minister says abe is in critical condition and doctors are fighting to save his life. the fire department reports that abe was in a state of pulmonary arrest. they were quick to arrest the gunman, a plan in his 40s, saying he used a home made gun. we are live this hour in tokyo. what more can you tell us? you just heard the booming gunshots ring out in the video you just played. japanese broadcaster reporting former prime minister shinzo abe was shot, once in the chest and one on the right side of his neck. it happened this morning in the western city of nara. about an hour ago, the current prime minister held a press conference and addressed abe s current condition. take a listen. [speaking in foreign language]
can now take care of him and be with him. his doctors say they found no evidence to support north korea s claim he contracted botch list them cab ticaptivity return together u.s. he is unresponsive, lost much of his brain issue, due to pulmonary arrest, and the information september by pyongyang suggests he has been in this state for for months. information dated april 2016, based on our analysis of those images, the brain injury likely occurred in the preceding weeks. experts say while they are surprised north korea would allow an american held to reach such critical condition, they say mistreatment in north korean jails is not uncommon. we know that they applied very brutal treatment, torture, beating, rape, to their own people. and also to foreigners who are held in custody. all of a sudden he was thrown into this hell hole.
cardio pulmonary arrest? it sounds to me like, you know, physical abuse might be something that could bring that on. could you say a little more about that? we have no certain or verifiable information about what happened to otto prior to his departure. in general terms, one of the more likely causes of the cardio pulmonary arrest would have been a respiratory arrest. miguel marcus from cnn. on your mri and scans that you did of mr. warmbier, was there any indication of trauma to any part or any fractures, any anything in the head or other parts of the body and would you know if he were in a coma for quite some time if he suffered a heart attack or something that would cut off blood supply to the brain?