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And donald trump. the thing that's important here is the question of going forward. what is japan going to be like? because without shinzo abe as malcolm turnbull said, the region would not have come together with the quad security grouping which is really important these days. his vision from the first years of this century have really set the free world's path in asia-pacific region. so the question is does japan fall back into political chaos as it does look like now or does this create a reaction and japan coming together? i would sort of think it's the first and i'm very concerned about t...

United states to embrace that idea from even the trump administration which has been carried on by the biden administration. and moving forward the expectation is that the japanese government will continue to do that, and abe's assassination, dramatic assassination, will presumably give it more legitimacy that there is this need to carry on the abe legacy of promoting japan as a regional stabilizer. >> shihoko goto, jonathan wackrow, thank you. in just a few hours, president biden is set to speak about steps he is now taking to protect abortion rights in the wake of the supreme court ruling ...

Japan have been facing. >> yeah, maintaining that close relationship with the u.s. through very different administrations, frankly, and making sure he was the first foreign leader to meet with trump after his election in 2016. i want to bring in former secret service agent jonathan wackrow. a homemade gun in japan, very hard to get a weapon, and that's why firearms deaths there are a tiny fraction of what we see in this country, that say threat that extends far beyond japan to the u.s. and around the world, the idea that with information and designs you can get on the internet, you can make yo...

And law enforcement partners in the national capital region better for it as well. >> in particular, when there is conversation going on inside the administration, dinside the whie house, they're worried about the vice president's safety, if you're protecting not only the peaceful transfer of power but also the line of succession, my goodness, what a task for the secret service to deal with that that day. jonathan wackrow, thank you very much, we appreciate it. coming up, the texas supreme court allows a century-old abortion ban to go into effect. we'll talk about that in just a few minutes....

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