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
federal authorities say the man that attacked a house speaker s husband also wanted to break nancy pelosi s knee caps. the lead starts right now. federal charges just filed against the man accused of attacking paul pelosi with a hammer. the suspect s shocking intentions revealed in court documents. and only eight days left before the midterm elections. why republicans have growing confidence in key batting ground races. plus, you heard of price gouging for gas. what about water? it almost bankrupting some cities and could cast you it at the grocery store. almost to the lead. we are coming to you with details about the attack on paul pelosi. david depape was charged with one federal assault against a immediate family member of a u.s. official and one count of attempted kidnapping. prosecutors say he knocked out paul pelosi with a blow to the head right in front of police. officers found a roll of tape, rope, a second hammer, gloves, and zip ties of the crime scene. depape l
emerging about the brutal hammer attack on nancy pelosi s husband, paul. the fbi revealing that the suspect planned to kidnap the house speaker herself and potentially break her kneecaps. also tonight, the midterm campaign hits the closing stretch. cnn is on the ground in crucial swing states as both parties make one final push to win over voters. and the death toll rises from a halloween celebration that turned into a crushing crowd surge. we ll go live to south korea where grieving families are demanding answers about how this horror could happen. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. at any moment we expect to learn even more about the attack on paul pelosi when the san francisco district attorney holds a news conference. right now cnn s josh campbell is in san francisco for us with all the chilling new information about the suspect s confessioned plans to target speaker nancy pelosi.
blamed for the botched response to the school massacre has been placed on administrative leave. and stunning underwater photos of an american swimmer being rescued by her coach after fainting during the world championships and sinking to the bottom of the pool. the swimmer is okay. this is not the first time this happened to her. we ll explain what s going on there. along with joe, willie is back and me. we have former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel and white house bureau chief at politico and host of way too early. good to have you all onboard. i have a couple things i want to start with today. you re warning me. i have a couple things on my mind. i need the american flag and i need to talk. i have about five minutes. really, yesterday you missed i have to tell you, you missed a very special moment in washington politics. there was an aticus finch like character who testified before the january 6th committee. he was a speaker of the a
Hamas yesterday it was just a big hamas pr stunt. They have felt as weve seen them say publicly embolden by these protests on College Campus in the violence on College Campuses where people are screaming and support of hamas, right . We are hamas. A lot of these kids are screaming out in support of these terrorists. And i think we need to make sure we level set here and make it clear that in total hamas freeze the hostile judges, including the americans, right, stops Firing Missiles as they did just again, this morning at the crossing where humanitarian aid is coming over in gaza until they actually stopped doing that and back down on Attacking Americans and other proxies, Attacking Americans until that happens, its very hard to see this moving forward. Im hopeful and optimistic lets tick that this will be different today, but the bottom line is hamas keeps walking away from the Negotiating Table and thats incredibly frustrating congressman josh god homer, thank you for coming in today