be a witness against myself. did the trump legal team ask you to prepare a memorandum regarding the vice president s role in the counting of electoral votes in the joint session of congress in january 6th? did you advise the president of the united states the vice president could reject electors and declare the president had been re-elected. fifth. dr. eastman, the first sentence of the memo says seven states is that statement in this memo true? fifth. did president trump authorize you to discuss publicly a january 4, 2021, conversation with him? fifth. so, is it your position that you can discuss in the media direct conversations you had with the president of the united states that you will not discuss those same conversations with this committee. fifth. the second development tonight concerns the select committee and it is a surprise. the committee announcing it will hold proceeding tomorrow in which it will present recently obtained evidence. starting
[ gunshots ] police tackled the gunman. now described by police as a 41-year-old unemployed man. police say this man has admitted to the shooting. state broadcaster nhk is quoting police who said that he used a homemade gun. we ll take you live to tokyo for updates in a moment. what a shock for that country, for the world. right now here at home, former white house counsel pat cipollone is on capitol hill for closed door testimony today, speaking to the january 6th select committee. we are watching that closely. first, our top story japan s former prime minister shinzo abe, the longest serving prime minister, assassinated during a campaign speech. cnn senior correspondent will ripley joins us now from taipei, taiwan. the circumstances of this particularly in a country with so few instances of gun violence just shocking. what more do we know about the shooter and the circumstances? reporter: yeah. you re talking about a country with half the population of the unite
integration. laura: they trash the populist opposition. donald trump is a populist and populism can be a very dangerous tool. that s the problem. the larger problem is a populist, racist know nothing movement that is fundamentally inconsistent with democracy. laura: that was all wishful thinking. from supply chain nightmares to food and fuel shortages the pointless wars, massive refugee crises, the wheels have been coming off the globalization train. the media hates to report on this but one of the big stories playing out over the summer is the rise of the freedom movement. i m talking about normal people around the world who are pushing back on the globalist agenda that is essentially dominating our politics since the 1990s. too often we are told that it s americans, they are the only ones who have concerns about globalization and what it means for our culture and our economy and way of life. around the world, working people are now pushing back against the system
book. the only side effect is me craving bamboo shoots 24 hours a day. enough of that we are learning more about the july 4th themed, i m not showing the guy but we have a replacement for him. this is a pile of horse [bleep]. and trust me it s an improvement. we aren t saying his name but that s not good enough, from now on it s just horse [bleep] from us. my apologies to the horses and their [bleep]. thank you. the fact is for every minute his face is on a screen, you create more like it, it s a power of the media. ask any woman who had a jennifer aniston haircut in the 90s. or me. enough with the guy s face, he s a mass killer, not the plus sized cover girl. of mass shootings are almost always linked to previous ones, they keep stats and record the damage like goals and a demented fantasy league. it infuriates me to see the new slap that face right up there all the time as they repeat the same b.s. we are ready heard before. meanwhile the victims get a quick mention like