podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. you can also find on anderson cooper. i want to head over to jake tapper in cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. we re just one week away from the midterm elections. one week. one key issues for voters is now surging to the front of the pack of issues. and that issue is crime. tonight we re going to try to explain why this issue seems to be resonating with so many voters. and we ll investigate whether the perception of rising crime matches reality. let s begin by examining this through the lens of one particular high profile assault. david depape, the man accused of attacking paul pelosi last week. he entered not guilty during his initial court appearance. according to the assailant s own words, depape s main target was nancy pelosi. a sharer of far right conspiracy theories. depape allegedly wanted to break her knee caps with a hammer. there s also been a lot of speculation regarding mr. depape s vulnerability to
i want to thank you for all of that, for telling me about your pain and grief, and your love. the episode is called, you are not alone, it comes out tomorrow on apple podcast, where you listen pod house, the news continues, i wanted headed over to jake tapper at sea and end tonight. welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper. we are just one week away from the critical midterm elections, one week, and in this final stretch of these races, one key issue for voters is now surging to the front of the pack of issues, according to polls, and that issue is crime, tonight we re gonna try to explain why this issue seems to be resonating with so many voters, and will investigate whether the perception of rising crime matches reality. let s begin by examining this through the lens of one particular high-profile assault. david depape, the man accused of attacking paul pelosi last week, he entered a not guilty plea to all state charges during his initial court appearance, according to his o
i can t believe you re a sick son of a bitch that would come to a deal like this to make a political issue. plus, the emotional toll in uvalde and nationwide. parents grappling with fears about whether their kids make it home from school. and at any moment now, president biden at the white house, marking two years since another deadly event gripped the nation. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead. the united states of america mourning the loss of 19 children and 2 teachers shot dead in uvalde, texas. their lives suddenly ending with an 18-year-old shooter walked into robb elementary school, barricaded himself in a classroom, and started shooting. 21 families now forced to deal with the unthinkable, the loss of a loved one under such horrific circumstances. the number one cause of death in the united states for children zero to 19 years old for years was motor vehicle collisions. that changed, according to the american academy of pedi
I am poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Erin burnett is in tel aviv, israel. President biden is getting ready to give a primetime address to the nation after returning home from the war zone in israel overnight. We are expecting him to make his pitch for war aid to israel and ukraine. Biden said he secured a deal with the egyptian president to allow trucks with humanitarian aid to process to gaza tomorrow where millions are of civilians are running out of food, water and medicine. If you have an opportunity to alleviate the pain, you should do it. Period. And if you dont, you are going to lose credibility worldwide. And i think everyone understands that. President biden also said u. S. Intelligence backs up israels claim that a Mall Fupgsing Rocket fired by Palestinian Militants caused the deadly blast at a hospital in gaza, not an israeli airstrike. New video appears to show a rocket fired from gaza make a sudden and sharp turn back where it came from moments before the exp
robberies and aggravated assaults increased in cities of more than 500,000 people. but this is where statistics can often be used to make whatever point you want to make. the major city chiefs association says murders are down in aggregate in the 70 urban areas they looked at. but for 30 of those 70, murders are up. and those include atlanta. there are big races in georgia right now. and denver, big races in colorado. milwaukee, governor and senate seats on the line in wisconsin. when crime rates go up, local prosecutors pushing criminal justice policies, they often get blamed. is that fair? it s usually a lot more complicated than that. take boston where the district attorney stopped prosecuting non-violent offenses. what happened there? violent crime decreased by 15% in 2021. and take two cities that increased their police budgets.