stumping in arizona warning voters that conspiracy theorists and election deniers are putting democracy on the brink, the former president using a heckler to make his case. watch this. this is part of what happens in our politics these days. we get distracted. we got one person yelling and suddenly everybody s yelling. you get one tweet that s stupid and suddenly everybody s obsessed with the tweet. we can t fall for that. we have to stay focused. obama is not the only former president on the campaign trail. form are president trump is also set to hold a rally in sioux city, iowa. he s not the only potential republican candidate in the state. mike pence, nikki haley, mike p pompeo have made appearances, maybe even testing the waters for themselves. jeff, a lot of airplane traffic that is happening there. reporter: there certainly is. iowa is not the hottest 2022 battleground but it s the opening bell of the 2024 presidential race. this republican wave of optimism is swe
about 100,000 people. matt gutman in south korea tonight. here at home the major turn in a case involving two girls who were killed. the suspect now under arrest tonight for allegedly killing the two teenagers on a hiking trail in indiana. they say the suspect was hiding in plain sight for five years. tonight, the supreme court hearing two cases challenging affirmative action in higher education in the u.s. what the justices signaled today and terry moran at the court. eight days until the high-stakes midterm elections. tonight the states with very close senate races that will determine who controls the senate. former president barack obama at his argument on social security in wisconsin. former president trump on jobs and the economy. tonight, the war in ukraine, russia launching more than 50 missiles on civilian targets. the capital of kyiv in the dark for much of this day. 80% of the city without water for a time. the major upset in brazil tonight. some have call
lay out the cases for us. reporter: arguments in the two cases are teed up for this morning. the supreme court will once again re-examine affirmative action but this time with the solidly conservative court it is quite likely that the justices could ban affirmative action once they release their opinion sometime next year. this is all happening as the groups fighting to end the consideration of race in admissions they have been quite outspoken. diversity as important as it is, cannot come at expense of asian americans. reporter: these asian american students are leading a fight against affirmative action. it s time for asian americans to break up with woke diversity. they re at the center of a law enforcement against harvard, accusing the school of discriminating against asian americans to make more room for hispanics and blacks. calvin yang claims he was denied admission to harvard because of his race. it shows there s a trend here. a trend where asian americans
federal authorities say the man that attacked a house speaker s husband also wanted to break nancy pelosi s knee caps. the lead starts right now. federal charges just filed against the man accused of attacking paul pelosi with a hammer. the suspect s shocking intentions revealed in court documents. and only eight days left before the midterm elections. why republicans have growing confidence in key batting ground races. plus, you heard of price gouging for gas. what about water? it almost bankrupting some cities and could cast you it at the grocery store. almost to the lead. we are coming to you with details about the attack on paul pelosi. david depape was charged with one federal assault against a immediate family member of a u.s. official and one count of attempted kidnapping. prosecutors say he knocked out paul pelosi with a blow to the head right in front of police. officers found a roll of tape, rope, a second hammer, gloves, and zip ties of the crime scene. depape l
there are chilling new details about his alleged plan to take the house speaker nancy pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps. we re standing by for a live update from san francisco officials. also tonight, the final frantic eight days of campaigning before the crucial midterm elections. tensions ratcheted higher as federal officials now warn of a heightened threat to the election from violent extremists here in the united states. the homeland security secretary mayorkas joins me this hour. plus, growing misery in ukraine right now as russia steps up its attacks on vital infrastructure. much of the capital city is without water tonight and officials warn they re running out of equipment to repair the country s devastated power grid. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. the suspect in the paul pelosi attack now facing federal charges. prosecutors