good day to you. it is a debate that could be the decider, the final preparations happening now, in georgia, as we come on the air. that first and likely only debate between raphael warnock and herschel walker hours you a way. our team is standing by with what to watch for and why tonight could change this race. our team also live in pennsylvania, and nbc news exclusive, the republican senate candidate mehmet oz talking to us about the state of his campaign, and what he says about his strategy to blanket the air waves with ads about crime. also this hour, new details in the house investigate into the january 6th attack. why the committee, what the committee now has, from the secret service, and why the oath keepers are involved. plus, our new reporting on the newest flash point and culture wars across this country, why some republicans are now focused on, wait for it, kitty litter, as a political talking point. and why schools are at the heart of this. i m peter alexander.
6:00 a.m. out west. 9:00 a.m. on the east coat. we have a lot to cover this hour including the republican party s increased optimism about regaining the senate majority despite the new allegations against their georgia candidate herschel walker. kristen welker has the latest reporting on that. also, donald trump asks the supreme court to intervene over the legal fight about the classified documents the fbi seized from his mar-a-lago resort. we ll explain why justice clarence thomas plays a big role. now elon musk wants to buy twitter again. why it seems he s serious this time? the thing is it s so fascinating that he s going back and will be talking about getting it at the same price he talked about at the beginning which most people thought was way overvalued. maybe he can t get out of it. willie, for our friends waking up on the west coast aaron judge hit his 62nd home run. what an incredible guy, what a special moment. yes. 62 home runs. it was a long wait, but
the moments paul pelosi was viciously assaulted. the lead starts right now. we re moments away from the first court appearance for the man accused of attacking speaker pelosi s husband. new this hour, what cnn is learning about the call for help from paul pelosi and video captured by police. biden, obama, pence, and more. the big names making their pitches one week before the midterms. also this hour, polls closing in israel s fifth election in only four years and netanyahu eyes a comeback. while in brazil, supporters of jair bolsonaro won t back down as the defeated president breaks his silence just moments ago. welcome to the lead, i m brianna keilar in for jake tapper. we start with our national lead. moments from now, the man accused of beating and fracture paul pelosi s skull with a hammer will appear in a san francisco courtroom. david depape faces a long list of federal and state charges including attempted murder and kidnapping for what prosecutors call a politi
to work in washington for the first time in a month. we ll look at their fall agenda agenda. we are live in georgia with brand new reporting on possible election interference. what this surveillance video shows and maybe more importantly who it appears to show walking into a county election office weeks after the 2020 election. how it all fits into the fulton county criminal problem. i m joe fryer in for hallie jackson. we start with the latest fall out from the judge s ruling granting trump s request for a special master. i m joined by caroline wedding and former fbi consultant andrew wiseman. ken, we re learning more about what this doj ruling means and doesn t mean at least at this point right now. what can you tell us? i m being told this ruling does not put a stop entirely to the fbi investigation into the mishandling of documents at mar-a-lago. there are lots of classified documents that came out of mar-a-lago in january and another batch was handed over in june.
plus, breaking news. a trump employee told federal agents about personally moving documents at mar-a-lago, the order to that employee came directly from donald j. trump himself. and that is after he got the subpoena. oregon hasn t voted for a republican governor in 40 years, so why is president biden worried enough to go there in the final days of this campaign? let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, putin wants revenge. russian authorities tonight announcing they ve arrested eight people in connection with the bombing of that crucial bridge linking crimea to russia. the only way to get from crimea to russia is that bridge. that blast cutting off a crucial supply route for russian troops inside ukraine. the eight people we know to be in custody are these, five russian citizens, two ukrainians, and a national of armenia. the fsb is claiming that all these individuals helped ukrainian spies to transport 25 tons of explosives to the bridge