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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,...

after a service in her majesty's honor, king charles iii is about to address members of the scottish parliament after receiving their condolences. earlier on this fourth day of national mourning, the new king walking behind the hearse carrying his mother's coffin draped with a scottish flag alongside his siblings. before departing for scotland in london this morning, king charles addressed members of the british parliament, promising to follow his mother's example. >> the late majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people and to maintain the precious principles of const...

his family says he's now paralyzed from the waist down. an eight-year-old boy, his brother, mom, all with the kind of wounds that men and women came home from afghanistan or iraq, signed up knowing it might happen, cooper, luke and keeley, they just went to a parade. friends of the family have set up a gofundme page to help cover ethical expenses and therapy. in the meantime the gunman's father is speaking out telling abc news, he has no regrets about helping his son in 2019 obtain the documentation needed to buy the weapons he did, despite his son suicide attempt , threats to kill h...

rioters with the story we heard on tuesday. >> i informs the vicinity and they said something to the fact like i don't care that they have weapons, they're not here to hurt me, let me people in, they can march to the capital from here. >> president trump was aware that a number of the individuals in the crowd had weapons and were wearing body armor. and here is what president trump instructed the crowd to do. >> we're going to walk down, i'll be there with you. we're going to walk down to the capitol. >> former chief of staff said that was a claim changer. >> i have seen him try to b...

and it ended up being a decisive factor in the victory for abortion rights advocates in this state. a lot of credit has to be given to cannons for constitutional freedom. they are the manu bortion rights coalition that was pushing out the vote, and they had to overcome a lot for this decisive win here. not only are registered republicans outnumbering registered democrats in the state by a nearly 2-1 margin, this is deeply conservative state. they have a democratic mayor, yes, but the last two elections they voted for president trump. but as we mentioned, this voter turnout ended up b...