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the ground ahead and missile strikes across ukraine leaving destruction and injured. we'll have a live report from kyiv. 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 at his tokyo home a few hours ago. hundreds of mourners lined the streets outside. just one day earlier abe was giving a campaign speech in western japan when he was shot at close range with a homemade gun by a man. police found several crude guns made from metal pipes and other materials. under japan's strict gun laws, it's very difficult for citizens to own guns. the dockers tried to say about

abe but say his blood loss was just too great. he was the longest-serving figure and a world known figure on stage. blake is covering this for us. >> reporter: earlier the body of shinzo abe accompanied by his wife arrived back here at his home in tokyo located just down the street from where i'm standing in a fairly quiet wresr residential neighborhood. as the car got closer, hundreds showed up, many bringing flowers, trying to catch a glimpse of the former prime minister as he drove by one last time. people are shocked, saddened, in disbelief that their longest-serving prime minister, the most powerful man in japan could be gunned down in broad

daylight in a country where guns are almost nonexistent. he 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 handmade gun, lying on the ground. soon news broke. he had succumbed to his injured and died at age 67. >> translator: there were two bullet wounds. he was in cardiopulmonary arrest after damage to large blood vessels in the heart. unfortunately he died at 5:03 p.m. >> reporter: the police arrested the suspect, a 43-year-old man who did not flee after the shooting. japan is a country with one of

the world's lowest gun rates. >> translator: he loved this country and constantly looked beyond the current generation, working hard for a brighter future for this country, leaving behind many major successes in many major categories. >> reporter: u.s. president joe biden stunned and outraged by abe's death, calling him a championship of the friendship between our people. >> this hasn't happened to japan in decades and decades, i'm told, going all the way back to the late '30s. the justice department will be giving me more detail. >> reporter: former presidents barack obama and donald trump also grieving the death of a, quote, personal friend. they highlighted abe's contribution, to promoting the improvement and development of relations. his relations were sometimes contentious. he was the first japanese p.m.

to meet with a chinese counterpart in years. his premiership marked a history in a bilateral relation, now a black dot, a violent act of crime that's due to send ripples of shock across japan. in the wake of this tragedy, many questions have been raised about the security meant to protect the former prime minister. according to nhk, japanese public television, a security plan was drawn up to watch abe from all sides while he was in nara. it involved dozens of plainclothes officers and one specifically assigned by the tokyo police here. of course, as we know, that didn't stop the gunman from slowly walked up behind abe while he was speaking and firing the two fatal shots. the national police agency will now review security

arrangements. >> i can imagine so. blake essig live in tokyo for us. thank you so much. for more on us i'm joined by a professor of management and information at the yun universi. thank you for being with us. i want to ask how is japan reacting to this loss? >> i think we're not even at a stage of trying to cope with this situation overall, but i would like to think, you know, there would be reaction particularly tomorrow when we have the upper house election coming up on sunday. you know, the voting ratio in japan has been extremely low, but i would like to think this would be a very good factor for people to go out there and vote because i do believe that, you know, voting is probably one of the best ways to sustain our democratic values and basically

give an answer to this basically barbaric act of terrorism. >> do you think it would influence the election given we don't know which side the assassin was really on here? so how would voting help repudiation what was done? >> well, there will probably be obituary-type votings that would take place, there's no doubt about that. in the first place, the ruling government party was doing fairly well. they were being criticized particularly for the covid-19 is issues, and despite inflationary fears, things were relatively stable in japan. there's no reason while he would be in danger from that point of view. >> as i say, we don't know much about the assassin's motive here. there's a claim that abe

belonged to a group that he objected to. the fbi told us in the wake of the killing and the threats of public figures around the world, there are way too many people acting violently on political grievances. do you get a sense this is something that's growing in japan as well? >> well, of course, we have disagreements, arguments naturally. but as you reported earlier, that doesn't go into killing each other or, you know, maiming each other. that's not the case in japan. of course, we have political and ideological differences. it doesn't really flare up as much as other countries. in japan, a political conflict remain as political conflict, and it doesn't go any further. this time around, again, as you noted, we don't know what the real motives are.

it's very unclear. it's difficult to assess where this person was coming from. >> yeah. exactly. so looking at shinzo abe himself, i mean, his foreign policy, he turned japan in some ways, drawing closer to the u.s., he was hawkish on china. what lasting effects do you think there will be in terms of japan's place in the world? >> well, what he did was create a very good plateau for us, you know. the way we should go forward. as you just pointed out, he sustained a very strong friendship with mr. obama and mr. trump and also continues to have ties with india, sustaining the transportation partnership. he was very eloquent. as you reported earlier, we would face aggression from russia and china. in the past they were very

wishy-washy about this. but mr. abe had a very strong stance in that sense, which he gave us a very good direction, and especially after this russian aggression in ukraine, i think a lot of japanese have been given a very good pathway thanks to, you know, the acts and foreign policy that was conducted by mr. abe. >> all right. well, we'll have to leave it there. we really appreciate your analysis. thank you so much. >> thank you. 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, chaotic scenes as tens of thousands of people protest in sri lanka. meanwhile, the president leaves the office. and why such weapons in

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anger over sri lanka's economic crisis is boiling over. hundreds of people broke into the presidential palace after 100,000 protesters took to the streets demanding the president resign. they blame him for economic mismanagement that's led to shortages of food, fuel, and medicine. at least 31 officers have been injured, two of them critically. along smouldering political powder kegs, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, kim, what we're hearing about from people on the ground, this kind of came to a head early this afternoon. the police curfew that had been in place on friday evening was lifted at 8:00 in the morning. the whereabouts of the president

is unknown. we still don't know where he is. he's been taken away for his own safety allegedly. we do know that these are scenes of euphoria. these protesters have been camped outside the presidential palace for months, calling for him to resign, calling for him to go. and now you've seen over 100,000. these are incredible scenes of over 100,000 people storming to this iconic presidential palace in the area of columbo right next to the port, right in front of the naval headquarters, just a situation ongoing, coming to a head, like i say, weeks and weeks calling for his resignation. kim? >> scenes of chaos, euphoria as you say. some of the scenes there incredible, some protesters swimming in the presidential swimming poochlt but explain what's behind all of this anger

that's been going on for quite some time. >> yes, kim. there has been a complete and utter breakdown of sri lanka's economy. the country was announced as being bankrupt a couple of days ago. they had been talks with the imf. nothing had come forward. there's been a fuel crisis. there's been a food crisis. there's been a medicine crisis. it's the worst crisis the country has faced in over several decades, a country that had been battered by what happened during the pandemic because of what happened and the global-wide trends that forced this to happen. the kind of protests we've seen in sri lanka have been unprecedented. they've been spread out throughout the country. these are people who have been nonviolent, have been united, have been very organized, and, again, we've seen these scenes

unfold in the capital city. kim? >> we'll stay on top of these stories. sophia saifa, thanks so much. emergency crews are on the scene right now. officials say a missile hit a residential area this morning, leaving at least four people injured. this came after russian strikes in the past 24 hours. ten houses were damaged. it's unclear if there were any casualties. this fire that was said to have been caused by russian artillery earlier this week, ukraine says it's destroyed a russian ammunition stockpile also. more rockets will be on their way to ukraine. washington had already promised

eight other himar systems and some were already on the way. our scott mclean is keeping an eye on all developments in ukraine. he joins us live from kyiv. scott, first of all, the latest on the strikes, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: kim, this is in the city of kyiv. our colleagues are on the ground there. it looks like one building is absolutely obliterated. there's a crater in the ground as well. lock officials say when the air r.a raid sirens go off, you need to take cover. truthfully if people were inside the building when the missiles struck, it's not certain there was protection.

the northern part of ukraine, though, near kharkiv has been an area of success for ukrainians. they've been able to hold the line, take back small bits of territory as well. it's been a much different story in donbas. now they are shelling the donetsk region. this morning we know some people have been injured in donetsk as the russians step up their strikes in that region. ukrainians say they're still trying to get across, and they're only having limited success in crossing it, so it seems they're resorting to bombing and shelling the towns and villages on the other side. in the southern part of the country, kim, that's where president zelenskyy visited yesterday. he visited the troops and people in the hospital to rally the troops in a renewed ukrainian

push to take back territory in that area. ukrainians are claiming they've taken out a cache of weapons or cache of regions there. it seems like that is the wall the russians had hit as they tried to move west along the black sea, really unable to get past that area. the ukrainian, particularly the prime minister, is warning people next door and in the south to evacuate if you can because, of course, ukrainians say, look, we're going to deoccupy this area, and it's going to be some pretty bloody ba battles. they're saying if you can't leave, you should obviously take shelter, and if you can, go by any means, whether it means going via crimea or russia.

>> for the ukrainians, more help is on the way with the american rocket systems. what difference are they expected to make? >> reporter: president zelenskyy has said in the past these rockets are exactly what ukraine needs right now. you remember they had made the decision to withdraw in part because they didn't have the artillery to compete with russians. in fact, when my colleagues went to the border in the past, they said for every shot they're taking,russians are taking ten or 20. they could have stuck around, but it would have taken an enormous human toll. the high-profile missile systems that can be hit with more precision, they say they've been using them to target supply

lines like ammunition depots and weapons depots to make it harder for the russians to move forward, but they're going to need a lot more of those systems before they can launch any type of serious offensive to, perhaps, retake the luhansk region, which they're bound to do. they plan to take back every square inch, kim. >> all right. thanks so much, scott mclean. really appreciate it. joining me now is daniel treasman, professor of political science at ucla and co-author of "spin dictateor." i want to talk about, quote, we haven't started anything serious in ukraine. he talked about war, fighting to the last. what do you make of it?

is it your average putin tough talk, or can we read anything more into his recent hawkish threats? >> well, president putin sometimes says exactly what he thinks and sometimes he says exactly the opposite of what he's really thinking. i think it's the second option in this case. the russian military is very aware of having suffered serious losses. most analysts think really during the last stage of what they'll be able to accomplish before they get -- or until they get more reinforcements of fresh troops, and they're really desperately trying to consolidate control over the whole donbas. so far they have luhansk, but there's donetsk. i think in brief it's suggesting they're much more confident than

they actually are. >> yeah, that's what ukraine's president said as well. now, to consolidate those gains as you said, russia has been attacking residential areas without any concern for civilians. cnn recently spoke to the u.n. ambassador at large for political justice and said there's no way they can argue they were unaware of the crimes committed in ukraine based on, quote, the pattern of abuses, it's hard to believe these are the acts of rogue individuals or rogue units. do you agree these atrocities are part of putin's plan? >> well, the scale is so great, there's no way these are all accidents happening, despite the best intentions the force is fighting. of course, it appears as a deliberate strategy of intimidating, terrorizing the

civilian population, and we could add to that, of course, something which has not been reported as much, the mass deportation of innocent ukrainians to parts of russians, in the far east of russian. often there are attempts at some kinds of sinister re-education. 10,000 people are missing and hundreds of thousands have apparently been deported. so the appearance of war crimes is just overwhelming at this point. >> yeah. and then domestically in russia it seems as though putin's cracking down even further on dissent and not just against people once considered leading activists, but people we might consider to have independent voices, even to the point of arresting academics, sports figures.

one said the war was, quote, a necessary decision. what's behind this, do you think? >> he's going after the elite. he wants everybody to know it's not enough just not to speak out against the war. you have to be positively for it. people have to be confident that you're really behind the policy. so what we've seen is the arrest of mao, a highly respected economist, the head of a russian university, charged with supposedly fraud. as we mentioned, there was action taken against the hockey goalie who was going to go and play for the philadelphia flyers, which was apparently viewed as not sufficiently patriotic, and so he's been conscripted and sent off to a military base to serve his military service. it's really, i think, an attempt to show people that no matter

how secure you may feel or how elite your status is, you had better be actually loyal every day. >> i really appreciate your time, daniel treisman. thank you so much for being with us. >> my pleasure. the latest from japan in a moment. the body of assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe returns to tokyo. we'll learn more about the funeral plans. and then why guns are rarely used in violent crime. stay with us.

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." we're learning more details on funeral plans for shinzo abe, the assassinated former prime minister. a wake will be held on monday, memorial on tuesday. many are telling cnn they're still in a state of disbelief. abe's wife traveled with her husband's babb from the city of nara where he was campaigned down at a campaign rally. the gunman has now confessed to the killing. the police chief said he can't deny there were problems with abe's security and authorities are looking into what went wrong and what led to abe being shot. the site of the shooting has become a memorial.

people have been gathering, bringing flowers, praying, and crying. one said the best prime minister in history. abe, thank you. another said violence is not forgivable. if there's one world to describe the feelings of people, it's shock, that such a thing could happen in japan where gun violence is practically nonexistent. >> translator: there are many gun crimes happening abroad, but i never imagined it would happen in japan and that a former prime minister would die that way. >> translator: this is not the united states, so i am in shock. and he was only delivering a speech for the upper house election. >> translator: i didn't have that much of a negative impression of abe, and i wondered if he deserved so much grudge, but i flow are many people on the internet who criticize him. >> japan has among the fewest shootings in the world.

this is why to get a gun, buyers have to attend an all-day class, pass a written test, shooting range test, get mental health and drug tests, and undergo a major background check. last year guns claimed the lives of some 45,000 americans. in japan, the death toll from guns was one. and there were only ten instances nationwide involving firearms. mostly were gang-related according to the national police agency. we take a look at japan's strict gun laws and how they compare to those in the u.s. >> reporter: in japan, this is a rare sight. guns are hardly ever seen here and rarely used in violent crime. last year, according to the country's national police agency, there were fewer than a dozen gun shootings and one death. that's in a population of 125

million people. compare that to the united states, which has more than doubled the population and saw 20,944 gun-related deaths last year. that does not include the more than 24,000 suicides last year. why such a stark difference between the two countries? strict gun laws. in japan, handguns are outlawed. in fact, japan's firearm laws only allow for the sale of shotguns and air rifles. this man told cnn air guns are enough for him, saying it's similar to a real gun. and this student said he wouldn't be comfortable with a real gun even if he could buy one. buying a gun in japan takes time and lots of patience. to qualify for a firearm license in japan, you must attend an all-day class, pass a written test, and score at least 95% accuracy on a shooting range test. a mental health evaluation and drug test are also required.

mandatory background checks include a review of the purchaser's criminal record, personal debt, connection to organized crime, if any, and relationships with family and friends. this former police officer told cnn it took him 40 days to be approved for a gun purchase. this is a tool that can end someone's life. there should be a strict screening process, he said. in japan, new gun owners must also register their weapons with police and provide details to law enforcement about where the gun and ammunition are stored, in separate locked compartments as required by law. japanese police also inspect your gun each year, and gun owners have to retake the class and the exam to renew their license every three years. all of this has kept the number of private gun owners in japan to a minimum. in 2017, the small arms survey shows only an estimated 377,000 guns were owned by civilians in japan. that was just 0.25 guns per 100

people compared to 120 guns per 100 people in the u.s. because private firearm ownership is so low, most of the gun violence in japan is linked to the japanese criminal network. of the ten shootings last year, police say they were responsible for eight of them. randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. the world is paying tribute to japan's fallen former leader in ways great and small. current japanese prime minister fumio kishida praised him for his political success. >> translator: we have lost a great politician who's made great contributions in order to even up this field of the country. once again, i'm deeply saddened we lost him this way. >> president biden went to japan's embassy in washington,

d.c., friday, and signed a condolence book for the japanese people. he ordered flags to be flown half-staff in honor of the man he called friend. >> i'd like to say just a very few words about the horrific and shocking killing of the former prime minister. serving people was in his bones even stepping down. he stayed engaged and he cared deeply. i hold him in great respect. >> translator: i'd appreciate it if you could join us in observing a minute of silence and silent prayer for mr. abe sh shinzo. >> those were united nations ambassadors in geneva, s

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is now paralyzed. >> reporter: a memorial for 63-year-old jackie sundheim, a funeral for 88-year-old stephen strauss, and a funeral for 78-year-old nicolas toledo zargoza. 8-year-old lucas roberts, a his twin brother, and mother were all injured. 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 so 100% focused on being at cooper's side right now. akili was shot several times, had several surgeries, demanded to be discharged so she could be with her son at a different hospital. >> reporter: today cooper has been removed from a ventilator and has asked to see his twin

brother and family dog george. he had to be sedated again today because he's in so much pain, but he 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 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, loved sports. >> reporter: cooper is the youngest victim among the dozens injured in the shooting, the wounded ranging in age from 8 to 85. now the traumatized residents of highland park are just beginning to re-emerge after the shooting that killed seven peopling injured at least 30 more, and devastated an entire community. >> in an event like this, the horror, the 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 park lou jogman was with his family. >> it went from a beautiful day to complete chaos. the noise was bouncing off the buildings, the firearms. people were pointing in different directions. >> reporter: barrier tape may come down as early as this weekend and the sidewalks will be open once again. after the police vehicles depart and crime scene tape removed, the investigation will continue. they're still working to determine the motive of this shooter. the police chief tells me he knows there's one simple but important question members of this community are asking. why? why did this happen in this community? josh campbell, cnn, highland park, illinois. families of the victims of the texas school shooting are still furious over the police report. that's after a report that says an armed uvalde police officer spotted the gunman outside the school before the attack and

asked for permission to fire. the supervisor either didn't hear the request or responded too late. but it doesn't give an accurate account of what happened. he issued a statement saying no police officer saw the shooter prior to entering the school, and no officer had any opportunity to take a shot of the gunman. an officer saw someone outside but was unsure of who he saw and observed children in the area as well. ultimately it was a coach with children on the playground, not the shooter. he shot 19 young students and two teachers inside a classroom before authorities shot and killed the gunman hours later. one of the teachers spoke to shimon prokupecz and called the police cowards. listen to this. >> lies from the beginning. it was like putting salt on an open wound, and it's just really

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park at risk. climate change poses a very serious threat to most of the parks. >> the land is disappearing before our eyes. >> reporter: maryland's eastern shores in crosshairs in the climate rise and so is the rich history of the harriet tubman underground very national historic park. >> we're wearing nets because there is so much water, standing water. the mosquitos are bad. >> if harriet tubman were living right now, she would recognize this landscape, but she would be shocked at how quickly it's disappearing. >> reporter: university of maryland scientists project large portions of the national park will be under water by the year 2050 if planet warming emissions are not drastically

curbed. tides threaten this cemetery for people in tubman's community. >> there were low-lying areas that were part of the important trails that allowed people to escape at that time. they'll be lost in some places. >> reporter: more than 70% of national parks in the continental u.s. are at high risk from the effects of climate change, from sea level rise and flooding to extreme temperatures, drought, and wildfires. historic flooding at yellowstone national park last month forced it to shut down for more than a week. sequoia park, home of the largest trees, wildfires have burned large amounts of the groves. yosemite national park has been forced to close several times in recent years. meanwhile glacier national park

in montana is rapidly losing its namesake feature. this is the glacier in 1910 versus 2021. >> these are places that tell critical stories of our history and people and culture, and these places are not going to be able to withstand these repeat assaults. >> reporter: more frequent, more intense national disasters will drastically transform national parklandscapes. and and there's the other loss. >> our parks saw over 297 million visitors. they generated over $42.5 billion. >> reporter: back on oold maryland's eastern shore, the national parks service says it's teamed up with the army's core of engineers.

there's high tide in part because the water level has risen a foot since the memorial was built some 75 years ago. ite owestown radar of some members of congress. just the week they visited yosemite national park to see how the impact has changed the national park, and these members of congress are going to use that information to figure out the best way to spend the federal dollars to make these parks more resilient. rene marsh, cnn, washington. >> that wrach this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. for our viewers, "new day" is next. for the rest of the world, it's "connecting up."

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