mike mochizuki, chair of u.s.ations at george washington university, thanks for joining "the newshour." prof. mochizuki: thank you. ♪ stephanie: in other news, the u.s. jobs report for june managed to crush expectations -- despite continuing high inflation and slowing economic growth. the labor department reported employers added 372,000 jobs last month. meanwhile, the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent for the fourth straight month. wages also grew, with the average hourly pay rising 5.1 percent. we'll take a closer look at this right after the news summary. president biden signed an executive order today to protect access to abortion and contraception across the country. it was in response to last month's supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade -- a move he called an "exercise in raw political power." the president signed the order and urged the country to elect lawmakers to codify abortion rights into law. pres. biden: the challenge from the court to the american women and men -- this is a nation,

i want to bring in professor mike mochizuki who is the u.s. chair at george washington university. professor, thank you for joining the newshour. watching that astonishing video of shinzo abe being assassinated. a long serving world leader taken down by a couple of shots from a homemade gun in a country that has almost eliminated gun violence. what is your reaction and what of the repercussions? prof. mochizuki: first of all, i want to express my deepest condolences to prime minister abe's family, friends, colleagues, and the entire japanese nation. this is indeed a horrible tragedy. a shocking development for the country that does not experience this kind of violence. this will be forever etched in the memory of the japanese. i think one of the things that is important to note is that we don't have much in terms of gun violence because handguns are completely banned. at the same time, over the last few decades, attacks on japanese politicians have not been that rare. so, this will cause the japanese, i think, to become much more vigilant abou