details from our west coast newsroom tonight. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. speaker pelosi s office just released that statement confirming what they called the successful surgery on 82-year-old paul pelosi and saying his doctors at san francisco general hospital expect a full recovery following the violent attack. it was 2:27 this morning when police were alerted to an incident at the pelosi home in san francisco officers apparently arriving so quickly that the assault on mr. pelosi was happening as they got if there. our officers observed ms. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled the hammer away from ms. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disharmd him. took him into custody. it s not clear from the police chief s comments who was initially holding the hammer. whether the suspect brought it into the house or whether mr. pelosi had, perhaps, grabbed it for self-defense. polic
the cap on the $2,000 cap on prescription drugs for seniors, gone. tax credits to lower energy bills, gone. corporate minimum tax, gone. president biden making a case why democrats should remain in power next year. we enter the final stretch of the campaign. meanwhile, the majority leader in the senate is caught on a hot mike giving a blunt assessment of several key races. and elon musk now owns twitter. let that sink in. the billionaire brings a meme to life and already showing top executives the door. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, october 28th. thank you for starting your day with us. joe biden is promoting efforts to bring more jobs and manufacturing across the country upstate new york. in syracuse yesterday, biden showcased a major investment by micro chip manufacturing company micron. touting the $100,000,000,002 decade commitment. the deal is set to bring 50,000 jobs to the state which will pay an average of $100,000 a year. the president
investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
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
plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris, is donald trump s lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trump s retirement home in florida. in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents removed from mar-a-lago, and that he has some privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to that 300 documents pounds with classified markings. that position that his lawyers argue today does not make any sense. someone pointed out it all boils down to donald trump s belief that he is still, as of today, here in 2022, president of the united states. but the still has the powers of the ex