gun fire is so rarely heard of in japan. >> and interesting, you say that, you know, political assassinations, you have to go back to the '30s -- >> that's right. >> to even think of a time when that may have happened and interestingly so, in this case, he's not currently the leader of the country, he's a former leader. just explain for us his standing in the country. >> well, he was the leader of

the conservative party, he was the longest serving prime minister, he served from 2012 until 2020. that's an incredibly long tenure in the japanese political system. he was a controversial figure. he was pretty right wing. he pushed for a much stronger japanese military. he refused to back down on admitting to japanese war crimes during world war ii. he was a pretty hard liner on the demands that japan make reparations, particularly to korean women and their families who had been dragged into sexual serve tuesday in world war ii. he was controversial, but at the same time, he really cemented the alliance with the united states. he was praised for the early

handling of the virus. and he dealt with all the virus issues pretty well, it was only later on that japan ran into -- to issues. and he really worked hard to nurture a relationship with president trump, which was not easy. they bonded over golf, when they were disagreeing over trade. >> and he certainly, in his time as prime minister, met with many world leaders. we're just getting a tweet in from former australian prime minister malcolm turnbull who tweeted that he was horrified by the news from japan. he said abe shinzo is one of the great leaders of our time. right now, we must hope and pray that he pulls through. clearly this is having reverberations around the world. this is highly, highly unusual, as you say, to see gun violence,

or a political assassination, in japan. can you explain for us, david, what sort of security detail a prime minister or a former leader in japan would have, when you consider what some leaders, especially here in the u.s., go through and the sort of security detail that they have with them anywhere they go, even once they've done their time serving in office. >> well, pretty light. he was back in the diet. from the few photographs and video that we have seen from the event, which looked to be outside at a train station in nara, not far from kyoto, he -- it looked like people could, you know, get in pretty close to him. and it would be sort of unimaginable in an american context for a former president, for example, to have security that was that light. but in the japanese system, when you go back into the parliament,

you're another parliament member. and, you know, i remember in covering many japanese campaigns, you could basically go right up to the candidate. it's really -- it's really handshake campaigning. every time that there is an act of violence in japan, even a non-gun related act of violence, japanese always say, this never happens here and the security rarely tightens much. i'm sure you'll discover there were some police around, perhaps a couple of dedicated guards to him, but obviously it looked from the video as if the shots were fired from a pretty close range. >> and david, he resigned because of his chronic health condition. what sort of impact did that condition have on him as he -- you know, in the years that he led the country and in those final few months before he resigned? >> well, he's had this condition for many years and it contributed to his resignation

from a previous time he had been prime minister back in 2006-2007. but it seemed to tire him. i think it made it hard for him to keep up the kind of schedule that a world leader requires. at the time he resigned, though, his popularity had also begun to wane. not a surprise, after that many years in office. so, i think it was the combination of health and the recognition that he didn't command the kind of leadership role that he had had early on that contributed to his decision. but as you heard before, still one of the most influential voices on the conservative side of japanese politiipolitics. >> david sanger, really good to get your perspective and insight, former bureau chief in tokyo for "the new york times", thank you so much. >> thank you. >> and we will continue to stay on this breaking news out of japan.

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welcome back. we're following breaking news out of japan, where former prime minister shinzo abe has been rushed to hospital after possibly being shot twice. it happened as he was giving a speech in the city of nara in western japan. the suspect is in custody. abe is the country's longest-serving prime minister, in office from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. he stepped down in september of 2020, citing health problems. well, for more now, i want to bring in nancy snow, a speaking with us from new york. thank you for joining us. you, of course, have spent years writing about shinzo abe, his brand of abe-nomics, how he

shaped the country as the longest-serving prime minister. this, of course, is a huge shock in a country where gun violence is extremely rare. >> that's right. it's not only rare, private ownership is rare, but it's really culturally unfathomable. the japanese people can't imagine having a gun culture like we have in the united states. and that's why this is a speechless moment. i -- i really feel at a loss for words. of course, i pray for the best for the former prime minister, but what this will do to the national psyche of a people who move about freely and have a social contract with each other that they will not resort to this type of violence, i -- i just -- i'm devastated thinking about that. that's why i live in japan, for

the safety and the security and the relaxation. we have natural occurrences, of course, 3/11, after 3/11, we were wearing the arm bands, pray for japan, and the world was very sympathetic to earthquakes and tsunamis, but this is its own verve summon version, emotionally, of that natural occurrence, and i think it will change japan, unfortunately, forever. because it's -- it's really been an oasis and it's shown what it can teach the world. i wrote a piece for t"the japan times" almost five years ago, what japan can teach the u.s. about guns, and it was after the las vegas mass shooting. and i just -- i really -- i know that when i talk to my students in japan, we almost can't even go there, we can't even talk about this way that we live in

the united states, with using a gun as a form of protection. it's very upsetting. and so, it's too hypersensitive, really, a discussion point. well, now it's been brought home and it's been brought home to really the -- the national face brand of this country, for so many years. he's still a major statesman. he was recently interviewed during the quad meeting by the indian news, he had a sitdown interview. he looked very well. i'm worried that we're not getting an update on his condition, because i think, again, it's going to be such a shock. and i'm already hearing from japanese friends reporting what has happened there and it's -- it's hard, really, to formulate

any words right now, but i just pray for the comfort of the people in japan. and it's a wonderful country. many people want to visit there, for good reasons. >> yeah. and given, nancy, what you say about the lack of guns on the streets, in the hands of people in japan, can you give us a sense of the sort of security detail around a former prime minister? >> well, my goodness, i was recently at a conference in central tokyo, where i live, and there was a former prime minister there whom i was able to talk to and greet. there was very low security. once we were approved as participants at this conference, we sort of recognized each o other. and it's very different in the united states, of course. for obvious reasons.

but as i say, i think this will -- this will change the security fabric of the nation. and we have been able to come and go, i haven't been near the former prime minister abe. i did meet him, because i was an abe fellow, which is a tribute to his father, shintaro, who was once the longest-serving foreign minister before the current prime minister kishida. so, i was able to be in the same room with prime minister abe and his mother and it was the 25th anniversary of the abe fellowships. and i was even taken aback by that, i mean, to have that kind of proximity. but again, there is that feeling of security. as a woman walking around, sometimes when i return to tokyo and i'm jet lagged, i'll get up, it will be the middle of the night, i know i can walk all over the city.

greater tokyo is 35 million people. and central tokyo, some 12, 13 million. and i have no problem doing that. i'm not even -- i don't have any form of protection, because i know i'm safe. so, that's going to be a loss, but especially right now, my heart is breaking for the japanese people. and, of course, i'm waiting to hear what i hope will be the recovery of the former prime minister abe. i was just writing about him today as somebody who really helped to elevate the visibility of japan and its global communications. i give him a lot of credit for that. even when i was often a critic of his policies, i was never a critic of him personally. and that's why my heart is breaking for him, his family, but also for the entire nation.

and i know that everywhere around the world we pray for the best outcome here. >> yeah, certainly a huge shock, the former prime minister of japan shinzo abe shot twice in the chest. nancy snow, international security industrial council, japan director, thank you for your time. >> thank you. and we are getting some tweets in from world leaders. we've just got a tweet from the u.s. ambassador to japan rahm emanuel who tweeted, "we are all saddened and shocked by the shoots of former prime minister shape shinzo. he has been an outstanding leader of japan and unwavering ally of the u.s. and the u.s. government and american people are praying for the well being of abe-san, his family, and the people of japan." we will continue to stay on this breaking news this hour. shinzo abe apparently shot while giving a campaign speech. we'll go live to tokyo when we come back.

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hello, i'm lynda kinkade. we have more on our breaking news this hour. nhk, japan's public broadcaster reporting that former japanese prime minister shinzo abe has been rushed to hospital after possibly being shot. abe was making a campaign speech in the western city of nara. i want to go to cnn's blake essig, who is live in tokyo with more on the developments we're learning and blake, we understand one person is in custody, the former prime minister possibly shot twice in the chest. >> reporter: yeah, lynda, a man believed to be in his 40s.

nhk reporter that former japanese prime minister shinzo abe has been shot in the chest during -- while he was delivering a speech around 11:30 this morning in the western city of nara. he was rushed to the hospital bleeding from his chest in a state of cared owe pulmonary arrest, meaning he might not have been breathing and his heart may not have been breathing. abe was conscious and responsive while being transported after the shooting. details of his, you know, current condition at this point, you know, are really murky. we do not know how he's doing at this point. witnesses on the scene say that abe was shot from behind, shot twice. he didn't collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot. at that time, people were able to conduct cpr. witnesses say the suspect didn't attempt to run. he was arrested on the spot by several police officers on site, taken into custody and is being questioned at that point. the suspect, again, believed to

be a unanimous in his 40s, has been arrested in possession of a gun, nhk reporters on the scene heard two shots while he was -- abe was delivering that speech. he was there in japan's western city to deliver a stump speech ahead of the upper house elections set for this sunday. abe, japan's longest-serving prime minister, first elected in 2006 as the youngest prime minister at that time ever, before stepping down in 2020 because of health concerns related to us arive coe lie sis, a long-term, debilitating disease. now, despite stepping down, abe remained a key player in japanese politics, speaking very candidly about taiwan and hinting at japan's increased military role apossibly in taiwan. that being said, some of his policies and remarks have been seen as controversial, with critics saying some of his policies operated outside of

japan's pacivist constitution. he had intentions to revise the constitution, to legitimize the military. lynda, here in japan, you know, gun violence, just in general is almost nonexistent, so, the fact that the former japanese prime minister has been shot, you know, potentially two times, and is fighting for his life right now in all likelihood, is just hard to fathom. >> yeah, gun violence incredibly rare. and blake, also gun soip ownership, especially rare right across japan. it's quite difficult to even get a gun, right? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, look, gun violence -- gun ownership, you know, almost nonexistent. the number of annual deaths resulting from firearms hasn't reached triple digits since the

year 2000 with the number of home sides involving guns often in single digits. firearm regulations are extremely restrictive here in japan. most guns are illegal in the cou country. possession is only allowed in special approval is obtained and before that can happen, you must pass a background check to explain to police why you even need a gun, you need to receive formal instruction, pass a collection of written mental and drug tests, and all of those things considered when it comes to my mass killings like what we see play out in the united states all too often, here in japan, those responsible for resorting to those kinds of mass killings often use knives or arson instead of guns just because of how restrictive the gun policies are here in japan. >> blake essig for us in tokyo.

we will come back to you again soon with more updates on this story. our thanks to you. the former prime minister of japan shinzo abe reportedly shot twice in the chest. we will stay on that story. we're also going to cover politics in britain, where the former prime minister, well, current prime minister boris johnson, has announced his resignation. but he says he isn't stepping down right away. we'll sexplain why, when "cnn newsroom" returns.

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my blood pressure is borderline. garlique healthy blood pressure formula helps maintain healthy blood pressure with a custom blend of ingredients. i'm taking charge, with garlique. welcome back, i'm lynda kinkade. we are following the breaking news out of japan, where former prime minister shinzo abe has been rushed to hospital after being shot. it happened as he was giving a speech in western japan. the fire department reports that abe was in a state of cardio respiratory arrest. abe is the country's longest-serving prime minister, in office from 2006 to 2007, and again from 2012 to 2020. he stepped down in september of 2020, krift gt heciting health

well, nearly a day after the british prime minister resigned, there are pressing questions about the next government and how it will operate without boris johnson at the helm. he defiantly vowed to not go down without a fight. the conservative's mutiny proved to be too powerful to withstand, after a series of damaging scandals. johnson reluctantly announced he'd be stepping down without actually saying the worlds out loud, calling the decision painful. he'll stay on as caretaker prime minister while the party works on appointing a successor. >> it is clearly now the will of the parliamentary conservative party that there should be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister. and i've agreed with sir graham brady, the chairman of our back bench mps, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now. >> well, boris johnson's possible replacements include some of his former top

ministers, whose resignation set off the fatal wave of defections. another likely contender, former top ally michael legove. conservative party officials say they'll reveal a timetable for leadership election by monday. it will not be a general election. with us now from london is a journalist who writes extensively on british politics. good to have you with us. do want to get some context from you on the big question of why now. because so many scandals, others arguably much worse than the one that led to his downfall, have 0 cupped in the past few months, in the past few years and you wrote in "the new york times" that he's a man whose bluster and bullishness transcended every rule of political pr practice. so, what was different this time? >> yes, i mean, he's had so many year career-ending moments, so

many moments of which, particularly this year, it's been predicted he is about to go. i mean, you could say that this was just a final straw. a scandal came to light where he appointed a man called chris pincher, who he had known there were serious sexual harassment allegations against, overseeing party discipline and welfare. that is obviously a bad scandal and you might expect , logicall, that might be the moment that his mps turn on him, but it is hardly the worst thing he has done. he broke the law, he was fined for his own covid rules, he presided over a culture of rule-breaking in his top team, something that was officially found. the list goes on. now, what was interesting about this moment was that he did something very unusual. he broke with tradition and

issued a sincere apology for his behave your, where previously, he had blustered on, denying that he had done anything wrong. moments later, two big resignations, which then caused a domino effect throughout the party, happened. and that struck me, because it reminded me of an earlier point, where he had almost apologized in january for breaking covid rules, live on air, an interviewer cornered him into a real expression of regret, and immediately after that, members of his team started talking about submitting letters of no confidence in him. everyone predicted his downfall. and he only recovered and stopped all of the talk about these being his last days when he recovered his usual bluster the next day and acted as though he'd done nothing wrong.

and -- >> i want to ask about his bluster, because he said in his resignation speech that he tried to convince the party, but his ability to convince them failed. let's just take a listen to what he said. >> and in the last few days, i've tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when we're delivering so much, when we have such a vast man dailt and when we're actually only a handful of points behind in the polls. i regret not to have been successful in those arguments. >> martha, he made it sound like it wasn't his scandals that brought him down, but rather the fact he couldn't convince his party that he was the right person. still, even now, it seems like he doesn't take any responsibility for what has transpired. >> no, he doesn't. and that is very characteristic of boris johnson.

as we were just saying, perhaps is the secret to his success. he's right in some senses that there's no system for bringing down a prime minister who acts imm immorally and who -- who doesn't thin -- does the things that johnson has done. it's this system of herd behavior, which he used in his speech, a rather kind of primitive one, to bring him down. and often, his mps act in their own self-interest, watching to see what other mps will do. they wouldn't want to move by themselves, they need to move as a group, to be more effective. and also trying to assess whether or not he will allow them to keep their seats in the next election. and that is how it works. a much fairer system would have brought his tenure to an end much sooner. >> much, much sooner indeed. all right, martha, we'll leave it there for now. much appreciate your time. thank you very much.

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welcome back. let's get you up to date on our breaking news this hour. nhk reports former japanese prime minister shinzo abe has been rushed to nhk reports shinzo abe has within rushed to hospital after being shot. he was in a state of arrest. he was conscious and response i after being transferred after the shooting.

russia's war is taking a devastating toll on people of ukraine. now, it's affecting people in somalia, as well. the years of drought is pushing somalia to catastrophe. cnn's cla rissa ward reports. >> reporter: just outside of som somalia's capital, she shows us the fresh graves of those that have died here. there's 30, she says, in total. victims of this country's record drought. as the camp administrator, mohammed is tasked with burying the dead. from that corner to this one, this line of graves is all children. it must weigh on your heart to bury these children.

i'm a mother and i feel their pain as a parent. some 500 yards away, she has yet to visit the graves of her three children. severely malnourished, died after contracting measles. i cannot bear to go, she says. aid agencies warn that somalia is marching towards another famine. nearly half the country is hungry. some 800,000 people have been forced from their homes this year alone. two months ago this camp didn't exist. now, there's more than 870 families living here. conditions are dire. and the world's attention is elsewhere. thousands of miles from the front lines in ukraine, the

impact of the invasion is being felt here. food and fuel prices have skyrocketed, as the blockade of wheat consumes flies. >> the price of wheat has doubled, in some areas, you know, 150% increase. >> reporter: you had climate change, covid, but the war in ukraine is really threatening to push somalia over the edge? >> yes. definitely yes. >> reporter: and what about if the war continues in ukraine. if the blockade is in place? >> i can't imagine the impact. >> reporter: the station ward at the hospital offers a glimpse of what may be to come. there's no empty beds and many desperately sick children. she works around the clock to

keep her patients alive. how many years have you been working in this hospital? >> eight years. >> reporter: eight years. have you ever seen so many children brought in with malnutrition? >> this is the worst situation i'm seeing. the number of cases are increasing day by day. the hospital has more cases. >> reporter: are you overwhelmed? >> yes. >> reporter: in one bed, we meet a woman and her 4-year-old son, mohammed. i already lost three children in this drought, she says softly. you came here to save your son? how do you cope with that kind of loss to lose three children? how do you get through the day? i can't cope with the situation, she says. i pray my remaining children will survive. it's a prayer shared by so many women here, one that the world

has yet to hear. >> that was cnn's clarissa ward reporting from somalia. i'm linda kincaid at the cnn center in atlanta. michael holmes picks up our coverage in just a moment.

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