Jul 08 Assassination of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders By Eileen Ng, Associated Press Friday's assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world's safest countries has stunned leaders and drawn condemnation. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 3:41 Assassination of Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe sends shock waves across the world By Phoebe Amoroso, Shoshana Dubnow Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down Friday during a stump speech for a legislative candidate he was supporting. Abe was Japan's prime minister two separate times, with his second stint lasting from 2012 until 2020, when he… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 5:38 Remembering the life and legacy of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Authorities in Japan said a 41-year-old man who formerly served in the Japanese Navy was responsible for the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot dead with a homemade gun in a nation that has largely eliminated… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: Funerals begin for Highland Park shooting victims In our news wrap Friday, funerals and memorial services began for three of the seven victims killed in the July Fourth shooting rampage in Highland Park, Illinois, a wildfire in California's Yosemite National Park is raging out of control near… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 6:02 Strong jobs report staves off fears of a recession amid rising prices Despite worries about whether the U.S. is sliding into a recession, Friday's surprisingly strong jobs report suggests otherwise. The U.S. has averaged adding nearly 375,000 new jobs a month for the past three months, and private sector employment has returned… Continue watching
Jul 08 U.S. sending $400 million more in military aid to Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A senior defense official says the U.S. will send another $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, including four more advanced rocket systems. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 3:15 How Biden’s executive order could ensure abortion access President Biden issued an executive order to safeguard access to abortion and contraception, a move that comes amid heightened pressure on the White House since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. Laura Barrón-López joins Judy Woodruff to discuss what… Continue watching
Jul 08 Who is Pat Cipollone and why is he important to the Jan. 6 Committee? By Kenichi Serino Pat Cipollone, who served as White House counsel during the last two years of the Trump presidency, has become a key witness in the House Jan.6 committee’s investigation of the attack at the Capitol and the administration’s role on that… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 5:16 Florida moves to restrict what schools can teach about systemic racism A new law in Florida has instituted restrictions on how schools and businesses can teach race-related concepts. The law, called the Stop Woke Act, limits instruction on critical race theory. It's the latest part of Republican Gov. Ron Desantis’ extensive… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 12:01 Brooks and Capehart on gun violence and abortion access New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the mass shooting in a Chicago suburb and gun violence in the United States and President Biden's… Continue watching