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well read from that new piece. so much different legal angles are percolating with the jan. 6 and other issues with the election. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, july 8th. with us, the host of "way too early" and politicos jonathan lemire. associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson. and we begin with the breaking news. former japanese prime minister shinzo abe is dead after being shot twice this morning. officials is say abe was campaigning for a...

We do need to know how he could have been on welfare for so many years. we do need to know what this individual was doing with a gun license. we particularly need to know how someone with such a long record of violence, with such a long record of mental instability was out on bail after his involvement in a particularly horrific crime. and we do need to know why he seems to have fallen off our security agencys watch list back in about 2009. >> meanwhile, the people of sydney are trying to come t...