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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,...

and i've agreed with brady, the chairman of our back bench mps, that the process of choosing that new leader should begin now. and the timetable will be announced next week. and i have today appointed a cabinet to serve as i will until a new leader is in place. i've tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to deliver when we're only a handful of points behind the polls even in midterm after quite a few months of relentless sledging and when the economics scene is so difficult domestically and internationally. and i regret not to have been successful in those argumen...

>> i understand. >> it does. but we have so much to get to. and this incredibly tragic news out of highland park, illinois. we learned more about the victims. a toddler is without both of his parents this morning after reportedly being rescued from beneath his father's body. meanwhile the suspect is formally charged and due in court today as new information about his past raises questions about how he was able to legally purchase firearms. and new developments in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. as senator lindsey graham and donald tru...

a swing district that went to trump in zweent and then joe biden in 2020. steve joins us in just a moment to break down how democrats' messaging on abortion rights is now recasting the conversation about that once expected red wave this fall. also from new york, a victory for two key figures since the impeachment of donald trump, jerry nadler handily defeated caroline maloney after powerful allies were forced to run for the same seat. and in a crowded 10th district, federal prosecutor daniel goldman won unseeding mondaire jones. and in florida, democrats have placed their debts on ...

comes amid new reporting that federal prosecutors have zeroed in now on donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, focusing on the man himself. the attorney general saying anyone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power will be held accountable, that includes, he said, a former president or a candidate. trump meanwhile returned to washington for the first time since leaving office. and dropped several more hints about whether he may run in 2024. as he and mike pence held dueling speeches in washington about the future of the republican party. good morning...