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[ gunshot ] >> police apprehended the gunman just moments after he fired the two fatal shots from a homemade gun. an investigation into the shooter and his motive is now under way. abe's murder has shaken japan where gun violence is virtually nonexistent. a former abe adviser says the assassination is the equivalent of jfk's. abe was considered one of the most transformative leaders in post world war ii japan. selina, do we know anything this hour about the suspect and investigation? >> reporter: we have learned from police that the suspect confessed to shooting the former prime mini...

path across this entire country. data from the cdc shows that more than half of the u.s. population lives in a county with high community transmission as we speak, and they predict we will soon see hospitalizations begin to increase as well. in los angeles county, there's a concern -- they're so concerned that they're talking about even reviving an indoor mask mandate within the next two weeks. cnn's camila bernal is at the santa monica pier with more. camila, how much have transmission rates actually increased in l.a. county? >> well, look, the county says they're seeing about 9,000...

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Senator, can congress codify making it illegal and this is a patchwork of states and can that codification tobacco done given t qualifications of it? >> i have no doubt that we will codify roe versus wade at some points. the question is how much damage to people's liberty, freedom and health will be done before then? we don't have the votes to do it today, but i have no doubt that we'll have pro-choice majorities in the house and the senate because the american people, 70% of them don't think this right should be overturned, unfortunately, and nationally, i think we have to do it because this ...

Political power. >> reporter: the other thing that we heard from president biden is the acknowledgment that he is pretty limited in what he can do from the white house. he once again said that he would like to see congress codify roe v. wade, but he also acknowledged, again, that the votes are not currently there in congress to make that happen. so he said you need to go out and vote. if this is important to you, you have to vote in november. but that message of go out and vote in november, that's not going to be satisfying to a lot of people who feel like november is very far away and they wo...