bret: hi, sandra. the pentagon now taking action in response to the gop lawmakers. their concerns. we ll have that for you ahead. also new at 2:00, we ll be watching florida where the storm that tore communities apart will bring bitter political rivals together. ron desantis putting politics aside, meeting with president biden. we believe both saying their focus is on helping families devastated by hurricane ian. sandra: and we ll see them coming together as they survey the damage there. we ll bring that meeting to you live as it happens and we begin with this fox news alert. americans in for a rude awakening at the pump, and energy analyst says president biden s only choice is to stop it is one he says is clear, and he s not going to make it. those warnings coming after major oil producing nations decided to slash 2 million barrels a day. bret: the move coming months after president biden asked the saudis for help to increase production. the white house now calling out
pleading not guilty. we re learning new details about a possible defense strategy. plus, the key to putin s power and more russians are breaking with putin. i m going to speak to a student who was trapped in the de deadly seoul disaster. her amazing story tonight. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. in court t, the man accusedf attacking paul pelosi making an appearance in front of the charge. david depape pleading not guilty to a long list of charges. he s facing two federal charges and could face life behind bars if found guilty. some republicans tried to cast doubt on certain aspects of the attack, raising questions that maybe something is suspicious. today the former president joined a growing chorus of conspiracy theorists. well, it s weird things going on in that household in the last couple weeks. you know, probably we re better not talking about it. it seems the glass was broken from the inside to the out. you know, that was it wasn t a brea
nancy pelosi s husband. deafening silence from brazil s defeated president. no concession from boll sonarob biden, pence, obama, cheney all campaigning for candidates just one week until mid-terms. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. the man accused of hitting paul pelosi on the head with a hammer has been charged with a long list of state and federal crimes, a among them, assault, attempted murder and attempted kidnapping 467892-year-old david depape confessed he wanted to hold the speaker hostage. yes, it appears as though this was based on his statements and comments that were made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi this was politically motivated. they say mr. depape wanted to press mrs. pelosi to, quote, tell the truth. we won t repeat it here, it s not true, except it hinges on the falsehood that paul pelosi was well acquainted with his attacker. there is absolutely no evidence that mr. pelos
that this was politically motivated. the pelosi attacker reportedly confab says. he was gonna hold nancy hostage and dr.. if she lied, he was gonna break your kneecaps. tonight, the explicitly political motive. the pelosi attack and the suspects onwards. and nonstop lies and conspiracy theories from the right. she s, her house doesn t have a lot of protection. we then can you support an insurrection and get elected governor of new york? the new alarm over the republican candidate there. plus, what may be promising new polling numbers for democrats in the senate. amid record high profits for fossil fuel companies, the new white house effort to lower the cost of gas. give me a break, enough is enough. it s time for these companies to stop more profiteering. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. tonight, paul pelosi, husband of nancy pelosi remains in the intensive care unit of a san francisco hospital. he s recovering from s
countries, two americans among them. a far right rebuke in the world s fourth biggest democracy. brazil s bolsonaro beaten in his re-election runoff. what could be a big blow to diversity at colleges. today the u.s. supreme court considers ending affirmative action. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. the death toll is now at least 154 in south korea s crowd surge. making it one of the country s worst ever disasters. this morning south korea s president and first lady laying flowers at a memorial alter in front of seoul city hall as the nation begins a week-long period of mourning. senior international correspondent ivan watson is live for us in seoul this morning. are investigators making progress on figuring out what sparked this crowd surge? reporter: we re not hearing any conclusive details about that. i do think that the shock of the scale of this tragedy is still sinking in. i m here just basically a few step