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At least 1a people are reported to have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. a number of others were wounded, some of them critically. a police commissioner said it appeared that several people had entered the bar at random, and began shooting at drinkers inside. japan�*s governing liberal democratic party looks set to retain control of the upper house of parliament, in an election overshadowed by the assassination of the former prime minister, and leading l—d—p statesman, shinzo abe. 0pinion polls suggest the party is on course to increase the number of seats...

It's not a [ inaudible ] it's tokyo. what we know is paul ryan voted for it but now decries it. mitt romney has told him to. i suppose he's going to do this now. that's a problem for him. the reason is, because he's -- he's quickly gaining on the flip floppery of mitt romney. he's quickly going to give his own presidential nominee a run for his money. that is a problem for him. it's a problem because you can't say i was for something one year and one month ago, because there's a vote in the congressional record on it, and now say you're not for it when you were before. john kerry, mitt romney,...

We at t"the huffington post" complained about it. it happened in public. now we're coming -- it's just totally confusing. >> tell all of something that -- >> yeah. >> you know about this, the dysfunction in congress. >> sadly yes. >> the real part about this, though, is, the defense industry is face something very significant cuts. >> yes. >> i think it is lock heed martin may issue notices to 123,000 employees. these are jobs that will be cut and they have to give employees a 60-day notice which is a few days before election day. the republicans department do not want to get the defense indus...

History a regular catholic guy from the neighborhoods got elevated that high in the world. it was a big deal. i want to fu, chuck schumer. >> what's the irish word for verklempt? >> i don't know. i could think of something, but i have to be so careful. dewy eyed. i'm being careful. >> one more thing. this chris matthews, when he said democrats say the capital of japan is tokyo. republicans say it's osaka. and the press reports it might be tokyo, it might be osaka. he hit it out of the park and told every journalist, tell the truth. >> thank you. we'll describe that later. up next, more from ch...

Far beyond the magnitude of the earthquake in 1995. >> we're now joined on the phone by martin williams, the tokyo bureau chief. i want to get more on this here. where were you when this happened? >> i was in my office. >> how profound was it in tokyo? >> in tokyo it was a very strong earthquake. i've been in japan for 15 years and this was easily the strongest earthquake i've felt top. so i can only imagine how bad it was up north. >> is tokyo in mourning already over not just what happened in