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one of the areas of the country to get out while they can, and grieving families in texas are furious with officials over their lack of answers about the uvalde school shooting. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. we're now learning that the funeral for japan's shinzo abe will be held next week. a wake is scheduled for monday, with his memorial service set for the next day. a hearse carrying the former prime minister's body arrived a few moments ago. he was gunned down while giving a campaign speech on monday. doctors spent hours trying to save him but his blood loss was too great. police are hinting at a possible motive. listen to this. >> translator: the suspect

committed the act as he had a grudge against a specific organization and believed former prime minister abe was part of it. we would like to refrain from getting into the details. >> condolences have been pouring in from world leaders who knew and worked with abe during his years as prime minister. he was the longest-serving premier in johnapanese history. listen to this. >> translator: hit's unbelievabe to see an attack like this in japan. it's very safe. it's unbelievable that someone was walking around with a gun like that. >> translator: there arable gun crimes happening abroad, but i never imagined it would happen in japan. >> cnn correspondents are covering this story in japan and beyond. we begin in tokyo.

>> reporter: japanese prime minister shinzo abe was speaking at a campaign rally east of osaka on thursday, when chaos ensued. two shots can be heard. abe is hit in the chest and neck. the weapon, a hand-made gun lying on the ground. bystanders try to aid the former prnl before he was rushed to the nearest hospital. but soon news broke, he had succumbed to his injuries and died, age 67. >> translator: there were two bullet wounds. he was in a cardio pulmonary arrest. we took rhesus taytive measures, but unfortunately, he died. >> reporter: police arrested a suspect, a 41-year-old man who did not flee after the shooting. a rare occurrence in japan, a country with one of the lowest gun rates.

>> translator: i he loved this country and worked hard for a brighter future of this country, leaving behindable be successes. >> reporter: u.s. president biden stunned and outraged, calling him a champion of the friendship of our people. >> this hasn't happened in japan in decades and decades. i've been told going back to the late '30s. >> reporter: former presidents barack obama and president trump. abe's contribution to promoting the improvement and development of japanese relations. relations with beijing were sometimes contentious.

he was critical of beijing's stance on taiwan. his assassination now a black dot in the country's history. a violent act of crime that is due to send ripples of shock across japan. the former prime minister's body is now back home, and abe's family will be focussing on planning his funeral, as was mentioned earlier, the wake set for monday, the funeral on tuesday. but overnight and throughout the day today we've been learning more about the suspect involved in abe's assassination and the weapon he used. the suspect, a 41-year-old unemployed man has admitted to the shooing. nhk is reporting that the gun he used was made with iron pipes wrapped with sticky tape. they cite police who say they found multiple guns with barrels at his home but used the

strongest weapon to carry out the assassination. now some people in tokyo are questioning their own safety. take a listen. >> translator: i think people in japan were shocked by what happened to mr. abe. they never thought that something like that could happen here. people thought japan was safe. we never imagined he would lose his life in that way. what happened feels like an incident that shook the foundations of japan's safety. >> reporter: now in the wake of this tragedy, many questions have been raised about the security meant to protect the former prime minister, according to nhk, a security plan was drawn up to watch abe from all sides while he was in nara. it involved dozens of local main clothes officers, and one personal specially assigned from tokyo. it didn't stop the shooter from walking up and firing the two

fatal shots. security arrangements will now be reviewed. >> and blake, abe's body was returned to tokyo earlier this afternoon, as i mentioned. and you were there. what was the reaction from people on the streets? >> reporter: yeah, earlier this afternoon the body of shinzo abe accompanied by his wife arrived back to their home here in tokyo, just down the street, you know, about a hundred meters or so. he returned from the city of nara, where he was assassinated. his home located normally in a fairly quiet residential neighborhood. as the car came closer to home, dozens of camera crews, police, hundreds of people started showing up. many bringing flowers, ready to pay their respects, to try to catch a glimpse of the former prime minister as he drove by one more time, and there's no question that this country, shocked, saddened and mourning the loss of one of the most

infl influential leaders in its history. >> and for more on this, i'm joined now by jeffrey kingston at temple university, japan and joins us from tokyo as well. thanks so much for being here with us. just describe for us the mood in japan right now. >> well, i think that this barbaric killing has the nation in shock. obviously, people are grieving and mourning the loss of perhaps the most consequential political leader in post-war japan. so i think it's natural that people are very concerned about safety issues. but the fact is, the man made his own gun, because it is so difficult to get a gun in this country. and last year they had one firearm homicide, compared to nearly 20,000 in the united states. so at least on that score, the

japanese have been very effective in making this a safer society. >> yeah, absolutely, even though as you say, many people have described that sort of sense of loss of security that they've felt themselves. now talking about abe himself, i mean some politicians, after they leave the top job they kind of fade away, but he was still a politician even after leaving the prime minister's office. how much influence did he still have? >> he certainly cast a long shadow over politics in japan. i think after he stepped down he became, you know, quite involved. he wasn't burdened bit protocols of office, so he could speak his mind. and he was quite critical about china, about russia, urging prime minister kishida to boost p defense spending to impose sanctions and show solidarity with the eu and nato.

so yes, he had considerable influence, and i think that kishida has been very adept at carrying on abe's activist diplomacy. >> now only a few leaders, i would say, would have eupon muss policies. reagan had reaagnomics and abe d abenomics. why is it the pillar. >> it's interesting that prime minister kishida, when he was running for the leadership of the ldp was critical of abenomics and said it accentuated disparities and did not provide a sustainable foundation for growth. so i think the mainstream consensus in japan is abenomics sort of sizzled out and did not really leave much of a legacy. i think if we're looking for

abe's legacy, it's more in terms of influence on security discourse. and shifting japanese security posture in 2015 by strengthening the u.s.-japan alliance, drafting guidelines and al how long japan to do a lot more militarily in support of the united states, and of course that is very contested terrain in japan and support for that legislation has been relatively weak. >> yeah, viewed very controversially at the time, but you think everything happening in the world now, with russia, with china's more hawkish postures these days, are japanese sort of more largely speaking coming more around to his viewpoint? >> yeah, i think that the circumstances of putin's vaegs,

xi jinping saber rattling, missile tests from pyongyang, all of that has raised concerns here, and the joint russian and chinese bomber patrols have heightened the urgency of the security environment in asia. so i think that you're right. the public mood seems to have shifted, but in nhk poll, it reported a couple weeks ago it seemed that support for increased defense spending is rather lukewarm. only 12% of respondents were enthusiastic about a big boost. now i imagine the death of abe might change things a bit in that regard. and i think that the kishida government is committed to pursuing constitutional revision. and i think they will be able to invoke abe, be a way to honor

his legacy, and so i think that they have been talking about the suspect as a terrorist, and i think that's part of a plan to include in the revision of constitution a clause that would enable the government to declare a state of emergency. >> hmm. it's interesting to see what effects might reverberate from this. we'll have to leave it there. but thank you so much for your expertise there, jeffrey kingston in tokyo. really appreciate that. >> thank you. >> well, the u.s. is sending extra firepower to help ukraine push back against the russian invasion. next, more powerful long-range weapons heading soon to ukrainian battlefields. plus a key official in the trump administration answers questions under oath for the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. that's ahead.

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i visited the famous hospital to personally thank our special heroes, all the doctors and nurses who have been rescuing our wounded soldiers and civilians every day since february 24 and since 2014. >> the global food crisis caused by the war took center stage at a meeting in bali, indonesia. russia was accused of playing hunger games with the world. the foreign ministers were addressed saying russia is purposely destroying ukrainian grain. he said moscow wants to get more political leverage by disrupting the food supply. the host country said the issue can't be solved too soon. >> we're concerned about soaring prices of food and energy. and reiterated that carbon crisis, including issues related

to their accessibility, affordability and sustainability, there is an urgent need to address global food chain supply disruption, reintegrating food and fertilizer from ukraine and russia into global market is critical. >> scott mcclain is keeping an eye on all developments in ukraine and joins us live from kyiv. president zelenskyy just visited the front lines. what more can you tell us about that visit? >> reporter: we've just gotten word that there has been a missile strike in the city of kharkiv against a residential area. there's actually a cnn team on the ground there who says that it is a two-story building that has been badly damaged. local officials there are also reporting injuries and reminding people that when those air raid sirens go off, people need to take shelter. you mentioned the visit by zelenskyy. he was in the southern part of ukraine, visiting the troops, visiting the front lines and

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possible success itful strikes coming in the opposite direction as well. there have been evacuees coming in the last few weeks as well. for the month of june, the governor of sap rhesa says people have come from occupied parts of the country. >> as i mentioned earlier, the latest shipment of american artillery system is on its way there. what difference is it expected to make? >> reporter: the ukrainians have asked for 300 of these types of artillery systems. with this new shipment of four they will have a hetotal of 12. they allow the ukrainians to fire at targets much deeper into russian-held territory. volodymyr zelenskyy said this is exactly what the ukrainians have needed. they really lacked artillery in the battle for the luhansk region, and they'll need a lot more of it if they plan to go

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bannon goes on trial and pleaded not guilty, citing broad executive privilege claims, even though he left his white house role in 2017. one of bannon's attorneys with drew citing the possibility of being called as a witness in the case. ryan nobles has the story. >> reporter: pat cipollone may be the most important witness that has come before the january 6 select committee up until this point, and he spent a lot of time with the committee on friday. gave testimony for more than seven hours. according to committee sources, they asked him a lot of specific questions about how his view of how the former president conducted himself on january 6 and the decisions made that day, including trump's desire to go to the capitol. sources close to cipollone say he was cooperative but do take

issue with some of the characterization bit committee. zoe l zoe lofgren says he didn't contradict anything hutchinson said. he was never asked about one key detail that cassidy hutchinson provided, and that was that cipollone warned members of the trump administration, including specifically her, that if they went to the capitol on january 6, that if trump went to the capitol on january 6 there could be legal consequences. they say he was never asked about that. and if he would have been asked he would have said that conversation never took place. the committee points out that no one has refuted a single thing that cassidy hutchinson has said under oath. they believe that is important. they believe it's more important the general information that cipollone provided to them in this lengthy deposition. they say we will see much of it

in the coming days ahead. of course the committee has a hearing scheduled for next tuesday. there are more hearings planned for the future. so there is a lot more that we're going to hear from pat cipollone after this lengthy testimony that took place on friday. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. >> we'll bring you the latest from japan in a moment. the body of assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe returns to tokyo as we learn more about funeral plans.

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newsroom." the body of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is back home in tokyo. it arrived from the city of nara where he was gunned down and killed during a campaign rally. crowds lined the streets as the motorcade made its way to his home. abe's wife traveled with her husband's body. we're now learning a wake for abe will be held on monday and a memorial service on tuesday. mourners gathered near the site of the shooting, bringing flowers, praying and crying. one tribute reading "the best prime minister in history. shinzo abe, thank you." there were also visible tributes to the japanese leader around the globe, including at the united nations meeting in geneva, switzerland. have a look. ambassadors there stood for a moment of silence in abe's

honor. and in taiwan, the landmark taipei 101 building was lit with members of thanks for the longest-serving prime minister. one described him as a friend of taiwan forever. japan's flag would be seen flying at half-staff in washington, d.c. one of many tributes put in place by the grieving nation. >> translator: we have lost a great politician who has made great achievements in various fields in order to open up our country. i am deeply saddened that we lost him this way. >> and earlier, i spoke with a senior advisor to former prime minister abe and i asked him about abe's unique ties and relationship with the u.s. here he is. >> in prime minister abe's priorities, preserving the safety and peace of the nation has always been at the top.

and prime minister abe always valued the importance of the u.s.-japan alliance as a key component to achieve that goal. so during his term, i think he really worked on and devote add lot of political resource in deepening the alliance, for example, amending laws that would allow for a collective self-defense to take place. advancing joint operations between the japanese self-defense force and the american military. and pushing the nation to take more active role in international politics. >> and our thanks to ahim for sharing his perspective. as he mentioned, the ties between the u.s. and japan grew stronger under shinzo abe.

the former prime minister visited pearl harbor and placed a wreath at the site of the world war ii attack by the japanese and hosted president obama at hiroshima, and of course the vice president at the time is now the current president. phil mattingly reports from the white house. >> reporter: president biden said he was shocked. he was angered. it was certainly a surprise that nobody here at the white house expected. the assassination of a former world leader, and one with very close ties to the united states across administrations, across parties, and alliance that has been made stronger because of the work prime minister shinzo abe did over his time in office. now president biden ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff. he referred to the prime minister as his friend, somebody he worked closely with on several issues when he was the vice president to then-president obama. and it underscores a reality here that over the course of

prime minister abe's time in office, regardless of the president or party, whether it was george w. bush, barack obama or even former president trump, abe worked very closely to ensure that the alliance between the two countries became stronger, that it was rigid, that he was willing to do whatever it took to ensure that the u.s. efforts in the indo-pacific were bolstered, in large part because of that alliance. president biden said he didn't believe it would have any affect on the alliance itself. but he did say he thought it would have an impact on the psyche of the japanese people, given the fact there are so few gun deaths, so little gun violence in the country. something americans have grown quite used to over the last couple years. very much not the case in japan. something president biden alluded to, but he did make clear the work he had done with the former prime minister, the work former administrations had done as well, set the u.s.-japan

relationship ahead. and just moments ago, protesters in sri lanka broke into the presidential palace after getting through barricades. have a look here. officials say more than 100,000 protesters have taken to the streets of the commercial capital of columbo. at least 32 people, including two officers have been injured. two of them critical in the process. the president isn't in the house and has been taken to another location. this is the second straight day of demonstrations as protesters are calling for the president's resignation. they blame him for what they call the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades. i'm joined nowk from karachi, pakistan. a long-smoldering powder keg

seems to have gone off there. >> reporter: 100,000 people have stormed into this building. these protesters have been camped out for months now. they had said previously they would not move until he resigned. we currently don't know his whereabouts. they've been unknown. he's been taken to a secret location since friday. we do know that the numbers of protesters are actually increasing. they've been coming in from trains, from buses and kind of streaming in to the capitol of columbo. we also know that this is an area where the president's palace, it is, it's in a very, highly secure areas close to the columbo port. the building is right in front of the naval headquarters. there was a police curfew last night which was lifted early morning at about 8:00 a.m. today. we also know that there hasn't

been too much pushback from the police. we do know like you said that there have been injuries. no deaths have been reported yet. the military have been called in, but they have not fired on the protesters. they've kind of melted away. we're seeing this as an ongoing situation where the numbers continue to increase. like you said, it had been a burgeoning situation which was due to implode, and it has now in columbo. kim? >> i just heard an alert that the prime minister has summoned a emergency leading of party leaders to come to a resolution. we'll see whether that bears any fruit. take us behind what's actually behind all of this anger that as you say has been kind of going for some time now. >> reporter: yeah, kim, i mean, this is, like you said, one of the worst economic crises that the country has faced in over seven decades. the government had tried to start talked with the imf and

they approached them as a bankrupt country, not even a developing country. those have floundered. there is a massive fuel crisis, a food crisis. there have been curfews in the country. there have been massive protests that have been ongoing for a while. we're looking at a country which is highly dependent on tourism. this was extremely affected by what happened during two years of the pandemic. there's been economic mismanagement. so this kind of crisis, this economic chaos that is somethint has seen public resentment, public anger which obviously in the past has explode as well and is only now coming to a fore, again, in the capitol. >> inflation is 70%. no wonder people are angry. thank you so much. funerals and signs of

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investigation. crimo's being charmged with sevn counts of murder and prosecutors expect more charges. an 8-year-old boy who was shot is now paralyzed. >> reporter: the first three services were held today for some of the victims of the july 4th parade shooting in highland park. a memorial for 63-year-old jacki sondheim. for those recovering from the massacre, healing is still a long way away. 8-year-old cooper roberts, his twin brother luke and their mother keeley were all injured that day. cooper was struck in the chest and his spinal cord severed. he underwent several surgeries and is now in serious condition, paralyzed from the waist down. >> the parents are just so 100%

focussed on being at cooper's sid side right now. keeley was shot and is by her son. >> reporter: today cooper was briefly conscious, he has been asking to see his twin dog and family dog george. cooper had to be sedated again today because he's in so much pain but doesn't appear to have suffered any brain damage. >> everybody obviously knows it's going to be a long road. a lot of therapy, a lot of treatment. potentially more surgeries, and then it's going to be a new normal for him moving forward. obviously, he won't be able to walk. he was a very active little boy. active in soccer, baseball, loves sports. >> reporter: cooper is the youngest victim among the dozens wounded in the shooting, the wounded ranging from 8 to 85. the residents are just beginning

to re-emerge after the shooting that killed seven and injured many more. >> horror and pain that's been caused to our community, you know, you do try to look clearly as a human being for something to move you forward, right? we're concerned about our community. we take it very personally. >> reporter: highland police chief was at the parade with his family when the gunman opened fire. >> it went from an idyllic, beautiful day to complete chaos. noise was bouncing off the buildings. people were pointing in different directions. >> reporter: law enforcement is still investigating the shooting, but the yellow barricade tape may come down as early as this weekend. and the sidewalks here will be open once again. now even after these police vehicles depart and the crime scene tape is removed, authorities say their investigation will continue. they're still working to determine the motive in the shooter. the police chief tells me he knows there is one simple but important question that members of this community are asking.

why, why did this happen here in this community. josh campbell, cnn, highland park, illinois. >> 8-year-old cooper roberts was honored by the milwaukee brewers before their game. they had a jersey with the boy's name and number 22 hanging in their bench area to show support for him and his family. is he a fan of the team and loves sports in general. families of the victims of the texas school shooting remain furious over the police response. that's after a police officer spotted the gunman outside the school before the attack and asked for permission to fire and the supervisor either didn't hear the request or responded too late. but the mayor is blasting the report saying it doesn't give an accurate account of what happened. no police officers saw the sheert shooter prior to him entering the school. he added that an officer saw

someone outside and was unsure who he saw and observed children in the area as well. ultimately, it was a coach with children on the playground, not the shooter. the gunman fatally shot 19 young students and two teachers inside a classroom before authorities got inside and shot and killed him more than an hour later. the family of one of the teachers spoke to cnn and called the responding officers cowards. listen to this. >> all the lies. the deceitfulness from the beginning. it was just like putting salt on an open wound. it's just really hard, because there's just so much suffering, and it's hard to grieve when there's no closure. >> one thing i do want, those officers that were in those hallways, i want them to resign.

my mom protected those kids, but no one protected her. so the whole police department here are cowards. >> my daughter was a fighter. took a bullet to the heart. she fought hard to stay alive. these cowards could have gone in. >> the latest report on the police response was based on school video, body cameras, radio logs and officers' testimony. reports from the fbi, texas rangers and the district attorney are also expected. parts of the u.s. are under

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on the west coast, fires are threatening parts of california. on friday, evacuation orders were issued and lifted several hours later. the bay fire burned around 25 acres and was 60% contained. authorities say power is also out for more than 600 customers. officials say another wildlife is threatening the famed giant sequoia tree grove in yosemite national park. campgrounds had to be evacuated while firefighters tried to contain the blaze. the washburn fire is estimated at 60 to 70 acres so far. it's always a tragedy when those majestic trees are threatened. what's the latest? >> yes. it is a beautiful spot in the unite. yosemite and jackson hole, those are the real treasures across the united states. but for the west, over the next several days, we're going to watch those temperatures really

start to heat up. we've seen this very stagnant weather pattern across the u.s. and now there's a little bit of a shift. that shift for the western united states is going to spell more hot, more dry weather. here's the quasi-stationary weather system. we will see the temperatures cool off a little. it's going to be milder than what we've seen over the past few weeks. not just in the forecast for saturday, where we've still got the hot, muggy weather conditions in the deep south but more for sunday when we start to see a cooling off and more showers and wet weather. but d dallas still going to soar to 106 degrees. no relief there. but it looks like the searing heat we will talk about over the next five to seven days will be in the southwestern united states. right now there are about 52 million people across the united states that are under some sort

of heat alert. yes, dallas, fort smith, jackson, mississippi, birmingham and northern sections of louisiana. this is where we're seeing that heat and humidity. and it's been so oppressive, kim. send it back to you now. >> all right. thanks so much, karen mcguinness, appreciate it. final pairings are set for wimbledon. the third major tennis tournament of the season. world number one, novak djokovic will be seeking his 21st career grand slam title on sunday. he had a three-set come from behind victory in friday's semi-final. djokovic will be taking on his opponent who is making his first appearance in the grand slam final.

reigning tour de france champion has solidified his lead in the race. he smashed a victory in stage seven on friday in a dramatic final sprint after a grueling climb up the steep mountain. he now holidays holds a 35-stage lead. i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back in a moment with more news, please do stay with us.

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