weeks, how i grew up as a southern baptist, and actually it seems strange to say now but baptists, until 1979 -- >> yes. >> -- let's be clear, almost 2000 years after jesus's birth found religion on abortion and became pro-life. as i said, mainstream evangelical churches were pro-choice like after the beatles broke up. and i say even after the beatles broke up. this just happened. and not only did it just happen, and the grand sweep of the history of christianity, it happened in somehow because of what paul wyrick and jerry fallwell, and what conservative ministers were trying to do to

separate voters from the southern baptist, jimmy carter. suddenly abortion went from not being an issue at all to being the central issue. it is such a clear perversion and again if you just look at the history of christian theology over 2000 years, how did it become the center piece without these church leaders who were pro-choice when i was in high school, without them being called to account to to answer for how they suddenly figured out 2,000 years after jesus's birth, despite he never brought the topic up. >> well, you said it so well. it was an issue that did not exist in the history of christianity. and yet 50 years ago suddenly it appears on the stage as the dividing issue. and that is the result of a very strategic process of a group of people coming together to decide what would be a wedge issue that

we could begin po peel off southern baptist from the democratic party, peel off progressive religious people who on some issue that could get them in their moral gut. and abortion came to the fore as that issue. and it was literally orchestrated and made up in a room full of people planning and strategizing how to make this the thing that people would live and die for. along with the lgbtq rights which would follow within the next 15 years. you know, there is an article i read just the other day, in 1969 in evangelical publications saying arguing against the catholics for their position on abortion saying that the exact same things we're saying today, namely that this is not in the bible. it is not in christian history. and their using it for their own political purposes. this was coming from the southern baptist itself which

describes what they are doing today. >> thank you both very much for your contributions this morning. thank you for being on. it is just past 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. out west. we start the fourth hour of "morning joe" with breaking news from overseas. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe has died after he was shot twice sat a campaign event earlier today in japan. assassinated. abe had just started a speech in the western city of narra when a gunman opened fire with what appeared to be a home made gun. he was airlifted to a hospital where he later died. officials say the suspected gunman has been taken into custody. let's go live to beijing. joining us now, nbc news correspondent janis mackey frayer. what is the latest and the reaction in japan? >> reporter: well, former

japanese prime minister shinzo abe was assassinating giving a speech on the campaign trail. shot twice. doctors say he was hit in the neck and the chest. he was airlifted to hospital where they tried to resuscitate him but he died a few hours later. what is striking is that the assassination was captured on video. you could hear the two shots and from another angle see smoke billowing above the crowd. the suspected gunman, 41-year-old was tackled at the scene. said to have a military background and police seized what they described as a home made shotgun. police just having a news conference confirming that their investigation is now shifted to a murder investigation. they have 90 personnel working on it and they say that they would like to send their heartfelt condolences to the family of the prime minister. and this attack is profoundly shocking in japan. a country where gun violence is

almost nonexistent because so few people have guns to own and to buy a firearm in japan. a person needs to pass through 12 steps including a written exam, a gun safety course, a doctor's note, as well as an extensive background check. and also because shinzo abe was a political giant. he's credited with lifting up japan's economy, also with revitalizing diplomacy, meeting with dozens of leaders, including u.s. presidents. he was japan's most visible politician. the current primary fumio casheda had tears in his eyes when he called the attack barbaric and despicable. >> janice mackeyer, thank you. thank you for being with us. we do appreciate it. let' bring in the president of the council on foreign

relations richard haass. obviously you met with former prime minister. you could explain to our viewers just what a massive presence he was in japanese politics? >> you know, the fact that he was the first prime minister of japan who was born after world war ii tells you something. we often talk of the post world war ii war and he took japan into the post, post world war ii. he understood the obligations because of the past and its aggression. but his goal was to build acceptance in japan, in the region and in the world of a japan that would begin to play a larger role. people forget that this is a country when he was prime minister that had the world's second largest economy. now it is number three behind the u.s. and china. it is one of the top five militaries and hi goal was to

basically say, yes, i know we sinned and we did terrible things in the past but this is a different world. this is a different japan. we the japanese have to be willing to take on larger responsibilities. you in the region, you in the world, you have to be willing to accept a more active, more influential japan. he was transformational. he didn't achieve everything he wanted. he didn't get the constitution formally changed. but he moved his country. >> he move the country. and you're right, he didn't get everything changed. and while again he was the longest serving prime minister, obviously to make such a dramatic break from the past, a past that his grandfather and father were a part of it. obviously controversial. so while he was again had a giant influence on japanese politics over the past 20 years. also, controversial in certain ways, right? >> well it is one we haven't talked about which is at home

his idea at economics was to give japanese women a larger role. they have not been percentage wise very active in the work force. so abe nomics was described as women nomics. he wanted to transform japanese society. and he wanted to give women a larger role and then regionally in foreign policy, it is interesting. there won't be a lot of tears shed today in china. just the other week the former prime minister, mr. abe talks about the need to say that japan and others would go to taiwan's help if china attacked taiwan. that again was a very big idea. not wildly accepted. was controversial and indeed one of the things that i bet the japanese authorities are looking into is whether in any way his foreign policy views might have triggered this gunman to assassinate him. >> richard haass, thank you very much for jumping on the show this morning. we appreciate your insight. we do have some more

breaking news here at home. the new jobs numbers just released within the last hour. they show 372,000 jobs were added in june. that is more than expected. and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6% for the month. >> it really surprising. let's bring in cnbc correspondent dom chu. people keep trying to push this economy into a recession. but it will not go quietly into that dark night. this, i just have to say, and i know you cover it every day, but just as a spectator from afar, this is an extraordinary, extraordinarily resilient economy considering all of the factors that are weighing it down right now. >> it doesn't matter, joe and mika to your point, which seats your in, court side or in the cheap ones, there is nothing in the economic data at least on the jobs front that would indicate there is anything like a recession going on right now.

despite the fact that there have been numerous calls from many parts of not just wall street but main street about it. now there is nuance and subtlety. the economic data with the jobs report is backward looking. we've had to counts it in the past. so this is already done and dusted. the economic data that many refer to as referring to a recession is some of the poll or survey data, the forward-looking stuff. do you feel as though the economy is bad. that is where some of the recessionary talk is playing out in the data so to speak. you mentioned the numbers on the headline for the nonfarm payrolls and those are very strong and despite what you're seeing in the stock market, which is the boards that we're showing you, it does indicate a pullback in the markets overall. the reason why you're seeing that is more because of the idea that this does indicate that the economy is strong enough to reinforce the inflationary narrative, right. this idea that price increases

are still there. to that point. i want to give you a couple of more statistics to tell you more about the inflationary story because it front and center for many americans. average hourly earnings on a year-over-year basis did rise by over 5%. 5.1%. not keeping pace with the inflation data but it does tell us the cost of goods and wages are going higher so that could have a real effect on things. and the stubbornness in labor force participation and where economists will say this is still weak. not as many americans are actually working or trying to work in the work force. joe and mika and willie, i will point out that the labor force participation rate was 62.2% so that is lower than it was last month and still kind of hovering below where we were pre-covid and the underemployment rate was 6.7%. again, lower than -- so i guess it is a mixed picture but generally markets are positive on this. economy is still going strong,

guys. >> cnbc senior correspondent dominic chu, thank you very much. and let's bring in eugene daniels to get reaction there. jonathan lemire has the first question for you. >> gene, how are you. obviously a good jobs report. one surely welcomed in the building behind you. some other good news, we've had a solid week of gas prices trending down. we don't know if that trend will continue. but aides are quick to point out some progress there as well. but yet as dom just noted, sentiments among the country, people think the economy is bad even though it isn't that bad. how is the white house going to fight that. >> that is right. on the gas prices, i was talking to an aide yesterday and he was talking about mix between what people are seeing at the pump, the prices are lower and what the gas companies are actually

receiving in and paying for gas and oil. so their frustration continues. their fight continues with oil and gas companies. on how much their charging and how the consumers are bearing the brunt of that and the prices, the lower isn't on pace in their mind and so that is one. and americans are seeing that a little bit of that benefit at the pump. but as you said, they're not feeling that way. and i think that is one thing that white house has struggled with quite a bit and realizing how to talk to people's fears and concerns while touting a strong economy that they have that dominic just ran through. i was talking to an aide as these numbers were coming in and they were digesting in this realtime and what they said is that they feel like it kind of hit the right notes. it was strong but not too strong. so it will continue to make people feel concerned about the heating of the economy but not too light to scare folk into

thinking that the recession is coming right now. and i think she said this is not a recession, what a recession looks like but it complicates what the fed is going to do next month when their expecting to raise those prices. >> yeah, it really is. there are so many counter veiling forces pulling this economy in so many different directions. it is going to be fascinating to see how the white house responds. eugene daniels, thank you very much and have a great weekend. and you know, jonathan lemire, i wanted to go back to just the white house and the frustration that they must feel in the white house. consumer sentiment obviously is so critically important. it determines how people are -- going to respond. but you look at unemployment right now, 3.6%. you know what it was in 1984 when ronald reagan campaigned on morning in america, that the

economy was strong and robust. unemployment was twice as much. it was 7.2% in 1984. here you've got, again, another great jobs report, you've got gas prices going down, i know it doesn't matter to people who are paying at the pump. but just the reality is gas prices are lower in america than they are in most western democracies. inflation is lower than it is in great britain and other democracies. a lot of western democracies. again, it is just a question that has to be frustrating for the white house to answer. >> yeah. you can't say the word inflation around a white house aide without them adding the world global in front of it. they want to make sure that everyone knows this is not a unique american problem. it is better here than in most places. they are not celebrating yet. but gas prices are a particular

fixation for the white house. ron klain starts his day checking the price. that is the fir thing he does i'm told. and so certainly this is a good sign, too. but they are frustrated. because they feel like this is still a good economy. but the american people don't seem to think that. and that is why to our earlier conversation, so much of this is still about messaging and it is about trying to get through to the american people that hey, things aren't that bad and we feel like inflation may have peaked even, we're not out of the woods yet but starting to make progress. >> you're looking right now, 3.6% unemployment rate. just historically, it is extremely low rate. >> yeah. >> again, twice as much when ronald reagan won 49 states saying he turned around the economy from 7.2%. wages as dom reported up 5.1%. average hourly wages up 5.1%. but right now the only thing americans are focused on

obviously inflation, inflation, inflation, inflation at the pump, inflation at the grocery store, gas prices will continue to come down until americans are refocused on some of the other points. >> coming up on "morning joe," as the highland park community mourns sh we're hearing from the suspect's family, from the first responders who ran toward the danger, when the gunfire broke out. plus wnba star brittney griner pleads guilty in a russian court. foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell joins us with the latest. "morning joe" will be right back. h the latest

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this morning a major update in the brittney griner case. the wnba star in trial in russia on drug charges pleading guilty in court yesterday. now the 31-year-old could face up to 10 years in prison. as family members pressure the u.s. government to bring her home. let's bring in nbc's chief

foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell who has the very latest. >> good morning, peeka. well brittney griner back in her russia jail cell after pleading guilty to drug charges during the second day of trial. they're hoping that showing contrition might bring the trial to conclusion by august. that would be months ahead of what might other wise take place. >> the 6'9" center for the phoenix mercury surrounded by people speaking a language she doesn't know and handcuffed and carrying a picture of her wife. now saying she accidently included vape cartridges in her luggage after packing in a hurry. still the drug charge could lead to a 10-year sentence. >> is there some hope that this could shorten the sentence and get her some leniency or motivate them to begin negotiating. >> seeing that there was a plea does make us hopeful that this

process will continue to move forward. >> facing almost certain conviction after a lengthy trial, the admission could get the trial oversooner since russian officials won't talk about a prisoner swap until the trial is over. russia state media say they want to get back a arms dealer, victor boot, serving a 25 year sentence in the u.s. if the president gives up boot for griner, he should demand the release of paul whelan, an american business man falsely convicted of spying in a russian prison labor camp since 2018. >> our criminal system and our justice system and our fbi, they don't like to do this. but we've done it in the past. >> griner is getting support from across america and from another superstar athlete, megan rapinoe and silent gesture embroidered on her white suit. the initialled bg.

the name she's known by family and friends, and today britney's wife will join the reverend al in chicago where britney has been named a starter in sunday's wnba all-star game. to keep up the pressure on the white house, the reverend al is trying to get help from the state department and the white house to make a clergy visit to britney in jail next week. they are very concerned about her physical and her spiritual and mental well being. >> and then obviously there are others being held as well. that will be considered in the big picture here. >> exactly. and let me just point out that david whelan, paul whelan's brothers will be on with us at noon and the thought is that if they do make a trade for boot, they've got to make a bigger trade. that is what michael mcfaul said. you have to get paul whelan home. >> absolutely. while we have you here. want to get your thoughts on the

legacy of shinzo abe. so consequential, in the u.s./japan relationship. of course the word just breaking this morning that he was assassinated, shot in the back in nara, japan. >> it is so shocking. i've covered him for years. he was such a transformational figure in japan. three generations of political leadership, his father, his grandfather and his importance, he was moving japan into a more military defensive posture against china. supporting taiwan. he was now the leader of the asia trade deal that we walked away from because of donald trump acceding that territory to china. and he stepped into so many vacuums in japanese politics and global politics and his relationships with president obama and then vice president

joe biden. and it's so shocking to japan as our colleagues have been pointing out all day, and on your program, there was one gun fatality in all of the japan last year. they have such tight control. this is just a shocking assassination. i think of it like sadab being killed in terms of their site. >> yes. andrea mitchell, thank you very much. >> you bet. turning now to highland park, illinois, where we're hearing from the first responders who were at the scene when this week's mass shooting unfolded. let's go live to nbc news correspondent maggie vespa in highland park. maggie, what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, mika, good morning. they are open upping like we haven't heard before. the police officers and the firefighters here in highland park, they were marching in the

parade. they were waving to people. the chief was handing out baseball cards when the shooting started and their families were lining the sidewalks. so now new this morning, they are opening up to us. and then also this morning we're hearing from the family of the man who confessed to this shooting. that family has a message for this community which is so shattered by this violence. >> we're very sorry. >> reporter: this morning an apology to the victims and their families in highland park. the suspected shooter's uncle who lived with his nephew minutes from the scene of the july 4th massacre saying he was shocked when he heard the news. >> i i couldn't believe it. it is very hard. no sleep. and -- >> you haven't gotten any sleep? >> andpy whole life changed. >> and back in 2020 the father sponsored the son's sap lickation for a firearm's owner application card which authorities say the suspect used to buy five weapons including the one used in the shooting and

this one found in his car. noting his passed multiple background checks the father insisting i didn't do anything wrong. >> for this to happen here, you know, it hurts all of our officers. >> reporter: meanwhile the tragedy, seven dead, and dozens injured, weighs on first responders. >> people have said they immediately saw first responders run in the direction of the danger. >> it is not unexpected for my officers and for our firefighters. i absolutely expected that of them. >> reporter: and this morning crushing stories of survival. father and son tom and morgan brooks ran to find and help it injured when they noticed something under a body. >> i told him, there is a child under him. we have to go get him. >> it was 2-year-old aid edge mccarthy. his father gunned down lying on top of him. >> he kept on saying, he does say a few words and saying

shots, mom shot, dad shot and kept on saying that. >> he was saying mom shot, dad shot? >> he was. he kept on saying shots. >> mirk carthy and his wife among the seven killed and he gave his life to save his son. >> we were talking to kevin. saying everything it going to be all right. we just kept on talking to him. >> and 2-year-old aiden mccarthy's story gripping so many. he is now safe with his grandparents and that gofundme that loved ones started for him as of this morning topping $3 million. and then finally we should note today the first funerals are slated. we know of three at this moment, jackie sondheim and miguel strauz. >> maggie vespa, thank you so much for that report. and coming up, the brand-new jobs report out this morning.

better than expected. the latest reaction from the white house. when national economic council director brian deese joins us next. we'll be right back. us next we'll be right back.

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y'all remember what the economy was like when i elected. a country in a pandemic with no real plans how to get out of it. millions people out of their jobs. families and in cars backed up for miles waiting for a box of food to be put in their trunk because they didn't have enough to eat. previous administration lost more jobs on its watch than any administration since herbert hoover. >> 34 past the hour. president biden this week at a stop in the key swing state of ohio. mounting a defense of his handling of the economy. this morning's brand-new jobs report show the nation added 372,000 jobs in june. that is more than expected. and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%. let's bring in white house director of the national economic council, brian deese. good to have you back on the show. >> it is pretty confusing out

there, man. you have 3.6% unemployment rate, which i was just saying, earlier, was half as much as it was in '84 when reagan won 49 states with his morning in america campaign on how great the economy was going. wages up 5.1% year-over-year. a lot of really good things going on in a strong resilient u.s. economy especially compared to the rest of the world. and yet americans still feel like the country is going in the wrong direction, the economy is bad. why? >> well, it is good to be here. we reached an important milestone today which is the american private sector has know recovered all the jobs lost during the pandemic. we have more people working today than ever in the history of the american economy. and as you say, that fast job recovery is not just good for the millions of people with better jobs at higher wages and

helping people rebuild their household balance sheets and make our economy more resilient. to the global challenges that people are facing. and at the same time, the answer to your we is people are dealing with higher prices. it is hitting them in places in their daily lives like at the gas pump and that is why this president is focused on taking actions that they with to take bryce pryces down. i would note, gas prices are down 25 cents. we think there is more room to bring them down. so we just have to keep working on bringing prices down but also recognize that the strength of this labor market is historic. and it gives us historic strength in navigating the challenges we're facing. >> so clearly what any white house will do is look at where people are hurting. obviously inflation, gas prices and your trying to address that. to the point that it can be controlled. also housing and rent prices, i mean people are struggling

really feeling a lot of pain when it comes to actually having a place to live. how does that factor into what is happening with the economy? >> well, i think it is a great question and housing is a large part of the typical person's budget, typical family's budget. on the one hand, the incredible run-up in housing prices have been important for about 50% of americans who own homes. a big source of wealth. a typical family that owns a homes that $60,000 in wealth because of that and that makes it really difficult for people who are struggling to find affordable housing. it is why we're so focused on doing everything we can to build more supply of housing. the answer so to this problem is to address the chronic underinvestment in the supply of housing particularly in areas of the country where there is economic opportunity and people are priced out because they can't afford homes. there is a lot that we could do

with states and local governments and working closely with the chamber of commerce around the country to get more homes on to the market that will help bring prices down and create more economic opportunity. >> hey, brian, good morning. jonathan lemire. energy costs front of mine for so many. and that is going to be potentially addressed in the revived build back better. i know we don't call it back any more. but the revived legislation that is currently being negotiated in congress with senator manchin and others. give us an update as to how close that is coming to fruition and what help could it provide? >> well i won't get into negotiations here. they're ongoing. what i would say from an economic perspective is if you think about where we are, and to joe's point the uncertainty that americans are feeling, the single most constructive thing that congress could do right now is to take concrete actions to lower prices that american families are facing. and also lower the federal deficit which would be

complementary to what the fed is trying to do. prescription drugs another issue, bringing prices down to reduce federal spending by letting medicare negotiate for prescription drug prices and bring down utility bills while providing long-term technology neutral incentives and whether that is hydrogen or wind and solar and those are pieces we're working on. but in the aggregate, the goal here is to provide relief to families and bring down the prices and the deficit. that is the single most constructive thing that congress could do right now and we're working hard on it. >> white house director of the national economic council, brian deese, thank you so much for being with us. greatly appreciate it. coming up on "morning joe," remembering a legend. >> they cancel out what they did to my father. >> we ought to hear what they

had say. >> no, no more. no more meeting discussions or no more tricks. >> some of the other families want to -- >> they have to -- >> the father wouldn't want to hear this. this is business and not personal. >> my father has -- >> it is business not personal, sonny. >> actor james caan best known for sonny core leon in the godfather dead at the age of 82. a look at his career that spanned six decades next on "morning joe." t spannehought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify tol or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining

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this. you blow their brains all over your suit. >> as sonny core leon in the gad father, he was an unmistakable force on screen. combustible. >> come here. come here. come here. >> but for many of us, our first memory of james caan came from a made for tv movie. "brian's song". >> i know perfectly well what is wrong with me. gale, i think i'm pregnant. >> based on the true story of chicago bears running backs. one with a fatal disease, and the other destined for the hall of fame. the 70s were his decade. cinderella liberty with marsha mason. >> i don't even know you.

>> that won't take long. >> reporter: a bridge too far. >> colonel, if you don't look at him right now he's going to die. >> dead now. >> reporter: and "thief". >> this is pay day. it is over. >> you will pay me my money, $185,000. >> reporter: if real life, during the 1980s, the hard charging caan seemed destined to self-drukt. he didn't work for a half dozen years. went to rehab. the 90s brought "misery". >> i want my pain to go away, annie. please, make it go away. >> from the steven king novel directed by robb reiner, with caan and kathy bates. >> i know rob did it on purpose, i'm going to get the most neurotic guy in hollywood and put him in bed for 15 weeks. >> i love you.

>> i love you too. >> honeymoon in vegas is also a fave. >> i raise $8,000. >> tommy, i thought we were playing for fun. >> this is fun. >> and "elf". >> dad! >> oh, how we love "elf". >> you look like you came from the north pole. >> they said we're sending you a script called elf and i said no you're not. and it is now a christmas standard. >> who sent this christmas gram? >> what is a christmas gram? i want one. >> i think we should call security. >> good idea. >> i like to whisper too. >> bringing the talent to a whole new generation of fans who are remembering today the actor and his legendary career. >> i am sending you a script

called elf. >> no you're not. i could see it. harry smith for that report. >> and jonathan, extraordinary range obviously from "brian's song", my gosh what a tear-jerker that was to the "godfather", to "misery", to" elf" and just a part of our lives for the past 50 years. >> showed my kids elf for the first time this past christmas. they loved it. i have not shown them "misery" yet and "brian's song", you read the title and you start to tear up. but a legendary career but the role as sonny that he will take with him forever. a host of extraordinary performances and quite possibly the greatest movie ever made. >> well and mika and i have been, i think we've talked about

it, we've been watching the offer. which paramount plus series about the making of the godfather. it is one of the most extraordinary movies ever made. and equally extraordinary, the movie was ever made. and obviously james caan, such a key player in it. >> for sure. >> coming up on "morning joe," a look at stories making front page headlines across the country. "morning joe" will be right back. s th applebee's late night. because half off is just more fun. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. country. "morning joe" will be right back

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war in ukraine, inflation has pushed over 71 million people around the world into poverty. the united nations develop program estimates that 51.6 million people fell into the poverty within the first three months of the war, living on less than $2 a day. the speed at which this many people faced destitution outpaced the economic pain felt at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. to texas where the dallas morning news reports governor abbott has been redirecting migrants throughout the state. yesterday, he told state police and the texas national guard to take unauthorized immigrants to ports of entry rather than into state custody. the move was immediately denounced from the left and the right. to connecticut where the stanford advocate reports that only 2.6% of the state's children under the age of 5 have received their first covid shot.

beginning last month, americans between 6 months and 5 years old became eligible to receive the vaccines, which clinical trials have shown to be safe and effective. researchers say a so-called pandemic fatigue has been cited as one reason for the low numbers. now to michigan where the chronicle reported a steep, 73% jump in state absentee ballot requests. the secretary of state commented saying voters have options in michigan and no matter how you cast your ballot, you can have confidence that every vote will be counted securely and your voice will be heard in your community. and finally, we head to nevada where the las vegas review journal confirms that sandra douglas morgan is now the new president of the nfl's las vegas raiders. she's the first black woman to assume such a role in the nfl. her role was left vacant when the interim president was fired

by the team. he claims he was terminated for speaking to the nfl about hostile work environment within the organization. morgan acknowledged that she is aware of the reports and intended to address the issue while working to implement policies prohibiting discrimination and harassments. >> that's great news out of the nfl. the committee is, will there be good news, any good news, out of fenway? >> probably not. the sox need to salvage a couple of wins here. you can see it there. 15 games behind the yankees who are on pace to set a record for wins in a season. but you know, our eyes are on the wild card. hopefully we get some pitching soon. anything can happen in october. >> that does it for us this morning and for the week. jose picks up coverage after a quick break. morning and for the week

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good morning. we have a lot of breaking news this morning. starting with japan's former prime minister, shinzo abe, assassinated overnight, shot by a gunman while giving a speech. we'll bring you a live report from tokyo. just in, a better than expected june jobs report showing 372,000 new jobs were added. labor secretary joins us live. in ukraine, president