attacked him with a hammer, inside their san francisco home. when officers arrived early friday morning, police say the intruder told them he was quote, waiting for nancy. the law enforcement is working to piece together a motive for this attack. also, in early stages of investigating whether certain online accounts followed the suspect. nbc news reports the suspect quote, appeared to operate a website in which he repeated a wide variety of posts, and almost all manner of modern conspiracist thinking. aliens, two people, communist, voter fraud, many other topics. so here we are once again, processing another act of political violence in this country. we still do not know an exact motive, we do know the power of lies and how they spread among political discourse. no further than the january 6th attack, to the u.s. capitol. that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott claude. scott, where
processing another act of political violence in this country. and we still do not know an exact motive. we do not know the power of lies and how they spread in our political discourse. no further than the general sixth attack at the u.s. capitol, that threat to our democracy remains clear and present. joining me now from san francisco for the latest on that attack, nbc news scott cohn. scott, where is the investigation at this hour? and what are you learning about the attacker? reporter: yeah, alicia, this is a widespread investigation. it includes, of course, the san francisco police department and the district attorney. also, the capitol police and the fbi. and a lot of it really focusing on the alleged attacker, david depape, 42 years old, who we know has led an unusual life for certain. and it s culminated in recent months, apparently, with a lot of blog posts and social media posts that are really kind of going through a potpourri of hate, and conspiracy theories and t
the father of 14 year old molly russell, who took her own life, urges social media companies to take action after a coroner rules they did play a part in her death. it s time to protect our innocent young people instead of allowing platforms to prioritise their profits by monetising the misery of young people. the government meets with the financial watchdog after days of market turmoil, but says their forecasts won t be published for almost two months. and new coins for king charles iii. the 50p will enter circulation before the end of the year. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: a must win match in lahore for england. can they win the sixth t20 against pakistan and take the series to a decider? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. president putin has announced the annexation of four regions of ukraine that are controlled by russian forces it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. mr putin declared that kherson, za
tonight at ten international outcry as president putin declares that four areas of ukraine, seized illegally, are new russian. at a choreographed event in moscow s red square, president putin declares, victory will be ours . it came after a lavish signing ceremony at the kremlin, where russia formally annexed 15% of ukrainian territory. translation: people | in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens forever. tonight, the us president said vladimir putin s actions are a sign that he s struggling. also on the programme. a coroner rules social media did play a part in 14 year old molly russell taking her own life. tonight, the prince of wales says online safety shouldn t be an afterthought. the prime minster meets the financial watchdog after days of market turmoil, but says its full forecast won t be released for nearly two months. we are working together with the obr. there will be an event on the 23rd of november where the policies are fu
let s talk to steve more about this. steve, the problem is inflation is at decades high. recession around the corner. it s a heck of a one-two punch. you better believe it. the good news is that the inflation rate has come down a little bit the last two or three months, charles. that s good news. we went from almost 9% inflation this past summer to now we re down to about 7.1%. as you just said, that is still the highest inflation rate we ve had in 35, 40 years. so americans are feeling the punch. their wages and salaries have only gone up by 5 or 6%. that s one of the reasons that you reported that credit card debt is going up. people are trying to maintain their standard of living but paychecks are not keeping pace. i m nervous. i think inflation will come down in 2023 from the high rates of 2022. but i also think that the economy shows real signs of slowing down. i pray we don t crash into a recession. but we sure could. charles: steve, that s what i m concerned about.