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we ll 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 politico s 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 candidate ahead of japan s upcoming house of counselors elections, where he was shot from behind, once in the back and the other in the neck, with what appeared to be a homemade gun. this happened in the city of nara, about 20 miles southeast of osaka. the chaos from the shooting and the subsequent takedown of the man police say carried out the attack was all caught on camera. and we warn you, some of this video may be incredibly disturbing. [ speaking foreign language ] abe was immed ....
Can you confirm if he was a British National and whether there are concerns there are others involved in this and the potential for other attacks . As i have said it is an Ongoing Investigation and to give any more details about him, his associates or investigations would be inappropriate so i cant answer. Do you know the nationality of the attacker . We know we have a range of nationalities and we are working with their host countries. As you would expect in a tourist locations such as Westminster Bridge it would be wrong for me to mention those now until we have managed to liaise with the host countries and the families. Are you talking about islamist state . Are you talking about islamist state . Islamic related terrorism is oui state . Islamic related terrorism is our assumption. Inaudible in terms of le ....
Can you confirm if he was a British National and whether there are concerns there are others involved in this and the potential for other attacks . As i have said it is an Ongoing Investigation and to give any more details about him, his associates or investigations would be inappropriate so i cant answer. Do you know the nationality of the attacker . We know we have a range of nationalities and we are working with their host countries. As you would expect in a tourist locations such as Westminster Bridge it would be wrong for me to mention those now until we have managed to liaise with the host countries and the families. Are you talking about islamist state . Are you talking about islamist state . Islamic related terrorism is oui state . Islamic related terrorism is our assumption. Inaudible in terms of le ....