the air from washington with new details and the brutal assault of the husband of nancy pelosi. police saying in the last 90 minutes or so that the person arrested for the attack will be booked on several charges, attempted homicide, burglary, more. nbc news has learned he shouted where is nancy before using a hammer on the speaker s 2-year-old husband during an overnight break-in at their home in san francisco. we have our team standing by with the new headlines and more and what sources are telling us, and why that is getting the attention of national law enforcement and capitol police. i m hallie jackson in washington. joined by nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter, justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, ryan nobles is with us on capitol hill and we re also joined by carmen best, former seattle police chief, and msnbc law enforcement analyst. before i get to all of you, our team, i want to make sure people know where we are and where we re going wi
i m katie fang in for ari melber. we begin with a reminder of the violent threats facing our country s political leaders. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi was violent aassaulted in his san francisco home with the assailant reportedly shouting, quote, where is nancy? mr. pelosi, aged 82, was home alone. police say the attacker struck him multiple times in the head with a hammer. he had a successful surgery for a skull fracture, according to the speaker s office. and doctors expect a full recovery. the united states capitol police say nancy pelosi was in d.c. at the time of the attack guarded by security, as she is at all times. a pelosi family member telling nbc news the suspect was trying to tie up paul, quote, until nancy got home. it was when the suspect wasn t looking that paul called 911. when the police came, the suspect said, quote, we are waiting for nancy. sources identified the suspect as a 42-year-old berkeley resident. there were posts where he po
blast partially destroys russia s prized crimea bridge. also ahead, after months of legal sparring, the clock ticks for elon musk to close the deal on twitter. and a toddler miraculously rescued after his parents car is stolen with him trapped inside. you re in the cnn newsroom. a prized achievement of vladimir putin, an apparently target of his ukrainian tormenters. this right here is the exact moment the russian president suffered his latest blow in his war on ukraine, the blast from an apparent truck bomb knocking out three of the four lanes of the bridge that links russia to crimea, its annexed territory in the south. now a huge bottleneck chokes a critical supply route for putin s war in ukraine. ukraine hand sn t claimed responsibility, but it is celebrating it. ukraine will issue this commemorative postal stamp with a nod to the titanic. one senior ukrainian official couldn t ignore that the explosion came just hours after putin s 70th birthday. happy birthday
got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
and experiences fell short of your expectations of us. trace: pete buttigieg tweeting that the chaos is unacceptable . the department of transportation is investigating. mike tobin is live from chicago midway international airport with more on this. mike, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. southwest executives are promising an end to this ugly chapter in aviation and a return to normal tomorrow with minimal disruptions. almost 2,500 cancellations today across the board of american aviation. but 2,300 plus of those belong to southwest airlines. they still feel the impact of the meltdown from this winter storm. jump ahead to tomorrow. that number drops to 39 projected cancellations again as the executives are promising a return to normal operations. southwest customers have had enough. i need my medicine, my charger. everything, my perfume, all my personal stuff is in the suitcase. some presents for christmas. so my concern is really one of my bags is all christmas